Radio Times- Week 48

23—29 NOVEMBER 2024

BAND AID AT

From the Editor

Forty years ago, Bob Geldof was at home and watching The 6 O’Clock News on BBC1. He got very angry at what he saw. Within a month he was in a recording studio in west London overseeing an unruly mob of Britain’s finest music talent.

Turn to page 12 to read the story of how the supergroup Band Aid came together. RT’s David Hepworth was there covering the story and, recalling the day now, Geldof tells him that nobody wanted to be the first to sing, until Paul Young stepped up to the mic.

Do They Know It’s Christmas? might never have become the most famous Christmas number one if the Boomtown Rats’ 1984 album In the Long Grass hadn’t sunk without trace and Geldof had been gadding about being a pop star rather than watching Michael Buerk’s heartbreaking report from Ethiopia on 23 October. It demonstrates the power of television (and Bob Geldof) to change the world we live in.

Fittingly, to mark the anniversary there is a new version of the song featuring Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith singing with young versions of Sting, Boy George and Bono. It’s the gift that keeps on giving… Shem Law Editor, Radio Times

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THIS WEEK

The spying game 6

Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw play spooks in new drama Black Doves

Peter Mullen 8

He’s willing to travel to the other side of the world for a good script — and if the price is right

What it’s like… 9 to create the world of Wicked

Bill Bailey 11

We must stop heritage crafts from dying out, says the comedian

FEATURES

Band Aid at 40 12

Bob Geldof reveals the story behind the making of the classic charity single, Do They Know It’s Christmas?

Return to Paradise 18

Death in Paradise is on the move… to Australia

Our Oceans 22

Take a deep dive under the waves where you’ll find cunning octopus, elusive narwhal and much more

It’s a girl! 25

New drama Joy tells the story of the pioneers of IVF treatment — and the unsung woman who was the key to its success

Caroline Frost 29

As Gary Lineker prepares to leave Match of the Day, let the post-match analysis begin!

A question of violence 110

Reith Lecturer

Dr Gwen Adshead asks four important questions on the nature of aggression

An Archers legend 112

Our tribute to June Spencer

RT Books 132

Bombshell! Alison Hammond has written her first novel Travel 134

Go whale watching in Our Oceans

View from my sofa 146 Susan Wakoma

Sport 30

Simon Barnes on Max Verstappen plus the pick of the week’s sport

Streaming 32

The best TV and film releases

Television 40

Your guide to the week’s viewing

Podcasts 113

The latest releases Radio 114 Our unbeatable daily guide HUNDREDS OF AMAZING SHOWS WE’LL HELP YOU KEEP TRACK DOWNLOAD NOW

The architects of Band Aid, Bob Geldof (left) and Midge Ure

Alison Hammond

The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?

Friday 9.00pm BBC4

Let in light and banish shade as revelatory never-before-seen footage takes us back to the recording of the Band Aid single in November 1984, as Bob Geldof and Midge Ure galvanise pop’s biggest stars to feed the world.

FEATURE P12

Bill Bailey’s Master Crafters: The Next Generation Tuesday 8.00pm Sky Arts

It’s hammer time for the comedian and three students as blacksmithing kicks off a third series looking at endangered crafts and how we can keep them going. The trio make metal flowers and attempt bell casting while experts nurture their talent.

VIEWPOINT P11

Joy HHHh

Available from Friday 22 November Netflix

“We’re making the impossible possible,” says James Norton’s Dr Robert Edwards in this warm and very British biopic. It follows the team who worked tirelessly and battled strident opposition to create, in 1978, the world’s first “test-tube baby”. Bill Nighy and Thomasin McKenzie are fantastic as his dogged colleagues. FEATURE P25

The Great British Bake Off: the Final Tuesday 8.00pm C4

As the three finalists enter the tent, Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood insist any of them could win and, as they’re such a sweet group, you probably won’t mind who does.

ALISON HAMMOND P132

Matlock Tuesday 9.00pm Sky Witness

Kathy Bates makes a strong case for herself in this legal drama about a septuagenarian attorney returning to the workplace. Episode one features wit, nimble plotting and expertly steered switchback twists.

The Reith Lectures

Tuesday 9.00m Radio 4

Forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist Dr Gwen Adshead draws on her decades of work with offenders to consider four important questions about violence.

INTERVIEW P110

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Available now

Peter Dinklage stars as Poirot in this fine Audible adaptation of Agatha Christie’s novel, which also features Himesh Patel as Hastings and a supporting cast including Harriet Walter, Rob Delaney and Jessica Gunning.

LISTEN TO & STREAM

Irresistible: Why We Can’t Stop Eating

Monday 9.00pm BBC2

Chris Van Tulleken shows how food manufacturers use science and clever marketing to make food addictive, so that we eat more and they make more money. It’s jaw-dropping.

STREAMING

The World According to Kaleb

Available from Friday Amazon Prime Video Clarkson’s Farm sidekick Kaleb Cooper hits the big time on a UK tour where the young farm hand wows audiences with tales of life on the farm, comedy and anecdotes.

My Old Ass HHHHj

Available now

Amazon Prime Video

There are plenty of laughs in this sincere coming-of-age comedy in which a teen (Maisy Stella) meets her older incarnation (a typically wonderful Aubrey Plaza).

DOVES PREVIEW

SWAN LAKE FOR SPIES N BLACK

“If you don’t get us what we need,” threatens a menacing Keira Knightley, “I’m going to get Sam here to march you to Hampstead Heath and shoot you in the back of the head.” It’s Christmas time but it seems Knightley has firmly left the festive romcoms behind as she takes the lead in the forthcoming Netflix thriller Black Doves. She stars as Helen, alongside Ben Whishaw, who plays the aforementioned Sam. Both shadowy British spies, their victim in this scene is a kidnapped CIA man called Cole, played by Finn Bennett.

“That true?” asks Cole turning to Sam. “It’ll probably be Richmond Park,” Sam replies.

We’re at Ridgeway Studios in Iver, Buckinghamshire, on day 84 of the 94-day shoot for Black Doves. This not-so-festive scene happens deep into the nonstop, reliably bloody action of this six-part thriller from Joe Barton (Giri/Haji, The Lazarus Project).

The seasonal setting is the only “fun” aspect of a high-speed drama in which Helen’s clandestine life is upended when, after a decade of passing on the secrets of her politician husband (Andrew Buchan), her lover is killed. Cue Sam coming in from the cold at the behest of spymaster Reed (Sarah Lancashire) to help Helen investigate a global conspiracy.

Already commissioned for a second

series, this is a spy adventure going places, the momentum baked into Barton’s scripts, with what director Lisa Gunning calls lots of “bang, bang, bang” action. The week after RT visits, they’re heading to suburban south London to film in a 1980s-retro, multi-level nightclub.

“That’ll be crazy,” says Gunning, eagerly. “There’s explosions and balletic fight scenes with two female assassins. They go into this space with 17 gangsters and annihilate them — but in the most beautiful way. It’s like Swan Lake!” CRAIG McLEAN

Black Doves will be available to stream on Netflix from 5 December

GRAPEVINE

The TV stories that are getting us talking…

KEYS TO SUCCESS

From singing at his beloved Anfield to playing on the new John Lewis ad and wowing RT’s Screen Test Awards, The Piano winner Brad Keller has had a busy year. Currently putting the finishing touches to his debut album, Keller reveals that he’s now in talks with This Is England producers Warp Films about a movie based on his journey from foster home to music fame — with a soundtrack written by him, naturally…

TOFF LOVE

The producers of Rivals have another classic 1980s novel in their sights: a fiery 18th-century feminist tale. Writer Dominic TreadwellCollins is realising a long-cherished ambition to adapt Philippa Gregory’s “feral, wicked and delicious” 1987 debut, Wideacre. The saga of seduction, betrayal and corruption has a juicy role at its core: the “unladylike” Beatrice Lacey, who will stop at nothing to hold on to her beloved ancestral estate.

GRIME AND PUNISHMENT

If you’ve enjoyed Greg Davies in BBC1’s The Cleaner, or wondered about serial killer Dexter’s day job, how about the real thing? Channel 4 is diving into the world of the Crime Scene Cleaners in a ten-part series that will meet the people dealing with the aftermath of murders, drugs raids and burglaries across Britain and the USA.

MORE MORGUES…

Staying with forensics, the Silent Witness team is getting a new boss in the next series early in 2025, played by drama veteran Maggie Steed, who has starred in everything from EastEnders to Rivals. She’ll also be joined by Francesca Mills (Time Bandits; The Witcher: Blood Origin) as crime analyst Kit Brooks. ROBIN PARKER

AT THE WHEEL

A fixed-rig camera films Ben Whishaw as Sam Young and Keira Knightley as Helen Webb in a driving sequence for Black Doves

SMILEY PEOPLE

Keira Knightley takes a break between spy scenes with Sarah Lancashire

TEN QUESTIONS WITH

PETER MULLAN

Following good scripts and half-decent pay all the way to New Zealand

Actor and director Peter Mullan, 65, has travelled to the other side of the world for his latest roles, in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and drama series After the Party. The part of Phil in the latter — father, teacher and suspected child abuser — was created for him by New Zealander Robyn Malcolm, the show’s co-creator, who plays his accuser and ex-wife, Penny. It’s a long way from Glasgow…

You’ve starred in award-winning British dramas like Mum, hit US series like Ozark, and have just finished filming in New Zealand — do you just follow the work? Ideally, I’d work from home – I don’t like being away from my four kids – but it’s not always possible. I was on and off in New Zealand on The Rings of Power for six months, which included about five weeks on After the Party. If there’s

half-decent money and the scripts are good, I’ll go where the money is!

As a Scot, you’re an outsider in After the Party. What was that like?

I felt very at home. A lot of the Pākehā (the Maori word for non-Polynesian, ie European, New Zealanders) came from Scotland and Ireland, so we share the same humour and outlook. The Rings of Power team were really good about me fitting this in –I worked on it for six weeks and then went straight back. A lot of companies might have said, “We own you, we pay your wage, you have to stay around in case something changes.” But they let me go.

‘You can only do things for art if you’ve got money in the bank!’

PETER MULLAN

looking to work together again?

Yes, but when she sent me an early draft of After the Party, I said no!

You’ve known Robyn Malcolm since you starred together in BBC2’s Top of the Lake in 2013. Had you been

Why was that?

I could see the potential but it wasn’t up to scratch – there weren’t enough shades of grey. I said as much to Robyn. But when she sent a revised script, I saw it could be something exceptional. Sometimes programmes that deal with dark subjects can get a bit dull, to be honest If the message becomes more important than the drama, it doesn’t matter how worthy the intentions, it’s a turn-off What blew me away is that it really held me for six episodes It becomes not a

whodunnit but a did-he-do-it? Intrigue makes for good drama.

Do you like the mix of big-budget projects like Rings of Power and Harry Potter and smaller series?

You can only do things for art if you’ve got money in the bank! I might do something for economic reasons, or I like the script, the directors and the actors – or I’ll do something for the kids, so they can come on set.

On the set of Rings of Power, in all your dwarf prosthetics, did you ever wonder, “What on earth am I doing here?”

The prosthetics is the hardest part for all of us. You’re up at 3am and

DWARF KING As Durin III in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

INTENSE

As

next to nothing about Scottish history, the Scottish experience, Scottish lives. The Scots haven’t got an equivalent of Happy Valley – and they should have.

Is anything changing behind the scenes?

We’re not making anywhere near the progress we should be. There has to be the will for it to happen. There’s not enough training programmes to get young workingclass people into film and TV. It comes down to who you know, to nepotism. In most industries there’s an element of that but in film [and TV] there’s more.

How confident are you that the new government can solve this?

Do they have the will to invest in the creative arts?

you’re not on set until 7.30am. You’ve done half a day’s work when the rest of the gang is just starting. You’re only doing maybe an hour’s acting in a day, but it’s mentally and physically demanding. It’s very strange what it does to your head. You get quite claustrophobic.

British TV is wrestling with representation of working-class people in drama. Are we making progress?

No, sadly, we’re not. The output at the moment is poor, especially Scottish working-class drama. I can’t think of any major ones that have been made in the last decade, let alone any that were good. As far as I can tell, BBC Scotland is doing

I would hope so! I vote SNP. Labour promised they would, so I hope my English comrades put pressure on the government to be true to their word. We’ll be putting pressure on the Scottish government, too, to ensure film, TV and especially theatre isn’t cut back.

You were once such a young, working-class actor — how can someone in your position help to pay it back?

As an actor, there’s not a great deal you can do beyond speaking out about it. Directing is different. My last film as a director, Neds, was in 2010 and I want to get back into it. I fully intend to make sure we get proper proportionality of workingclass men and women. I wouldn’t discriminate against an actor because they’re posh, but at the same time I want to see greater representation. ROBIN PARKER

After the Party is on Wednesday and Thursday at 9pm on C4

WHAT IT’S LIKE TO… create a Wicked world

The musical film Wicked tells the story of Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), who becomes the Wicked Witch of the West — familiar from The Wizard of Oz — and her friendship with good witch Galinda, later Glinda (Ariana Grande). Production designer Nathan Crowley and his team built most of the sets — including Munchkinland, Shiz University and Emerald City.

Leavesden Studios. I’ve worked with the same construction crew for 20 years. We built three giant backlots for exterior sets. These took up to 20 weeks to build. We also had to build water tanks that hold water for boats to cross.

NINE MILLION TULIPS When I sit in a production meeting and say, “I think we should plant nine million tulips,” everyone looks at me like I’m insane. I had to persuade Universal Pictures to write a cheque and trust me. The tulips were planted in Norfolk. We met the local farmers, who sourced bulbs from Holland. The first thing was, “Well, what do munchkins do apart from sing and dance?” We gave them a business — they grow tulips and use the dye to make cloth, so every house is a different colour.

ON SET

BELIEVE IN OZ I studied interior architecture at the Brighton School of Art and went on to work on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. I work with director Christopher Nolan a lot [The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Dunkirk], and we do everything for real. You don’t hire me for visual effects films! I always push to do as much practically, until we can’t. It helps crews and actors get into character and it brings the story to life. It’s very important to me. VFX is a massively powerful tool, but I believe practical effects look better.

SETTING THE SCENE Wicked was filmed entirely in the UK, mainly at Sky Studios Elstree near London. All 13 sound stages across 27.5 acres were used, but it wasn’t enough, so we used another six at

WIZARD WHEEZE

The Wizard of Oz is more than just a showman, he’s an illusionist. He’s first seen as a 15ft animatronic head. A puppeteer controlled all his expressions and a team moved him using a hydraulic arm on a seesaw rig. We also built a 32-ton clockwork train, which actually runs. LAURA RUTKOWSKI

Wicked is in cinemas from 22 Nov

Phil, with Robyn Malcolm as Penny, in After the Party

Production designer Nathan Crowley

FLOWER POWER Nathan got Universal to fund the planting of nine million tulips; left, Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba; above, the Wizard’s animatronic head

BRING CRAFTS BACK INTO CLASSROOMS

Heritage skills should be part of the school curriculum, says Bill Bailey

When you picture a blacksmith, a brawny-looking bloke hammering away at an anvil might spring to mind. The reality, however, is rather different. There has been a resurgence of interest in heritage crafts since lockdown, particularly among young people.

We live in a world of almost instant gratification, where you can get most things, if you can afford them, with a few taps on your phone. There’s no need to leave your couch. It can make people feel less anchored and a little bit lost.

Making something with your hands fills a spiritual void. It can give you an immense sense of satisfaction. Crafts usually require time, effort and focus. They are the antithesis of the fastpaced nature of our modern world.

And yet, despite this burgeoning interest, with videos of people making ceramics or jewellery notching up millions of views on Instagram or TikTok, so many of our wonderful heritage crafts are now under threat.

Some might argue that it’s just the march of history, why not let some of them go extinct? That would be a dreadful shame. There’s nothing quite like a handmade object. They are imbued with value; they transcend their function. They are also part of our collective heritage. Take the making of kilts or hand-stitched cricket balls, for example. According to this year’s “red list” compiled by the Heritage Crafts Association, they are, respectively, “endangered” or “extinct” in the UK.

The danger of heritage crafts just blinking out is one reason

the new government has launched a review of the national curriculum, it’s time to address this.

In the not-too-distant future, artificial intelligence (AI) will be a real threat to many jobs. But the trades that involve manual dexterity are potentially going to be in huge demand because they can’t be replaced by robots or AI.

‘Making something with your hands fills a spiritual void’

It’s also true that academia doesn’t suit everyone. Some people have different skills. By expelling crafts from the classroom, we’re not finding out what skills people have and allowing them to reach their potential.

buildings requiring restoration. In the new series of Master Crafters: the Next Generation, I visit Salisbury Cathedral, which has embarked on a project to restore its beautiful, elaborately carved cloisters. That requires the skill of stonemasons who use the original medieval carving techniques.

Just look at the churches or any civic building in many of our towns and city centres. You see the chisel marks on the stone architecture right there in front of you. There is work there for those who want to learn.

Which is one of the reasons I’m back presenting Master Crafters, where this time we look at blacksmithing, letterpress printing, mosaics and stone carving. The ultimate accolade for me would be if somebody watches and thinks, “I want to do that. Can I study it? Can I consider it as a career?”

h b li h h h ld b h i h l classrooms. Since

As well as learning how to make something, learning a craft teaches self-reliance, concentration, determination and the ability to see something through – all transferable skills in any kind of job. You’re also giving people the opportunity to find something that might sustain them over a lifetime and make them happier. The consequences are invaluable. Our cities are full of ancient

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I tried my hand at all of them and I loved them. Letterpress printing is calming, very Zen! And while my attempts at pottery haven’t always been that successful, I now find that drawing wildlife – birds, bees and butterflies – is immensely satisfying. Humans have always created things and it’s vital that we don’t lose that connection with our past.

Bill Bailey’s Master Crafters: the Next Generation returns on Tuesday at 8pm on Sky Arts

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ROCK STAR Bill Bailey tries his hand at stone carving

‘NO ONE KNEW WHAT WAS COMING NEXT’

At the time of the first Band Aid recording in 1984, I was one of the presenters of BBC rock show Whistle Test. When the producer told me to be at a Notting Hill recording studio on Sunday morning because “apparently Bob Geldof’s making some kind of charity record”, it was said with a look we now call “side-eye”. The stock of the Boomtown Rats singer was not high.

Forty years later, Geldof admits his second

career might never have started had the first not foundered so badly. Their 1984 album had not troubled the chart. At the close of a gloomy October day spent trying unsuccessfully to interest anyone in their new single and, “thinking the best part of my life might be over”, he slunk home early to his girlfriend Paula Yates and their young child.

“That’s how I saw Michael Buerk’s report about the Ethiopian famine on the Six o’Clock News,” he explains. “Le Bon and Boy George and Bono and the rest of them would have been out

being rock stars. I wasn’t. I was on my sofa.”

Galvanised by what he saw, he conceived the idea of a fund-raising single, plundering the family’s phone book for top pop names to sing on it. “Although they had pushed our lot aside, I knew all these people through Paula and The Tube [the Channel 4 music show she presented]. I’ve got Polaroids of people like Simon Le Bon at my place, asleep on the sitting room floor because they were just exhausted.”

The song Do They Know It’s Christmas? was arrived at by putting together a pre-existing

HEADLINE NEWS

Bob Geldof’s tenacity led to some of the most famous chart-toppers of the mid-80s uniting in a London recording studio, much to the delight of the press (right)

In 1984, Sir Bob Geldof was roused to action by a news report on the Ethiopian famine. Forty years

later,

he’s still amazed Band Aid came together…

THE RT INTERVIEW BY

DAVID HEPWORTH

Midge Ure composition with a fragment of a song Geldof had failed to interest the Rats in. “Midge sent me the tune and I said, ‘Dude, that’s f***ing Z Cars.’ He said, ‘Better than anything you can write.’ Midge will grudgingly admit there may also be an element of The Dam Busters there.”

It proved serviceable. A new BBC documentary of how it came to be recorded, put together from footage shot on the day that has lain in a vault ever since, begins with Geldof and Ure waiting like nerv-

ous party hosts to see who turns up first “Midge said to me, ‘Who’s coming?’ I said, ‘Oh, everyone, ’ but still I wasn’t sure I didn’t think Spandau would come back from Japan. Why would you?”

By the time I arrived that day, Sting, Paul Weller and Spandau Ballet were already there. By mid-morning, the faces were rolling in so freely that you stopped taking note Boy George made his big entrance in the evening, having flown in from New York on Concorde. Such were the times.

Four years earlier, most of the oiks in that room wouldn’t have been able to scrape the price of a cab; now here they were in front of the cameras, savouring their moment, doing their bit, feeling their juice, not entirely sure where they were. Geldof can’t be sure of the name of the bewildered band member who recorded a message apologising to “all our Ethiopian fans” for not being able to tour there, so he must remain the day’s Unknown Soldier.

The pop historian in Geldof is captivated by the film, likening it to the Maysles brothers’ famous footage of the Beatles arriving in New York in 1964. “There’s no filter. What I love about it is the contrast with We Are the World

‘Midge sent me the tune and I said, ‘Dude, that’s Z Cars’’

MAIN MAN

As he set about making Band Aid happen, Bob Geldof wouldn’t take no for an answer

[the US equivalent recorded the following year]. There you have these giants, people like Ray Charles, Tina Turner and Willie Nelson, but back in the UK there are these spotty kids just out of school. They’re charming, guileless, innocent almost. They’re rivals for sure, but they’re laughing and carrying on. Then you have a previous generation, like me and Weller and Midge trying to keep it together. Everyone crowds into the studio control room, which is the very opposite of Quincy Jones, let me assure you. It’s wonderful, it’s moving and no one in that room, me included, had a clue what was coming next.” There are aspects of the day Geldof has forgotten or didn’t notice back then. Paul Weller, ▷

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ALL-STAR CAST

◁ at the time in his Style Council phase, arrived sporting a walking stick.

“I imagined he and I hadn’t got along, but in the film I can see him sitting behind Midge, chipping in.”

He’s forgotten that he phoned Frankie Goes to Hollywood, who were overseas, to beg even the tiniest contribution from the year’s hot property. The sequence where he’s heard introducing a visibly nervous Bono (“He wasn’t sure U2 should be there at all, and he was iffy about Le Bon’s bouffant”) to a clearly shy George Michael (who says, “I get nervous around pop stars,” before transforming his vocal line with an artful tweak) has a touch of Stella Street. “It’s mad in retrospect. Two years later these people were the determinants of pop music all over the world.”

TEYEWITNESS

‘IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY’

he world outside the window of Sarm Studios remains distinctly 1984. Holland Park looks shabby, the reporters use notepads, people smoke, calls are made on rotary dial phones and nobody asks why the chorus contains only four women. “It has to be seen in the context of its times,” he says. “You don’t get Band Aid without Loadsamoney [Harry Enfield’s 80s comedy character].” The soloists line up to record their lines in front of each other. These are done “dry”, mean-

‘Bono was iffy about U2 being there and Le Bon’s bouffant’

ing nobody else can hear the track they’re singing to. Under such conditions, even Pavarotti would sound like a drunk.

“It was like school. ‘Who’s going first?’ ‘Not me, f*** off.’ Midge was like the kindly teacher and I was there tapping my fingers impatiently. Anyway, Paul Young stepped up and volunteered to do the first line.”

Bob is seen reminding them what they’re singing about. “Bono took me aside and asked if I was sure I wanted him to sing this line about ‘Tonight, thank God it’s them instead of you.’ I was able to say, this is not soggy liberalism; this is coded anger, like Michael Buerk’s report. And because he’s got a voice from God and he can absorb the sense of a song like few others, he nailed it.”

In time, Bono’s bravura delivery of that zinger attracted a fan club. When, on its 20th ▷

MARK ELLEN was editor of Smash Hits magazine and attended the 1984 recording. He recalls shy stars and one surprising ice-breaker…

Did you think Band Aid would be successful?

I admit I initially felt a bit sceptical. Bob Geldof hadn’t had a hit for four years and was generally considered, in Smash Hits parlance, “down the dumper”. But he had the gift of the gab, he was a brilliant negotiator, and he was a bridge between the older artists — Status Quo, Genesis — and the younger ones, like Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran, who he knew through his then girlfriend, Paula Yates.

How did the artists behave on the day?

Pop stars back then were

rivals who slagged each other off in the press. Paul Weller hid behind me, saying, “I’m hardly everyone’s favourite person.” People initially kept themselves busy, so they didn’t have to talk — John Taylor was eating chilli con carne Bananarama were watching TV. The ice breaker was Culture Club drummer Jon Moss, who saw Phil Collins, shouted “My hero!” and ran over and hugged him.

Who was the biggest star in the room?

Boy George. He was stuck in New York, but Bob called him and he flew in on Concorde. Eventually, he arrived, with crimson hair. He was the biggest household name at the time, the one everyone’s mum knew. Had he not turned up, the record would have had far less impact.

What happened when they began to sing? They recorded the chorus first, then each vocalist had to step up in turn and deliver their lines. It must have been nerve-racking, trying to cram all your vocal personality into five seconds. But, somehow, they all managed it.

Forty years later, how do you feel about Band Aid?

Now there’s a convention of stars doing charity singles, which Band Aid started. At the time, seeing all those famous faces together in one room was extraordinary. I’ve always felt very proud that it was British, and the rest of the world followed. It felt quite out of step with the individualistic 1980s. Band Aid was a rare moment, when people stopped and looked around. I’m not sure how long it lasted, but it was wonderful.

CAROLINE FROST

Left: Boy George with Bob Geldof. Below: Sting, Bono and Simon Le Bon in the recording studio

‘IT WAS LIKE A NAVY SEALS OPERATION’

MARIELLA

FROSTRUP, then one of Band Aid’s PR team, remembers a sense of reverence on the day, and the moment she knew it had worked…

How did you come to work on Band Aid?

Bob was one of my clients. He came into Phonogram Records and tried to take over my desk. He’d seen a news item on TV and it had reduced him to tears. He said he had something important to do and didn’t have a moment to waste.

What was your role?

My job was to help

coordinate all the big bands and big egos. It was like a Navy Seals operation in terms of how to present it to the media.

Back then, every call was on a landline, every press release sent by fax, and you had to rewrite from scratch anything with a mistake. The amount of manual labour was not inconsiderable!

What is your strongest memory of recording day?

BANDING TOGETHER

Simon Le Bon, Paul Weller, Bono, Sting and George Michael were just some of the big names Bob Geldof united for a good cause

showbusiness gig It felt part of something bigger.

When did you first realise what a phenomenon it would become?

I was very used to those bands joshing around, but there was a kind of reverential silence as

◁ anniversary, a subsequent generation of pop stars gathered to record the song, both Robbie Williams and Justin Hawkins tried to bag the line for themselves. “They were still arguing when the door swings open and in walks Bono, who says, ‘Are we doing my line yet?’ He came back and sang it again in 2014, when we were doing it for the Ebola crisis.”

What the film can’t capture is the behind-the-scenes arm wrestling of the week between completion and release, during the course of which Geldof learnt to go to the top. “I did a deal with the Daily Mirror by calling [owner] Robert Maxwell. The old shyster rang me at 3am, saying he was going to charge for the poster of the Band Aid line-up. I told him he couldn’t. When Top of the Pops said they couldn’t play the record because it wasn’t yet in the charts, I went to [BBC1 controller] Michael Grade. He said, ‘Why don’t I give you five minutes before Top of the Pops? Can you get someone to introduce it?’ I said, ‘I could f***ing do that,’ and he said, ‘Mmm, perhaps somebody else, Bob.’” Anyway, David Bowie did it. I asked him to wear my Feed the World T-shirt, which was based on Katharine

they all slipped into the studio — extraordinary when you’re talking about a bunch of young, scampy, egotistical people. It felt as though something important was going on, and the ones who turned up in limousines seemed pretty embarrassed. I think they soon realised it wasn’t just another

I walked down Oxford Street the day the single came out and heard it playing in almost every shop I passed. Then it went to number one, and just flew.

Forty years later, how do you feel about Band Aid?

The lyrics, especially Bono’s line,

Hamnett’s [designer T-shirts]. Of course, it looked s**t on me and brilliant on him.

“I was having difficulty getting the Musicians’ Union to sign off on all these people being present. I’d come to the end of my tether. The only way to get it to Radio 1 was to leave the MU and start our own union. If we started the Pop Music Union, left the MU and said to the BBC, ‘You can play none of these artists’ records without the PMU’s consent,’ it would have meant that Radio 1 would have come off air. I understood the power that was in that room.” The union settled; the Geldof MO was established.

As we wind up, I remind him that 40 years earlier, I had asked if this would be the end of his involvement with charity – he said yes. He laughs. His morning has begun, as most days do, with ten emails of Band Aid Trust-related matters. “But if you asked me again today, the answer would be the same.”

Do They Know It’s Christmas?: The Song That Changed the World, presented by Zoe Ball, will be available on BBC Sounds from Monday 25 November and will air on Radio 2 on Sunday 1 December at 12 midnight. Band Aid at 40 is on Sunday 7.00pm Virgin Radio (Listen on DAB, Freesat, Sky, virginradio.co.uk)

encapsulated Bob and Midge’s sense of rage, and determination that we should all get off our well-padded bottoms and do something. Sadly, that remains true today. The world hasn’t changed as dramatically as we’d have liked it to, and we’re cynical about the people who try. People find Bob a bit Marmite, but he started a global movement and raised millions for a cause he believed in. I still get shivers down my spine when I hear the original. CF

BAND AID 2024

To mark Band Aid’s 40th anniversary, original producer Trevor Horn has used parts from all four previous versions to create a compilation which, in Geldof’s words, “re-vivifies” the song. He explains: “You get a young Ed Sheeran singing with a young Sting, a young Boy George with a young Sam Smith, a young Bono and a young Harry Styles. There’s the arc of British rock ’n’ roll over 40 years on one song.” In the video, made using the same technology that reunited the Beatles last year in Now and Then, variously aged Bonos appear in a triptych based, at Geldof’s request, on the opening titles of Dallas. Do They Know It’s Christmas? 40th Anniversary Compilation (including a new 2024 Ultimate Mix), is released on 29 November on vinyl, and can be streamed from 25 November, when it will also be played on breakfast radio.

Anna DOWN UNDER DEATH

Star Anna Samson reveals what it’s like to be the first female detective in the new Australian Death in Paradise spin-off

There is a reason Death in Paradise has been on our screens for 13 years. White-sand beaches, crystal-clear blue waters, unflinching sunlight and crimes that are wrapped up in an hour have proven to be a sure-fire recipe for success. And if the formula isn’t broken, you need not fix it. In fact, it’s probably wise to monopolise on it. Enter, Return to Paradise

In this spin-off, Guadeloupe has been replaced by Australia and the island of St Marie for the quiet, mesmeric coastal town of Dolphin Cove. It’s predictably an armchair traveller’s delight –a patchwork quilt of shooting locations from

‘When I was three I saw Oliver! I haven’t been the same since’

ANNA SAMSON

northern Sydney’s beaches down to the enchanting landscapes of the Illawarra region.

And, adding to the canon of maverick detectives in the Paradise universe is the socially incompetent – but brilliantly minded – DI Mackenzie Clarke. After serving in the Metropolitan Police, DI Clarke leaves London and returns to her hometown of Dolphin Cove – and comes face to face with some dark aspects of her past (an old flame, her old job, small-town gossip). For some, taking on the first female lead in a beloved franchise might have been an intimidating prospect, but if anyone is up for the job, it’s Anna Samson – who shines as brightly as the Aussie sun as Mackenzie. “Death in

LLOYD GRIFFITH

FELLOW OFFICER COLIN CARTWRIGHT

‘I’m from Grimsby — it’s beautiful, but not a patch on the Australian coast’

Were you a fan of Death in Paradise before you landed the role of Colin?

I started watching it when I lived with my mum during the pandemic. She had already seen Ben Miller and Kris Marshall’s series and I joined in halfway through Ardal O’Hanlon’s. Then we got to Ralf Little’s –I’d grown up watching him in The Royle Family – and I thought it was great!

Did the Antipodean location have anything to do with you taking the job?

I’d never been Down Under! When the script came through, I was asked, “How would you feel about moving to Australia?” I said, “Absolutely!” Peter Mattessi, the writer and showrunner, said I was really realistic in my audition for Colin –playing this British guy who is starry-eyed about moving to Australia. Obviously, I was acting but at the same time, it wasn’t hard. The locations we shoot at… Oh my goodness! I’m from Grimsby! Cleethorpes beach is beautiful but it’s not really a patch on the northern beaches and Illawarra coast in Australia.

Praise and Soccer AM! I like a varied career. I trained as a classical singer and then I got into comedy. During a gig, a casting director saw me and asked me to audition for an acting job. So, that’s how it all came about… I’m like a modern-day Harry Secombe.

You’ve had acting credits on some of the biggest shows of the last few years. Will you be concentrating on acting in the future?

Will fans like this Australian spin-off? I think so! It’s got the same ingredients as Death in Paradise –it’s a whodunnit and we figure out the crime by the end of each episode. British viewers have this love affair with Australian TV. It’s location porn… you can fantasise about h i lif !

Your career has been incredibly wide-ranging — you’ve worked as a comedian, you’ve dabbled in sports commentary, done a bit of singing… I think I might be the only person to have hosted both Songs of

I had small parts in Ted Lasso and It’s a Sin – but they were huge jobs to be a part of. I made friends with Russell T Davies and he kept me in mind for another project. A year or so ago, I was in Nolly with Helena Bonham Carter, which was well received and an amazing experience. All these jobs help you get other work. I did actually say to my agent about five years ago, “I’d love to play a cop.” It was mainly so I could drive a police car really fast. No spoilers – but I do get an undercover car in Return to Paradise K-AT

CRIMEBUSTERS

Paradise is one of the highest-grossing shows in Australia,” says the 34-year-old excitedly. “I was a fan of it because it harks back – without ever being fusty – to a more innocent time of television where there was the intention to entertain and give escape, rather than traumatise. I think the world can be quite heavy and dark and hard right now. Having a show that is softer, warmer,

‘Mackenzie can be acerbic, but she lives in a soft TV world’

ANNA SAMSON

charming and kind in its bones was really appealing to me. Even though Mackenzie can be an acerbic, hard character, she lives within a soft television world.”

Landing the role of DI Clarke was no small feat. The audition process was long and extensive, with multiple rounds of callbacks. “At the end of each episode, there is a denouement, where the detective gets all the suspects in one room and makes a bit of a theatre show, describing the plot and then, revealing the killer,” she explains. “It’s a lot of dialogue – four, five, six pages of monologue. There were two in my audition process! It was a huge number of lines to learn, inhabit and perform. But, they were really keen on finding the right woman for the gig. So, it was a real joy and privilege when I got the call. You’re not supposed to tell anyone – but I called my mum straightaway! And then, the fear kicked in…”

Born in Britain, Samson initially lived in Haywards Heath in West Sussex but in her early childhood she and her mother, who was a nurse, relocated to Nigeria, where her father – a civil engineer, was building a dam. She spent her early years between Nigeria and London, where her grandparents lived.

“My nana and grandad used to take me to the West End. That’s where my love of performance started – at a very young age in England. I saw a production of Oliver! at the London Palladium with Ron Moody when I was three. I haven’t quite been the same since. It gave me a love of theatre. I wanted to be part of it. And that’s where my career started.”

Were her parents supportive of her career choice? “They’re both retired now. They live in the Blue Mountains in Australia. They’re still madly in love after 40-odd years. They still get excited when the other comes home. My parents are the kindest, most supportive, most adventurous, excellent human beings.”

Samson moved to Australia in her early teens when her dad set up a company there – and it was there that she began to pursue a career ▷

Anna Samson (centre), with from left: Lloyd Griffith, Tai Hara, Celia Ireland and Aaron L McGrath

◁ in acting, first enrolling at a performing arts high school and then going on to study at a prestigious drama school in Melbourne.

“We travelled a lot when I was young. I still travel a lot – it’s a big part of my life. I love adventure. Seeing and living in different parts of the world has made me a better person. I have a lovely home in Sydney but London is my second home. I’m here usually twice a year. I don’t think I’ll ever put roots down somewhere and not leave. Being a theatre actor very much feels like you’ve run away with the circus.”

Samson has carved herself a successful on-stage career – and some viewers might also recognise her from her stint in Home and Away as Mia Anderson. “Being English – I’ve always harboured a little, secret desire to play a detective on the BBC. I love the genre – from literature like Agatha Christie to television police procedurals. I understand its appeal and how it works. When the audition for Return to Paradise came along, I definitely thought I had something to offer.”

Playing the first female detective in the “Paraverse” must have come with its own pressures though? “There’s a pressure and a joy. I’m taking up the mantle from very beloved male British actors. I’m different to that – I can’t emulate what they did, I can’t copy or mimic them. I bring me to the show. Thinking about being the first female detective and the size and success of the franchise between ‘action’ and ‘cut’ is not helpful. You have to put it to the side and play the scene.

“I actually think that being a female detective doesn’t change the DNA of the show. Not at all. It’s a significant cultural move; setting it in Australia changes it more than having a female lead. I have a great amount of pride – and I’m as pleased as punch to be playing Mackenzie.”

DI Clarke might solve puzzles well and excel as a mathematician – but that doesn’t quite equate to empathy and understanding human emotions. And often, her inability to read social

‘There’s pressure and joy taking over from male British actors’

ANNA SAMSON

cues means she can unintentionally offend. But, for all her flaws, she is a female character who has confidence in her abilities and in the world.

“She’s genuinely not concerned with people liking her,” says Samson. “She doesn’t think that she needs people or community – but we all do. However, we don’t all need to be liked and loved by everyone. I’ve learned that through playing her. Because, unlike me, Mackenzie is not a people pleaser. She’s the complete opposite. I think a lot of us, especially women, struggle with

TAI HARA FORMER FIANCÉ DR GLENN STRONG

‘Everyone I know was auditioning for this — I was gobsmacked when I got the part’

You play Dr Glenn Strong, resident forensic pathologist and former love interest of DI Mackenzie Clarke. How familiar were you with the Death in Paradise universe?

I wouldn’t say I was a mega fan – but I had seen the show before. It’s got a huge following over here –Australians love it. It’s definitely a guilty pleasure for people of all ages. I was so excited to find out that we were doing our own spin-off and adding our own flavour to it. Everyone I know was auditioning for it. When I saw the character of Glenn, I thought, “I’ve got to play this guy!” I was gobsmacked when I got the part.

Before getting down to work, your character spends his mornings surfing — do you live like Glenn?

It’s been a dream job – I get to enjoy all the best elements of what this country has to offer. I play a guy that lives by the beach, surfs, gets to have beers with his mates and solves crimes. It’s pretty sweet.

It feels like Australian fare is a staple on our screens at the moment — Colin from Accounts has most recently captivated UK

audiences. What was that like to be a part of?

It was amazing! Pat and Harry [co-creators Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer] are phenomenal. I cannot speak highly enough of them. Everything you see them do as their characters on screen, is what they’re like in real life. They have that same banter – they’re fun and cheeky. It’s real and relatable and culturally it lands really well.

There have also been a few darker dramas — The Newsreader, The Tourist, The Twelve. Has the Australian TV industry upped its game?

I feel like we’ve always had a strong, thriving industry. I wouldn’t say it’s a chip on the shoulder – but maybe a little sibling complex. We’ve always been here and we do produce amazing artists and crew. So many Aussies have gone and made their mark in the UK and in the States. The generation before us really pushed us onto the world stage. I also think with streaming, it’s become a more universal world.

Australia is also famed for its soaps. You starred in Home and Away as Andy Barrett for three years — was it hard to leave behind

trying to be palatable. To put that side of myself down, for the time I got to play her, was like a weight off my shoulders.”

DI Clarke’s brain is always whirring – she’s constantly trying to solve crimes and work out which are the missing pieces of the puzzle. In some ways, perhaps a detective’s life isn’t dissimilar to that of an actor’s and I wonder whether either ever have a work-life balance?

“Life is bigger than just your career. Having things that ground you, things that give you joy

such a big show and popular character? It didn’t feel like a career risk – it felt like the perfect time. I’d been on the show for three years and it was one of the most fulfilling jobs. It’s been around for longer than I’ve been alive! It’s one of those shows that every person in this country knows. That, along with Neighbours, they’re so iconic and the characters are so well-known. To be able to step into a show that I grew up watching as a kid, as my first gig, I’ll always be grateful. They serve such a valuable place in the industry – not just in terms of acting, but also for crew. It’s such a nourishing environment and you get so much time and experience in front of the camera. K-AT

– they end up making your work better. I’m certainly not playing a character that has any work-life balance. But, I love my life outside of acting – my family, my friends, travel, writing. I’m currently doing a master’s in literature at Sydney University. I’m curious and I love learning. When I was shooting this show, I had zero work-life balance – but it’s only for three months and I wanted to dedicate myself to it. And then, I get the time to do something else.”

KELLY-ANNE TAYLOR

From an octopus that shoots fish to the mythical narwhal, a new documentary series captures the drama of life beneath the waves

SEA-LIFE STORIES

Orca at three o’clock! Hump at ten o’clock!” It’s hard to know where to look as whales and sea lions surround the boat I’m on in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Monterey, California.

The woman next to me is excitedly taking pictures on her iPhone and dashing from starboard to port to get the best view of the action: which would be normal behaviour were it not for the fact she’s Inka Cresswell, one of the team who’s spent six years making the five-part natural history film, Our Oceans.

“Is this not a bit of a busman’s holiday for you?” I ask. “It’s actually really nice,” she laughs. “I never get bored with the ocean. I even wanted to go scuba diving on my honeymoon but we agreed that might be a step too far.”

I’ve been invited to join executive producer James Honeyborne, series producer Jonathan Smith and researcher Cresswell to understand what it took to make the epic new Netflix series.

The team spent more than 53,000 hours in the field across 33 countries, including 500 days living at sea and 4,000 hours diving underwater.

The resulting series is narrated by former US President Barack Obama and has spawned 20 new scientific papers from its discoveries.

And yet here they are, excited about a fivehour boat ride run by a company that usually runs whale-watching trips for tourists. We have been exceedingly lucky, seeing pods of orcas teaching their young to hunt a sea lion, and hundreds of sea lions feeding on a giant bait ball of anchovy alongside eight humpback whales.

Smith says, “These moments excite us as much as anybody. If we can bring that excitement, magic and wonder to the screen, then we can protect our oceans.”

Key to Our Oceans was not just telling ground-breaking stories but finding a connection to sea-life. The team wanted to show those who grew up fearing the ocean after watching Jaws that life under the waves is full of stories that are completely

relatable. Jonathan Smith explains: “The species living under or beside the water are sharing the same challenges and joys of life that we all are.

It’s only by starting to understand this world that you realise, ‘This isn’t something to be scared of. This is something to be in love with.’”

Honeyborne, who was director and executive producer on the BBC1 series Blue Planet II, adds, “We’re trying to change the perception of fish and cetaceans being cold and slimy and alien-looking. Sometimes we find ourselves looking at a fish thinking, ‘You’re a lot more clever than we thought’. We see parents fussing over their kids, we see love stories emerging. That’s the joy of it.”

The team spent six months researching stories to film: but some of the most fascinating were completely unplanned, as Smith explains. “We script stories, but nature doesn’t read the script. That can make life tricky but it can also throw wonderful surprises our way.” His favourite

AT THE HELM Former US President Barack Obama narrates Our Oceans

CHALLENGES AHEAD

Polar bears are struggling to cope with the changing climate

example of this is the tiny veined octopus in the Indian Ocean that hides among debris on the sea bed in order to hunt.

First, they filmed the octopus embedding itself in a see-through plastic cup before she cleverly realised that if she could see out, her predators could see in – so she changed tactic and found two halves of a clam shell as the perfect hiding place from which to hunt for crab.

And when passing fish smelt the clam remains and started loitering, the octopus used her siphon to pick up stones to fire them at the fish.

Smith says, “The story took a really crazy turn at that point. She picked up this stone, shot the fish in the head, and basically turned herself into a gun! It was magical and showed how clever she is. There’s a scientific paper being written about it now. It’s what we try to do with every story, to take you on a journey with twists and turns to rival the best Hollywood scripts.”

Because the octopus is so tiny – about six inches – and the action happened so quickly, the team didn’t realise what they had filmed until they got out of their wetsuits and into their hotel

ELUSIVE

HIDING PLACE

An

‘We see parents fussing over kids and love stories emerging’

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rooms to look at the footage. “What they saw,” says Honeyborne, “was a fish swimming up towards the octopus and then being startled, like it had been slapped in the face. It was only when we went through it in slow motion, frame by frame, that we saw this pebble. That was the ‘penny drop’ moment. We then spent another 100 hours filming it.”

Other highlights included filming the narwhal – an Arctic creature known as the “sea unicorn” – using its tusk with immense dexterity to separate and stun fish. “It’s one of those amazing near-mythical animals that we don’t know much about,” says Honeyborne, “so to see it doing something so astonishing was a great moment.”

The crew were able to film this behaviour in part by using a drone camera that could track the shy narwhal from the sky. New kit also allowed them to film species such as brightly coloured starfish that live as deep as 3,000 metres in dark and freezing conditions.

But as well as the joyous new findings, there is

also a focus on the environmental impact of humans on our oceans, epitomised in a heartbreaking scene where a polar bear cub isn’t able to keep up with its mum and sibling; almost half of polar bear cubs don’t make it to their first birthday due to thinning ice caps. Weak with exhaustion, the mum has to help it climb the ice. Another heart-stopping moment comes when the cub starts playing with a piece of discarded rope on a beach and becomes entangled.

Cinematographer Alex Vail says, “You could see in this cub’s face that it was really scared. The rope did slip off, but it was a scary moment.”

After Blue Planet II sparked international campaigns over single-use plastic, Honeyborne hopes Our Oceans will have a similar effect. “We saw that after [Blue Planet II], people felt emotionally closer to life beneath the waves. They cleaned beaches and started using less plastic, and that’s the warmth of the human response. If watching this means you come to love life beneath the waves, and that leads you to take action, that would be wonderful.”

EMMA COX

The team tracked the shy narwhal using a drone camera

octopus climbs into a clam shell to hunt for crab

BABY LOVE!

Writer Jack Thorne and his wife

Rachel Mason’s new film celebrates the IVF pioneers who helped them conceive their son

Why are you interviewing us for Radio Times rather than Bill Nighy?” asks writer Jack Thorne, incredulously. “Bill Nighy is so great.” I’m sure he is, I say, but this is your story. In the new Netflix film Joy, Nighy plays one of three pioneering scientists who invented in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), but the scripts were inspired by Thorne’s own battle to conceive with his wife, talent agent Rachel Mason. “If those three people hadn’t come together and had that Sliding Doors moment, we wouldn’t have our son,” Thorne explains. “And that makes us very emotional.”

I start by asking the couple to stop me should I veer into any areas they find too personal about their journey to conceive their son Elliott, who’s now eight, which took seven cycles of IVF. “No,” interrupts Thorne, firmly. “You can’t. Ask anything.” Although it soon transpires

that the couple haven’t always been so open.

The idea for Joy was conceived by Slumdog Millionaire and Philomena producer Cameron McCracken. Thorne – Baftawinning writer of National Treasure and This Is England ’90 – was then asked to come on board, having already done some research into the origin story of IVF.

“After Elliott was born, I pitched a terrible play to the Royal Exchange that was all about the lab mice,” Thorne laughs, “and the things we could do on stage with mice. They said no, and I put that in a drawer. As soon as I read Cameron’s pitch, which revolved around this forgotten researcher Jean Purdy, who wasn’t celebrated by science because of her gender and her role, it was like, ‘Wow, this is the way to tell the story.’”

Joy begins in 1968, when 23-year-old nurse Jean Purdy (Thomasin McKenzie) applied for a

job managing an in-vitro fertilisation research lab in Cambridge for physiologist Bob Edwards (James Norton). She became part of a trio with renowned surgeon Patrick Steptoe (Nighy) who went on to produce the first “test tube baby”, Louise Joy Brown, ten years later.

Purdy had endometriosis and couldn’t conceive, and threw herself into the work, discovering how to collect women’s eggs from their ovaries, fertilise them, then replant them in the womb. Mason has also suffered with endometriosis so “it just made sense” to try her hand at writing with her husband for the first time,

SCRUBBED UP Bill Nighy as Patrick Steptoe, Thomasin McKenzie as Jean Purdy and James Norton as Bob Edwards in Joy

FIRST BORN

The real Edwards, Purdy and Steptoe in 1978 with baby Louise Joy Brown

BEAUTIFUL FJORDS OF WESTERN NORWAY

Western Norway’s fjord country has drawn eager visitors to its unique landscape for centuries. Here, sheer mountainsides plunge into the deep, dark waters and, beyond, its unspoilt landscape of forests, lakes and pristine glaciers is watched over

HIDDEN SECRETS OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

Eight days now from £791pp Departures February—November 2025

HIGHLIGHTS AND INCLUSIONS

◼ Seven nights’ half-board accommodation at your chosen hotel (upgrade hotel available)

◼ Tours of Nicosia and Famagusta

◼ Visit the Greek and Roman ruins at Salamis and Soli

◼ Explore Kyrenia’s charming harbour and monumental castle

◼ Trips to St Hilarion and Bellapais

◼ Return flights to Cyprus

◼ Air-conditioned coach travel and transfers

◼ The services of an experienced tour manager

by soaring peaks that are the refuges of sea eagles and reindeer.

HIGHLIGHTS AND INCLUSIONS

◼ Seven nights’ half-board accommodation at the four-star Kviknes Hotel in

LAKE COMO, ST MORITZ AND THE BERNINA EXPRESS

Eight days now from £1,151pp Departures April—October 2025

HIGHLIGHTS AND INCLUSIONS

◼ Seven nights’ bed and breakfast or half-board accommodation in your chosen Lake Como Hotel

◼ Two boat trips on Lake Como

◼ A ride on the Bernina Express to St Moritz

◼ Entrance to the gardens of Villa del Balbianello

◼ Return flights to Milan

◼ Air-conditioned coach travel and transfers

◼ Fully escorted by an experienced tour manager, with specialist local guides where applicable

Balestrand, on Sognefjord

◼ A cruise to Bergen

◼ A full-day ‘Fjord-Life’ tour

◼ Return flights to Bergen

◼ Coach travel and transfers throughout

◼ Fully escorted by an experienced tour manager

ICELAND — REYKJAVIK AND THE NORTHEN LIGHTS

Five days now from £828pp Departures January 2025—March 2026

HIGHLIGHTS AND INCLUSIONS

◼ Four nights’ carefully chosen bed and breakfast accommodation at the Hotel Cabin, Reykjavik (Hotel Klettur available for a supplement)

◼ A tour in search of the Northern Lights

◼ A guided tour of Reykjavík

◼ Enjoy an optional visit to the Blue Lagoon

◼ Join the Southern Shore Adventure optional excursion

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Agios Mamas monastery

Balestrand

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◁ knowing she could bring a personal insight to the script. Thorne however, had reservations. “I’m not a balanced person when it comes to writing,” he admits. “We’ve got a pretty good marriage, and I didn’t want to bring Rach into my madness. So there wasn’t a great part of me that was going, Yes.”

In the end, not only did they love working together, but they found the process cathartic, discussing the pain of the IVF process in a way they never had before. Mason even admitted to Thorne during the writing process that she had planned to leave him if the seventh cycle hadn’t been successful. “The infertility issue was mine,” she explains, “and I felt like I was putting Jack through this. I just thought, this isn’t fair on him and if this doesn’t work, what then?”

How did Thorne react? “It was nuts. I told her, ‘You’re nuts.’ There was nothing in my head about having kids before I met Rach. So the idea that, because we couldn’t have kids, she would go, is just insanity.”

What sort of conversations did you have about it at the time: was there a limit to how many cycles you would try? “We had sort of talked about stopping,” says Thorne. “But there was a long period where she was impenetrable. I’m not very good at dismantling walls, so I was dancing on the outside of it going, ‘Look at the statistics. This is fine! Keep going.’ Men apparently always say things like, ‘The statistics will go up to 18.9 per cent when we do the next round, then 22.6 per cent on the round after that, so that’s good, isn’t it?’ But that’s not what she wanted to hear. I couldn’t reach her.”

Mason adds, “We did talk about stopping, and thought the seventh round would be the last. But who knows? Financially, you can only do so much, although I’d have lived in a tent to keep going. I was obsessed. I don’t think you can have certain discussions when you’re going through it, because it’s so raw.

“I want people to understand the darkness of the experience, the isolation. There were days I could talk about it, and other days I’d be furious, and jealous of people with babies. Jack was so good about it.”

“What she means is ‘bloody useless,’” Thorne interjects. “As someone who is a professional empath – I mean, empathy is literally my job –I couldn’t get there. I once spent six months in bed with a very painful disease, and I can tell you without doubt that IVF is the hardest thing I’ve ever done.”

‘We thought the seventh round would be the last, but I was obsessed’

RACHEL MASON

While studying at Cambridge, Thorne was diagnosed with chronic pain condition cholinergic urticaria, and he has often written about pain and disability – but is Joy an even more personal project?

“Not more, no,” he says. “It’s the most loving project I’ve done. At the start of every script rehearsal, we’d talk about our fertility journeys, and we’d cry. Everyone has a story, whether it’s them or a friend or a family member. That’s why we were all attracted to this story. My favourite moment in the film is just after one of the women has become the first to get pregnant. Jean’s in the car eating an ice cream with Trisha, one of the other women who’s been trying unsuccessfully to have IVF. Jean turns to Trisha and says, ‘I’m jealous of her, too’. That little stuff is all about us.”

GROUNDBREAKER

There have now been 12 million babies worldwide born through IVF, yet the process is expensive and complicated.

Before the procedure became more widely available in the UK on the NHS, most IVF babies were conceived at the private Bourn Hall clinic. Yet

today the NHS provides just one or two rounds per couple.

“Infertility is classed as a disease,” says Mason. “The stress of thinking, ‘I’ve got one chance, maybe two’ – it’s just wrong. And if you’re with a partner who has a child from a previous relationship – which would have been true for Louise Brown’s parents, who wouldn’t get the level of care now that they did in 1978 – you wouldn’t necessarily qualify. We think Bob, Patrick and Jean would be hugely disappointed by how it’s played out.”

In essence, Joy is a tribute to Jean Purdy, whose achievements were ignored when a plaque was put up at Kershaw’s Cottage Hospital near Oldham in the early 80s, to commemorate the work the scientists carried out there. Her name was only added to a plaque in 2015. Thorne says, “Nothing would have been possible without Patrick’s developments as an obstetrician or Bob’s brilliance as a scientist. But equally, nothing would have been possible without Jean. She was an embryologist, and Louise Brown calls her her first babysitter. Science just decided she wasn’t important because of her gender and her role: she was a lab tech, while they were great big professors and obstetricians. But she was crucial.”

The film is also a tribute to Thorne and Mason’s son. He knows he is an IVF baby but has little interest, according to his parents. “He’s brilliant, he’s fantastic,” says Mason. “He’s very like Jack. We are biased but he’s wonderful. This project has involved some difficult conversations but overall it’s been a fantastic experience.”

EMMA COX

Louise Brown today, and news of her arrival…

TEAM EFFORT

Edwards with Steptoe in 1969, and with Purdy in the lab in 1968

SUCCESS STORY

Jack Thorne and Rachel Mason are now parents of an eight-year-old son

PLAY THE BALL, NOT THE MAN

Gary Lineker’s exit is a reminder that Match of the Day — and football — is a team sport

Was it an excellent goal or bad goalkeeping? I couldn’t tell when Bournemouth scored against Liverpool on 11 March 2023, but neither could anybody else, because that was the day English sport all but stopped for Gary Lineker. After the footballer-turned-presenter was suspended from Match of the Day for a politically themed tweet, dozens of his fellow presenters, pundits and commentators shut up shop in support. The BBC was forced to air its flagship football show that Saturday night without its famous theme tune (does Lineker play the trumpet, too?) and it only ran to a fraction of the usual 80 minutes of guff and flannel. It was a moment of extraordinary cultural

‘It’s time for him to go. His salary galls in the face of cuts elsewhere’

impact, one that would have been unthinkable when Lineker first took his seat in the BBC sports studio as pundit sidekick to the peerless Des Lynam. Lynam recently recalled his attentive pupil to RT: “He wasn’t comfortable at the beginning. When he first came on, he wouldn’t criticise anybody.”

Lineker’s employer may be nostalgic for those early, quieter days when the former striker relied less on his rhetoric and more on his exceptional sporting record. World Cup glory (by modern English standards) included the Golden Boot for top scorer in Mexico 1986

and his concern for Paul Gascoigne’s tears at Italia 1990. Throw in an FA Cup win with Spurs, his fluent Spanish at Barcelona, a playing career completely free of yellow cards never mind a red, and it adds up to a pitch pedigree that he parlayed into a pleasant, self-deprecating TV style.

Later came the banter, hyping up the big matches while reminding us it’s all just a game. And he supported Leicester City long before it was cool. Lynam praised his successor’s “first-class” job and no one disputes that the role Lineker now prepares to vacate is one he has made his own.

In the same breath, there’s no doubt it’s time for him to go. As we saw with his suspension and the resulting fallout, the BBC is dancing on an ever smaller head of a pin trying to preserve its sole remaining superpower of impartiality while its highest-paid employee strains to flex his political muscles whenever he sees fit. His £1.35 million salary (which he can probably live without due to the success of his podcasting company, Goalhanger) galls in the face of BBC cuts everywhere else. Lineker reportedly has no problem chatting with fans for hours at a time – he says himself his BBC wage

comes from those same people wanting selfies. Now that money can go somewhere else. Does it matter who replaces Lineker? Not really, as long as a) they’re paid a lot less and b) somebody does. I had to review that bizarre edition of the show in March 2023 for Radio 4 (very BBC!) and I had no idea what was happening on the pitch. It was only then I realised how much all that studio guff and flannel was essential to the viewing experience, not just being told whether it was a good goal or the other thing.

Even in this age of on-tap content via dedicated club TV channels, live streaming and a million other football platforms, audience figures attest to fans’ enduring delight in a late-evening show offering highlights, analysis and confirmation of all their one-eyed prejudices. It’s the perfect programme in the perfect slot. When Lynam went to early-evening ITV, he didn’t take his audience with him. MOTD survived, and it will again.

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Outgoing Match of the Day anchor

Gary Lineker

Formula One: Las Vegas Grand Prix

Sunday 5.55am (race starts 6am) Sky Sports Main Event/F1; 12.30pm (highlights) C4; 5.45am Radio 5 Live

Fights in films tend to follow a pattern. While real fights are invariably decided by the first meaningful contact, in films the hero lands several crippling blows on the baddie, only then for said baddie to somehow fight back before, finally, our hero, seemingly out for the count, recovers and finishes off his opponent.

That’s been the story of the 2024 Formula One season. Red Bull driver Max Verstappen won seven of the first ten races and looked invincible. Then everything went wrong: “The car is f****d,” the Dutchman told the world with pit-lane frankness. For this heinous crime he was forced to perform “public work”, and has since restricted himself to yes-no answers in ofcial press conferences.

Meanwhile, Britain’s Lando Norris, driving for McLaren, was making serious inroads into Verstappen’s massive lead in the drivers’ championship. We were getting ready for a photo-finish over the final three races in Las Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi.

And then came the pouring rain in São Paulo. When it rains, every car on the grid is compromised. The radically changed conditions mean that all cars are more or less equal and the difference between one car and another is now the driver.

Cricketers leave the pitch when it gets wet. “Rain stopped play” is a phrase that lies deep in the hearts of all England cricket fans. But perhaps motor racing should only ever take place in the rain; “nice weather stopped play”, if you like. All the same, I was surprised to find this idea echoed by Bernie Ecclestone, the former tsar of Formula One. Back in 2011 he said: “There’s no reason why sprinklers shouldn’t happen… wet races are always the best by far.”

Bernie and I were vindicated by the events of the São Paulo Grand Prix on the first weekend of November. Thanks to the rain it was the race of the season and perhaps the decade. Norris started in pole position and Verstappen, for

this weekend SIMON’S PICK OF THE WEEK

CHAMPION IN WAITING

Max Verstappen is on course to win his fourth consecutive F1 title in Las Vegas this Sunday, says Simon Barnes

‘Verstappen is on his way to becoming one of the greats’

various complex reasons, was in 17th place on the grid. It looked as if Norris would cut Verstappen’s lead down yet more and set things up for the next race in Las Vegas.

CHAMP

But instead, this Sunday’s race will either confirm Verstappen as champion for the fourth year in a row or set him up for coronation in Qatar and a lap of honour in the final race in Abu Dhabi.

There doesn’t seem another possible outcome after Verstappen won that rain-sodden race in Brazil, a great peacock-tail of spray following his triumphant progress through the field. It was his first victory in 11 races. Norris finished sixth. It was one of the great drives in Formula One history, and with its

conclusion Verstappencan can rightly be compared with the other great masters of wet weather, Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher and, back in his prime, Lewis Hamilton.

After São Paulo, Verstappen showed us that he is on his way to becoming one of the greats – and the last three races of the Formula One season give us a chance to appreciate that. The 27-year-old is no longer an upstart in a cap too big for him, a driver noted for Dick Dastardly racing tactics who was generously given his first championship by a sport that too often prefers drama to quality.

Verstappen is now in a postion to become a driver capable of sustained excellence. He goes into the Las Vegas weekend with a lead of 62 points, with just 86 available. Norris will have to drive like a god –and Verstappen like a fool – to turn that around.

I think I can safely say that it won’t rain in Las Vegas, for it seldom does in deserts, not unless they install Bernie’s sprinklers. Norris’s car will probably still have an edge, but Norris himself won’t. The informal dominance hierarchy of Formula One is ultimately based on performance and, this season at least, Norris has been revealed as a pretender who fell short. The rain clears and the sun comes out on a new world washed clean of all doubt. That’s how life looks like to Verstappen right now.

VIVA LAS VEGAS Max Verstappen, pictured below in practice for the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix, could clinch the 2024 championship

Max Verstappen celebrates after winning in Brazil

Sport editor Michael Potts on the best of the week’s action on TV and radio

FOOTBALL

Premier League: Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur

Saturday 5.00pm (k/o 5.30pm)

Sky Sports Main Event/Premier League; 5.30pm Radio 5 Live

A third of the way into the season and Manchester City’s dominance is under severe pressure. Spurs may not be in contention to usurp the reigning champions as their manager Ange Postecoglou (above, left, with City boss Pep Guardiola) faces growing scrutiny, but they started City’s bleak run of form with a victory in the fourth round of the League Cup at the end of October.

RUGBY UNION

Premiership: Harlequins v Bristol Bears

Friday 7.00pm (k/o 7.45pm)

TNT Sports 2

If you’re itching for the return of domestic rugby action, fear not: the Premiership is back on Friday night. Bristol Bears can go top of the pack, for one night at least, with a victory over Harlequins at the Stoop. The visitors will be hoping winger Gabriel Ibitoye (above), who made his professional debut for Harlequins in 2015, can keep up his impressive form: the 26-year-old leads the league for defenders beaten and metres gained after six rounds.

SNOOKER

UK Championship

From Saturday 1.00pm, 6.45pm Eurosport 1; 1.15pm BBC1; 4.30pm BBC2

The first triple-crown event of the year provides Ronnie O’Sullivan (above) with the perfect stage to clinch his first ranking title of the 2024/25 World Snooker Tour. The Rocket has endured a subdued campaign so far by his lofty standards, only making it beyond the second round of two rankings tournaments this term, but he has won this competition eight times, more than anyone else, and is the reigning champion as play begins at the York Barbican.

FOOTBALL

Champions League: Liverpool v Real Madrid

Wednesday 7.00pm (k/o 8pm) TNT Sports 1, Radio 5 Live, Talksport

This is a European tie that needs little introduction. Liverpool host Real Madrid under the lights at Anfield as they aim to maintain their place at the top of the Champions League table. If you can peel your eyes away from Real stars Kylian Mbappé, Vinicius Júnior and Jude Bellingham, pay attention to Liverpool ace Trent Alexander-Arnold (above) in this one. Reports have suggested that he may trade Merseyside for Madrid at the end of the season.

CRICKET

New Zealand v England First Test

From Wednesday 9.30pm TNT Sports 4, Talksport 2

Won seven, lost seven. England’s men’s Test team have three opportunities to ensure they finish 2024 in the black following a calendar year that has lurched from soul-searching to success and back again. Captain Ben Stokes will be looking to Harry Brook (right), who notched a triple hundred in the first Test against Pakistan last month, to prove he has the attributes to eventually succeed Joe Root as England’s premier batter.

RUGBY UNION

Autumn Nations Series: Scotland v Australia

Sunday 12.30pm (k/o 1.40pm)

TNT Sports 1; 1pm 5 Sports Extra

You’re almost guaranteed a close encounter when Australia face Scotland at Murrayfield. Three of the last five meetings between these two teams on British soil have ended with an Australian victory by a single point. On the flip side, Scotland won by two points in 2021 and obliterated the visitors 53—24 in the meeting prior to that one. Coach Gregor Townsend (above) will hope the hosts can conjure a win to finish their Autumn Nations fixtures.

FOOTBALL FA Cup Second Round: Harrogate Town v Gainsborough Trinity

Friday 7.30pm (k/o 7.45pm) BBC2 (not Wales or Northern Ireland)

The FA Cup may be only starting for a host of professional clubs, but seventh-tier Gainsborough Trinity have gone through four rounds of qualifying and a penalty shootout in the first round proper to earn their shot at a Football League club. Harrogate Town are currently battling to stay in League Two, but will welcome the chance to launch a cup run to boost morale and the club’s coffers.

Edited by FRANCES TAYLOR

BIOGRAPHICAL DRAMA

Joy HHH h Available on Netflix now

qA dramatisation of the events leading up to the birth of the world’s first “test-tube baby”, this is a good story told in a British way. It’s seen through the eyes of Jean Purdy (Thomasin McKenzie), the nurse and embryologist who, along with surgeon Patrick Steptoe (Bill Nighy) and biologist Robert Edwards (James Norton), made the breakthrough in 1978 after ten years of hard slog. Jack Thorne’s elegant screenplay rescues the often neglected Purdy from the shadows of history while also honouring the many women who volunteered for experimental in-vitro fertilisation treatment. There’s also consideration of the ethical dilemmas involved in the work, and the opposition the team faced from the church, medical establishment and media. The film’s a touch cosy, with some Richard Curtis-style humour, but the acting is excellent, with standouts including Joanna Scanlan as Purdy’s God-fearing mother and Tanya Moodie as a formidable matron. On an emotional level, Joy really delivers. STEVE MORRISSEY

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MEDICAL EXPERTS

Thomasin McKenzie as nurse Jean Purdy and Bill Nighy as surgeon Patrick Steptoe

PIONEER

James Norton plays biologist Robert Edwards

Netflix

DOCUMENTARY

Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey

All three episodes available Monday Long before true-crime documentaries were a thing, the killing of JonBenét Ramsey — a six-year-old found strangled in her home in Boulder, Colorado on Boxing Day 1996 — had the whole world talking. Was the child beauty queen murdered by an intruder or a family member? We still don’t know, but this three-parter recaps the error-ridden police investigation, the shifting theories, the unhelpful tabloid coverage and the, still, maddeningly inconclusive evidence. JS

DRAMA

The Madness

All eight episodes available from Thursday

Paranoia and the threat of elite conspiracy flow through the veins of this jittery new US drama, starring Colman Domingo (above, who was nominated for best actor at last year’s Oscars for Rustin) as Muncie Daniels, a black political pundit who witnesses the murder of a white supremacist and is then framed for the crime. As the gears of the justice system start to grind menacingly, Muncie begins to wonder exactly who he is up against. JS

BIODRAMA Senna

All six episodes available from Friday

While Asif Kapadia’s 2010 film Senna remains the definitive documentary about motor-racing legend Ayrton Senna, and is also on Netflix — this six-part biodrama is much more of an inspirational sportingdreams tale, following the young Senna (Gabriel Leone, right) as he leaves his native Brazil, a country that will never leave his mind or heart, to seek immortality on the circuit. The glamour and the excitement of Formula One are both revelled in.

JACK SEALE

DOCUMENTARY

The Lost Children HHH Available now

qOn 1 May 2023, a small plane crashed in the Colombian jungle, killing all the adults on board. Miraculously, four children survived — but by the time search teams located the plane, the kids had disappeared into the jungle. This film documents the frantic search to save the youngsters. It was a hunt that united the region’s indigenous residents with the Colombian army; thanks to decades of drug wars, each group must overcome their distrust of the other. Much like the search itself, the film meanders a touch, but its finale is cathartic.

JAYNE NELSON

MUSICAL ROMANCE

The Merry Gentlemen

HH Available now

qKnowingly cheesy, this is a Hallmark-style festive riff on

The Full Monty. Britt Robertson plays Ashley, an unemployed dancer who returns home for the holidays, to discover the beloved local haunt owned by her parents is in debt and facing closure. To raise money, she stages a male striptease act that employs various locals, including a heartbroken handyman (Chad Michael Murray). The story’s predictable and stilted, but for lovers of the genre it will go down well with a glass of warm mulled wine. PATRICK CREMONA

Apple TV+

DRAMA

Shrinking

Episode 8 available Wednesday

Somehow each new episode of this show is even better than the previous one. Shrinking has had the first ten minutes of this week up its sleeve since the start: it’s a flashback to the days before the accident that changed all the characters’ lives. It’s there to set up the reaction by Jimmy to last week’s surprise, but we’re even more invested in how Derek reacts to last week’s other shock. It’s an episode to provoke more tears than laughter, but Shrinking guarantees both, every time.

JACK SEALE

DRAMA

Silo

Episode 3 available Friday

Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson) faces a classic sci-fi problem: she’s left the underground bunker that is all she’s ever known and is now at the entrance of another. But there is only one occupant (Steve Zahn, above) who has been there so long his name is Solo, and whose only purpose is to never open the door. Juliette needs him to open the door. While that plays out, her escape continues to cause ructions back home, including a schism between silo bigwigs Meadows and Bernard (Tanya Moodie and Tim Robbins). JS

COMEDY

Bad Sisters

Episode 4 available Wednesday

Becka and Bibi have a plan. They’re desperate for the truth about just what Angelica is hiding, and if she’s stashed away the huge sums of money withdrawn by Grace before… I won’t say any more in case you haven’t seen episode two. They break in to Angelica’s house to try and unearth some answers. What they discover chills them to the bone. Inevitably, it also leads to the Garda knocking on their door once more. The police come round so often, they may as well have their own key at this point. FRANCES TAYLOR

DRAMA Before

Episode 7 available Friday

We’re at the point where Before could do with some progression and a little more momentum. Initially, the series felt it was from the “less is more” school of horror, but now, Noah’s meltdowns and Eli’s visions of his dead wife are seeming slightly repetitious. Could it be that less is just less? Maybe there’ll be a moment of epiphany for both doctor and patient in the weeks to come, hopefully as a result of events here, which see Eli take a big risk with the welfare of the youngster he’s counselling.

DAVID BROWN

Amazon Prime Video

FARMING The World

According to Kaleb

Available from Friday

Watching Clarkson’s Farm, you might have joked that Jeremy Clarkson’s faithful but often irritated sidekick, farming expert Kaleb Cooper, was such a star he would one day play sellout gigs at the London Palladium. Well, almost — the venue is the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham, but this is indeed a film of one of the 37 performances in Cooper’s 2024 UK tour. A mix of stand-up comedy and farming memoir, it features personal questions from the audience, stories about Cooper’s hatred of sheep, opinions about the future of the agriculture industry and some highly unflattering anecdotes about Cooper’s old boss — who appears, semi-willingly, on a giant screen behind the stage. JS

PLOUGHING HIS OWN FURROW

Kaleb Cooper — the other star of Clarkson’s Farm — is heading out on the road

COMEDY

My Old Ass HHHH j Available now

qA teenager heading to college finds life becoming complicated after meeting her older self in this warmspirited comedy. Elliott meets the “old ass” version of herself while she’s tripping on mushrooms. Reluctant to reveal much about the future, Elliott’s 39-year-old incarnation offers one piece of advice: “avoid anyone named Chad”. Director Megan Park explores coming-of-age ideas about leaving your family and first love with humour, heart and cross-generational appeal that suggests older does not always mean wiser. AMBER

CRIME THRILLER

Pimpinero: Blood and Oil HHH

Available now

qStuffed with plot beats that could each sustain half an hour of storytelling, this Colombian crime saga hardly knows when to slow down. It starts with three brothers who are forced to cease their petrol-smuggling trade over the border with Venezuela. But in the second half, with much blood spilled, we start to follow the loving girlfriend (Laura Osma) of youngest sibling Juan (Alejandro Speitzer) as she steps up to wreak vengeance on a slimy crime boss (David Noreña). CALUM BAKER

ACTION THRILLER Citadel: Honey Bunny

Available now

Spinning off from the main Citadel show — a grand spy/conspiracy thriller in the style of Mission Impossible or Bond — is an Indian drama serving as a prequel. We meet Honey (Samantha Ruth Prabhu) both as a single mother in 2000 and, eight years earlier, as a struggling actress who finds her way into espionage when she’s recruited to work as a honey trap. The later version of her is a badass agent being pursued by some nasty people. Not all the dialogue sings but the fight, chase and action scenes do enough. JS

WILKINSON

ITVX

SISTER ACT

COMEDY DRAMA

Mrs Davis

Available Thursday

What a rare joy it is to watch a new show and not know what the heck is going on, but to enjoy it immediately anyway. Co-created by Lost’s Damon Lindelof, this comedydrama is led by Betty Gilpin as Sister Simone, a nun whose calling in life is debunking magicians and who is sceptical about “Mrs Davis”, an AI helper that’s used by almost the entire world. Mrs Davis wants to find the Holy Grail, which — did we mention? — was secreted by one of Simone’s holy predecessors in 1307. It’s absolutely bananas, but it’s hilariously imaginative and great fun. JACK SEALE

BFI Player

FANTASY DRAMA

The New Boy HHHH h

Available now

qNewcomer Aswan Reid is fantastic as the unnamed Indigenous boy in this beautifully mounted — and nicely tense — fantasy from Warwick Thornton. Bundled into a sack, the child is deposited at a monastery run by Sister Eileen (Cate Blanchett, on fiery form), where he is charged with educating orphans and runaways. It turns out he also has healing powers, which pushes Sister Eileen — and her faith — to breaking point. AMBER WILKINSON

Paramount+

DRAMA

Landman Episode 3 available Monday

Oil man Tommy (Billy Bob Thornton, above) continues to grapple with a tricky to-do list as the tough Texan drama continues — and, as ever, women are on the receiving end of his blunt wisdom and gnarly charm. His ex-wife Angela (Ali Lartner) is in town, ready to drink tequila and cause trouble, while a trip to the site of one of the two explosive tragedies that have happened so far puts Tommy in a second sparring match with a young, female investigating attorney. Tommy gives her some harsh home truths about the fossil fuel business. JS

Acorn TV

DRAMA

Whitstable Pearl

Series 3 ep 6 available Monday

SERIES FINALE

You’d have thought the shooting of a taxi driver and an attempted assassination would provide enough in the way of plot, but this season finale opts to wrap the case with 15 minutes to spare so that it can focus on a longrunning story arc: Mike’s continued grief following the death of his wife and the new information that Pearl (Kerry Godliman, below) possesses about the case.

Emotions, as you might expect, run high.

DAVID BROWN

Sister Simone (Betty Gilpin) and her ex, Wiley (Jake McDorman), are on a mission against AI

Now Cinema

MUSIC DRAMA

Girl You Know It’s True

HHH j

Available now

q This rise-and-fall biopic of the infamous lip-syncing pop duo Milli Vanilli benefits from a good cast, even if most of the plot beats are familiar. Aspiring dancers Rob (Tijan Nije) and Fab (Elan Ben Ali) are signed to a questionable contract and experience the highs of global fame, before a falling-out with their producer leads to exposure. Writer/director Simon Verhoeven’s sympathy for the pair shines through, which both helps and hinders. CALUM BAKER

HORROR

Thanksgiving HHH z

Available now

qLike Scream with more turkey puns and less tension, Eli Roth’s gory shocker is a darkly witty but underdeveloped slasher whodunnit. On Thanksgiving in Plymouth, Massachusetts, fatalities occur when a Black Friday sale turns into a riot. A year on, a killer in a pilgrim mask and hat begins slicing up various townsfolk. With stronger plotting and characters worth rooting for, this raucously amusing but forgettable genre carve-up might have stirred more gratitude. KEVIN HARLEY

ACTION THRILLER

Monkey Man HHHH z Available now q

Dev Patel proves himself to be a man of many talents with this assured and thrilling directorial debut. A violent action revenge drama that pulls no punches, the film follows a man known as Kid (Patel), who earns a living by dressing up and being beaten in an underground fight club in India. Behind his gorilla mask inspired by Hindu legend, though, lies a will to exact revenge on the elite who wronged him as a child. The action is inventively staged and there is a textured cultural backdrop to every punch thrown and bullet shot. MAX COPEMAN

To rent/buy

COMEDY

Between the Temples

HHHH j Available now

q Jason Schwartzman (Asteroid City) takes a rare but welcome lead role in this Jewish comedy with its roots in the work of Woody Allen and Albert Brooks. He plays a cantor in a New York synagogue who is enduring a crisis of faith until he encounters his former high school music teacher (Carol Kane). Nathan Silver’s astute, warm script refreshingly focuses on the pair finding a spiritual rather than sexual connection, and the appealing cast take to it with ease. JAMES MOTTRAM

PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER

Magpie HHH j Available now

qFrom the outside, married couple Ben (Shazad Latif) and Anette (Daisy Ridley) have it all. Two beautiful children. A gorgeous house in the country. Plus their oldest girl has just been cast in a movie. Yet, when Ben meets the film’s star, Alicia (Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz), he’s besotted. While he flirts on the film set, Anette is abandoned at home — and, with her mental health already on edge, her anger builds. After a chilly first act, the battle lines are mapped out to perfection and lead to a satisfying climax. JAYNE NELSON

DRAMA

The Outrun HHHH j Available now q Saoirse Ronan’s raw performance takes us on a roller-coaster ride in this gripping portrait of addiction. Alcoholic Rona has retreated to her family’s Orkney Island home in a bid to get sober. She takes tentative steps with support from her mother (Saskia Reeves) and father (Stephen Dillane), who also suffers poor mental health. Meanwhile, flashbacks offer insight into Rona’s volatile life with her boyfriend (Paapa Essiedu). A complex and immersive consideration of alcoholism that hinges on Rona’s attempts to take control of her own tempestuous nature, rather than trying to jettison it. AMBER WILKINSON

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CHANNEL 4

channel4.com

No longer called All 4, Channel 4’s streaming service has more than 1,500 shows and films from C4, E4, More4, Film4 and Walter Presents. Watching without ads costs £3.99 per month.

MY5 channel5.com

Channel 5 content and channels 5 USA, 5 Star and 5 Select can be streamed live with a free online account.

U u.co.uk

Catch up with shows on U&Dave, U&Drama, U&W and U&Yesterday. Plus an extensive library of crime drama and comedy box sets.

FREEVEE

amazon.co.uk/freevee

Sign up free for an Amazon account and then watch — with ads — shows including Neighbours and cop drama Bosch: Legacy PLUTO www.pluto.tv

You don’t have to register for this free service; TV shows and films can be streamed on so-called live “FAST” channels or watched on demand.

SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES

ACORN TV

acorn.tv

Price: £4.99/month

Gentle crime dramas are this service’s speciality.

AMAZON

PRIME VIDEO

amazon.co.uk/video

Price: £8.99/month

For original shows such as Clarkson’s Farm, Reacher and 007: Road to a Million, and live sport.

APPLE TV+

apple.com/uk/appletv-plus

Price: £8.99/month

For films and series such as Slow Horses, Hijack, Silo and Bad Sisters.

BFI PLAYER

bfi.org.uk/player

Price: £4.99/month

Acclaimed new, classic and cult films.

DISCOVERY+ discoveryplus.co.uk

Price: £3.99/month or £6.99/month to include Sport

For Discovery, TLC, Animal Planet and others, plus original shows and live sport from TNT Sports (formerly BT Sport) and Eurosport.

DISNEY+ disneyplus.com

Price: £4.99/month (with ads), £7.99/ month (no ads) or £10.99/month (Ultra HD)

Almost all of Disney’s back catalogue is here — plus new Marvel and Star Wars shows, and series like The Bear and Shogun.

MUBI mubi.com

Price: £11.99/month World cinema and arthouse films.

NETFLIX netflix.com

Price: plans range from £4.99/month (with ads) to £17.99/ month (Ultra HD)

Films and series like Bridgerton, One Day and Stranger Things. NOW nowtv.com

Price: £9.99/month for Entertainment and £9.99/month for Cinema membership

The place to watch Sky and HBO shows, plus the 1,000 films included in Sky Cinema’s catalogue,

without the need for a Sky box or dish.

PARAMOUNT+ paramountplus.com

Price: £6.99/month

Films and series like Frasier, A Gentleman in Moscow and Yellowstone

SKY GO sky.com/watch/sky-go

Price: included with Sky TV subscription

Sky customers can stream live and catch-up TV via an app on a laptop, phone or tablet.

PREMIUM SERVICES

Many recent films are available to digitally rent or buy at a one-off cost. Priced anywhere from around £5 to £16 for new releases, they are available on platforms including Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Chili, Google Play, Microsoft, Rakuten, Sky Store, Virgin and YouTube. Similarly, film platforms BFI Player and Curzon Home Cinema offer a more curated selection of indie, arthouse and world cinema titles.

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DRAMA

Moonflower Murders

9.25pm BBC1

Full series available via iPlayer

The many elements making up this rich whodunnit feel like differently shaped Tetris blocks falling at speed, with the job of Susan Ryeland (Lesley Manville) being to slot them into place before they pile too high.

Like Hercule Poirot, methodically minded detective Atticus Pünd (Tim McMullan) is fond of stressing the importance of finding order, but that’s easier said than done when you’re dealing not only with a disappearance in the present day, but also a murder committed eight years earlier and a fictional killing that’s being presented to Susan as having connections to both.

Perhaps she should control the one facet that’s within her power and finish rereading Atticus Pünd Takes the Case. If the answer purports to lie within its pages, then why not complete its last chapter before questioning anyone else?

But there’s a sense that Susan is letting the pressures get to her, with domestic issues involving partner Andreas and sister Kate threatening to cloud what ought to be a clear head. DAVID BROWN

ENTERTAINMENT

Strictly Come Dancing

7.05pm BBC1 Catch up via iPlayer

Most of the complaints this series have been about judges’ bias and inexplicable scoring, but a few of us have also been annoyed by the “refreshing” of Strictly’s format. It’s as if watching celebrities doing their best to perform Latin and ballroom dances isn’t entertaining enough. Which it is. Generally, we’ve accepted the hard-to-score couples’ choice routines, and even Icons Week (although it wasn’t as much fun as the more traditional themes of Movies and Halloween). However, now they’ve revived the danceathon, with all the celebrities performing a samba while the judges eliminate the couples one by one. The jury’s out about this, but don’t expect Kelvin Fletcher or Danny Mac levels of shimmying. JANE RACKHAM

GAME SHOW

Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel

8.25pm BBC1 Catch up via iPlayer

What questions are the celebrities asked before they take a spin on this game show? Being quizzed on their expert subjects is surely a must, but “Have you ever watched The Wheel?” is no doubt also among the bullet points on producers’ clipboards. Joining the ranks of stars who have ticked “no” against this question is Bruno Tonioli. After Michael McIntyre’s opening flight of fancy, he asks: “What are we doing, by the way?” It’s a fair point…

Despite the G-force, Bruno manages to avoid falling off his chair — something he found tricky while he was a judge on Strictly Come Dancing — as he rotates with other celebs, including Clare Balding and Guz Khan.

FRANCES TAYLOR TV PREVIEWS EDITOR

COMEDY

Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry

8.25pm C4 Catch up: C4 streaming

We tend to think of Smack the Pony as being to 90s comedy what the Spice Girls were to 90s pop music. But it took a lot of hard graft on the part of one of its stars, Sally Phillips, before she was permitted to be as acerbic or surrealistic as the guys she’d been performing alongside for years. Prior to Pony, she’d played mostly male parts as a student in the Oxford Revue, before making her TV debut getting vomited on in bed during an AlasSmith & Jones sketch. Here, she’s admirably frank about those early experiences, while interviewer Lenny Henry is equally forthright, asking how Phillips squares her Christian beliefs with sketches that have been of a more risqué nature. DB

WHODUNNIT?

Susan Ryeland (Lesley Manville) and Atticus Pünd (Tim McMullan) are on the case

FILM

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9.05pm Talking Pictures TV Catch up via TPTV Encore

qThis is director Billy Wilder’s bittersweet tale about a fabled, Garbo-esque star of the 1930s who appears to have the secret of eternal youth and lives in seclusion in Corfu. William Holden is the producer who worms his way into Fedora’s (Marthe Keller) hideaway and tries to coax her out of retirement. Yes, there are flaws and some unintentional laughs — Michael York as a living screen legend? — but this is also a richly comic, deeply melancholy movie, enriched by Wilder’s long perspective on the picture business.

And when Henry Fonda pops up to present Fedora with an Oscar and says, “Hello, I’m Henry Fonda,” movie fans everywhere will dissolve in tears. ADRIAN TURNER Film reviews: p47

SATURDAY 23 NOVEMBER

DOCUMENTARY

Boybands Forever

9.25pm BBC2 Catch up via iPlayer

The acute pressures of fame and sky-high management demands bind these boybands together — and the same story is repeated like a stuck record. In this final instalment, members of Westlife and Blue turn back the clock to ruminate on the negative treatment they encountered. Despite the odd light-hearted anecdote, it’s the darker stuff that lingers. Like in 2000, when two members of Five ended up in court charged with assault and instead of disapproving, a Machiavellian Simon Cowell congratulated them for the publicity it generated. FT

D0CUMENTARY

Emperor: Blood, Sex and the End of Rome

9.25pm Channel 5 Catch up: My5

If you remember I, Claudius, you’ll remember Siân Phillips’s steely performance as Roman matriarch Livia. Here she reprises the role — sort of — for a swords-andscandals canter through ancient history. It’s not quite in the I, Claudius league, but it is fun to hear Phillips, now in her 90s, radiating disdain as only she can. She gives a running commentary on costume-box reconstructions of the era that followed the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44BC. Tonight’s episode charts the reign of Livia’s husband, Augustus. DAVID BUTCHER

FILM

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DRAMA

State of Happiness

9.00pm, 9.45pm BBC4 Catch up via iPlayer

A man listens to Don’t You (Forget about Me) by Simple Minds on his Sony Walkman: that’s right, it’s the 1980s. Season three of an ambitious Norwegian drama about the oil boom in Stavanger has skipped on since the harrowing finale last time out, when the show dramatised the real-life Alexander Kielland oil platform disaster: the tragedy has helped to bring to an end the black-gold rush’s first wave, but there are still opportunities there for those willing to embrace a new era, where machines are increasingly replacing traditional oil workers.

Siblings Anna (Anne Regine Ellingsæter) and Rein (Ole Christoffer Ertvaag) are working together to find a fresh fortune — but their very different temperaments feel like another disaster waiting to happen. The mix of political and personal drama is nicely balanced.

JACK SEALE

10.25pm C4 Catch up via C4 streaming

qDaniel Craig was four films into his fivefeature run as James Bond when he made this Agatha Christie-style mystery It’s a joy to see him having fun in this slick ensemble piece, playing private detective Benoit Blanc (a contemporary Hercule Poirot), who visits a Massachusetts mansion to find out who murdered a wealthy novelist, played by Christopher Plummer The suspects including Jamie Lee Curtis and Chris Evans — are all on top form, but it’s a twinkly-eyed Craig who charms the most Sequel Glass Onion is on Netflix, and third film Wake Up Dead Man is due in 2025. JOSH

MUSIC

Later… with Jools Holland

10.30pm BBC2 Catch up via iPlayer Art-pop enigma St Vincent tops a strong bill tonight — and she doesn’t even have a new album to plug (her latest one, All Born Screaming, came out in April) She’ll be chatting to Jools about her love of ska which is nice timing, because Selecter singer Pauline Black is also in the house Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis shares sounds from his project Yannis & the Yaw, on which he worked with afrobeat legend Tony Allen Pianist Joe Webb threatens to out-boogie-woogie Jools, but it’s two mesmerising vocalists who might steal the show: soul powerhouse Jalen Ngonda and the ethereal Arooj Aft b GARY ROSE

Ottoman Empire by Train with Alice Roberts

9.25pm C4

For the final leg of her journey, Alice Roberts (above) visits Budapest, the westernmost point of the Ottoman empire.

Alan Carr’s Picture Slam 6.20pm BBC1

Contestants from Kettering, London and Cardiff try to identify images and win £10,000.

David Baddiel — Trolls: Not the Dolls

10.00pm Sky Arts

The comedian revives his 2020 show about his interactions with internet trolls.

LIVE SPORT

Football: Premier League

Man City v Spurs

5pm (k/o 5.30pm) Sky Sports Main Event/Premier League City are looking to end a run of four successive defeats.

Snooker: UK Championship

1pm, 6.45pm Eurosport 1 4.30pm BBC2 Day one at the York Barbican.

Rugby Union: Autumn Internationals

Ireland v Fiji

3pm (k/o 3.10pm), Wales v South Africa 5.15pm (k/o 5.40pm), Italy v New Zealand 7.45pm (k/o 8.10pm) TNT Sports 1

SPORT HIGHLIGHTS page 31

FILM REVIEWS page 47

SATURDAY Main Channels

DAYTIME

6.00am Breakfast Sarah Campbell, Charlie Stayt. (S) (HD)

10.00 Saturday Kitchen Live Matt Tebbutt is joined by chefs Bryn Williams and Seema Pankhania to cook for actor Luke Evans. Helen McGinn picks the drinks. (S) (HD)

11.30 Mary’s Foolproof Dinners Mary Berry gives comedian Sue Perkins advice on hosting a crowd. Shown last Tuesday BBC2 Signed repeat Friday 8am BBC2 (S) (AD) (HD)

12 noon Football Focus With Alex Scott. (S) (HD)

1.00pm BBC News Weather (S) (HD)

1.15—4.30 LIVE Snooker Day one of the UK Championship at York Barbican, where Ronnie O’Sullivan is due to be in action. Additional coverage on the red button and at bbc.co.uk/sport. Continues on BBC2. (S) (HD)

2 BBC RED BUTTON 2.30—5.45 Final Score Jason Mohammad presents the afternoon’s football scores

6.25am Hey Duggee (R) (S) (HD) 6.30 Go Jetters (R) (S) (HD) 6.45 Grizzy and the Lemmings (R) (S) (HD)

6.50 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese (R) (S) (HD)

2 BBC iPLAYER 7.00—10.00 Curling Live coverage of the European Championships women’s final from Lohja, Finland

7.05 Monster Loving Maniacs (R) (S) (HD) 7.15 Pokémon Horizons (R) (S) (AD) (HD) 7.35 Cooking Buddies (R) (S) (HD) 7.55 BMX All Stars (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

8.20 Blue Peter (R) (S) (HD) 8.50 Newsround (S) (HD)

9.00 Gardeners’ World Winter Specials Hints on growing veg. Shown yesterday Signed rpt Thursday 8am (S) (HD)

10.00 My Life at Christmas: Adrian Chiles Meets John Simpson The veteran journalist discusses his career and his memories of Christmas. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 This Wild Life Saba Douglas-Hamilton and her family move to Kenya to run a safari camp. (R) (S) (HD) 11.30 Villages by the Sea 2/6. Seahouses. (R) (S) (HD)

12 noon Lorraine Pascale: How to Be a Better Cook A canapé menu for a hen party. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

2 BBC iPLAYER 12 noon—3.00pm Curling Live coverage of the European Championships men’s final from Finland

12.30pm Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers The food writer serves up a juniper-flavoured rabbit dish. (R) (S) (HD)

12.35 A Matter of Life and Death 5 Classic q romantic fantasy with David Niven. On iPlayer for 30 days. Review p47. Directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (1946, U) (S) (W) (HD) Also showing Thursday 8.30pm BBC4

2.20—4.30 The Red Shoes 5 Classic ballet q drama with Anton Walbrook. On iPlayer for 30 days. Review p97. Directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (1948, U) (S) (AD) (W) (HD) Also showing Thu 10.10pm BBC4

6.00am For the Love of Britain In Wales, Ben Fogle goes swimming in the lakes of Snowdonia. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.30 Ninja Warrior UK The final begins. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

7.30 Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh Joining Alan at Manor Farm are James Middleton, Toyah Willcox and Debbie Wiseman. Shown last Sunday (S) (HD)

9.25 ITV News (S) (HD)

9.30 James Martin’s Saturday Morning With Alan Titchmarsh and Debbie Wiseman, plus recipes by Nick Nairn and Dipna and Gulu Anand. Rptd Sunday 7.30am (S) (HD)

11.40 John and Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen John Torode and Lisa Faulkner make sea bass with caper butter. (S) (HD)

12.40pm ITV News Weather; Regional Weather (S) (HD)

1.00—4.10 LIVE Racing Ed Chamberlin presents coverage from Haydock, featuring the 3.05 Betfair Chase, plus action from Ascot and Punchestown. (S) (HD)

6.05am Cheers Double bill of the comedy. (R) (S) (HD)

6.55 Frasier Five editions of the sitcom. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.10 The Simpsons Homer attends a school reunion.

9.40 Lisa tries to stop a cruel tradition. (R) (S) (AD)

10.10 Formula One: Las Vegas Grand Prix — Qualifying Highlights Action from the battle for grid positions. Race highlights tomorrow 12.30pm. (S) (HD)

11.40 The Simpsons Krusty’s career hits the skids.

12.10pm Bart’s latest prank lands Homer in hospital.

12.40 Marge helps a former convict get a job.

1.10 Bart and Milhouse begin running the comic store.

1.40 Homer envies Bart’s tennis ability. (R) (S) (AD)

2.10—4.40 Four in a Bed B&Bs in Cornwall, Devon, Nottinghamshire and Bedfordshire take part. (R) (S) (HD)

Strictly Come Dancing 7.05pm

Whose samba rolls will impress head judge Shirley Ballas in tonight’s show?

4.30pm Final Score

A round-up of this afternoon’s football results. Producer Graham Bennett; Editor Helen Dapre (S) (HD)

5.15 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

5.35 The Hit List Celebrity Special Broadcasters Dan Walker and Dion Dublin, former EastEnders actors Joe Swash and Rita Simons, and singers Jamelia and Lemar compete in the music quiz show, presented by Marvin and Rochelle Humes. Director Chris Power; Series producer Edwina Madden-Egan (R) (S) (HD)

6.20 Alan Carr’s Picture Slam 9/10 Series 2. Alan Carr hosts as three duos try to identify a board full of images. Hoping to take home the jackpot this week are married couple Sharon and Kevin from Kettering, London siblings Tam Alexis and Justin, and friends Jodie and Victoria from Cardiff. A box set of previous episodes is on iPlayer. Director Dave Skinner; Series producer Adeel Amini Repeated Friday 1am (S) (HD)

7.05 Strictly Come Dancing

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Ep 9. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman host as the remaining celebrities and their partners each perform a routine before taking on a brandnew challenge — Strictly’s first ever “sambathon”. As judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke eliminate the couples one at a time, who will volta their way to victory? After the points from both rounds have been combined, viewers at home will get the chance to vote for their favourites. Available with signing via the red button. The results are tomorrow at 7.20pm. See page 40.

Director Nikki Parsons; Executive producer Sarah James (S) (AD) (HD)

8.25 Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel

4 7/10 Series 5. Bruno Tonioli, Clare Balding, Guz Khan, Stuart Broad, Sam Campbell and Maggie Aderin-Pocock are this week’s experts, alongside Chris and Rosie Ramsey in the Double Chair. Can they help the players answer their way to a fortune?

A box set of previous episodes is on iPlayer. See p40.

Director Chris Power; Series producer Simon Adsett

Repeated Monday 11.25pm (S) (HD)

9.25 Moonflower Murders

4 3/6. Aiden is persuaded to make a TV appeal, while Susan revisits Sajid Kahn and discovers that Frank Parris had consulted him about an inheritance. Elsewhere, Atticus Pünd is busy investigating the murder of a film star. A box set with Magpie Murders is on iPlayer. See page 40.

Susan Ryeland Lesley Manville

Aiden MacNeil/Algernon Marsh Will Tudor

Frank Parris/Oscar Berlin Mark Gatiss

Madeline Cain Pippa Bennett-Warner

Lisa Treherne/Melissa James Rosalie Craig Locke/Chubb Daniel Mays

Andreas Patakis Alexandros Logothetis

Alan Conway Conleth Hill

Lawrence Treherne/Lance Gardner

Adrian Rawlins

Pauline Treherne/Maureen Gardner Pooky Quesnel

Atticus Pünd

Katie Williams

Tim McMullan

Claire Rushbrook

Sajid Khan Sanjeev Kohli

Dramatised by Anthony Horowitz; Director Rebecca Gatward (S) (AD) (HD)

10.15 BBC News Weather (S) (HD)

10.30 Match of the Day

Highlights of Arsenal v Nottingham Forest, Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur, Leicester City v Chelsea, Bournemouth v Brighton & Hove Albion, Aston Villa v Crystal Palace, Everton v Brentford and Fulham v Wolverhampton Wanderers. Gary Lineker presents.

Editor Richard Hughes Repeated tomorrow 7.30am (S) (HD) Smart TV: page 29

12 midnight The Rap Game UK 3/6 Series 6. Two new artists are asked to write and perform a feature on a track for R&B singer/songwriter Bellah. More Tuesday 9pm BBC3. Shown last Tuesday BBC3 (S) (HD) 1.05am Weather for the Week Ahead (S) (HD) 1.10—6.00am BBC News (S) (HD)

Boybands Forever 9.25pm

Flying without wings: how Irish quintet Westlife soared to fame

4.30pm Snooker

Hazel Irvine presents further coverage of the UK Championship from York, featuring the opening two matches in the last 32. Additional coverage on the red button and at bbc.co.uk/sport. (S) (HD)

5.30 Nadiya’s American Adventure 2/2. Nadiya Hussain arrives in California for the second leg of her culinary trip, where she visits a Mexican festival and cooks for a rodeo team.

Producer Laia Niubo Perez

Executive

6.30 Flog It!

Elizabeth Talbot and Philip Serrell appraise items at Layer Marney Tower in rural Essex. (R) (S) (HD)

7.25 World’s Busiest Cities: Mexico City

A crowded, congested home to over 22 million people, Mexico City is a haphazard metropolis that sits within a major earthquake zone, but its people have a strength of spirit that allows them to defy almost everything nature cares to throw at them.

Series producer Sarah Gibbs

Executive producer Lisa Ausden (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

8.25 Take That at the BBC

A compilation of hits by the much-loved boy band, featuring a stack of classic performances from the BBC archives, from their imperial phase during the 90s, when Gary, Robbie, Mark, Howard and Jason established themselves as teen idols, through to their return as a “man band” in the 21st century.

Producer Simon Goretzki; Series producer Shelley Talton (R) (S) (HD) 9.25 Boybands Forever

4 3/3. The story resumes in 2001, as a new wave of groups attempts to conquer the charts. Blue make it big but attract negative headlines thanks to comments about 9/11, while an Irish five-piece called IOYOU finds success when three original members are replaced and they rename themselves Westlife. But the game changes with the dawn of reality TV and celebrity moguls like Simon Cowell. And then, in 2006, the boy band story comes full circle with the triumphant reunion of Take That. See page 41. Director Martin Fuller; Producer Saskia Rusher (S) (AD) (HD)

10.30 Later...with Jools Holland

4 6/6. Jools introduces another eclectic musical playlist from Alexandra Palace, featuring Texan singer/songwriter and guitarist St Vincent, who will be performing songs from her latest album All Born Screaming, and Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis, who showcases tracks from his side project Yannis & the Yaw. The line-up also includes soulful vocalist Jalen Ngonda, pianist Joe Webb, New York-based singer Arooj Aftab and Ghanaian artist KOG, while Jools chats to ska pioneer Pauline Black. See p41. Director Janet Fraser Crook; Series producer Caroline Cullen (S) (HD) 11.15 Westlife: Radio 2 Live

Zoe Ball presents a 2021 concert, as the boy band entertain an intimate audience of fans at the Ulster Hall in Belfast. Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily and Shane Filan perform a set list full of classic hits including You Raise Me Up, Hello My Love, Uptown Girl, World of Our Own, and Flying without Wings. Director Phil Jennings; Producer Jimmy Devlin (S) (HD) 12 midnight Snooker Extra Extended highlights from one of today’s matches at the UK Championship in York. (S) (HD) 2.00—5.00am Sign Zone 2.00 Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light 2/6. An encounter with a young nun shakes Cromwell’s view of himself. Shown last Sunday BBC1 (S) (AD) (HD) 3.00 Boybands Forever 1/3. Charting the rise and fall of the biggest boy bands of the 1990s and 2000s. (S) (AD) (HD) 4.00 2/3. Recalling the fight for pop supremacy following Take That’s split. Both episodes shown

producers Katy Fryer and Anna Miralis (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

The Chase Celebrity Special

8.00pm Jamie

Borthwick of EastEnders fame takes on a Chaser

4.10pm Skyscraper HHH

q Action adventure starring Dwayne Johnson. Former FBI agent Will Sawyer now works in security. After a Chinese skyscraper is set ablaze on his watch, Sawyer is blamed and must fight to prove his innocence — while also rescuing his family from the towering inferno. Review p47.

Will Sawyer Dwayne Johnson

Zhao Long Ji Chin Han

Sarah Sawyer Neve Campbell

Inspector Wu Byron Mann

Ben Pablo Schreiber

Mr Pierce Noah Taylor

Director Rawson Marshall Thurber (2018, 12) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

6.00 Tipping Point: Best Ever Finals

More of the most dramatic endgames from the arcade-themed game show, as plucky players and famous faces alike take on the supersized arcade machine. Ben Shephard presents.

Director Richard van’t Riet; Executive producers Sara Doyle, Kate Lownds and Hugh Rycroft Repeated tomorrow 1.40pm (S) (HD)

6.30 ITV News

Weather; Regional News and Weather (S) (HD)

6.55 Celebrity Catchphrase

Stephen Mulhern hosts as Vernon Kay, Sarah Millican and Joel Dommett try to identify the well-known phrases from the animated clues and scoop £50,000 for their chosen charity.

Director Geraldine Dowd

Executive producer Gary Chippington (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 The Chase Celebrity Special Bradley Walsh presents the quiz as Jasmine Harman, Helen Lederer, Jamie Borthwick and Neil Delamere face one of the Chasers in the hope of winning a cash prize for their chosen charities.

Executive producers Michael Kelpie, Martin Scott and Helen Tumbridge (S) (HD)

9.00 I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

For some of the stellar gaggle of campmates, jungle fever might be setting in as they begin their second week surviving the privations of the outback. Ant and Dec host. Continues nightly 9pm. I’m a Celebrity...Unpacked follows on ITV2. Repeated tomorrow 2pm ITV2 (S) (HD)

10.05 The Jonathan Ross Show: Special Guests

5/6. Another selection of memorable moments from the chat show, including interviews with Jack Black, Stormzy, Grace Jones, Steve Coogan, Emma Stone, Andy Serkis and Brian Cox.

Executive producer Bea Ballard; Series producer Tom Barrett Signed repeat Wednesday 3.25am (S) (HD)

10.30 ITV News

Weather; Regional Weather (S) (HD)

10.45 TikTok: Murder Gone Viral

3/3. The case of American influencer Alexis Sharkey, who was declared missing in November 2020 by her husband. When her body was found in a side road shortly after, detectives began an investigation that led to her spouse. Series director/producer Tom Reeves (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.45 EFL Highlights

Including action from Bristol City v Burnley and Coventry City v Sheffield United.

Repeated tomorrow 9am ITV4 (S) (HD)

1.10am Home Shopping (HD)

3.00 Romesh Ranganathan’s Parents’ Evening 1/3

Alison Hammond, Iain Stirling and Carol Vorderman take part in the comedy game show. (R) (S) (SL) (HD)

3.50 Unwind A sequence to calm the mind. (S) (HD)

5.05—6.00am Deal or No Deal Game show hosted by Stephen Mulhern. Shown yesterday (S) (SL) (HD)

Knives Out 10.25pm Daniel Craig heads the cast in a stylish, star-studded murder mystery

4.40pm Junior Taskmaster

3/8. In the third heat, which of the contestants will end up victorious while sporting a face full of shaving foam? Continues Friday 8pm. Shown yesterday Signed repeat Tuesday 1.45am (S) (AD) (HD)

5.45 The Great British Bake Off 9/10 Series 15. The bakers face Pâtisserie Week for the semi-final. The final is Tuesday 8pm. Shown last Tuesday (S) (AD) (HD)

6.55 Channel 4 News Sport; Weather (S) (HD)

7.25 Britain’s Most Luxurious Train Journeys

1/4. A trip to Kingswear in Devon aboard a steam train. As guests soak up views of the Cotswolds and the English Riviera, train manager Sandra and her hospitality team help Ashley surprise his wife of 40 years with an anniversary gift.

Director/Series producer Nacressa Swan

Repeated Monday 7pm 4seven (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

8.25 Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry

4 2/4. Lenny is joined by Sally Phillips for a cup of herbal tea and a look back over the many highlights of her career in comedy on TV and in films. Their journey into the vaults takes in her performances in Smack the Pony, Veep, Miranda, I’m Alan Partridge and the smash-hit Bridget Jones movies. Sally also reflects on the TV shows that have influenced her, including The Goodies, Seinfeld and French and Saunders The whole series is available to stream. See p40.

Director Andy Dunn; Series producer Dominic Wells-Martin

Repeated tomorrow 8pm 4seven (S) (AD) (HD)

9.25 Ottoman Empire by Train with Alice Roberts

5/5. Alice boards a train to Budapest, the westernmost point of the Ottoman empire. There, she learns how the Ottomans came close to conquering the whole of Europe. Moving on to Timisoara, Romania, she forensically pursues rare remnants of the once-powerful empire. The whole series is available to stream.

Director Paul Crompton

Executive producer Steve Havers (S) (AD) (HD)

10.25 Knives Out HHHH

qMystery comedy. “Gentleman detective”

Benoit Blanc is summoned to a home to investigate the death of an author who has been found with his throat slit. Film of the Day: p47.

Benoit Blanc Daniel Craig

Ransom Drysdale Chris Evans

Marta Cabrera Ana de Armas

Linda Drysdale Jamie Lee Curtis

Walt Thrombey Michael Shannon

Joni Thrombey

Toni Collette

Richard Drysdale Don Johnson Harlan Thrombey

Christopher Plummer

Lt Elliott LaKeith Stanfield

Director Rian Johnson (2019, 12) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

Also showing Wednesday 9pm 4seven

12.55am Under Siege HHHH Action thriller.

q A battleship is hijacked by ruthless criminals intent on stealing its nuclear arsenal. Review p47.

Casey Ryback Steven Seagal

Jordan Tate Erika Eleniak

William Strannix Tommy Lee Jones

Captain Adams Patrick O’Neal

Commander Krill Gary Busey

Tackman Damian Chapa

Director Andrew Davis (1992, 15) (S) (AD) (HD)

Also showing Tuesday 10.25pm 4seven

Under Siege 2 is on Friday at 11.40pm

2.40 Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back Gordon

visits a struggling Mississippi restaurant. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

3.30 Undercover Boss USA A Texas property boss goes under cover with his workers. (R) (S) (HD)

4.20 Find It, Fix It, Flog It Henry Cole turns an old washing pot into a bespoke firepit. (R) (S) (HD)

4.25 Frasier Niles dates a sex worker. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

4.50—6.00am Hollyoaks Omnibus. Shown last Monday to Wednesday E4 Repeated tomorrow 4.10am E4 (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

State of Happiness 9.00pm/9.45pm Anna receives a job offer and takes a risk

7.00pm Snooker

Live coverage from the evening session on day one of the UK Championship from York Barbican, featuring matches in the last 32, played over the best of 11 frames. Table one features Ding Junhui, while Xiao Guodong plays on table two. Seema Jaswal presents, with commentary from Steve Davis, Ken Doherty, Stephen Hendry, Shaun Murphy, John Parrott and John Virgo. Additional coverage on the red button and at bbc.co.uk/sport.

Highlights 12 midnight BBC2. (S) (HD)

Subsequent programmes may run late or change

9.00 State of Happiness

4 New series. 1/8 Series 3. Safari

Return of the drama about Norway’s oil industry, with the action jumping to 1987. The petroleum business is booming, but while some are making great profits, others are making bigger losses. Anna joins a new company headed up by the charismatic Sture. (S) (HD) 9.45 2/8. Full House. The Komponent team tries to land an important deal with Statoil. In the chamber, complications arise with the test dive. Christian attends his first board meeting at the shipping company and Randi despairs of Marie. Norwegian +subtitles. Series 3 is on iPlayer from today. See p41. (S) (HD)

Christian Nyman Paal Herman Ims

Anna Hellevik Kay Anne Regine Ellingsaeter

Ingrid Nyman Pia Tjelta

Rein Hellevik Ole Chistoffer Ertvaag

Toril Torstensen Malene Wadel

Marius Erik Store

Fredrik Nyman Per Kjerstad

Randi Torstensen Laila Goody

Per-Gunnar Brathen Lasse Vermeli

Sture Movik Herman Flesvig

Martin Lekanger Mads Sjogard Pettersen

Marie Henrikke Lund Olsen

RT TRAVEL Experience the beautiful fjords of western Norway on an unforgettable eight-day holiday: p26

10.35 Parkinson

Michael Parkinson speaks to comedy duo

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, as well as former boxer John Conteh. From 1978. A 1973 edition is Thursday 12.20am.

Director Ian Hamilton; Producer John Fisher (R) (S)

11.40 Pete and Dud: Talking Comedy

Angela Thorne narrates a look back at clips of comedians Peter Cook and Dudley Moore’s appearances on BBC talk shows. From 2016.

Producer Simon Catt; Series producer Simon Goretzki Repeated Wednesday 1.35am (R) (S)

12.10am Porridge 2/6 Series 3 Poetic Justice

A new cellmate disrupts Fletcher’s peace. From 1977. A box set is on iPlayer. Shown last Tuesday (S) 12.40 As Time Goes By 3/6 Series 1

The Copper Kettle. Lionel and Jean relive their courtship days. From 1992. Series 1 is available on iPlayer. Shown last Tuesday (S) 1.10 Walking with Kate Garraway Kate walks through the Cotswolds. From 2021. More Tuesday 1.30am. Shown last Monday (S) (HD) 1.40—3.15am Jazz 625: the British Jazz Explosion A revival of the jazz showcase which originally ran on the BBC in the 1960s. From 2020. Shown last

(S) (HD)

SATURDAY Freeview

Emperor: Rise and Fall of a Dynasty 9.25pm Sian Phillips narrates

5.35am Milkshake! See page 46

8.55 SpongeBob SquarePants Patrick takes his grime to a new extreme. (R) (S) (HD)

9.10 Entertainment News (S) (HD)

9.20 22 Kids and Counting Sue and Noel face the biggest decision of their lives.

10.05 Chloe faces a medical emergency.

11.05 Sue wants to buy a motorhome.

12 noon The Radfords begin their hunt for a new house in the countryside. (R) (S) (HD)

1.05pm A Very Yorkshire Christmas HH

qRomantic drama starring Rachel Shenton. An opera singer is stranded in a remote village over Christmas, so she books into a handsome widower’s B&B.

Director Steven Nesbit (2019) (S) (W) (HD)

2.55 The Nine Kittens of Christmas HH qRomantic comedy drama starring Brandon Routh. Marilee returns to her home town, where she and old flame Zachary must find homes for a litter of kittens.

Director David Winning (2021) (S) (W) (HD)

4.45pm The Christmas Toy Maker

qHH Drama starring Marisol Nichols. The CEO of a toy company must convince her former business partner to agree to a merger with a much larger firm.

Director Jonathan Wright (2021) (S) (W) (HD)

6.25 Greatest Christmas Toys of all Time

A nostalgic romp through the must-have toys that have dominated Britain’s gift lists over the last half-century. Featuring Furbies, Teletubbies and Rubik’s Cubes.

Director/Producer Kevin Hylands (R) (S) (HD)

8.25 Christmas Magic at Longleat

A look behind the scenes, as Lord and Lady Bath and their staff get ready for the Wiltshire estate’s busiest time of year. House curator James Ford and his team dress the Great Hall and head forester Jim McConkie reveals how to select the ideal conifer.

Director Luke Rudland (R) (S) (HD) 9.25 New series. Emperor: Rise and Fall of a Dynasty

41/3. Actress Sian Phillips narrates the history of the Roman Empire through the eyes of Livia Druisilla, examining the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero. The story begins with the assassination of the Roman republic’s most powerful general, Julius Caesar. See page 41.

Series producer Bob Marsden (S) (HD)

10.25 Peter Kay Live: Comedy Genius

The comedian performs some of the funniest moments from his career, including observations of family weddings and school holidays.

Shown yesterday (S) (HD)

11.55 World’s Most Expensive

All-You-Can-Eat Buffet

Journalist Grace Dent visits some of the world’s most luxurious buffets, meeting those with a passion for the experience.

Director/Producer Matt Kirkham (R) (S) (HD)

12.50am Entertainment News (S) (HD)

1.00 Casino (S) (HD) 3.00

Entertainment News (S) (HD)

The Young Offenders 11.00pm Conor has a plan to earn some extra cash

7.00pm EastEnders

Sharon has some major news for Martin. Shown last Monday BBC1 (S) (AD) (HD)

7.30 Linda has some questions for Elaine. Shown last Tue BBC1 Cast Mon/Thu BBC1 (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Top Gear

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May build mobility scooters. More tomorrow 8pm. A box set is on iPlayer. (S) (HD)

9.00 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps

4/6 Series 1. Keen to improve her mind, Janet enrols as a student. Meanwhile, Gaz is desperate to feel attractive.

9.30 5/6. Jonny develops an obsession with Louise but soon gets a nasty shock, while Janet puts her talents to the test.

10.00 6/6. Jonny tries to inject a bit more excitement into his life, while Gaz and Donna have a communication problem.

10.30 1/6 Series 2. Gaz panics, and Jonny is inspired to make an unusual career move. A box set is on iPlayer. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 The Young Offenders 1/6 Series 1. Friendship, loyalty and mischief put best friends Conor and Jock at odds with their headmaster. (S) (HD)

11.30 2/6. Conor and Jock’s friendships with Principal Walsh’s daughters Linda and Siobhan intensify. More Tuesday

11.55pm. A box set is on iPlayer. (S) (HD)

12.05am Logan Paul: Bad Influence? Shown last Wed (S) (HD) 1.05 Teen Predator/Online Killer Shown last Mon (S) (AD) (HD) 2.35 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (S) (AD) (HD) 3.35—4.00am My Mate’s a Bad Date (S) (HD)

6.00am CITV (HD) 9.00 Totally Bonkers

Guinness World Records (S) (HD) 9.10 Love

Bites: double bill (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 11.10 Dress to Impress: two editions (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

1.10pm Celebrity Catchphrase (S) (AD) (HD)

2.10 I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

Shown yesterday ITV1 (S) (HD) 3.25 The Masked Singer: I’m a Celebrity...Special (S) (AD) (HD)

5.00 FILM Kung Fu Panda 2 HHH

Animated comedy adventure sequel with the voice of Jack Black. Martial arts master Po must embark on a journey to discover the truth about his childhood (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

6.45pm FILM Tomb Raider HHH Action adventure starring Alicia Vikander, Dominic West and Walton Goggins. Heiress Lara Croft refuses to believe her father, a famed explorer, is dead. When a mysterious message reaches her, she heads to a remote Japanese island in search of the truth. (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

9.00 Family Guy Series 2. Lois believes it is time Stewie began potty-training. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.30 Series 19. Lois feels unappreciated and finds solace at a local coffee shop. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.05 New. I’m a Celebrity...Unpacked Companion show hosted by Sam Thompson, Joel Dommett and Kemi Rogers. (S) (HD)

11.05 Family Guy Series 2. Peter fights with his friends over a trophy. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.35 American Dad! Series 15. Bullock invites the agents to see his new labyrinth. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.05am Stan sees a former classmate and is compelled to right an old wrong. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.30 Iain Stirling’s CelebAbility (S) (HD) 1.10

All American (S) (HD) 2.00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records: including the world’s tallest dog (S) (HD) 2.25—3.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

Shetland 9.00pm DI Jimmy Perez looks for a link between two cases

6.00am Bless This House: Mike takes up a new hobby Rptd 1.40am (S) 6.35 Inspector Morse: Series 6. Dead on Time. A face from the past haunts DCI Morse (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

8.50 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor. Poirot is confronted by a seemingly supernatural murder; 9.55 Problem at Sea. A woman is murdered on a cruise ship (S) (AD) (HD) 10.55 Midsomer Murders: Series 9. Country Matters. Plans for a supermarket lead to murder; 12.50pm Last Year’s Model. DCI Barnaby begins to doubt the guilt of a murder suspect (S) (AD)

2.50pm Midsomer Murders

Series 9. Four Funerals and a Wedding Barnaby and Jones are forced to trawl through the history of Broughton village when a traditional contest pitting men against women results in two deaths.

4.50 Series 5. A Worm in the Bud. The apparent suicide of a childless farmer’s wife puts Barnaby on the scent of an ancient feud centred on Setwale Wood.

7.00 Ring out Your Dead. The bell-ringers of Midsomer Wellow are mysteriously murdered one by one — and it seems an ancient rhyme could hold the key to the killer’s motive. (S) (AD)

9.00 Shetland

1/6 Series 3. When a man disappears on the Aberdeen to Shetland ferry and a small boy ends up in intensive care, DI Perez and his team grow convinced the two events are connected. (S) (HD) 10.20 2/6. DI Jimmy Perez suspects that Michael Maguire is involved in the grisly death of a young man who was found in a shipping container. (S) (HD)

11.30 Agatha Christie’s Poirot Hickory Dickory Dock. Petty thefts are followed by murders at a student hostel in Hickory Road. Only a mouse bears witness to the ruthless activities of a killer prepared to go to any lengths to conceal their deadly past. (S) (AD) (HD)

1.40am Bless This House Shown 6am (S) 2.05—2.30am Unwind (S) (HD)

6.00am Nine Dart Finishes (S) (HD) 6.05 Mr Bean (S) (AD) (HD) 7.15 Hornblower (S) (AD) (HD) 9.30 New. Racing: the Opening Show (S) (HD) 10.30 Match Time Revisited (S) (HD)

11.35 Giant Lobster Hunters (S) (HD) 12.30pm Football League Legends (S) (HD)

12.45 LIVE Darts: coverage of the afternoon session on day two of the Players Championship Finals from Butlin’s Minehead, featuring second-round matches, played over the best of 11 legs (S) (HD) 5.00 Made in Britain (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00pm River Monsters Jeremy Wade heads to the rivers of India’s Himalayan region. (S) (HD)

6.25 The extreme angler returns to Australia’s deadly Fitzroy River. (S) (HD)

7.00 LIVE Darts Day two of the Players Championship Finals continues, featuring third-round matches, played over the best of 19 legs. Eventual champion Luke Humphries claimed a 10—7 victory over Ryan Searle at this stage last year. Ned Boulting presents. (S) (HD)

11.00 FILM Starship Troopers HHHH Sci-fi adventure starring Casper Van Dien and Denise Richards. (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

1.10am BattleBots (S) (HD) 2.05 The Protectors (S) (SL) 2.35—3.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

Blackshore 9.00pm Fia is desperate to bring the investigation to a close

7.40am Classic EastEnders: Joe tries to get through to Pauline; 8.10 Pauline’s family keep Martin and Sonia’s relationship a secret; 8.50 Martin and Joe struggle to come to terms with Pauline’s devastating news; 9.25 Ian’s wedding plans go awry as Phil realises the bridegroom is up to something; 10.05 The wedding guests are shocked by Ian’s revelation about Jane and Grant; 10.40 Patrick’s guilty conscience forces him to shatter Denise’s world; 11.20 Bert ends his relationship with Mo; 12 noon Carly and Deano accept a lift from a stranger; 12.40pm Kevin tries to stop his children seeing Shirley; 1.20 Martin makes a shock announcement in the Vic 2.00 Murder on the Blackpool Express: feature-length comedy starring Griff Rhys Jones as a crime writer who takes fans on a coach tour of his books’ locations — only to leave a string of bodies in their wake (S)(AD) (HD) 4.00 Father Brown: 13/15 Series 5. The Tanganyika Green. The sleuth investigates the murder of a postal officer (S) (AD) (HD)

5.00pm The Brokenwood Mysteries 4/4 Series 2. Blood Pink. Mike’s favourite country musician Holly Collins is found electrocuted in what appears to be a drunken accident. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 1/4 Series 3. Black Widower A woman is found dead in a Lord of the Rings-themed attraction, and seems to have been killed by an impossibly powerful dose of spider venom. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. Blackshore

6/6. With Bill McGuire now firmly in her sights, Fia struggles to find the evidence to bring the case to a close. (S) (HD)

10.10 Inspector Alleyn Mysteries 1/6 Series 1. Artists in Crime. Pilot episode. The murder of a model at a summer school leads the detective to encounter a painter he met on holiday. (S) 12.30am The Last Detective: 3/4 Series 3 Davies investigates the death of a singer (S) (AD) 2.00 Kingdom Shown 1.55pm (S) 2.50—4.00am Hotel Portofino:

7.00am Sam Faiers: the Mummy Diaries (S) (AD) (HD) 8.05 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (S) (HD) 11.00 The Big Bake (S) (HD)

12 noon Billie and Greg: the Family Diaries (S) (HD) 1.30pm Great Chocolate Showdown (S) (HD) 5.20 Celebrity Dinner Date (S) (HD) 6.20pm FILM Eat Pray Love HH

Biographical drama starring Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem. A messy divorce leaves an American woman free to rediscover her sense of self, as she travels to Italy, India and Bali on a year-long search. En route, she meets an attractive Brazilian who has his own experience of divorce. (S) (W) (HD) 9.00 FILM What to Expect When You’re Expecting HHH Romantic comedy starring Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez. Five couples discover that nothing can prepare you for the life-changing experience of parenthood. Review page 47. (S) (W) (HD) 11.15 The Singles Table Four single ladies continue their mission to meet Mr Right at a wedding reception — but will they find him when the next batch of bachelors take their seat at the Singles’ Table? (S) (HD) 12.20—1.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

8.55am Food Unwrapped (AD) 9.30 A Place in the Sun: three back-to-back editions

12.30pm Location, Location, Location 2.35 Come Dine with Me: from Glasgow 5.15pm Four in a Bed Juniperlea Inn in Midlothian, Starshinezzz in County Durham, the Hideaway in North Yorkshire and the Hideout Hotel in Hull compete to be named best B&B.

8.00 999: on the Front Line A selection of memorable A&E stories, featuring a woman who tripped and put her head through a glass door, a gardener who accidentally headbutted a wall and a young cyclist who fell off after hitting a pothole, leaving paramedics suspecting he had broken his kneecap.

9.00 24 Hours in A&E Eleven-year-old Jack is rushed to A&E after being hit by a motorbike on his way to secondary school, and a 24-year-old driver arrives after a head-on collision with another car. (AD)

10.00 A 39-year-old is rushed to St George’s with internal bleeding from his femoral artery, while a 19-year-old arrives in A&E after suffering an acute sickle cell crisis. (AD) 11.05 Emergency Helicopter Medics After Yvonne collapses with a cardiac arrest in Maulden, Bedfordshire, it’s a race against time for the heli-medics to reach her. In the Peaks, medics land on top of a steep ridge to rescue Donna, who has collapsed while walking. (AD) 12.10am

6.00am Gilbert and Sullivan: a Motley Pair

6.30 New. John Williams: the Berlin Concert

8.20 Tales of the Unexpected: five editions (AD) 10.45 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

12.45pm Clint Eastwood: a Life in Film 2.30 Portrait Artist of the Year 3.30 Bee Gees: in Our Own Time 4.50 Bee Gees: One Night Only

7.00pm New. Both Sides Now: Joni Mitchell Live at the Isle of Wight 1970

The Canadian folk-rock singer’s performance at the event, when songs including California, Hunter, Big Yellow Taxi and Both Sides Now helped quell the disgruntled mood of the crowd.

8.40 Buddy Guy Live: the Real Deal

A concert by the blues singer and guitarist, recorded at his own club in Chicago. Featuring GE Smith and the Saturday Night Live Band.

10.00 New. David Baddiel: the Not the Trilogy — Trolls: Not the Dolls The comedian’s revival of his 2020 show in which he tells stories of the dark and absurd paths he was led down by interacting with internet trolls.

11.15 Ian Dury and the Blockheads: Hold on to Your Structure The artist and singer performs with his band at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1985, featuring the hits Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll, What a Waste and Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick

12.30am The Story of the Jam: about the Young Idea 2.15 The The: the Comeback Special Live at the Royal Albert Hall 4.45 Discovering: Elvis Costello 5.10 Otis Redding: Music Icons 5.35—6.00am The Ramones: Music Icons

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Greece with Simon Reeve 3.00pm The holiday islands of the Aegean

6.10am How

Build a Motor Car 8.00

World at War 11.00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (AD)

2.00pm Mediterranean with Simon Reeve

3.00 Greece with Simon Reeve

5.00pm Canal Boat Diaries Robbie Cumming embarks on a journey from Shardlow to Etruria Junction.

5.30 A low canal tunnel in Staffordshire proves to be problematic.

6.00 Robbie Cumming continues across the Pennines, from Marple to Huddersfield.

6.30 Travelling along the Rochdale Canal.

7.00 A waterborne journey from Barton Swing Aqueduct to Liverpool Docks.

7.30 Robbie battles through blanket weed.

8.00 Great American Railroad Journeys

Michael Portillo joins the Jayhawks basketball team in Lawrence, Kansas.

9.00 Michael reaches Colorado.

10.00 ’Allo ’Allo! The spy camera sent from London has fallen into a vineyard.

10.30 René goes to work in the vineyard.

11.05 There is a plan afoot to microphotograph Hitler’s invasion plans.

11.40 Gruber rescues René from his cell.

12.10am Bangers and Cash: Restoring Classics (AD) 1.10—3.00am How to Build a Motor Car

9.00am Entertainment News 9.10 Blue Bloods: four episodes 1.05pm NCIS: five episodes (AD) 5.55 Entertainment News 6.00pm NCIS Series 20. Triple bill. A conman from Parker’s past turns up as a murder suspect 7.00 The agents look into the death of a driver found after a car accident

8.00 Knight’s father deals with a health scare while in Japan (AD) 9.00 Criminal Minds Series 9. Triple bill. Morgan investigates a mass murder at a diner in Chicago 10.00 All the members of a family become murder suspects 11.00 A ten-year-old boy is abducted 12 midnight New. Blindspot First shown on Sky Witness 3.35—4.00am 999: Criminals Caught on Camera

9.50

HH

11.40 Shoplifters: Caught Red Handed 12.40pm Shoplifters and Scammers: at War with the

3.45 FILM The Intern HHH Comedy starring Robert De Niro 6.05pm FILM Hook HHH Fantasy starring Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams. Lawyer Peter Banning’s children have vanished and a note has been left by Captain Hook. With the help of a fairy named Tinkerbell, Peter sets off for Neverland to reclaim his offspring. Review p47. 9.00 FILM Shirley Valentine HHHH Comedy starring Pauline Collins and Tom Conti. Liverpool housewife Shirley needs a holiday; a place with sun, sand and sea, a place where she can fall in love with life. 11.15 FILM Drop Dead Gorgeous HHH Black comedy starring Kirstie Alley. A TV documentary team comes to the Minnesota town of Mount Rose to cover its annual teen beauty pageant. Review page 107. 1.20—4.00am Police Interceptors (AD)

6.00am FILM A Christmas Carousel HH Romantic drama starring Rachel Boston 7.40 Made in Chelsea 8.45 Married at First Sight NZ 11.50 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

1.50pm FILM Mr Popper’s Penguins HHH Comedy starring Jim Carrey and Carla Gugino (AD) 3.40 The Big Bang Theory (AD)

6.10pm The Big Bang Theory 10/24 Series 11. Sheldon and Amy take a mathematical approach to planning their wedding. (AD) 6.40 11/24. Sheldon and Howard plan birthday celebrations for Amy and Halley. 7.10 12/24. Sheldon and Amy use science to choose their best man and maid of honour. (AD) 7.40 The Great Christmas Bake Off In 2017, former contestants Paul Jagger, Beca Lyne-Pirkis, Selasi Gbormittah and Val Stones faced three festive challenges. (AD) 9.00 Gogglebox The armchair critics cast their eyes over 2023’s best Christmas telly, from The Real Full Monty: Jingle Bells to Squid Game: the Challenge and Love Actually. 10.30 Opinions on Britain’s Got Talent, Scared of the Dark, Obsession and Family Fortunes

11.35 Obsession, The Yorkshire Vet and Britain’s Got Talent are appraised. (AD) 12.35am First Dates

9.00am Four in a Bed 11.30 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (AD) 2.30pm A Place in the Sun

6.00pm A Place in the Sun Leah Charles-King helps Helen and Nikki search for a holiday home in Andalusia. Shown last Wednesday C4

7.00 Lisa and Rob seek help as they look for a home in Charente. Shown last Tuesday C4

8.00 Location, Location, Location Ep 6 Phil catches up with two sets of house-hunters for whom character was key — Georgie and Louis in south London and Lauren and Noel in Northumberland. Shown last Wednesday C4

9.00 Grand Designs Kevin McCloud returns to Gloucestershire to see the progress made by Jon and Noreen, who set out in 2013 to build a three-bed treehouse. (AD)

10.00 New Zealand’s Best Homes with Phil Spencer 6/6. Phil visits an off-grid island paradise that brings unexpected luxury to an untouched location. Shown last Wed C4

11.05 FILM 48 HRS HHHH Action thriller starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy. With a vicious convict loose in San Francisco, cop Jack Cates needs help to track him down. Unfortunately, that “help” comes in the form of smart-mouthed prisoner Reggie Hammond.

1.05am Gogglebox (AD) 3.10 Celebrity Gogglebox (AD) 4.05—5.00am Junior Taskmaster (AD)

7.15am Total Wipeout: Freddie and Paddy Takeover 8.00 Storage Hunters UK: Celebrity Special 9.00 Railroad Australia 11.00 Soapbox Race 2018: from Johannesburg

1.00pm Guy Martin’s D-Day Landing 3.00 World’s Most Dangerous Roads: double bill 5.00 Cornwall with Simon Reeve

6.00pm Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing Bob and Paul head off for a fishing trip to Norway, facing a mighty maelstrom. (AD)

7.20 Paul teaches Bob how to fly-fish for rainbow trout in Derbyshire. (AD)

8.00 Border Force: America’s Gatekeepers Two elderly sisters are caught trying to smuggle 600 tramadol pills.

9.00 Prison Break 5/22 Series 1. The secret service puts pressure on Pope to transfer Michael to another prison. 10.00 6/22. Michael sabotages the air conditioning but inadvertently sparks a riot. 11.00 7/22. Michael protects Sara, but the arrival of the National Guard slows his progress. 12 midnight 8/22. Michael discovers a key building on the escape route has been converted into the guards’ break room.

1.00am Live at the Apollo 2.00—4.00am Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing (AD)

9.00am Police Interceptors: five editions (AD) 2.00pm FILM Up Periscope HHH Second World War drama starring James Garner. Review page 47 4.20 FILM Shenandoah HHHH Western starring James Stewart 6.35pm FILM Stargate HHHH Sci-fi adventure starring Kurt Russell and James Spader. An Egyptologist is asked to join a US Government project as the top brass suspects that a structure near one of the pyramids could be a teleportation device.

9.00 FILM The Bank Job HHH Heist thriller based on a true story, starring Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows. In 1970s London, Terry Leather, a car dealer with a dubious past, is approached for his help to steal safe deposit boxes from a top bank. 11.15 FILM The Glimmer Man HH Action thriller starring Steven Seagal. Jack Cole is a former US government undercover agent known as “The Glimmer Man” because of his speed and agility. He’s now working as a detective in LA, where his skills are being put to the test in the hunt for a serial killer.

1.05—4.00am Trucking Hell: three episodes

5 Action Freeview 33 Freesat 132

9.00am Paul Martin’s Antiques Showdown

12 noon Murder, She Wrote: five episodes (AD) 5.00pm Walking Wartime Britain

6.00pm World War II in Colour The strategic firebombing of German cities.

7.00 Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union.

8.00 A focus on the Allied forces’ preparations for the Normandy landings. (AD) 9.00 Attack on Pearl Harbor A detailed account of the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, beginning with the inception of the idea and the obstacles it faced.

10.00 The attack begins, and the months of practice by Japanese fighters are put into action.

Drama and mayhem ensue as the first wave of the attack draws to an end.

SATURDAY Freeview & films

Outnumbered 8.20pm Sue welcomes Auntie Angela Marcus Wareing at Christmas 7.00pm Delicious mince pies

6.10am The Bill 11.00 Tipping Point 3.05pm My Family (AD) 5.00 Outnumbered: two episodes (AD)

6.20pm Outnumbered Sue investigates when an inappropriate image is found on the computer.

7.00 Karen devises her own version of Britain’s Got Talent

7.40 Ben shows prospective buyers around the house.

8.20 Auntie Angela visits the family with her new husband, an American therapist, in tow. (AD)

9.00 My Family Christmas special from 2006. Ben spends Christmas in hospital. (AD)

10.05 Christmas special from 2007. Susan pretends a quiet Christmas away at a country retreat would be better for Ben. (AD)

11.25 Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends Louis meets some colourful characters on his way to Christmas dinner in America. (AD)

12.45am Wife Swap USA 1.30 Ambulance Australia 2.30—3.00am Inside the Ambulance

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6.00am Unwind 6.20 Roobarb

6.30 Space 1999 9.30 Monkey

10.30 Watching 1.00pm The Cuckoo Waltz 3.30 A Fine Romance

6.00 Monkey: the pilgrims try to reunite the lands of night and day

7.00 Bust: Neil Walsh tries to rebuild his business after bankruptcy 8.00 Thriller: terrorists posing as plumbers set up base at a school for the blind 9.30 The Mrs Merton Show: Caroline Aherne interviews movie mogul Michael Winner and former MP Teresa Gorman 10.05 FILM Between the Lines HHHH Comedy starring John Heard and Bruno Kirby. Review page 47 12.10am Space 1999 2.10 FILM The Swiss Conspiracy H Thriller starring David Janssen 3.55 FILM The Hitch-Hiker HHHH Thriller starring Edmond O’Brien and Frank Lovejoy (BW) 5.20—6.00am Unwind

8.00am Highway to Heaven

6.00pm Highway to Heaven

7.00 Movie News 7.10 Garage Sale Mysteries: the Deadly Room: amateur sleuth Jennifer Shannon investigates the death of a friend in a mansion with a dark history 9.00

An Aurora Teagarden Mystery: Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: the former librarian turns her talents to the real estate business, but a grim discovery plunges her into another murder mystery 10.50 An Aurora Teagarden Mystery: Real Murders

12.40am Castle 1.40 Movie News

1.50 Castle 2.50 Movie News 3.00 Randall

6.00am Buddy vs Christmas 8.00

The Great Christmas Bake Off 10.00

The Great British Bake Off 11.00 Nigella Bites Christmas Special 12 noon James Martin’s Christmas Feasts 12.30pm James Martin: Sweet (AD) 1.00 James Martin: Home Comforts at Christmas (AD) 2.00 James Martin and Christmas Friends 4.00 The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best (AD) 5.00 Jamie’s Easy Christmas Countdown 6.00pm Gordon’s Ultimate Seasonal Specials: dishes include aromatic clam noodle soup 7.00 Marcus Wareing at Christmas: double bill. Festive favourites to make in advance, then top recipes to make the big day more relaxed 8.00 Jamie’s Italian Christmas: Jamie Oliver cooks a festive meal with an Italian twist 9.00 The Great Christmas Bake Off: double bill. Four bakers from previous series’ take part, then more festive challenges 11.00 Christmas Cookie Challenge: five edible Christmas comic strips 12 midnight Guy’s Big Bite 2.00— 3.00am Christmas Cookie Challenge

7.00am A Place in the Sun 11.00

My Lottery Dream Home 3.00pm Escape to the Country: ten editions. City-dwellers set out to find their ideal rural retreats 4.00 A home in rural Devon 5.00 Searching for a home in Wiltshire 6.00 Childhood sweethearts seek a retreat in the Devon countryside 7.00 A couple hoping to move to the Oxfordshire 8.00 A couple relocating from Shanghai to Warwickshire 9.00 Looking for a traditional property in Somerset 10.00 House hunting in North Yorkshire on a budget of £400,000 11.00 Finding a property in West Yorkshire 12 midnight A property search in the Worcestershire countryside 1.00am Fixer Upper: the Lakehouse (AD) 2.00—4.00am Escape to the Country

7.00am The Chase (AD) 9.00 Bruce’s Price Is Right (AD) 10.00 Supermarket Sweep 11.00 All Star Family Fortunes 1.00pm Cash Trapped 3.00 The Chase Celebrity Special: triple bill. With Nadia Sawalha, Gemma Atkinson, James Cosmo and Jimi Mistry 4.00 Hayley Tamaddon, Gaby Roslin, Sir Geoff Hurst and Rob Beckett take part 5.00 With Scott Mills, Sunetra Sarker, Anthony Ogogo and Johnny Ball 6.00pm The Chase: triple bill of the quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh (AD) 9.00 The Family Chase: a family from Grimsby competes in the general knowledge game show 10.00 The Chase 11.00 Bullseye: ten editions of the quiz that tests contestants’ darts skills and their general knowledge (AD) 4.00am The Chase Celebrity Special (AD) 5.00—6.00am The Chase (AD)

Inside High Noon 10.50pm The making of the 1952 film

8.00am Beautiful Serengeti

8.30 Greek Myths: True Stories

10.30 Ambassadors in Berlin: the Whistleblowers of WWII 11.40 Vichy and the Nazis: a Deal with the Devil 1.00pm Beautiful Serengeti 1.30 Ocean Wreck Investigation

6.25pm Greek Myths: True Stories Robin Lane Fox uncovers the truth behind Greek myths and gods, revealing the stories that provided the source material.

8.20 Ambassadors in Berlin: The Whistleblowers of WWII Highlighting the diplomatic whistleblowers who highlighted the danger of the Nazis in 1933.

9.30 Vichy and the Nazis: a Deal with the Devil Using archive footage to uncover how the Vichy regime collaborated with the Nazis after they took over France in 1940.

10.50 Inside High Noon The story behind the production of the landmark 1952 western High Noon 12 midnight—2.00am

Greek Myths: True Stories

9.00am Life (AD) 12 noon Wild Edens 3.00pm Life (AD) 6.00pm Wild Edens: triple bill. 9.00 Hurricane Man: three editions. Following storm chaser Josh Morgerman 10.00 Josh continues to document Hurricane Michael 11.00 Josh takes his team into their first typhoon (AD) 12 midnight Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown 2.00am Life (AD) 4.35 Wild Edens 5.20—6.00am David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities (AD)

6.00am Storage Wars: Texas 8.00 Swamp People: Serpent Invasion 9.00 Wicked Tuna 10.00 Claw Hunters 11.00 The Best of MonsterQuest 12 noon Strangest Things 2.00pm Secret Societies: in the Shadows 3.00 Ancient Aliens 8.00 Alien Corridors: a strange formation is seen over the suburbs of Tinley Park 9.00 Alien Disclosure Files 10.00 Strange Evidence 11.00 The Best of MonsterQuest 12 midnight My Paranormal Nightmare 1.00am Haunted Hospitals 2.00 Believers: Extreme Hauntings 3.00—6.00am Hardcore Pawn

5.35am Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! 6.00 New series

PAWsome Puzzles: games, puzzles and brainteasers 6.10 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 6.20 Little Princess 6.30 Fireman Sam 6.40 Thomas & Friends

6.55 Chip and Potato 7.05 Peppa Pig 7.15 Pip and Posy 7.30 New. The Woohoos!: Wynona meets some bats 7.40 The Adventures of Paddington

7.55 New. Mixmups: Pockets, Giggle and Spin have to look after wingle babies 8.10 Paw Patrol 8.25 New

Dora: Boots wants to give Tico a guayabera 8.35 Rubble & Crew

8.50—8.55am Paw Patrol

Full listings for Channel 5 are on p44

CBeebies 202

6.00am Baby Jake 6.10 Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 6.20 Bing 6.30 Love Monster 6.35 Chuggington 6.50 Go Jetters 7.00 Small Potatoes 7.05 Vegesaurs 7.10 Supertato 7.15 Bing 7.35 Hey Duggee 7.50 Go Jetters 8.00 Peter Rabbit 8.15 Octonauts 8.25 Vida the Vet 8.40 Mojo Swoptops 8.50 The Furchester Hotel 9.00 Something Special 9.25 Bluey 9.40 Octonauts: Great Arctic Adventure 10.05 Supertato 10.15 New. Nikhil & Jay: cartoon about the adventures of two brothers 10.25 Dodge’s Pup School 10.40 Spidey and His Amazing Friends 11.05 New. Get Set Galactic: two teams take on three scientific challenges based on the senses, fossils and bridges 11.25 New. Art Adventures with Fred and Pete: the duo are challenged to draw the best holiday ever 11.40 Garden Tales 11.50 Dog Squad 12 noon My World Kitchen 12.15pm Time for School 12.25 The Game Catchers 12.35 Hey Duggee 12.40 Octonauts 1.00 Bitz & Bob 1.10 Love Monster 1.25 Go Jetters 1.50 Yukee 1.55 Roots and Fruits 2.00 Something Special: We’re All Friends 2.25 Old Jack’s Boat 2.40 My World Kitchen 2.50 Numberblocks 2.55 Nick Cope’s Popcast 3.00 Yukee 3.10 Hey Duggee 3.15 Dodge’s Pup School 3.30 Nikhil & Jay 3.40 YolanDa’s Band Jam 3.55 Mojo Swoptops 4.05 Molly and Mack

4.20 Magic Hands 4.30 Treasure Champs 4.45 Supertato 4.55 Bluey

5.05 Vida the Vet 5.15 Katie Morag 5.30 Nikhil & Jay 5.45 Sarah & Duck

5.50 Charlie and Lola

6.05pm Tee and Mo 6.10 Clangers

6.20 In the Night Garden... 6.50—7.00pm Bedtime Stories CBeebies F’view 202 F’sat 601 Sky 608 Virgin 702

CBBC 201

7.00am Shaun the Sheep 7.05 Odd Tubes 7.10 Danger Mouse 7.25 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 7.35 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 7.45 New Newsround 7.55 Ninja Express 8.05 Odd Squad 8.20 Super Happy Magic Forest 8.30 OOglies 8.40 Pokémon: XY 9.00 New. Saturday Mash-Up! Live: with celebrity guests 11.30 Blue Peter: the team is joined by Olympic stars 12 noon Cooking Buddies 12.15pm Horrible Histories: featuring a new sketch with Elizabeth I searching for a successor 12.45 Lagging 1.10 All at Sea: Charlie is nominated for an award 1.40 Jamie Johnson FC: Erin misses Mason and tries to find a new best friend 2.10 Pickle Storm 2.30 The Dumping Ground 3.00 Total Dramarama: triple bill 3.30 Monster Loving Maniacs: double bill 3.55 Octonauts Special: Operation Deep Freeze 4.20 Danger Mouse 4.40 OOglies 4.45 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 5.10 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 5.35 Super Happy Magic Forest 5.45 Grizzy and the Lemmings 6.10pm Total Drama Island: Reboot 6.30 Gremlins: the Secrets of the Mogwai 6.50—7.00pm Sketchy Comedy

CBBC F’view 201 F’sat 600 Sky 607 Virgin 701

ITV Kids on ITV2

ITV Kids shows also stream on ITVX 6.00am The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants: Mega Blissmas: George and Harold make a comic about a new version of Christmas 7.00 Dodo

7.30—9.00ams Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster: the gang searches for a lake-dwelling creature in Scotland

11.00am Miracle on 34th Street HHH A department-store Santa believes he really is Father Christmas in this warm-hearted remake of the classic festive fantasy. Richard Attenborough (1994, U) (S) (AD) 1.15pm Close Encounters of the Third Kind 5 Steven Spielberg’s classic sci-fi drama about alien visitations is brilliantly realised with some awesome special effects. Richard Dreyfuss (1977, PG) (S) (AD) 4.10 Goodbye Christopher Robin HHHH The family life of AA Milne, creator of Winnie the Pooh, is explored in this affecting drama. Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie (2017, PG) (S) (AD) 6.20pm Master and Commander: the Far Side of the World HHHH Seafaring adventure about a British frigate’s pursuit of a French warship. Russell Crowe (2003, 12) (S) (AD) 9.00 The Equalizer 2 HHH Action-packed sequel in which Denzel Washington’s ex-secret agent takes on the case of a friend’s suspicious death. Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders (2018, 15) (S) (AD) 11.20 Ronin HHHH A gang of criminals is put together to steal an important suitcase in this crisp, no-nonsense action thriller. Robert De Niro, Jean Reno (1998, 15) (S) 1.40—3.35am Event Horizon HHH Gripping sci-fi horror in which a malevolent force takes over a spaceship. Laurence Fishburne (1997, 18) (S)

6.00am Desert Mesa HH A cowboy looks for the man responsible for swindling his father in this cheapie western. Tom Wynn (1935, U) 6.55 Target Earth H Spirited but tedious zero-budget sci-fi. Richard Denning (1954) (S) 8.30 Black Saddle TV western. 9.00 Saturday Morning Pictures Classic serials, plus The Secret Tunnel (1948). (S) 12 noon One Step Beyond TV horror. (S) 12.35pm Cosmos: War of the Planets H Micro-budget sci-fi about a team who follow a mysterious signal into space. John Richardson (1977) (S) 2.25 Fireball XL5 TV sci-fi.

3.00 Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons TV sci-fi. 3.35 The Commandos Strike at Dawn HH Paul Muni fights Nazi tyranny with a squadron of Brits in this plodding flagwaver. Anna Lee, Lillian Gish (1942) (S) 5.40 Scotland Yard TV drama. 6.25pm Beau Geste Period drama based on Percival Christopher Wren’s novel. (S)

7.00 Z Cars TV police drama. (S) 8.00 Travelling Man TV crime drama starring Leigh Lawson. (S) 9.05 Fedora HHHH Billy Wilder’s modern gothic drama stars William Holden as a movie producer who investigates after his ex-lover is found dead. Review p40. (1978, PG) (S) 11.20 The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre TV drama. (S) 12.35am What a Crazy World HH

musical that offers songs from stars of the 1950s and 60s. Joe Brown (1963, 12) 2.20 Double X: the Name of the Game H Norman Wisdom tries to keep his daughter out of the clutches of a criminal gang. (1991,

9.00am Air Rescue 10.30 My Daughter’s Stalker HH A woman is in peril after she becomes her niece’s guardian. (2020) 12.30pm The Killer Downstairs HH Murder mystery thriller. Cindy Busby (2019) 2.25 Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle H Vapid comedy adventure sequel. Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu (2003, 12) 4.30 Ender’s Game HHH Sci-fi action adventure full of dazzling special effects. Harrison Ford, (2013, 12)

6.50pm Renegades HH

Credibility-straining action thriller in which a bunch of US Navy SEALs go off-radar. Sullivan Stapleton (2017, 12)

9.00 2 Guns HHHH Taut crime caper about two undercover agents unaware of each other’s identity. Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg (2013, 15)

11.20 The November Man HHH Pierce Brosnan returns to the world of espionage in this Bond-style spy thriller. Luke Bracey, Olga Kurylenko (2014, 15)

1.40am The Road HHHH Sober post-apocalypse drama. Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee (2009, 15) 4.00—5.40am Did I Kill My Lover? HH Flashback thriller. Elizabeth Bogush, Philip Boyd (2018)

8.00am Police Ten 7 9.00 Air

Rescue 9.30 The Concorde Story

11.10 Depth Charge HH Die Hardstyle thriller. Eric Roberts (2008) 1.00pm Wanted: Dead or Alive 1.30 Vera Cruz HHHH Exciting western. Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster (1954, PG) 3.30 Ambush at Tomahawk Gap HH

Ex-cons are on the trail of lost loot. John Hodiak (1953) 5.10 Apache Ambush HHH Decent cattle-drive western with plenty of action. Bill Williams (1955, PG) 6.40pm Young Guns II — Blaze of Glory HH Disappointing western sequel with Emilio Estevez as Billy the Kid. Kiefer Sutherland (1990, 15) 9.00 The 5th Wave H Muddled sci-fi drama with Chloë Grace Moretz searching for her brother after an alien invasion. (2016, 15) 11.25 Settlers HHH Intriguing sci-fi western in which a stranger disrupts the lives of a family out on the Martian frontier. Sofia Boutella (2021, 15)

1.45am Deadly Voltage HH Low-budget disaster drama. Mike Dopud, Alaina Huffman (2015) 3.35 Cops Uncut 4.05—5.00am The Panzer

FILM REVIEWS

8.10am Christmas around the Corner HH Feel-good drama. Alexandra Breckenridge (2018) 10.05 The Perfect Christmas Village HH Corny fantasy comedy. Caitlin Thompson (2018) 12 noon Christmas in the Highlands HH Cheesy romantic drama. Brooke Burfitt (2019) 1.55pm A Very Yorkshire Christmas HH Quaint romantic drama. Rachel Shenton (2019) 3.55 Christmas at Plumhill Manor HH Romance. Maria Menounos (2024)

5.50pm The Christmas Ball HH Christmas in England gives American dancer Clare a fresh start. (2020)

7.50 Christmas in London HH

A Christmas house-swap leads to romance. Laura Vandervoort (2020) 9.45 Christmas Getaway HH

A travel writer is forced to share a cabin with a single father. (2017)

6.30am Sasquatch Sunset

HHHH Absurdist but poignant comedy, with amazing prosthetic make-up. Riley Keough, Jesse Eisenberg (2023, 15)

8.05 i As 11pm 10.10 Wicked

Special 11.15 As 6.10pm 1.05pm As 8pm 3.55 The Holdovers

HHHH Impeccably played festive comedy drama set in 1970. Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa (2023, 15)

6.10pm IF HHH Young Cailey Fleming and neighbour Ryan Reynolds team up to find neglected imaginary friends. John Krasinski (2024, U)

8.00 Dune: Part Two HHHH Timothée Chalamet faces danger from all sides in Denis Villeneuve’s awe-inspiring sci-fi epic. Zendaya (2023, 12)

11.00 p Girl You Know It’s True HHH Biopic of Milli Vanilli, the band at the centre of a lip-syncing scandal in the 90s. Review p37. (2023, 15)

1.10am Lee HHH Kate Winslet is fantastic as renowned photographer Lee Miller in an engaging if conventional wartime biopic. (2023, 15) 3.15 Tarot HH All-too-familiar raceagainst-death horror. Adain Bradley (2024, 15) 4.55—6.00am Wicked Special

7.00am The Twilight Zone 8.00 Sinbad and the War of the Furies H Retro fantasy throwback with ropey effects. John Hennigan (2016, 12)

10.00 MacGyver: five episodes

3.00pm Hercules H Threadbare fantasy action adventure. Kellan Lutz (2014, 12) 4.55 The Devil-Ship Pirates HHH Action-packed Hammer swashbuckler. Christopher Lee (1964, PG) 6.40pm The People That Time Forgot HH Watchable but hardly exciting sequel to The Land That Time Forgot Patrick Wayne (1977, U)

8.30 The Twilight Zone TV sci-fi.

9.00 Criminal HHH Knowingly played thriller in which the memories of a dead CIA agent are implanted into sociopath Kevin Costner. (2016, 15) 11.15 Acts of Vengeance HHH

Thriller in which a lawyer takes a vow of silence until his family is avenged. Review, right. (2017, 15) 1.00am The Outsider HHH Robust Taken-style action movie. Craig Fairbrass, James Caan, Jason Patric (2014, 15) 2.50—4.50am Commandos HHH Rollicking Second World War action adventure. Lee Van Cleef, Jack Kelly (1968, 15)

6.00am Crack in the World HH Modest sci-fi thriller. Dana Andrews, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore (1964, U) 8.00 2021: War of the Worlds H Clichéd low-budget sci-fi flick. Emily Killian, Anthony Jensen, Tom Sizemore (2021) 10.00 Ape vs Monster H Cheapskate Godzilla vs Kong mockbuster. Eric Roberts, Arianna Scott (2021, 12) 12 noon The Land That Time Forgot HH A shipwrecked crew battles dinosaurs. C Thomas Howell (2009) 2.00pm Meteor Apocalypse HH A scientist must save his family when debris rains from the skies. Joe Lando, Claudia Christian, Cooper Harris (2010) 4.00pm Andromeda Five episodes of the TV sci-fi series.

9.00 Sneakers HHHH Comedy thriller in which security specialists fall foul of a shadowy agency. Review, right. Robert Redford (1992, 15) 11.25 Night Drive HH A rideshare driver’s life takes a turn for the chaotic when he accepts a fateful passenger. AJ Bowen (2019, 18) 1.10—3.00am Peripheral HHH Videodrome-like sci-fi horror. Hannah Arterton, Rosie Day, Elliot James Langridge (2018, 18)

Knives Out HHHH

10.25pm-12.55am C4 h

MURDER MYSTERY This entertaining movie from writer/director Rian Johnson is superbly performed by a game cast. Daniel Craig revels in his comic turn as the Deep South detective who investigates when a wealthy patriarch (Christopher Plummer) is found dead. Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette and Michael Shannon are among the suspects, but best of all is Chris Evans as the clan’s black sheep. Johnson proved with Brick and Looper that he can take a handful of tropes and give them a thrilling tweak, and he has similar success here. JEREMY ASPINALL (US 2019, swearing, drug abuse, HD)

A Matter of Life and Death 5

12.35-2.20pm BBC2 y

ROMANTIC FANTASY

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s dazzling movie stars David Niven as an RAF pilot who survives a crash, but is told he was meant to die and must plead his case in heaven. It’s a thinly veiled allegory about Britain’s status in the world, and its mannered playing has made it an enduring classic. DAVID PARKINSON (UK 1946, BW/col, HD)

Up Periscope HHH

2.00-4.20pm 5 Action y

WAR DRAMA In this efficient submarine flick, Warner Bros reworked the sets from the previous year’s Alan Ladd vehicle The Deep Six to showcase its new star, TV’s Maverick James Garner. This also benefits from the skill of veteran director Gordon Douglas, and from stalwart Edmond O’Brien in support. TONY SLOMAN (US 1959)

The Red Shoes 5

2.20-4.30pm BBC2 y

See review p97. (UK 1948, HD)

Skyscraper HHH

4.10-6.00pm ITV1 h

ACTION Die Hard meets The Towering Inferno in this dumb but fun disaster movie.

Sneakers HHHH 9.0011.25pm Legend Xtra j

COMEDY THRILLER This smart caper is blessed with a sparkling script. Robert Redford is the former student radical who now makes a living breaking into hi-tech buildings to show up security lapses. Ignore the holes in plot logic and savour the interplay of a fine cast that includes Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix and Dan Aykroyd. JF (US 1992, violence, swearing)

Fedora HHHH

9.05-11.20pm

Talking Pictures TV g

See review p40. (W Ger/Fr 1978)

Between the Lines HHHH 10.05pm-12.10am Rewind TV j

Dwayne Johnson plays a security assessor who must clear his name and save his family after terrorists set the world’s tallest building on fire. Johnson’s charisma shines through amid the vertigoinducing stunts. ALAN JONES (US 2018, may be edited for content, HD)

mHook HHH 6.059.00pm 5 Star y

FANTASY Steven Spielberg’s spin on Peter Pan lore casts Robin Williams as the adult who has no time for his family and no memory of his magical past. That changes when his children are kidnapped and he gets a visit from Tinkerbell (Julia Roberts). The film is stolen by Dustin Hoffman as the suitably pantomimic Hook. JOHN FERGUSON (US 1991, may be edited for content, HD)

What to Expect When You’re Expecting HHH

9.00-11.15pm ITVBe h

ROMCOM The lives of five couples with parenthood problems are tenuously linked in this star-studded movie based on the best-selling pregnancy book. Expectant mothers include Elizabeth Banks, Jennifer Lopez and Cameron Diaz, while Director Kirk Jones (Nanny McPhee) keeps it all on the right side of light. KAREN KRIZANOVICH (US 2012, swearing, sexual references, HD)

COMEDY This warm-hearted satire revolves around the staff members of a Boston underground newspaper just before it’s sold to a profitminded publisher. Rock critic Jeff Goldblum’s ad-libbed music lecture is a hoot, while photographer Lindsay Crouse’s feminist rapport with stripper Marilu Henner is another highlight. AJ (US 1977, swearing, brief nudity)

Acts of Vengeance HHH 11.15pm-1.00am Legend j

ACTION DRAMA Antonio Banderas delivers the smouldering, action-hero goods in this revenge flick with a twist. He plays a Pittsburgh lawyer whose high-flying life is shattered after his wife and daughter are brutally murdered. He literally lets his actions speak louder than words by taking a vow of silence until the killer is brought to book. JA (Bul/US 2017, violence, swearing)

Under Siege HHHH

12.55-2.40am C4 j

ACTION Steven Seagal stars in this nautical thriller as possibly the unlikeliest cook in the history of cinema. He is the US Navy’s only hope when a crack squad of terrorists, led by Tommy Lee Jones, hijacks his ship. Director Andrew Davis never misses a beat and stages some awesome set pieces. The sequel is showing on Friday, see review p107. JF (US 1992, violence, nudity, HD)

SATURDAY Satellite, cable

The 90s: Cinema’s Greatest Decade 7.25pm Titanic The Staircase 9.00pm Michael has questions to answer

6.00am Clifford (AD) 6.15 Lego Friends 6.40 Trolls: Trollstopia (AD) 7.05 Let’s Go, Bananas! (AD) 7.35 Moominvalley 8.00 Monkey Life

9.30 Formula One 11.30 The Simpsons 1.00pm Defying Gravity: the Curtain Rises on Wicked 2.00 Portrait Artist of the Year 3.00 Soccer Saturday: goals and updates

5.00pm Secrets in the Ice Ep 1 Series 3. A grim discovery reveals shocking ancient practices.

6.00 Ep 2. The mutilated bones found in a Danish bog.

7.00 The Simpsons Homer gets a job as a school crossing guard.

7.25 The 90s: Cinema’s Greatest Decade Alex Zane looks back at the era’s best films. (AD)

8.25 Men in Black HHHH q Sci-fi comedy starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith.

A New York police officer finds himself in a race against time. (W)

10.25 The Day of the Jackal 7/10. The assassin and Bianca both descend on Tallinn.

11.25 Never Mind the Buzzcocks Ep 6 Series 4. Guests include DJ Target and Harriet Kemsley. (AD)

12.25am The Overlap on Tour

1.25 The Office US 3.25 Road Wars 4.00—6.00am Border Security: Australia’s Front Line

6.00am Most Haunted 8.00

Home Shopping 11.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation: five episodes

4.00pm Stargate Universe

4/20 Series 2. Chloe’s behaviour causes concern among the crew, so Scott decides to search through her quarters.

5.00 5/20. Scott is attacked and infected by a plant-like creature while exploring a new planet.

6.00 6/20. Plagued by a vision of the destruction of the Destiny, Young places the crew on high alert, while Chloe worries an alien influence has begun to affect her.

7.00 7/20. Rush and Col Young board a damaged ship, but when its engines engage, the craft is propelled away from the Destiny

8.00 8/20. Rush sets out to exact revenge when Simeon kills Ginn after she discloses details of a Lucian Alliance attack. (AD)

9.00 Dark Storm HH

q Sci-fi thriller starring Stephen Baldwin. A government experiment with “dark matter” goes awry, leaving lead scientist Daniel Gray with some unexpected new abilities. (AD) (W)

11.00 Bullet Train Down HH

q Action disaster movie. On its maiden run, the world’s fastest train is rigged to explode if it dips below 200mph. (AD) (W) 1.00am Grimm: four episodes

5.00—6.00am Most Haunted

6.00am Fish Town 9.05 True Blood 1.25pm Billions (AD)

7.00pm Riviera 2/10 Series 1 Georgina is informed that Constantine’s dealings are under investigation by Interpol, while Irina makes a deal with a figure in the Riviera underworld. (AD)

8.00 3/10. Georgina searches for answers by reviewing Constantine’s movements, while Christos’s hedonistic behaviour spirals out of control. (AD)

9.00 The Staircase 3/8 Series 1

In the months preceding Kathleen’s death, Michael leads a double life as the Petersons struggle financially. (AD)

10.25 The Day of the Jackal 7/10. The assassin and Bianca both descend on Tallinn in anticipation of UDC’s announcement, but with the venue in lockdown the Jackal must use all his wiles as he prepares to take his shot.

11.25 Dune: Prophecy 1/6

On Wallach IX, young Valya Harkonnen promises Mother Superior Raquella that she’ll protect the Sisterhood by putting one of their own on the imperial throne.

12.40am My Brilliant Friend: double bill 3.05 Watchmen (AD) 4.20—6.00am Fish Town

6.00am Motorway Patrol 9.00 Stop, Search, Seize (AD) 10.00 Border Patrol 12 noon Sun, Sea and A&E 1.00pm The Real A&E (AD)

2.00pm Nothing to Declare Fourteen back-to-back editions of the series following the lives of customs and immigration officers at Australia’s biggest airports. (AD)

9.00 Coroner 1/12 Series 4 Jenny Cooper is on sabbatical, healing from her tragic loss, but her hopes are dashed when a young boy washes up on the beach.

10.00 Blue Bloods 12/18 Series 14

Danny and a British investigator pursue a fugitive, Erin faces pressure from her boss and Jamie investigates a dodgy gambling site.

11.00 Chicago Fire 1/22 Series 11 Kidd and Severide’s honeymoon is interrupted by a dangerous person from their past. 12 midnight 2/22. Carver works with Kidd to help his former boss. As Hawkins and Violet’s relationship blossoms, Gallo turns his attention elsewhere.

1.00am New Amsterdam: Max learns a secret about his bout with cancer (AD) 2.00 FBI: Most Wanted: double bill. The team is pushed to its limits when a highly-skilled military veteran snaps, then a cult leader orders the murder of his own family (AD) 4.00—6.00am Border Security: Australia’s Front Line: four back-to-back editions

6.00am Supergirl 9.00 Merlin (AD) 1.00pm Defying Gravity: the Curtain Rises on Wicked 2.00 Magnum P.I.: four episodes (AD)

6.00pm Magnum P.I. 9/20 Series 4. A Christmas Eve ransomware attack on the Honolulu police department forces Lia to reveal a family secret to Thomas and Katsumoto. (AD)

7.00 Flintoff’s Road to Nowhere 2/2. Andrew Flintoff and Rob Penn help out at a sawmill, visit a school and enjoy a spot of fishing as they conclude their adventure. (AD)

8.00 The 90s: Cinema’s Greatest Decade Alex Zane looks back at the era’s best films. (AD)

9.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks Ep 6 Series 4. With Sophie Willan, the Libertines, DJ Target and Harriet Kemsley. (AD)

10.00 The Overlap on Tour 4/4 Series 2. Gary Neville, Roy Keane, Ian Wright and Jamie Carragher head to Rome on the last leg.

11.00 Banshee 3/8 Series 4 Carrie and Lucas try to track down and rescue Job. (AD)

12 midnight Warrior (AD) 1.00am Road Wars 2.00 New. SEAL Team 9/10 Series 7. Repeated tomorrow 9pm (AD) 3.00 Road Wars 4.00— 6.00am Air Ambulance ER (AD)

7.00am Four Weddings 9.00 Border

Security: Canada’s Front Line 12 noon Highway Cops (AD) 2.00pm The Good Doctor: double bill 4.00 Merlin: triple bill. Arthur tries to prove himself worthy of the throne 5.00 Gaius is overjoyed when an old flame arrives in Camelot 6.00 Morgana reveals Arthur and Gwen’s courtship to Uther (AD) 7.00 Mr Mayor: four episodes. A retired businessman runs for mayor of Los Angeles as a joke 7.30 The vibe quickly goes wrong for Mayor Neil Bremer 8.00 Jayden interviews candidates for an opening on the team and Orly has a shocking realization 8.30 Arpi and Jayden get to know each other on a road trip (AD) 9.00 Caught on Dashcam: triple bill featuring road disasters captured on video by drivers’ dashboard cameras 12 midnight A League of Their Own (AD) 3.00—6.00am Four Weddings

6.00am Caught on Dashcam 7.00 Highway Patrol 8.00 Snapped 9.00 Killer in My Village 11.00 Murders That Shocked the Nation (AD) 1.00pm Forensics: Catching the Killer (AD) 2.00 The Killer Within 3.00 Love You to Death (AD) 4.00 Britain’s Most Evil Killers 6.00pm World’s Most Evil Killers 7.00 Killer in My Village: police investigate the murder of Kate Beagley 8.00 The Real Manhunter: the Murder of Bridget “Bridie” Skehan: the killing of a 93-year-old former socialite by her tenants 9.00 Britain’s Most Evil Killers 10.00 The Cheshire Murders (AD) 12.25am The Killer Within 1.30 Killer in My Village 2.30 Murder Uncut (AD) 3.30 Road Wars 4.00 Stop, Search, Seize (AD) 5.00—6.00am Motorway Patrol

7.05am Keeping Up Appearances

7.50 On the Up 8.25 Are You Being Served? 9.00 Still Open All Hours 9.40 Only Fools and Horses: eight back-to-back episodes (AD)

6.35pm Only Fools and Horses

Uncle Albert falls victim to muggers, so Del resolves to take the law into his own hands.

7.45 Rodney and Albert worry the flat will get overcrowded once Raquel and Del’s baby arrives.

8.50 Del grabs an opportunity to bring Trotters Independent Traders into the hi-tech world of satellite communications. (AD)

10.00 Alma’s Not Normal The hospital staff inform Lin that her section could be lifted, although this is dependent on her moving into a hostel or in with a family member.

10.35 When social services sends through her records, Alma faces up to her experiences of being in the care system.

11.15 Things between Lin and Joan are not going well, and the news that Alma will be leaving for a six-month tour looks like it might push her mum over the edge.

11.55 The Real McCoy Jazzie B of Soul II Soul is tonight’s guest, alongside comic Geoff Schuman.

12.30am Alma’s Not Normal 2.20—4.00am The Real McCoy

8.00am Ballers (AD) 11.00 Barry (AD) 2.00pm American Auto 4.00 Will & Grace (AD) 6.30 The Office US: five episodes. Jan decides to move in with a hesitant Michael 7.00 Michael hits Meredith with his car 7.30 Michael organises a charity fun run 8.00 Ryan returns for the first time since his promotion 8.30 Michael and Dwight present food gift baskets to seven former clients 9.00 Entourage: double bill. Billy and Eric clash over keeping the Medellin project on track, then Drama plans a homecoming party for Vince 10.10 Saturday Night Live: American sketch show, taking a satirical sideswipe at cultural and political issues 11.40 The Franchise: satirical comedy starring Himesh Patel and Aya Cash 12.25am Divorce (AD) 1.50 Curb Your Enthusiasm 3.30—5.00am Mrs Fletcher

8.00am Friends 5.00pm Greatest Ever Christmas Movie Blunders 7.10pm FILM Daddy Day Camp H Comedy starring Cuba Gooding Jr 9.00 FILM Superbad HHHH Comedy starring Jonah Hill and Michael Cera as two boys bonded by their lack of popularity. When they finally get invited to a party they embark on an epic quest to procure alcohol. Review page 77 11.15 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA: five editions 12.45am Eight out of Ten Cats: double bill of the panel show 1.45 Impractical Jokers: Servin’ Up Laughs 2.15 Key and Peele 2.45 Lee Evans: Monsters 3.35 Beavis and Butt-Head 3.55 Ugly Americans 4.20—5.00am Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA

7.10am Murdoch Mysteries 10.00 Hudson & Rex (AD) 2.00pm Death in Paradise: four episodes (AD) 6.00pm Death in Paradise 2/8 Series 9. An artist is found dead in suspicious circumstances and it seems a drink could hold the answer to the mystery. (AD) 7.00 8/8 Series 12. The team investigates the murder of a calypso singer’s husband. Neville struggles with Sophie’s revelations and contemplates his future. (AD)

8.00 Shakespeare and Hathaway: Private Investigators 5/10 Series 1. Lu and Frank try to exonerate local criminal Billy the Brick when the local mayor is murdered in the dead of night. (AD) 9.00 6/10. Frank and Lu investigate death threats made against a former soap star who is about to return to the limelight. Gueststarring Morgana Robinson. (AD) 10.00 Father Brown 4/10 Series 4. A former music-hall comedian swears revenge on the priest, leaving Father Brown trapped in a derelict building. (AD) 11.00 Death in Paradise 1/8 Series 1. First episode of the Caribbean detective drama starring Ben Miller. (AD) 12 midnight Death in Paradise (AD) 3.05—4.00am Murdoch Mysteries

tale of South Africa’s legendary Mapogo lion coalition (AD) 12 midnight Mega Shippers: the lives of cargo ship workers 1.00—5.00am Alaska: Homestead Rescue

7.00am Shed and Buried 9.00 Combat Dealers 12 noon Salvage Hunters: the Restorers 3.00pm Shed and Buried 6.00pm Combat Dealers 8.00 Shed and Buried: eight editions. Rare British and American four-wheelers 8.30 A shed full of different items 9.00 Henry and Sam rummage in a tractor enthusiast’s heaven 9.30 A shed in the south-west of England 10.00 Visiting Mike’s farm in Somerset 10.30 Henry and Fuzz rummage through

3.00—5.00am Salvage Hunters (AD)

sport

Sky Documentaries Sky Nature

Going Clear 9.00pm A look at the Church of Scientology

6.00am Discovering: Morgan Freeman 7.00 Discovering Tommy Lee Jones 8.00 The Directors 10.00 Black Art: in the Absence of Light (AD) 11.45 Rise of the Superheroes 2.00pm FILM The Kid Stays in the Picture HHH Documentary about film producer Robert Evans (W) 4.00 GoldenEra (AD)

6.00pm The Beast Sky News’s chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay boards a freight train that carries thousands of desperate migrants through Mexico, hoping to reach the US border.

7.00 The Commandant’s Shadow

Following the son of the man who was in charge of Auschwitz as he confronts his father’s involvement in the murder of Jews. (AD)

9.00 Going Clear HHH q Documentary on the inner workings of the Church of Scientology. Eight former members talk about their experiences and share stories of what they were willing to do for their beliefs. (W)

11.20 The Two Escobars How the fates of two Colombians — Andres Escobar, the captain of Nacional, and Pablo Escobar, the leader of the Medellin cartel — were permanently linked. (AD)

1.20am Assassins 3.20 Nike’s Big Bet 5.00—6.00am The Directors

Nat Geographic

8.00am Food Factory USA 9.00 Lost Tombs of the Pyramids 10.00 King Tut In Colour 11.00 Egypt’s Sun King: Secrets and Treasures 12 noon Nazi Megastructures 2.00pm World War II: Secrets from Above (AD) 5.00 Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the West 7.00pm Air Crash Investigation: triple bill. The 1985 Manchester runway disaster 8.00 A massive explosion tears a hole in a 747 over Hawaii 9.00 The conspiracy theories surrounding a 1987 accident 10.00 Plane Crash

Re-created: A 2009 Turkish flight that crashed one mile out of Amsterdam 11.00 Drain the Oceans: Deep Dive 12 midnight Ice Road Rescue (AD)

1.00am To Catch a Smuggler 2.00 Made in a Day (AD) 2.55 Food Factory

3.45 Money Meltdown 4.35—5.00am Secrets of the Zoo: Keeper Tales

Deadly Australians 9.00pm The great white shark

6.00am Hope for Wildlife 9.00 Wild Pacific Rescue (AD) 12 noon Monkey Life 1.00pm Wild Battlegrounds 2.00 Wild Survivors: triple bill 5.00 David Attenborough’s Dragons and Damsels: delving into the lives of dragonflies and damselflies (AD)

6.00pm Extreme Snakes:

Australia How Australia’s snakes slithered their way to the top of every ecosystem in one of the harshest continents on earth.

7.00 Extreme Snakes: Africa

A look at the continent’s diverse but dangerous snake species, which have evolved to thrive in Africa’s myriad habitats.

8.00 Africa’s Hunters

A powerful pride of 20 lions, led by three strong males, finds itself facing an uncertain future when it ends up with only one cub. (AD)

9.00 Deadly Australians

Examining the deadliest creature lurking in Australia’s oceans.

10.00 Nature’s Mass Attacks

Double bill of the documentary using high-speed cameras to show spectacularly brutal co-ordinated attacks by predators. (AD)

12 midnight Africa’s Hunters (AD)

1.00am Deadly Australians 2.00 Guardians of the Wild 4.00— 6.00am Battle of the Alphas (AD)

8.00am Animals Gone Wild 9.00 Secrets of the Zoo 11.00 The Incredible Pol Farm 12 noon Yukon Vet 2.00pm Kingdom of the White Wolf 5.00 Snakes in the City 7.00 Wonders of the Ocean: ocean-dwelling creatures try to avoid becoming prey 8.00 New. The Incredible Dr Pol: double bill. Emotions run high as the practice deals with a sick horse, a hairless calf and a beagle with a serious neck injury, then the vet and his family face a rabies scare, while a cow that has been trying to give birth for three days is a cause for serious concern 10.00 Africa’s Deadliest: featuring high-speed cheetahs in the Karoo to deadly river crossings in the Serengeti 11.00 Snakes in the City: searching the city for an elusive snake 12 midnight Lawless Island

2.00am Secrets of the Zoo: Tampa 4.00—5.00am Something Bit Me

Sky History Animal Planet

6.00am Forged in Fire 7.00 Pawn Stars 9.00 Auction Kings 11.00 Britain’s Most Historic Towns 2.00pm Storage Wars 5.00 Flipping Bangers

6.00pm UFO Encounters UK 7.00 Ghost Ships: double bill. Efforts to locate SS Mont Blanc and SS Imo, then Tony Sampson and his team dive in search of SS Clare Lilley 9.00 Dark Marvels: Killing Machines: four editions. Dark secrets hidden within foreboding fortresses 10.00 The engineering of booby traps 11.00 Torture devices — from the “Iron Maiden” to the pear of anguish 12 midnight How blades have spilled blood and forged empires

SPORT

SATURDAY

Sky Main Event

Sky 401 Virgin 511/HD 501 EE 419/HD 439

5.00am LIVE Las Vegas Grand Prix Qualifying (start 6.00). 8.00 Ted’s Notebook 8.30 Formula One 9.30 Good Morning Sports Fans 10.00 Soccer Saturday 10.30 Fantasy Football Pre-Match 11.00 LIVE Championship Football Coventry City v Sheffield United (kick-off 12.30pm). 3.00pm Soccer Saturday

5.00 LIVE Premier League

Football Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur (kick-off 5.30).

7.45 LIVE Scottish Premiership Football Hearts v Celtic (k/o 7.45). 10.30 Sky Sports News at Ten 11.00 LIVE Women’s Big Bash League Cricket Melbourne Stars v Adelaide Strikers at Junction Oval.

2.30am LIVE Australian PGA Championship Day four in Brisbane.

4.30—6.00am LIVE Las Vegas Grand Prix Round 22 (start 6.00). Continues until 9am. Sport: p30

Sky Football

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6.00am Championship Highlights 6.15 Classic League Cup Final 9.00 EFL Greatest Games (AD) 9.45 Championship Highlights 10.00 Saturday Social 11.00 LIVE Championship Football Coventry City v Sheffield United (kick-off 12.30pm). 3.00pm Soccer Saturday

7.00 LIVE Scottish Premiership Football Hearts v Celtic (k/o 7.45). 10.30 League Two Highlights 10.45 Championship Highlights 1.15am League One Highlights

4.15—6.00am League Two Highlights

Sky Golf

Sky 405 Virgin 515/HD 505 EE

Snooker 1.00pm Eurosport 1 Can Ronnie O’Sullivan defend his UK Championship crown?

Sky Premier League

Sky 402 Virgin 512/HD 502 EE 420/HD 440

6.00am Greatest Games 7.00 Years (AD) 9.00 Big Interview 9.30 Fantasy Show 10.00 Saturday Social 11.00 Stories 11.30 Fantasy Show 12 noon Soccer Saturday

5.00pm LIVE Premier League Football Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur (kick-off 5.30).

8.30 Game of the Day 10.30 Highlights

3.00am Greatest Games (AD) 4.00 Best Goals 5.30—6.00am 100 Club (AD)

Sky Cricket

Sky 404 Virgin 514/HD 504 EE 422/HD 442

6.00am Women’s Big Bash League

TNT Sports 1

Sky 410 Virgin 527 EE 408/HD 430

6.00am

1.00am The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch 2.00 Forged in Fire 4.00—6.00am Salvage Kings 8.00am

5.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue 6.00pm Insane Pools: off the Deep End 7.00 How Do Animals Do That? 8.00 Guardians of Rescue: Rob and Elle investigate a claim about dogs on a roof 9.00 Animal Cops Houston (AD) 10.00 Alaskan Bush People 11.00 I Was Prey (AD) 1.00am Alaskan Bush People 2.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees 3.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue 4.00— 5.00am Insane Pools: off the Deep End

TNT Sports 2

PGA Championship Golf

6.00 LIVE PGA Tour Golf Day three of the RSM Classic. 7.00 LIVE LPGA Tour Golf The Group Tour Championship, day three. 10.00 Australian PGA Championship Golf 11.00 Golf Academy 12 midnight Australian PGA Championship Golf 1.00am Best of the Shot Centre (AD) 1.30 Australian PGA Championship Golf

2.30—6.00am LIVE Australian PGA Championship Day four.

Sky F1

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4.30—6.00am LIVE Las Vegas Grand Prix Round 22 (start 6.00). Continues until 9am. Sport: p30

Sky Sports Mix

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9.25am—12.45pm LIVE Women’s Big Bash League Cricket Perth Scorchers v Hobart Hurricanes. 5.20—7.30pm LIVE German Football Eintracht Frankfurt v Werder Bremen (kick-off 5.30).

Eurosport 1

Sky 413 Virgin 521 EE 412

10.20am LIVE Freestyle Skiing The World Cup from Stubai, the men’s and women’s slopestyle. 12 noon LIVE Ski Jumping World Cup from Lillehammer, the first of the women’s HS140 competitions.

1.00—4.30pm LIVE Snooker UK Championship, day one from York. 6.45—10.30 LIVE Snooker Day one of the UK Championship.

7.00 Best of the Women’s World T20 (AD) 8.00 Women’s Big Bash League 9.00 LIVE Abu Dhabi T10 Cricket Morrisville Samp Army v UP Nawabs; 11.15 Bangla Tigers v New York Strikers, the ten-over match; 1.30pm Coverage of Chennai Brave Jaguars v Northern Warriors; 3.45 Coverage of Deccan Gladiators v Team Abu Dhabi; 6.00 Women’s Big Bash League 8.00 Cricket in Colombo (AD) 9.00 Women’s Big Bash LeagueCricket 10.55 LIVE Women’s Big Bash League Cricket Stars v Adelaide Strikers at Junction Oval. 2.15am Best of the Women’s World Cup (AD) 2.30 Best of the Women’s World T20 (AD) 3.00 Women’s Big Bash League Cricket 5.00—6.00am Best of the Women’s World T20 (AD)

Sky NFL

Sky 408 Virgin 517/HD 507 EE 426/HD 446 5.00—8.00pm LIVE American Football An NCAA match. 8.30—11.30 LIVE American Football A further NCAA match. 12.30—3.30am LIVE American Football An NCAA match.

Sky Sports +

Sky 412 Virgin 518/HD 508 EE 427/HD 447

6.00am News 7.00 Good Morning Sports Fans 10.00 Soccer Saturday Pre-Match 10.30 Fantasy Football Pre-Match 11.00 LIVE Championship Football Bristol City v Burnley (k/o 12.30pm). 3.00pm Soccer Saturday

6.00 LIVE PGA Tour Golf Day three of the RSM Classic. 9.00 Sky Sports News

2.30—6.00am LIVE Australian PGA Championship Day four.

Eurosport 2

Sky 414 Virgin 522 EE 413 9.15—11.00am LIVE Alpine Skiing World Cup, the women’s slalom. 12.15pm LIVE Alpine Skiing Second run of the women’s slalom. 1.40—4.45 LIVE Ski Jumping Men’s qualifying for the HS140 event. 5.00—8.00 LIVE Cycling UCI Track Champions League, round one.

TNT Sports 3

SATURDAY Television

S d

CONFIDANTES

Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance, centre) takes counsel with Richard Riche (Tom Mothersdale) and Thomas Wriothesley (Harry Melling)

DRAMA

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light 9.00pm BBC1 Catch up via iPlayer

King Henry (Damian Lewis) is in an uncharacteristically reflective mood. In the space of one year, he muses dejectedly, “I have bastardised both my daughters, I have no heir — and no hope of one — my subjects are in rebellion and my coffers are empty.” His Lord Privy Seal Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance) is having an equally tough time, trying to keep on the King’s right side, despite the furious monarch snarling at him, “It’s always you with the bad news!”

Meanwhile, Cromwell hears horrific tales about what the common people

FILM

The World of Henry Orient 1111 y

3.20pm Sky Arts Catch up via Now q This is a charming and neglected rite-of-passage comedy, centring on the obsession of two teenage girls with a womanising concert pianist. Although Peter Sellers and his mistress Paula Prentiss turn in broadly amusing performances, it’s the fantasising innocents, Tippy Walker and Merrie Spaeth, who catch the eye.

Nora and Nunnally Johnson’s playful script (based on the former’s novel) also provides showy supporting roles for Tom Bosley and Angela Lansbury as Walker’s parents. If only someone had told director George Roy Hill to stop mucking about with the film speeds, this might have garnered the attention it deserves.

DAVID PARKINSON Films: page 57

FACTUAL Countryfile

5.20pm BBC1

Catch up via iPlayer

Never mind man’s best friend. Who knew that dogs could also be birds’ best friend? Tonight, Charlotte Smith meets a very special canine called Kuki whose day job is in biosecurity. There might not be a doggy-sized hazmat suit in sight, but this four-legged scrutineer has a very serious role in helping keep seabirds safe — by seeking out pests that could cause significant harm to seabird colonies on the Northumberland coast.

Meanwhile, Hamza Yassin is on Coquet Island helping an endangered species — the roseate tern. He helps restore the nesting platforms of these “Rosies” following damage from a surprising culprit: puffins.

FRANCES TAYLOR

think and what the rebels might do if they got their hands on him. They believe him to be the architect of their misfortunes, while his confidence has been seriously shaken by his recent meeting with a certain young nun.

But while he deals with the uprising like the consummate politician he is, he’s less adept at negotiating more personal matters — as demonstrated by an extremely awkward conversation about marriage in the gardens. However, what really dumbfounds him is the unexpected claim of a young visitor from abroad. JANE RACKHAM

FACTUAL

Antiques Roadshow

8.00pm BBC1 Catch up via iPlayer

Some wonderful — and valuable — jewellery have featured on the Roadshow this series, including a chunky green necklace bought for £15 but now worth considerably more; an exquisite turquoise, diamonds and rubies ballerina brooch; and four mismatched items valued at £14,000 that left their owner “Chatty Ann” speechless. There are even more glittery delights for the experts to enthuse over tonight at Belfast’s Botanic Gardens — a dazzling trio of Tiffany brooches and a showstopper of a pearl pendant. Non-sparkly treasures include a footstool, a seascape and football shirts, while Fiona Bruce learns about Irish botanist John Templeton and artists Jack Butler Yeats and Sean McSweeney. JR

TRAVEL

All Aboard! Scotland’s Poshest Train

8.00pm C4 Catch up: C4 streaming You’ll often hear actors saying that, from an early age, they had this all-consuming desire to perform. What they rarely say is, “Well, actually, plan B was to become a train driver.” And yet, how many times have we seen stars front celebrity travelogues and reveal that their childhood dream was to take control of a loco and toot-toot its whistle? Alan Cumming is the latest to get into the driver’s seat as he takes the Royal Scotsman along the private Strathspey railway. All rather lovely, obviously, but the next time some well-known thesp complains about the vagaries of the industry, perhaps the interviewer ought to suggest a gig with National Rail rather than the National Theatre? DAVID BROWN

DOCUMENTARY

Brawn: the Impossible

Formula One Story

9.00pm BBC2 Full series: iPlayer

As episode two of an involving sports documentary begins, Brawn are on the up, but on their uppers: this rookie team has just shocked F1 by winning the Australian Grand Prix, the first race of the 2009 season, but now they have to make half their staff redundant for lack of funds.

In the second race in Malaysia, a stroke of luck gifts them a second win — it’s around this time their moneyed rivals stop humouring them and start complaining about the design of the Brawn car. All involved are here to rather suavely tell the tale.

JACK SEALE

MUSIC

BBC Young Jazz Musician: the Final

9.00pm BBC4 Catch up via iPlayer

The winners of this increasingly prestigious, biennial contest were all brass virtuosos until pianist Deschanel Gordon triumphed in 2020, while double bassist Ewan Hastie was a left-field winner in 2022. This time around, saxophonist George Johnson and trumpeter Klara Devlin represent brass as the teenagers compete with two 20-somethings — bassist Ursula Harrison and pianist Nils Kavanagh. YolanDa Brown and Huw Stephens add presenting zing and gravitas. JOHN AIZLEWOOD

NATURE Asia

6.20pm BBC1 Full series on iPlayer Mating is on the agenda in this edition. Bengal tiger numbers have doubled in Nepal in the past ten years so they’re doing a lot better than the young one-horned rhino we see, who, following a flirtatious game of kiss chase, doesn’t know how to progress with his conquest.

DOCUMENTARY

STEPS IN TIME

Camilla with Harry and William in 2013

Queen Camilla: the Wicked Stepmother?

9.00pm C4 Catch up via C4 streaming

If the story of the royal family was a TV soap, the character of Queen Camilla would be someone who’d be said to have had their personality changed by fickle writers to suit the storyline. Emails would be written to RT’s Feedback pages, with readers exclaiming that they’re old enough to remember when Camilla was introduced to this show as a hated mistress. And now, suddenly, she’s a much-loved monarch! Give me a break. What next? Dashing war hero Prince Andrew disgraced in front of the nation?

Which just goes to show that reality is still able to gazump fiction when it comes to plot twists — and, in this documentary, we montage our way through Camilla’s dramatic highlights, including the accusations that a PR campaign sacrificed others in the clan so she could clean that tarnished image. DB

FILM

Raging Bull 5z

10 00pm (not N Ireland) BBC2 Catch up via iPlayer

qMotta’s brother, to restaurant, and years so

FUNSTER

A panda cub pulls focus

Martin Scorsese’s magnificent boxing drama is more than a sports movie Telling the story of middleweight slugger Jake La Motta, it pulls you in for over two hours, detailing the personal and professional trials of an ambitious, insecure, jealous fighter for whom success is not enough Robert De Niro’s starring performance is the stuff of legend, but it’s almost matched by Joe Pesci in a breakthrough role as La Motta’s younger brother, Joey He was about to give up on movies to manage a restaurant, and thought the call offering him the role was a prank TOM FOLLEY Film reviews: page 57

There’s drama, too, including an adorable elephant cub’s struggle across the strong currents of a Malaysian river, while the cameras capture a rare Persian leopard patrolling his territory in Kurdistan, as well as the comic antics of a cute four-month-old panda cub in China. JR in for enough.

Sorry, I Didn’t Know 10.20pm ITV1

Jimmy Akingbola (above) presents the comedy panel show. Tonight’s guests are Ola Labib, Nadia Jae, Marcus Brigstocke and Richie Anderson.

Songs of Praise 1.15pm BBC1

Aled Jones hosts the senior heat of BBC Young Chorister, with judges Bob Chilcott, Katherine Jenkins and YolanDa Brown. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 8.00pm ITV1

With Jeremy Clarkson at the helm.

LIVE SPORT

Rugby Union: Autumn Internationals

England v Japan

3.45pm (k/o 4.10pm) TNT Spt 1

Eddie Jones’s Japan take on the side he coached for seven years.

Scotland v Australia

12.30pm (k/o 1.40pm) TNT Spt 1

Football: Premier League

Southampton v Liverpool

1.00pm (k/o 2pm) Sky Sports Main Event/Premier League Bottom of the table meets top.

Cricket: Women’s T20

South Africa v England

11.40am Sky Sports Cricket

The first in a three-match series, in East London.

SPORT HIGHLIGHTS page 31

FILM REVIEWS page 57

SUNDAY Main Channels

6.00am Breakfast News, entertainment and weather, with Sarah Campbell and Roger Johnson. (S) (HD)

7.30 Match of the Day Shown yesterday 10.30pm (S) (HD)

9.00 Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Interviews. (S) (HD)

10.00 Politics England Regional reports. (S) (HD)

10.30 Animal Park Hamza Yassin investigates native species in the park, including fallow deer. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.15 Homes under the Hammer Properties in Conwy, Hampshire and Cumbria. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.15pm Bargain Hunt From Ardingly. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

1.00 BBC News Weather for the Week Ahead (S) (HD)

1.15 Songs of Praise: Young Chorister of the Year Aled Jones hosts the competition’s senior heat. (S) (HD)

2.00 Points of View Opinions. Last in series. (S) (HD)

CONTACT email: pov@bbc.co.uk; telephone 0370 908 3199; or write to Points of View, 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow G51 1DA

2.15 Cars 3 HHHH Animated comedy adventure q with the voice of Owen Wilson. On iPlayer for 30 days. Review p57. Director Brian Fee (2017, U) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

3.50—4.50 Asia 3/7. How animals survive in snow and ice. More at 6.20pm. Shown last Sunday (S) (AD) (HD)

6.30am Countryfile Exploring the Yorkshire Dales. Shown last Sunday BBC1 Signed repeat tomorrow 2.05am (S) (HD)

7.30 Breakfast Continued from BBC1. (S) (HD) 9.00 Landward The team investigates the habitat of Findhorn Bay. Shown last Thursday BBC Scotland (S) (HD)

9.30 Weatherman Walking Derek Brockway walks from Talybont to Brecon. First shown on BBC1 Wales (S) (HD)

10.00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites Singer and actor Alfie Boe faces his food heaven or hell. (S) (HD)

11.30 Whisky Galore! 5 Classic Ealing comedy q with Basil Radford. The people of a remote island sense a chance when a cargo ship full of whisky runs aground. On iPlayer for 30 days. Review p57. Director Alexander Mackendrick (1949, PG) (BW) (S) (W) (HD)

12.50—5.10pm LIVE Snooker Day two of the UK Championship from York Barbican, featuring two matches from the last 32. Additional coverage on the red button and at bbc.co.uk/sport. (S) (HD)

2 BBC SPORT ONLINE 3.00—9.30 Tennis Live coverage of the Davis Cup final from Málaga, at bbc.co.uk/sport

6.00am Ainsley’s Food We Love Ainsley Harriott prepares dishes for a lazy Sunday. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.30 James Martin’s American Adventure The chef visits a food market in Santa Monica. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

7.30 James Martin’s Saturday Morning James is joined at his Hampshire home by Alan Titchmarsh and Debbie Wiseman, with recipes from chefs Nick Nairn and Dipna and Gulu Anand. Shown yesterday 9.30am (S) (HD)

9.25 ITV News (S) (HD)

9.30 Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh Joining Alan at Manor Farm are guests Cameron Mackintosh, Annette Badland and Milo Parker. (S) (HD)

11.30 New series. Fletchers’ Family Farm 1/10 Series 2

The return of the series following Kelvin Fletcher and his family. Kelvin and Liz find out how many of their sheep are pregnant. Rptd 8pm ITVBe Signed rpt 5.05am ITV1 (S) (AD) (HD)

12.30pm The Royal Beat 4/10. Kate Thornton and guests discuss news about the royal family. (S) (HD)

1.30 ITV News Weather; Regional Weather (S) (HD)

1.40 Tipping Point: Best Ever Finals More of the most dramatic endgames. Shown yesterday 6pm (S) (HD)

2.10—3.15 Ninja Warrior UK The final. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00am The King of Queens Double bill. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.50 Frasier Four episodes. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

8.30 The Simpsons Bart, Nelson and Milhouse order Moe a mail-order bride from the dark web.

9.00 Lisa and Homer bond. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.30 Sunday Brunch Tim and Simon chat to guests Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Lloyd Griffith, Boyzlife and Gyles Brandreth. Plus music from James Bay. (S) (HD)

12.30—3.00pm Formula One: Las Vegas Grand Prix — Highlights The 22nd round of the season, held at Las Vegas Strip Circuit. (S) (HD) Sport: page 30 Qatar Grand Prix sprint qualifying highlights Friday 11.05pm

Asia 6.20pm It’s a jungle out there: a two-year-old male Bengal tiger hones his hunting and stalking skills

4.50pm BBC News

Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

5.20 Countryfile

4 In Northumberland, Hamza Yassin travels to Coquet Island to help restore a nesting platform for roseate terns, while Charlotte Smith meets a biosecurity dog tasked with seeking out pests that could pose a threat to seabird colonies. Plus how an Alnmouth pond is being turned into a wildlife haven. See p50. Includes Weather for the Week Ahead Series producer Gavin Ahern; Series editor Mark Beech (S) (HD)

6.20 Asia

4

4/7. Tangled Worlds. Asia’s jungles provide food, shelter and opportunity, but they are also full of hidden dangers. In monsoon forests, tigers hunt their prey, while rhinoceroses engage in courtship rituals. Female orangutans search far and wide for their ideal mate in tropical rainforests, and a new Persian leopard population is thriving in Kurdistan. The whole series is in UHD on iPlayer. See page 51. Producer Patrick Evans; Series producer Matthew Wright (S) (AD) (HD)

7.20 Strictly Come Dancing: the Results

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman host as two couples compete for a place in next weekend’s musicals special. Available with signing via the red button. It Takes Two is on weekdays 6.30pm BBC2. (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Antiques Roadshow

4 At Belfast’s Botanic Gardens, Gordon Foster admires a modernist silver tea set designed by Christopher Dresser in the 1880s. Marc Allum appraises a character doll, monkey and lamb made by the German stuffed toy manufacturer Steiff, and Justin Croft is captivated by an early edition of a novel written by one of the Brontë sisters. See p50.

Series producer Rae Gilder Cooke; Series editor Robert Murphy (S) (HD)

9.00 Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light

4 3/6 Series 2. Defiance. A rising in the north is spreading south, threatening to destabilise Henry’s kingdom. The rebels are demanding a stop to the religious reforms and, perceiving him to be responsible for their misfortunes, they also want Cromwell’s head. Series 1 is on iPlayer. See page 50.

Thomas Cromwell Mark Rylance

Henry VIII Damian Lewis

Duke of Norfolk Timothy Spall

Thomas Wriothesley Harry Melling

Jane Seymour Kate Phillips

Lady Mary Lilit Lesser

Rafe Sadler

Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Richard Cromwell Joss Porter

Jane Rochford Lydia Leonard

Richard Riche Tom Mothersdale

Edward Seymour Will Tudor

Thomas Cranmer Will Keen

Bess Oughtred Maisie Richardson-Sellers

Gregory Cromwell Charlie Rowe Jenneke Ellie de Lange

Dramatised by Peter Straughan; Producer Lisa Osborne

Director Peter Kosminsky (S) (AD) (HD)

Henry VIII’s Enforcer: the Rise and Fall of Thomas Cromwell is Tuesday 11.30pm BBC4

10.00 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

10.30 Match of the Day 2

Jason Mohammad introduces highlights of Ipswich Town v Manchester United and Southampton v Liverpool, and looks back on the goals and talking points from yesterday’s Premier League matches.

Producer Tim Bennett; Editor Stef Bozzi (S) (HD)

11.30 Logan Paul: Bad Influence?

Matt Shea investigates the criticism faced by the US wrestler, social-media influencer and entrepreneur in relation to his cryptocurrency projects.

Executive producer Mike Radford Shown last Wednesday BBC3 (S) (HD)

12.30am The Graham Norton Show The host is joined by guests Nicole Kidman, Cynthia Erivo, James Norton and Chris McCausland, and American singer/songwriter Benson Boone performs Beautiful Things Shown last Friday (S) (HD)

1.20 Weather for the Week Ahead (S) (HD)

1.25—6.00am BBC News (S) (HD)

Brawn: the Impossible Formula One Story 9.00pm Jenson Button’s drive to success

5.10pm Eden: Untamed Planet

5/6. Known as “the end of the world”, Patagonia is a land seemingly frozen in time at the tip of South America. This film goes on a journey from the high Andes to coastal fjords, revealing how its creatures must specialise in one habitat or be tough enough to cope with them all. Narrated by Helena Bonham Carter. The whole series is available on iPlayer.

Series producer Steve Cole (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00 Flog It!

Paul Martin challenges people to make money from their antiques by selling them at auction. (R) (S) (HD)

7.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Reality TV stars Chris Hughes and Jake Quickenden are joined by Izzie Balmer and Irita Marriott as they search for profit-making items in South Yorkshire. A 19th-century milk jug catches Chris’s eye and an unusual four-spouted teapot gets Jake excited, as their route takes them to Doncaster and Sheffield. A box set of past episodes is available on iPlayer. Series producer Stuart Stanley Harrison Executive producer John Redshaw (R) (S) (HD)

8.00 The Lakes with Simon Reeve 3/3. The adventurer explores the coast of Cumbria and learns about its important role in the ecological challenges that Britain faces. This rugged wilderness sits in the shadows of the most hazardous industrial site in western Europe. Sellafield is just a few miles from the Lake District National Park, but is home to hundreds of ageing and disused nuclear facilities. Simon meets some of the men and women tasked with clearing half a century of the nation’s nuclear waste. Further down the coast, he heads out to sea to visit the second biggest offshore wind farm on the planet. The whole series is available on iPlayer. Director Eric McFarland (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Brawn: the Impossible Formula One Story

4 2/4. Success in Australia proves bittersweet, as the rise of Brawn GP causes unrest among the teams that helped them. Driver Jenson Button defies all expectations, pulling off remarkable wins despite a relentless onslaught from Formula One’s biggest names. Away from the track, Ross Brawn and Nick Fry enter a high-stakes legal battle that could crush their championship dreams, and the team gets caught up in a political maelstrom, with its very survival hanging in the balance. See p51.

Series producer Simon Hammerson

Executive producers Simon Hammerson and Tom Gatsoulis

Repeated Friday 11.05pm First shown on Disney+ (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Raging Bull 5

q Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-winning drama, based on the life of champion boxer Jake La Motta. 1941: under the management of his brother Joey, Jake La Motta establishes a reputation as a world championship contender with a string of brutal victories. He begins an affair with Vickie, a teenager who becomes his second wife, but his jealousy sends both his personal life and career into a downward spiral. On iPlayer for 30 days. Film of the Day: p57.

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

5.50pm Dinosaur trainer Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) works his magic

3.15pm The Girls Aloud Show: Live at the O2

An extended version of the concert by the pop group shown last Sunday as they celebrate over two decades of chart-topping success. Featuring performances of Love Machine, Biology and Sound of the Underground, as well as exclusive behind-the-scenes moments with Cheryl, Nicola Roberts, Nadine Coyle and Kimberley Walsh.

Director Liz Clare; Producer Becki Powers (Revised rpt) (S) (AD) (HD)

5.15 ITV News

Weather; Regional News and Weather (S) (HD)

5.50 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

qHHH Sci-fi adventure. Three years after the catastrophic collapse of the dino theme park, Jurassic World remains abandoned. But when an active volcano threatens the island’s surviving dinosaurs, Owen and Claire return to fight an impending second extinction. Review page 57.

Owen Grady Chris Pratt

Claire Dearing Bryce Dallas Howard

Eli Mills Rafe Spall

Zia Rodriguez Daniella Pineda

Mr Eversoll Toby Jones

Dr Henry Wu BD Wong

Ian Malcolm Jeff Goldblum Benjamin Lockwood James Cromwell

Iris Geraldine Chaplin Maisie Lockwood Isabelle Sermon

Ken Wheatley Ted Levine

Tech Merc Robert Emms

Director JA Bayona (2018, 12) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

8.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Jeremy Clarkson presents as six more contestants take on the famous quiz. Will any of tonight’s hopefuls be able to join the history books and walk away with the biggest prize of all?

Director Richard Valentine; Executive producers Kieran Doherty, Matthew Worthy and Kerri Reid Repeated Friday 11.20pm (S) (HD)

9.00 I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

The hunger games continue in the Australian outback as the jungle massive attempt to win their dinner in the Bushtucker Trials. Ant and Dec are on hand to cheer or jeer their efforts. I’m a Celebrity...Unpacked follows on ITV2. Repeated tomorrow 12 noon and 5pm ITV2 (S) (HD)

10.05 ITV News

Weather; Regional Weather (S) (HD)

10.20 Sorry, I Didn’t Know

2/5 Series 5. Jimmy Akingbola hosts the comedy panel show celebrating black British history. Joining regular team leaders Chizzy Akudolu and Eddie Kadi tonight are guests Ola Labib, Nadia Jae, Marcus Brigstocke and Richie Anderson. Executive producers Fraser Ayres, Minnie Ayres and Jimmy Akingbola (S) (HD)

10.45 Rocky Balboa HHH

Queen Camilla: the Wicked Stepmother?

9.00pm Exploring the truth behind the public image

3.00pm Deep Impact HHHH

q Sci-fi drama starring Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni and Morgan Freeman. A reporter believes that she has discovered a sex scandal in the US government. As it turns out, “Ele” isn’t a mistress, but a term used to describe an event that could destroy the planet. Review page 57. Director Mimi Leder (1998, 12) (S) (AD) (W) (HD) Also showing Monday 12.50am 4seven

5.20 Britain’s Most Expensive Houses

Country office head Jason hopes to bag the listing of Otterburn Castle in Northumberland. Directors/Producers Mark Littlewood and Colin Rothbart (Revised repeat) (S) (AD) (HD)

5.50 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces

The architect meets a couple who plan to transform the wreck of a private jet into a cool pad.

Series director Angie Cox Series producer Jamie Wightman (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

6.30 Channel 4 News Sport; Weather (S) (HD)

7.00 Perfect Pub Walks with Bill Bailey

3/4. Paul Merton joins Bill on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast to walk along the South West Coast Path.

Series director/producer Mus Mustafa

First shown on More4 Rptd Tuesday 7pm 4seven (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 All Aboard! Scotland’s Poshest Train

4

3/4. After an exclusive tour of the Royal Scotsman’s plush cabins, Alan’s first stop off the train is a soul-stirring visit to Culloden, scene of the historic battle that had a profound impact on Scottish history. As his rail journey continues, he encounters the rare white-tailed eagle and embraces a session of deep yoga in the heart of the countryside. See page 50.

Director George Scott; Series producers Dave Donald and Scott Given Repeated Monday 8pm 4seven (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Queen Camilla: the Wicked Stepmother?

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The inside story of how Camilla’s image was transformed from that of unpopular royal mistress to much-loved monarch. Friends reveal the pain and hardship that came with being Prince Charles’s lover, while critics argue that Camilla cynically pursued a press strategy based on leaking information about other royals to the tabloids. Prince Harry has called her his “wicked stepmother”, claiming her connections with the press make her dangerous. Is there truth behind such allegations? See page 51.

Director Stephen Finnigan; Producers Stephen Finnigan and Laura Wilkinson Repeated 3.20am 4seven (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Gogglebox

BBC Young Jazz Musician: the Final 9.00pm YolanDa Brown co-hosts the contest’s climax

7.00pm Snooker

Coverage of the evening session on day two of the UK Championship from York Barbican, where Mark Selby is in action. This session was delayed last year after a small fire at the venue led to the building being evacuated. When play finally got under way, 2008 champion Shaun Murphy prevailed 6—4 against Hossein Vafaei, and Matthew Selt impressed in a 6—3 win against Ali Carter. Additional coverage on the red button and at bbc.co.uk/sport.

Highlights 12.05am BBC2. (S) (HD)

Subsequent programmes may run late or change

9.00 BBC Young Jazz Musician: the Final 4

Celebrating the competition’s tenth anniversary, saxophonist George Johnson, bassist Ursula Harrison, pianist Nils Kavanagh and trumpeter Klara Devlin compete for the title of BBC Young Jazz Musician 2024. YolanDa Brown and Huw Stephens present this year’s final, recorded yesterday at the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. The judges are pianist, bandleader and educator Nikki Yeoh, saxophonist, producer and MC Soweto Kinch, trumpeter Laura Jurd, bassist, composer and band leader Jasper Hoiby and vocalist and composer Zara McFarlane. See page 51.

Director Rhodri Huw; Producer Martyn Stevens (S) (HD)

11.00 La bohème from the Royal Opera House

Poverty and passion collide in Puccini’s masterpiece, from the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. In this performance from 2020, Sonya Yoncheva stars as the doomed Mimì, with Charles Castronovo as Rodolfo, who falls in love at first sight. Simona Mihai and Andrzej Filonczyk perform the roles of the on-off lovers, Musetta and Marcello. Presented by Suzy Klein. Mimì Sonya Yoncheva

Rodolfo Charles Castronovo

Musetta Simona Mihai

Marcello Andrzej Filonczyk

Colline Peter Kellner

Schaunard Gyula Nagy

10.00—10.30am The Sunday Show: Martin Geissler presents BBC

7.00pm The Seven 7.15 Icons of Football 7.45 Back from the Brink 8.45 Rewind 1980s: the big events of 1989 9.00 Highland Cops: officers search for a man lost in the foothills of the Cairngorms 10.00 Still Game: a power cut triggers a crime wave in Craiglang 10.30 Breaking the News: with Ria Lina, Ignacio Lopez, Kathleen Hughes and Mark Nelson 11.00 The Entertainment Mix 11.30—12 midnight The Sunday Show STV

3.00am M&S: Dress the Nation: AJ Odudu and Vernon Kay host 3.50—6.00 Unwind

10.45pm The Winter King: action adventure based on the legend of King Arthur 11.55 The Way We Were: life in the north of England in the 1950s and 60s 12.25—12.30am Border Life: stories about life in southern Scotland BBC1 WALES

10.00—10.30am Politics Wales 3.50pm Weatherman Walking: the Rhondda Valley 4.20—4.50 Wales’s Home of the Year: homes in St Dogmaels, Haverfordwest and Carmarthenshire

BBC1

NORTHERN IRELAND

10.00—10.30am Sunday Politics Northern Ireland 10.30pm Crá: Sabine’s funeral takes place 11.20 Match of the Day 2 12.20—1.20am Logan Paul: Bad Influence?

BBC2

10.00pm The Blame Game: with

panellist Scott Capurro 10.30

q Boxing drama starring, written and directed by Sylvester Stallone. When a TV sports show airs a computer-simulated fight between ex-heavyweight champ Rocky Balboa and current title holder Mason “The Line” Dixon, the interest the programme sparks sees Dixon’s management entertain the idea of a real-life bout. Rocky Balboa Sylvester Stallone

Paulie Burt Young

Robert Balboa Jr Milo Ventimiglia

Mason “The Line” Dixon Antonio Tarver

Marie Geraldine Hughes

Duke Tony Burton LC AJ Benza

Steps James Francis Kelly III (2006, 12) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

12.30am Home Shopping (HD)

3.00 Motorsport UK Richard John Neil presents action from Silverstone. Shown last Monday ITV4 (S) (HD) 3.50 Unwind A sequence to calm the mind. (S) (HD)

5.05—6.00am Fletchers’ Family Farm 1/10 Series 2 Kelvin and Liz scan their sheep to find out exactly how many are pregnant. Shown 11.30am (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

Ep 11. Instant reactions to last week’s TV shows. Shown last Friday Signed repeat Thursday 11.35pm (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 War for the Planet of the Apes

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HHHH Sci-fi adventure sequel starring Woody Harrelson and Andy Serkis. Ape leader Caesar embarks on a quest for revenge after Colonel McCullough kills his family. Review p57.

Director Matt Reeves (2017, 12) (S) (AD) (HD) Also showing Monday 10pm 4seven

1.35am Boiling Point HHHH Drama starring Stephen q Graham and Vinette Robinson, featuring Jason Flemyng. Head chef Andy Jones faces a build-up of problems during one stressful night running his restaurant. Available to stream for 30 days.

Director Philip Barantini (2021, 15) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

3.10 Grand Designs Kevin McCloud meets a couple building a longhouse in Derbyshire. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

4.05—5.45am Frasier Four episodes. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

Producer Peter Jones

Director Jonathan Haswell (R) (S) (HD)

1.00am BBC Proms Sir Mark Elder

conducts the Hallé in Dukas’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Respighi’s Fountains of Rome, followed by a concert staging of Puccini’s one-act opera Il tabarro (R) (S) (HD)

Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Respighi Fountains of Rome

Puccini Il tabarro

Michele George Gagnidze (baritone)

Giorgetta Natalya Romaniw (soprano)

Luigi Ivan Gyngazov (tenor)

La Frugola Daniela Barcellona (mezzo)

Tinca Alasdair Elliott (tenor)

Talpa Simon Shibambu (bass)

Ballad-seller Jung Soo Yun (tenor)

2.55—3.55am Meet the Romans with Mary Beard 2/3. The slum conditions of ancient Rome. From 2012. Concludes tomorrow 1.35am. The whole series is on iPlayer. Shown last Monday (S) (AD) (HD)

Mr Nice: the Cannabis Kingpin: the story of infamous former drug smuggler Howard Marks

The Winter King: Merlin begs Arthur to return to Britain 11.45—12.30am Eamonn Mallie: Face to Face with...: Eamonn interviews fellow journalist Tom Bradby

SUNDAY Freeview

5.35am Milkshake! See page 56

8.55 SpongeBob SquarePants Patrick inducts SpongeBob into a society. (R) (S) (HD)

9.10 Entertainment News (S) (HD)

9.20 NFL: End Zone Cori Yarckin visits the Cleveland Browns team. (S) (HD)

9.45 Cruising with Jane McDonald

Jane sets off from Miami. (R) (S) (HD)

10.00 Alexander Armstrong in Sri Lanka

The presenter visits the town of Galle.

11.00 In the town of Haputale, Alexander learns all about Ceylon tea.

12 noon His final leg sees Alexander having a close-up encounter with a cobra. (R) (S) (HD)

1.00pm The Christmas Parade HH

qRomance. Single mother Charlotte’s son Benny wants to revive an old town tradition, so she enlists the help of Benny’s handsome but secretive teacher, Zack.

Director Dylan Pearce (2023) (S) (W) (HD)

2.55 Love at the Christmas Chalet HH

qRomantic comedy drama starring Krystal Joy Brown. Novelist Mikaela hosts a writers’ retreat, where she clashes with a handsome non-fiction author.

Director Jake Helgren (2021) (S) (W) (HD)

4.45pm Mr Miracle HH

qComedy starring Rob Morrow and Michelle Harrison. Trainee angel Harry Mills is sent to Earth to help guide an insecure girl into making the right life choices. But, with a deadline of Christmas Day, he discovers that dealing with humans is not so straightforward.

Director Carl Bessai (2014) (S) (W) (HD)

6.35 5 News (S) (HD)

6.40 The Vicar of Dibley: Funniest Moments

Celebrating the classic comedy penned by Richard Curtis and starring Dawn French as lovable cleric Geraldine Granger. As well as clips of some of the funniest moments, there are also insights from cast, crew and celebrity fans.

Director/Producer Osk Petursdottir (R) (S) (HD)

8.00 Cadbury at Christmas: Secrets of the Chocolate Factory Fortnum & Mason’s confectionary department has a chocolate-themed refit, while chocolatiers Emma and Mark create a near-life-sized Santa.

Directors/Producers Al Edirisinghe, Dom Longmuir and Emma Westwood (R) (S) (HD)

9.00 Dolly Parton: in Her Own Words

America’s queen of country music guides viewers through her long and distinguished career, the latest chapter of which is her album Rockstar, the singer’s first rock ’n’ roll LP.

Director Matt O’Casey (R) (S) (HD)

10.30 The Best Country Music Christmas Songs Ever

A selection of festive country songs old and new, as well as covers of Christmas classics and carols, with performances by stars including Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Garth Brooks and Taylor Swift.

Producer Richard Ward (R) (S) (HD)

12.30am World’s Deadliest Weather: Caught on Camera (R) (S) (HD) 1.30 Casino (S) (HD)

3.30 British Planes That Won the War with Rob Bell (R) (S) (HD) 5.05 Wildlife SOS (R) (S) (SL) 5.30—5.35am

Last Christmas 9.00pm Is love in the air for store elf Kate (Emilia Clarke)?

7.00pm EastEnders

Jean receives a tempting offer.

Shown last Wednesday BBC1 (S) (AD) (HD)

7.30 Mr Lister has news for the traders.

Shown last Thu BBC1 Cast Mon/Thu BBC1 (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Top Gear

Featuring a tribute to Swedish car-maker Saab. More tomorrow 7pm. (S) (HD)

9.00 Last Christmas HH

qRomantic comedy with Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding. London, 2017: life could be better for Kate, who has her heart set on being a singer but works as an elf in a Covent Garden store. Then she meets too-good-to-be true Tom. Could romance be in the air? On iPlayer for 30 days.

Director Paul Feig (2019, 12) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

10.35 Young, British and AntiAbortion

Poppy Jay explores whether there is a new demographic among “Generation Z” that is galvanising the anti-abortion movement. Online, on campuses and on the street, Poppy meets young people spearheading campaigns to end access to abortion.

Shown last Wednesday BBC1 (S) (AD) (HD)

11.35 RuPaul’s Drag Race UK 9/10 Series 6. The semi-finalists tackle a circus-themed comedy roast challenge. ActorSiobhán McSweeney joins the panel. A box set of previous episodes is on iPlayer.

Shown last Thursday (S) (HD)

12.40am Ginger’s House: guests include Jonbers Blonde (S) (HD) 12.50 Charlotte in Sunderland (S) (HD) 1.50 Top Gear (S) (HD) 2.50—3.55am The Rap Game UK (S) (HD)

6.00am CITV (HD) 9.00 Totally Bonkers

Guinness World Records: marathon hugging (S) (HD) 9.25 Love Bites (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

11.30 Dress to Impress (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

12.30pm In for a Penny (S) (AD) (HD) 1.00

Celebrity Catchphrase (S) (AD) (HD) 2.00

I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

Shown yesterday 9pm ITV1 (S) (HD) 3.05 FILM Penguins of Madagascar HHH Animated comedy adventure with the voice of Tom McGrath (S) (AD) (W) (HD) 4.50 FILM The Secret Life of Pets HHH Animated comedy with the voice of Louis CK (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

6.35pm FILM Star Trek Beyond HHHH

Sci-fi adventure starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Idris Elba. Three years into its five-year mission, the USS Enterprise stops off at a remote outpost. There the crew answer a distress call from a ship, but they are attacked by an army of unknown aliens that overwhelms the Enterprise. (S) (W) (HD)

9.00 Family Guy Series 22. The guys share their dream jobs with each other. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.30 Series 19. Brian discovers he had owners before the Griffins. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.05 New. I’m a Celebrity...Unpacked Companion show presented by Sam Thompson, Joel Dommett and Kemi Rogers. Repeated tomorrow 2pm ITV1 (S) (HD)

11.05 Family Guy Series 19. Lois and Peter are invited to live inside an apartment complex for millennials. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.35 Series 2. The Grim Reaper turns up in Quahog, but suffers an injury. (S) (AD) (HD)

12 midnight American Dad! (S) (AD) (HD)

12.50am CelebAbility (S) (HD) 1.30 Ruby Speaking (S) (HD) 2.20—3.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

Murder in Provence 9.00pm Antoine and Marine launch an investigation

6.00am Inspector Morse: Series 7. Twilight of the Gods. An opera singer is shot; 8.10 Series 8. The Way Through the Woods. A murderer is killed in prison (S) (SL) (AD) 10.20 Bless This House (S) 10.50 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Third Floor Flat. After watching a whodunnit, Poirot is disturbed by the sound of shots in his apartment building (S) (AD) (HD) 12 noon Downton Abbey: 9/9 Series 2. It’s Christmas 1919 and the house plays host to a lavish party; 2.05pm 1/9 Series 3. Cora’s mother (Shirley MacLaine) sweeps in for Matthew and Mary’s wedding (S) (AD) (HD)

3.40pm Downton Abbey

2/9 Series 3. With the fate of the estate hanging in the balance, Mary hopes to receive a bailout from her grandmother.

4.45 3/9. Edith’s big day arrives, but will her enthusiasm convince the family that Strallan’s age does not matter?

5.50 4/9. Branson’s political views land him in serious trouble, while Sybil finds her loyalty tested to the limit. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot

The Clocks. When an unidentified man is discovered stabbed to death in a blind woman’s house, surrounded by stopped clocks, the Belgian detective is called in to help with the investigation. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Murder in Provence

3/3. A love affair seems to be the reason behind the death of a young woman in the town of Eguilles, but when the body of an older woman is found at a vineyard, Antoine, Marine and Hélène suspect there may be a connection. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.50—2.30am Agatha Christie’s Poirot

Elephants Can Remember. Following the murder of a psychiatrist, the detective finds himself comparing cases with his old friend Ariadne Oliver. (S) (AD) (HD) 12.35am The Big Four. With the world on the brink of war, a complex and high-level investigation reunites Poirot with his old friend Japp. (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00am New. Motorsport Mundial (S) (HD)

6.30 New. Auto Mundial (S) (HD) 7.00

Motorsport UK (S) (HD) 8.00 MotoGP Highlights: from Barcelona (S) (HD) 9.00

EFL Highlights Shown yesterday 11.45pm ITV1 (S) (HD) 10.30 Hornblower (S) (AD) (HD)

12.45pm LIVE Darts: the afternoon session on day three of the Players Championship Finals from Butlin’s Minehead, featuring the quarter-finals, played over the best of 19 legs (S) (HD) 5.00 Made in Britain (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00pm LIVE Darts Coverage of the evening session on day three of the Players Championship Finals from Butlin’s Minehead, featuring the semi-finals and final. Michael van Gerwen defeated Gabriel Clemens 11—6 and Luke Humphries was an 11—3 victor over Ryan Joyce in last year’s semi-finals. Luke Humphries then won the title for the first time in his career with 11—9 in the final. (S) (HD)

11.00 Heathrow: Britain’s Busiest Airport The Red Arrows fly over the airport during the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations. (S) (AD) (HD) 12 midnight EFL Highlights (S) (HD) 1.30am BattleBots (S) (HD) 2.25 The Protectors (S) (SL) 2.50—3.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

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7.00am Birds of a Feather: 10/13 Series 3 Sharon gets a shock (S) 7.45 The Bill: hit-and-run driver Paddy Morgan disappears; 8.40 Peter Harris’s wife turns up at the station; 9.40 Gina tells Peter it’s over; 10.40 Phil lands in trouble with Jack; 11.40 Phil goes back on the beat (S) 12.40pm Lark Rise to Candleford: 7/10 Series 1. The residents of Lark Rise rally around Susan Braby when they realise her husband has hit her. Adelaide becomes frustrated with how much time Tim is spending with Dorcas; 2.00 8/10 The arrival of new teacher Mr Delafield causes divisions, and a violent storm hits Lark Rise and Candleford (S) 3.20 Catherine Cookson’s The Gambling Man: feature-length drama set in 19thcentury South Shields, starring Robson Green as a card player who risks more than money as the stakes get higher (S)

6.40pm Last Tango in Halifax 5/6 Series 3. Caroline’s relieved to find that Greg is a natural with Flora and a positive influence on Lawrence. Alan begins to distance himself from Gary, while Gillian makes a discovery. (S) (AD) (HD) 8.00 New. Recipes for Love and Murder 9/10 Series 1. Scrambled Eggs. As Maria retraces Jessie’s steps, the police try to track down Jessie’s cousin. Maria makes a discovery at Martine’s house — but not before the killer discovers her. (S) (HD) 9.00 New. The First Lady 4/10. Cracked Pot. Franklin’s affairs push Eleanor to socialise with more women, Betty dabbles with pain medication and Michelle vows to hold Chicago’s healthcare system to task. (S) (HD)

10.20 Silent Witness

2/5 Series 20. Discovery. Thomas tries to win justice for a murder victim. (S) (AD) (HD) 12.50am Leonardo: 3/8 Series 1. Leonardo ventures to the city of Milan (S) (AD) (HD) 1.55—4.00am The Brokenwood Mysteries: 5/6 Series 10. A local scare attraction becomes the venue for an actual murder (SL) (HD)

Family Farm Kelvin and Liz scan their sheep to find out how many are pregnant. Shown 11.40am ITV1 (S) (AD) (HD) 9.00 Botched Terry Dubrow and Paul Nassif help a woman who crashed into a chain-link fence in a motorcycle accident. (S) (HD) 10.00 New. The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls’ Trip A medical emergency occurs when the ladies enjoy a day of shopping. (S) (HD) 11.00 The Real Housewives of Orange County The ladies enjoy their final days in Mexico as Jennifer visits a shaman. (S) (HD) 12 midnight—1.00am The Real Housewives of Melbourne: Gamble films a music video (S) (HD)

8.55am George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (AD) 9.55 Ugly House to Lovely House with George Clarke: in Warwickshire (AD) 11.00

George Clarke’s Old House, New Home (AD) 12 noon Come Dine with Me: dinner parties around Edinburgh 2.40pm Four in a Bed

5.20pm Come Dine with Me In south London, dinner parties feature Caribbean cuisine, chilled-out vibes and one contestant’s first attempt at a vegan dish.

8.00 24 Hours in A&E Memorable cases, including a retired firefighter accidentally hit in the face by a golf club, whose wife reflects on the irony of him coming to greater harm on the golf course than in a burning building. (AD)

9.00 New. The Emergency Ward Ep 5 Series 2. A terrified teenager has fractured her pelvis in a road accident. Dr Miriam Yassa helps an off-road motorbiker who has collided with a kangaroo. (AD)

10.00 New. Police Rescue 4/6. It’s New Year’s Eve in Sydney and hundreds of thousands of people have turned out to see the fireworks displays. However, it’s anything but party time for Police Rescue. (AD)

11.00 Emergency Helicopter Medics

A motorcycle collision on the M25 creates chaos as the heli-medics close carriageways to treat a driver with an injured leg. A runner has a cardiac arrest during a park run. (AD) 12 midnight The Emergency Ward (AD)

6.00am Pavarotti: Tenth Anniversary Gala

7.15 New. Bryn Terfel: Sea Songs and Shanties 8.30 Tales of the Unexpected (AD)

11.00 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

12 noon Portrait Artist of the Year 1.00pm Discovering Dance on Film 2.25 Discovering: Peter Sellers (AD) 3.20 FILM The World of Henry Orient HHHH Coming-of-age comedy starring Peter Sellers. See review p50. (W)

5.30pm The Hollies: Look through Any Window A profile of the band, including interviews with members Graham Nash, Allan Clarke, Tony Hicks and Bobby Elliott (AD)

8.00 Discovering: Al Pacino A look at the life and career of the American actor. (AD)

9.00 The Directors The career of Martin Scorsese, whose films include Taxi Driver Raging Bull and Goodfellas, and who won an Oscar for directing The Departed 10.00 FILM Boxcar Bertha HHH Crime drama starring Barbara Hershey and David Carradine. A young woman takes to the road after the death of her father during the Depression, and soon becomes involved with both the struggles of the railway union and an underworld of crime. Review page 57. (W) 11.45 Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things Charting the story of the jazz singer, tracing her life over five decades.

1.45am Louis Armstrong: Good Evening Ev’rybody 3.00 Ray Charles: Live at Montreux 4.30 Ray Charles: Music Icons 5.00 The Yardbirds: Music Icons 5.30—6.00am Run-DMC: Music Icons

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6.10am War Factories: six editions 12 noon How to Build a Motor Car: double bill 2.00pm Guy Martin’s Battle of Britain

4.00 Speed with Guy Martin: F1 Special

5.00pm Great Canal Journeys Timothy West and Prunella Scales embark on a journey to Venice, beginning 14 miles west of the Italian city on the Brenta.

6.00 The duo explore a network that is completely new to them as they embark on a voyage across the Netherlands.

7.00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It The lads head to Shrewsbury to meet Cindy, who runs a farm. Here, Henry picks a set of drums. (AD)

8.00 Porridge Harris accidentally drops stolen pills into Fletcher’s midday cuppa.

8.40 Fletcher objects to having a third cellmate foisted on him, especially as the newcomer seems to enjoy special privileges.

9.20 The inmates are shocked to discover there is a thief in their midst.

10.00 Bangers and Cash: Restoring Classics Derek picks out a super-low-mileage MGC. (AD)

11.00 Bangers and Cash Derek heads north to pick up a 1954 Morgan +4 coupe. (AD)

12 midnight Guy Martin’s Battle of Britain

2.00—3.00am Speed with Guy Martin: F1 Special

7.15am Total Wipeout: Freddie and Paddy Takeover 8.00 Celebrity Storage Hunters

9.00 Abandoned Engineering: double bill (AD) 11.00 Top Gear: double bill (AD)

1.00pm Celebrity Storage Hunters 3.00 Gino’s Italian Coastal Escape: four editions

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6.00am Hollyoaks: omnibus (AD) 7.10 Rude(ish) Tube Shorts 7.25 Married at First Sight NZ 9.25 FILM The Spiderwick Chronicles HHHH Fantasy adventure (AD) 11.20 The Great British Bake Off (SL) (AD) 12.40pm FILM Hotel Transylvania: Transformania HH Animated comedy with the voice of Andy Samberg 2.25 The Big Bang Theory (AD) 4.20 The Great Festive Bake Off (AD) 5.35 New. Lego Masters Australia: the teams have 14 hours to build their own portion of a city-wide heist, featuring a bank, an art gallery, a jewellery store, a hotel, docks and a train station (AD) 7.10pm FILM Mean Girls HHHH Comedy with Lindsay Lohan. A teenager who has been educated at home in Africa is sent to an American high school, where she soon learns about the “survival of the fittest”. (AD) 9.00 FILM Deadpool 2 HHHH Fantasy action adventure with Ryan Reynolds. Deadpool joins forces with Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead to help an orphan who is being targeted. (AD)Also showing Friday 9pm 11.20 Gogglebox Opinions on Squid Game and Strictly Come Dancing. (AD) 12.20am

9.00am Four in a Bed: ten editions

2.00pm A Place in the Sun: four editions

6.00pm A Place in the Sun Sally and Tony look for a dream holiday home in Cyprus, a country they fell in love with 15 years earlier.

7.00 Jasmine Harman searches for a holiday home on Spain’s Costa Blanca.

8.00 Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry 2/4. Lenny joins Sally Phillips for a cup of herbal tea and a lot of laughs as they look back over Sally’s career and some of the best sketch comedy of the last 30 years. See choice, page 40. Shown yesterday 8.25pm C4 (AD)

9.00 Celebrity Gogglebox Famous faces including Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash, Fearne Cotton and Gok Wan, and Gyles Brandreth and Lulu view the week’s TV. (AD)

10.00 Eight out of Ten Cats Does Countdown Alan Carr and Harriet Kemsley take on Jonathan Ross and Maisie Adam, while Huge Davies is in Dictionary Corner.

11.05 24 Hours in A&E A 38-year-old is admitted after coming off his motorbike. (AD)

12.05am A 74-year-old man is rushed in with suspected sepsis. (AD)

1.15 Gogglebox (AD) 2.20 Love Cheats (AD) 3.20 Queen Camilla: the Wicked Stepmother? (AD) 4.15—4.45am Britain’s Most Expensive Houses (AD)

5.00 Dial M for Middlesbrough: Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson return in the comedy sequel, as tour operators Terry and Gemma (AD)

7.00 New. Border Force: America’s Gatekeepers Officers make a seizure of meth hidden inside fruit crates.

8.00 Will and Ralf Should Know Better Actors and friends Will Mellor and Ralf Little explore aspects of modern life. (AD)

9.00 Have I Got a Bit More News for You Alexander Armstrong hosts an extended edition, with Miles Jupp and Olivia Utley.

10.00 QI XL Extended edition, with Phill Jupitus, Josh Widdicombe and Sara Pascoe.

10.40 Mock the Week Dara O Briain hosts, as Maisie Adam, Angela Barnes, Ed Gamble, Glenn Moore and Ahir Shah take part.

11.20 With guests James Acaster, Angela Barnes, Ed Byrne and Nish Kumar. 12 midnight Live at the Apollo 1.00am Red Dwarf (AD) 2.55—4.00am Live at the Apollo

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9.00am Car Pound Cops: a couple moving house give officers cause for concern 9.25 Trucking Hell (AD) 3.25pm World’s Deadliest Weather: Caught on Camera: three editions 6.30pm FILM The Perfect Storm HHH Action drama based on real-life events, starring George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg. When down-on-his-luck skipper Billy Tyne sets out in the Andrea Gail to fish the Grand Banks of the North Atlantic, he has little idea that he and his crew will soon encounter a storm of unprecedented ferocity.

9.00 FILM The Kingdom HHH Action thriller starring Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper and Jennifer Garner. After a bomb devastates an American facility in Saudi Arabia, a team of counter-terrorism experts are called in to investigate.

11.10 FILM Wake of Death HH Action adventure starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. A former Mob enforcer goes back to the Los Angeles underworld to seek revenge when his wife is murdered by the Triads.

1.00am Trucking Hell: three editions

3.55—4.00am Entertainment News

5 Action Freeview 33 Freesat 132 Sky 150 Virgin 130

9.00am Eggheads 9.30 Columbo: five episodes starring Peter Falk 6.50pm FILM Singin’ in the Rain 5 Classic musical comedy starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor. Silent film stars Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are the golden couple of 1920s Hollywood. However, when “talkies” become all the rage, Lina is shown up by the new technology and Kathy Selden is called in to dub her voice.

9.00 The Big Snow of ’47 Famous faces including John Craven, Amanda Barrie, Timothy West and Neil Kinnock share childhood memories of the winter of 1947. 10.30 Greatest Ever Christmas Movie Blunders Elis James showcases mistakes. 12.35am Walking Britain’s Lost Railways: three editions 3.25

Bertha 10.00pm Bertha (Barbara Hershey) is driven to crime

SUNDAY Freeview & films

6.05am Inside the Ambulance

6.40 The Boy in the Dress 8.00 Tipping Point 10.00 Simply Nigella (AD) 11.00 My Family (AD) 3.00pm Outnumbered: five episodes (AD)

6.20pm Outnumbered Auntie Angela introduces her new husband to the family. (AD)

7.00 Inside the Operating Theatre Lyn has an investigation of her womb after a recent biopsy revealed abnormal cells. (AD)

8.00 Emma has a section of bone removed from her foot. (AD)

9.00 Ski A&E Skiers hit the slopes with disastrous consequences.

10.00 There’s a rare crisis in Val Thorens when one of the highest cable cars in the world breaks down.

11.00 One Born: Twins and Triplets Following four couples through multiple pregnancies.

12 midnight One Born: What Happened Next? 1.00 Nigellissima: an Italian Inspired Christmas (AD) 1.50—3.00am Nigella’s Christmas Table: relaxed entertaining

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6.00am Space 1999 8.00 The Zoo Gang 10.00 Jason King 1.00pm That’s My Dog 2.00 Surgical Spirit

4.30 Shine on Harvey Moon 6.30 Shine on Harvey Moon: two further episodes. Erich gives Harvey the cold shoulder, then Stanley’s behaviour grows worse 8.30 My TV Rewind: Michael Aspel 9.30 Hancock: Hancock starts a new job as a reporter with a newspaper 10.00 FILM Brief Encounter HH Romantic drama starring Richard Burton and Sophia Loren. A couple meet by chance at a railway station and soon realise they are falling in love. But both are married and know that their affair cannot last 12 midnight FILM Ginger in the Morning HH 1.45am FILM Born to Be Sold HH 3.45 FILM Night Tide HH Romantic thriller starring Dennis Hopper 5.30—6.00am Unwind

8.00am Highway to Heaven 11.00 Murder, She Wrote 6.00pm Murder, She Wrote: three further episodes. A theatre producer meets a grisly fate 7.00 Conflict erupts between miners and Native Americans 8.00 A gangster puts pressure on a chef 9.00 An Aurora Teagarden Mystery: The Julius House: a librarian who hosts a murder mystery book club buys a house where the previous owners disappeared four years ago 10.50 An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 12.40am Castle 1.40

1.50 Castle 2.50

3.00 Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

6.00am Buddy vs Christmas 8.00

Cake Boss: the Next Great Baker 9.00 Girl Meets Farm 12 noon

The Great British Christmas Menu 4.30pm Jamie’s Family Christmas 6.00 Jamie’s Family Christmas: two further editions. Alternatives to traditional festive desserts, then tips on preparing food before a party 7.00 Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays: Selena and chef Claudette Zepeda prepare a Mexican festive feast 8.00 River Cottage Christmas Fayre: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and his team offer tips on enjoying the perfect festive holiday, sharing recipes, testing hangover cures and making Christmas crackers 9.00 River Cottage: double bill. Hugh plans a magnificent medieval festive banquet, then River Cottage welcomes the festive season with a Christmas Fayre 11.00 Christmas Cookie Challenge: five bakers create holiday cookies from when dinosaurs roamed the Earth 12 midnight Guy’s Ranch Kitchen: four editions 2.00—3.00am Christmas Cookie Challenge: trendy tie-dye cookies

7.00am My Lottery Dream Home 10.00 Escape to the Country: five editions. A couple relocating from Shanghai to Warwickshire 11.00

Looking for a traditional property in Somerset 12 noon Nicki Chapman undertakes a house hunt in North Yorkshire 1.00pm Jules Hudson helps a couple from Northern Ireland find their dream property in West Yorkshire on a budget of £250,000 2.00 A property search in the Worcestershire countryside 3.00 A Place in the Sun: five editions in which experts provide advice on buying a second home abroad 8.00 Derelict Rescue: Lisa and Phil are determined to transform a Methodist chapel (AD) 9.00 A Place in the Sun: four editions 1.00—4.00am Bargain Mansions

7.00am Scrapheap Challenge 10.00 The Crystal Maze 11.00 Play Your Cards Right (AD) 12 noon Dickinson’s Real Deal 1.00pm Lily Savage’s Blankety Blank 3.00 Through the Keyhole: David Frost and Loyd Grossman challenge celebrities to guess “who lives in a house like this” in the long-running game show 4.00 Cash Trapped: quiz hosted by Bradley Walsh, in which contestants answer questions and try to trap one another out of the game 5.00 The Chase Celebrity Special: two editions 7.00 The Chase 9.00 The Family Chase: Bradley Walsh pits the Hartes from Antrim against one of the finest quiz brains in the country, in a twist on the popular general-knowledge game show 10.00 The Chase 4.00am The Chase Celebrity Special (AD) 5.00—6.00am The Chase

8.00am Beautiful Serengeti

8.30 Battle of Little Bighorn 9.35 Inside High Noon 10.45 Elmore

Leonard: But Don’t Try to Write 11.55 Ukraine 1933, Seeds of Hunger 1.00pm Beautiful Serengeti 1.30 Battle of Little Bighorn 2.35 as 8.30pm 3.50 Battle of Little Bighorn 4.55 Inside High Noon

6.10pm Elmore Leonard: But Don’t Try to Write The legacy and works of the crime novelist.

7.20 Ukraine 1933, Seeds of Hunger The story of the Ukrainian famine between 1931 and 1933.

8.30 Secret Battle for the Ho Chi Minh Trail: the Misty Experiment Recounting the details of Operation Commando Sabre.

9.45 Vietnam: the Girl in the Picture The story behind Nick Ut’s famous photograph.

10.55 Mariupol: Unlost Hope Charting the first month of the invasion of the Ukrainian city.

12 midnight as 7.20pm 1.15—2.00am Beautiful Serengeti

9.00am Wild Fukushima 10.00 Planet Earth II (AD) 3.00pm Wild Fukushima 4.00 Planet Earth II (AD) 6.00 Planet Earth II: three further editions. Animals that live in deserts 7.00 Wildlife that inhabit the world’s grasslands 8.00 Wildlife living in cities (AD) 9.00 Wild Fukushima 10.00 Planet Earth II (AD) 12 midnight Anthony Bourdain:

5.35am Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! 5.45 Paw Patrol 6.00 New. PAWsome Puzzles 6.10 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 6.20 Little Princess 6.30 Fireman Sam 6.40 Thomas & Friends 6.55 Chip and Potato 7.05 Peppa Pig 7.15 Pip and Posy 7.30 New. The Woohoos!: Wynona makes a model of the windmill 7.40 The Adventures of Paddington 7.55 New. Mixmups: Pockets draws a plan of a perfect Christmas tree 8.10 Paw Patrol 8.25 New. Dora: Dora must return three missing stars to a special constellation 8.35 Rubble & Crew 8.50—8.55am Paw Patrol Full listings for Channel 5 are on p54

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6.00am Baby Jake 6.10 Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 6.20 Bing 6.30 Love Monster 6.35 Chuggington 6.50 Go Jetters 7.00 Small Potatoes 7.05 Vegesaurs 7.10 Supertato 7.15 Bing 7.35 Hey Duggee 7.50 Go Jetters 8.00 Peter Rabbit 8.15 Octonauts 8.25 Vida the Vet 8.40 Mojo Swoptops 8.50 The Furchester Hotel 9.00 Something Special 9.25 Bluey 9.40 Octonauts 10.05 Supertato 10.15 New. Nikhil & Jay: cartoon about the adventures of two brothers 10.25 Dodge’s Pup School 10.40 Spidey and His Amazing Friends 11.05 New. Get Set Galactic: two teams take on three scientific challenges based on sound pitch, fossils and memory 11.25 New. Art Adventures with Fred & Pete: artists Fred and Pete are challenged to draw a piglet doing ballet 11.40 Garden Tales 11.50 Dog Squad 12 noon My World Kitchen 12.15pm Time for School 12.25 The Game Catchers 12.35 Hey Duggee 12.40 Octonauts 1.00 Bitz & Bob 1.10 Love Monster 1.25 Go Jetters 1.50 Yukee

1.55 Roots and Fruits 2.00 Something Special: We’re All Friends 2.25 Old Jack’s Boat 2.40 My World Kitchen

2.50 Numberblocks 2.55 Nick Cope’s Popcast 3.05 Yukee 3.10 Hey Duggee

3.20 Dodge’s Pup School 3.30 Nikhil & Jay 3.40 YolanDa’s Band Jam 3.55 Mojo Swoptops 4.05 Molly and Mack 4.20 Magic Hands 4.30 Treasure Champs 4.45 Supertato

4.55 Bluey 5.05 Vida the Vet 5.15 Katie Morag 5.30 Nikhil & Jay 5.45

Sarah & Duck 5.50 Charlie and Lola

6.05pm Tee and Mo 6.10 Clangers

6.20 In the Night Garden...

6.50—7.00pm CBeebies Bedtime Stories: with JJ Chalmers CBeebies F’view 202 F’sat 601 Sky 608 Virgin 702

CBBC

6.00am Hardcore Pawn 8.00 UFO Files 10.00 Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies 11.00 Alien Corridors 12 noon Close Encounters Down Under 1.00pm World’s Deadliest Weather 7.00 History’s Greatest Myths 8.00 The Curse of Oak Island: evidence of a tunnel heading directly towards the garden shaft is discovered 9.00 New. Royal Autopsy: professor Alice Roberts delves into the life and death of Queen Anne 10.00 JFK: the Final Evidence 12 midnight What on Earth? 1.00am Adventure Gold Diggers 2.00 UFO Files 4.00—6.00am Storage Wars Canada

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7.00am Shaun the Sheep 7.05 Odd Tubes 7.10 Danger Mouse 7.20 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 7.35 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 7.45 New Newsround: topical news magazine for children 7.50 Ninja Express 8.05 Odd Squad 8.15 Super Happy Magic Forest 8.30 OOglies 8.35 Transformers: EarthSpark 9.00 Blue Peter 9.30 Game on Grandparents 9.50 A Kind of Spark: Addie finds a mysterious locked safe in the bookshop basement 10.15 DIY Deadly with Steve Backshall 10.30 Planet Earth II 11.30 Deadly 60 12 noon Andy’s Global Adventures 12.15pm Princess Mirror-Belle 12.35 Hardball 1.00 Horrible Histories 2.00 Octonauts Special: the Great Penguin Race 2.20 Danger Mouse 2.45 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 3.20 Super Happy Magic Forest 3.55 Grizzy and the Lemmings 4.20 Dragons: Riders of Berk 5.00 Pickle Storm 5.25 The Next Step 5.45 Odd Squad 6.25 Jamie Johnson FC: skilful trialist Jay unsettles the other Hawx players 6.55—7.00pm Phoenix Rise

CBBC F’view 201 F’sat 600 Sky 607 Virgin 701

ITV Kids on ITV2

ITV Kids shows also stream on ITVX 6.00am New. Batwheels: Batwing is unable to save Batman from a trap 6.15 Teen Titans Go! 6.30 Looney Tunes Cartoons 6.45 Mr Bean: the Animated Series 7.00 Dodo 7.30—9.00am Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!: Shaggy and Scooby end up in the Himalayas,

11.00am Puss in Boots HHHH

Colourful and inventive animated comedy adventure in which the cat from the Shrek series teams up with Humpty Dumpty. Review, right. Antonio Banderas (2011, U) (S) (AD) 12.45pm Shrek Forever After HHH Cleverly conceived fourth entry in the fantasy franchise. Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy (2010, U) (S) (AD) 2.35 Scrooged HHH Sour-faced TV executive Bill Murray sabotages the festive season in this wickedly enjoyable black comedy. (1988, 12) (S) (AD) 4.35 CutThroat Island HH Polished if predictable swashbuckling action adventure. Geena Davis, Matthew Modine (1995, PG) (S) (AD) 6.55pm Maid in Manhattan HH Senatorial candidate Ralph Fiennes falls for hotel maid Jennifer Lopez in this predictable romantic comedy. (2002, PG) (S)

9.00 Jack Reacher: Never Go Back HHH Action sequel in which Tom Cruise’s ex-military cop goes on the run along with a female friend and a teenager who may be his daughter. (2016, 12) (S) (AD)

11.20 Second Act HH

Underpowered but occasionally amusing situation comedy. Jennifer Lopez, Leah Remini, Vanessa Hudgens (2018, 12) (S) 1.25—3.40am Bombshell HHHH

A trio of fantastic performances lift this timely and absorbing sexual harassment drama. Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie (2019, 15) (S) 6.00am Meet Mr Callaghan HHH

A strong sense a humour bolsters this British mystery drama, in which a young socialite tries to ascertain why her rich uncle has changed his will. Derrick de Marney (1953, U) (S) 7.45 Boy with a Flute TV short film. (S) 8.20 Mohawk HH Splendidly camp western. Scott Brady (1956, PG) (S) 9.55 The Snows of Kilimanjaro HHH A miscast Gregory Peck lets down this otherwise decent adaptation of the Ernest Hemingway novella. (1952, PG) (S) 12.20pm Thunderbirds TV sci-fi. 1.25 Batman TV drama. (S) 2.00 Please Sir! HH Spin-off from the popular 1970s ITV classroom sitcom. John Alderton, Deryck Guyler (1971, PG) (S) 4.00 The Adventures of Robin Hood TV drama. (S) 4.30 Out of Town Documentary. (S) 5.00 The Footage Detectives TV reels. (S) 6.00pm The Thirty-Nine Steps HHH Entertaining adaptation of John Buchan’s spy thriller with Robert Powell. David Warner (1978, PG) (S) 8.00 Whistle and I’ll Come to You TV ghost story. (S) 9.00 The Glass TV drama. (S) 10.05 Wuthering Heights TV drama starring Orla Brady. (S) 12.25am The Heritage Chart Show TV music show. 1.30 The Most Dangerous

9.10am Air Rescue 9.50 Hidden Truth: Lies Will Surface HH

Convoluted but passable murder mystery. Sarah Lind (2016) 11.50 I Almost Married a Serial Killer HH Smartly plotted witness protection thriller. (2019) 1.50pm Cromwell HHHH

Richard Harris delivers an impressive performance in this compelling historical drama. (1970, PG) 4.45 Tracker HHH Satisfying Kiwi western about a Boer War veteran hunting down a Maori seaman. Ray Winstone (2010, 12)

7.00pm The Double HH A retired CIA agent teams up with a young FBI rookie in this serviceable spy thriller. Richard Gere, Topher Grace (2011, 12)

9.00 Escape Plan HHH Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger join forces in prison. (2013, 15)

11.25 Escape Plan 2: Hades H

Misfiring action sequel. Sylvester Stallone, Dave Bautista, 50 Cent (2018, 15)

1.25am Escape Plan 3 HH Sly Stallone leads a rescue mission at a prison in this tired action thriller. (2019, 15)

3.30 Air Rescue 4.00—5.40am Alleged Abduction HH Convoluted thriller. Michelle Mylett, Jacob Blair (2019)

8.00am Police Ten 7 9.00 Air Rescue 9.30 Total War 10.50 Tracker HHH Satisfying western about a Boer War veteran hunting down a Maori seaman. (2010, 12) 1.00pm Wanted: Dead or Alive 1.30 Silverado HHHH Invigorating western adventure in which a bunch of misfits face down a corrupt sheriff. Kevin Kline (1985, PG) 4.20 The Scalphunters HHH Spirited performances from Burt Lancaster, Telly Savalas and Shelley Winters are on display in this enjoyable comedy western. (1968, PG) 6.35pm The Professionals

HHHH Exciting western in which mercenaries rescue the kidnapped wife of a rancher. Lee Marvin (1966, PG) 9.00 Nowhere to Run HH

Soft-centred action thriller starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. (1992, 15) 11.00 10 Minutes Gone HH

By-the-numbers Bruce Willis crime thriller about a bank heist. (2019, 15) 1.05am Mega Shark vs Mecha Shark H Cut-price sci-fi horror. Christopher Judge (2014) 3.10 Cops Uncut 3.50—5.00am War Machines

6.00am Sasquatch Sunset HHHH

Absurdist but poignant comedy. Riley Keough (2023, 15) 7.35 As 5.50pm 9.45 As 4pm 11.35 The Holdovers

HHHH Impeccably played festive comedy drama set in 1970. Paul Giamatti (2023, 15) 1.50pm Lee HHH Engaging if conventional wartime biopic. (2023, 15)

4.00 IF HHH Child-friendly if Pixar-lite fantasy. Cailey Fleming (2024, U)

5.50pm Girl You Know It’s True HHH Wry and sympathetic biopic of Milli Vanilli. Review p37. (2023, 15)

8.00 Dune: Part Two HHHH

Timothée Chalamet faces danger from all sides in this awe-inspiring sci-fi epic. Zendaya, Austin Butler (2023, 12) 11.00 i Thanksgiving HHH

Witty seasonal slasher that follows the trail of corpses left by a vengeful killer. Review p37. Patrick Dempsey (2023, 18) 12.50am Tarot HH Race-againstdeath horror. Adain Bradley (2024, 15) 2.30 There’s Something in the Barn HHH Knowing and bloody festive horror comedy. Martin Starr (2023, 15)

4.20—6.00am Widow Clicquot HHH Good-looking if standard period biopic. Haley Bennett (2023, 15)

FILM REVIEWS

Raging Bull 5

10.00pm-12.05am BBC2 (not in N Ireland) z

dinosaur — but it does just feel like a bridge to Jurassic World: Dominion HUW FULLERTON (US/Sp 2018, violence, HD) This Is 40 HHH 6.459.00pm Comedy Central j

COMEDY Sold as a sort-of sequel to Knocked Up, Judd Apatow’s midlife-crisis movie brings back likeable couple Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann). Apatow regulars Chris O’Dowd, Jason Segel and Melissa McCarthy also feature among the cast, but the surprise is just how sad and honest this is beneath the scatology and quipping.

ANDREW COLLINS (US 2012, may be edited for content, HD)

8.00am Another Christmas Kiss

HH A young woman shares a kiss with a billionaire. (2014) 10.00 Merry Ex-Mas HH Entertaining but chaotic spin on the relatives at Christmas dilemma. Kristy Swanson (2014) 12 noon The Christmas Ball HH Harmless tale. (2020) 2.00pm Christmas on the River HH A festive homecoming leads to romance. Jana Kramer (2019)

4.00 Homemade Christmas HH Corny romance. Michelle Argyris (2020) 6.00pm Spotlight on Christmas HH Home is where the heart is for a dumped

7.00am The Twilight Zone 8.00

Riddles of the Sphinx HH Familiar treasure hunting made-for-TV sci-fi adventure. Dina Meyer (2008, 15) 10.00

The A-Team: five episodes of the TV adventure 3.00pm Reap the Wild Wind HHH Maritime adventure with some spectacular sequences, starring John Wayne as a sea captain. (1942, PG) 5.20 Time without Pity HHH Crime drama in which Michael Redgrave tries to save his son from the gallows. (1957, PG)

7.05pm The Appaloosa HHH

Marlon Brando and his much-prized horse are targeted by a bandit in this flashily directed western. (1966, PG)

9.00 Patriots Day HHH A cop heads the manhunt for the 2013 Boston marathon bombers in this solid factual drama. Mark Wahlberg (2016, 15) 11.35 Paydirt HH Luke Goss’s jailbird searches for a small fortune in buried cash. Val Kilmer (2020, 15) 1.20am Last Passenger HHH Low-budget but high-speed thriller. Dougray Scott (2013, 15) 3.15—5.00am Freight HH Graphically violent Leeds-set crime saga. Billy Murray (2010, 18)

6.00am George and the Dragon HH Family-friendly fantasy adventure in which a knight returns to outwit a dragon. (2004) 8.00 The Philadelphia Experiment HH Scientists revive a secret wartime project in this perplexing sci-fi action yarn. Nicholas Lea (2012, 12) 10.00 Firequake HH Explosive but long-winded sci-fi thriller. (2014, 12) 12 noon Solar Attack HH Routine sci-fi adventure in which the president calls in Mark Dacascos to save the planet. (2005) 2.00pm Wyvern HH Watchable TV-movie monster mayhem. Nick Chinlund (2009, 15) 4.00pm Knight Rider Five episodes of the TV drama.

9.00 The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb HH Hammer horror follow-up to The Mummy Review, right. Terence Morgan, Ronald Howard (1964, 12) 10.35 Island of Terror HH Chiller cheapie with a macabre sense of humour about an island menaced by bizarre beasts. Peter Cushing (1966, PG) 12.35—3.00am Air America HHH

Amiable action comedy set during the Vietnam War. Mel Gibson (1990, 15)

BOXING BIOPIC Critics are always being asked for their desert island films: this, without question, is one such great. Director Martin Scorsese makes no concession to character likeability as he portrays Jake La Motta’s slide from arrogant prizefighter to frustrated dropout. Robert De Niro is utterly convincing, both in the ring and as the empty barrel abusing everyone (including wife Cathy Moriarty and brother Joe Pesci) at home. Top-drawer acting, narrative drive and blitzkrieg camerawork combine in a giddy, claustrophobic classic. JOHN MARRIOTT (US 1980, violence, swearing, BW/col, HD)

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Puss in Boots HHHH

11.00am-12.45pm Film4 y

COMEDY ADVENTURE This marked the first solo romp for the scene-stealing cat from Shrek. Puss (voiced by Antonio Banderas) teams up with Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis) to track down a golden goose, finding love with slinky Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek) along the way. That cute “big eyes” gag is used a few times, but it still works. ALAN JONES (US 2011, HD)

Whisky Galore! 5

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COMEDY At the centre of this Ealing gem about wartime smuggling in the Hebrides stands Basil Radford (The Lady Vanishes). He gives the performance of his career as the despised Sassenach commanding the local Home Guard, while the islanders are played to perfection by the likes of Joan Greenwood and Gordon Jackson. DAVID PARKINSON (UK 1949, BW, HD)

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Cars 3 HHHH

2.15-3.50pm BBC1 y

COMEDY ADVENTURE Boy racer Lightning McQueen returns for another lap, and now he’s beginning to feel his age. So he puts himself at the mercy of a young trainer with a modern approach that

clashes with Lightning’s old-school ways. Some neat touches make the audience smile, not least Lightning’s dashboard computer, voiced by Lewis Hamilton. TERRY STAUNTON (US 2017, HD)

Deep Impact HHHH

3.00-5.20pm C4 h

SCI-FI A huge comet is on a collision course with Earth in this disaster movie, which highlights the human side of the catastrophe as much as the destruction. Reporter Téa Leoni stumbles on the story, while Robert Duvall leads a space mission to intercept the threat, leaving US president Morgan Freeman to reassure a panicked world. AJ (US 1998, edited for language, violence, HD)

The World of Henry Orient HHHH

3.20-5.30pm Sky Arts y

See review p50. (US 1964, HD)

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom HHH

5.50-8.00pm ITV1 h

ADVENTURE This sequel to 2015’s Jurassic World is a far darker affair, starting with a save-the-dinos plot and ending on a bold note that upends the rules of the franchise. There’s plenty to enjoy, including likeable leads Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, plus a creepy new

The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb HH 9.00-10.35pm Legend Xtra h

HORROR After The Mummy (1959), Hammer made several more films with the bandaged ghoul. This one has colourful sets but colourless action, led by Terence Morgan as an arts patron who knows more than he should about a newly excavated tomb. The mummy takes an age to go on the rampage, but there are a few tense moments.

DAVID McGILLIVRAY (UK 1964) Boxcar Bertha HHH 10.00-11.45pm Sky Arts z CRIME BIOPIC Director Martin Scorsese broke into the big time with this Roger Corman-produced bloodfest. This is a good girl-gone-bad picture, with Barbara Hershey as the farmer’s daughter driven to crime by misfortune and an uncaring system. There are some bravura shots but Corman’s exploitation formula doesn’t allow for character development. DP (US 1972, violence, swearing, nudity, HD) War for the Planet of the Apes HHHH 11.00pm-1.35am C4 h

ADVENTURE This titanic third entry in the rebooted franchise finds the intelligent simian tribe led by Caesar coming up against a genocidal colonel (Woody Harrelson) and his troops. Director Matt Reeves and his co-writer Mark Bomback introduce allusions to fascism and slavery before a spectacular battle between two armies brings it all to a close. AC (US 2017, violence, HD)

JFK: Destiny Betrayed 10.00pm Director Oliver Stone The Wire 10.15pm A vengeful Omar plans his next move

6.00am Clifford (AD) 6.15 Lego

Friends 6.40 Trolls: Trollstopia (AD)

7.05 Let’s Go, Bananas! (AD) 7.35 Moominvalley 8.00 Monkey Life

8.30 Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips 10.00 The Office US 11.30 LIVE Women’s Super League Football: Chelsea v Manchester United at Kingsmeadow (kick-off 12.00)

2.30pm New. Formula One: the Las Vegas Grand Prix 5.15 The Simpsons

6.05pm The Simpsons Bart and Lisa delve into Marge’s past.

6.30 Willie is kidnapped and the Simpsons follow him to Scotland.

7.00 New. Formula One Highlights of the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

8.00 Sport’s Funniest Moments Farcical moments from the sporting world. (AD)

9.00 SEAL Team 9/10 Series 7 Bravo returns from Nazario’s camp and is forced to regroup. (AD)

10.00 JFK: Destiny Betrayed 2/4. Oliver Stone’s documentary exploring the assassination.

11.05 Rob and Romesh vs K-Pop Ep 2 Series 5. The comedians enter the world of the music phenomenon. (AD)

12.05am The Force: Manchester

1.00 Road Wars 3.00 Brit Cops: Rapid Response (AD) 4.00—6.00am Nothing to Declare: four editions

6.00am Most Haunted US 8.00

Shopping 11.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 4.00pm Stargate SG-1

6.00pm Stargate SG-1 19/22 Series 5. A dormant android is discovered on a barren planet and transported back to Earth.

7.00 20/22. O’Neill enlists the help of two military prisoners who appear to be the team’s only hope of saving Earth from destruction.

8.00 21/22. Jackson is exposed to a lethal dose of radiation after an accident involving weapons of mass destruction threatens thousands on an alien world.

9.00 Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey q HHHH Sequel to the comedy Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter. The evil De Nomolos sends two robot replicas of Bill and Ted back in time in order to stop the boys’ heavy metal group winning the all-important Battle of the Bands. (W)

11.00 Westworld 5/8 Series 4

Christina questions the nature of her reality, while Charlotte tells William to track down a human outlier who has breached. (AD)

12.10am 6/8. Caleb uncovers a disturbing truth as he attempts to escape from Charlotte’s interrogation and Bernard and C make their way to the resistance hideout. (AD)

1.20 Grimm: four episodes

5.00—6.00am Most Haunted

6.00am Fish Town 9.00 True

Blood 3.35pm Billions (AD)

7.00pm Billions 5/12 Series 7 Prince clashes with his employees, Ira turns to Chuck for help, while Wendy and Luke bond. (AD) 8.00 6/12. Axe turns to Chuck for a favour involving a common adversary, while Prince manoeuvres to raise his public profile. (AD)

9.00 Dune: Prophecy 1/6. Sci-fi prequel starring Emily Watson. On Wallach IX, young Valya Harkonnen promises Mother Superior Raquella that she’ll protect the Sisterhood by putting one of their own on the imperial throne.

10.15 The Wire 12/12 Series 2 Nick turns himself in to the police, Agent Fitzhugh suspects a leak within the FBI, and Omar decides to take revenge on Stringer.

11.35 The Nevers 1/6 Fantasy adventure starring Laura Donnelly. A gang of Victorian women find themselves with unusual abilities. (AD) 12.45am 2/6. Mundi takes a stake in tracking down Maladie. Lavinia Bidlow seeks to disgrace the Touched at a society event. (AD)

2.00 New. Dune: Prophecy 2/6

See choice, p61. Repeated tomorrow 9pm 3.15 I Hate Suzie Too (AD) 4.15—6.00am Fish Town

6.00am The Force: Manchester

8.00 Border Patrol 10.00 Border Security USA (AD) 11.00 Air Ambulance ER 12 noon The Real A&E (AD) 2.00pm Nothing to Declare: eight editions (AD)

6.00pm Nothing to Declare Six further editions of the fly-on-thewall documentary accessing the world of national security at Australia’s biggest airports as customs and immigration officers tackle drug runners, illegal immigrants and terrorists.

9.00 Blue Bloods 12/18 Series 14 Danny and a British investigator pursue a fugitive, Erin faces pressure from her boss and Jamie investigates a dodgy gambling site.

10.00 Fire Country 11/22 Series 1 A former inmate firefighter, harbouring a fierce grudge against Sharon, returns to town to carry out his revenge. (AD)

11.00 The Equalizer 3/10 Series 1 McCall tries to help an escaped prisoner who has been wrongly accused of murder and is now distrustful of the justice system. (AD) 12 midnight FBI: International: an American tycoon is involved in a murder in Frankfurt (AD) 1.00am New Amsterdam: everyone’s story reaches a surprising conclusion (AD) 2.00 New series. Nothing to Declare Repeated tomorrow 7pm 2.30 FBI: Most Wanted (AD) 3.30—6.00am Nothing to Declare

6.00am MacGyver 9.00 Merlin (AD) 1.00pm The Walking Dead

6.00pm The Walking Dead 10/24 Series 11. The heroes experience Halloween in the Commonwealth. Daryl and Rosita undergo military training led by Mercer, while Carol investigates Ezekiel’s medical condition.

7.00 The Overlap on Tour 4/4 Series 2. Gary Neville, Roy Keane, Ian Wright and Jamie Carragher head to Rome on the last leg, with Ian reminiscing about his best moment playing for England.

8.00 Sport’s Funniest Moments Farcical moments from the sporting world. (AD)

9.00 SEAL Team 9/10 Series 7 Bravo returns from Nazario’s camp stunned and is forced to regroup, hastily developing another plan to capture him, but walking right into a trap. (AD)

10.00 Rob and Romesh vs Andy Murray 4/7 Series 3. Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan meet the tennis star. (AD)

11.00 The Force: Manchester Documentary following the work of Greater Manchester Police.

1.00am Road Wars 3.00 Brit Cops: Rapid Response (AD) 4.00—6.00am Air Ambulance ER

7.00am Four Weddings (AD) 9.00

Border Security: Canada’s Front Line 11.00 Highway Cops 2.00pm The Good Doctor 5.00 Merlin: double bill. The wizard meets a young warrior with magical powers, then Merlin sets out to retrieve a magical cup (AD) 7.00 Mr Mayor: four episodes. Neil is asked to throw the opening pitch at a Dodgers game 7.30 A mandatory staff meeting derails plans for the team’s favourite day of the month 8.00 An avocado shortage cripples Los Angeles 8.30 Neil tries to convince his daughter that a casual relationship is more than it actually is (AD) 9.00 Caught on Dashcam: fly-on-the-dashboard documentary showcasing outrageous road disasters 11.00 The Russell Howard Hour: comedy triple bill

2.00am A League of Their Own (AD) 3.00—6.00am Four Weddings (AD)

(AD)

The Real Manhunter: the Murder of Chris Donovan 4.00 Forensics: Catching the Killer (AD) 5.00 World’s Most Evil Killers 7.00pm Killer in My Village 8.00 Made for Murder 9.00 New. The Girl Scout Murders: double bill. A trial begins but there’s doubt as to whether they have the right man, then new technologies answer unsolved questions 11.00 Forensics: Catching the Killer 12 midnight Britain’s Most Evil Killers 1.00am Killer Siblings 2.00 New. Forensics: Catching the Killer 3.00 Ireland’s Most Evil Killers (AD) 4.00 Stop, Search, Seize (AD) 5.00—6.00am Motorway Patrol

7.20am Keeping Up Appearances

(AD) 8.30 Only Fools and Horses (AD)

5.00pm The Vicar of Dibley Christmas special from 2006. Geraldine’s head is turned by a charming newcomer and it’s clear he feels the same way. (AD)

6.10 The last-ever episode, which sees the vicar preparing for her wedding. But there are hitches even before the big day arrives. (AD)

7.20 Dad’s Army Mainwaring and his platoon are put in charge of manning an observation post on a derelict pier, but they are marooned when their boat drifts away.

8.00 Only Fools and Horses Del acquires a nuclear fallout shelter, so he, Rodney and Grandad have a practice run to make sure they will know what to do when under attack.

8.40 The first episode of the comedy, in which Rodney tires of being dogsbody to his brother Del and decides to move out.

9.20 Del and Rodney make a bit of cash on a used car deal and decide to celebrate in style with a night out in the West End. (AD)

10.00 The Vicar of Dibley As 5pm/6.10pm.

12.20am Still Open All Hours

12.55 Only Fools and Horses (AD) 2.55 The Real McCoy 3.30—

7.10am Murdoch Mysteries

10.00 Father Brown (AD) 12 noon Death in Paradise (AD) 4.00pm Shakespeare and Hathaway: Private Investigators (AD)

6.00pm Father Brown 9/10 Series 1. The mayor is electrocuted while speaking at the Kembleford village fête, and Father Brown suspects he was the victim of a deliberate act. (AD)

7.00 Hudson & Rex 9/16 Series 3

Charlie and Rex are in danger as they find themselves captives of a kidnapper seeking vengeance. (AD) 8.00 10/16. When an arsonist begins terrorising a neighbourhood with car bombs, Charlie and Rex race to find the next target. (AD)

9.00 Death in Paradise 7/8 Series 8. A famous radio presenter is murdered live on air and Jack must unravel a complex mystery to find the culprit. (AD)

10.00 CSI: Vegas 8/10 Series 3

The team is called in when a plastinated nervous system is found at a car dealership. Chavez and Max search for a missing source in their investigation. (AD) 11.00 Father Brown 14/15 Series 3. The priest is told about an assassination plot. (AD) 12 midnight Hudson & Rex (AD) 1.00—4.00am Murdoch Mysteries

8.00am Ballers (AD) 11.00 Barry (AD) 2.00pm American Auto 4.05 Will & Grace (AD) 6.30 The Office US: five episodes. The staff prepare for the new website’s launch party 7.00 Dwight and Michael kidnap a delivery boy 7.30 Michael asks his employees for a loan 8.00 Dwight pines over Angela 8.30 The Scranton branch is asked to take part in an advert 9.00 Divorce: double bill. Robert and Frances are forced to spend time together, then they face the reality of post-divorce life (AD) 10.20 Sex and the City: two episodes. Carrie tries to make changes to Big’s habits, then Miranda assures her boyfriend the social divide is not important 11.40 Enlightened 1.00am Ramy Youssef: More Feelings 2.00 New. The Franchise See choice, p71 Repeated tomorrow 10pm 2.40 Girls (AD) 3.55—5.00am Dice (AD)

8.00am Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA

8.35 Friends (AD) 6.35pm FILM This Is 40 HHH Comedy starring Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann. As their milestone birthdays approach, married couple Pete and Debbie struggle to save their relationship and their home, while at the same time acting as peacemakers between warring children. Review p57 9.00 FILM Grown Ups 2 H Comedy starring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade and Kevin James 11.05 Lee Evans: Roadrunner 12.10am Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains 1.05 Kevin Bridges: the Brand New Tour 2.05 Key and Peele 2.35 Reno 911! 3.05 Important Things with Demetri Martin 3.25 Drunk History 4.15—5.00am Most Ridiculous

7.00am Shed and Buried 9.00 Ultimate Warfare 12 noon Combat Dealers (AD) 3.00pm Salvage Hunters: the Restorers

6.00 Scandals of Ancient Egypt: an insight into the problems that plagued the ancient civilisation, including murders, drugs and military mistakes 7.00 Hidden History of Egypt: Monty Python veteran Terry Jones presents a light-hearted interpretation of the complexities of ancient Egyptian life 8.00 Salvage Hunters: the Restorers: double bill. Drew Pritchard asks two experts to revive a vintage motorised bicycle, then revamping a rusty horse statue 10.00 Shed and Buried: eight editions in which Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove search for treasures 2.00—5.00am Combat Dealers

& sport

Sky Documentaries Sky Nature

Chernobyl: the Lost Tapes

8.00pm The 1986 disaster

6.00am Discovering: Michael Douglas 7.00 Discovering: Roy Scheider 8.00 The Directors 8.55 The Synanon Fix (AD) 10.00 Charlie Hustle and the Matter of Pete Rose (AD) 11.00 Breath of Fire 12 noon FILM Man on Wire 5

A tightrope walk between the World Trade Centre towers. English, French +subtitles Review p77 (W) 2.00pm Queen of Speed (AD)

4.00 Dave Not Coming Back

6.00pm I Am Patrick Swayze

A tribute to the actor, known for his roles in hits including Dirty Dancing, Ghost and The Outsiders. (AD)

8.00 Chernobyl: the Lost Tapes

Newly discovered footage and witness accounts reveal the story behind the 1986 nuclear disaster and the efforts made to prevent another explosion. (AD)

10.00 JFK: Destiny Betrayed

2/4. Oliver Stone’s documentary exploring the Kennedy assassination, questioning the actions of the President’s political enemies.

11.00 Adrienne Tribute to actor and director Adrienne Shelly, with contributions from Paul Rudd, Hal Hartley and Nathan Fillion. (AD) (W)

1.00am Seve (AD) 3.00 New.

Surveilled: the growing business of commercial spyware 4.15—6.00am Fake Famous: aspiring influencers

Geographic

8.00am Food Factory USA 9.00 Airport Security: Rome 11.00 Air Crash Investigation 2.00pm Hitler’s Last Stand (AD) 4.00 Nazi Megastructures (AD) 6.00pm Nazi Sunken Sub: the disappearance of a Nazi submarine in 1945 7.00 Hindenburg: the New Evidence: recovered footage provides fresh insight into the Zeppelin crash 8.00 Inside the SS: documentary about Hitler’s private army 10.00 Disaster Autopsy: the nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island 11.00 Air Crash Investigation: double bill. A plane crashes off the French-Polynesian island of Moorea, then a Santa Barbara Airlines crash in 2008 1.00am Witches: Truth behind the Trials 2.00 Made in a Day (AD) 2.55 Food Factory 3.45 Money Meltdown 4.35—5.00am Secrets of the Zoo: Keeper Tales

SUNDAY 24 NOVEMBER

SPORT

Sky Main Event

Sky 401 Virgin 511/HD 501 EE 419/HD 439

6.00am LIVE Las Vegas Grand Prix Continued coverage from Las Vegas Strip Circuit (start 6.00). Sport: page 30

David Attenborough’s Wild City 8.00pm Singapore’s civets

6.00am Hope for Wildlife 8.00

Wild Tales from the Farm (AD)

12 noon Extreme Snakes: Australia

1.00pm Extreme Snakes: Africa

2.00 Dogs: an Amazing Animal Family (AD) 5.00 New. Monkey Life

6.00pm New. Wild Battlegrounds

The challenges that animals face when trying to survive in some of the driest places on the planet, battling exhaustion and dehydration.

7.00 David Attenborough’s Wild City The veteran broadcaster explores Singapore’s wildlife and natural treasures.

8.00 A day in the animal life of Singapore’s urban environments, from a troop of suburban macaques to a family of otters in Marina Bay.

9.00 Exploring Singapore’s islands, which have a host of remarkable creatures, including the tiger tail seahorse and the quick-changing cuttlefish. (AD)

10.00 Monkey Life Following the daily life of caring for cheeky primates at Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre in Dorset.

10.30 Staff look after monkeys, chimps and orangutans.

11.00 Wild Battlegrounds As 6pm.

12 midnight Nature’s Mass Attacks (AD) 2.00am Guardians of the Wild 4.00—6.00am Into the Wild: India

8.00am America’s Mighty Northwest 10.00 America’s Untamed Heartland 11.00 Fish Tank Kings 1.00pm An Elephant’s World 2.00 Gorillas Close Up 3.00 The Kangaroo King 4.00 Africa’s Deadly Kingdoms 5.00 Secrets of the Zoo: double bill. The staff throw a leaving party for two polar bears, then keepers try to find out why a muntjac deer is suffering from seizures 7.00 Wild Winter: animals that are adapted to survive in cold weather 8.00 New Wave Warriors: conservationists working to protect marine habitats 9.00 Australia’s Land of the Ancients: the ancient landscape of northeastern Australia 10.00 Wild Taiwan: Jungle Island 11.00 Snakes in the City: the team deals with a super-sized serpent that is killing livestock 12 midnight Lawless Island 2.00am Secrets of the Zoo: Tampa 4.00—5.00am Something Bit Me

Sky History Animal Planet

6.00am Storage Wars 9.00 Pawn Stars 1.00pm Secrets of Great British Castles 7.00 Beyond the Myth: the SS Unveiled: double bill. More than any other Nazi leader, Reinhard Heydrich was an orchestrator of mass murder, and was terrifyingly clinical in approach, then the Waffen-SS, a military elite intended to attract the best German soldiers. Masqueraded as military excellence, the reality was very different 9.00 Shadow Man: the most elaborate espionage operation ever mounted by one country against an ally 11.00 Gunpowder Siege: the fugitives barricade themselves into Holbeche House, making it as secure as possible 12 midnight Rust Valley Restorers 1.00am Paranormal Survivor

3.00—6.00am Pawn Stars

8.00am Insane Pools: off the Deep End

9.00 How Do Animals Do That?

10.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees 11.00

Alaska: Homestead Rescue 12 noon

Insane Pools: off the Deep End 1.00pm Life at Vet University 2.00 Pet Nation Renovation (AD) 4.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees 5.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue 6.00pm Insane Pools: off the Deep End: Lucas builds a pool at a bird sanctuary 7.00 Life at Vet University

8.00 Coyote Peterson: Brave the Wild 9.00 Tanked 10.00 Alaskan Bush People 11.00 Guardians of Rescue 12 midnight Animal Cops Houston (AD) 1.00am Alaskan Bush People 2.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees 3.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue 4.00—5.00am Insane Pools: off the Deep End

9.00 Ted’s Notebook 9.30 Formula One 12.15pm Sports Sunday 1.00 LIVE Premier League Football Southampton v Liverpool at St Mary’s Stadium (kick-off 2.00); 4.00 Ipswich Town v Manchester Utd at Portman Road (kick-off 4.30). 7.00 LIVE NFL Joining coverage of a week 12 match in the NFL; 9.00 A second week 12 match; 12.30am Los Angeles Rams v Philadelphia Eagles (kick-off 1.20). 4.30—6.00am Sky Sports News

Sky Football

Sky 403 Virgin 513/HD 503 EE 421/HD 441 6.00am Scottish Premiership Highlights 6.15 League Two Highlights 7.00 Championship Highlights 10.00 Scottish Premiership Highlights 10.15 Championship Highlights 11.30 LIVE Women’s Super League Football Chelsea v Manchester Utd. 2.30pm LIVE Championship Football

Sky Golf

Premier League 4.00pm

Sky Main Event Will Ipswich’s Liam Delap help cause an upset?

Sky Premier League

Sky 402 Virgin 512/HD 502 EE 420/HD 440

6.00am Highlights 10.00 Matchday 12 noon Sports Sunday 1.00pm LIVE Premier League Football Southampton v Liverpool; 4.00 Ipswich Town v Manchester Utd. 7.30 Chasing the Dream: the Elite Managers 8.00 The Big Interview

8.30 Stories 9.00 Highlights 3.00am Greatest Games 4.00 Best Goals (AD) 5.30—6.00am 100 Club (AD)

Sky Cricket

Sky 404 Virgin 514/HD 504 EE 422/HD 442

6.00am Women’s Big Bash League

9.00 LIVE Women’s Big Bash League Cricket Brisbane Heat v Sydney Sixers at Allan Border Field. 11.40 LIVE Women’s International T20 Cricket South Africa v England. 3.30pm Best of the Women’s World Cup: action from 2013 (AD) 3.45 LIVE Abu Dhabi T10 Cricket Morrisville Samp Army v Chennai Brave Jaguars. 6.00 Women’s International T20 Cricket 6.30 Women’s Big Bash League 8.30 Women’s International T20 Cricket 9.00 Women’s Big Bash League 11.00 Women’s International T20 Cricket 11.30 Best of the Women’s World Cup (AD) 12.30am Women’s International T20 Cricket 5.00—6.00am Best of the Women’s World T20 (AD)

Sky NFL

Sky 408 Virgin 517/HD 507 EE 426/HD 446 6.00am Highlights 9.00 Kansas City Chiefs: the Franchise 9.30 NFL Gameday 10.00 Highlights 12 noon One Jets Drive 12.45pm NFL Bitesize 1.00 Highlights 2.00 NFL Gameday 5.00 LIVE NFL Coverage of a week 12 match (kick-off 6.00); 9.00 Another week 12 match); 12.30am Los Angeles Rams v Philadelphia Eagles (kick-off 1.20). 4.30—6.00am NFL Bitesize (AD)

Sky F1

Sky 406 Virgin 516/HD 506 EE 424/HD 444 6.00—9.00am LIVE Las Vegas Grand Prix Continued coverage from Las Vegas Strip Circuit (start 6.00). Sport: page 30

Sky Sports Mix

Sky 416 Virgin 510 EE 429/HD 449

9.00am—12.20pm LIVE Women’s Big Bash League Cricket Brisbane Heat v Sydney Sixers.

2.20—4.30 LIVE German Football Holstein Kiel v FSV Mainz 05. 6.00—1.00am LIVE NFL Redzone

Eurosport 1

Sky 413 Virgin 521 EE 412 12.45—4.30pm LIVE Snooker Day two of the UK Championship. 6.45—10.30 LIVE Snooker Day two of the UK Championship in York.

TNT Sports 1

Sky 410 Virgin 527 EE 408/HD 430

6.00am LIVE Test Cricket

Continued coverage of Australia v India, the third day of the First Test. 10.15 Test Cricket Highlights 11.15 Premiership Rugby Cup 12.15pm No Filter Rugby 12.30 LIVE International Rugby Union Scotland v Australia, the Autumn Nations Series match at Murrayfield (kick-off 1.40); 3.45 England

TNT Sports 2

TNT Sports 3

Sky Sports +

Sky 412 Virgin 518/HD 508 EE 427/HD 447 6.00am Sky Sports News 7.00 Good Morning Sports Fans 10.00 Premier League Matchday: the latest football headlines 12 noon Sports Sunday 12.25pm LIVE Irish Football Coleraine v Crusaders (k/o 12.30). 2.30 LIVE German Football Holstein Kiel v FSV Mainz 05. 4.30 Sports Sunday 6.00 LIVE PGA Tour Golf The RSM Classic, day four in Georgia. 9.00 LIVE NFL Redzone 1.00—6.00am Sky Sports News

Eurosport 2

Sky 414 Virgin 522 EE 413

6.00am Kirsty Muir: Copper Mountain 2023 6.15 Freestyle Skiing 7.15 Ski Jumping 8.15 Alpine Skiing 9.15 LIVE Alpine Skiing The World Cup, featuring the men’s slalom. 11.00 Ski Jumping 12 noon Andrew Musgrave: Trondheim 2023 12.15pm LIVE Alpine Skiing The second run in the men’s slalom. 1.40 LIVE Ski Jumping Men’s HS140 qualifying from the World Cup; 2.40 Men’s HS140 competition. 4.45 Mia Brookes: Copper Mountain 2023 5.00 Alpine Skiing 6.00 Freestyle Skiing 7.00 Ski Jumping 8.00 Track Cycling 9.00 Alpine Skiing 10.00 Ski Jumping 11.00 Track Cycling 12 midnight Half Marathon des Sables 12.30am Cycling: a Year with the Team 1.00 Track Cycling 2.00 Triathlon 3.00 Track Cycling 4.00—6.00am Snooker

TNT Sports 4

Monday

DOCUMENTARY

Irresistible: Why We

Can’t

Stop Eating

9.00pm BBC2

Catch up via iPlayer

We know that highly processed food is bad for our health and our waistlines, but we still eat it. A lot of it. In this jaw-dropping documentary — and it is truly shocking — Dr Chris van Tulleken reveals that since the mid-1970s manufacturers have been engineering food to be as addictive as nicotine so that we eat more of their products — while they make more money.

The food industry has successfully used science — you’ll hear about things such as sonic branding, bliss point, sensory experiences, vanishing caloric density and hyper-palatability — as well as clever marketing to flog us junk food that has very little nutritional value but does have high profit margins. Meanwhile, we get fatter and succumb to more life-threatening conditions such as type two diabetes.

If you care about what you’re putting into your body, step away from that ready meal, put down that shop-bought cake and watch this. You’ll be disgusted.

JANE RACKHAM

FACTUAL Scam Safe Week

from 9.30am BBC1 Catch up: iPlayer With Christmas approaching, BBC TV and radio are launching Scam Safe Week, focusing on fraud and cons — some of life’s most demoralising challenges — where the victims blame themselves rather than the criminal.

A little over a year ago I was in hospital when I received a text from a friend. His niece had asked for an Amazon gift card for her birthday and he wondered if I could buy it for him. Knowing that he boycotted the company, the request made perfect sense, so I parted with my money. It was, of course, a scam. Morning Live kicks off the week of programmes at 9.30am, and a fresh run of Scam Interceptors begins at 2.00pm; both are aimed at alerting us to the dangers of deception. I, for one, will be watching. TERRY PAYNE

QUIZ

Mastermind

7.30pm BBC2

Catch up via iPlayer

It’s that time of the week when we attempt to exercise our brains, although in my house we manage fewer and fewer correct answers as the evening progresses. I might be able to have a stab at Clive Myrie’s Mastermind questions on Winston Churchill’s premiership, Mariah Carey, seals and Wassily Kandinsky but in Only Connect (8pm) the Introverts face the Crunchers and must solve mind-boggling sequences, such as what comes after German ‘yes’, the bassist Pastorius and the actor Sir Derek. Nope, haven’t a clue.

Finally, Amol Rajan tests two of the highest-scoring losing teams from round one of University Challenge (8.30pm). Maybe I’ll just admire their impressive knowledge instead. JR

DOCUMENTARY

The Young Midwives of Essex

8.00pm U&W Catch up via U

NEW SERIES

This eight-part series started life on the TV drawing board as the Real Midwives of Essex, but in these Gen-Z viewer-chasing times it’s now embracing — and there’s certainly plenty of hugging on show — the “young” members of staff. Welcome to life on, and quite a bit off, the maternity unit at the Basildon University Hospital. The reality-show approach won’t be for everyone: the jaunty soundtrack is jarring, as are fragments of the dialogue. But with recruitment and retention a massive issue, this engaging bunch of young, gum-chewing midwives might just be the ambassadors the profession needs. TP

DO-NUT EAT THAT!

Dr Chris van Tulleken reveals the hard truths about convenience food

FOOD

MasterChef: the Professionals

9.00pm BBC1

Catch up via iPlayer

At the start of Knockout Week the 12 remaining chefs face an invention test. There’s no specific ingredient they must use, but we’re told that they come up with some amazing creations that demonstrate originality, exceptional flavours and stunning presentation, including a very unusual “pasta” dish.

In the editions on Tuesday and Thursday, the professional chefs must cope with the unfamiliar surroundings of a pop-up food market. It’s not my favourite round, but their next challenge is intriguing — a dish celebrating their favourite drink. We saw how some of them struggled to use stout in an earlier round; hopefully this will be easier. JR

DOCUMENTARY

24 Hours in Police

Custody: the Murder Messages

9.00pm C4 Catch up: C4 streaming Crime documentaries are often described as “stranger than fiction” and it’s partly why the genre is so compelling. This 24 Hours episode features one such story. When the police receive a call about a murder and that a young couple are responsible, firearms officers are dispatched. Yet there’s no body. That’s odd enough, but prior to this the pair have been rocked by a series of anonymous online attacks, harrassing phone calls and death threats. But nothing is quite as it seems...

FRANCES TAYLOR

DOCUMENTARY

Holy Marvels with Dennis Quaid

9.00pm Sky History Catch up: Now Narrated by the actor and practising Christian, Dennis Quaid, this new series corrals historians and Biblical experts to provide a history of Noah’s Ark and the golden casket that housed the Ten Commandments. The less devout might struggle with the programme’s conviction that everything in the Bible is factual, but it’s still an interesting look at how these items have been woven into the fabric of human faith. And yes, that does include the adventures of Indiana Jones… CERI THOMAS

SITCOM

The Franchise

MONDAY 25 NOVEMBER

ALSO ON TODAY

MANIPULATOR

Valya

Harkonnen (Emily Watson)

SCI-FI

Dune

Prophecy 9.00pm Sky Atlantic Catch up via Now

If this series is aiming to be Game of Thrones in space, it’s ticking all the boxes. We’ve already had shocking deaths and rival factions vying for power in throne rooms, and this week they even fit in a sex scene where one character passes on key information to another. And who needs dragons when you have giant sand worms?

This time it’s Emily Watson as Mother Superior Valya — the head of the manipulative Sisterhood — who’s cast in the arch-plotter role, though already her plans are unravelling. As it turns out, her Machiavellian order aren’t the only ones with special powers looking to turn politics in their favour… HUW FULLERTON

DOCUMENTARY

Tsunami: Race

10.00pm Sky Comedy Catch up: Now

For a satirical comedy all about the absurdity and soullessness of sequels, a return for The Franchise would be very welcome It hasn’t always hit the mark, but largely it’s been a spot-on romp sending up Hollywood. Failing a second series, a spin-off following Peter (Richard E Grant) would be a blockbuster. With production winding down on Tecto: Eye of the Storm, he’s reading for the part of the time-travelling Pharoah in another franchise. But before he gets to leave the set, one last demand from director Eric (Daniel Brühl) finally pushes him over the edge. FT

WRONG DIRECTION

Peter (Richard E Grant) has had enough

Classic FM’s Rising Stars with Julian Lloyd Webber 2024

9.00pm Sky Arts

The world-renowned cellist (above) showcases 30 of the best classical musicians under 30.

Britain’s Shoplifting Gangs Exposed

8.00pm C4

Matt Shea goes under cover to expose the organised crime gangs behind a shoplifting epidemic.

Britain’s Killer Wave of 1607

9.00pm Channel 5

Was it a tsunami or a storm surge? Experts examine the Bristol Channel flood of 1607.

LIVE SPORT

Football: Premier League

Newcastle v West Ham

against Time

9.00pm, 10.00pm National Geographic Catch up via Disney+

We can’t help but be fascinated by how a natural disaster unfolds for those caught in its path This series marks the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami with vivid accounts from those whose lives and homes were devastated An Indonesian car mechanic clinging to his child, a teenager holidaying in Thailand, a medical student using a camcorder –these and dozens of others recall the moment-by-moment horror.

6.30pm (k/o 8pm) Sky Sports Main Event/Premier League Action from St James’s Park, with eighth in the table meeting 14th.

Snooker: UK Championship

12.45pm, 6.45pm Eurosport 1, 1.00pm BBC2 Day three at the York Barbican featuring two last-32 matches.

American Football

Los Angeles Chargers v Baltimore Ravens

1.00am (k/o 1.15am)

Sky Sports Main Event NFL action from a week 12 match at the SoFi stadium.

SPORT HIGHLIGHTS page 31

Initial “Oh look at that!” curiosity about a distant wave turned to panic. The home video footage of that rushing tide of water, debris and c i t if i DAVID BUTCHER

FILM REVIEWS page 67

MONDAY Main Channels

6.00am Breakfast Jon Kay, Sally Nugent. (S) (HD)

9.30 Morning Live The weekday magazine show 4 launches the BBC’s Scam Safe week. Michelle Ackerley and Rav Wilding present. See p60. (S) (HD)

10.45 Rip-Off Britain How fraudsters trick victims with fake online stories about missing people and pets. Featuring advice as part of Scam Safe week. (S) (HD)

11.30 Homes under the Hammer The progress of properties in Merseyside and Kent. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.15pm Bargain Hunt Including advice on how to spot fake football memorabilia, as part of Scam Safe week. Christina Trevanion hosts from Naseby. (S) (AD) (HD)

1.00 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

2.00 Scam Interceptors The team has intercepted a call claiming to be from an online marketplace. Featuring advice as part of Scam Safe week. (S) (HD)

2.30 Expert Witness For a cold-case review in the early 2000s, a forensic biologist re-examines original exhibits from a 1978 murder. (Revised rpt) (S) (HD)

3.00 Escape to the Country Alistair Appleton helps a couple search for a home in the Welsh Valleys. (S) (HD)

3.45 The Bidding Room Items include a rice warmer, a hop sieve, a vase and a harmonium. (R) (S) (HD)

4.30—5.15 Antiques Road Trip An unusual item that once held sweet treats is purchased during Catherine Southon and Ishy Khan’s tour of Leicestershire. Repeated tomorrow 7.15am BBC2 (S) (HD)

6.00am Richard Osman’s House of Games Cheryl Baker, Axel Blake, Chris Bavin and Sophie Willan take part in more trivia-based games. Shown last Friday (S) (HD)

6.30 Bargain Hunt Two teams compete in Detling, Kent. Eric Knowles hosts. Shown last Friday BBC1 (S) (AD) (HD)

7.15 Antiques Road Trip Roo Irvine and Mark Hill journey around Scotland. Shown last Friday BBC1 (S) (HD)

8.00—9.00 Sign Zone The Repair Shop Looking back at memorable restorations related to music. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 BBC News (S) (HD)

12.15pm Politics Live Analysis and debate. (S) (HD)

1.00—5.15 LIVE Snooker Coverage of the afternoon session on day three of the UK Championship from York Barbican, featuring two matches in the last 32. Barry Hawkins recovered from 3—1 down to beat Ben Woollaston 6—4 at this stage 12 months ago, while in the other match of the session, 2011 champion Judd Trump defeated Pang Junxu 6—1. Additional coverage on the red button and at bbc.co.uk/sport. (S) (HD)

6.00am Good Morning Britain (S) (HD)

9.00 Lorraine Fashion and showbiz news. (S) (HD)

10.00 This Morning Lifestyle features, cookery and celebrity interviews. Including Regional Weather (S) (HD)

12.30pm Loose Women Daily discussion. (S) (HD)

1.30 ITV Lunchtime News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

2.00 I’m a Celebrity...Unpacked Companion show presented by Sam Thompson, Joel Dommett and Kemi Rogers. Shown yesterday 10.05pm ITV2 (S) (HD)

3.00—4.00 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars Ben Shephard hosts as Phil Tufnell, Lisa Riley and Colin Jackson take turns on the supersized arcade machine. (R) (S) (HD) Followed by Regional Weather (S)

5.45am Countdown Levi Roots guests. (R) (S) (HD)

6.25 Cheers Three episodes of the comedy. (R) (S) (HD)

7.45 The King of Queens Triple bill. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.10 Frasier Four episodes of the sitcom. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.10 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Solving problems at Café Kingston, a Jamaican restaurant in Pasadena, California. (R) (S) (HD) 12.05pm News (S) (HD)

12.10 Undercover Boss USA Hospitality CEO Scott Gerber goes incognito in his own company. (R) (S) (HD)

1.10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It Henry Cole and Simon O’Brien head to Dumfries and Galloway. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

2.10 Countdown With guest Sara Davies. (S) (HD)

3.00—5.00 A Place in the Sun Ben Hillman helps Andre and Steve find a home in Portugal. (R) (S) (HD)

4.00 Jean Johansson searches for a holiday home on Spain’s Costa Blanca. Repeated tomorrow 6pm 4seven (S) (HD)

MasterChef: the Professionals

9.00pm Will Monica Galetti be bowled over as Knockout Week begins?

5.15pm Pointless

Presented by Alexander Armstrong and Sally Phillips. Director Nick Pin; Series producer James Evans (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 BBC News Weather (S) (HD)

6.30 Regional news magazines (S) (HD)

7.00 The One Show

4Alex Jones and Lauren Laverne present the magazine show, including tips and advice as part of the BBC’s Scam Safe week. See p60. (S) (HD)

2 BBC iPLAYER 7.00—9.00 Monday Night Club

The panel of experts discuss the latest football news

7.30 EastEnders

Elaine asks for help from an unlikely source. Lauren tries to hide her struggles. Kim fights Denzel’s corner.

Elaine Peacock Harriet Thorpe

Lauren Branning Jacqueline Jossa

Kim Fox Tameka Empson

Denzel Danes Jaden Ladega

Chelsea Fox Zaraah Abrahams

Howie Danes Delroy Atkinson

Junior Knight Micah Balfour

Honey Mitchell Emma Barton

Teddy Mitchell

Manookian

Jay Brown Jamie Borthwick

Freddie Slater Bobby Brazier

Barney Mitchell Lewis Bridgeman

Linda Carter Kellie Bright

Martin Fowler James Bye

Sonia Fowler Natalie Cassidy

Penny Branning Kitty Castledine Nish Panesar Navin Chowdhry

Beale

Collins Sharon Watts Letitia Dean

Zack Hudson James Farrar

Billy Mitchell Perry Fenwick

Reiss Colwell Jonny Freeman

Gina Knight Francesca Henry

Harry Mitchell Elijah Holloway

Vinny Panesar Shiv Jalota

Avani Nandra-Hart Aaliyah James Kojo Asare Dayo Koleosho

Peter Beale Thomas Law

Priya Nandra-Hart Sophie Khan Levy

Writer Bea Roberts More cast Thursday (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Binge Drinking and Me: Panorama

Reporter Hazel Martin investigates why the number of alcohol-related deaths among women under 40 have risen sharply over the last decade. Talking to doctors, patients and experts on the drinks industry, she discovers that a key cause is Britain’s drinking culture, and explores what can be done about it.

Director Morag Tinto; Editor Karen Wightman

Signed repeat Friday 2.10am BBC2 (S) (HD)

NOTE: as Panorama reacts to the news its subject matter may change

8.30 Scam Interceptors

The team help a mother and daughter who have let scammers take control of their mobile phone. Showing as part of the BBC’s Scam Safe week.

Series producer Sherry Knight; Exec producer Rowland Stone (R) (S) (HD)

9.00 MasterChef: the Professionals

4 After four weeks of heats, the 12 remaining chefs take on Knockout Week. In the invention test, judges Monica Galetti, Marcus Wareing and Gregg Wallace ask the hopefuls to create an outstanding dish with stunning presentation and exceptional flavours. Those who most impress the judges will progress straight to the semi-finals, while the others must tackle another tough task. Who will be sent home? More tomorrow 8pm. See page 60. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

10.40 Have I Got a Bit More News for You

Lorraine Kelly hosts an extended edition of last Friday’s episode, with comedian Maisie Adam and journalist Matt Chorley. (Revised rpt) (S) (HD)

11.25 Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel 7/10 Series 5. With Bruno Tonioli, Clare Balding, Stuart Broad, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Sam Campbell, Guz Khan, and Chris and Rosie Ramsey. See choice, p40. Shown Saturday 8.25pm (S) (HD)

12.25am Paddy: the Ride of My Life Cameras follow Paddy McGuinness during his 300-mile cycle ride from Wrexham to Glasgow for Children in Need, as well as capturing his gruelling training regime. Shown last Tuesday (S) (AD) (HD)

Irresistible: Why We Can’t Stop Eating 9.00pm

Big issue: Dr Chris van Tulleken looks at our food culture

5.15pm Flog It!

Paul Martin and the team visit Powderham Castle in Devon, where Will Axon examines a telescope that once belonged to the captain of a tall ship. (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games

Nikki Fox, Ruthie Henshall, Danny John-Jules and Ignacio Lopez begin a week of trivia-based games. Repeated tomorrow 6am (S) (HD)

6.30 Strictly It Takes Two

Fleur East meets the latest couple to be eliminated from the competition after losing the dance-off and shares all the gossip from the training rooms. (S) (HD)

7.00 Angela Merkel: the Woman Who Ran Europe

In a rare interview, the former German chancellor talks to Katya Adler about her long career. Merkel led Germany for 16 years before stepping down in 2021, and for much of that period, many regarded her as the de facto leader of the EU during one of the most troubled chapters in its history. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.30 Mastermind

4

Clive Myrie asks questions on Mariah Carey, Winston Churchill’s wartime premiership, seals and Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky. See page 60. Series producer Paul Christian; Executive producers Chris Jones, Kate Middleditch, David Young and Jimmy Mulville (S) (HD)

8.00 Only Connect

4

Victoria Coren Mitchell presents the game of lateral thinking, as the Introverts take on the Crunchers for a place in the next round. See p60. Director Siân G Lloyd; Producer Nick Martin (S) (HD)

8.30 University Challenge

4

Amol Rajan asks the questions in the second highest-scoring loser match, as two teams of students get a second opportunity to earn a place in the next stage of the competition. See page 60. Director Bridget Caldwell; Producer Clare Parody (S) (HD)

9.00 Irresistible: Why We Can’t Stop Eating

4

Doctor and academic Chris van Tulleken looks at why ultra-processed foods have come to dominate modern food culture, and talks to former industry insiders about the ways in which popular products are ruthlessly designed to be irresistible. They blow the whistle on the methods that the big companies use to ensure their products connect with customers, from using brain scans to assess the deliciousness of ice-cream to engineering the sound of the perfect crunch. See page 60.

Director Stuart Elliott; Producer Naomi Pallas Repeated Thursday 11.05pm (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 QI

Sandi Toksvig presents as panellists Maisie Adam, Jack Dee, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Alan Davies attempt to answer questions on a “visual” theme. Shown last Tuesday (Revised rpt) (S) (HD)

10.30 Newsnight With Victoria Derbyshire. (S) (HD)

11.00 Weather (S) (HD)

11.05 Highland Cops

4/6 Series 2. Officers carry out a search on the flat of an elderly woman they believe is dealing drugs. Shown last Tuesday (S) (AD) (HD)

12.05am Snooker Extra Extended highlights from one of today’s matches at the UK Championship in York. (S) (HD) 2.05—3.45am

1.25 Weather for the Week Ahead (S) (HD)

1.30—6.00am BBC News (S) (HD)

Coronation Street 8.00pm

Factory girl: Carla gets a shock when she stumbles across a robbery

4.00pm Deal or No Deal

Stephen Mulhern hosts the game show as Monz tries to open the 22 red boxes in the right order.

Director Ollie Bartlett; Series producer Sarah Timbury

Signed repeat 5.05am (S) (HD)

5.00 The Chase

Bradley Walsh presents as Abi, Greg, Gaynor and Scott face one of the Chasers. (S) (HD)

6.00 Regional News

6.30

7.30 Emmerdale

(S) (HD)

(S) (HD)

Sam is furious and Tom pleads with Nicola. Meanwhile, Kim grows ever more impatient.

Sam Dingle James Hooton

Writer Sarah Bagshaw This week’s episodes produced by Laura Shaw and Sophie Roper, directed by Reece Dinsdale, Diana Patrick and James Campayne More cast Thursday (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Coronation Street

Betsy informs Mason of her deal with his brothers, while Chesney fights back at a fellow motorist. Lauren worries for Frankie’s future and Carla interrupts a robbery at the factory. Writers John Kerr and Mark Wadlow Cast Wednesday/Friday (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

The jungle glitterati continue to adjust to the rigours of life in the Australian outback. Who’s been forging an unlikely bromance amid the creepy-crawlies — and who’s sparked a rumble in the jungle? Ant and Dec cast their eye over the latest misadventures in the encampment and reveal who’s facing the Bushtucker Trial. I’m a Celebrity...Unpacked follows on ITV2. Repeated tomorrow 12 noon and 5pm ITV2 (S) (HD) 10.15 ITV News

Weather; Regional News and Weather (S) (HD)

11.00 Date My Nan

In the first of two programmes being shown as part of Disability History Month, make-up artists transform the looks of senior citizens searching for love and send them on blind dates.

Director/Producer Stephanie Symington (S) (HD)

11.30 Unfiltered Women

2/3. Chat show featuring outspoken disabled women Samantha Renke, Fats Timbo and Jay Howard, who talk about living in a disabling world.

Director/Producer Richard Walker (S) (HD)

12 midnight Home Shopping (HD)

3.00am Judi Love’s Culinary Cruise 1/5. The comedian embarks on a culinary adventure aboard a luxury yacht, with her first stop being Montenegro. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

3.50 Unwind A sequence to calm the mind. (S) (HD)

5.05—6.00am Deal or No Deal Shown 4pm (S) (SL) (HD)

24 Hours in Police Custody: the Murder Messages 9.00pm DC Emily needs a breakthrough

5.00pm Four in a Bed

The guests are given animal-themed rooms at Tracy and Colin’s guest house in Margate. (S) (HD)

5.30 Help! We Bought a Village

An ancient well throws the owners’ plans into chaos at a 17th-century hamlet in France. (R) (S) (HD)

6.30 The Simpsons

Hungry Hungry Homer. Homer goes on hunger strike over the local baseball team’s plans. (R) (S) (AD)

7.00 Channel 4 News Sport; Weather (S) (HD)

7.55 New series. Rory Peck Awards

1/4. Vladimir Sevrinovsky, the first of four filmmakers in the running for this year’s awards that celebrate bringing the world’s stories to the screen.

Director/Producer Sam Sapin (S) (HD)

8.00 Britain’s Shoplifting Gangs

Exposed

The UK’s rate of shoplifting is currently at the highest level since records began, with 900 incidents every hour. For Dispatches, reporter Matt Shea goes under cover to expose the organised criminal networks behind the epidemic.

Director Alice McShane; Producer Matt Shea (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 24 Hours in Police Custody: the Murder Messages

4The story of a young couple whose lives are shattered by a series of online attacks. Rookie detective Emily Richardson is faced with the first big challenge of her career as she tries to work out what is really going on. Social media anonymity leaves the police with little to go on and the case seems to lose momentum — until DC Richardson wonders if the key to unlocking the mystery could lie closer to home. See p61.

Director Carys Laws; Executive producers Simon Ford and Amber Ronowicz Repeated tomorrow 9.20pm 4seven (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 999: What’s Your Emergency?

How police react to reports of crimes that turn out to be short on truth and sometimes high on malice. In the early hours of a Saturday morning, officers are dispatched to investigate conflicting reports about a house party that is getting out of hand in central Sheffield. But can they treat a bloodstained partygoer as a reliable witness?

Executive producers Sacha Baveystock and David Hodgkinson

Series editor Harry Beney Repeated tomorrow 11.50pm C4 and Friday 10pm 4seven (S) (HD)

11.05 Love Cheats

4/4. The story of a man whose partner convinced him she had terminal cancer. Devastated by the news, he doubles down on supporting her and goes to work renovating the home of her friend. What he discovers at that house unravels the layers of deception that she has been weaving.

Series producer Thea Hagley; Exec producers Richard Osbourne and Ollie Durrant Repeated Tuesday 1.30am 4seven (S) (AD) (HD) 12.05am 24 Hours in A&E Sarah discusses her life with her seven-year-old son Hunter, who has been brought in following a fall from a tree. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

1.00 Blue Bayou HHH Drama starring Justin Chon o and Alicia Vikander. Korean-American Antonio is arrested and threatened with deportation, even though he has lived in Louisiana since childhood. Available to stream for 30 days. Review page 67. Director Justin Chon (2021, 15) (S) (W) (HD)

3.00 Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back A familyowned Irish pub in California. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

3.45 Undercover Boss USA The boss of a bakery business dons a disguise to check on standards. (R) (S) (HD)

4.30—5.45am Frasier Three episodes. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

Caligula with Mary Beard 11.00pm The historian travels across the Roman empire

7.00pm Snooker

Coverage of the evening session on day three of the UK Championship, featuring two matches where Luca Brecel and Gary Wilson will be in action. Two-time champion Mark Selby was in fine form at this stage last year, whitewashing Mark Joyce 6—0. The other contest in the session was considerably closer, with Jamie Jones losing the first two frames of the match, but eventually prevailing 6—4 against Jack Lisowski. Additional coverage on the red button and at bbc.co.uk/sport.

Highlights 12.05am BBC2. (S) (HD)

Subsequent programmes may run late or change

10.00 Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Empire without Limit 3/4. The historian reveals what it meant to be, or become, Roman in very different parts of the empire. In Algeria, she shows how newcomers and locals integrated to create flourishing, distinctively Roman communities. Mary follows the trail of one such AfricanRoman from his native land to Britain, where he served as a governor. Here in Britain she finds a more complicated picture that shows signs of both resistance and hybrid culture, and the remains of Romans from diverse backgrounds stretching from central Europe to Syria. First shown in 2016.

Series director Chris Mitchell; Series producer Caterina Turroni Signed repeat 2.35am (R) (S) (HD)

11.00 Caligula with Mary Beard

By the time of his assassination at the age of 29, Caligula was said to have made his horse a consul, proclaimed himself a living god and killed half of Rome’s elite on a whim. Historian Mary Beard travels across the Roman world, sifting through surviving evidence, including documents covering the mysterious death of his father, to create an accurate portrait of the emperor. From 2013. Watch now on iPlayer.

Director Hugo Macgregor; Producer Caterina Turroni Signed repeat Thursday 2.30am (R) (S) (HD) 12 midnight Colosseum 5/8. The Martyr Ignatius refuses to pledge his allegiance to the emperor and is forced to travel 1,800 miles from Antioch to Rome. (R) (S) (HD) 12.45am 6/8. The Scientist. A devastating plague sweeps through the city. The whole series is on iPlayer. Both episodes first shown in 2023. (R) (S) (HD) Ignatius Anthony Barclay

Burrhus Gavin Fowler

Trajan Duncan Pow

Sura Luke de Wolfson

Marcus Aurelius

Simon Thorp Galen Doug Rao

Hyllus Sami Fekkak

Lucius Verus

Eudemus

Laurent Kremer

Michael Sheldon

1.35 Meet the Romans with Mary Beard

3/3. Behind Closed Doors. Typical family life in ancient Rome, revealing stories of drunken housewives, teenage brides, bullied children and runaway slaves. From 2012. The whole series is on iPlayer. (R) (S) (HD)

2.35—3.35am Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Empire without Limit

SCOTLAND

2.30pm Landward:

BORDER SCOTLAND

11.00pm—12

10.00—10.30pm Saolta’s Gaolta: Tara and Bríd discuss Christmas dinner UTV

11.00pm—12 midnight View from Stormont: the latest political news

MONDAY Freeview

Britain’s Killer Wave of 1607 9.00pm Local historian Mike Hall explains

5.35am Milkshake! See page 66

9.15 Jeremy Vine (S) (HD)

11.30 Storm Huntley (S) (HD)

12.55pm 5 News (S) (HD)

1.00 Friends Series 7. Rachel hires a sexy and unqualified new assistant, who appears to be attracted to Phoebe. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

1.30 Cooking Up Christmas HH Drama qstarring Meagan Holder and Lamman Rucker. Chloe loses her chef job just before Christmas. To keep alive her dream of owning her own restaurant she takes a live-in job for a pro baseball player, who needs her to cook throughout the holidays.

Director Roger M Bobb (2020) (S) (W) (HD)

3.15 Staging Christmas HH Romantic qdrama starring Soleil Moon Frye. Interior decorator Lori usually only works with homes that are for sale, but when a widower asks her to make his house festive for his daughter, she jumps at the chance.

Director Amy Barrett (2019) (S) (W) (HD)

5.00pm 5 News (S) (HD)

6.00 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia

In Sydney, Ryan is having trouble resting between his work shifts thanks to the constant barking of his German shepherd. Directors/Producers Michael Nuvoletta, Nick Lacey and Mike Whyte (R) (S) (HD)

6.55 5 News Update (S) (HD)

7.00 Traffic Cops

Near York, a car thief rams officers off the road at high speed and causes thousands of pounds worth of damage. Series producer/director Simon Meehan (R) (S) (HD)

7.55 5 News Update (S) (HD)

8.00 Police Interceptors

Interceptors chase a car suspected of carrying drugs. After a failed pursuit, the suspect evades capture, but Macca eventually bags him with £250,000 worth of cocaine in the boot. And a stand-off between two men leads to chaos. Series producer John Everett Repeated Wednesday 12.05am (S) (HD)

9.00 Britain’s Killer Wave of 1607 Scientists, geologists and historians examine the Bristol Channel floods of 1607, when coastal areas of Devon, Somerset and Gloucestershire were hit as a surge of water engulfed farmland and villages, killing hundreds of people.

Director Richard Higson (S) (HD)

10.00 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders

PC Will Hunter pursues a car suspected of having cloned plates. When the driver eventually pulls over, he smells of alcohol and refuses to do a roadside breath test.

Directors Sam Knowles and Emma Fraser (R) (S) (HD)

11.05 Cause of Death

Ep 8 Series 3. Lancashire police investigate when the body of a man is found in a field, and he is discovered to be laid on top of his boots. (R) (S) (HD)

12.05am Police Interceptors (R) (S) (HD)

1.00 LIVE NFL: Los Angeles Chargers v

Louis Theroux: by Reason of Insanity 9.00pm The broadcaster heads to Ohio

7.00pm Top Gear

Blur bassist and cheesemaker Alex James is today’s guest. More tomorrow 7pm. (S) (HD) Followed by New. The Catch Up (S) (HD)

8.00 The Traitors

6/12 Series 1. The stakes are rising and the Faithfuls feel as though they are on the backfoot. More tomorrow 8pm. A box set is on iPlayer. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Louis Theroux: by Reason of Insanity

1/2. In Ohio, the journalist visits psychiatric hospitals and talks to patients who are trying to come to terms with their crimes. 10.00 2/2. Louis examines the grey area between criminal actions and medical symptoms, and explores how we define insanity. First broadcast in 2015.

Both episodes are on iPlayer. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 Confessions of a Teenage Fraudster

1/3. How a 16-year-old call centre worker embarked on a five-year crime wave. Shown as part of the BBC’s Scam Safe week.

11.45 2/3. On the run from law enforcement and visiting cities from Dublin to Toronto, Elliot becomes increasingly paranoid.

12.30am 3/3. Elliot faces deportation to the UK straight into the hands of the British police. All episodes first shown earlier this year. The whole series is on iPlayer. (S) (AD) (HD)

Hunting the Catfish Crime Gang is tomorrow 10pm 1.15 Logan Paul: Bad Influence? (S) (HD) 2.15 Teen Predator/Online Killer (S) (AD) (HD) 2.45 Louis Theroux: by Reason of Insanity (S) (AD) (HD) 3.45—4.00am Zen Motoring (S) (HD)

6.00am CITV: children’s programmes (HD)

9.00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records (S) (HD) 10.00 Love Bites (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

12 noon I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

Shown yesterday 9pm ITV1 (S) (HD) 1.05pm Supermarket Sweep (S) (HD) 2.05 Family Fortunes (S) (HD) 3.05 Charmed (S) (HD) 4.00 Gilmore Girls (S) (HD) 5.00 I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! Shown Sun 9pm ITV1 (S) (HD)

6.05pm Celebrity Catchphrase Chris Bisson, Ruth Madeley and Ardal O’Hanlon guess the well-known phrases. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 The Masked Singer US The three saved masked celebrities go head-to-head for a chance to take on the champions. (S) (HD)

8.00 Ant & Dec’s Limitless Win The duo host the quiz where the only limit on the prize is the contestants’ nerve. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. Family Guy Series 22. Meg enjoys getting a new job as a lifeguard at the Quahog Family Ocean Park. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.30 New. American Dad! Series 18. Steve and Snot hunt down a rare keg of 4Loko beer in order to get into a cool kids’ party. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 The Stand Up Sketch Show Routines by renowned and up-and-coming comedians are reconstructed as sketches. (S) (HD)

10.15 New. I’m a Celebrity...Unpacked Companion show hosted by Sam Thompson, Joel Dommett and Kemi Rogers. (S) (HD)

11.20 New. American Dad! Series 18 Francine enters the world of poker. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.45 Family Guy Series 19. Meg gets a place at Brown University. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.10am American Dad! (S) (AD) (HD) 12.35 Bob’s Burgers (S) (AD) (HD) 1.25 Count Abdulla: double bill (S) (HD) 2.15—3.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

Vera 8.00pm DCI Stanhope looks into the death of an entrepreneur

6.00am Classic Emmerdale (S) (AD) 7.00

Classic Coronation Street (S) (AD) 8.05

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Affair at the Victory Ball. An aristocrat is murdered at a masquerade ball; 9.10 The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb. An archaeologist is killed; 10.15 The Underdog. A wealthy industrialist is murdered (S) (AD) (HD) 11.30 The Royal: 8/12

Series 6. A patient has a fever and a swollen arm covered in black lesions (S) (AD) 12.30pm Heartbeat: 13/24. Mike is tempted by romance (S) (AD) 1.40 Classic Emmerdale: double bill. Pollard is disappointed by the outcome of the election, thenPollard learns that Pearl has been cheated (S) (AD) 2.40

Classic Coronation Street: double bill. It’s the end of an era as Martin leaves Weatherfield for a new life, thenJoanne and Jamie’s date is a disaster but still ends with a kiss (S) (AD)

3.50 Midsomer Murders: Series 10. The Animal Within. Barnaby and Jones probe the mysterious death of a man (S) (AD)

5.55pm Downton Abbey

5/9 Series 3. Edith gets an exciting offer that divides opinion, while Daisy begins to resent Alfred’s interest. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 Heartbeat

14/24 Series 8. Mike clashes with solicitor Jackie Lambert over a contested will, and Greengrass becomes a landlord. (S) (AD)

8.00 Vera

1/4

Series 10. Blood Will Tell. DCI Vera Stanhope investigates the murder of entrepreneur Freddie Gill after his body is discovered by bailiffs. (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00 DCI Banks

5/6 Series 2. Innocent Graves 1/2. The detective and his team investigate when the daughter of an internet entrepreneur is found strangled to death. (S) (AD) (HD) 11.00 6/6. Innocent Graves 2/2. The chief suspect is released from custody as the case against him falls apart. (S) (AD) (HD) 12 midnight Inspector Morse: Series 5 Promised Land. A case takes Morse all the way to the Australian outback (S) (AD) (HD) 2.05—2.30am Unwind (S) (HD)

6.00am The Best of the 80s (S) (HD) 6.15 Minder (S) (SL) (AD) 7.15 The Sweeney (S) 8.25 The Champions (S) 9.25 Lost Car Rescue (S) (HD) 10.25 Giant Lobster Hunters (S) (HD) 11.25 BattleBots (S) (HD)

12.25pm The Champions (S) 1.35 Lost Car Rescue (S) (HD) 2.30 Giant Lobster Hunters (S) (HD) 3.30 Minder (S) (AD) 4.35 The Professionals (S) (AD) 5.45 BattleBots (S) (HD)

6.45pm The Chase Celebrity Special Mark Foster, Charlene White, Ade Adepitan and Kevin Eldon take part. (S) (HD)

7.50 River Monsters After a mystery sea monster washes up on a UK beach, Jeremy Wade tries to identify this beast. (S) (HD)

9.00 New. Junk and Disorderly Henry Cole heads to the Cotswold Oil Engine and Preservation Society’s famous bring and buy sale. Repeated Wednesday 7.55pm (S) (HD)

10.00 FILM Creed HHHH Boxing drama starring Michael B Jordan and Sylvester Stallone. Rocky Balboa is called upon to mentor and train a hungry new fighter. (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

12.35am New. Motorsport UK: from Silverstone (S) (HD) 1.25 New. Auto Mundial (S) (HD) 1.50 Driving Force (S) (HD) 2.45—3.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

Brokenwood Mysteries 8.00pm A nativity play ends in tragedy

7.10am

London’s Burning: 7/16 Series 11. Blue Watch discover that there is more to Sally than meets the eye (S) (AD) 8.00 Doctors: Helen is suspicious of an elderly woman’s carer; 8.40 A patient’s past catches up with her 9.15 Classic Holby City: Lofty, Meena and Leah confront their problems head-on Rptd 1.45am (S) (HD) 10.35 Classic Casualty: Simon’s future is jeopardised (S) 11.40 The Bill: a gang of youths carries out audacious robberies (S) 12.40pm Classic EastEnders: double bill. Kevin forces Chelsea and Carly to take pregnancy tests, thenRob and May go to the IVF clinic to find out if May is pregnant 2.00 London’s Burning: 8/16 Series 11. Nick discovers the truth about Chris (S) (AD) 3.00 Bergerac: 6/10 Series 1. Jim becomes an unwelcome wedding guest Repeated 12.35am (S) 4.10 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: 4/6 Series 2. The Astral Plane. A spiritualist is investigated 5.25 The Upper Hand: 1/13 Series 3. Caroline is interviewed by a famous TV personality (S) 6.00pm ’Allo ’Allo!

3/10 Series 7. Fleeing Monks. René is determined to flee to England with Yvette. (S) 6.40 Last of the Summer Wine Series 9. Jaws. Seymour promises to install a waste-disposal unit for Edie. (S) 7.20 Edie and the Automobile. Seymour volunteers as a driving instructor. (S) 8.00 New. The Brokenwood Mysteries 6/6 Series 10. Three Gold Leaves of Jesus While a visiting theatrical troupe puts on a nativity play, an actor is killed. (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00 New Tricks 10/10 Series 10. Wild Justice. Sasha is asked to prove a crime boss was convicted on false evidence. (S) (AD) (HD) 11.20 Case Histories

3/6 Series 1. One Good Turn 1/2 Drama adapted from Kate Atkinson’s bestselling novel One Good Turn (S) (HD) 12.35am Bergerac Shown 3pm (S) 1.45 Classic Holby City Shown 9.15am (HD)

2.55—4.00am Sister Boniface Mysteries: 9/10 Series 1. Tragedy strikes at a war memorial ceremony (S) (AD) (HD)

(S) (AD)

10.00 New. Love Island: Australia Sophie makes a choice with consequences. (S) (HD) 11.20 My Mom, Your Dad: USA Trish has a superhero-themed celebration. (S) (HD) 12.20—1.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

11.00pm

8.55am Kirstie’s House of Craft 9.15

A Place in the Sun 10.05 A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now? 11.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It: creating a fish tank from scrap 1.05pm Car SOS (AD) 2.05 Four in a Bed 4.50 Narrow Escapes (AD) 5.50 Car SOS (AD)

6.55pm Car SOS Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw secretly get a classic 1960s Sunbeam Alpine, which belongs to a former mechanic, ready to go back on the road. (AD)

7.55 PopMaster TV Contestants from London, Sheffield, Glasgow, Surrey and Tyne and Wear compete to recall facts and stats about their favourite chart-toppers and beyond in this sixth heat of the quiz.

9.00 24 Hours in A&E A 53-year-old motorbike racer is rushed in after crashing at a track event and a 74-year-old has potentially life-threatening injuries after being crushed under a caravan. (AD)

10.00 Billion Pound Cruise An insight into life on board the mammoth Symphony of the Seas, where 2,200 crew work around the clock to keep its cargo of holidaymakers happy. 11.05 24 Hours in A&E A 12-year-old girl is airlifted to St George’s after falling from a cliff near her home in Hastings. Meanwhile, 39-year-old Adam is rushed to A&E after his motorbike collided with a car. (AD)

12.10am 999: on the Front Line: a fiercely independent elderly man falls over and badly cuts his head 1.15 24 Hours in A&E (AD) 3.25—3.55am Food Unwrapped Gets Chocolatey (AD)

6.00am Hollyoaks Shown last Tue/Wed (AD)

6.55 Rude(ish) Tube Shorts 7.00 Married at First Sight NZ 8.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD)

9.00 Young Sheldon (AD) 10.00 The Big Bang Theory (AD) 11.00 Modern Family

12 noon The Big Bang Theory (AD) 2.00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD) 3.00 Modern Family

4.00 Young Sheldon: double bill (AD) 5.00 The Big Bang Theory: two episodes (AD) 6.00pm The Big Bang Theory 10/24 Series 12. Amy and Sheldon still feel down about their theory being disproven. (AD) 6.30 11/24. Sheldon is jealous of Amy. (AD) 7.00 New. Hollyoaks Everyone pulls together to support Ste. Rptd Tue 6.30am (AD) 7.30 New. Abbott Elementary 6/22 Series 2 An old friend invites Janine to a party. (AD) 8.00 New. Married at First Sight NZ Kara and Mike ponder their pool party conversation.

9.00 Gogglebox The Gentlemen, Casualty and Crufts are appraised. (AD) 10.00 New. Made in Chelsea Sophie and Ollie have a private shopping experience. 11.05 Gogglebox Reactions to Coronation Street and Strictly Come Dancing (AD)

6.00am Cirque du Soleil: Kurios: Cabinet of Curiosities 8.00 The Joy of Painting (AD)

9.00 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) 10.00

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 11.00 Discovering:

Peter Ustinov: a profile of the actor (AD) 12 noon Landscape Artist of the Year 2018

1.00pm Tales of the Unexpected (AD) 2.00

Anyone Can Sing (AD) 3.00 Portrait Artist of the Year 4.00 Stories from the National Gallery 5.00 Landscape Artist of the Year 2018

6.00pm Tales of the Unexpected A couple rejoice when their child is born. (AD)

6.30 A young woman helps a wealthy man with a dream of conducting an orchestra. (AD)

7.00 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour A couple are threatened by the boy next door.

8.00 André Rieu: Maastricht by Moonlight

The violinist and his orchestra perform with a male voice choir.

9.00 Classic FM’s Rising Stars with Julian Lloyd Webber 2021 A showcase featuring five young classical musicians.

10.00 André Rieu: Welcome to My World

The violinist presents highlights of his tour, including Radetzky March and Ave Maria.

11.00 James Last: Live at the Royal Albert Hall A 2007 concert by the German big-band leader and his orchestra.

1.00am Charles Hazlewood: Beethoven and Me (AD) 2.00 Bill Bailey’s Master Crafters: the Next Generation 3.00 FILM Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes 5 (W) 4.45—6.00am National Trust: Garden Treasures (AD)

9.00am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

10.00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (AD) 11.00 Couples Come Dine with Me: from Bristol and Bath

12 noon Frasier (AD) 1.00pm Four in a Bed

1.30 A Place in the Sun 2.30 Help! We Bought a Village 3.30 Come Dine with Me

6.00pm A Place in the Sun Jean Johansson searches for a holiday home on Spain’s Costa Blanca. Shown 4pm Channel 4

7.00 Britain’s Most Luxurious Train

Journeys 1/4. Luxury train rides across Britain, with a trip to Kingswear in Devon aboard a steam-powered train. Shown Sat 7.25pm C4 (AD)

8.00 All Aboard! Scotland’s Poshest Train 3/4. Alan Cumming is given a tour of the Royal Scotsman’s plush cabins. See choice, page 50. Shown yesterday 8pm Channel 4 (AD) 9.00 Grand Designs Kevin McCloud meets Mike and Sarah, who decided to buy a remote smallholding in Derbyshire. (AD)

10.00 FILM War for the Planet of the Apes HHHH Sci-fi adventure sequel starring Woody Harrelson and Andy Serkis. Review page 57. (AD) Shown yesterday 11pm Channel 4

12.50am FILM Deep Impact HHHH Sci-fi drama starring Robert Duvall and Téa Leoni. Review p57 (AD) 3.05 Gogglebox (AD) 4.05—4.50am George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (AD)

MONDAY 25 NOVEMBER

U&Yesterday

Bangers and Cash 10.00pm Will an Aston Martin DB6 set a record?

6.10am Make It at Market 8.00 Abandoned Engineering (AD) 10.00 WW2: Battles for Europe 11.00 Nazi Murder Mysteries

12 noon Great Continental Railway Journeys 1.00pm Antiques Roadshow 2.00 Bangers and Cash: double bill 4.00 World War Weird 5.00 Nazi Murder Mysteries

6.00pm Antiques Roadshow Finds include a book of early police mug shots, a Victorian baby bouncer and a musical penknife.

7.00 Our Guy in India The daredevil rides with a 50-strong biker gang and finds himself completely out of his comfort zone.

8.00 New. Find It, Fix It, Flog It 5/10 Series 9. Simon and Henry visit Bloxham to meet Steven, who has a storage problem. (AD) 9.00 Henry Cole and Simon O’Brien discover items including baby scales, an oil can and a glass cabinet ready for upcycling.

10.00 Bangers and Cash 4/10 Series 3. An Aston Martin DB6 in need of restoration looks set to break the Mathewsons’ auction record. 11.00 Abandoned Engineering Exploring a mountainside refuge in Georgia that was revealed to the world by an act of God. (AD) 12 midnight Great Continental and Indian Railway Journeys 1.00—3.00am Make It at Market

7.15am Total Wipeout: Freddie and Paddy Takeover 8.00 Special Ops: Crime Squad UK (AD) 10.00 Extreme Fishing with Robson Green: at the Ends of the Earth 11.00 Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge

12 noon American Pickers: Best Of 2.00pm The Boat That Guy Built 3.00 Top Gear (AD) 5.00 Hairy Bikers’ Best of British 6.00pm Rick Stein’s Road to Mexico The chef heads from San Diego to Tijuana. 7.00 Would I Lie to You? With Stephen Hendry, Laura Whitmore, Chris McCausland and Maisie Adam. Hosted by Rob Brydon.

7.40 Richard Osman’s House of Games Guests include Ranj Singh and Meera Syal. 8.20 With Angela Barnes, Melvin Odoom, Greg Rutherford and Denise Van Outen. 9.00 QI XL Questions on “overseas”. 10.00 Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable 4/8 Series 2. With Rob Beckett and Paul Chowdhry. 11.00 Eight out of Ten Cats With Aisling Bea, Paul Hollywood, Gabby Logan and Joe Wilkinson. 11.50 Mock the Week Guests include James Acaster and Angela Barnes.

12.30am Would I Lie to You?: presented by Rob Brydon 1.10 QI XL 1.50 Richard Osman’s House of Games 3.05—4.00am Live at the Apollo

9.00am NCIS (AD) 9.55

News 10.00 NCIS (AD) 12 noon Law & Order 6.00pm NCIS: Triple bill. Series 1. A hunter finds the mummified body of a navy lieutenant 7.00 Two sailors are found dead of an apparent

8.00 A partially dissolved body is found in a

of acid at a navy base (AD) 9.00

NCIS: Hawai’i Captain Milius continues to work with Tennant and her team in the aftermath of the prisoner exchange (AD) 10.00 Law &

a bleed on her brain is left unable to talk. 11.00 My Boyfriend Made Me Do It A woman who faced two years in a Dubai jail after her boyfriend ripped her off. (AD) 12 midnight Hidden In My House: three episodes 3.35—4.00am Car Pound Cops

MONDAY

9.00am Entertainment News 9.05 Car Pound Cops 9.40 Motorway: Hell on the Highway 10.40 Traffic Cops 11.45 FILM

The Three Musketeers HHHH Swashbuckling comedy adventure starring Michael York

1.55pm FILM The Four Musketeers HHH Swashbuckling comedy adventure with Oliver Reed and Faye Dunaway 4.00 Motorway: Hell on the Highway 5.00 Traffic Cops

6.00pm Police Interceptors Jim and the team spring a trap on suspected drug dealers.

7.00 Dan and Gordy use physical force on a drunk who is menacing a family, and armed officers respond to reports of a gun.

8.00 Officers engage in the high-speed pursuit of a dangerous disqualified driver. (AD) 9.00 999: Police Hour of Duty Officers are alerted to a local hospital where a man has assaulted three emergency workers.

10.00 Police: Night Shift 999 Police try to stop a suspected stolen car on the M5. 11.05 FILM Young Jesse James HH Western starring Ray Stricklyn and Robert Dix.

1.00am Fights, Camera, Action! 2.00 Trucking Hell (AD) 3.50—4.00am Entertainment News

5 Action Freeview 33 Freesat 132 Sky 150 Virgin 130 5 Action 33

9.00am The Yorkshire Vet 3.00pm Murder, She Wrote (AD) 4.00 Columbo

6.00pm Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Ben meets a Glaswegian woman who relocated to the mountains of Ethiopia.

7.00 Ben meets an inventor who has built a unique home off the coast of Panama.

8.00 The Yorkshire Vet Matt

James Last: Live at the Royal Albert Hall

The big-band leader

Billion Pound Cruise 10.00pm Life on the Symphony of the Seas

MONDAY Freeview & films

6.10am Inside the Ambulance (AD)

7.00 Property Brothers: Forever Homes 8.00 Tipping Point 11.00 DIY SOS: the Big Build 1.00pm Tipping Point 3.00 Property Brothers: Forever Homes 5.00 DIY SOS: the Big Build

6.00pm DIY SOS: the Big Build Transforming the Derby home of a family whose son has cerebral palsy.

7.00 MasterChef USA The top eight cooks are tasked with making exactly the same dish.

8.00 New series. The Young Midwives of Essex

4 1/8. Docu-reality series about midwives navigating life on and off the ward. See p60. (AD)

9.00 Simply Nigella: Christmas Special A guide to stress-free festive cooking and entertaining. (AD)

10.00 New. Why Women Kill 5/10. Beth Ann feels conflicted. (AD) 11.05 New. 6/10. Beth Ann and Rob throw a housewarming party. (AD)

12.10am The Young Midwives of Essex (AD) 1.20 The Boy in the Dress 2.25—3.00am Date Night

Rewind TV 95

6.00am Unwind 6.20 Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers 6.45 Roobarb 6.50 FILM Cyrano de Bergerac HHH

9.00 Jason King 10.00 A Fine Romance 10.30 Watching 11.00 Time after Time 11.30 The Beverly Hillbillies (BW) 12 noon Auto Rewind 12.15pm Britannia 1.00 Space 1999 2.00 The Beiderbecke Affair 3.00 Monkey 4.00 Arthur C Clarke’s World of Strange Powers 4.30 Whicker’s World

5.00 The Optimist 5.30 The Cuckoo Waltz 6.00 Surgical Spirit 6.30 Married with Children 7.00 Fantasy Island 8.00 Jason King 9.00 Mitch 10.05 Drop the Dead Donkey 10.35 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 11.05 Married with Children 11.35 Watching 12.05am Surgical Spirit 12.35 The Cuckoo Waltz 1.05 FILM God Told Me to HH 2.50 Monkey 3.50 FILM Indiscretion of an American Wife HHH (BW) 5.05—6.00am Unwind

8.00am Diagnosis Murder 10.00 Father Dowling Mysteries 11.00 Castle 12 noon Hart to Hart

2.00pm Father Dowling Mysteries

3.00 Diagnosis Murder 5.00 Murder, She Wrote: double bill

7.00 M*A*S*H 9.00 The Avengers: three foreign spies go on the run

10.00 Randall and Hopkirk

(Deceased): a haunted house holds a secret 11.00 Return of the Saint: two women decide the best way to end their marital problems is by tricking Simon into killing their husbands

12 midnight M*A*S*H: four episodes

2.00am Randall and Hopkirk

(Deceased) 3.00 Return of the Saint 3.50 Movie

Movie News

6.00am Barefoot Contessa 7.00

James Martin and Christmas Friends

8.00 Christmas at River Cottage

8.30 Rachel Allen’s Easy Christmas

9.00 Cake Boss (AD) 10.00 Cooking Christmas with Matt and Lisa 11.00

The Great British Christmas Menu

12.30pm Jamie’s Family Christmas

1.00 The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best (AD) 2.00 James Martin and Christmas Friends 3.00 Cake Boss (AD) 4.00 Barefoot Contessa 5.00 Cooking Christmas with Matt and Lisa

6.00pm Jamie’s Family Christmas: recipes and tips for achieving a stress-free family Christmas 6.30

The Great British Christmas Menu

8.00 James Martin and Christmas Friends: chef Paul Ainsworth offers his take on a Christmas lunch 9.00 Jamie: Keep Cooking at Christmas 10.00 New. Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays: Selena Gomez rings in the new year with chef Eric Adjepong 11.00 Christmas Cookie Challenge: what happens at the North Pole the day after Christmas 12 midnight Guy’s Grocery Games

1.00am Cake Boss (AD) 2.00—3.00am Christmas Cookie Challenge

7.00am Building Alaska 8.00 Escape to the Country 9.00 A Place in the Sun 10.00 Escape to the Country 11.00 A Place in the Sun 12 noon My Lottery Dream Home 2.00pm A Place in the Sun

3.00 Escape to the Country 5.00

A Place in the Sun: triple bill

8.00 Escape to the Country 9.00 New. Derelict Rescue: Tony has tried to transform Harecroft Hall, but it has become a nightmare (AD) 10.00 New. House Hunters: All-Stars: double bill. Brian and Mika Kleinschmidt find themselves playing mediators, then Rico Leon helps a newly-divorced mum find a home (AD) 11.00 Home Town (AD) 12 midnight Good Bones 1.00am Building Alaska 2.00 Flip or Flop 3.00—4.00am My Lottery Dream Home

7.00am The Chase 10.00 The Crystal Maze 11.00 Pointless Celebrities: Anthea Turner and Andy Crane, Justin Fletcher and Gemma Hunt, Dave Benson-Phillips and Gareth Jones, and Sally James and Geoffrey Hayes compete in a children’s TV edition 12 noon The Chase 1.00pm Family Fortunes (AD) 3.00 Catchphrase (AD) 4.00 Blockbusters 5.00 The Crystal Maze 6.00pm Bullseye 7.00 Cash Trapped (AD) 8.00 The Chase 10.00 Celebrity Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?: one of the two couples taking part sees model-turnedactress Jerry Hall joining James Sommerville (AD) 11.00 Bullseye (AD) 12 midnight Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 1.00am The Crystal Maze (AD) 2.00 The Chase: two editions 4.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (AD) 5.00—6.00am Bullseye: double bill

8.00am Lincoln: Divided We Stand 9.05 as 7.50pm 10.05 as 8.45pm 11.20 as 9.55pm 12.30pm New. America the Bountiful 1.00 The Ottoman Empire 2.10 as 6.55pm 3.05 as 7.50pm 4.00 as 8.45pm 5.15 as 9.55pm

6.25pm America the Bountiful 6/13. Capri Cafaro joins a pheasant hunt in South Dakota.

6.55 Lincoln: Divided We Stand 4/6. The president’s mental health.

7.50 Ocean Wreck Investigation 6/10. Two of the greatest failed invasions in naval warfare history.

8.45 The Fall and Rise of New York The history of New York City ahead of its 400th anniversary.

9.55 Battle on the Frontline: Maginot vs Siegfried How the Siegfried and Maginot Lines protected their countries in the war. 11.00 Ocean Wreck Investigation As 7.50pm. 12 midnight as 8.45pm 1.15—2.00am America the Bountiful

9.00am Inside the Ambulance 6.00pm Inside the Ambulance: three editions. Paramedics help a woman with dementia 7.00 A baby has breathing problems 8.00 A patient fears he is having his third heart attack 9.00 Inside the Ambulance: Coast and Country (AD) 12 midnight Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: double bill 2.00am Inside the Ambulance: Coast and Country (AD) 5.20—6.00am David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities: animals that rely on other species (AD) U&Eden 57

5.35am Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! 5.45 Paw Patrol 6.00 Oggy Oggy 6.05 Peppa Pig 6.20 New series. Pup Gear 6.25 Daisy & Ollie 6.30 Odo 6.40 Tweedy & Fluff 6.45 Fireman Sam 6.55 Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! 7.05 Peppa Pig 7.20 Paw Patrol 7.30 Pip and Posy 7.35 The Adventures of Paddington 7.55 Milo 8.10 New. Paw Patrol 8.25 Reu & Harper’s Wonder World 8.40 New series. Milkshake! Movers 8.45 Peppa Pig 8.55 Pop Paper City 9.05—9.15am New series. Milkshake! Story Den Full listings for Channel 5 are on p64

CBeebies 202

6.00am Bing 6.10 Vegesaurs 6.15 Teletubbies 6.25 Small Potatoes 6.30 Supertato 6.40 Roots and Fruits 6.45 Tee and Mo 6.50 Bing 7.00 Colourblocks 7.05 Hey Duggee 7.20 Bluey 7.35 Go Jetters 7.50 Peter Rabbit 8.00 Octonauts: above & Beyond 8.15 Numberblocks 8.20 Alphablocks 8.25 Love Monster 8.35 Justin’s House 9.00 Bing 9.05 Yakka Dee! 9.10 Love Monster 9.20 Dylan’s Playtime Adventures 9.30 Twirlywoos 9.45 Something Special 10.05 Teletubbies 10.20 Maddie and Triggs 10.30 New. Yukee 10.35 Tiny Wonders 10.40 Colourblocks 10.45 Roots and Fruits 10.50 Vegesaurs 10.55 Bluey 11.05 Supertato 11.10 Hey Duggee 11.20 New. I Can Do It, You Can Too 11.35 Teeny Tiny Creatures 11.50 Our Family 12 noon My World Kitchen 12.15pm

12.30 Dog Squad

Andy’s Aquatic Adventures 1.00 Yakka Dee! 1.05 Numberblocks 1.10

1.15 Hey Duggee 1.25

Monster 1.30 Yukee 1.40

1.45 Something Special: We’re All Friends 2.05 Teletubbies 2.20 Vida the Vet 2.30 Mojo Swoptops 2.40 Supertato 2.50 Pablo 3.00 Grace’s Amazing Machines 3.15 New series. Aneeshwar and Lizzie Go Wild 3.20 The Game Catchers 3.30 New. Big Lizard 3.40 Hey Duggee 3.45 Peter Rabbit 4.00 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures 4.15 Mojo Swoptops 4.25 Bluey 4.40 New. Supertato 4.50 Vida the Vet 5.00 New. Dog Squad 5.15 Dodge’s Pup School 5.25 Sarah & Duck 5.35 JoJo & Gran Gran 5.45 Moon and Me 6.10 Clangers 6.20 In the Night Garden... 6.50—7.00pm CBeebies Bedtime Stories: Romesh Ranganathan reads Henry and the Yeti CBeebies F’view 202 F’sat 601 Sky 608 Virgin 702 CBBC 201

7.00am Shaun the Sheep 7.05 Danger Mouse 7.20 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 7.35 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 7.45 New. Newsround 7.55 Grizzy and the Lemmings 8.10 Odd Squad 8.25 Super Happy Magic Forest 8.35 Monster Loving Maniacs 8.45 Ninja Express 9.00 Bitesize Daily 9.20 Horrible Histories 9.50 Operation Ouch! 10.20 Deadly 60 10.45 Art Ninja 11.05 Out of This World 11.20 Meet the McQueens 11.35 Gym Stars 11.55 Andy’s Safari Adventures 12.10pm Go Jetters 12.20 Big Lizard

12.30 OOglies Funsize 12.35 Danger Mouse 1.00 Octonauts 1.10 Supertato 1.20 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 1.40 Super Happy Magic Forest 1.55 Deadly 60 2.20 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 2.35 Jamie Johnson 3.00 Sketchy Comedy 3.05 The Dengineers 3.35 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 3.55 Danger Mouse 4.10 Ninja Express 4.20 Grizzy and the Lemmings 4.30 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 4.40 Super Happy Magic Forest 4.55 Odd Squad 5.05 Total Dramarama

ITV Kids on ITV2

11.00am The Holly and the Ivy HH A vicar gathers his family for a startling revelation in this drama. Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson (1952, U) (S) (AD) 12.40pm San Demetrio London HHH A fine cast and authentic action combine in a Second World War drama about an oil tanker struggling to cross the Atlantic. Review, right. Walter Fitzgerald (1943, PG) (S) 2.40 13 Rue Madeleine HH Cloak-and-dagger Second World War spy drama. James Cagney (1946, U) (S) 4.30 Henry VIII and His Six Wives HHH Lavish adaptation of the television series that suffers from being compressed into two hours. Keith Michell, Charlotte Rampling (1972, PG) (S) 6.50pm My Cousin Rachel HHH Brooding gothic melodrama that sees a dashing Sam Claflin being smitten by enigmatic widow Rachel Weisz. (2017, 12) (S)

9.00 The 355 HHH Gritty and glamorous spy thriller in which Jessica Chastain and Diane Kruger team up to track down a top-secret weapon. (2020, 12) (S) 11.25 Red Sparrow HHHH Gripping spy thriller starring Jennifer Lawrence as a Russian agent assigned to seduce a CIA operative. Film of the Day, right. Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts (2018, 15) (S) (AD) 2.10—3.55am Sequin in a Blue Room HHH A student’s sexual escapades take a sinister turn. Review, right. Conor Leach (2019, 18) (S) 6.00am The Westerner TV western. (S) 6.35 Life with the Lyons HH Quaint domestic comedy. Bebe Daniels (1953, U) (S) 8.30 Dry Rot HH Polished performances enliven this plodding dramatisation of John Chapman’s West End comedy. Ronald Shiner (1956, U) (S) 10.30 In Suspicious Circumstances TV drama. (S) 11.35 The Outer Limits TV sci-fi series. (S) 12.40pm The Gallant Hours HH A strong cast led by James Cagney can’t rescue this sober docu-drama biopic of American Second World War hero William Halsey Jr. (1960, U) (S) 3.00 The Saint TV drama. (S) 4.05 Dangerous Cargo HHH An airport security guard is tricked into helping a gang of thieves in this enjoyable if dated crime thriller. Jack Watling, Susan Stephen (1954, PG) (S) 5.20 Dixon of Dock Green Classic TV police drama. (S) 6.00pm For the Love of Ada TV sitcom with Wilfred Pickles. (S) 6.30 Out of Town Documentary. (S) 7.00 The Footage Detectives Featuring a guide to classic toys. (S) 8.00 Public Eye TV drama series. (S) 9.05 Murder East — Murder West One-off Cold War thriller starring Jeroen Krabbé. 11.10 We Were Strangers HHH John Huston directs this sombre political drama with John Garfield as a Cuban-American who returns to Cuba to help overthrow a corrupt regime. Jennifer Jones (1949, 12) 1.20am Camera Cameos TV documentary. 2.00 Maigret TV drama. 3.50 Escape from DS-3 H Prisoners plan to break out of a satellite prison orbiting the Earth in this cheap sci-fi movie. Jackson Bostwick, Bubba Smith (1978, 15) 5.30—6.00am Dangerous Assignment TV adventure. (S) Talking Pictures TV Freeview 82 Freesat 306 Sky 328 Virgin 445

9.00am A Twin Sister’s Obsession

HH Nicely played but unsurprising identity-theft thriller. Lindsay Hartley (2018) 10.55 Killer Family: a Nanny Nightmare HH Cheesy thriller. Brytnee Ratledge (2020) 1.00pm Obsessed with the Babysitter HH Inventive but bizarre thriller. (2021) 3.00 Martha’s Vineyard Mysteries: A Beautiful Place to Die 4.55 Martha’s Vineyard Mysteries: Riddled With Deceit

7.00pm Lost Letter Mysteries: To the Altar TV drama.

9.00 Elysium HHH An injust two-tier society is challenged by a mechanised everyman in this stirring sci-fi fable. Matt Damon (2013, 15)

11.20 Redemption HH Jason Statham flees a court martial in this thriller from the creator of Peaky Blinders Review, right. (2013, 15)

1.35am The Whistleblower HHH Grim but powerful drama starring Rachel Weisz as a cop on a UN mission to Bosnia who uncovers a child-trafficking network. (2010, 15)

4.00—5.40am Is There a Killer in My Family? HH Plodding murder mystery. Anna Hopkins, Christopher Jacot (2020)

8.00am Police Ten 7 9.00 The Stranger Wore a Gun HH Strongly cast western. Review, right. Randolph Scott (1953, U) 11.00 Wild West Chronicles

11.30 Wanted: Dead or Alive 1.00pm War of the Wildcats HH Efficient western. John Wayne (1943, U) 3.20 Prairie Fever HH Sparse western drama. Kevin Sorbo, Lance Henriksen, Dominique Swain (2008) 5.10 Wanted: Dead or Alive

6.40pm Wild West Chronicles TV western series with Jack Elliott. 7.10 Fire Twister HH Low-budget disaster movie about an ex-fireman battling a freak tornado instigated by terrorists. Casper Van Dien (2015, 15) 9.00 The Last Knights HH A knight seeks revenge after his master is murdered in this medieval adventure. Review, right. (2015, 15) 11.25 Dragon Eyes HH A loner strives to clean up his crime-ridden neighbourhood in this brutal action drama. Cung Le, Jean-Claude Van Damme (2012, 18) 1.25am Young Guns II — Blaze of Glory HH Disappointing western sequel. Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland (1990, 15) 3.45—4.50am The Blitz on Cologne

FILM REVIEWS

8.10am Christmas at Plumhill Manor HH Romantic drama. (2024)

10.15 A Bride for Christmas HH

A woman struggles to find Mr Right. Arielle Kebbel (2012) 12.10pm Christmas Bells Are Ringing HH Romantic comedy. (2018) 2.05 Christmas Song HH Romantic tale about rival music teachers. Amanda Thomson, Brittany Adams (2012) 4.05 A Christmas Kiss HH

Predictable but fun romance. Elizabeth Rohm, Laura Breckenridge, Brendan Fehr (2011)

6.05pm My Sweet Holiday HH

A chocolatier’s daughter falls for the man who has taken over her parents’ business. Malone Thomas (2020)

8.00 i The Santa Squad HH

A jobless art teacher finds work with the Santa Squad, helping a widower and his daughters. Jayne Eastwood (2020)

10.00 Finding Father Christmas HH Sentimental romantic drama. Erin Krakow, Wendie Malick, Erin Krakow (2016)

A Christmas to Savour HH Watchable winter heart-warmer. Britt Irvin,

6.00am Sky Cinema Preview 6.40

Ordinary Angels HHH Familiar and folksy true-story drama. Hilary Swank (2024, 12) 8.45 As 6pm 10.45 As 10pm 12.55pm As 8pm 3.00 Dune:

Part Two HHHH Awe-inspiring sci-fi epic. Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet (2023, 12)

6.00pm IF HHH Fantasy in which young Cailey Fleming and neighbour Ryan Reynolds team up to find neglected imaginary friends. (2024, U)

8.00 Lee HHH Kate Winslet is fantastic as renowned photographer Lee Miller in an engaging if conventional wartime biopic. (2023, 15)

10.00 Girl You Know It’s True HHH Wry biopic of Milli Vanilli, the band at the centre of a lip-syncing scandal. Review p37. (2023, 15)

12.10am Thanksgiving HHH Witty slasher. Review p37. (2023, 18) 2.00

Sasquatch Sunset HHHH Absurdist but poignant comedy about the trials of a family of Sasquatches trying to survive in the forest. Riley Keough (2023, 15) 3.35 As 6.40am 5.40—7.25am Journey to Bethlehem HH Lively musical treatment of the birth of Christ. Fiona Palomo, Milo Manheim (2023, PG)

8.00am Walker, Texas Ranger 9.00

The A-Team 10.00 MacGyver 11.00

Billy the Kid vs Dracula HH Billy the Kid must save his fiancée from Dracula. Chuck Courtney (1966, PG) 12.25pm

The Conqueror HHH Entertaining historical drama. John Wayne (1956, PG) 2.45 The War Lord HHHH

Literate epic about an 11th-century knight assigned to oversee a village, who falls in love with a local girl.

Review, right. (1965, PG) 5.00 Star Trek

6.00pm MacGyver TV thriller.

7.00 The A-Team TV adventure.

8.00 Walker, Texas Ranger TV action drama with Chuck Norris.

9.00 Braven HHH Jason Momoa plays a logger who goes up against drug dealers in this powerful action film. Review, right. (2018, 15)

10.55 Fortress HH Familiar Bruce Willis thriller, in which an ex-CIA agent must fight his way out of a hi-tech bunker with his son. (2021, 15)

12.55am The Medusa Touch HHH Silly but effective supernatural thriller. Richard Burton (1978, PG) 3.00—4.50am Circus of Horrors HHH Nifty British horror. Anton Diffring (1960, 15)

6.00am As 5pm 8.00 Meteor Apocalypse HH A scientist must save his family when debris rains from the skies in this low-budget disaster thriller. Joe Lando (2010) 10.00 Andromeda 11.00 Wyvern HH Watchable TV-movie monster mayhem about an Alaskan town terrorised by a winged beast. Nick Chinlund (2009, 15) 1.00pm The Blood Beast Terror H Clumsy Victorian yarn about a bloodsucking monster on the loose. Peter Cushing (1967, 12) 3.00

Andromeda 4.00 Knight Rider

5.00 Warbirds H Daft wartime horror fantasy. Brian Krause (2008, 15)

7.00pm Andromeda TV sci-fi series.

8.00 Knight Rider TV drama.

9.00 War Pigs HH Luke Goss plays the commander of a ragtag band of misfits behind enemy lines in this watchable war drama. (2015, 15)

10.50 Bulletproof HH Two LA cops tackle a heavily armed gang of bank robbers who don’t intend to go down easily in this gritty crime drama. Thomas Jane (2019, 15) 1.00—3.00am War Pigs As 9pm

Red Sparrow HHHH 11.25pm-2.10am Film4 j

SPY THRILLER Jennifer Lawrence stars as a former ballerina who becomes a “sparrow”, schooled in the art of seduction by the shadowy military of post-Cold War Russia. However, her superiors suspect she’s a double agent, collaborating with her CIA operative target. Director Francis Lawrence keeps viewers gripped and guessing in a violent film merging modern technology with more traditional spy motifs. Matthias Schoenaerts and Jeremy Irons provide solid support, but it’s the committed Lawrence who stands out. TERRY STAUNTON (US 2018, violence, swearing, sex scenes, nudity, HD)

The Stranger Wore a Gun HH 9.00-10.50am Great Action y

WESTERN Randolph Scott has his hands full here, playing a man who takes a job protecting gold shipments from hold-ups. Among his adversaries are the ever-hissable George Macready, Alfonso Bedoya as a beaming Mexican bandit, and two gunmen played by Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine early in their careers. ALLEN EYLES (US 1953)

San Demetrio London HHH

12.40-2.40pm Film4 g

WAR DRAMA This Second World War morale-booster is based on the true story of an oil tanker that was attacked by a German battleship in the Atlantic. Boasting a fine cast (including Walter Fitzgerald, Gordon Jackson and Mervyn Johns), this Ealing production served as an effective allegory for the nation’s fortunes at the time. DAVID PARKINSON (UK 1943, BW, HD)

The War Lord HHHH

2.45-5.00pm Legend g

PERIOD EPIC In this sombre, beautifully photographed film, a Norman knight (Charlton Heston) exerts his right to spend a night with any new

Redemption HH 11.20pm1.35am Great Movies j

THRILLER A traumatised ex-soldier fleeing a court martial goes to ground in London in this Jason Statham vehicle from Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders). Needless to say, Statham biffs a few villains en route, but he also proves he can convince as a troubled, volatile individual. However, this modern Dickensian fable takes too many liberties to satisfy.

TREVOR JOHNSTON (UK/US 2013, violence, swearing)

When We Were Kings

5 12.30-2.10am Sky Documentaries g

wife-to-be he chooses. He picks Rosemary Forsyth, but reluctantly: he’s delirious from a wound and influenced by pagan tradition. It’s fascinating, literate and rather disturbing. ADRIAN TURNER (US 1965, edited for violence)

The Last Knights HH 9.0011.25pm Great Action j

ACTION ADVENTURE Clive Owen stars in this medieval romp, playing a knight out for revenge when his master (Morgan Freeman) is killed. There is a lot of talking and not much action, and the muted cinematography drains the life out of the gorgeous landscapes. The cast is the film’s saving grace, but they are given precious little to work with.

VICTORIA LUXFORD (SKor/CzRep 2015, violence)

Braven HHH

9.00-10.55pm Legend j

ACTION DRAMA Jason

Momoa (Aquaman) and his father end up in a wilderness stand-off with drug dealers in Lin Oeding’s tough movie. While the dialogue is shaky and certain plot points obvious, the film makes a virtue of its impressive set pieces. Momoa’s star quality shines through, while Garret Dillahunt is diabolical in all the right ways as the lead villain. VL (Can 2018, violence, swearing)

SPORTS In 1974, the experts had Muhammad Ali out for the count even before he stepped into the ring against reigning heavyweight champ George Foreman for their “Rumble in the Jungle” in Zaire. But Ali proved them all wrong. Leon Gast’s film uses contributions from Norman Mailer, George Plimpton and Spike Lee to prove beyond any doubt that Ali really was “The Greatest”. DP (US 1996) Blue Bayou HHH 1.00-3.00am C4 j

DRAMA Inspired by shocking true stories of deportation, this impassioned movie certainly has its heart in the right place. Writer/director Justin Chon also stars as Antonio, a tattoo artist adopted from Korea by a Louisiana couple years earlier, while Alicia Vikander plays his physical-therapist wife. This is a rough-edged tale with a strong sense of place.

JAMES MOTTRAM (US/Can 2021, violence, swearing, HD)

Sequin in a Blue Room HHH2.10-3.55am Film4 z

DRAMA This Aussie drama delivers a refreshing look at the freedoms and dangers that can define young gay life. Teenager Sequin (Conor Leach) enjoys casual sex with strangers, but when an encounter with a married man turns sinister, Sequin begins to fear for his life. Van Grinsven’s film is rather muted, but it feels fresh and daring in its observations. JOSH WINNING (Aus 2019, violence, swearing, sex scenes, drug abuse, nudity, HD)

MONDAY

MONDAY Satellite, cable

Stand-up comedy Dune: Prophecy 9.00pm Desmond makes a confession

6.00am Sky News Breakfast

8.00 Border Patrol 9.00 Stargate Atlantis 11.00 Predators (AD) 12 noon Supergirl 1.00pm S.W.A.T. (AD) 3.00 Magnum P.I. (AD) 4.00 MacGyver 5.00 The Simpsons

6.00pm The Office US 10/19 Series 4. Karen tries to lure Stanley from the Scranton branch.

6.30 11/19. Michael treks into the woods on a survival adventure.

7.00 The Simpsons Homer and Bart become kings of the blue-collar sports circuit.

7.30 Professor Frink helps Homer land a high-level job.

8.00 Men in Black 2 HH q Sci-fi comedy sequel starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. When alien queen Serleena threatens Earth’s safety, former intergalactic secret agent Kay holds the secret to her destruction. (W)

9.50 Ricky Gervais Live: Animals

A feature-length record of the preparation and performance at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London.

11.20 Veep 7/10 Series 3

Selina heads to London. (AD)

12 midnight 8/10. Dan returns to work after his meltdown. (AD)

12.40am Brit Cops: Rapid Response (AD) 1.40 Road Wars 3.10

Magnum P.I. (AD) 4.00 MacGyver

5.00—6.00am Motorway Patrol (AD)

6.00am Most Haunted 8.00

Home Shopping 11.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 12 noon Stargate Universe 1.00pm Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.00 Primeval 3.00 Stargate SG-1

4.00 Stargate Universe 5.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation

6.00pm Primeval 7/10 Series 3

A wounded dinosaur and a deranged medieval knight appear through an anomaly in a car breaker’s yard — forcing the team to split up to capture the dangerous pair.

7.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 13/26 Series 4. Odo’s secret feelings for Kira interfere with his duty to protect the Bajoran first minister — who also finds her attractive.

8.00 Stargate SG-1 22/22 Series 5. The team is sent to rescue a scientist stranded on a moon, and Commander Thor — previously presumed dead — is taken prisoner by the system lords.

9.00 Bullet Train Down HH

q Action disaster movie. On its maiden run, the world’s fastest train is rigged to explode if it dips below 200mph. (AD) (W) 11.00 The Leftovers 9/10 Series 2

Meg suffers a personal loss and goes out on a pilgrimage to Miracle. (AD) 12 midnight 10/10. Kevin comes clean to John about his role in Evie’s disappearance. (AD)

1.20am Grimm: three episodes

4.05—6.00am Stargate SG-1

6.00am Fish Town 8.05 True

Blood 10.10 Six Feet Under 12.25pm Game of Thrones (AD)

1.25 Billions (AD) 3.35 True Blood

5.45pm Six Feet Under 1/13

Series 3. Rico does all he can to be treated as an equal business partner.

6.50 2/13. David and Rico clash over business and Carol continues to make life unbearable for Lisa.

7.55 Game of Thrones 5/10

Series 4. Daenerys hears worrying news about Yunkai and Astapor, and Jon and his men attack the mutineers at Craster’s Keep. (AD)

9.00 Dune: Prophecy 2/6 4

Desmond makes a confession to Emperor Corrino, Tula reluctantly enlists Lila for a vital mission, and Valya brings Theodosia to the Imperial House to help manage the situation. See p61.

10.15 The Day of the Jackal 7/10. The assassin and Bianca both descend on Tallinn in anticipation of UDC’s announcement, but with the venue in lockdown the Jackal must use all his wiles.

11.20 Gangs of London 1/8

Series 2. A year after Sean Wallace’s death, London is for the taking (AD) 12.40am Big Little Lies: Jane opens up about her past (AD) 1.40 The Staircase (AD) 3.00 Game of Thrones (AD) 4.00—6.00am Fish Town

6.00am Air Ambulance ER 7.00

Border Security USA (AD) 8.00 Border Patrol 9.00 Brit Cops: Rapid Response (AD) 10.00 Stop, Search, Seize (AD) 11.00 Caught on Dashcam (AD) 12 noon FBI (AD)

1.00pm FBI: Most Wanted (AD) 2.00 FBI: International (AD) 3.00 Chicago Med 4.00 Nothing to Declare

7.30pm New. Nothing to Declare Fly-on-the-wall documentary accessing the work of customs officers in Australia.

8.00 Caught on Dashcam Some of the most incredible real-life crashes caught on dashcam.

9.00 Fire Country 12/22 Series 1

Bode and his fellow firefighters band together with the civilian station 42 crew to battle a monstrous fire that erupts after a plane crash. (AD)

10.00 Departure 6/6 Series 3 Kendra and the team go rogue in their quest to discover the true cause of the ferry’s sinking. (AD) 11.00 FBI 2/22 Series 4. Maggie, OA and the team must stop a hacker who is disabling life-saving equipment in hospitals. Jubal’s son waits for surgery. (AD)

12 midnight The Good Doctor 1.00am Chicago PD 2.00 New series. Matlock 1/10. Revival of the crime drama, starring Kathy Bates. See choice, p70. Rptd tomorrow 9pm 3.00 The Force: Manchester 4.00 Road Wars 5.00—6.00am Stop, Search, Seize (AD)

6.00am Stargate SG-1 8.00

Supergirl 9.00 Stargate Atlantis 11.00 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (AD) 12 noon Supergirl 1.00pm

S.W.A.T. (AD) 3.00 Magnum P.I. (AD) 4.00 MacGyver 5.00 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (AD)

6.00pm Stargate Atlantis 19/20 Series 3. Sheppard stumbles upon a Wraith experiment to create giant insects.

7.00 20/20. McKay uses ancient methods to destroy a stargate belonging to the Replicators, which threatens the Atlantis.

8.00 SEAL Team 9/10 Series 7 Bravo returns from Nazario’s camp stunned and is forced to regroup. (AD)

9.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks Ep 6 Series 4. With Sophie Willan, the Libertines, DJ Target and Harriet Kemsley. (AD)

10.00 Based on a True Story 4/8 Series 1. Ava and Nathan attend a true-crime convention. (AD) 10.30 5/8. Ruby drags Ava and Nathan on a wild night. (AD)

11.00 The Walking Dead 5/24 Series 11. Aaron, Carol, Lydia and Jerry go to the Hilltop ruins.

12 midnight Warrior (AD) 1.00am The Force: Manchester 2.00 Road Wars 3.00 Magnum P.I. (AD) 4.00 MacGyver 5.00—6.00am Highway Patrol: two editions

7.00am The Fosters 7.35 Keeping Up Appearances 8.10 Only Fools and Horses (AD) 8.50 On the Up 9.30 Are You Being Served? 10.10 Still Open All Hours 10.50 Last of the Summer Wine 12.10pm On the Up 12.50 Keeping Up Appearances

1.30 The Vicar of Dibley (AD) 2.40 Still Open All Hours 3.20 Dad’s Army 4.00 Are You Being Served? 4.40 Last of the Summer Wine

6.00pm Still Open All Hours Granville has to get Eric and Cyril’s friendship back on track.

6.40 Dad’s Army The platoon is marooned on a derelict pier.

7.20 Platoon pensioner Private Godfrey is accused of cowardice.

8.00 The Vicar of Dibley The village suffers a water shortage. (AD)

9.00 Miranda The shop owner is trapped in her flat. (AD)

9.35 Not Going Out Lee and Tim babysit Guy’s grandson.

10.15 Live at the Apollo With Julian Clary and Omid Djalili.

11.15 The Fast Show: More Blooming Catchphrases Stories behind classic sketches.

11.50 The Real McCoy With Maxi Priest and Lorraine Benloss.

12.30am as 8pm 1.30 Miranda (AD)

2.15 Not Going Out 2.50— 4.00am Live at the Apollo

7.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry 8.00 Four Weddings 10.00 Merlin (AD) 11.00 Motorway Patrol 12 noon Caught on Dashcam 1.00pm Border Security: Canada’s Front Line 2.00 Most Haunted: double bill 4.00 The Good Doctor 5.00 Highway Cops: double bill (AD) 6.00pm Motorway Patrol 7.00 Merlin: Arthur embarks on a quest to retrieve the golden trident from the Fisher King and prove himself worthy of the throne (AD) 8.00 Border Security: Canada’s Front Line: two editions 9.00 Stella: double bill. Trouble looms when Michael makes a big mistake, then Katie’s birthday ends in a shock revelation for Stella (AD) 11.00 Mr Mayor (AD) 12 midnight Merlin (AD) 1.00am The Russell Howard Hour 2.00 A League of Their Own (AD) 3.00 Duck Quacks Don’t Echo (AD) 4.00

Entourage 1.55 Mr Mayor (AD) 2.25 The Reluctant Landlord (AD) 3.25 Barry (AD) 4.50 Will & Grace (AD) 5.50 The Office US 6.50pm Ballers: double bill. Spencer pitches expansion in Vegas, then Ricky jumps to conclusions (AD) 8.10 Will & Grace: double bill. Jack takes a temp job as a drama teacher, then a young boy claims Jack is his grandfather (AD) 9.10 Curb Your Enthusiasm: Larry upsets Funkhouser’s new girlfriend 10.00 RT CHOICE The Franchise: satirical comedy starring Himesh Patel and Aya Cash. Last in series. See p61. 10.40 Ricky Gervais Live: Animals 12.10am Veep (AD) 1.25 New. Real Time with Bill Maher 2.35 Silicon Valley 3.25 Los Espookys 3.55—5.00am Dice (AD)

8.00am Most Ridiculous: United States of Stupidity 8.35 Most Ridiculous Tiny Terrors 9.00 Guessable? 10.00 Impractical Jokers: double bill 11.00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA 12 noon New Girl 1.00pm Friends (AD) 9.00pm New. Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains: David O’Doherty, Judy Murray and Sukh Ojla compete to see who had the most embarrassing adolescence 10.00 New. Most Ridiculous 11.00 New. Impractical Jokers: Outtakes and Chill 11.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA 12.30am South Park 1.30 Teachers 2.20 Kevin Bridges: a Whole Different Story 3.10 Lee Evans: Roadrunner 4.05 Beavis and Butt-Head 4.15—5.00am Friends (AD)

7.10am Murdoch Mysteries 9.00 Father Brown (AD) 10.00 Unforgettable 11.00 Hudson & Rex (AD) 12 noon The Mentalist 1.00pm Death in Paradise (AD) 2.00 Murdoch Mysteries 4.00 Unforgettable 5.00 Hudson & Rex (AD)

6.00pm Father Brown 5/10 Series 4. Flambeau enlists Father Brown’s help to steal a gift intended for the Queen. (AD)

7.00 The Mentalist 8/23 Series 2 Serial killer Red John attacks the CBI headquarters while Lisbon’s team is on assignment, leaving two agents dead and wounding Bosco. 8.00 Death in Paradise 7/8 Series 8. A famous radio presenter is murdered on air and Jack must unravel a complex mystery to find the culprit — while being observed by an internal affairs officer. (AD) 9.00 Father Brown 4/10 Series 11 The ecclesiastical sleuth finds he has a lot on his plate when a food fayre comes to Kembleford. (AD)

10.00 Pretty Hard Cases 11/12 Series 2. Sam and Kelly’s mission to find the corrupt cop becomes personal. (AD) 11.00 The Mentalist As 7pm. 12 midnight Hudson & Rex (AD) 1.00am Justified 2.00—4.00am Murdoch Mysteries: double bill

& sport

Documentaries

6.00am The Movies 7.00 Discovering: Joseph Cotten 8.00 The Directors 9.00 The Civil War 10.00 Juan Carlos: Downfall of the King 11.00 Chimp Crazy (AD) 12 noon Icahn: the Restless Billionaire

2.00pm The Commandant’s Shadow (AD) 4.00 The Directors

5.00 Discovering: Joseph Cotten

6.00pm The Civil War The origins of the American Civil War.

7.00 House of Kardashian Exploring one of the world’s most powerful families. (AD)

8.00 Chimp Crazy A look at the bonds between pet chimpanzees and their owners. (AD) 9.00 Surveilled Ronan Farrow investigates the growing business of commercial spyware.

10.15 Bowling for Columbine q5 Michael Moore looks at America’s gun laws in light of the Columbine high school shootings of 1999, taking in race and the welfare system. (W)

12.30am FILM When We Were Kings 5 Documentary following Muhammad Ali’s “Rumble in the Jungle” to regain the world heavyweight title from George Foreman in 1974. Review p67 (AD) (W) 2.10 Endangered (AD) 4.00 The Directors 5.00—6.00am Discovering: Joseph Cotten

8.00am Food Factory 9.00 Air Crash Investigation: Special Report (AD)

10.00 WW2: Hell under the Sea 11.00 Defending Europe (AD) 12 noon Car SOS (AD) 1.00pm Kingdom of the Mummies 2.00 Air Crash Investigation (AD) 3.00 Nazi Megastructures 4.00 World War II: the Apocalypse 5.00 Car SOS

6.00pm Seconds from Disaster 7.00 Air Crash Investigation 8.00 Plane Crash Re-created 9.00 RT CHOICE New series. Tsunami: Race against Time: double bill of the documentary about the 2004 disaster See p61. (AD) 11.00 Air Crash Investigation: a risky test flight uncovers a safety problem (AD) 12 midnight Disaster Autopsy 1.00am Ice Road Rescue (AD) 2.00 Money Meltdown 2.30 Bid and Destroy 3.20 Food Factory USA 4.10—5.00am Exotic Animal ER: Double Dose

6.00am Ol Pejeta Diaries 7.00

Monkey Life (AD) 8.00 Hope for Wildlife 9.00 Guardians of the Wild 10.00 Africa’s Underwater Wonders 11.00 Predators (AD) 12 noon Volcanic Odysseys 1.00pm Monkey Life (AD) 2.00 Hope for Wildlife

3.00 Guardians of the Wild 4.00 Africa’s Underwater Wonders

5.00 Into the Wild: India

6.00pm Volcanic Odysseys An expedition to Indonesia, which has 130 active volcanos.

7.00 Monkey Life Daily life at the Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre in Dorset. (AD)

7.30 Following the rehabilitation of neglected and abused primates. (AD)

8.00 David Attenborough’s Dragons and Damsels The world of dragonflies and damselflies. (AD)

9.00 Wild Castles Animals that thrive in Carcassonne, France.

10.00 Volcanic Odysseys As 6pm. 11.00 Into the Wild: India A lion cub is forced to survive alone when his family is torn apart.

12 midnight Whale with Steve Backshall (AD) 1.00am America’s Wild Border: Northern Exposure

2.00 David Attenborough’s Dragons and Damsels (AD)

3.00 Wild Castles 4.00 Hope for Wildlife 5.00—6.00am Guardians of the Wild: in Zambia

8.00am Yukon Vet 9.00 Animal Fight Club 10.00 Amazonia 11.00 Africa’s Deadliest 12 noon The Incredible Dr Pol

1.00pm Yukon Vet 2.00 Titans of the Sea: a Family Affair 3.00 Monster Fish of the Congo 4.00 Secrets of the Zoo: Tampa 5.00 Fish Tank Kings

6.00pm Snakes in the City: a cobra sprays its venom on target 7.00 Yukon Vet: the vet visits two elk who show no sign of going into rut at Wayne Grove’s El Dorado ranch 8.00 Deep Sea Killers: into the Dark 9.00 World’s Deadliest: double bill. The motives and

SPORT

MONDAY 25 NOVEMBER

Sky Main Event

Sky 401 Virgin 511/HD 501 EE 419/HD 439

6.00am Sky Sports News 7.00 Good Morning Sports Fans 10.00 The Football Show 11.00 Ref Watch 11.30 LIVE Abu Dhabi T10 Cricket Team Abu Dhabi v New York Strikers, coverage of the ten-over contest from Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium; 1.30pm Coverage of Chennai Brave Jaguars v Ajman Bolts from Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium; 3.45 Delhi Bulls v Bangla Tigers at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium.

6.00 Sports Centre

6.30 LIVE Premier League Football Newcastle United v West Ham United, coverage from St James’s Park. (kick-off 8.00). 11.00 Sky Sports News

1.00am LIVE NFL Los Angeles Chargers v Baltimore Ravens at SoFi Stadium (kick-off 1.15).

5.00—6.00am Sky Sports News

Sky Football

Sky 403 Virgin 513/HD

NFL 1.00am Sky NFL Quarterback Justin Herbert stars for Los Angeles Chargers

Sky Premier League

Sky 402 Virgin 512/HD 502 EE 420/HD 440 6.00am Premier League Greatest Games 7.00 Premier League Highlights 10.00 The Football Show: discussion and analysis 11.00 Ref Watch 12 noon The Football Show 1.00pm Premier League Highlights 5.00 Premier League Best Goals 6.00 Ref Watch 6.30 LIVE Premier League Football Newcastle United v West Ham United (kick-off 8.00). 11.00 Chasing the Dream 11.30 Icons (AD) 12 midnight Highlights 12.30am Soccerbox 1.00 Premier League Retro 3.00 Greatest Games 4.00 Best Goals 5.30—6.00am 100 Club (AD)

Sky Cricket

TNT Sports 1

Sky 410 Virgin 527 EE 408/HD 430 6.00am LIVE Test Cricket

Continued coverage of Australia v India, the fourth day of the First Test in the five-match series

TNT Sports 2

6.00am American Pickers 7.00 Britain’s Most Historic Towns 8.00 Swamp People 10.00 Storage Wars 12 noon Secrets in the Ice 2.00pm The Abyss: Rise and Fall of the Nazis 4.00 Pawn Stars

6.00pm American Pickers 7.00 Forged in Fire 8.00 New. Storage Wars

9.00 RT CHOICE New series. Holy Marvels with Dennis Quaid: the Hollywood actor investigates the stories of sacred and holy relics. See page 61

10.00 New. Myths and Monsters: how the wild is a rich setting for myths and legends, with countless tales about the wilderness and the fearsome monsters

11.00 Strange Evidence 12 midnight Storage Wars 2.00am Revolutions That Changed History 3.00 Storage Wars 4.00—6.00am Pawn Stars

8.00am Insane Pools: off the Deep End 9.00 Life at Vet University 10.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees 11.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue 12 noon Insane Pools: off the Deep End 1.00pm Life at Vet University 2.00 Animal Cribs 3.00 Life at Vet University 4.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees 5.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue 6.00pm Insane Pools: off the Deep End 7.00 Life at Vet University 8.00 Great White Appetite 9.00 Deadliest Sharks: a profile of the deadly oceanic white tip sharks 10.00 Alaskan Bush People 11.00 Coyote Peterson: Brave the Wild 12 midnight Tanked 1.00am Alaskan Bush People 2.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees: a dehydrated dog 3.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue 4.00—5.00am Insane Pools: off the Deep End

Sky

Sky Sports Mix

Eurosport 1

Sky 413 Virgin 521 EE 412

6.00am Snooker 8.00 Cyclo-Cross: action from Merksplas, Belgium 9.00 Cycling 10.00 Yachting 10.30 Snooker 12.45pm LIVE Snooker

The afternoon session on day three of the UK Championship from York Barbican, featuring coverage of two last-32 matches, played over the best of 11 frames. 4.30 Powerlifting 5.30 Cardiff Half Marathon 6.00 Snooker 6.45 LIVE Snooker The evening session on day three of the UK Championship from York Barbican. 10.30 Snooker 12 midnight Ski Jumping 2.00am Snooker 4.00 Ski Jumping 5.00—6.00am Alpine Skiing

Sky 404 Virgin 514/HD 504 EE 422/HD 442 6.00am Talking Cricket 6.30 International T20 Cricket 10.20 Women’s World T20 10.30 Women’s World Cup 10.45 International T20 Cricket 11.15 LIVE Abu Dhabi T10 Cricket Team Abu Dhabi v New York Strikers; 1.30pm Coverage of Chennai Brave Jaguars v Ajman Bolts; 3.45 Delhi Bulls v Bangla Tigers. 6.00pm Best of the World T20 7.00 Cricket in Colombo (AD) 8.00 T20 World Cup 9.00 Dale Steyn Fast Bowling Masterclass 9.50 Women’s Big Bash League 10.00 Talking Cricket (AD) 10.30 Cricket in Colombo (AD) 11.30 T20 World Cup 12.30am T20 World Cup Highlights 3.30 Best of the World T20 (AD) 4.00 Best of the World Cup (AD) 5.00 Best of the World T20 (AD) 5.30—6.00am T20 World Cup

Sky NFL

Sky 408 Virgin 517/HD 507 EE 426/HD 446

6.00am Highlights 12 noon Bitesize 1.00pm Good Morning 3.00 Bitesize 4.00 Highlights 6.00 Pro-Football Talk 8.00 American Football 9.00 Weekly Review 10.00 Highlights 11.00 NFL Fantasy 12 midnight NFL Highlights 1.00am LIVE NFL Los Angeles Chargers v Baltimore Ravens. 5.00—6.00am NFL Bitesize (AD)

Sky Sports +

Sky 412 Virgin 518/HD 508 EE 427/HD 447 6.00am News 7.00 Good Morning 10.00 Football Show 11.00 Ref Watch 11.15 LIVE Abu Dhabi T10 Cricket Team Abu Dhabi v New York Strikers; 1.30pm Coverage of Chennai Brave Jaguars v Ajman Bolts; 3.45 Delhi Bulls v Bangla Tigers. 6.00 Sports Centre 7.00 News 10.30 Back Pages 11.00—6.00am News

Eurosport 2

Sky 414 Virgin 522 EE 413 6.00am Ski Jumping 8.00 Snooker 10.00 World Superbikes 1.00pm Alpine Skiing 2.00 Freestyle Skiing 3.00 Cycling 4.00 British Superbikes 7.00 Cyclo-Cross 8.00 Cycling 9.00 Ski Jumping 11.00 Cycling 12 midnight Motor Racing 2.00am

TNT Sports 3

MONDAY

TNT Sports 4

Tuesday

DRAMA Matlock

9.00pm Sky Witness

Catch up via Now

NEW SERIES

The original 1980s’ series of Matlock, which starred Andy Griffith as a folksy lawyer, didn’t receive the same exposure here as it did in America. So, this new version starring Kathy Bates won’t have much in the way of name recognition for UK viewers.

But no matter: all you need know is that legal eagle Madeleine Matlock shares a surname with Griffith’s character and that, within this universe, the old TV show aired as it did in the real world. So, this is less a revival, more a brand-new drama that occasionally references the source material.

More importantly, what we have here is one of the most surprising US imports I’ve seen in a long while. Bates is, as you’d expect, charming as this seemingly sweet Southerner who catches criminals out with her inner craftiness. But there’s telling comment, too, about the seeming invisibility of women of a certain age in the workplace. My advice, though, is to not read anything further about this first episode before watching it. You’ll thank me later.

DAVID BROWN

SOAP

EastEnders

7.30pm BBC1 Catch up via iPlayer Walford weddings are renowned for rows and ructions, and Elaine and George’s big day promises to follow that tradition. The insecure bride-tobe has struck a risky deal with love rival Cindy, asking her to make a calculated move on George to see if he’s still carrying a torch for his ex. The outcome of this bizarre test of resolve dictates whether the ceremony even goes ahead.

The “Will they? Won’t they?” drama looks to be something of a red herring, as Cindy’s fling with George’s son Junior threatens to be exposed after Kojo catches them in a compromising position. Cindy flies into damage limitation mode to try and silence him, the repercussions of which are truly shocking.

JOHNATHON HUGHES

FOOD

Mary’s Foolproof Dinners

7.30pm BBC2

Catch up via iPlayer

Sara Davies of Dragon’s Den is Mary Berry’s star pupil, because she says she always follows recipes to the letter, laying out all the ingredients beforehand so she doesn’t forget anything. The only problem is that the pair have set up a cooking station on a terrace in the glorious grounds of Cliveden House so there are plenty of distractions.

Even so, Mary says teaching Sara “is an absolute joy” as she demonstrates a sophisticated crab cake starter, an impressive paella and, to finish, a floating islands pudding. She also shows us how to make something that’s been the downfall of many a GBBO contestant — caramel. JANE RACKHAM

DRAMA

The Listeners

9.00pm BBC1

Full series available via iPlayer

Having assumed initially that she alone was hearing the intrusive noise, Claire (Rebecca Hall) has now discovered that she has several allies at a support group. But lead members Omar (Amr Waked) and wife Jo (Gayle Rankin) are of the opinion that it needn’t be a curse and may instead be a blessing — and rather than running for the hills, Claire starts to entertain these odd theories.

It’s a reaction that is sure to leave viewers wondering if what we’re seeing here is less a form of therapy and more the indoctrination into a cult. With Claire’s ability to process information already hampered by the omnipresent hum, there’s a real danger of her being brainwashed by groupthink. DB

SUITED UP

Kathy Bates takes the title role in a new version of an 80s’ favourite

PANEL SHOW QI XL

9.00pm BBC2

Catch up via iPlayer

Usually, QI lives up to its name by being Quite Interesting — so which of the fascinating facts this week are so dull, Sandi Toksvig resorts to dragging out a cushion and taking a nap at her desk?

Well, it’s not any trivia unearthed by the QI elves sending the host to sleep. Rather, it’s Alan Davies’s attempt to interest the panel in 1930s football minutiae that brings things to a standstill. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the others would rather keep learning interesting facts about back garden volcanoes, car ju-jitsu, 100mph mountains and secret plans to make cats glow in the dark… to save all of humanity. Arsenal’s historic line-up doesn’t quite cut it.

HUW FULLERTON

TRAVEL

Sue Perkins’s Big Adventure: Paris to Istanbul

9.15pm C4

Catch up via C4 streaming

Most tourists visiting Budapest would put Buda Castle, the Hungarian Parliament building and the city’s many museums and art galleries on their must-see list. However, Sue Perkins’ journey tends to be a little more offbeat … so she has a go at gutting fish. She also takes a trip on a child-run railway, a remnant of a Communist youth programme — although fortunately the drivers are adults. Budapest is famous for its thermal baths, so it gets steamy when she goes for a relaxing soak. JR

COMEDY Cheaters

9.45pm, 10.40pm (12.10am N Ireland) BBC1 Catch up via iPlayer Josh is having a nightmare. Told by Fola to give her space, he impulsively says yes to an online date, only for Fola to change her mind. Softie Josh can’t bear to stand the other woman up, and ends up tying himself in knots trying to do the right thing. Also, in a bold move, Fola invites Josh’s ex Esther to his surprise birthday party, which won’t be awkward… Esther is struggling with being jobless and the fact that “digital nomad” boyfriend Lars isn’t phased by not having an income — plus he doesn’t know who the Beatles are. Those red flags will make great bunting at Josh’s do.

KAY RIBEIRO Susan Wokoma: p146

FOOD

TUESDAY 26

CRAFTY

Bill Bailey welcomes a new generation of traditional crafters

CRAFT

Bill Bailey’s Master Crafters:

the Next Generation

8.00pm Sky Arts Catch up via Now Barns on telly aren’t only used to house clever renovations of beloved family objects. Here it’s the home of a bid to keep ancient and underthreat crafts alive, as this charming series returns. Fittingly, its Grade II listed Cambridgeshire base has parts that date back to the 13th century and, in the first of four programmes, blacksmithing is the hot topic.

A sleek Bill Bailey joins young Brân, Brad and Georgia as they take instruction from King’s Foundation alumnus Ian Thackray. They’ve taken unusual pathways to the anvil, from speed skating to aerospace engineering. BB has a bash himself, while visiting a construction that changed the world: the Iron Bridge in Shropshire.

There’s an element of “You have ten minutes remaining” and frantic cellos on the soundtrack, but no stress-tears: competition is the smallest component here. The trio’s passion for creating metalwork flowers shows that the craft’s future is rosy indeed. You’ll learn all about fire welds and peening hammers, and sparks will fly — literally. MARK BRAXTON See p11

DOCUMENTARY

Storyville: Until I Fly

The Great British Bake Off: the Final

8.00pm C4 Catch up via C4 streaming

All three finalists have been star baker and received a Hollywood handshake or pat on the back so Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood insist that any of them could win.

However, Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond, who aren’t supposed to be biased, clearly have a favourite. When one of the bakers shows their disappointment over their signature challenge, they look broken-hearted, too.

The showstoppers are three-tier hanging cakes, which are extraordinary. Our previews never reveal the winner, but I’m rooting for the cake that turned Paul’s tongue blue. JR Your RT

Books: page 132

THE

10.00pm BBC4 Catch up via iPlayer

You may need to adjust your mental speedometer for this documentary about a boy growing up in a Himalayan village. It’s wonderful, but it doesn’t hurry along; it takes its time to deliver a poetic story full of atmosphere and emotion

Veeru is a young boy with an Indian mother and a mostly absent Nepalese father In a rural Indian community his mixed heritage makes him a target Other children throw stones and insults at him, even when they know they’re being filmed But this is not a story about prejudice, or only partly: it’s a portrait of a sweet, mischievous boy who, as he grows up, discovers he has a bully-silencing superpower

DAVID BUTCHER

The Yorkshire Vet: from Herriot Land to the Highlands 8.00pm Channel 5

Julian Norton (above) returns to the Thurso practice where he began his career.

MasterChef: the Professionals

8.00pm BBC1

Some chefs are visiting food markets, others creating a dish inspired by their favourite drink.

The Winter King

11.20pm (11.45pm STV) ITV1 Arthur takes Gundleus prisoner while Derfel takes steps toward becoming a warrior.

LIVE SPORT

Football: Champions League

Slovan Bratislava v AC Milan

5.30pm (k/o 5.45pm) TNT 2 Manchester City v Feyenoord 6.30pm(k/o8pm)Amazon Prime Sporting Lisbon v Arsenal 7pm (k/o 8pm) TNT Sports 1 Bayern Munich v PSG 7.45pm (k/o 8pm) TNT Sports 2

Football: Championship

Sunderland v West Bromwich Albion

7.30pm (k/o 8pm) Sky Sports Football/ME

Snooker: UK Championship

12.45pm, 6.45pm Eurosport 1, 1pm BBC2

SPORT HIGHLIGHTS page 31

FILM REVIEWS page 77

TUESDAY

RESULT Alison Hammond, Noel Fielding, Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith

DAYTIME

6.00am Breakfast Jon Kay, Sally Nugent. (S) (HD)

9.30 Morning Live Weekday magazine presented by Michelle Ackerley and Gethin Jones. Featuring advice as part of the BBC’s Scam Safe week. (S) (HD)

Main Channels

10.45 Rip-Off Britain How cryptocurrency scammers defrauded a widow in Lancashire out of £226,000. Featuring tips as Scam Safe week continues. (S) (HD)

11.30 Homes under the Hammer Properties in Tyne and Wear, Birmingham and Kent. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.15pm Bargain Hunt Two teams buy items at the Ardingly International Antiques Fair. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

1.00 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

2.00 Scam Interceptors Helping a woman who has been contacted by scammers in Jaipur. Featuring advice as part of the BBC’s Scam Safe week. (S) (HD)

2.30 Expert Witness An image analyst and a forensic ecologist help identify a murderer. (Revised rpt) S) (HD)

3.00 Escape to the Country Jules Hudson helps a Nottingham couple find a home along the east Devon border. Repeated Thursday 6.30am BBC2 (S) (HD)

3.45 The Bidding Room Items include a decorative clock and a mid-century teddy bear. (R) (S) (HD)

4.30—5.15 Antiques Road Trip Catherine Southon and Ishy Khan continue their search for antiques in and around Coventry. Repeated tomorrow 7.15am BBC2 (S) (HD)

6.00am Richard Osman’s House of Games Four celebrities go head to head. Shown yesterday 6pm (S) (HD)

6.30 Bargain Hunt Two teams search for treasure in Northamptonshire. Shown yesterday 12.15pm BBC1 (S) (HD)

7.15 Antiques Road Trip Catherine Southon and Ishy Khan do battle. Shown yesterday 4.30pm BBC1 (S) (HD)

8.00—9.00 Sign Zone Wonders of Life 2/5. Professor Brian Cox charts the evolution of our senses. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 BBC News (S) (HD)

12.15pm Politics Live Analysis and debate. (S) (HD)

1.00—5.15 LIVE Snooker Coverage of the afternoon session on day four of the UK Championship from York Barbican, featuring two matches in the last 32. Former champion John Higgins beat Joe O’Connor 6—3 at this stage 12 months ago. Additional coverage on the red button and at bbc.co.uk/sport. (S) (HD)

6.00am Good Morning Britain (S) (HD)

9.00 Lorraine Guests, gossip and more. (S) (HD)

10.00 This Morning Celebrity interviews, fashion and lifestyle advice. Including Regional Weather (S) (HD)

12.30pm Loose Women Forthright opinions. (S) (HD)

1.30 ITV Lunchtime News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

2.00 I’m a Celebrity...Unpacked Companion show presented by Sam Thompson, Joel Dommett and Kemi Rogers, featuring behind-the-scenes gossip, unseen clips and interviews. Shown yesterday 10.15pm ITV2 (S) (HD)

3.00—4.00 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars Ben Shephard presents as Anna Williamson, Amir Khan and Stuart Pearce take on the extraordinary arcade-style machine in the hope of winning £20,000 for charity. (R) (S) (HD) Followed by Regional Weather (S)

5.45am Countdown With Sara Davies. (R) (S) (HD)

6.25 Cheers Triple bill of the US sitcom. (R) (S) (HD)

7.45 The King of Queens Triple bill. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.10 Frasier Four episodes of the sitcom. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.10 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA The chef tries to change the fortunes of a restaurant called Capri in Eagle Rock, California. (R) (S) (HD) 12.05pm News (S) (HD)

12.10 Undercover Boss USA Marco’s Pizza president Bryon Stephens dons a disguise to work alongside employees in his own company. (R) (S) (HD)

1.10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It Henry Cole and Simon O’Brien work their magic on a pair of horns and a vintage pedal car in Pembrokeshire. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

2.10 Countdown With guest Sara Davies. (S) (HD)

3.00—5.00 A Place in the Sun A couple seek a property in Paralimni, eastern Cyprus.

4.00 Jean Johansson helps Andrea and Gary find a holiday home on the island of St Lucia. (R) (S) (HD)

The Listeners

9.00pm The sound of silence: Claire (Rebecca Hall) meets others who can hear the noise

5.15pm Pointless

With Alexander Armstrong and Sally Phillips. (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 BBC News Weather (S) (HD)

6.30 Regional news magazines (S) (HD)

7.00 The One Show

With Alex Jones and Lauren Laverne, featuring advice as part of the BBC’s Scam Safe week. (S) (HD)

2 BBC SPORT ONLINE 7.00—10.30 5 Live Final Score Commentary and updates from tonight’s Champions League matches, at bbc.co.uk/sport

7.30 EastEnders

4

Johnny and Linda rally round a loved one, while Lauren resorts to desperate measures. See p70.

Writer Kevin Rundle Cast Monday/Thursday (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 MasterChef: the Professionals

As the ten chefs are split into two groups, the first five cook for 22 pop-up food entrepreneurs at Market Halls in London. One contestant will head to the semi-final, and the remaining four must make a dish celebrating their favourite drink. More Thursday 8pm. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 The Listeners

4

2/4. Claire and Kyle discover a group of people who are able to hear the hum and are keen to embrace it. The whole series is on iPlayer. See p70.

Claire Rebecca Hall

Seema Shreya M Patel

Kyle Ollie West

Teresa Lucy Sheen

Jo Gayle Rankin

Omar Amr Waked

Damian Samuel Edward-Cook

Paul Prasanna Puwanarajah

Ashley Mia Tharia

Dr Broodthaers Kiruna Stamell

Raina Romy Kelleher

Rory Akai Coleman

Cassandra Franc Ashman

Tom Ian Mercer

Emily Karen Henthorn

Valeria Christine Entwisle

Siobhan Niamh McCann

Sophie Lucy Chambers

Dramatised by Jordan Tannahill; Producer Ed King

Director Janicza Bravo (S) (HD)

9.45 Cheaters

4 4/8

Series 2. Zack visits Fola. Continues at 10.40pm. A box set is on iPlayer. See page 71.

Josh Joshua McGuire

Esther Callie Cooke

Zack Jack Fox

Fola Susan Wokoma

Lars Ceallach Spellman

Tiwa Olumide Olorunfemi

Monica Margaret Cabourn-Smith

Eddie Jason Thorpe

Jekka Abbie Murphy

Rupa Manpreet Bambra

Jason Robert Eades

Nina Andrea Valls

Georgia Shiloh Coke

Writer Oliver Lyttelton; Producer Alex Walsh-Taylor

Director Elliot Hegarty (S) (AD) (HD)

The view from Susan Wokoma’s sofa: page 146

10.00 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

10.40 Cheaters

4

5/8

Series 2. Esther struggles to find her feet and Josh tries to cover his tracks. See page 71.

Writer Oliver Lyttelton For cast see 9.45pm (S) (AD) (HD)

10.55 Teen Predator/Online Killer

1/3. Alexander McCartney from County Armagh is questioned by police when a serious incident of online catfishing abuse is reported by a young girl in Scotland. 11.25 2/3. After a major discovery on McCartney’s devices, an international investigation gets under way. 11.55 3/3. Police connect the suicide of a 12-year-old girl to McCartney. The whole series is on iPlayer.

Series producer Sharon Whittaker; Series director Ben O’Loan

All episodes shown last Monday BBC3 (S) (AD) (HD)

12.25am Highlander HHH Action fantasy with Christopher

qLambert. An antiques dealer living in New York is, in fact, a 16th-century Scottish warrior, one of a group known as “immortals”, who can only be killed when decapitated by another of their kind. Meanwhile, the city’s police are rather concerned by the discovery of a headless body and an ancient sword in a car park. On iPlayer for 30 days. Review page 77.

Director Russell Mulcahy (1986, 15) (S) (AD) (W)

Mary’s Foolproof Dinners 7.30pm

Mary Berry leads a birthday toast to Dragons’ Den star Sara Davies

5.15pm Flog It!

Paul Martin recalls some memorable finds from the show’s travels, including a set of Beatles autographs and a precious collection of Matchbox toys. (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games

Nikki Fox, Ruthie Henshall, Danny John-Jules and Ignacio Lopez face another round of trivia games. Repeated tomorrow 6am (S) (HD)

6.30 Strictly It Takes Two

Fleur East dissects some of the best performances from the weekend in Choreography Corner. (S) (HD)

7.00 Between the Covers

5/6 Series 8. Sara Cox is joined by actress Gemma Whelan, veteran broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald and stand-up comedians Neil Delamere and Jo Brand. The foursome discuss their recommended reads and share their thoughts on the latest book club choice, Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor. Director Tim van Someren; Producer Scott Jenkins (S) (HD)

7.30 Mary’s Foolproof Dinners

4 5/6. Mary Berry helps Dragons’ Den star Sara Davies plan a host of dinner parties for friends and family to mark an important birthday. The pair head to Buckinghamshire’s historic Cliveden House, where Mary has celebrated some of her own family birthdays over the years. She creates a sumptuous party menu for Sara that includes lemongrass crab cakes, duck breast with brandy sauce, langoustine paella, coq au vin pie and her floating islands with caramel. The whole series is on iPlayer. See p70. Director Sarah Myland; Series producer Rose Wilkinson (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Highland Cops

5/6 Series 2. A man is reported missing overnight from a residential activity centre in rural Aviemore, and a specialist police mountain rescue unit joins forces with the local teams to scour the foothills of the Cairngorms. In Inverness, a hit-and-run incident involving a stolen van and a cyclist is captured on CCTV, sparking a manhunt. Series 1 is on iPlayer. Series producer David McConnell; Executive producers Vari Innes and Mick McAvoy Shown Sunday 9pm BBC Scotland (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 QI XL

4

Sandi Toksvig hosts an extended version of the quiz in which points are awarded for interesting — if not necessarily correct — answers. See page 70. Director Ben Hardy; Producer Piers Fletcher (S) (HD)

9.45 Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable

6/8 Series 1. Mel Giedroyc and Lou Sanders deliver their verdict as Jennifer Saunders shares a sinister childhood prank, Phil Wang discusses the surprise that he left for some builders and Harry Redknapp reveals the problems that jellied eels caused him. Director Toby Baker; Series producer Dominic Wells-Martin First shown on U&Dave (S) (HD)

10.30 Newsnight With Faisal Islam. (S) (HD) 11.00 Weather (S) (HD)

11.05 Have I Got News For You US Roy Wood Jr hosts as team captains Amber Ruffin and Michael Ian Black dissect the US news. (S) (HD) 11.40 Snooker Extra

Extended highlights from one of today’s matches at the UK Championship from York Barbican. (S) (HD) 1.40—3.55am Sign Zone 1.40 MasterChef: the Professionals Four more chefs compete as the final week of heats gets under way. Shown last Monday BBC1 (S) (AD) (HD) 2.40 Britain’s Nuclear Bomb Scandal: Our Story An investigation into the harmful effects of Britain’s post-war nuclear test programme. Shown last Wednesday (S) (AD) (HD)

Emmerdale

7.30pm Belle is left feeling anxious after she gets an unwelcome surprise at home

4.00pm Deal or No Deal

Stephen Mulhern hosts as contestant Dennis tries to open the 22 red boxes in the right order. Signed repeat 5.05am (S) (HD)

5.00 The Chase

Bradley Walsh presents as Fran, Lynsey, Donald and Josh pit their wits against a Chaser in the hope of winning thousands of pounds. (S) (HD)

6.00 Regional News Weather (S) (HD)

6.30 ITV Evening News Weather (S) (HD)

7.30 Emmerdale

Belle is scared, Ella is growing suspicious, and Manpreet is concerned for her friend.

Writer Anna Clements Cast Monday/Thursday (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 The Martin Lewis Money Show

Live

The money wizard takes a look at the latest financial headlines. With help from Jeanette Kwakye, Martin answers viewers’ cash-saving questions, explores the latest offers and provides handy tips for making finances go further.

Executive producer Mike Blair; Series editor Clare Miller (S) (HD) Your RT Money: page 136

9.00 I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

Exhausted, hungry and separated from their loved ones, the campmates need to keep up their morale as they come to terms with the harsh realities of the jungle. But the need to earn those precious stars to win food for the camp means the pressure isn’t about to drop any time soon. Ant and Dec are on the scene to relive another round of Antipodean antics. I’m a Celebrity...Unpacked follows on ITV2. Repeated tomorrow 12 noon and 5pm ITV2 (S) (HD) 10.05 ITV News

Weather; Regional News and Weather (S) (HD) 10.50 On Assignment

Nina Hossain hosts as Sejal Karia reports on the recent hurricanes in Florida as residents clean up the damage and ask what a new administration will do about weather emergencies. Rachel Townsend learns about dengue fever in Brazil and an innovative strategy to combat the virus by using mosquitoes to thwart transmission, and Kaf Okpattah speaks to carpenters in Ghana about their tradition of decorating fantasy coffins.

Directors/Producers Alice Anderson and Holly Snelling Series producer Delilah Jeary (S) (HD)

11.20 The Winter King

3/10. Arthur takes Gundleus prisoner and is forced to make a decision about his future in Dumnonia, while Nimue struggles to cope with the trauma of her attack. Derfel takes his first steps towards becoming a warrior. Continues tomorrow 11.45pm. The whole series is on ITVX. Arthur Pendragon Iain De Caestecker

Gundleus Simon Merrells

Nimue Ellie James

Derfel Stuart Campbell

Ladwys Tatjana Nardone

Lunete Olumide Olorunfemi Sagramor Ken Nwosu Bishop Bedwin Steven Elder Sansum Andrew Gower Morgan Valene Kane

Ralla Charlie Duncan

Lanval Matt Mella

Dramatised by Kate Brooke and Ed Whitmore; Producer Catrin Lewis Defis; Director Otto Bathurst More cast tomorrow (S) (AD) (HD)

12.25am Home Shopping (HD)

3.00 Judi Love’s Culinary Cruise 2/5. Judi’s journey takes her to the

Sue Perkins’s Big Adventure: Paris to Istanbul 9.15pm Anika welcomes Sue aboard in Hungary

TUESDAY 26 NOVEMBER

BBC1 SCOTLAND

5.00pm Four in a Bed

At the Casterbridge in Dorchester, owner Noorani offers a classic English guest house experience with a Sri Lankan twist. (S) (HD)

5.30 Help! We Bought a Village Rain causes havoc at a hamlet in France. (R) (S) (HD)

6.30 The Simpsons

Bye Bye Nerdy. Lisa befriends a new girl at school who then starts to bully her. (R) (S) (AD)

7.00 Channel 4 News Sport; Weather (S) (HD)

7.55 Rory Peck Awards 2/4. Ibrahim al Otla follows Gaza’s emergency services as the Israeli bombardment intensifies. (S) (HD)

8.00 The Great British Bake Off: the Final

4

10/10 Series 15. This year’s top trio of amateurs tackle three more challenges in a bid to be crowned champion. After making delicate scones, the technical challenge requires them to create a spread fit for the ultimate afternoon tea. Their last chance to impress judges Paul and Prue comes in the form of a hanging tiered celebration cake centrepiece for a summer garden party. Hosted by Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond. Simulcast with signing on 4seven. The Great British Bake Off: an Extra Slice is on Thursday 8pm. See page 71. Series producer Sophia Reid; Series director Jeanette Goulbourn Repeated tomorrow 7.45pm 4seven and with signing tomorrow 12.50am C4 (S) (AD) (HD) Your RT Books: page 132

9.15 Sue Perkins’s Big Adventure: Paris to Istanbul

4

4/6. In vibrant Budapest, Sue takes a tuk-tuk on the banks of the Danube, tries her hand at gutting fish and rides on a charming, child-run railway. After dark, she puts on her dancing shoes to go backstage at the city’s hottest party, with the city’s hot springs the perfect place to recover the following morning See page 71.

Director David Alrich; Executive producers David Alrich, Brendan Dahill, Amber Howorth and Jimmy Humphrey (S) (AD) (HD)

RT TRAVEL Embark on a magical cruise on the Danube: p147

10.15 Gogglebox

In this festive edition from January 2020, the armchair critics give their instant reactions to the best shows shown over Christmas 2019, including Gavin & Stacey, Jamie’s Easy Christmas Countdown, Home Alone, Top Gear Christmas Special, A Berry Royal Christmas and Gremlins. Another seasonal edition on Thursday 10pm. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.50 999: What’s Your Emergency?

Exploring how police react when responding to reports of crimes that turn out to be short on truth and sometimes high on malice. Officers are dispatched to investigate conflicting reports about a house party that’s getting out of hand.

Shown yesterday 10pm (S) (HD)

12.50am The Last Leg Ep 5. With guests Harry Hill and Lara Ricote. Shown last Friday (S) (SL) (HD)

1.45 Junior Taskmaster 3/8. Nearly halfway through the heats, the competition to get through to the semi-finals is hotting up. Shown last Friday (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

2.40 Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back Gordon Ramsay visits a restaurant in California. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

3.30 Undercover Boss USA An electronics company executive goes incognito among the firm’s staff. (R) (S) (HD)

4.20 Find It, Fix It, Flog It A workbench and a vintage exercise bike are restored. (R) (S) (HD)

4.30—5.45am Frasier Three episodes. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

Until I Fly: Storyville 10.00pm Veeru finds an escape from the bullying he endures

7.00pm Snooker

Coverage of the evening session on day four of the UK Championship from York Barbican, featuring the final two matches in the last 32, as Mark Williams and Zhang Anda take on qualifiers. Neil Robertson lost 6—2 to Zhou Yuelong at this stage last year, to end a streak that had seen him win at least one tournament every year since 2006. The other match in the session went to a deciding frame, with Robert Milkins progressing against Thailand’s Thepchaiya Un-Nooh. With commentary and analysis from Steve Davis, Ken Doherty, Stephen Hendry, Shaun Murphy, John Parrott and John Virgo. Additional coverage on the red button and at bbc.co.uk/ sport. Highlights 11.40pm BBC2.

Producer Alison Witkover

Executive producer Grant Philips (S) (HD)

Subsequent programmes may run late or change

10.00 Until I Fly: Storyville

4A young Himalayan boy named Veeru endures prejudice and discrimination in his village because of his Indian-Nepalese heritage. This documentary follows Veeru over five transformative years as he grapples with the profound effects of racism, never retaliating and finally triumphing when he discovers that he has an innate talent. Other episodes of Storyville are on iPlayer. See page 71.

Directors Siddesh Shetty and Kanishka Sonthalia Repeated 2am (S) (HD)

11.30 Henry VIII’s Enforcer: the Rise and Fall of Thomas Cromwell

Thomas Cromwell has gone down in history as one of the most corrupt, ruthless and manipulative men ever to hold power in this country. A commonerturned-chief minister, he has captured the public’s imagination for centuries, seen by many as a merciless politician who destroyed people and institutions to please and enrich Henry VIII. But Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch reveals another side. He argues that Cromwell was a principled and pioneering statesman, an idealist and a revolutionary, whose radical evangelism laid the foundations for the modern British state. First shown in 2013.

Director/Producer Charles Colville (R)

12.30am How to Get ahead at Versailles

3/3. Writer and broadcaster Stephen Smith explores the flamboyant court of French monarch Louis XIV at the Palace of Versailles. First shown in 2014.

Signed repeat tomorrow 2.05am (R) (S) (HD)

1.30 Walking with Monica Galetti The chef walks through the stunning landscapes of the North York Moors, taking in the village of Rosedale Abbey before reaching her final destination, Farndale and the hamlet of Church Houses. From 2021. More Thursday 7.30pm. Shown last Thursday (S) (HD) 2.00—3.30am Until I Fly: Storyville Shown 10pm (S) (HD)

7.00—7.30pm River City: Madonna makes a bold move in an attempt to get Conor’s attention BBC

SCOTLAND

7.00pm Roaming in the Wild: Andrew O’Donnell and Mark Taylor head to one of Scotland’s largest lochs 7.30 The Boy Who Could Fly: Our Lives: a young Scot who dreams of flying like a bird

8.00 Island Crossings: the MV Hebridean Isles goes in for repairs

9.00 The Nine 10.00 Evicted: four young people who face losing their rented homes 11.00—12 midnight The Firm: Aamer Anwar and Co prepare for the Scottish Covid-19 inquiry STV

10.40pm Scotland Tonight: current affairs 11.05 On Assignment 11.40 The Winter King 12.40—3.00am Home Shopping 5.05—6.00 Unwind

ITV1 BORDER SCOTLAND

10.50pm Representing Border: political news

11.15—11.20 Border Life

BBC2 WALES

11.05pm First Minister’s Questions: coverage of proceedings from the Senedd in Cardiff Bay 11.55—1.40am Snooker Extra: action from York

BBC1 NORTHERN IRELAND

10.40pm Spotlight: Conor Spackman looks at the investigation into Kelly Lynch’s death 11.10 Teen Predator/ Online Killer: double bill: a catfishing incident is investigated, then the case goes international after a major discovery 12.10—12.25am Cheaters: Josh tries to cover his tracks

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Freeview

5.35am Milkshake! See page 76

9.15 Jeremy Vine (S) (HD)

11.30 Storm Huntley (S) (HD)

12.55pm 5 News (S) (HD)

1.00 Friends Series 7. Rachel cajoles Joey into taking Tag out on the town. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

1.30 A Kiss for Christmas HH Romance

qstarring Jonna Walsh and Jesse Hutch. Upon returning to her home town for the holidays, Mandy discovers the quaint local inn is up for sale and plans to buy it — but her old rival Lucas is also interested in the place.

Director Jesse D Ikeman (2020) (S) (W) (HD)

3.15 A Miracle in Bethlehem HH oRomantic drama starring Laura Vandervoort and Benjamin Ayres.

A woman and her adopted baby find themselves stuck in a strange town at Christmas due to bad weather.

Director Jeff Beesley (2023) (S) (W) (HD)

5.00pm 5 News (S) (HD)

6.00 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia

In Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, Leanne is living in darkness in order to stop her Maltese shih tzu Leo uncontrollably barking at anyone who walks past. (R) (S) (HD)

6.55 5 News Update (S) (HD)

7.00 Christmas Magic at Kew Gardens

The staff at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew are gearing up for the festive season. Cameras capture the hanging of lights on Britain’s tallest living Christmas tree and the switching on of Kew’s spectacular winter trail lights.

Directors/Producers Matthew Kirkham and Luke Rowbotham (R) (S) (HD)

7.55 5 News Update (S) (HD)

8.00 The Yorkshire Vet

Ep 16 Series 19. Julian Norton visits the Thurso practice where he began his veterinary career and assists with a cow who has prolapsed and a challenging lambing. Meanwhile, Jean Green is worried about a cat who is passing blood.

Directors/Producers Adam Caldow, Jacob Hesmondhalgh, Laura Blair and Tom Goddard (S) (HD)

9.00 The Oxford Street Christmas Lights: Then and Now

The history of the London thoroughfare’s festive lights, from their first incarnation in 1959, to cheer the national mood, to 2024’s LED showstopping glory.

Director/Producer Luke McLaughlin (S) (HD)

10.00 Police: Suspect No 1

Detectives investigate when a man is found in the early hours, badly beaten at the side of the road, with significant facial injuries.

Directors/Producers Glenn Dance, Richard Davies and Leanne Chuter (R) (S) (HD)

11.05 Police: Night Shift 999

Officers are called to a potentially fatal incident on the M5. But as Sgt Gladwin rushes towards the scene, he encounters a truck on fire at the side of the carriageway.

Directors/Producers Greg Ashcroft, Simon Bowyer and Mark Stanton (R) (S) (HD)

12.05am Police Interceptors (R) (S) (HD) 1.00 Casino (S) (HD) 3.00 British Planes That Won the War with Rob Bell (R) (S)

7.00pm Top Gear

With guests Slash and Kimi Raikkonen. More tomorrow 7pm. (S) (HD)

Followed by New. The Catch Up (S) (HD)

8.00 The Traitors

7/12 Series 1. A dramatic confession changes the game. More tomorrow 8pm. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. The Rap Game UK

4/6 Series 6. The artists are asked to make a slick promo package, and get the chance to perform at Leeds Festival. (S) (HD)

10.00 Hunting the Catfish Crime Gang

How a man’s identity was stolen and used for criminal activities online. From 2023. The first of three programmes showing tonight as part of the BBC’s Scam Safe week. Watch now on iPlayer. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 Hunting the Rolex Rippers

Tir Dhondy meets moped riders who snatch people’s designer watches in the street. From 2023. Watch now on iPlayer. (S) (HD)

11.30 The Holiday Swindler

The story of a Brazilian travel agent with a trail of unhappy clients around the world. From 2022. Watch now on iPlayer. (S) (HD) Scam Land: Money, Mayhem and Maseratis is tomorrow 10pm

11.55 The Young Offenders

3/6 Series 1. Conor and Jock persuade Linda and Siobhan to go on an adventure. (S) (HD) 12.25am 4/6. Conor and Mairead have a road trip. More Wednesday 12.45am. (S) (HD)

12.55 Cuckoo (S) (AD) (HD) 1.50 The Rap Game UK (S) (HD) 2.50 Press X to Continue (S) (HD) 3.00—3.55am

6.00am CITV (HD) 9.00 Totally Bonkers

Guinness World Records: double bill (S) (HD)

10.00 Love Bites (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

12 noon I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Shown yesterday 9pm ITV1 (S) (HD) 1.20pm

Supermarket Sweep: Rylan Clark hosts the game show (S) (HD) 2.20 Catchphrase (S) (HD)

3.00 Charmed (S) (HD) 4.00 Gilmore Girls (S) (HD) 5.00 I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Shown yesterday 9pm ITV1 (S) (HD)

6.15pm Catchphrase Ricky, Leanne and Grant compete to guess the familiar phrases. (S) (HD)

7.00 The Masked Singer US The final four perform songs by British artists. (S) (HD)

8.00 Ant & Dec’s Limitless Win The duo host the quiz, with Zee and his dad Tony returning for a chance to win the biggest cash prize in British TV history by climbing an endless money ladder. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Family Guy Series 19. A stray cat wanders into the house. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.30 The guys regale each other with stories of youthful accomplishments. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.05 New. I’m a Celebrity...Unpacked With Sam Thompson, Joel Dommett and Kemi Rogers. Rptd tomorrow 2pm ITV1 (S) (HD)

11.05 Family Guy Series 2. Lois’s wealthy aunt dies, leaving the Griffins her Rhode Island mansion, and Peter takes lessons in becoming a debonair gentleman. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.35 American Dad! Series 15. Steve’s efforts to befriend a Swedish exchange student backfire in a big way. (S) (AD) (HD)

12 midnight Hayley takes extreme measures to save Klaus from being deported. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.25am Bob’s Burgers (S) (AD) (HD) 1.15 Count Abdulla (S) (HD) 2.05—3.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

6.00am Classic Emmerdale (S) (AD) 7.00

Classic Coronation Street (S) (AD) 8.05

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Yellow Iris. An unsolved case resurfaces; 9.10 The Case of the Missing Will. A Cambridge don is killed; 10.15 The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman. The detective tangles with gangsters (S) (AD) (HD) 11.30 The Royal: 9/12 Series 6. A piano teacher reveals a mysterious past (S) (AD) 12.30pm Heartbeat: 14/24. Greengrass becomes a landlord (S) (AD) 1.40 Classic Emmerdale: double bill. Simon disapproves of Lesley’s relationship, then Pearl confesses to Len about borrowing money (S) (AD) 2.40

Classic Coronation Street: double bill. A sober Carol takes Jamie out and says she’s cleaned up her act, then Carol gives Leanne a piece of her mind (S) (AD) 3.50 Midsomer Murders:

Series 10. King’s Crystal. The collapse of a family business leads to murder (S) (AD)

5.55pm Downton Abbey

6/9

Series 3. Tempers fray as a kind gesture by Isobel backfires. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 Heartbeat

15/24

Series 8. Greengrass organises a Civil War re-enactment. (S) (AD)

8.00 Midsomer Murders

Series 5. Murder on St Malley’s Day. Is the murder of a schoolboy linked to his membership of a elite club? (S) (AD)

10.00 DCI Banks

1/6

Series 3. Wednesday’s Child 1/2

Two people claiming to be social workers take away a woman’s son, but when they fail to return, Banks is drawn into the search for the missing boy. (S) (AD) (HD) 11.00 2/6. Wednesday’s Child 2/2

A body found on the moors is identified as 11-year-old Andre Petri, and with Kyle Heath still missing, Banks and the team seek a link between the boys. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.50 Inspector Morse

Series 7. The Day of the Devil. A rapist escapes from prison and embarks on a deadly game of cat and mouse. (S) (AD) (HD) 2.00—2.30am Unwind (S) (HD)

6.00am Great Racehorses (S) (HD) 6.20 Minder (S) (SL) (AD) 7.25 The Professionals (S) (SL) (AD) 8.30 The Champions (S) 9.35 Lost Car Rescue (S) (HD) 10.30 Giant Lobster Hunters (S) (HD) 11.30 BattleBots (S) (HD) 12.30pm The Champions (S) 1.35 Lost Car Rescue (S) (HD) 2.35 Giant Lobster Hunters (S) (HD) 3.35 Minder (S) (AD) 4.45 The Professionals (S) (AD) 5.55 BattleBots (S) (HD)

6.55pm The Chase Celebrity Special With Mark Chapman, Gillian Joseph, Ryan Sidebottom and Fred MacAulay. (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 New. World Rally Highlights The Rally Japan. Action from the 13th and final round of the campaign, which took place on asphalt roads around Nagoya. (S) (HD)

9.00 FILM Creed II HHH Boxing drama starring Michael B Jordan, Sylvester Stallone and Tessa Thompson. (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

11.35 FILM Passenger 57 HHH Action adventure starring Wesley Snipes. Terrorist Charles Rane is flying to stand trial in LA when his accomplices hijack the plane. (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

1.10am New. All Elite Wrestling: Rampage (S) (HD) 2.10—3.00am New. Dark Side of the Ring: the last-surviving Von Erich tells his story (S) (AD) (HD)

7.20am London’s Burning: 8/16 Series 11. Nick discovers the truth about Chris (S) (AD) 8.15 Doctors: double bill. Jack uncovers a secret, then the team present the Super Practice bid 9.25 Classic Holby City: Xavier is sent into a tailspin by an unexpected patient Rptd 2.10am (S) (HD) 10.40 Classic Casualty: Nikki and Jack’s big day arrives (S) 11.45 The Bill: PC Emma Hinckley is confronted with some unwelcome news about her husband’s past (S) 12.50pm Classic EastEnders: double bill. Rob is stunned by May’s revelation, then Peggy organises a night in the Vic for Pauline and Joe 2.05 London’s Burning: 9/16 Series 11. The team reels after Nick’s death (S) (AD) 3.05 Bergerac: 7/10 Series 1. Jim looks for a former golf pro Rptd 1am (S) 4.15 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: 5/6 Series 2. Hetty checks out a gold-digging fiancé 5.25 The Upper Hand: 2/13 Series 3. Charlie takes Caroline on a date (S) 6.00pm ’Allo ’Allo! 4/10 Series 7. Up the Crick Without a Piddle. Edith meets an old friend. (S) 6.40 Last of the Summer Wine Series 9. Wind Power. The trio come up with another madcap scheme. (S) 7.20 When You Take a Good Bite, Yorkshire Tastes Terrible. Clegg feels nostalgic. (S) 8.00 Jonathan Creek 1/6 Series 3. The Curious Tale of Mr Spearfish. A man claims to have sold his soul to the Devil to become rich. (S) (AD) 9.05 New Tricks

1/10 Series 11. Bermondsey Boy. Gerry is asked by an old friend to look into the death of his grandson. (S) (AD) (HD) 10.30 2/10. Tender Loving Care The team investigate the unsolved death of a brilliant young doctor. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.50 Case Histories

4/6 Series 1. One Good Turn 2/2. Brodie helps a journalist towards redemption. (S) (HD) 1.00am Bergerac Shown 3.05pm (S)

emergency occurs when the ladies enjoy a day of shopping. (S) (HD) 12.25—1.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

A History of Royal Scandals 9.00pm Suzannah Lipscomb looks at money

8.55am Kirstie’s House of Craft 9.15 A Place in the Sun 10.05 A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now? 11.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It

1.05pm Car SOS (AD) 2.05 Four in a Bed: five editions 4.50 Narrow Escapes (AD) 5.50pm Car SOS Fuzz and Tim restore a Caterham 7 belonging to a former amateur racer, who had to focus on caring for his family after his wife was diagnosed with cancer. (AD) 6.55 Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw restore a former soldier’s Austin army truck. (AD) 7.55 PopMaster TV Mary from Kent, Dougie from Glasgow, John from Hertfordshire, Abbie from York and Sarah from Dagenham show off their music knowledge.

9.00 New. A History of Royal Scandals

Ep 5 Series 2. Suzannah Lipscomb explores lavish spending by the royals, including Queen Elizabeth I, who insisted on taking her whole court and most of her servants with her on enormous tours of her kingdom. (AD)

10.00 Skeletons of the Mary Rose: the New Evidence Secret History documentary investigating who the crew members of the doomed Mary Rose warship really were. (AD) 11.05 24 Hours in A&E A 22-year-old cyclist is rushed to St George’s Hospital after he collided with a car on his way to work and “bullseyed” its rear window. (AD) 12.10am A History of Royal Scandals (AD) 1.15 Skeletons of the Mary Rose: the New Evidence (AD) 2.20 24 Hours in A&E (AD) 3.25—3.55am Supermarkets Unwrapped: the Vegan Aisle (AD)

6.00am Hollyoaks Shown last Wednesday/ yesterday (AD) 7.00 Married at First Sight NZ 8.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD) 9.00 Young Sheldon (AD) 10.00 The Big Bang Theory (AD) 11.00 Modern Family: double bill

12 noon The Big Bang Theory (AD) 2.00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD) 3.00 Modern Family

4.00 Young Sheldon: double bill (AD) 5.00 The Big Bang Theory: two episodes (AD) 6.00pm The Big Bang Theory 14/24 Series 12. Bernadette and Howard enlist Sheldon in their fight against a balcony. (AD) 6.30 15/24. Penny tries to put a stop to Leonard’s plan to be a sperm donor. (AD)

7.00 New. Hollyoaks A dinner turns awkward and causes a feud. Rptd tomorrow 6.30am (AD)

7.30 New. Abbott Elementary 7/22 Series 2 The teachers are appalled by an advert. (AD) 8.00 New. Married at First Sight NZ It’s time for the couples to adjust to life in Auckland. 9.00 Gogglebox Responses to Anton and Giovanni’s Adventures in Spain and Hunted. (AD) 10.05 First Dates Dapper Will is looking for a woman to share his love of the countryside. (AD) 11.10 Naked Attraction: All Out and Proud Anna Richardson hosts a Pride special. (AD)

Bill Bailey’s Master Crafters: the Next Generation 8.00pm Bill and Ian

6.00am Romeo and Juliet 8.05 The Joy of Painting (AD) 9.05 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) 10.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents: double bill 11.00 Discovering: Ian McKellen (AD) 12 noon Landscape Artist of the Year 2018

1.00pm Tales of the Unexpected (AD) 2.00 John Wayne: America at All Costs (AD) 3.00 Discovering: Ed Harris (AD) 4.00 David Hockney: In Normandy 5.00 Landscape Artist of the Year 2018: from Loch Fyne in Argyll and Bute

6.00pm Tales of the Unexpected A well-dressed old man sells his umbrella. (AD)

6.30 A girl who is followed by a stranger seeks shelter with a kindly woman. (AD)

7.00 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour A man tries to deal with his insensitive wife.

8.00 RT CHOICE Bill Bailey’s Master Crafters: the Next Generation 1/4 Series 3 The comedian celebrates traditional crafts, beginning with blacksmith Ian Thackray giving Bran, Brad and Georgia a masterclass See page 71. Bill Bailey’s viewpoint: page 11

9.00 The Warhol Effect Lifting the lid on the fascinating last decade of Andy Warhol’s life and the artistic legacy he left. (AD)

11.00 Back to Basquiat A look at the life and career of the artist, which were marked by a long quest for identity, by his family origins, and by his pivotal trip to Africa.

12.15am Ai Weiwei: the Artivist 1.30 The Pilgrimage of Gilbert and George: a profile of the art duo (AD) 3.30 Ugly Beauty 4.45—6.00am

National Trust: Garden Treasures (AD)

9.00am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

10.00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (AD) 11.00 Couples Come Dine with Me: from Bristol 12 noon Frasier (AD) 1.00pm Four in a Bed

1.30 A Place in the Sun 2.30 Help! We Bought a Village 3.30 Come Dine with Me (AD)

6.00pm A Place in the Sun Jean Johansson helps Andrea and Gary find a holiday home on the Caribbean island of St Lucia.

7.00 Perfect Pub Walks with Bill Bailey

Paul Merton joins Bill on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast to walk along the South West Coast Path. (AD)

8.00 RT CHOICE The Great British Bake Off: the Final 10/10 Series 15. This year’s top trio of amateurs tackle three more challenges in a bid to be crowned champion. See page 71. Simulcast with C4 (SL) (AD) Your RT Books: page 132

9.20 24 Hours in Police Custody: the Murder Messages The story of a couple who suffered anonymous online attacks. See choice, p61. Shown yesterday 9pm C4 (AD) 10.25 FILM Under Siege HHHH Action thriller with Steven Seagal and Tommy Lee Jones. Review p47. (AD) Shown Sat 12.55am C4 12.25am 24 Hours in A&E (AD) 1.30 Love Cheats (AD) 2.35 Gogglebox (AD) 3.35—4.35am Eight out of Ten Cats Does Countdown

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Guy’s Garage 8.00pm Guy takes a revamped three-wheeler

6.10am Make It at Market 8.00 Abandoned Engineering: double bill (AD) 10.00 World War Weird 11.00 Nazi Murder Mysteries 12 noon Great Continental Railway Journeys: travelling from Rome to Sicily 1.00pm Antiques Roadshow 2.00 Bangers and Cash 4.00 World War Weird 5.00 Nazi Hunters

6.00pm Antiques Roadshow Fiona Bruce is at Durham Cathedral, where finds include a carriage clock and a drawing by Laura Knight.

7.00 Our Guy in India Guy Martin climbs to the top of India’s tallest building and experiences the arrival of the monsoons.

8.00 Guy’s Garage Guy investigates an Italian racing scene based around the three-wheeled Piaggio Ape.

9.00 Bangers and Cash: Restoring Classics

Derek picks out a super low mileage MGC, but the team pays a little too much to secure it. (AD)

10.00 Bangers and Cash Derek picks up some “emerging” sporting classics from the Far East when three Datsun Zs appear. 11.00 Abandoned Engineering Exploring a grand structure in Hull that was reduced to rubble by Hitler’s planes. (AD) 12 midnight Great Continental and Indian Railway Journeys 1.00—3.00am Make It at Market

7.15am Total Wipeout: Freddie and Paddy Takeover 8.00 Special Ops: Crime Squad UK (AD) 10.00 Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge

12 noon American Pickers: Best Of 1.00pm American Pickers 2.00 The Boat That Guy Built 3.00 Top Gear (AD) 5.00 Hairy Bikers’ Best of British: the history of the winkle 6.00pm Rick Stein’s Road to Mexico The chef explores the city of Guadalajara.

7.00 Would I Lie to You? With Josh Widdicombe, Gemma Cairney, Raj Bisram and Sophie Hermann. Rob Brydon hosts.

7.40 Richard Osman’s House of Games

Steve Backshall, Catherine Bohart, Dr Ranj Singh and Meera Syal take part.

8.20 With Angela Barnes, Melvin Odoom, Greg Rutherford and Denise Van Outen.

9.00 Have I Got a Bit More News for You

Jack Dee hosts an extended edition of the quiz.

10.00 QI XL Hosted by Stephen Fry.

11.00 Eight out of Ten Cats Guests include Alex Jones, Alex Brooker and Sarah Millican. 11.50 Mock the Week Guests include Ed Byrne, Darren Harriott and Felicity Ward.

12.30am Would I Lie to You? 1.10 QI XL 1.50

Richard Osman’s House of Games: two editions

3.05—4.00am David Mitchell’s Outsiders (AD)

8.00am Entertainment News 8.10 GPs: behind Closed Doors 9.10 Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun (AD) 11.05 Traffic Cops 1.05pm Police Interceptors (AD) 3.05 Babies 24/7:

7.00

TUESDAY

5 Action 33

9.00am Entertainment News 9.15 New. Motorway: Hell on the Highway 10.15 Traffic Cops 11.15 Police Interceptors (AD) 12.10pm The Gambler: the Adventure Continues 2.05 FILM Support Your Local Gunfighter HHHH Satirical comedy western starring James Garner and Suzanne Pleshette. Review page 77 4.00 Motorway: Hell on the Highway 5.00 Traffic Cops

6.00pm Police Interceptors Sergeant Sean uses the big red key door opener to enter a drug dealer’s property.

7.00 Sniffer dog Louis tracks a burglar.

8.00 The interceptors go in hot pursuit of tearaway teens and reckless youths.

9.00 Motorway: Hell on the Highway The dangers of driving oversized loads. 10.00 New. Shooter Nadine contacts a reporter who can explain the conspiracy. 11.00 New. Bob Lee and Nadine weave a plan that could expose the conspiracy.

11.55 Police 999: Clear and Present Danger

A police officer is attacked with a machete. 12.55am Fights, Camera, Action! 1.55 Trucking Heavy 3.50—4.00am Entertainment News

5 Action Freeview 33 Freesat 132 Sky 150 Virgin 130

9.00am The Yorkshire Vet 3.00pm Murder, She Wrote (AD) 4.00 Columbo

6.00pm Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Ben meets a photographer living in Oregon.

7.00 Ben meets a former carpenter living on a private island in the Icelandic wilderness.

8.00 Sue Perkins: Lost in Alaska

The presenter explores the northerly state.

9.00 The Coastal Map of Britain Examining the rise and fall of the UK’s greatest ports. 10.00 Inside the Tower of London Cameras focus on two baby ravens who have joined the Tower’s resident colony.

11.00 Prisoner: Cell Block H Sandy asserts herself as top dog, and Janet opens up to Meg. 12 midnight Sandy steals some painkillers. 1.05am Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 3.05 Forged in Fire 3.50—4.00am Entertainment

6.10am Inside the Ambulance (AD)

7.00 Property Brothers: Forever Homes 8.00 Tipping Point 11.00

DIY SOS: the Big Build 12 noon DIY SOS 1.00pm Tipping Point 3.00 Property Brothers: Forever Homes

5.00 DIY SOS: the Big Build

6.00pm DIY SOS Building a garden at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

7.00 MasterChef USA The takeover challenge visits Spago.

8.00 New. The Young Midwives of Essex 2/8. Tacha gets to grips with the pace of a busy ward. (AD)

9.00 Lies, Deceit and Betrayal Hundreds of film industry professionals are preyed upon by the Hollywood Con Queen. (AD)

10.00 New. Missing Persons Investigation 7/8. Police must find a missing four-year-old girl. 11.00 New. 8/8. Detectives launch a search for a tourist.

12 midnight The Young Midwives of Essex (AD) 1.00 One Born Every Minute 1.50—3.00am Simply Nigella: festive cooking ideas (AD)

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6.00am

6.00am Barefoot Contessa 6.30 Barefoot Contessa: back to Basics 7.00 James Martin and Christmas Friends 8.00 River Cottage 9.00 Cake Boss (AD) 10.00 Cooking Christmas with Matt and Lisa 11.00 The Great British Christmas Menu 12.30pm Jamie’s Family Christmas 1.00 Jamie: Keep Cooking at Christmas 2.00 James Martin and Christmas Friends 3.00 Cake Boss (AD) 4.00 Barefoot Contessa 4.30 Barefoot Contessa: back to Basics 5.00 Cooking

Christmas with Matt and Lisa

6.00pm Jamie’s Family Christmas: snacks for the festive season 6.30

The Great British Christmas Menu 8.00 James Martin and Christmas Friends: a festive feast with Brian Turner and Jennie McAlpine 9.00

Mary Berry’s Christmas Party 10.00 Jamie’s Best Ever Christmas (AD) 11.00 New series. Beat Bobby Flay: Eddie Jackson kicks off the season with a turkey-less Thanksgiving meal 12 midnight Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 1.00am Cake Boss: two editions (AD) 2.00—3.00am Christmas Cookie Challenge: building baked gift displays

7.00am Building Alaska 8.00 Escape to the Country 9.00 A Place in the Sun 10.00 Escape to the Country 11.00 A Place in the Sun 12 noon My Lottery Dream Home 2.00pm A Place in the Sun

3.00 Escape to the Country 5.00 A Place in the Sun: triple bill 8.00 Escape to the Country 9.00 New. Backed by the Bros: Jonathan and Drew Scott complete a new-build triplex (AD) 10.00 New Martha Knows Best: double bill. Martha creates an eye-catching basket centrepiece and her classic door swag, then sets her table for Thanksgiving and prepares two turkeys 11.00 Home Town (AD) 12 midnight Good Bones 1.00am Building Alaska 2.00 Flip or Flop 3.00—4.00am My Lottery Dream Home

Great TV 50

8.00am Diagnosis Murder 10.00 Father Dowling Mysteries 11.00 Castle 12 noon Hart to Hart

2.00pm Father Dowling Mysteries

3.00 Diagnosis Murder 5.00 Murder, She Wrote: double bill

7.00pm M*A*S*H: four episodes

9.00 The Avengers: Steed suspects an African dignitary of stealing weapons 10.00 Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased): Jeff loses the ability to see Marty 11.00 Return of the Saint: an unknown bomber attacks London

12 midnight M*A*S*H: four episodes

2.00am Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) 3.00 Return of the Saint

3.50 Movie News 4.00 Highway to Heaven 4.50—5.00am Movie News

7.00am The Chase 10.00 The Crystal Maze 11.00 Pointless Celebrities 12 noon The Chase 1.00pm Family Fortunes (AD) 3.00 Catchphrase (AD) 4.00 Blockbusters 5.00 The Crystal Maze 6.00 Bullseye 7.00 Cash Trapped (AD) 8.00 The Chase: double bill. Contestants Sarah, Ewan, Chris and Mik answer questions, then Jamie, Steve, Abbey and Rachel take part 10.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Celebrity Special: Chris Tarrant invites celebrity duos Jamie Theakston and Coronation Street s Wendi Peters and real-life couple Max Beesley and Susie Amy to play for charity (AD) 11.00 Bullseye (AD) 12 midnight Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 1.00am The Crystal Maze: with Richard O’Brien 2.00 The Chase 4.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (AD) 5.00—6.00am Bullseye

8.00am New. America the Bountiful

8.30 as 6.55pm 9.25 as 7.50pm 10.20 as 8.50pm 11.20 After Chaos 12.30pm as 6.20pm 1.00 The Ottoman Empire 2.10 as 6.55pm 3.05 as 7.50pm 4.05 as 8.50pm 5.05 After Chaos

6.20pm America the Bountiful 7/13. Capri Cafaro learns about crabs in Maryland.

6.55 Lincoln: Divided We Stand 5/6. Chronicling Lincoln’s evolution on issues of slavery and equality.

7.50 Ocean Wreck Investigation 7/10. The greatest scuttle and act of defiance in wartime history.

8.50 Berlin: Stories of the City 1/2. A look into the extensive history of the city of Berlin.

9.50 After Chaos 1/2. The reconstruction of Berlin after the Second World War.

11.00 Ocean Wreck Investigation As 7.50pm.

12 midnight Berlin: Stories of the City 1.00—2.00am America the Bountiful

9.00am Inside the Ambulance 6.00pm Inside the Ambulance: three editions. Crews attend a playground injury 7.00 Crews help a child with signs of meningitis 8.00 A lorry driver with

CBeebies 202

11.00am The Man in the White Suit 5 A boffin invents an indestructible cloth in this Ealing satire. Alec Guinness (1951, U) (S) (AD) 12.45pm Roman Holiday 5 Sublime, chic and charming fable in which princess Audrey Hepburn falls for reporter Gregory Peck while visiting the Eternal City. (1953, U) (S) (AD) 3.05 Payroll HH The wife of a security guard killed in a robbery vows vengeance in this crime drama. Michael Craig, Françoise Prévost (1961, PG) (S) 5.15 Ten Tall Men HHH Burt Lancaster gives a typically roguish turn as an imprisoned sergeant in this comedic tale. (1951, U) (S) (AD) 7.10pm Daddy’s Home HH Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg aim low for laughs in a comedy about a stepdad upstaged by the biological father of his kids. (2015, 12) (S) (AD)

9.00 The Black Phone HHHH Tense horror thriller, in which a kidnapped teen discovers a supernatural hotline to his captor’s past victims. Ethan Hawke (2021, 15) (S) (AD) 11.05 Lucy in the Sky HH Natalie Portman stars in this restless but intriguing sci-fi drama about an astronaut whose grip on reality begins to dissolve after she returns to Earth. (2019, 15) (S) 1.30—3.45am Meet the Parents HHHH In this hilariously cringey comedy, Ben Stiller’s meeting with his potential father-in-law turns into the weekend from hell. (2000, 12) (S) (AD)

New. Dog Squad 5.15 Dodge’s Pup School 5.25 Sarah & Duck 5.35 JoJo & Gran Gran 5.45 Moon and Me 6.10pm Clangers 6.20 In the Night Garden... 6.50—7.00pm CBeebies Bedtime Stories: with Oti Mabuse

CBeebies F’view 202 F’sat 601 Sky 608 Virgin 702

7.00am Shaun the Sheep 7.10 Danger Mouse 7.20 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 7.35 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 7.45 New. Newsround 7.55 Grizzy and the Lemmings 8.10 Odd Squad 8.25 Super Happy Magic Forest 8.35 Monster Loving Maniacs 8.45 Ninja Express 9.00 Bitesize Daily: 5—6 Year Olds 9.20 Horrible Histories 9.50 Operation Ouch! 10.15 Deadly 60 10.45 Art Ninja 11.05 Out of This World 11.20 Meet the McQueens 11.35 Gym Stars 11.55 Andy’s Safari Adventures 12.10pm Go Jetters 12.20 Big Lizard 12.30 OOglies 12.35 Danger Mouse

1.00 Octonauts 1.10 Supertato 1.15 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 1.40 Super Happy Magic Forest 1.50 Blue Peter 2.20 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 2.30 Jamie Johnson 3.00 Sketchy Comedy 3.05 The Dengineers

ITV Kids on ITV2

6.00am What the Butler Saw H Dated comedy. Edward Rigby (1950, U) (S) 7.15 Lost in the Desert HHH Harrowing drama about a boy’s struggle to survive in the wilderness and his father’s determination to save him. Jamie Hayes, Dirkie Hayes (1969, U) (S) 8.55 Murder at 3am HH Plodding crime drama. Dennis Price (1953, U) (S) 10.10 The Shillingbury Blowers TV comedy drama. (S) 12 noon Worzel Gummidge TV series. (S) 12.35pm High Tide TV drama. (S) 2.25 Fighting Man of the Plains HH Sturdy western. Randolph Scott (1949, PG) (S) 4.25 The Day the Earth Stood Still 5 Hugely influential sci-fi tale about an alien and his robot landing on Earth. Review, right. Michael Rennie (1951, U) 6.30pm Colonel March of Scotland Yard TV thriller. (S) 7.05 Batman Caped capers. (S) 7.35 Dangerous Assignment TV adventure with Brian Donlevy. (S) 8.05 Rumpole of the Bailey British TV courtroom drama. 9.10 Fedora HHHH Billy Wilder’s modern gothic drama about a movie producer whose former lover, the titular Hollywood star, is found dead. Review p40. William Holden, Marthe Keller (1951, U) (S) 11.30 The Puppet Masters HH Pacey but tawdry sci-fi drama about a parasitic alien invasion. Donald Sutherland, Eric Thal (1994, 15) (S) 1.45am Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies HH Knowingly cheap Austrian horror. Gabriela Marcinkova (2016, 15) (S) 3.25 Tales from the Crypt HHHH Entertaining horror anthology with a cast of British stalwarts battling various supernatural terrors. Ralph Richardson (1972, 15) (S) 5.25—6.00am For the Love of Ada Vintage TV sitcom. (S) Talking Pictures TV Freeview 82 Freesat 306 Sky 328 Virgin 445

9.00am Black Widow HH Thriller in which a student investigates the death of her teacher. Erin Karpluk (2018) 10.55 The House on the Hill HH Predictable psycho-thriller. Samaire Armstrong (2019) 1.00pm Nowhere to Be Found HH A woman is met with silence after her daughter goes missing. Kate Drummond (2019) 3.00 A Martha’s Vineyard Mystery: Ships in the Night 4.55 A Martha’s Vineyard Mystery: Poisoned in Paradise 7.00pm Lost Letter Mysteries: The Vows We’ve Made TV mystery. 9.00 The Snowman HH Lacklustre adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s crime novel about investigator Harry Hole. Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson (2017, 15)

11.30 Escobar HH Watchable biopic of the Colombian drug lord, with Javier Bardem cutting an imposing figure in the title role. (2017, 15)

2.05am 13 HH Occasionally tense thriller in which Sam Riley is entered into a Russian Roulette competition. (2009, 15) 4.00—5.40am April Flowers HH Breezy romantic drama about a woman who finds a journal. Celina Jade, Jon Fletcher (2017)

8.00am Police Ten 7 9.00 Shockwave HH Well-crafted disaster movie. Stacey Oristano (2017) 11.00 Wild West Chronicles 11.30 Wanted: Dead or Alive 1.00pm Silverado HHHH

Invigorating western about a ragtag bunch of misfits facing down a corrupt sheriff. Review, right. Kevin Kline (1985, PG) 3.50 Two Rode Together HHH Slow-moving but well-cast John Ford western. James Stewart (1961, PG)

6.20 Wanted: Dead or Alive

7.00pm Subzero H Mountaineers must retrieve a top-secret piece of military kit in this goofy action adventure. Costas Mandylor, Nia Peeples (2005)

9.00 Night Hunter HH Moody thriller following the efforts of a cop and a vigilante to bring a murderer to justice. Henry Cavill, Ben Kingsley (2018, 15) 11.10 Half Past Dead HH

An FBI agent goes under cover in a hi-tech prison in this shoddy thriller. Steven Seagal, Morris Chestnut (2002, 12) 1.20am Miami Magma HH Hokey made-for-TV disaster movie. Rachel Hunter (2011) 3.15 Cops Uncut 3.45—4.50am The Blitz on London

FILM REVIEWS

8.10am Christmas Catch HH

A cop’s head is turned by a handsome thief in this fun romcom. Emily Alatalo (2018)

10.20 Hats Off to Christmas HH Undemanding drama. Haylie Duff (2013)

12.20pm Switched for Christmas HH Twin sisters swap places and begin to appreciate their own lives. Candace Cameron Bure 2.15 Spotlight on Christmas HH Warm-hearted romance. Tori Anderson (2020) 4.10 Oh Christmas Tree HH Predictable romantic comedy. Sarah Lancaster (2013)

6.05pm Baking All the Way HH

A cookery book author tries to wrangle a gingerbread recipe from a baker in this romantic drama. (2022)

8.00 Twinkle All the Way HH Glossy romcom about single parents who help at a pageant. Sarah Drew (2019)

10.00 A

7.25am Sasquatch Sunset

HHHH Absurdist but poignant comedy. Riley Keough (2023, 15) 9.00 As 6.20pm 10.45 As 4.30pm 12.45pm

Widow Clicquot HHH Good-looking if standard biopic. Haley Bennett (2023, 15)

2.25 Girl You Know It’s True HHH Wry and sympathetic biopic of the band Milli Vanilli. Review p37. (2023, 15) 4.30 IF HHH Child-friendly if Pixar-lite fantasy about imaginary friends. Cailey Fleming, Ryan Reynolds (2024, U)

6.20pm Journey to Bethlehem HH Lively musical treatment of the birth of Christ. Fiona Palomo (2023, PG)

8.00 Dune: Part Two HHHH Timothée Chalamet joins the freedom fighters of the desert planet in this sci-fi epic. Zendaya (2023, 12)

11.00 Lee HHH Kate Winslet is fantastic as photographer Lee Miller in an engaging wartime biopic. (2023, 15)

1.05am Thanksgiving HHH Witty seasonal slasher. Review p37. (2023, 18)

3.05 Tarot HH Familiar horror. Adain Bradley (2024, 15) 4.55—6.45am There’s Something in the Barn HHH Knowing and bloody festive horror comedy. Martin Starr, Amrita Acharia (2023, 15)

8.00am Walker, Texas Ranger 9.00

The A-Team 10.00 MacGyver 11.00 Shark Season H Cheap and cheesy thriller. Michael Madsen (2020, 15) 12.55pm Five Golden Dragons HH Hokey crime thriller about a secret sect in Hong Kong. Robert Cummings (1967, PG) 3.00 Torture Garden HHH Imaginative horror compendium. Review, right. Jack Palance (1967, 12) 5.00 Star Trek

6.00pm MacGyver TV thriller.

7.00 The A-Team TV adventure.

8.00 Walker, Texas Ranger TV action drama with Chuck Norris.

9.00 Ulzana’s Raid HHHH Stark, violent western from director Robert Aldrich about the hunt for a group of Apaches. Burt Lancaster (1972, 18)

11.00 Escape Plan 2: Hades H

Misfiring action sequel about a security expert. Sylvester Stallone (2018, 15) 12.55am The Loft HH Sleazy whodunnit where a woman turns up dead in an apartment used to conduct illicit affairs. Karl Urban, James Marsden (2014, 15) 2.55—4.50am The Humanity Bureau HH Bland post-apocalypse sci-fi starring Nicolas Cage. Sarah Lind (2017, 15)

6.00am As 5pm 8.00 The Blood Beast Terror H Peter Cushing struggles to avoid the dodgy horror clichés in a clumsy Victorian yarn about a bloodsucking monster. (1967, 12) 10.00 Andromeda 11.00 Warbirds H Daft wartime horror fantasy. Brian Krause (2008, 15) 1.00pm Super Cyclone HH An engineer and a scientist must save the world from the storm to end all storms in this low-budget disaster movie. Ming-Na, Nicholas Turturro (2012) 3.00 Andromeda 4.00 Knight Rider 5.00 Beware!

The Blob H Pointless sequel to the 1958 classic that rehashes virtually the same plot. Robert Walker Jr (1971, 15)

7.00pm Andromeda TV sci-fi series.

8.00 Knight Rider TV drama. 9.00 Mojave HHH A drifter latches onto a jaded Hollywood director in this handsome thriller. Review, right. Oscar Isaac (2014, 15) 10.55 Any Bullet Will Do HH Low-budget western in which a headhunter tracks his own brother across Montana. Kevin Makely (2018, 15) 1.00—3.00am Mojave As 9pm

Superbad HHHH

9.00-11.15pm Comedy Central j

COMEDY Greg Motola’s clever teen film serves up all the essential elements of the genre but does it with a scabrous wit. Jonah Hill and Michael Cera are the geeky high-schoolers who plan to provide booze for a party and thus ensure the gratitude of its female attendees. But their mission is made more complicated by their idiot friend “McLovin” (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) and two inept cops (Seth Rogen and Bill Hader). Also featuring in the talented cast is Emma Stone, making her film debut as the object of Hill’s affection. ADAM SMITH (US 2007, swearing, sex scenes, drug abuse, HD)

The Inspector General HHH 12 noon-2.00pm

Rewind TV y

MUSICAL COMEDY This splendid, rarely shown Danny Kaye vehicle is based on the Nikolai Gogol play about a buffoon who is mistaken for a visiting dignitary. Warner Bros turned it into a musical, importing director Henry Koster, and commissioning songs from Mrs Kaye — Sylvia Fine — and the brilliant Johnny Mercer. TONY SLOMAN (US 1949)

Silverado HHHH 1.003.50pm Great Action g

WESTERN With this rousing tale, Lawrence Kasdan rustles ideas from virtually every B-western made. Scott Glenn’s cowboy arrives in town to find that it’s being terrorised by Brian Dennehy’s sheriff. Kevin Costner and Danny Glover provide solid support, and John Cleese enjoys his cameo as an English lawman. DAVID PARKINSON (US 1985, may be edited for content)

Support Your Local Gunfighter HHHH

2.05-4.00pm 5 Action y

COMEDY Amiable James Garner polished up his TV Maverick persona in a wonderfully witty pair of cowboy satires directed by Burt Kennedy. This isn’t

Apollo 11 5

9.00-11.00pm

Sky Documentaries y

DOCUMENTARY Released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing, Todd Douglas Miller’s film presents the historic undertaking as it’s never been seen or heard before, with newly unearthed film and audio footage that is sure to impress even seasoned space-race cadets. The images of Armstrong and Aldrin exploring the lunar surface are humbling to behold.

JAMIE HEALY (US 2019)

Mojave HHH 9.0010.55pm Legend Xtra j

THRILLER Writer/director

exactly a sequel to Support Your Local Sheriff!, except perhaps in tone, but it’s equally funny, as conman Garner passes himself off as a deadly gunman. Bumbling Jack Elam walks away with the movie as Garner’s buddy. TS (US 1971, HD)

Torture Garden HHH

3.00-5.00pm Legend h

HORROR A group of visitors to a fairground are shown their futures by the odd Dr Diabolo (Burgess Meredith) in one of the better compendium chillers from Amicus Productions. Psycho author Robert Bloch’s skilful script includes cannibal cats, haunted pianos and Edgar Allan Poe. Jack Palance stands out as a Poe fanatic. ALAN JONES (UK 1967, may be edited for content)

The Day the Earth Stood

Still 5 4.25-6.15pm

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SCI-FI DRAMA In an era of Cold War paranoia, director Robert Wise’s film was a welcome sign of hope, as a spaceship and its pilot (Michael Rennie) bring a message of peace rather than destruction. From Bernard Herrmann’s otherworldly score to the film’s deceptively simple designs, this movie had a huge influence on big-screen sci-fi. DP (US 1951, BW)

William Monahan’s goodlooking psycho-thriller stars Garrett Hedlund as a jaded LA film director who goes into the desert to find himself. Unfortunately,he also finds a sociopathic drifter (Oscar Isaac). Some viewers will be turned off by all the character soulsearching, but Isaac revels in his role. JEREMY ASPINALL (US 2014, violence, swearing) Man on Wire 5 12 midnight-1.50am Sky Documentaries h

DOCUMENTARY Blending interviews, archive footage and reconstructions, this movie charts how Frenchman Philippe Petit managed to walk a tightrope between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974. Petit comes across like mime artist Marcel Marceau mixed with cartoon dervish Roadrunner, and director James Marsh evokes the tension leading up to the historic feat. DAMON WISE (UK 2007, some nudity)

Highlander HHH

12.25-2.20am BBC1 j

ACTION FANTASY So confused as to be hilariously watchable, this 1980s cult favourite wavers between sci-fi movie, horror and music video. Christopher Lambert is the 16th-century Scottish clansman who is schooled into being an immortal swordsman by Sean Connery, before battling an evil rival (Clancy Brown). TOM HUTCHINSON (US/UK 1986, violence, swearing, sex scenes, nudity, HD)

TUESDAY

SEAL Team 10.50pm Jason is pulled from a mission

6.00am Sky News Breakfast 8.00 Border Patrol 9.00 Stargate Atlantis 11.00 Predators (AD) 12 noon Supergirl 1.00pm S.W.A.T. (AD)

3.00 Magnum P.I. (AD) 4.00 MacGyver 5.00 The Simpsons

6.00pm The Office US 12/19 Series 4. Michael is called as a key witness and Kelly gives Pam a lesson. 6.30 13/19. Jim and Pam visit Michael’s house for dinner.

7.00 The Simpsons A parenting disagreement becomes a struggle.

7.30 Marge gets a job in a kitchen.

8.00 Bill Bailey’s Master 4 Crafters: the Next Generation 1/4 Series 3 The comedian returns with the programme celebrating traditional crafts. See page 71. Bill Bailey’s viewpoint: page 11

9.00 Apollo 11 5

q The story of the 1969 Moon landing. Review p77. (AD) (W)

10.50 SEAL Team 9/10 Series 7 Bravo team walks into a trap. (AD)

11.50 The Force: Manchester Documentary following the work of Greater Manchester Police.

12.50am Brit Cops: Rapid Response (AD) 1.50 Road Wars: double bill 3.15 Magnum P.I. (AD)

Under 6.55pm Ruth is in a celebratory mood

6.00am Fish Town 8.00 True

Blood 10.15 Six Feet Under 12.20pm Game of Thrones (AD)

1.25 Billions (AD) 3.45 True Blood

5.50pm Six Feet Under 3/13 Series 3. Lisa quits her job and Ruth acts out of character by stealing a lipstick from a shop.

6.55 4/13. Lisa plans a birthday party for Ruth and Claire experiences a night to remember with Russell.

8.00 Game of Thrones 6/10 Series 4. Stannis and Davos arrive in Braavos for their meeting with the Iron Bank, while Tyrion’s trial begins in the throne room. (AD)

9.00 The Day of the Jackal 7/10. The assassin and Bianca both descend on Tallinn in anticipation of UDC’s announcement, but with the venue in lockdown the Jackal must use all his wiles.

10.05 The Wire 12/12 Series 2 Nick turns himself in to the police, Agent Fitzhugh suspects a leak within the FBI, and Omar decides to take revenge on Stringer.

11.25 Riviera 4/10 Series 1 Georgina attempts to track down her husband’s art collector. (AD) 12.30am 5/10. A lavish gala is marred by an uninvited guest. (AD)

1.35 Scenes from a Marriage (AD)

6.00am Stargate SG-1 8.00

Supergirl 9.00 Stargate Atlantis 11.00 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (AD) 12 noon Supergirl 1.00pm

S.W.A.T. (AD) 3.00 Magnum P.I. (AD)

4.00 MacGyver 5.00 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (AD)

6.00pm Stargate Atlantis 1/20 Series 4. The expedition becomes stranded in space. 7.00 2/20. Sheppard plans to steal a power source from the Replicators.

8.00 Flintoff: Lord of the Fries 1/6. Andrew Flintoff sets up a mobile chip shop to tour the UK. (AD)

9.00 New. Last King of the Cross 7/8 Series 2. John prepares Club Utopia for Mardi Gras while wooing potential investors for his new-look Kings Cross. (AD)

10.05 SEAL Team 9/10 Series 7 Bravo team walks into a trap. (AD)

11.05 The Walking Dead 6/24 Series 11. Pope tests Daryl’s loyalty to the Reapers with a mission. 12 midnight 7/24. Maggie and Elijah learn a new survival tactic.

1.00am A League of Their Own: US Road Trip 2.0 (AD) 2.00 New. Never Mind the Buzzcocks Ep 7 Series 4

7.00am The Fosters 7.40 On the Up 8.15 Keeping Up Appearances 8.55 On the Up 9.35 Are You Being Served? 10.15 Open All Hours

10.50 Last of the Summer Wine 12.10pm On the Up 12.50 Keeping Up Appearances 1.30 The Vicar of Dibley (AD) 2.30 Open All Hours

3.10 Dad’s Army 3.50 Are You Being Served? 4.30 Last of the Summer Wine 5.50 Open All Hours

6.30pm Dad’s Army Private Godfrey is accused of cowardice.

7.10 Captain Mainwaring enlists an unusual recruit to the platoon.

7.45 The Vicar of Dibley 1/2 Christmas special from 2004 guest-starring Rachel Hunter. (AD)

9.00 Miranda The shopkeeper finds she is still attracted to Gary. (AD)

9.40 Live at the Apollo Stand-up with Greg Davies, Hal Cruttenden and Simon Evans.

10.40 The Fast Show First episode of the comedy sketch show starring Paul Whitehouse. (AD)

11.15 The Real McCoy Comedy sketch show featuring Curtis Walker and Colette Johnson.

11.55 The Vicar of Dibley As 7.45pm.

4.05 MacGyver 5.00—6.00am Motorway Patrol: double bill (AD) 7.10am

2.40 Game of Thrones (AD) 3.45—6.00am Fish Town

6.00am Most Haunted: double bill

8.00 Home Shopping 11.00 Star

Trek: the Next Generation 12 noon Stargate Universe (AD) 1.00pm Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.00 Primeval 3.00 Stargate SG-1 4.00 Stargate Universe (AD) 5.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation

6.00pm Primeval 8/10 Series 3

In a bid to escape a huge insect-like futuristic creature, Jack drives into the future.

7.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 14/26 Series 4. Dukat enlists Kira’s help in regaining his status in the Cardassian Empire.

8.00 Stargate SG-1 1/22 Series 6

Jonas decides to finish what Daniel started, and the Stargate malfunctions, plunging Earth into jeopardy. Elsewhere, Teal’c returns home to attend his wife’s funeral.

9.00 Westworld 7/8 Series 4

Charlotte begins to see her plans realised and Bernard and Maeve fight to save the world. (AD) 10.10 8/8. Caleb and C try to escape while Christina finds the centre of the maze. Hale is furious when William changes the game’s difficulty. (AD) 11.20 Jurassic Domination H

q Action adventure starring Eric Roberts and Jack Pearson. The US military develops a pair of dinosaurs that soon escape and wreak havoc. (AD) (W)

1.00am Grimm: triple bill

4.00—6.00am Stargate SG-1

6.00am Air Ambulance ER 7.00

Border Security USA (AD) 8.00

Border Patrol 9.00 Brit Cops: Rapid Response (AD) 10.00 Stop, Search, Seize (AD) 11.00 Caught on Dashcam (AD) 12 noon FBI (AD)

1.00pm FBI: Most Wanted (AD)

2.00 FBI: International (AD) 3.00 Brit Cops: Rapid Response (AD)

4.00pm Nothing to Declare Eight editions of the fly-on-the-wall documentary following the work of customs officers in Australia.

8.00 Caught on Dashcam Some of the most incredible real-life crashes caught on dashcam.

9.00 Matlock 1/10. Revival of the 4 crime drama starring Kathy Bates. After achieving success in her younger years, septuagenarian Madeline Matlock decides to rejoin the workforce at a prestigious law firm. See p70.

10.00 FBI: Most Wanted 12/15 Series 2. The team members struggle with how to handle the situation when a man accidentally shoots a cop in self-defence. (AD)

11.00 FBI 3/22 Series 4. The team use OA’s former army buddy for intel on a private veteran’s club. (AD) 12 midnight Bull 1.00am Blue Bloods 2.00 New. Blue Bloods 13/18 Series 14. Sam Evans is released from prison Repeated tomorrow 9pm

3.00 The Force: Manchester 4.00 Road Wars 5.00—6.00am Stop, Search, Seize (AD)

With Pixie Lott, Charlie Simpson and John Kearns. See choice, p80 Rptd tomorrow 9pm 2.50 Road Wars 3.20 Magnum P.I. (AD) 4.10 MacGyver 5.00—6.00am Highway Patrol

7.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry 8.00 Four Weddings (AD) 10.00 Merlin (AD) 11.00 Motorway Patrol 12 noon Caught on Dashcam 1.00pm Border Security: Canada’s Front Line 2.00 Most Haunted: double bill 4.00 The Good Doctor 5.00 911 Crisis Centre 6.00pm Highway Cops (AD) 7.00 Merlin: Gaius is overjoyed when an old flame arrives in Camelot — but Merlin discovers she has been possessed (AD) 8.00 Border Security: Canada’s Front Line 9.00 Stella: double bill. The nurse uncovers yet more secrets about Michael, then Celia bumps into her ex-husband Dan (AD) 11.00 Mr Mayor: double bill (AD) 12 midnight Merlin (AD) 1.00am The Russell Howard Xmas Hour 2.00 A League of Their Own (AD) 3.00 Duck Quacks Don’t Echo (AD) 4.00 Four Weddings 5.00—6.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry: two editions

1.10am Miranda (AD) 1.50 Live at the Apollo 2.50 The Fast Show (AD) 3.20—4.00am The Real McCoy

(AD) 12

The Mentalist 1.00pm Death in

(AD) 2.00

Mysteries 4.00 Unforgettable 5.00 Hudson & Rex (AD)

6.00pm Father Brown 6/10 Series 4. Lady Felicia’s reckless driving lands her in the next hospital bed to Mrs McCarthy — with a killer on the loose. (AD)

7.00 The Mentalist 9/23 Series 2 Jane suspects that a diamond heist at an exclusive jewellery store could be an inside job.

8.00 Death in Paradise

8/8 Series 8. A horse trekking expedition is cut short when Jack discovers the dead body of a rider — at the police station itself. (AD)

9.00 1/8 Series 9. The locals of Saint Marie plans to celebrate the New Year — only for the festivities to be halted when a masked man stabs a woman in her home. (AD) 10.00 New. Black Sands 3/8 Series 2. A secret drives Anita to investigate her grandmother’s foster home, uncovering links to Helena’s death. Icelandic +subtitles. 11.00 The Mentalist As 7pm. 12 midnight Hudson & Rex (AD) 1.00am Justified 2.00—4.00am Murdoch Mysteries: double bill

2.25 The Reluctant Landlord (AD) 3.30 Barry (AD) 4.50 Will & Grace (AD) 5.50 The Office US 6.50pm Ballers: double bill. Tensions rise between Charles and Larry, then Spencer faces new worries over his expansion dream (AD) 8.00 Will & Grace: double bill. Karen meets her best frenemy, then Karen’s secret best friend suffers a fatal heart attack (AD) 9.00 Curb Your Enthusiasm 9.40 New. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 10.40 Divorce: double bill. Robert and Frances are forced to spend time together, then they face the reality of post-divorce life (AD) 11.55 Ramy Youssef: More Feelings 1.00am Enlightened 2.20 Los Espookys 3.40—5.00am Dice (AD)

8.00am Most Ridiculous On the Job 8.35 Most Ridiculous Show-Offs 9.00 Guessable? 10.00 Impractical Jokers 11.00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA 12 noon New Girl 1.00pm Friends: sixteen back-to-back episodes (AD) 9.00 FILM Superbad HHHH Comedy starring Jonah Hill and Michael Cera as Seth and Evan, two boys bonded by their lack of popularity Film of the Day: p77 11.15 Eight out of Ten Cats: double bill of the comedy panel show 12.15am Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA 1.15 South Park: two episodes 2.10 Stephen Merchant: Hello Ladies 3.35 David O’Doherty: Comedy Central Live 4.00 Beavis and Butt-Head 4.10—5.00am Friends: double bill (AD)

TUESDAY

Sky Documentaries Sky Nature

Apollo 11 9.00pm Revisiting the 1969 Moon landing

6.00am The Movies 7.00 Discovering: Daniel Day-Lewis 8.00 The Directors 9.00 The Civil War 10.00 Juan Carlos: Downfall of the King 11.00 Chimp Crazy (AD) 12 noon Lance (AD) 4.00pm The Directors

5.00 Discovering: Daniel Day-Lewis

6.00pm The Civil War The crusade to end slavery in America.

7.00 House of Kardashian A sex tape of Kim Kardashian emerges, leading to a stratospheric reality show and catapulting the family’s name around the world. (AD)

8.00 Chimp Crazy After a Hollywood chimp named Tonka goes missing, Peta investigate, sparking a legal battle amid concerns over a previous attack. (AD)

9.00 Apollo 11 5

q Documentary that tells the story of the 1969 Moon landing, using rare archival footage and photographs. Review p77. (AD) (W) 11.00 Breath of Fire Exploring the culture of modern spirituality through the rise of Kundalini yoga. 12 midnight FILM Man on Wire

5 Drama documentary that details one of the most daring stunts of all time. English, French +subtitles. Review page 77. (W)

1.50am Rise of the Superheroes

4.00 The Directors 5.00—6.00am Discovering: Daniel Day-Lewis

Geographic

8.00am Food Factory 9.00 Air Crash Investigation: Special Report (AD)

10.00 WW2: Hell under the Sea 11.00 New. Defending Europe: a look at how Finland defeated the Red Army in 1940 (AD) 12 noon Car SOS (AD)

1.00pm Kingdom of the Mummies

2.00 Air Crash Investigation (AD)

3.00 Nazi Megastructures 4.00 Disaster Autopsy 5.00 Car SOS

6.00pm Seconds from Disaster 7.00 Air Crash Investigation 9.00 New Tsunami: Race against Time: one thousand miles from the earthquake’s epicentre, the tsunami hits Sri Lanka (AD) 11.00 Air Crash Investigation (AD)

1.00am Border Protection Spain

2.00 Money Meltdown 2.30 Bid and Destroy 3.20 Food Factory USA

4.10 Exotic Animal ER: Double Dose

4.35—5.00am When Sharks Attack

Animal Senses 8.00pm A black bear can smell food

6.00am Ol Pejeta Diaries 7.00

Monkey Life (AD) 8.00 Hope for

Wildlife 9.00 America’s Wild Seasons (AD) 10.00 Africa’s Underwater

Wonders 11.00 Predators (AD)

12 noon Volcanic Odysseys 1.00pm

Monkey Life (AD) 2.00 Hope for

Wildlife 3.00

America’s Wild Seasons (AD) 4.00 Africa’s Underwater

Wonders 5.00 Into the Wild: India

6.00pm Volcanic Odysseys The story of Popocatépetl in Mexico.

7.00 Monkey Life Double bill of daily life at the Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre in Dorset. (AD)

8.00 Animal Senses How smell is vital for finding everything from food to mates or predators.

8.30 How some animals have an extraordinary sense of touch.

9.00 Extreme Animals: One Wild Day A look at how animals adapt to the extremes of the desert. (AD)

10.00 Volcanic Odysseys As 6pm.

11.00 Into the Wild: India The future does not look good for alpha male monkey Rajan.

12 midnight Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms (AD) 1.00am Kingdom of the Tide (AD) 2.00 Animal Senses: double bill 3.00 Extreme Animals: One Wild Day (AD) 4.00 Hope for

Wildlife 5.00—6.00am America’s Wild Seasons: spring brings warmth and renewal to the continent (AD)

8.00am Yukon Vet 9.00 Animal Fight Club 10.00 Amazonia 11.00 Africa’s Deadliest 12 noon The Incredible Dr Pol 1.00pm Yukon Vet 2.00 The Truth Behind...: an investigation into the Loch Ness monster 3.00 Hunt for the Giant Squid 4.00 Secrets of the Zoo: Tampa 5.00 Fish Tank Kings

6.00pm Snakes in the City: Simon must face his fear of heights to recapture a black mamba 7.00 Yukon Vet: Michelle heads to Anchorage, where she checks on moose calves 8.00 The Flood: the flood leaves animals constrained to small islands 9.00 Wild New Zealand: Fur Seals 10.00 Wild Patagonia: the adaptability of species found in the wilds of Patagonia 11.00 Lawless Island 12 midnight When Sharks Attack: attacks in Hawaii 1.00am Monster Fish 2.00 Yukon Vet 3.00 Secrets of the Zoo 4.00—5.00am Yukon Vet

Sky History Animal Planet

6.00am American Pickers 7.00 Storage Wars 8.00 Swamp People

10.00 Storage Wars 12 noon Secrets in the Sand 2.00pm The Abyss: Rise and Fall of the Nazis 4.00 Pawn Stars

6.00pm American Pickers 7.00 Forged in Fire: the team turns a snowmobile’s blades into a kukri knife 8.00 New Storage Wars: Rene shows up to West Covina feeling nostalgic 9.00 New Revolutions That Changed History: the truth behind the French Revolution 10.10 Sex: a Bonkers History: double bill. Amanda Holden and Dan Jones examine sexual behaviours during the Victorian era, then in the 20th century 12.10am Storage Wars 2.00 The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch 3.00 Storage Wars 4.00—6.00am Pawn Stars

SPORT

Sky Main Event

Sky 401 Virgin 511/HD 501 EE 419/HD 439

6.00am Sky Sports News 7.00 Good Morning 10.00 Football Show 11.30 LIVE Abu Dhabi T10 Cricket UP Nawabs v Deccan

Gladiators, coverage from Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium; 1.30pm Bangla Tigers v Northern Warriors, a ten-over match from Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium; 3.45 Coverage of Morrisville Samp Army v Delhi Bulls from Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium. 6.00 Sports Centre 7.00 Soccer Special

7.30 LIVE Championship Football Sunderland v West Bromwich Albion, action from the Stadium of Light (kick-off 8.00). 10.30 Back Pages Tonight 11.00—6.00am Sky Sports News

Sky Football

Sky 403 Virgin 513/HD 503 EE 421/HD 441 6.00am Classic League Cup Final (AD) 8.00 SPFL Special (AD) 9.00 Greatest Games 10.00 Championship Season Review 11.30 Scottish Premiership Football 12 noon

Champions League

6.30pm Amazon Prime Mateo Kovacic of Manchester City

Sky Premier League

Sky 402 Virgin 512/HD 502 EE 420/HD 440

6.00am Greatest Games 7.00 Highlights 10.00 The Football Show 12 noon Highlights 12.30pm Soccerbox 1.00 Highlights 5.30 Review 6.30 Netbusters 7.00 Soccer Special 10.30 Chasing the Dream 11.00 Netbusters 11.30 Review 12.30am Netbusters 1.00 Premier League Retro 3.00 Greatest Games (AD) 4.00 Best Goals 5.30—6.00am 100 Club

Sky Cricket

Sky 404 Virgin 514/HD 504 EE 422/HD 442

TNT Sports

8.00am Insane Pools: off the Deep End 9.00 Life at Vet University 10.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees 11.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue 12 noon Insane Pools: off the Deep End 1.00pm How Do Animals Do That? 2.00 Guardians of Rescue 3.00 Animal Cops Houston (AD) 4.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees 5.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue 6.00pm Animal Cribs: transforming a hazardous yard into a dog-friendly escape 7.00 Life at Vet University 8.00 From Wags to Riches 9.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees 10.00 Alaskan Bush People 11.00 Great White Appetite 12 midnight Deadliest Sharks 1.00am Alaskan Bush People 2.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees 3.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue 4.00—5.00am Animal Cribs

(AD) 2.30 Greatest Games (AD) 4.00— 6.00am Classic League Cup Final (AD)

Sky Golf

Sky 405 Virgin 515/HD 505 EE 423/HD 443 6.00am Best of the Open Zone 2017 (AD) 7.00 Best of the Hero Masterclass (AD) 7.30 Best of the Shot Centre (AD) 8.00 Golf Academy (AD) 9.00 Australian PGA Championship 10.00 PGA Tour 11.00 Legends Tour 12 noon Tee Time Tips (AD) 1.00pm Best of the Open Zone 2017 (AD) 2.00 Best of the Hero Masterclass (AD) 2.30 Best of the Shot Centre (AD) 3.00 PGA Tour 4.00 Legends Tour 5.00 Australian PGA Championship 6.00 European Tour 7.00 Miracle in Medinah (AD) 9.00 European Tour 10.00 PGA Tour 11.00 Legends Tour 12 midnight Australian PGA Championship 1.00am Best of the Hero Masterclass (AD) 1.30 Best of the Shot Centre (AD) 2.00 School of Golf (AD) 3.00 Golf Academy (AD) 4.00 Tee Time Tips (AD) 5.00—6.00am Best of the Open Zone (AD)

Eurosport 1

Sky 413 Virgin 521 EE 412

6.00am Snooker 8.00 Cyclo-Cross 9.00 Triathlon 10.00 Cycling 10.30 Snooker

12.45pm LIVE Snooker

The afternoon session on day four of the UK Championship from York Barbican, featuring coverage of two last-32 matches, played over the best of 11 frames.

4.30 Alpine Skiing 5.30 Half Marathon des Sables 6.00 Snooker 6.45 LIVE Snooker The evening session on day four of the UK Championship from York Barbican, featuring two last-32 matches, played over the best of 11 frames. 10.30 Snooker 12 midnight Ski Jumping 1.00am Alpine Skiing 2.00 Snooker 4.00—6.00am Ski Jumping

articles, photographs and memories

6.00am Women’s Premier League Cricket 8.00 Women’s World Cup 8.30 International T20 Cricket 9.00 Pushing Boundaries: to the Hundred and Beyond 10.15 Best of the Women’s World T20 10.45 International T20 Cricket 11.15 LIVE Abu Dhabi T10 Cricket UP Nawabs v Deccan Gladiators; 1.30pm Bangla Tigers v Northern Warriors, a ten-over match; 3.45 Coverage of Morrisville Samp Army v Delhi Bulls. 6.00 Women’s International T20 Cricket 6.30 Pushing Boundaries: to the Hundred and Beyond (AD) 7.45 Best of the Women’s World Cup 8.00 Cricket in Colombo (AD) 9.00 Talking Cricket (AD) 9.30 Secrets of Success (AD) 11.45 Best of the Women’s World Cup (AD) 12 midnight Women’s Big Bash League Cricket 3.05am Women’s Premier League Cricket 5.00 Women’s World Cup Cricket 5.30—6.00am Best of the Women’s World T20 (AD)

Sky NFL

Sky 408 Virgin 517/HD 507 EE 426/HD 446 6.00am Weekly Review 7.00 Highlights 10.00 Weekly Review 11.00 Highlights 12 noon Bitesize 1.00pm Good Morning Football 3.00 Bitesize 4.00 Highlights 6.00 Pro-Football Talk 8.00 Bitesize 9.00 Highlights 10.00 Weekly Review 11.00 Fantasy 12 midnight The Insiders 1.00am Bitesize 2.00 Pro-Football Talk 4.00 Highlights 5.00—6.00am Bitesize

Sky Sports +

Sky 412 Virgin 518/HD 508 EE 427/HD 447 6.00am Sky Sports News 7.00 Good Morning Sports Fans 10.00 Football Show 12 noon Lunchtime Live 2.00pm Sports Desk 5.00 Sports Centre 7.30 LIVE Championship Football Burnley v Coventry City. 10.15 Sky Sports News 10.30 Back Pages Tonight 11.00—6.00am

Eurosport 2

TUESDAY

DOCUMENTARY

Rage against the Regime: Iran

9.00pm BBC2 Catch up via iPlayer

Early in this documentary about the pro-democracy movement in Iran, a young woman recalls a protest march she attended. She saw a man she thought was a leader of the rally pull a knife and stab the teenage boy next to him, before slipping away to join the ranks of riot police. She realised he was an undercover officer and this was how the security forces would deal with protest.

Or one way they would. It’s one of many calmly told but chilling stories here about the Islamic Republic’s toolbox of repression. (Also in the toolbox: beatings, torture, rape and forced confessions.) Liberal Iranians

DOCUMENTARY

Scams and Scandals

7.30pm (8.00pm in Wales) BBC2 Available now on iPlayer

Earlier this year, the perpetrators of the largest case of benefit fraud in English history were jailed for a total of 25 years. The two men and three women stole £54 million across a span of five years by making thousands of false claims for Universal Credit payments. One video recovered by police shows them throwing money into the air like confetti. This bite-sized documentary shows how the gang were brought to justice, yet perhaps more importantly, it asks how they abused the system so flagrantly.

Interviewees suggest a relaxation of security checks during the Covid pandemic. The judge presiding over the case agreed, remarking that the status quo was “woefully inadequate”. STEPHEN KELLY

DRAMA

After the Party

now in exile recall how, after the stolen elections of 2009, anti-government demonstrations broke out around the country and were brutally suppressed. “You had to accept that you could die any second,” says the young woman.

It may sound like a bleak watch, but because the programme (there’s a second part next week) keeps bringing us tales of personal bravery, the overall effect is almost uplifting. One union leader’s lyrical speech to protestors summed up their hopes: “We are like raindrops, but together we turn into the sea.” DAVID BUTCHER

DOCUMENTARY

9.00pm C4 Catch up: C4 streaming Anger is what defines Penny (Robyn Malcolm) and, in the third part of this fiercely unsentimental drama, that rage continues to reverberate. She’s an undeniably combative character and unwisely transgressive in some of her actions. But hers is a battle cry for the disbelieved, because Penny remains alone yet unshakeable in her conviction that former husband Phil (Peter Mullan) is a paedophile.

It’s a belief that’s already put a jagged crack through her family, but how will Penny react to Phil’s presence at a funeral following an unexpected death? As in previous episodes, this show swerves the black, dodges the white and lands in the morally grey. More tomorrow at 9pm. DAVID BROWN

Ten questions with Peter Mullan: p8

Evicted: Tenants on the Edge

9.00pm BBC3 Catch up via iPlayer

In 2022 the Scottish government introduced emergency legislation that capped rent increases at three per cent and put a freeze on evictions. It was intended to offset the cost of living crisis. But earlier this year the law ended, leading to an inevitable surge of renters being evicted after struggling to afford rises in rent.

In this timely documentary, four tenants — including a young mother and a heavily pregnant disability influencer — share their stories of trying to keep a roof over their heads while their relationships and mental health suffer. It is a microcosm of the housing crisis: surging property prices, unscrupulous landlords and millions caught in the trap of high rents and stagnant wages. SK

DANGEROUS DAYS

A demonstrator is sprayed during riots in Tehran in 2009

DRAMA

My Brilliant Friend

9.00pm, 10.15pm Sky Atlantic Catch up via Now

Watching Lenu (Alba Rohrwacher) trying to navigate the complexities of her life in 1980s Naples is exhausting. Whether it’s her vitriolic mother putting her down or her articulate lover dancing around the subject of commitment, she’s in constant emotional turmoil. Then there’s her best friend Lila (Irene Maiorino) who is both warm-hearted and resilient, but so changeable it’s impossible to know how she will react to anything. The pair grow closer as they’re both pregnant, but then, presumably as a dramatic allegory for the cracks that are showing in all Lenu’s relationships as well as the personal upheaval that the women are experiencing, Naples is hit by an earthquake. JANE RACKHAM

POWERFUL Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

ENTERTAINMENT

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

9.00pm Sky Max Catch up via Now Panel shows have changed out of all recognition since the well-behaved days of, say, What’s My Line? Here, one guest’s Intro delivery is so raucous, host Greg Davies thinks he’s having a seizure, while stand-in captain Sophie Willan walks off backstage to get some quiet.

Pixie Lott and Busted star Charlie Simpson are among the guests, but as always, song knowledge isn’t a prerequisite. Sample question: what did Debbie Harry inspire one of her boyfriends to invent? This being Buzzcocks, any more details would require RT asterisks.

MARK BRAXTON

DOCUMENTARY

Breath of Fire

9.00pm Sky Documentaries Catch up via Now

It’s now clear that Yogi Bhajan’s brand of Kundalini yoga wasn’t an ancient secret religion but was created by an opportunist who made a fortune from gullible Americans searching for spiritual enlightenment. Guru Jagat, aka Katie Griggs, was cut from the same cloth; even her mother, who brought her up surrounded by New Age teachings, sadly describes her as a cult leader. Devotees reveal how Bhajan controlled their lives: choosing marriage partners, sending children to school in India where they were mistreated, and even ruling on bowel movements. JR

DRAMA

MODEL SITTER

Emma Thynn, Marchioness of Bath

WEDNESDAY 27 NOVEMBER

The Repair Shop

8.00pm BBC1

Metalwork expert Dominic Chinea (above) tackles a rusted 1950s car jack and a 1960s toy vacuum cleaner.

Fellini by Fellini

9.00pm Sky Arts

ART

Portrait Artist of the Year

8.00pm Sky Arts Catch up via Now

In its 11th year, this elder statesperson of competitive TV can afford to relax the rules and have a little fun. Tonight, for instance, one contestant invites a sitter to contribute to their portrait — so in effect, they see it before the big reveal. Anyway, no harm done, and it’s a nice moment. The famous folk are musician Self Esteem, NHS surgeon Dr Karan Rajan and the Marchioness of Bath — and one of them finds it unbearable not being able to use their mobile.

The methodology is always compelling — one artist uses a step-by-step guide — some of the in-progress works look amazing in their own right, and at one point we hear two judges outvote the third... MB

DRAMA

Shetland 9.00pm BBC1 Catch up via iPlayer

The unsung hero of Shetland is undoubtedly Sergeant Billy McCabe, a man who rarely moves from his desk but can always produce a manila folder containing vital information just when it’s needed Tonight, there are not one but two Billy-related deus ex machina moments for Ruth and Tosh, both of whom spend the bulk of this hour charging about the place, first at that ever-sosinister facility and then later in pursuit of vulnerable teenager Astrid Jakobson

In an unexpected development, we also discover that Tallinn is having quite the TV moment A week on from its appearance in Sky’s Day of the Jackal, it comes up in conversation here, too Perhaps we’ll soon discover that EastEnders is planning an away day to the Estonian capital for Christmas. DB

PROGRESS

DI Ruth Calder (Ashley Jensen) uncovers the truth behind the facility

The Mayor of Casterbridge

from 10pm BBC4 Catch up: iPlayer

This profile of Italian film director Federico Fellini studies his work and values through archive footage.

The Winter King

11.45pm (not STV) ITV1

Arthur makes a surprising discovery on a visit to his childhood home, and Nimue is hiding the truth from Merlin.

LIVE SPORT

Football: Champions League

Liverpool v Real Madrid

Many RT readers will recall this prestigious BBC version of Thomas Hardy’s masterpiece novel In 1978, our mailbag was full of praise: “compulsive viewing”, “remarkably faithful”, while Alan Bates was “magnificent” as Michael Henchard, th drunken hay trusser who sells his wife and baby daughter at a fair, which leads to a lifetime of remorse

With a cast bolstered by Anne St llybrass and Anna Massey, this w s one of the first BBC serials to l ave the TV studios and be shot entirely on location (and unusually on videotape, not film)

7pm (k/o 8pm) TNT Sports 1 Table-topping Liverpool take on the holders and 15-times champions.

Aston Villa v Juventus 7pm (k/o 8pm) TNT Sports 2

Cricket: Men’s Test Series

New Zealand v England

9.30pm TNT Sports 4

Day one of the First Test (of three) in Christchurch.

Cricket: Women’s T20

South Africa v England

3.30pm Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket

Second in a three-match series.

SPORT HIGHLIGHTS page 31

It’s also notable for being a rare instance of the great Dennis Potter dramatising another w it k PATRICK MULKERN

FILM REVIEWS page 87

DAYTIME

6.00am Breakfast Jon Kay, Sally Nugent. (S) (HD)

9.30 Morning Live Michelle Ackerley and Rav Wilding present the weekday magazine show, featuring advice as part of the BBC’s Scam Safe week. (S) (HD)

10.45 Rip-Off Britain A look at scammers who steal personal information in order to sell people’s homes. Including tips as Scam Safe week continues. (S) (HD)

11.30 Homes under the Hammer Properties in Reading, Bournemouth and Maidstone. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.15pm Bargain Hunt Roo Irvine presents from an antiques fair in Detling, Kent. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

1.00 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

2.00 Scam Interceptors The team races to stop scammers trying to defraud a dental nurse. Featuring advice as part of the BBC’s Scam Safe week. (S) (HD)

2.30 Expert Witness A forensic expert devises a way to extract fingerprints from a crime scene. (Revised rpt) (S) (HD)

3.00 Escape to the Country Denise Nurse helps a couple look for a home in Northumberland. (R) (S) (HD)

3.45 The Bidding Room Featuring a pottery wheel, a trinket box and a set of porthole mirrors. (R) (S) (HD)

4.30—5.15 Antiques Road Trip Catherine Southon and Ishy Khan search for antiques in Cheltenham and Cirencester. Repeated tomorrow 7.15am BBC2 (S) (HD)

6.00am Richard Osman’s House of Games Nikki Fox, Ruthie Henshall, Danny John-Jules and Ignacio Lopez test their knowledge. Shown yesterday 6pm (S) (HD)

6.30 Escape to the Country Searching for a home in the Welsh Valleys. Shown Monday 3pm BBC1 (S) (AD) (HD)

7.15 Antiques Road Trip Catherine Southon and Ishy Khan do battle. Shown yesterday 4.30pm BBC1 (S) (HD)

8.00—9.00 Sign Zone Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Broadcaster Trisha Goddard and TV doctor Amir Khan tour the Home Counties in search of a bargain or two. (R) (S) (HD)

9.00 BBC News (S) (HD)

11.15 Politics Live Featuring coverage and analysis of Prime Minister’s Questions at Westminster. (S) (HD)

1.00—5.15pm LIVE Snooker The afternoon session on day five of the UK Championship, featuring two matches in the last 16, played over 11 frames. Judd Trump claimed a 6—0 whitewash of Jamie Jones at this stage last year, while Ding Junhui was also on form as he beat Tom Ford 6—3. Additional coverage on the red button and at bbc.co.uk/sport. (S) (HD)

6.00am Good Morning Britain (S) (HD)

9.00 Lorraine Showbiz and style tips. (S) (HD)

10.00 This Morning Lifestyle advice, competitions and star interviews. Including Regional Weather (S) (HD)

12.30pm Loose Women Candid conversation. (S) (HD)

1.30 ITV Lunchtime News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

2.00 I’m a Celebrity...Unpacked Companion show, presented by Sam Thompson, Joel Dommett and Kemi Rogers. Shown yesterday 10.05pm ITV2 (S) (HD)

3.00—4.00 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars Putting their wits to the test are actor and presenter Denise Van Outen, comedian Axel Blake and TV personality Ollie Locke. (R) (S) (HD) Followed by Regional Weather (S)

5.45am Countdown With Sara Davies. (R) (S) (HD)

6.25 Cheers Three episodes of the comedy. (R) (S) (HD)

7.45 The King of Queens Triple bill. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.10 Frasier Four episodes of the sitcom. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.10 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Gordon Ramsay revisits Mojito, the Junction and Bazzini to check in with the owners. (R) (S) (HD) 12.05pm News (S) (HD)

12.10 Undercover Boss USA The president and CEO of a car accessory company goes incognito. (R) (S) (HD)

1.10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It Gemma turns a TV cabinet into a dog bed, while Henry trades in his love of mechanicals to upcycle wooden furniture. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

2.10 Countdown Sara Davies guests. (S) (HD)

3.00—5.00 A Place in the Sun A Berkshire couple seek a move to the Greek island of Kefalonia.

4.00 Craig Rowe goes house-hunting in the southern French city of Carcassonne with Sue and Tony. (R) (S) (HD)

Shetland 9.00pm Calder shifts her focus to finding Astrid Jakobson after the vulnerable teen disappears

5.15pm Pointless

With Alexander Armstrong and Vick Hope. (R) (S) (HD) 6.00 BBC News Weather (S) (HD)

6.30 Regional news magazines (S) (HD)

7.00 The One Show

Presented by Alex Jones and Roman Kemp. Nikki Fox investigates a new type of sim-card fraud as the BBC’s Scam Safe Week continues. (S) (HD)

2 BBC SPORT ONLINE 7.00—12 midnight 5 Live Final Score Commentary and updates from tonight’s Champions League matches, at bbc.co.uk/sport

7.30 EastEnders

The Knights are shocked by a sudden turn of events, while Kim attempts to play matchmaker. And, in a storyline reflecting the BBC’s Scam Safe week, Jean finds herself at odds with another Walford resident.

Writer Kevin Rundle Cast Monday/Thursday (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 The Repair Shop

A look back at four of the team’s most unusual restorations. Metalwork maestro Dominic Chinea works on Bev’s rusted 1950s car jack that has seized shut. He also teams up with electronics whizz Mark Stuckey to revive Kauser’s 1960s toy vacuum cleaner. Julie Tatchell and Amanda Middleditch breathe new life into Vanessa’s beloved stuffed lion, and mechanical expert Steve Fletcher must draw on all his experience to repair an electrostatic generator made by Nick’s ancestor James Wimshurst in the 1880s. A box set of previous episodes is on iPlayer. Series producers Rebecca McLaughlin and Claire Egerton-Jones Executive producers Glenn Swift, Emma Walsh, Alex Raw and Hannah Lamb (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Shetland

44/6 Series 9. The team uncovers the sinister truth behind the facility, but the investigation is diverted when Astrid Jakobson goes missing. A box set of previous episodes is on iPlayer. See page 81.

DI Ruth Calder Ashley Jensen

DI “Tosh” McIntosh Alison O’Donnell

DC Sandy Wilson Steven Robertson

Sgt Billy McCabe Lewis Howden

Cora McLean Anne Kidd

Astrid Jakobson Ines Asserson

Ian Bett Robert Jack

Stefan Jakobson Johannes Lassen

Karin Jakobson Nathalie Merchant

John Harris Vincent Regan

Euan Rossi Ian Hart

Young Fergus Peter Grant

Young Patrick Malcolm Fraser

Patrick Harris Ross Anderson

Fergus Harris Macleod Stephen

PC Lorna Burns Eubha Akilade

Harry Lamont Tibu Fortes

Angus Wallace Jimmy Yuill

The Rev Alan Calder Steven Miller

Lisa Friel Tara Lee

Dr Devinda Mohan Bridgitta Roy

PC Alex Grant Conor McCarry

Nathan Huang Marlowe Chan-Reeves

Noreen Stack Lesley Hart

Michael Stack Andrew John Tait

Noah Bett Jacob Ferguson

Joe Leary Ross Flynn

Rob Harding Michael Higgs

Tara Kirk Nalini Chetty

Donnie Russell Angus Miller

Writers Paul Logue and Denise Paul; Producer Louise V Say

Director Ruth Paxton (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

10.40 Match of the Day: Champions League Highlights

Mark Chapman presents highlights from this week’s matches, including Liverpool v Real Madrid, Sporting Lisbon v Arsenal, Aston Villa v Juventus, Manchester City v Feyenoord and Celtic v Club Brugge. (S) (HD)

12 midnight Manhunter HHHH Psychological thriller.

q Ex-FBI investigator Will Graham is called in to solve a series of murders by a killer dubbed the “Tooth Fairy”. To help him in his search, Graham uses the extraordinary talents of Dr Hannibal Lecktor, a psychotherapist with a taste for human flesh. On iPlayer for 30 days. Review p87.

Will Graham William Petersen

Dr Hannibal Lecktor Brian Cox

Jack Crawford Dennis Farina

Molly Graham Kim Greist

Freddie Lounds Stephen Lang

Francis Dollarhyde Tom Noonan

Reba Joan Allen

Kevin Graham David Seaman

Director Michael Mann (1986, 18) (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

1.55am

2.00—6.00am

Scams & Scandals: Britain’s Biggest Benefit Scam

7.30pm Fraudster Galina Nikolova

5.15pm Flog It!

Christina Trevanion and Thomas Plant value items at Birmingham’s Museum and Art Gallery. (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games

Nikki Fox, Ruthie Henshall, Danny John-Jules and Ignacio Lopez face another round of trivia games. Repeated tomorrow 6am (S) (HD)

6.30 Strictly It Takes Two

Janette Manrara talks to the remaining couples and shares the gossip from the rehearsal rooms. (S) (HD)

7.00 Villages by the Sea

4/6 Series 5. Ben Robinson learns how a Cornish village became world-famous for its tin. In the bay, he investigates the story behind the hundreds of huge carved stones that lie scattered in the surf.

Series producer Theo Williams

Executive producers Pam Cavannagh and Dympna Jackson (S) (HD)

7.30 Scams & Scandals: Britain’s Biggest Benefit Scam

4

Between 2016 and 2021, a ruthless gang of five Bulgarian criminals pulled off the biggest ever case of benefit fraud in England and Wales. They stole more than £50 million, making thousands of false claims for Universal Credit from their “benefit factories” in north London. This programme charts how the gang was eventually captured and brought to justice. Watch now on iPlayer. See page 80.

Producer Anna Michaux

Executive producer Bella McShane (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Digging for Britain

Alice Roberts heads for Leicestershire to meet the archaeologists who were excavating the remains of a Tudor house believed to be the childhood home of Lady Jane Grey, but uncovered more than they bargained for. In Northern Ireland, the graveyard of a Victorian workhouse sheds light on one of the most traumatic periods of modern Irish history. A box set of previous episodes is available on iPlayer. Producer Gareth Sacala; Series producer Paul Olding (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Rage against the Regime: Iran

4 1/2. Documentary charting the stories behind the mass pro-democracy protests that have erupted across Iran since 2009, and investigating the ruthless methods the authorities have used to suppress them, as related through the testimonies of eyewitnesses and survivors. See page 80.

Director James Newton; Producer James Allnutt (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Mock the Week

Dara O Briain and Hugh Dennis welcome guests Ed Byrne, Rhys James, Alasdair Beckett-King, Athena Kugblenu and Laura Lexx. First shown in June 2021. Producer Ewan Phillips (R) (S) (HD)

10.30 Newsnight With Victoria Derbyshire. (S) (HD)

11.00 Weather (S) (HD)

11.05 Hunting Mr Nice: the Cannabis Kingpin

1/2. The incredible story of Howard Marks, Britain’s most notorious drug smuggler, as told by his inner circle and the officers who pursued him. Continues tomorrow 9pm. Both episodes are on iPlayer.

Shown last Thursday (S) (AD) (HD)

12.05am Snooker Extra Extended highlights from one of today’s matches at the UK Championship in York. (S) (HD) 2.05—4.05am Sign Zone 2.05 MasterChef: the Professionals Four chefs enter the MasterChef kitchen for the final heat. Shown last Wednesday BBC1 (S) (AD) (HD) 3.05 Immigration: How British Politics Failed 2/2 Examining the pressures and promises that threw the government into crisis. Shown last Monday (S) (AD) (HD)

I’m a Celebrity...

Get Me Out of Here! 9.00pm

Ant and Dec have another helping of Antipodean antics

4.00pm Deal or No Deal

Stephen Mulhern hosts as Kelly G tries to open the 22 red boxes in the right order. (S) (HD)

5.00 The Chase

Bradley Walsh presents as Moyra, Sarah, Umar and Ciaran take on one of the Chasers. (S) (HD)

6.00 Regional News Weather (S) (HD)

6.30 ITV Evening News Weather (S) (HD)

7.30 Emmerdale

Ruby begs Steph for another chance, while Tom is charged and Leyla helps Pollard. Writer Zeli Zulu Cast Monday/Thursday (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Coronation Street

Matty angers Lisa while under interrogation, while Leanne’s kind gesture touches Toyah. Elsewhere, Alya’s return delights Yasmeen and Shona is upset at David’s lack of sympathy.

Matty Radcliffe Séamus McGoff

Lisa Swain Vicky Myers

Leanne Battersby Jane Danson

Toyah Habeeb Georgia Taylor

David Platt Jack P Shepherd

Shona Platt Julia Goulding

Chesney Winter-Brown Sam Aston

Yasmeen Metcalfe Shelley King

Ruth Hawley Amy Drake

After the Party 9.00pm Penny struggles to enlist support in her ongoing campaign against Phil

WEDNESDAY

5.00pm Four in a Bed

Nancy is joined by friend Henrietta to host at the farmhouse in Wiltshire that has been in her family for four generations. (S) (HD)

5.30 Help! We Bought a Village

A crumbling 17th-century hamlet near Toulouse starts its journey back to life. (R) (S) (HD)

6.30 The Simpsons

Simpson Safari. The family’s trip to Africa soon turns into a perilous adventure. (R) (S) (AD)

7.00 Channel 4 News Sport; Weather (S) (HD)

7.55 Rory Peck Awards 3/4. Luckenson Jean looks at gang violence in the Haitian capital. (S) (HD)

8.00 Location, Location, Location

Snooker 7.00pm Will Ronnie O’Sullivan be on track to win the title for a record ninth time?

7.00pm Snooker

Seema Jaswal introduces coverage from the evening session on day five of the UK Championship from York Barbican, featuring two last-16 matches, played over the best of 11 frames.

Mark Williams played Jamie Clarke at this stage last year in a rematch of their last-32 meeting in 2022, and Williams avenged his loss 12 months earlier with a 6—4 victory. In the other contest, Mark Selby edged past Barry Hawkins 6—5 in a back-and-forth match, with the deciding frame taking almost an hour to complete.

BBC1 SCOTLAND

2.30pm Politics Scotland: news from Westminster and Holyrood 3.15—3.45 Expert Witness BBC

SCOTLAND

7.00pm This Farming Life 8.00 Highland Cops 9.00 The Nine 10.00 River City 10.30 Jim Smith Live from Perth 11.30—12 midnight Street Gangs STV

10.40pm Scotland Tonight 11.10 Peston 12.05am Takeaway or Fakeaway 12.25—3.00am Shopping 3.50—6.00 Unwind

ITV1 BORDER SCOTLAND

10.45pm Representing Border: with Peter MacMahon 11.15 Peston 12.10am Evil Escapes 12.35—12.40 Border Life

BBC1 WALES

Lauren Bolton Cait Fitton Dee-Dee Bailey Channique Sterling-Brown

Craig Tinker Colson Smith Gemma Winter-Brown

Dolly-Rose Campbell

Logan Radcliffe Harry Lowbridge Prison Official Isabel Ford

Kirk Sutherland Andrew Whyment PC Travers Angela Murray Nick Tilsley Ben Price

Writers David Isaac and Alasdair Morrison This week’s episodes produced by Kate Brooks and Verity MacLeod, directed by Brett Fallis and Aashish Gadhvi More cast Friday (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

Ant and Dec will doubtless be keeping a safe distance as they deliver their latest despatch from the seclusion of the Australian outback, where the mismatched celebrities continue to wrestle with the triple threat of hunger pangs, bruised egos and, of course, those gruesome Bushtucker Trials. Who has been causing uproar in the undergrowth over the past 24 hours?

I’m a Celebrity...Unpacked follows on ITV2. Repeated tomorrow 12 noon and 5pm ITV2 (S) (HD) 10.05 ITV News

Weather; Regional News and Weather (S) (HD)

10.45 Peston

Political magazine with Robert Peston, featuring interviews with MPs, guests and cultural figures. Executive producer Andrew Dagnall (S) (HD)

11.45 The Winter King

In Manchester, Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer meet two sets of first-time buyers who are keen to find their first homes. Kirstie meets graduates Robyn and Alice, who are searching for a starter flat or a terraced redbrick home. Phil is tasked with finding a property in the popular patches of Didsbury and Chorlton for Christopher and Steph, who have been outbid ten times.

Directors Yvonne Bray and Michael Barrett

Producers Yvonne Bray, Jacqui Porter and Carol Hanlon Repeated tomorrow 7pm 4seven (R) (S) (HD)

9.00 After the Party

4 3/6. Spurred on by the news that Phil will be selecting boys for a basketball camp, Penny tries to persuade Ollie to come clean. Continues tomorrow 9pm. See page 80.

Joy Catherine Wilkin

Grace Tara Canton

Phil Peter Mullan

Simon Dean O’Gorman

Kylie Carrie Green

Bridget Mia Blake

Penny Robyn Malcolm

Nix Tanea Heke

Ollie Ian Blackburn

Tom Elz Carrad

Nathan Zack Ziogas

Jules James Catherwood

Max Maxton Kenyon

Catherine Carmel McGlone

More cast on Thursday (S) (AD) (HD)

Ten Questions with Peter Mullan: page 8

10.00 The Push: Murder on the Cliff 1/2. In September 2021, 31-year-old Leeds solicitor Fawziyah Javed fell from the top of Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh. Her husband Kashif Anwar was subsequently arrested for murder. Inside the High Court in Edinburgh, cameras film the trial as it unfolds. Fawziyah’s mother Yasmin is a key witness for the prosecution, while Kashif’s family and friends come to support him.

Repeated Thursday 1.25am 4seven (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

Featuring commentary and analysis from Steve Davis, Ken Doherty, Stephen Hendry, Shaun Murphy, John Parrott and John Virgo. Additional coverage on the red button and at bbc.co.uk/sport.

Highlights 12.05am BBC2. (S) (HD)

Subsequent programmes may run late or change

10.00 The Mayor of Casterbridge

4 1/7. BBC4’s Thomas Hardy season continues with this 1978 serialisation of the author’s novel, dramatised by Dennis Potter and starring Alan Bates. Michael Henchard auctions his wife and child while drunk, but his past comes back to haunt him in later life.

10.55 2/7. Eminent, rich, respected and feared, Michael Henchard is also ashamed of his past deeds, so he decides to remarry Susan.

11.50 3/7. Jealousy poisons Michael Henchard against his manager, Donald Farfrae, but the mayor finds that his troubles are only just beginning.

12.40am 4/7. Elizabeth-Jane goes to work for Lucetta, who now pursues Farfrae. Meanwhile, Henchard plots the ruin of his former manager. The whole series is on iPlayer. See page 81.

Michael Henchard Alan Bates

Susan Anne Stallybrass

Elizabeth-Jane Janet Maw

7.00—7.30pm Wales’s Home of the Year: the judges view contenders in mid-Wales and the Valleys 10.40 BBC Wales Live: with Bethan Rhys Roberts 11.10 Match of the Day: Champions League Highlights 12.30am Paddy: the Ride of My Life 1.30—6.00am BBC News

BBC2 WALES

7.00pm The One Show 7.30 Villages by the Sea 8.00 Scams and Scandals 8.30—9.00 Weatherman Walking: a route over the hills around Abergavenny 11.05 Have I Got News for You US 11.40—12.05am The North York Moors: a Wild Year: with Toby Jones

BBC1

NORTHERN IRELAND

12 midnight Teen Predator/Online Killer: police connect the suicide of a 12-year-old girl to Alexander McCartney. Last in series 12.30am The Graham Norton Show: with guests Nicole Kidman, Cynthia Erivo, James Norton and Chris McCausland 1.25—6.00 BBC News

BBC2

NORTHERN

IRELAND

4/10. Merlin finds Nimue and discovers she’s concealing the ramifications of the attack by Gundleus. Arthur makes a surprising discovery at his childhood home. The whole series is on ITVX. Merlin Nathaniel Martello-White Culwyn Gwion Morris Jones

Owain Daniel Ings

Dumnonian Warrior

Oliver Morgan-Thomas Raince Keith Dunphy

Lohilt San Shella

Cadwys Billy Postlethwaite Ultan Frank Bourke Sarlinna Faith Delaney Tewdric Sagar Arya Gorfydd Aneirin Hughes

Dramatised by Kate Brooke and Ed Whitmore

More cast Tuesday (S) (AD) (HD)

12.40am Home Shopping (HD)

3.00 Energy Bills: Can You Spend Less? — Tonight

Following last month’s rise of the energy price cap, Datshiane Navanayagam finds out what the public can do to cut the cost of bills. Shown last Thursday (S) (SL) (HD)

3.25 The Jonathan Ross Show: Special Guests 5/6

Including interviews with Jack Black, Stormzy, Grace Jones and Brian Cox. Shown Saturday 10.05pm (S) (SL) (HD)

3.50 Unwind A sequence to calm the mind. (S) (HD)

5.05—6.00am Judi Love’s Culinary Cruise 3/5

In the Greek town of Parga, the comedian learns about the many different uses of olive oil. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

11.30 2/2. As they hear testimony from the first person to find Fawziyah Javed after she fell, the jury learn how, shortly before she died, Fawziyah described what had happened. After the first police officers and firefighters to arrive on the scene take the stand, the prosecution and defence give their closing speeches. Faced with two versions of events, the jury must deliver their verdict.

Series producer Josie Besbrode; Executive producer Anna Hall

Repeated Thursday 2.55am 4seven (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.50am The Great British Bake Off: the Final 10/10 Series 15. This year’s top trio of amateurs tackle three more challenges in a bid to be crowned champion. See choice, p71. Shown yesterday 8pm (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

2.00 The Great British Bake Off: an Extra Slice 9/10 Series 15. Lorraine Kelly, Phil Wang and Vogue Williams consider the semi-final. Shown last Thursday (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

2.55 Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back The Trolley Stop Café in New Orleans. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

3.40 Unreported World A report on communist activists in Brazil who are taking land from the rich to give to the poor. Shown last Friday (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

4.05—5.45am Frasier Four episodes. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

Donald Farfrae

Jack Galloway

Mrs Goodenough Avis Bunnage

Newson

Carter

Abel Whittle

Richard Owens

Jeffrey Holland

Peter Bourke

Nancy Deddie Davies

Buzzford Joe Ritchie

Longways

Coney

Lucetta Templeman

Jopp

Fall

Mr Joyce

Turnip Hoer

Clerk of Court

Clifford Parrish

Douglas Milvain

Anna Massey

Ronald Lacey

Freddie Jones

Alan Rowe

Anthony Douse

Kenneth Waller

Producer Jonathan Powell; Director David Giles

First shown on BBC2 (S)

1.35 Pete and Dud: Talking Comedy

Angela Thorne narrates a look back at talk-show clips of Peter Cook and Dudley

Moore. From 2016. Shown Saturday 11.40pm (S) 2.05—3.05am How to Get ahead at Versailles 3/3. Stephen Smith explores the flamboyant court of French monarch Louis XIV at the Palace of Versailles. From 2014. Shown yesterday 12.30am (S) (SL) (HD)

10.00—10.30pm Spotlight: Conor Spackman reports on the investigation into Kelly Lynch’s death 11.00 QI: with Maisie Adam, Jack Dee and Kiri PritchardMcLean 11.30—12.05am Mock the Week: with Ed Byrne, Rhys James, Athena Kugblenu, Laura Lexx and Alasdair Beckett-King

WEDNESDAY Freeview

5.35am Milkshake! See page 86

9.15 Jeremy Vine (S) (HD)

11.30 Storm Huntley (S) (HD)

12.55pm 5 News (S) (HD)

1.00 Friends Series 7. Monica struggles to choose a maid of honour. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

1.30 A Christmas Duet HH Romantic qdrama. While planning a festival, innkeeper and one-time singer Averie reconnects with her former musical partner. Director Catherine Cyran (2019) (S) (W) (HD)

3.15 Christmas Magic HH Romantic odrama. An animal expert answers a call for help from an old friend, which puts her in the path of an ex at Christmas.

Director Marlo Hunter (2023) (S) (W) (HD)

5.00pm 5 News (S) (HD)

6.00 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia

Graeme heads to a Sydney suburb where a pet pooch is causing chaos by stealing food at every opportunity. He also answers an SOS call in Brisbane, where two spoilt löwchen are disturbing the peace. (R) (S) (HD)

6.55 5 News Update (S) (HD)

7.00 Shop Smart, Save Money

10/12 Series 3. Gaby and Ortis test make-up removal balm, a product that can cost a small fortune. Georgie gives her guide to saving money on electricity bills and Jon tries out two DIY multi-tools to see which one offers the best value.

Director Jess Matthews (S) (HD)

7.55 5 News Update (S) (HD)

8.00 Inside Greggs at Christmas

A behind-the-scenes glimpse into the workings of the popular British high street bakery chain, focusing on the bustling festive period. (S) (HD)

9.00 Cause of Death

Ep 10 Series 3. A man has died in the water while on holiday in Egypt with his wife. After his embalmed body is repatriated, it falls to Dr Adeley and his team to decipher whether snorkelling could be the cause of his death. When a recovering alcoholic in her early fifties is found dead at home, the team must conduct a post-mortem examination to uncover the truth behind her demise.

Series director/producer Annaliese Edwards

Postponed from Wed 13 November (S) (HD) 10.00 Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts

The first heatwave of the summer hits Barnsley A&E hard, as 65-year-old Theresa arrives in an ambulance after becoming unwell at her slimming class.

Directors Jade Gilbert and Aaron Nelson (R) (S) (HD)

11.05 999: Critical Condition

After her horse threw her to the ground, Lucy suffered significant nerve damage that could mean that she is paralysed.

Directors Nicholas Blakemore, Nial Barratt (R) (S) (HD)

12.05am Police Interceptors (R) (S) (HD)

1.00 Casino (S) (HD) 3.00 Ian Hislop’s Trains

That Changed the World: a trip aboard the GWR (R) (S) (HD) 3.50 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys: a journey through the Bavarian Alps (R) (S) (HD) 4.40 Wildlife SOS (R) (S) (SL) 5.05 House Busters (R) (S) (SL) 5.30—5.35am Entertainment News (S) (HD)

Evicted: Tenants on the Edge 9.00pm Alannah shares her story

7.00pm Top Gear

Damian Lewis is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car. More tomorrow 7pm. (S) (HD)

Followed by New. The Catch Up (S) (HD)

8.00 The Traitors

8/12 Series 1. The Faithful nervously wait to see who the Traitors have eliminated overnight. More tomorrow 8pm. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. Evicted: Tenants on the 4Edge Following the stories of four renters in Scotland who face eviction from their homes, including disability influencer Alannah. See page 80 (S) (HD)

10.00 Scam Land: Money, Mayhem and Maseratis

1/5. In this 2021 series showing as part of the BBC’s Scam Safe week,Mobeen Azhar investigates the story of a student who went from handing out cash to strangers to being at the centre of an alleged scam.

10.35 2/5. Mobeen hopes to find answers for those who believe they were scammed.

11.05 3/5. As Mobeen immerses himself in the world of foreign exchange, he tries to understand what drives people to trade.

11.40 4/5. A meeting with a whistleblower raises questions about responsibility in the world of retail forex trading.

12.15am 5/5. Following a long silence, the student finally agrees to meet Mobeen. The whole series is on iPlayer. (S) (HD)

12.45 The Young Offenders (S) (HD) 1.50 New. Laugh Lessons: Raul Kohli talks about the internet (S) (HD) 1.55 Evicted: Tenants on the Edge (S) (HD) 2.55—3.55am Louis Theroux: by Reason of Insanity (S) (AD) (HD)

6.00am CITV: children’s programmes (HD)

9.00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records (S) (HD) 10.00 Love Bites (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

12 noon I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Shown Tue 9pm ITV1 (S) (HD) 1.05pm Supermarket Sweep (S) (HD) 2.05 Family Fortunes (S) (HD)

3.05 Charmed (S) (HD) 4.00 Gilmore Girls (S) (HD) 5.00 I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Shown yesterday 9pm ITV1 (S) (HD)

6.05pm Celebrity Catchphrase Stephen Mulhern hosts a charity edition as Jane Danson, Eddie Kadi and Tom Rosenthal try to win £50,000 for good causes. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 The Masked Singer US The remaining celebrities perform in the semi-finals. (S) (HD)

8.00 Ant & Dec’s Limitless Win Sisters Sarah and Amy return for a chance to win the biggest cash prize in British TV. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Family Guy Series 2. Lois becomes a director and stages The King and I (S) (AD) (HD)

9.30 Peter is sent to a women’s retreat as punishment for telling a sexist joke. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.05 New. I’m a Celebrity...Unpacked Companion show hosted by Sam Thompson, Joel Dommett and Kemi Rogers, with a guide to the trials. Repeated tomorrow 2pm ITV1 (S) (HD)

11.05 Family Guy Series 2. Peter’s father moves in and immediately begins to take over the entire household. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.35 American Dad! Series 15. A simple canoeing trip does catastrophic damage to Hayley and Jeff’s relationship. (S) (AD) (HD)

12 midnight Jeff, Francine and Roger decide to team up and start their own bus-tour business — with murderous results. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.25am Bob’s Burgers (S) (AD) (HD) 1.15 Ruby Speaking (S) (HD) 2.05—3.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

6.00am Classic Emmerdale (S) (AD) 7.00

Classic Coronation Street (S) (AD) 8.05

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Chocolate Box. The sleuth returns to Belgium; 9.15 Dead Man’s Folly. Ariadne Oliver is hired to appear at a fête, but is convinced she is being used to distract attention from a crime (S) (AD) (HD)

11.25 The Royal: 10/12 Series 6. Stella tries to come to terms with her past (S) (AD) 12.30pm Heartbeat: 15/24. A shocking accusation leaves Maggie reeling (S) (AD) 1.40 Classic Emmerdale: double bill. Bobby-John tries to win Lesley over, then Tom has a birthday to remember (S) (AD) 2.40 Classic Coronation Street: double bill.

Revelations about Dev’s past leave Sunita’s life in tatters, thenSunita threatens to abort the twins (S) (AD) 3.50 Midsomer Murders: Series 10. The Axeman Cometh. The reunion of a rock band appears doomed (S) (AD)

5.55pm Downton Abbey

7/9 Series 3. Edith gets an unexpected admirer. Matthew stands firm over the estate’s mismanagement. (S) (AD) (HD)

6.55 Heartbeat

16/24 Series 8. A pregnant woman fears for the safety of her unborn child after a series of ghostly events. (S) (AD) 8.00 Midsomer Murders

Series 6. A Talent for Life. Barnaby and Troy question a feisty pensioner accused of assault by a fellow angler — then two bodies are discovered in the river. (S) (AD)

10.00 DCI Banks

3/6 Series 3. Piece of My Heart 1/2 When journalist Matt Barber is found dead, Banks identifies a connection to a mysterious death in the 80s. (S) (AD) (HD) 11.00 4/6. Piece of My Heart 2/2 Banks races to find the tape that could hold the key to the murder. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.50 A Touch of Frost Series 2. Stranger in the House. A rapist arouses Frost’s righteous indignation and prompts him to take a gamble. (S) (AD) (HD) 2.00—2.30am Unwind (S) (HD)

6.00am World of Sport (S) (HD) 6.15 Minder (S) (SL) (AD) 7.15 The Professionals (S) (SL) (AD)

8.20 The Champions (S) 9.25 Lost Car Rescue (S) (HD) 10.25 Giant Lobster Hunters (S) (HD) 11.25 River Monsters (S) (HD) 11.55 The Champions (S) 1.00pm Lost Car Rescue (S) (HD) 2.00 Giant Lobster Hunters (S) (HD) 3.00 Minder (S) (AD) 4.05 The Professionals (S) (AD) 5.15 BattleBots (S) (HD) 6.20pm New. French Football Ligue 1 highlights, including Monaco v Brest. (S) (HD) 6.50 The Chase Celebrity Special With Cheryl Baker, Laura Tobin, Jason Bell and Mark Steel. Bradley Walsh hosts. (S) (AD) (HD) 7.55 Junk and Disorderly Henry Cole heads to Dorset. Shown Monday 9pm (S) (HD) 9.00 New. The Motorbike Show Riding a BMW superbike through Wiltshire. (S) (AD) (HD) 10.00 FILM The Expendables HH Action adventure starring Sylvester Stallone. A group of mercenaries are commissioned to assassinate a dictator, but an operation like this is never straightforward. Review p87. (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

12.05am New. EFL Highlights: including Leeds v Luton and Middlesbrough v Blackburn Rovers (S) (HD) 1.35 The Sweeney (S) (SL) 2.25 The Protectors (S) (SL) 2.55—3.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

7.15am London’s Burning: 9/16 Series 11. The team are reeling after Nick’s death (S) (AD) 8.05 Doctors: double bill. Faith searches for a missing husband, thenGeorge and Ron come to Helen’s rescue 9.20 Classic Holby City: Jac needs Gaskell’s help Repeated 1.40am (S) (HD) 10.40 Classic Casualty: a train crash results in devastation (S) 11.40 The Bill: Emma faces a charge of attempted murder (S) 12.40pm Classic EastEnders: double bill. The Square celebrates Christmas, thenPauline has a surprise for Martin 2.00 London’s Burning: 10/16 Series 11. George finds himself in hot water (S) (AD) 3.00 Bergerac: 8/10 Series 1. Two bodies are discovered Rptd 12.30am (S) 4.10 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: 6/6 Series 2 Hetty disguises herself as a battered wife

5.25 The Upper Hand: 3/13 Series 3. Joanna tries to hide a love bite from her father (S) 6.00pm ’Allo ’Allo!

5/10 Series 7. The Gestapo Ruins a Picnic General Von Klinkerhoffen decides to restart the town newspaper. (S)

6.40 Last of the Summer Wine Series 10. The Experiment. Seymour and Clegg try to get Compo to buy a round. (S) 7.20 The Treasure of the Deep. Compo discovers a treasure in the canal. (S) 8.00 Kingdom

4/6 Series 1. A couple accuse Cambridge University of discrimination. (S)

9.00 New series. The Alienist 1/10 Series 1. Period crime drama based on the novel by Caleb Carr, starring Luke Evans. A serial killer is targeting boy prostitutes in 1896 New York. (S) (HD) 10.00 New Tricks 3/10 Series 11. Deep Swimming. The team investigates a terrorist’s death. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.15 Case Histories

5/6 Series 1. When Will There Be Good News? 1/2. Jackson Brodie finds himself caught up in a train accident. (S) (HD)

12.30am Bergerac Shown 3pm (S)

1.45 Classic Holby City Shown 9.20am (HD)

2.55—4.00am Kingdom (S)

Australia Tommy struts his way into the Villa. (S) (HD) 11.20 The Real Housewives of Melbourne The women head out of town. (S) (HD) 12.25—1.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

TV 7.55pm Who will secure a place in the Grand Final?

8.55am Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures 9.15

A Place in the Sun: on the island of St Lucia 10.05 A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now? 11.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It

1.05pm Car SOS (AD) 2.05 Four in a Bed: five editions 4.50 Narrow Escapes (AD)

5.50pm Car SOS Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw secretly restore a 1992 Mazda RX-7 belonging to a charity worker. (AD)

6.55 Tim and Fuzz get help from James Nesbitt as they try to fix up a 1959 MGA roadster. (AD)

7.55 PopMaster TV Ken Bruce tests the music knowledge of Giancarlo from Worcester, John from Perth, Jen from Glasgow, Jack from Southport and Suzanne from Bedford.

9.00 24 Hours in A&E A mother-of-three is in resus after a severe asthma attack. As she is treated, she reveals how she has coped with life as a teenage mother with serious health problems. (AD)

10.00 The Emergency Ward A terrified teenager has fractured her pelvis in a road accident. Dr Miriam Yassa helps an off-road motorbiker who collided with a kangaroo. (AD) 11.00 Emergency Helicopter Medics Charlie has life-threatening injuries after coming off his dirt bike from a great height, and medics treat a child who is having seizures. (AD)

12.05am New. National Parks from Above: a look at the Cévennes National Park in France (AD) 1.10 999: on

6.00am Verdi: Stiffelio 8.00 The Joy of Painting (AD) 9.00 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) 10.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents 11.00 Discovering: Ed Harris (AD)

12 noon Landscape Artist of the Year 2018

1.00pm Tales of the Unexpected (AD) 2.00 The Art of Architecture 3.00 Discovering: Gary Oldman (AD) 4.00 Classic FM’s Rising Stars with Julian Lloyd Webber 2021

5.00 Landscape Artist of the Year 2018

6.00pm Tales of the Unexpected A woman learns her husband plans to kill her. (AD)

6.30 A man plots to kill his overweight wife. (AD)

7.00 Bill Bailey’s Master Crafters: the Next Generation The comedian returns with the programme celebrating traditional crafts.

8.00 RT CHOICE New. Portrait Artist of the Year Stephen Mangan invites artists to paint celebrity sitters Rebecca Taylor, Emma Thynn and Karan Rajan. See page 81. 9.00 New. Fellini by Fellini A profile of Italian film director Federico Fellini.

10.15 The Art Mysteries Waldemar Januszczak uncovers the secret meanings hidden within Dürer’s Melencolia (AD) 10.45 The secret meanings hidden within Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain (AD) 11.15 The Great Songwriters Kenny Loggins talks about his life in music.

12.15am Daryl Hall and John Oates: Live in Dublin 2014 2.15 We Are the Thousand 4.00 Cold War and Cinema (AD) 5.00—6.00am Skinner and Mina’s Literary Road Trip: Pope and Swift (AD)

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Canal Boat Diaries 8.00pm Robbie Cumming needs running repairs

6.10am Make It at Market 7.10 Tony Robinson’s Marvellous Machines (AD) 8.00 Abandoned Engineering: double bill (AD) 10.00 World War Weird 11.00 Nazi Hunters 12 noon Great Continental Railway Journeys: Michael travels through Poland 1.00pm Antiques Roadshow 2.00 Bangers and Cash 4.00 World War Weird 5.00 Nazi Hunters

6.00pm Antiques Roadshow Fiona Bruce visits the Royal William Yard in Plymouth.

7.00 Our Guy in Japan Guy Martin embarks on a journey across Japan.

8.00 Canal Boat Diaries Robbie Cumming makes a running repair to his narrowboat on the Tinsley lock flight in South Yorkshire.

8.30 Robbie tackles the River Trent and is invited to join a night-time boat parade. 9.00 Great Canal Journeys Timothy West and Prunella Scales follow the ancient routes of the Vikings and visit Stockholm.

10.00 Bangers and Cash Derek auctions off some vehicles that were used in Heartbeat. 11.00 Abandoned Engineering Exploring a Liberian landmark with American origins. (AD)

12 midnight Great Continental and Indian Railway Journeys 1.00am Make It at Market 2.00—3.00am Tony Robinson’s Marvellous Machines (AD)

6.00am Hollyoaks Shown Mon/Tue 7pm (AD)

7.00 Married at First Sight NZ 8.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD) 9.00 Young Sheldon (AD) 10.00 The Big Bang Theory (AD) 11.00 Modern Family

12 noon The Big Bang Theory (AD) 2.00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD) 3.00 Modern Family

4.00 Young Sheldon (AD) 5.00 The Big Bang Theory: two episodes (AD)

6.00pm The Big Bang Theory 18/24 Series 12. Sheldon and Amy try to get three Nobel laureates on their side. (AD)

6.30 19/24. Raj and Howard attempt to relive the good old days. (AD)

7.00 New. Hollyoaks Can a confused resident continue to hide a dark secret? (AD)

7.30 New. Abbott Elementary 9/22 Series 2 Ava has to help in a teacher shortage. (AD)

8.00 New. Married at First Sight NZ The couples have their first dinner party. 9.00 Gogglebox Reactions to The Apprentice, Hunted and Coronation Street. From March. (AD) 10.05 The Outlaws and Family Fortunes are appraised. From November 2021. (AD)

11.10 Naked Attraction Sarah from Plymouth becomes the first-ever returning picker. (AD)

9.00am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

10.00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (AD) 11.00 Couples Come Dine with Me: in Liverpool

12 noon Frasier (AD) 1.00pm Four in a Bed

1.30 A Place in the Sun 2.30 Help! We Bought a Village 3.30 Come Dine with Me (AD)

6.00pm A Place in the Sun Craig Rowe goes house-hunting in the southern French city of Carcassonne. Shown 4pm Channel 4

7.00 A couple look for a home in Almería, Spain, with a budget of £60,000.

7.45 The Great British Bake Off: the Final 10/10 Series 15. The finalists prepare scones, afternoon tea and a tiered celebration cake in their bid for the title. See choice, page 71. Shown yesterday 8pm (AD)

9.00 FILM Knives Out HHHH Murder mystery comedy starring Daniel Craig and Ana de Armas. “Gentleman detective” Benoit Blanc is summoned to the home of a wealthy author who has been found with his throat slit. Review p47. (AD) Shown Saturday 10.25pm C4

11.35 Gogglebox Ep 11. Instant reactions to the past week’s TV shows. (AD)

12.40am 24 Hours in Police Custody: the Murder Messages (AD) 1.40 Gogglebox: from January 2020 (AD) 3.20 24 Hours in A&E (AD) 4.20— 4.50am Britain’s Most Expensive Houses (AD)

7.15am Total Wipeout: Freddie and Paddy Takeover 8.00 Special Ops: Crime Squad UK (AD) 10.00 Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge 12 noon American Pickers 2.00pm The Boat That Guy Built: double bill 3.00 Top Gear (AD) 5.00 Hairy Bikers’ Best of British 6.00pm Rick Stein’s Road to Mexico The chef travels through Mexico City and Puebla.

7.00 Would I Lie to You? With Bob Mortimer, Samantha Morton and Miles Jupp.

7.40 Richard Osman’s House of Games Steve Backshall, Catherine Bohart, Dr Ranj Singh and Meera Syal play trivia-based games.

8.20 With Angela Barnes, Melvin Odoom, Greg Rutherford and Denise Van Outen. 9.00 QI XL With guests Sheila Hancock, Jimmy Carr and Jeremy Clarkson. 10.00 World’s Most Dangerous Roads 3/8 Series 4. Phil Wang and Pierre Novellie head to Lesotho, Africa’s Kingdom in the Sky. (AD) 11.00 Eight out of Ten Cats With Romesh Ranganathan, Melanie C and David O’Doherty. 11.50 Mock the Week With Maisie Adam, Angela Barnes, Rhys James and Ahir Shah.

12.30am Would I Lie to You? 1.10 QI

1.50 Richard Osman’s House of Games

3.05—4.00am David Mitchell’s Outsiders (AD)

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9.00am Entertainment News 9.15 Motorway: Hell on the Highway 10.15 Traffic Cops 11.15 Police Interceptors (AD) 12.10pm The Gambler: the Adventure Continues 2.15 FILM Column South HHH Western starring Audie Murphy 4.00 Motorway: Hell on the Highway 5.00 Traffic Cops

6.00pm Police Interceptors Mark and Steve stop a man trying to hide his identity.

7.00 Ortis Deley and Rick Edwards join police using cutting-edge technology to fight crime.

8.00 Officers deal with young reckless drivers who cause carnage on the roads.

9.00 Terror at 30,000 Feet A disastrous flight from Birmingham to Málaga. 10.00 Doomsday: Caught on Camera

A violent and unexpected microburst puts thousands at a music festival in danger.

10.55 FILM Wake of Death HH Action adventure starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. A former Mob enforcer goes back to the LA underworld to seek revenge when his wife is brutally murdered by Chinese Triads.

12.45am Fights, Camera, Action! 1.45 Trucking Hell 3.35—4.00am Car Pound Cops

5 Action Freeview 33 Freesat 132 Sky 150 Virgin 130

9.00am The Yorkshire Vet: six back-to-back editions 3.00pm Murder, She Wrote (AD) 4.00 Columbo: A Bird in the Hand

6.00pm Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Ben meets a scientist working to reduce the impact of climate change in Siberia.

7.00 A family living in a yurt in New Zealand.

8.00 The 1980s Supermarket How ice-cream giant Walls launched Viennetta. 9.00 The Canary Islands with Jane McDonald Jane explores Lanzarote.

Inside the Tower of London

Prisoner: Cell Block H Meg asks Erica if she can go to look for Lizzie. 12 midnight Lizzie returns to Wentworth.

6.10am Inside the Ambulance (AD)

7.00 Property Brothers: Forever Homes 8.00 Tipping Point 11.00 DIY SOS: the Big Build: two editions

1.00pm Tipping Point 3.00 Property Brothers: Forever Homes

5.00 DIY SOS: the Big Build

7.00pm MasterChef USA The top five cooks must keep their cool in this fire and ice semi-final.

8.00 New. The Young Midwives of Essex 3/8. Summah and Lilli enjoy cocktails and a takeaway. (AD)

9.00 Missing Persons Investigation 3/8. A man goes missing in strange circumstances.

10.00 New. Lies, Deceit and Betrayal 4/6. A former teacher with a dream to set up an educational app is tricked into a business partnership. (AD)

11.00 New. Billionaire Murders

4/4. Kevin Donovan reveals details of Barry and Honey’s last day alive.

12.10am The Young Midwives of Essex (AD) 1.20—3.00am One Born Every Minute: two episodes

Rewind TV 95

6.00am Unwind 6.15

Space Soldiers 6.40 Roobarb 6.45 FILM The Outlaw HHH (BW) 9.00 Jason King 10.00 A Fine Romance

10.30 Watching 11.00 Worzel Gummidge Down Under 11.30 The Beverly Hillbillies (BW) 12 noon FILM Raise the Titanic HH 2.00pm The Beiderbecke Affair 3.00 Monkey

4.00 Arthur C Clarke’s World of Strange Powers 4.30 Whicker’s World 5.00 The Optimist 5.30 The Cuckoo Waltz 6.00 Surgical Spirit

6.30 Married with Children 7.00 Fantasy Island 8.00 Jason King 9.00 Mitch 10.05 Drop the Dead Donkey

10.35 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 11.05 Married with Children 11.35 Watching 12.05am Surgical Spirit 12.35 The Cuckoo Waltz 1.05 FILM Border Cop HH 2.50 Monkey 3.50 FILM Carnival Story HH Drama starring Anne Baxter 5.50—6.00am Unwind

8.00am Diagnosis Murder 10.00 Father Dowling Mysteries 11.00 Castle 12 noon Hart to Hart 2.00pm Father Dowling Mysteries 3.00 Diagnosis Murder 5.00 Murder, She Wrote 7.00 M*A*S*H 9.00 The Avengers: a group of retired clowns seeks murderous payback on a company planning to demolish a beloved variety theatre 10.00 Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased): Jeannie and Jeff accompany Marty’s aunt on a visit to Monte Carlo 11.00 Return of the Saint: an eminent professor is urged to defect 12 midnight M*A*S*H 2.00am Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) 3.00 Return of the Saint 3.50 Movie News 4.00 Highway to Heaven 4.50—5.00am Movie News

6.00am Barefoot Contessa 6.30 Barefoot Contessa: back to Basics

7.00 James Martin’s Christmas Feasts 7.30 James Martin: Sweet (AD) 8.00 River Cottage Christmas Fayre 9.00 Cake Boss (AD) 10.00 Cooking Christmas with Matt and Lisa 11.00 The Great British Christmas Menu 12.30pm Jamie’s Family Christmas 1.00 Mary Berry’s Christmas Party 2.00 James Martin’s Christmas Feasts

2.30 James Martin: Sweet (AD)

3.00 Cake Boss (AD) 4.00 Barefoot Contessa 4.30 Barefoot Contessa: back to Basics 5.00 Cooking Christmas with Matt and Lisa 6.00 Jamie’s Family Christmas 6.30 The Great British Christmas Menu

8.00 James Martin’s Christmas Feasts 8.30 James Martin: Sweet (AD) 9.00 Marcus Wareing at Christmas: double bill 10.00 Jamie’s Best Ever Christmas: Boxing Day brunch (AD) 11.00 New Beat Bobby Flay: Ina Garten serves Bobby Flay a slice of humble pie 12 midnight Holiday Hoopla 1.00am Cake Boss (AD) 2.00—3.00am Christmas Cookie Challenge

7.00am Building Alaska 8.00 Escape to the Country 9.00 A Place in the Sun 10.00 Escape to the Country 11.00 A Place in the Sun 12 noon My Lottery Dream Home 2.00pm A Place in the Sun

3.00 Escape to the Country 5.00 A Place in the Sun: triple bill 8.00 Escape to the Country: Nicki Chapman undertakes a house hunt in North Yorkshire for two keen walkers 9.00 Good Bones: Mina and the team are challenged to stay on budget as they face major issues 10.00 Good Bones: Risky Business: Mina takes on a historic Victorian home and carriage house (AD) 11.00 Home Town (AD) 12 midnight Good Bones 1.00am Building Alaska 2.00 Flip or Flop 3.00—4.00am My Lottery Dream Home

7.00am The Chase 10.00 The Crystal Maze 11.00 Pointless Celebrities: in a Radio 1 special, Clara Amfo and Trevor Nelson, Yasmin Evans and Greg James, Chris Stark and Scott Mills, and Dev Griffin and Sarah-Jane Crawford try to get close to zero 12 noon The Chase 1.00pm Family Fortunes (AD) 3.00 Catchphrase (AD) 4.00 Blockbusters 5.00 The Crystal Maze 6.00pm Bullseye (AD) 7.00 Cash Trapped (AD) 8.00 The Chase: double bill of the game show presented by Bradley Walsh 10.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?: quiz show presented by Chris Tarrant (AD) 11.00 Bullseye (AD) 12 midnight Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 1.00am The Crystal Maze: Richard O’Brien hosts 2.00 The Chase 4.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (AD) 5.00—6.00am Bullseye

8.00am Lincoln: Divided We Stand 9.05 Ocean Wreck Investigation 10.05 Berlin: Stories of the City 11.15 After Chaos 12.30pm New America the Bountiful 1.00 The Ottoman Empire 2.10 Lincoln: Divided We Stand 3.05 Ocean Wreck Investigation 4.05 Berlin: Stories of the City 5.10 After Chaos

6.20pm America the Bountiful 8/13. Capri Cafaro travels to Arizona where she learns about corn.

6.55 Lincoln: Divided We Stand 6/6. After Lincoln’s murder, an epic manhunt for his killer is on.

7.50 Ocean Wreck Investigation 8/10. How three historical collisions shaped regulations.

8.50 Berlin: Stories of the City 2/2. In 1945, Berlin is divided at the Potsdam Conference.

9.55 After Chaos 2/2. How Warsaw was rebuilt after the war.

11.00 Ocean Wreck Investigation As 7.50pm. 12 midnight Berlin: Stories of the City 1.05—2.00am as 6.20pm

5.35am Thomas & Friends 5.45 Paw Patrol 6.00 Oggy Oggy 6.10 Peppa Pig

6.20 New. Pup Gear 6.25 Daisy & Ollie 6.30 Odo 6.40 Tweedy & Fluff

6.45 Fireman Sam 6.55 Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! 7.05 Peppa Pig 7.20 Paw Patrol 7.30 Pip and Posy 7.35 The Adventures of Paddington 7.55 Milo 8.10 New. Paw Patrol 8.25 Reu & Harper’s Wonder World 8.40 New. Milkshake! Movers 8.45 Peppa Pig 8.55 Pop Paper City 9.05—9.15am New. Milkshake! Story Den Full listings for Channel 5 are on p84

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6.00am Bing 6.10 Vegesaurs 6.15 Teletubbies 6.25 Small Potatoes 6.30 Supertato 6.40 Roots and Fruits 6.45 Tee and Mo 6.50 Bing 7.00 Colourblocks 7.05 Hey Duggee 7.20 Bluey 7.40 Go Jetters 7.50 Peter Rabbit 8.05 Octonauts: above & Beyond 8.15 Numberblocks 8.20 Alphablocks 8.25 Love Monster 8.35 Justin’s House 9.00 Bing 9.05 Yakka Dee! 9.10 Love Monster 9.20 Dylan’s Playtime Adventures 9.30 Twirlywoos 9.45 Something Special 10.05 Teletubbies 10.20 Maddie and Triggs 10.30 New. Yukee 10.35 Tiny Wonders 10.40 Colourblocks 10.45 Roots and Fruits 10.50 Vegesaurs 10.55 Bluey 11.05 Supertato 11.10 Hey Duggee 11.20 New. I Can Do It, You Can Too 11.35 Teeny Tiny Creatures 11.50 Our Family 12 noon My World Kitchen 12.15pm Apple Tree House 12.30 Dog Squad 12.40 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures 1.00 Yakka Dee! 1.05 Numberblocks 1.10 Alphablocks 1.15 Hey Duggee 1.25 Love Monster 1.30 Yukee 1.40 Colourblocks 1.45 Something Special: We’re All Friends 2.05 Teletubbies 2.20 Vida the Vet 2.30 Mojo Swoptops 2.40 Supertato 2.50 Pablo 3.00 Grace’s Amazing Machines 3.15 New. Aneeshwar and Lizzie Go Wild 3.20 The Game Catchers 3.30 New. Big Lizard

3.40 Hey Duggee 3.45 Peter Rabbit 4.00 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures 4.15 Mojo Swoptops 4.25 Bluey 4.40 New. Supertato 4.50 Vida the Vet 5.00 New. Dog Squad 5.15 Dodge’s Pup School 5.25 Sarah & Duck 5.35 JoJo & Gran Gran 5.45 Moon and Me 6.10pm Clangers 6.20 In the Night Garden...: the Tombliboos enjoy cleaning their teeth 6.50—7.00pm CBeebies Bedtime Stories: with Robbie Williams CBeebies F’view 202 F’sat 601 Sky 608 Virgin 702 CBBC 201

7.00am Shaun the Sheep 7.05 Danger Mouse 7.20 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 7.35 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 7.45 New. Newsround 7.55 Grizzy and the Lemmings 8.10 Odd Squad 8.25 Super Happy Magic Forest 8.35 Monster Loving Maniacs 8.45 Ninja Express 9.00 Bitesize Daily: 6—7 Year Olds 9.20 Horrible Histories 9.50 Operation Ouch! 10.15 Deadly 60 10.45 Art Ninja 11.05 Out of This World 11.20 Meet the McQueens 11.30 Gym Stars 11.55

Andy’s Safari Adventures 12.10pm Go Jetters 12.20 Big Lizard 12.30 OOglies 12.35 Danger Mouse 12.55 Octonauts 1.10 Supertato 1.15 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 1.40 Super Happy Magic Forest 1.50 Deadly 60 2.20 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 2.30 Jamie Johnson 3.00 Shark Bites 3.05 The Dengineers 3.35 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 3.55 Danger Mouse 4.10 Ninja Express 4.20 Grizzy and the Lemmings 4.25 Sketchy Comedy 4.30 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 4.45 Super Happy Magic Forest 4.55 Odd Squad 5.10 Total Dramarama 5.20 Dragons: the Nine Realms 5.40 New. Bro’s in Control 6.00 My Life 6.25—7.00pm Horrible Histories

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ITV Kids on ITV2

11.00am The Man Between HH Spy drama set in partitioned Berlin at the height of the Cold War. James Mason, Claire Bloom, Hildegarde Neff (1953, U) (S) 1.05pm The Admirable Crichton HHH A family’s butler finds his position elevated by a shipwreck in this adaptation of JM Barrie’s play. Kenneth More, Diane Cilento (1957, U) (S) (AD) 2.55 The Fallen Idol HHHH Suspenseful thriller in which a boy’s attempt to help the butler he idolises lands the latter in hot water with the police. Ralph Richardson, Michèle Morgan, Bobby Henrey (1948, PG) (S) 4.45 Anzio HH This overlong war drama is made watchable by Robert Mitchum. Review, right. (1968, PG) (S) 7.05pm Old Boys HHH Cyrano de Bergerac is updated and relocated to an English boarding school in this fun pastiche. Review, right. Alex Lawther (2017, 12) (S) 9.00 Barbarian HHHH There are twists and turns aplenty in this cleverly constructed horror chiller about a researcher’s stay at a creepy Detroit rental home. Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgard (2022, 18) (S) 11.05 Murder on the Orient Express HHHH This lavish retelling of the Agatha Christie novel ticks all the right whodunnit boxes. Film of the Day, right. Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Pfeiffer (2017, 12) (S) (AD) 1.20—4.00am Glass HHH Thoughtful fantasy thriller. Bruce Willis, Samuel L Jackson, James McAvoy (2019, 15) (S) (AD) 6.00am Burke’s Law TV drama. 7.10 Band of Thieves HH Acker Bilk gets to showcase his particular brand of trad jazz in this curious crime drama. (1962, U) (S) 8.30 One Step Beyond TV horror. (S) 9.05 Naked Fury H Bank robbers kidnap the daughter of a nightwatchman after she witnesses their raid. Kenneth Cope (1959, PG) (S) 10.15 The House across the Lake HHH Predictable but competent British noir that sees Hillary Brooke get her claws into infatuated novelist Alex Nicol. Sidney James (1954, PG) (S) 11.40 The Snows of Kilimanjaro HHH A miscast Gregory Peck lets down this adaptation of the Ernest Hemingway novella. Review, right. Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner (1952, PG) (S) 1.55pm The Brothers British TV drama series with Patrick O’Connell. (S) 3.00 It Can Be Done... Amigo HH Entertaining spaghetti western with Jack Palance having fun as a gunslinger. Bud Spencer (1972) (S) 5.00 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp TV biopic. (S) 5.30 The Adventures of Jim Bowie TV western. (S)

9.00am Killer Dearest HH Twisting, overacted thriller. (2018) 10.55 Perfect Murderer, Perfect Husband HH

A perfect husband turns out to be not all that he seems. Laurie Fortier (2019)

1.00pm The Nightmare Nanny HH

A new nanny becomes obsessed with her charge. Ashley Scott, Kip Pardue, Mekenna Melvin (2013) 3.00 The Gourmet Detective 4.55 The Gourmet Detective: a Healthy Place to Die

6.50pm Jack Hunter

Archaeological adventure series.

9.00 Resident Evil HHH

Effective sci-fi action horror adapted from the popular video game. Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez (2002, 15) 11.10 Cell HHH A mysterious cellphone signal triggers global mayhem in this stylish sci-fi horror. John Cusack, Samuel L Jackson (2014, 15)

1.15am Bunraku HH Flashy action fantasy in which a drifter and a samurai team up to bring down a tyrannical crime boss. Josh Hartnett (2010, 15)

4.00—5.40am Mommy’s Little Boy HH Intense TV thriller about a boy struggling with the behaviour of his alcoholic mother. Bree Williamson (2017)

8.00am Police Ten 7 9.00 Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York HH Daft disaster movie. Costas Mandylor (2006)

11.00 Wild West Chronicles 11.30 Wanted: Dead or Alive 1.00pm The Scalphunters HHH Enjoyable comedy western. Review, right. Burt Lancaster (1968, PG) 3.15 The Stranger Wore a Gun HH Implausible western. Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor (1953, U) 5.05 Wanted: Dead or Alive

6.35pm Wild West Chronicles TV western series with Jack Elliott. 7.05 Meteor Moon H Plodding sci-fi mockbuster in which a large chunk of the Moon hurtles towards Earth. Dominique Swain, Michael Broderick (2020) 9.00 Red Sun HHH A samurai teams up with a gunslinger in this slick, entertaining fusion western. Review, right. Charles Bronson (1971, 15) 11.25 First Kill HH Hayden Christensen is forced to help a bank robber to save his son. Bruce Willis (2017, 15) 1.35am Apocalypse of Ice H Low-budget sci-fi hokum. Tom Sizemore, Emily Killian, Ramiro Leal (2020) 3.30 Cops Uncut 4.00—5.00am War Machines

6.45am Journey to Bethlehem

HH Lively musical biblical adventure.

Fiona Palomo (2023, PG) 8.35 As 8pm 10.45

As 6pm 12.45pm The Holdovers HHHH Impeccably played comedy drama set in 1970. Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph (2023, 15) 3.00 Dune: Part Two

HHHH Denis Villeneuve’s aweinspiring sci-fi epic. Zendaya (2023, 12)

6.00pm IF HHH Young Cailey Fleming and neighbour Ryan Reynolds team up to find neglected imaginary friends. John Krasinski (2024, U)

8.00 Girl You Know It’s True HHH Wry biopic of Milli Vanilli, who were at the centre of a lip-syncing scandal. Review p37. (2023, 15)

10.10 Thanksgiving HHH Witty slasher that follows the gruesome trail of corpses left by a vengeful killer. Review p37. Patrick Dempsey (2023, 18) 12 midnight Widow Clicquot HHH

Good-looking if standard period biopic. Haley Bennett (2023, 15) 1.40am There’s Something in the Barn HHH Bloody horror comedy. Martin Starr, Amrita Acharia (2023, 15) 3.30 Lee HHH Engaging wartime biopic. (2023, 15)

5.35—6.25am Sky Cinema Preview

8.00am Walker, Texas Ranger 9.00

The A-Team 10.00 MacGyver 11.00 Asteroid-a-Geddon H Low-budget, action-light disaster movie. Veronika Issa, Eric Roberts (2020, 12) 1.00pm Incident at Phantom Hill HH Watchable western about a search for stolen bullion. Robert Fuller (1966, PG) 2.45 Sitting Bull H Earnest but sloppy depiction of the battle of Little Big Horn. Dale Robertson (1954, U) 5.00 Star Trek

6.00pm MacGyver TV adventure.

7.00 The A-Team TV drama.

8.00 Walker, Texas Ranger TV action drama with Chuck Norris.

9.00 The Hunted HHH Proficient action thriller in which businessman Christopher Lambert becomes the target of a crazed ninja gang. (1995, 18) 11.10 The Sentinel HH A disgraced Secret Service operative races to foil an inside conspiracy to assassinate the US president. Michael Douglas (2006, 12) 1.15am Precious Cargo HH Formulaic action crime thriller. Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Claire Forlani, Bruce Willis (2016, 15) 3.05—5.00am The Most Dangerous Game HH Thriller remake. Chris “CT” Tamburello (2022, 15)

8.10am Christmas Collision HH

Romantic drama. Sebrina Scott (2021, PG)

10.10 Christmas in Evergreen

12.05pm Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa 2.00pm Homemade Christmas HH Corny romance. Michelle Argyris (2020) 4.00 Forever Christmas

HH A TV producer falls for the star of her reality show. Chelsea Hobbs (2018)

6.00pm Christmas with a View

HH Two chefs connect while working together over Christmas at Thunder Mountain Ski Resort. Vivica A Fox (2018)

8.00 i Christmas by the Book

HH An author is given two weeks to re-create the magical Christmas described in her book. Lindy Booth (2022) 9.55 A Candlelit Christmas HH Easy-going romance in which a woman rekindles her family candle business. Nazneen Contractor, Mykee Selkin (2022)

11.50 A Golden Christmas HH Childhood sweethearts meet again as feuding adults in this mushy romantic tale. Andrea Roth, Nicholas Brendon, Bruce Davison (2009, U) 1.50am Highway to Heaven 3.00—5.00am As 6pm WEDNESDAY

6.00am As 5pm 8.00 Super Cyclone HH Low-budget disaster movie. Ming-Na (2012) 10.00 Andromeda 11.00 Beware! The Blob H Pointless sci-fi horror. Robert Walker Jr (1971, 15) 1.00pm The Day of the Triffids HH Uneven adaptation of John Wyndham’s sci-fi novel. Howard Keel, Janette Scott (1962, 15) 3.00 Andromeda 4.00 Knight Rider 5.00 The 7 Adventures of Sinbad HH A wealthy descendant of the legendary sailor is given a series of impossible tasks. Patrick Muldoon (2010) 7.00pm Andromeda TV sci-fi series starring Kevin Sorbo. 8.00 Knight Rider TV drama. 9.00 Pandorum H Astronauts fight mutant monsters on board their spaceship in a dull sci-fi shocker. Ben Foster, Dennis Quaid, Cam Gigandet (2009, 15) 11.10 Maniac HHH Slick reboot of the gory 1980 cult horror, with Elijah Wood as a psychopath. Review, right. Nora Arnezeder (2012, 18) 1.00—2.50am Witchfinder General 5 Cynical Vincent Price conducts witch-hunts for pleasure and profit. Review, right. (1968, 15)

FILM REVIEWS

Murder on the Orient Express HHHH

11.05pm-1.20am Film4 h

MURDER MYSTERY This lavish retelling of the Agatha Christie novel ticks all the requisite whodunnit boxes, despite the distraction of director/star Kenneth Branagh’s extraordinary Hercule Poirot moustache. A disparate group of train passengers falls under suspicion when one of their number meets a grisly demise, with Michelle Pfeiffer, Judi Dench, Josh Gad and Penélope Cruz among the all-star suspects. Branagh fares better in the dramatic scenes than in the comedy ones, but his film is undeniably exquisite to behold. TERRY STAUNTON (US/Malta 2017, violence, HD)

The Snows of Kilimanjaro HHH 11.40am-1.55pm

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ROMANCE This rarely shown 20th Century-Fox film version of Ernest Hemingway’s novella is almost wrecked by the miscasting of Gregory Peck, who is too nice to play the hard-drinking, animal-hunting hero. But Ava Gardner, Hildegarde Neff and Susan Hayward are spot-on, rivalling the African and Riviera landscapes and making Peck’s life a misery.

ADRIAN TURNER (US 1952)

The Scalphunters HHH

1.00-3.15pm Great Action g

COMEDY WESTERN Sydney

Pollack’s intelligent, highly enjoyable western was released in 1968, when the civil rights struggle in America was at its peak. Burt Lancaster and Ossie Davis play off each other nicely in their roles as a trapper and a runaway slave, but the real sparks fly when scalphunter Telly Savalas and his mistress Shelley Winters are on screen. DAVID PARKINSON (US 1968, may be edited for content)

Anzio HH

4.45-7.05pm Film4 g

WAR DRAMA In this epic Second World War tale, Robert Mitchum stars as an American war correspondent

a Euro-funded western yarn that never fails to entertain. AT (Fr/It/Sp 1971, violence, nudity)

The Expendables HH 10.00pm-12.05am ITV4 z

ACTION In this old-school shoot-’em-up, director/star Sly Stallone plays a mercenary who calls up a musclebound crew for a mission in South America. The dialogue is clichéd and the plot riddled with holes, but with Jason Statham, Jet Li, Terry Crews and Randy Couture on the team, an explosive showdown is assured. TS (US 2010, violence, swearing, HD)

Maniac HHH 11.10pm1.00am Legend Xtra z

covering the Allied Forces’ landing at Anzio Beach in Italy and their bloody march on Rome. This is one of those war movies that poses thunderous moral questions at every turn and gives ordinary Joes statements rather than dialogue. It’s a long haul, in every respect. AT (It 1968, edited for content, HD)

Old Boys HHH

7.05-9.00pm Film4 h

COMEDY This cute and fun movie is essentially Cyrano de Bergerac, updated and relocated to an English boarding school. Alex Lawther plays Amberson, a nerd with a knack for poetry, who is “hired” by the school hunk (Jonah Hauer-King) to woo Agnes (Pauline Etienne), daughter of a new teacher. But Amberson fancies her, too, and a love triangle emerges. DAVE ALDRIDGE (UK/Swe 2017, edited for content, HD)

Red Sun HHH 9.0011.25pm Great Action j WESTERN East meets West in this stylishly violent movie from Dr No director Terence Young. Toshiro Mifune plays a samurai who teams up with gunslinger Charles Bronson to recover a ceremonial sword stolen by black-clad Alain Delon. Ursula Andress and Capucine add glamour to

HORROR While not as sleazy as the 1980 original, director Franck Khalfoun’s update treads the same lurid path. Elijah Wood plays the psycho who vents his rage on the women of LA — not that you see him much, because the stalking is done from his point of view. Khalfoun rises to the challenge this presents, and his ingenious touches help offset the seedy atmosphere.

ALAN JONES (Fr/US 2012, violence, swearing, sex scenes, nudity, drug abuse)

Manhunter HHHH

12 midnight-1.55am BBC1 (not N Ireland, Wales) z

THRILLER It was remade in 2002 under its original book title Red Dragon (with Anthony Hopkins), but this first screen version of Thomas Harris’s novel is more gripping. William Petersen stars as the former FBI whizz brought in to help hunt down a serial murderer, with Brian Cox offering memorable support in the role of Hannibal Lecktor. PETER FREEDMAN (US 1986, violence, swearing, HD)

Witchfinder General 5

1.00-2.50am Legend Xtra j

HORROR This penetrating chronicle of the social evils at large during the English Civil War is an undisputed classic. Vincent Price plays it straight for once as Matthew Hopkins, the religious maniac applying torture for his own profit. Marking the final film of its 25-year-old director Michael Reeves, it’s an intense study of cruelty and the abuse of power. AJ (UK 1968, violence, nudity)

Portrait Artist of the Year 8.00pm Rebecca Taylor My Brilliant Friend 9.00pm Elena has news to share

6.00am Sky News Breakfast 8.00 Border Patrol 9.00 Stargate Atlantis 11.00 Predators (AD) 12 noon Supergirl 1.00pm S.W.A.T. (AD)

3.00 Magnum P.I. (AD) 4.00 MacGyver 5.00 The Simpsons

6.00pm The Office US 14/19 Series 4. Michael tries to move on.

6.30 15/19. A visit to New York.

7.00 The Simpsons Marge spends a windfall on herself.

7.30 Homer flips out.

8.00 New. Portrait Artist of the 4Year Ep 8 Series 11. With Rebecca Taylor, Emma Thynn and Karan Rajan. See page 81.

9.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks

4 Ep 7 Series 4. Pixie Lott, Charlie Simpson and John Kearns take part. See page 81.

9.50 Mr Bigstuff 3/6. Lee helps his brother regain his mojo. (AD) 10.20 4/6. Lee reveals more about the men who are after him. (AD)

10.50 Karl Pilkington: the Moaning of Life 1/5 Series 1

Arranged marriages in India. (AD)

11.55 The Force: Manchester 10/10. Following Manchester Police.

12.55am Rob and Romesh vs Andy Murray (AD) 2.00 New. The Day of the Jackal 8/10. Rptd Thu 9pm 3.00 Magnum PI (AD) 4.00 MacGyver

5.00—6.00am Motorway Patrol (AD)

6.00am Most Haunted: double bill

8.00 Home Shopping 11.00

Star Trek: the Next Generation

12 noon Stargate Universe (AD)

1.00pm Star Trek: Deep Space

Nine 2.00 Primeval 3.00 Stargate SG-1 4.00 Stargate Universe (AD)

5.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation

6.00pm Primeval 9/10 Series 3

A civilian is endangered when an anomaly releases a herd of stampeding rhinoceros-type beasts from the Eocene.

7.00 Star Trek: Deep Space

Nine 15/26 Series 4. Kurn returns and announces he needs help to regain his honour, which he lost thanks to his brother Worf’s decision to join the Federation.

8.00 Stargate SG-1 2/22 Series 6

The team makes a desperate bid to save Earth that could result in the permanent loss of the portal.

9.00 Jurassic Domination H

q Action adventure starring Jack Pearson, Jamie Bernadette and Kahlo De Jesus Buffington. The US military develops a pair of dinosaurs that soon escape and wreak havoc. (AD) (W)

11.00 Jurassic Attack H

q Action adventure starring Gary Stretch and Corin Nemec. Soldiers on a rescue mission stumble across a jungle that hides some hungry dinosaurs. (W)

1.00am Grimm: three episodes

4.00—6.00am Stargate SG-1

6.00am Fish Town 8.10 True Blood 10.25 Six Feet Under 12.35pm Game of Thrones (AD)

1.40 Billions (AD) 3.45 True Blood

5.50pm Six Feet Under 5/13 Series 3. Ruth’s new live-in apprentice is given a set of rules.

6.55 6/13. Nate and Lisa discuss their relationship during a camping trip with another couple.

8.00 Game of Thrones 7/10 Series 4. Brienne follows a new lead as her mission to find the Stark girls continues. (AD)

9.00 New. My Brilliant Friend

4 3/10 Series 4. After Elena returns from a trip to New York, she and Lila share the news that they are both pregnant.

10.15 New. 4/10. The women try to reunite with their families after an earthquake sends terror across Naples. Italian +subtitles. See p80.

11.30 Big Little Lies 4/7 Series 1

Nathan invites Madeline to dinner to discuss Abigail, Celeste angers Perry by lending her legal skills to get the play back on track. (AD)

12.40am Gangs of London (AD)

2.05 New. The Day of the Jackal 8/10. Bianca starts to dig into the past of the mysterious Duggan. See choice, p90. Rptd tomorrow 9pm

3.05 Game of Thrones (AD)

4.05—6.00am Fish Town

6.00am Air Ambulance ER 7.00

Border Security USA (AD) 8.00

Border Patrol 9.00 Brit Cops: Rapid Response (AD) 10.00 Stop, Search, Seize (AD) 11.00 Bull 12 noon FBI (AD) 1.00pm FBI: Most Wanted (AD)

2.00 FBI: International (AD) 3.00 Brit Cops: Rapid Response (AD)

4.00pm Nothing to Declare

Eight editions of the fly-on-thewall documentary accessing the world of national security at Australia’s biggest airports.

8.00 Caught on Dashcam Fly-on-the-dashboard documentary showcasing outrageous road disasters, captured in video form by drivers’ dashboard cameras.

9.00 Blue Bloods 13/18 Series 14 Danny and Baez become nervous when Sam Evans is released from jail. Jamie and Anthony team up.

10.00 The Equalizer 4/10 Series 1 McCall uncovers a lead while investigating the staged suicide of a community activist, and Aunt Vi teaches Delilah a lesson. (AD)

11.00 FBI 4/22 Series 4. The team hunts for a serial killer who is targeting young homeless men. Tiffany and Scola fail to see eye to eye on how to handle the case. (AD)

12 midnight Bull 1.00am Chicago PD 2.00 FBI: Most Wanted (AD) 3.00 The Force: Manchester 4.00 Road Wars 5.00—6.00am Stop, Search, Seize: following the work of Ireland’s border force officers (AD)

6.00am Stargate SG-1 8.00

Supergirl 9.00 Stargate Atlantis

11.00 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (AD) 12 noon Supergirl 1.00pm

S.W.A.T. (AD) 3.00 Magnum P.I. (AD) 4.00 MacGyver 5.00 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (AD)

6.00pm Stargate Atlantis

3/20 Series 4. The team finds survivors from Ronon’s homeworld. 7.00 4/20. A crystalline entity invades the crew’s dreams.

8.00 The 90s: Cinema’s Greatest Decade Alex Zane looks back at the era’s best films. (AD)

9.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks

4 Ep 7 Series 4. Pixie Lott, Charlie Simpson and John Kearns take part. See page 81.

9.50 Mr Bigstuff 3/6. Lee helps his brother regain his mojo. (AD) 10.20 4/6. Lee reveals more about the men who are after him. (AD)

10.50 Karl Pilkington: the Moaning of Life 1/5 Series 1 Arranged marriages in India. (AD)

11.50 The Walking Dead 8/24 Series 11. The Reapers defend Meridian from an incoming herd.

12.55am Banshee: another murder rocks the town’s residents (AD) 2.00 Road Wars 3.00 Magnum P.I. (AD) 4.00 MacGyver

5.00—6.00am Highway Patrol

7.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry 8.00 Four Weddings (AD) 10.00 Merlin (AD) 11.00 Motorway Patrol 12 noon Caught on Dashcam 1.00pm Border Security: Canada’s Front Line 2.00 Most Haunted 4.00 911 Crisis Centre 5.00 Highway Cops: double bill (AD) 6.00pm Motorway Patrol 7.00 Merlin (AD) 8.00 Border Security: Canada’s Front Line 9.00 Stella: double bill. Paula makes a surprise return to Pontyberry, then Aunty Brenda is optimistic as election day arrives (AD) 11.00 Mr Mayor: Jayden wants to move into an apartment only available to people with the right star sign, then Neil mistakes a group of film extras for visiting mayors (AD) 12 midnight Merlin (AD) 1.00am The Russell Howard Hour 2.00 A League of Their Own (AD) 3.00 Duck Quacks Don’t Echo (AD) 4.00 Four Weddings (AD) 5.00—6.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry

7.05am Are You Being Served?

7.50 On the Up 8.25 Keeping Up Appearances 9.05 On the Up 9.45 Are You Being Served? 10.25 Open All Hours 11.00 Last of the Summer Wine 12.15pm On the Up 12.55 Keeping Up Appearances

1.35 The Vicar of Dibley (AD) 2.50 Open All Hours 3.30 Dad’s Army

4.05 Are You Being Served?

4.50 Last of the Summer Wine

6.05pm Open All Hours Granville persuades Arkwright to buy a van.

6.45 Dad’s Army Mainwaring enlists an unusual recruit.

7.25 Frazer loses part of a gun.

8.00 The Vicar of Dibley The villagers celebrate Geraldine’s 40th birthday. (AD)

8.40 Miranda A fed up Miranda packs her bags to go travelling. (AD) 9.20 Not Going Out Lee’s attempt to impress Lucy backfires.

10.00 Live at the Apollo Noel Fielding hosts with guests Dane Baptiste and Al Porter.

11.00 The Fast Show The Off-Roaders get stuck. (AD) 11.40 The Real McCoy Sketch show featuring Curtis Walker.

12.20am The Vicar of Dibley (AD) 1.00 Miranda (AD) 1.40 Not Going Out 2.15 Live at the Apollo 3.15—4.00am The Fast Show (AD)

Will & Grace (AD) 9.00 Ballers (AD) 10.10 The Reluctant Landlord (AD) 11.20 Barry (AD) 12.45pm Entourage 1.55 Mr Mayor (AD) 2.25 The Reluctant Landlord (AD) 3.30 Barry (AD) 4.50 Will & Grace (AD) 5.50 The Office US 6.50pm Ballers (AD) 8.00 Will & Grace (AD) 9.00 Smothered: double bill. Sammy and Tom decide to have a no-strings attached affair for three weeks, then Sammy and Tom explore other options (AD) 10.00 New. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: American chat show 11.00 Entourage: double bill. Medellin is submitted to Cannes, then Ari mishandles a secret script — with disastrous consequences 12 midnight Sex and the City 1.10am Silicon Valley 2.05 John Early: Now More Than Ever 3.15 Los Espookys 3.50—5.00am Dice: double bill (AD)

8.00am Most Ridiculous Bonkers Bodies 8.35 Most Ridiculous Mad Mums 9.00 Guessable? 10.00 Impractical Jokers 11.00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA 12 noon New Girl 1.00pm Friends: sixteen episodes (AD) 9.00 Eight out of Ten Cats: double bill 10.00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA: double bill 11.00 New. Ugly Americans: Mark becomes a masked crimefighter 11.30 Digman!: Rip and the gang search for Amelia Earhart’s plane 12 midnight Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains 1.00am David O’Doherty: Comedy Central Live 1.25 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA 2.25 Most Ridiculous 3.25 Lee Evans: Roadrunner 4.10—5.00am Friends (AD)

7.10am Murdoch Mysteries: double bill 9.00 Father Brown (AD) 10.00 Unforgettable 11.00 Hudson & Rex (AD) 12 noon The Mentalist 1.00pm Death in Paradise (AD) 2.00 Murdoch Mysteries 4.00 Unforgettable 5.00 Hudson & Rex (AD)

6.00pm Father Brown 7/10

Series 4. The priest investigates an apparent suicide, believing the death of a recently returned RAF pilot to be murder. (AD)

7.00 The Mentalist 10/23

Series 2. A top baseball trainer is beaten to death with a baseball bat on the grounds of his academy.

8.00 Death in Paradise 1/8 Series 9. New Year’s Eve celebrations are cut short when a masked man stabs a woman in her own home. (AD) 9.00 New. CSI: Vegas 9/10 Series 3. The team investigate the case of an antique shop owner who died from an apparent gunshot wound. (AD)

10.00 New. Hightown 9/10 Series 2. Renee risks everything to turn her world around. Alan sets a trap that covers the entire Cape. 11.00 The Mentalist As 7pm. 12 midnight Hudson & Rex (AD) 1.00am Justified 2.00—4.00am Murdoch Mysteries: double bill

& sport

Sky Documentaries Sky Nature

Breath of Fire 9.00pm Sundeep Morrison speaks out

6.00am Mother Teresa: for the Love of God (AD) 7.00 Discovering: Robert Donat 8.00 The Directors

9.00 The Civil War 10.00 Juan Carlos: Downfall of the King 11.00 Chimp Crazy (AD) 12 noon Adrienne (AD) 2.00pm I Am Patrick Swayze (AD) 4.00 The Directors 5.00 Discovering: Robert Donat

6.00pm The Civil War The emancipation of America’s slaves.

7.00 House of Kardashian Kylie Jenner becomes a Generation Z icon, keeping the family relevant. (AD)

8.00 Chimp Crazy Alan Cumming doubles the reward for news of Tonka’s whereabouts. (AD)

9.00 New. Breath of Fire

4A look at Yogi Bhajan and his invention of a mystical persona, with former followers recountng the rigour of his teachings including physical hardships, unusual rules and abuse. See page 81.

10.00 Going Clear HHH

q The inner workings of the Church of Scientology, based on the book by Lawrence Wright. Eight former members talk about their experiences and shed light on the organisation’s origins. (W)

12.20am The Synanon Fix (AD)

1.30 Dave Not Coming Back 3.20 Nike’s Big Bet 5.00—6.00am

Discovering: Robert Donat

Geographic

8.00am Food Factory: double bill 9.00 Air Crash Investigation 10.00 Plane Crash Re-created (AD) 11.00 Defending Europe (AD) 12 noon Car SOS (AD)

1.00pm Kingdom of the Mummies

2.00 Air Crash Investigation (AD)

3.00 Nazi Megastructures: America’s War 4.00 Hitler: the Lost Tapes of the Third Reich 5.00 Car SOS

6.00pm Seconds from Disaster 7.00 Air Crash Investigation 8.00 New. Witches: Truth behind the Trials: how an event known as the “Great Noise” spread hysteria across Sweden 9.00 Elizabeth I: the Secret Life: a look at the monarch’s life 10.00 Drain the Oceans 11.00 Air Crash Investigation (AD)

1.00am Border Protection Spain 2.00 Money Meltdown 2.30 Bid and Destroy

3.20 Food Factory USA 4.10—5.00am When Sharks Attack: double bill

6.00am American Pickers 7.00 Storage Wars 8.00 Swamp People 10.00 Storage Wars 12 noon Secrets in the Sand 2.00pm The Abyss: Rise and Fall of the Nazis 4.00 Pawn Stars

6.00pm American Pickers 7.00 Forged in Fire: re-creating an iconic American blade 8.00 New series American Pickers: Mike travels to Wisconsin, where he gets access to a racing driver’s collection of motorbikes and memorabilia 9.00 New. Curse of Skinwalker Ranch: stunning revelations are made all across Skinwalker Ranch 10.00 New. Beyond Skinwalker Ranch 11.00 Close Encounters: double bill 12 midnight Storage Wars 2.00am Rust Valley Restorers 3.00 American Pickers 4.00—6.00am Pawn Stars

Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms 8.00pm A grazing bontebok

6.00am Ol Pejeta Diaries 7.00

Monkey Life (AD) 8.00 Hope for

Wildlife 9.00 America’s Wild Seasons (AD) 10.00 Africa’s Underwater

Wonders 11.00 Predators (AD)

12 noon Volcanic Odysseys 1.00pm

Monkey Life (AD) 2.00 Hope for Wildlife 3.00 America’s Wild Seasons (AD) 4.00 Africa’s Underwater

Wonders 5.00 Into the Wild: India

6.00pm Volcanic Odysseys Life in Indonesia where small active volcanos erupt every 15 minutes.

7.00 Monkey Life Daily life at a monkey rescue centre. (AD)

7.30 Following staff at World Ape Rescue Centre in Dorset. (AD)

8.00 Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms A nature reserve bringing endangered species back from the brink of extinction. (AD)

9.00 Monkey Life Following daily life at a monkey rescue centre.

9.30 The work of staff at World Ape Rescue Centre in Dorset.

10.00 Volcanic Odysseys As 6pm.

11.00 Into the Wild: India A gang of young male primates attack, forcing the monkey troop to flee.

12 midnight Extreme Snakes: Australia 1.00am Wild Rockies

2.00 Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms (AD)

3.00 Monkey Life 4.00 Hope for Wildlife 5.00—6.00am as 3pm

8.00am Yukon Vet 9.00 Animal Fight Club 10.00 Amazonia 11.00 Africa’s Deadliest 12 noon The Incredible Dr Pol

1.00pm Yukon Vet 2.00 Ocean’s Weirdest 4.00 Secrets of the Zoo: Tampa Rescue Squad 5.00 Fish Tank Kings

6.00pm Snakes in the City: Simon has a close call with a deadly black mamba 7.00 Yukon Vet: double bill. Michelle tries to treat three young bison that need de-worming, then Dr Oakley sees a bison struggling to compete for food in its herd 9.00 Something Bit Me: animals wreak havoc when humans invade their territory 10.00 World’s Deadliest: an exploration of some of the most dangerous snakes in the world 11.00 Lawless Island 12 midnight When Sharks Attack

1.00am Monster Fish: sharks in the Amazon 2.00 Yukon Vet 3.00 Secrets of the Zoo 4.00—5.00am Yukon Vet

8.00am Animal Cribs 9.00 Dodo Heroes 10.00 Dogs 101 11.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue 12 noon Animal Cribs (AD) 1.00pm Dodo Heroes 2.00 Coyote Peterson: Brave the Wild: double bill 3.00 Tanked 4.00 Bad Dog! 5.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue 6.00pm Animal Cribs: a football-themed pup paradise 7.00 Dodo Heroes (AD) 8.00 Isle of Jaws: Blood Brothers (AD) 9.00 Deadliest Sharks: a profile of the deadly oceanic white tip sharks 10.00 Alaskan Bush People: Matt, Bam, Bear, and Gabe go hunting without their father 11.00 From Wags to Riches 12 midnight Pit Bulls and Parolees 1.00am Alaskan Bush People 2.00 Bad Dog! 3.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue 4.00—5.00am Animal Cribs

WEDNESDAY 27

SPORT

Sky Main Event

Sky 401 Virgin 511/HD 501 EE 419/HD 439

6.00am Sky Sports News

6.30 LIVE Test Cricket

South Africa v Sri Lanka, day one of the First Test in the two-match series, which takes place at Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban.

3.30pm LIVE International T20 Cricket South Africa v England, coverage of the second women’s T20 in the three-match series from Willowmoore Park in Benoni. 7.30 LIVE Championship

Football Derby County v Swansea City at Pride Park (kick-off 8.00). 10.30 Back Pages Tonight 11.00 Sky Sports News

1.00—6.00am LIVE European Tour Golf Day one of the Australian Open, coverage of the dual-gender tournament held at Victoria and Kingston Heath Golf Clubs in Melbourne.

Sky Football

Sky 403 Virgin 513/HD 503 EE 421/HD 441 6.00am Classic League Cup Final 8.45 EFL Greatest Games (AD) 10.00 League Cup Football 11.00 Scottish Premiership Football (AD) 11.30 Best

International T20 Cricket 3.30pm Sky Cricket England’s Nat Sciver-Brunt

Sky Premier League

Sky 402 Virgin 512/HD 502 EE 420/HD 440 6.00am Greatest Games (AD) 7.00 Highlights 10.00 Football Show 12 noon Gary Neville’s Soccerbox 1.00pm Highlights 5.00 Review 6.00 Premier League 100: Dion Dublin 6.30 Stories 7.00 Soccer Special 10.30 Chasing the Dream: Exeter to Manchester United 11.00 Premier League Stories 11.30 Review 12.30am Premier League 100: Dion Dublin 1.00 Retro 3.00 Greatest Games (AD) 4.00 Best Goals 5.30— 6.00am Premier League 100 Club (AD)

Sky Cricket

Sky 404 Virgin 514/HD 504 EE 422/HD 442

Sky Golf

Tour: the Cut 7.30 Legends Tour Golf 8.30 PGA Tour Golf 9.30 European Tour Golf 10.30 PGA Tour: the Cut 11.00 Legends Tour Golf 12 midnight Australian PGA Championship Golf 1.00—6.00am LIVE European Tour Golf Day one of the Australian Open, coverage of the dual-gender tournament held at Victoria and Kingston Heath Golf Clubs in Melbourne.

Sky Sports Mix

Sky 416 Virgin 510 EE 429/HD 449

7.05—10.25am LIVE Women’s Big Bash League Cricket

Coverage of the knockout play-off match in the T20 competition.

10.00—12 midnight LIVE Basketball The Championship match at the Maui Invitational Tournament from Lahaina Civic Centre in Hawaii (tip-off 10.00).

Eurosport 1

Sky 413 Virgin 521 EE 412

6.00am Snooker 8.00 Cycling 9.00

Triathlon: the Challenge Beijing event

10.00 Cyclo-Cross 10.30 Snooker

12.45pm LIVE Snooker

The afternoon session on day five of the UK Championship from York Barbican, featuring the opening two last-16 matches, played over the best of 11 frames.

4.30 Showjumping: the World Cup

5.30 Marathon 6.00 Snooker

6.45 LIVE Snooker The evening session from the UK Championship.

10.30 Snooker 12 midnight Freestyle Skiing 1.00am Alpine Skiing 2.00 Snooker 4.00 Ski Jumping

5.00—6.00am Alpine Skiing

TNT Sports 1

TNT Sports 2

6.00am Talking Cricket (AD) 6.30 LIVE Test Cricket South Africa v Sri Lanka, the First Test. 3.30pm LIVE International T20 Cricket South Africa v England. 7.30 Women’s Big Bash League Cricket 8.30 Test Cricket 9.00 Women’s Big Bash League Cricket 9.30 Women’s International T20 Cricket 10.00 Women’s Big Bash League Cricket 11.00 Test Cricket (AD) 12 midnight Women’s International T20 Cricket 4.30am Talking Cricket 5.00—6.00am Women’s Big Bash League Cricket

Sky NFL

Sky 408 Virgin 517/HD 507 EE 426/HD 446 6.00am NFL Weekly Review 7.00 NFL Highlights 12 noon NFL Bitesize 1.00pm Good Morning Football 3.00 NFL Bitesize 4.00 NFL Weekly Review 5.00 NFL Highlights 6.00 Pro-Football Talk 8.00 NFL Bitesize 9.00 Jaguars Weekly UK 9.30 One Jets Drive 10.15 NFL Bitesize 11.00 NFL Fantasy 12 midnight The Insiders 1.00am NFL Highlights 2.00 Pro-Football Talk 4.00 NFL Highlights 5.00—6.00am NFL Bitesize (AD)

Sky Sports +

Sky 412 Virgin 518/HD 508 EE 427/HD 447 6.00am Sky Sports News 7.00 Women’s Big Bash League Cricket 7.05 LIVE Women’s Big Bash League Cricket The knockout play-off. 10.25 Women’s Big Bash League Cricket 10.30 The Football Show 11.15 LIVE Abu Dhabi T10 Cricket Ajman Bolts v Bangla Tigers; 1.30pm Team Abu Dhabi v Chennai Brave Jaguars, a ten-over match; 3.45 UP Nawabs v New York Strikers. 6.00 Centre 7.00 Soccer Special 7.35 LIVE Championship Football Leeds United v Luton Town (k/o 7.45). 10.30 EFL Interviews: Curtis Davies 11.00—6.00am

Eurosport 2

TNT Sports 4

WEDNESDAY Television

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ON THE TRAIL

There have been gripes about the length of this adaptation, including tart comments made about material that was once condensed into a two-and-a-bithours-long movie being stretched out over ten hour-long episodes.

But, for me, the result has been much richer characterisation of the Jackal (Eddie Redmayne), who now has a name, a family and a career history as a sniper in the special forces that has left him battle hardened following bloody experiences in Helmand fighting the Taliban.

DOCUMENTARY

Thelma Schoonmaker: This Cultural Life

8.00pm BBC4 Catch up via iPlayer

Last Thursday, Martin Scorsese introduced a pair of films by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. This week, Scorsese’s longtime editor, Thelma Schoonmaker, who was married to Powell for the last six years of his life, speaks to John Wilson about her career and her own affinity for the men behind A Matter of Life and Death (which follows at 8.30pm; see review page 47) and The Red Shoes (10.10pm; see page 97). Capping things off at 12.20am is a 1973 episode of Parkinson that features legendary dancer Sir Robert Helpmann, who appears in The Red Shoes and choreographed its stunning 17-minute ballet sequence. Few movie scenes are quite so beautiful. CALUM BAKER

DOCUMENTARY Inside the Tower of London

8.00pm Channel 5 Catch up via My5

The Constable’s Dues ceremony may not be quite as big a deal as the King’s coronation for the Yeoman Warders at the Tower of London, but it’s still an important military spectacle. This year’s, for instance, saw the Royal Marines roar down the Thames to deliver the symbolic barrel of port to the Tower’s top brass.

We’re privy to the rehearsals, but something perhaps even more exciting is happening in the Salt Tower, where they are quietly deciphering a piece of 450-year-old graffiti carved into the stone walls by a prisoner called William.

Meanwhile, the ravens have a health check and get new furniture in their cages. They’re not happy.

JANE RACKHAM

The shading in of this life story also allows viewers to draw some parallels between the elusive assassin-for-hire and his determined MI6 pursuer Bianca (Lashana Lynch), as both could be described as leading a double life that sees them using people in ruthless ways to get what they want.

The two of them have undoubtedly been steely about leaving corpses in their wake. And tonight, that body count is about to climb higher still...

DAVID BROWN

DOCUMENTARY

Cheap Flights: What They Really Mean for You

9.00pm BBC1 (BBC2 in Wales) Catch up via iPlayer

More than 200 million holidaymakers fly in and out of the UK every year. From an industry standpoint, it’s a big success story, but in environmental terms it’s a catastrophe.

The BBC’s climate editor, Justin Rowlatt, presenter Michelle Ackerley and science reporter Fran Scott investigate what airlines are doing to reduce their environmental impact. Are biofuels better than current jet fuels? Do electric planes provide a solution? Might carbon offsetting just be making the problem worse? You may end up feeling that staying on the ground is the best option.

CERI THOMAS

DOCUMENTARY

Hunting Mr Nice: the Cannabis Kingpin

9.00pm BBC2 (BBC1 in Wales) Full series available now via iPlayer In 1987 drug use was at, ahem, an all-time high, thanks partly to Howard Marks and his cohorts, who moved hundreds of tonnes of cannabis around the world every year. They constantly outwitted America’s Drug Enforcement Administration, doing so well (one shipment netted a $60m profit) that they boasted they didn’t have time to count their money.

Remarkably, Marks was only arrested when investigators found evidence of his money laundering rather than drug trafficking. Even then he only spent seven years in jail. The postscript to that is he became a minor celebrity, appearing on TV and at literary festivals, and was as unrepentant as ever. JR

DRAMA

The Day of the Jackal 9.00pm Sky Showcase/Atlantic Catch up via Now

SHARP SHOOTER

Eddie Redmayne as the Jackal

MI6 agents Bianca Pullman (Lashana Lynch) and Damian Richardson (Ben Hall) are in pursuit

DRAMA

After the Party

9.00pm C4

Catch up via C4 streaming

The focus switches to Grace (Tara Canton), whose instinct has been to reject her mum Penny’s accusations and stand by her dad Phil (Peter Mullan). At times, you can feel the weight of the anxiety churning in Grace’s guts, as she considers the words spoken by supposed victim Ollie (Ian Blackburn). But she can’t help but notice how her father always seems to find himself in the orbit of adolescent boys, with more evidence coming on a day trip to the beach. DB

Ten Questions with Peter Mullan: p8

DRAMA

Dark Winds

10.00pm U&Alibi

Full series available via Now Assassin Colton Wolf (Nicholas Logan) feels like a composite of other implacable screen antagonists: he’s blond (The Da Vinci Code), selfstitches his wounds (The Terminator), has a creepy workshop (In the Line of Fire), sends a doll to a victim (Longlegs) and is now also revealed to be a master of disguise (The Day of the Jackal). If a head ends up in a box by the end of the season, that will be the full set of clichés ticked off. Normally, Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) can be relied upon to be distinctive, but even he is conforming to type this week. With sidekick Chee (Kiowa Gordon) injured, the cop has a classic don’t-you-die-on-me moment as he tries to save his partner. DB

HISTORY

The

Colosseum: Blood

THURSDAY 28

ALSO ON TODAY

MADE IN MIDDLESBROUGH

Creator and star

Phil Dunning (centre) and the cast of Smoggie Queens

SITCOM

Smoggie Queens

10.10pm, 10.40pm BBC3 Full series available oniPlayer NEW SERIES

The brainchild of Middlesbrough actor and comedian Phil Dunning, this is a sassy, funny, big-hearted sitcom that follows the lives of lairy Dickie (Dunning) and his “chosen family” — drag-queen matriarch Mam (Mark Benton), secretly smart Lucinda (Alexandra Mardell), singersongwriter and nit magnet Sal (Patsy Lowe) and newbie “baby gay” Stewart (Elijah Young).

We learn a lot about the Smoggies (a term for Teessiders who don’t conform) and their bond in this opening double bill, as they support Dickie through his dramatic break-up — and toe-curling attempt to reunite — with the love of his life. At one point Dickie proclaims, “We are who we are: strong, fierce, and unreservedly queer.” We would add “immensely entertaining” to boot. DAISY JACKSON

DOCUMENTARY A Time to Die

and Sand with Dan Snow

9 00pm Channel 5 Catch up via My5

The world of the gladiator is more complex than movies make out, but it’s no less extraordinary. Dan Snow tells us that getting a ticket for the gladiatorial games depended on who you knew, that perfumed water sprinklers kept the audience cool (and masked the stench), and that there were gift shops at the exits

The Great British Bake Off: an Extra Slice

8.00pm C4

Tom Allen and Jo Brand (above) are joined by Prue Leith and Harry Hill to look back at this year’s final.

MasterChef: The Professionals

8.00pm BBC1

In the last of the knockouts, five more chefs tackle pop-up food.

Keeping Care Alive: Hospices in Crisis?

8.30pm (11pm STV, Wales & UTV; 11.30pm Border Scotland) ITV1 Tonight reporter Daniel Hewitt investigates why some hospices are struggling to survive.

LIVE SPORT

Snooker: UK Championship

12.45pm, 6.45pm Eurosport 1; 1.00pm BBC2

THURSDAY

HISTORY TEACHER

Dan Snow explores what it was like to fight at the Colosseum

11.00pm (11.30pm STV; not Wales, UTV or Border Scotland) ITV1 Available now via ITVX

This is a timely repeat of a powerful yet distressing 2023 documentary on the subject of assisted dying. Baroness Ilora Finlay, a professor of palliative medicine, argues strongly against changing the law, even if that means Trevor, who has motor neurone disease, ends his life in the most agonising way We don’t witness that, but the cameras are with a remarkably brave family during a peaceful assisted death in Switzerland Dan, whose MS makes his life intolerable, makes the point most clearly: “We’ve got the ability to take people’s suffering away in a clinical way, and it should be my ch i ” JR

Unsurprisingly, gladiators were superstars, but we also learn that women fought (although were considered a novelty act), while an estimated million animals were slaughtered. Sensibly, Snow isn’t tempted to dress up to demonstrate what a lavish spectacle the games were. JR choice slaughtered.

Football: Conference League

FC Heidenheim v Chelsea 5.00pm (k/o 5.45pm) TNT Sports 1

Football: Europa League

Manchester Utd v Bodo/Glimt 7.00pm (k/o 8pm) TNT Sports 2

Tottenham Hotspur v AS Roma

7.45pm (k/o 8pm) TNT Sports 1

Cricket: Men’s Test Series

New Zealand v England

9.45pm TNT Sports 4

The second day of the First Test.

SPORT HIGHLIGHTS page 31

FILM REVIEWS page 97

6.00am Breakfast Naga Munchetty, Charlie Stayt. (S) (HD)

9.30 Morning Live Weekday magazine show hosted by Michelle Ackerley and Gethin Jones, featuring advice as part of the BBC’s Scam Safe week. (S) (HD)

10.45 Rip-Off Britain Examining the dangers posed by counterfeit versions of a weight-loss drug. Featuring stories and tips as Scam Safe week continues. (S) (HD)

11.30 Homes under the Hammer In County Durham, south Wales and the West Midlands. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

12.15pm Bargain Hunt Christina Trevanion presents as two teams compete in Shrewsbury. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

1.00 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

2.00 Scam Interceptors A firm in Kolkata claims it sells a telephone system that can put a stop to scam calls. Featuring advice as part of Scam Safe week. (S) (HD)

2.30 Expert Witness A soil analyst helps police find a woman’s remains, and an odontologist examines a bite mark to help identify a murderer. (Revised rpt) (S) (HD)

3.00 Escape to the Country Helping a couple seeking a home in either Somerset or Gloucestershire. (R) (S) (HD)

3.45 The Bidding Room The dealers bid for a truck door, a ride-on train and a famous rugby shirt. (R) (S) (HD)

4.30—5.15 Antiques Road Trip Catherine Southon and Ishy Khan search for antiques around Wiltshire and Somerset. Repeated tomorrow 7.15am BBC2 (S) (HD)

6.00am Richard Osman’s House of Games Four celebrities go head to head. Shown yesterday 6pm (S) (HD)

6.30 Escape to the Country Searching for a home on the Devon borders. Shown Tuesday BBC1 3pm (S) (AD) (HD)

7.15 Antiques Road Trip Catherine Southon and Ishy Khan do battle. Shown yesterday 4.30pm BBC1 (S) (HD)

8.00—9.00 Sign Zone Gardeners’ World Winter Specials Rachel de Thame visits an inspirational garden full of vibrant perennials that pack a punch. Shown last Friday (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 BBC News (S) (HD)

12.15pm Politics Live Analysis and debate. (S) (HD)

1.00—5.15 LIVE Snooker The afternoon session on day six of the UK Championship from York Barbican, featuring two matches in the last 16, played over 11 frames. Eventual champion Ronnie O’Sullivan trailed 2—0 to Robert Milkins at this stage last year, before he recovered to win 6—5. In the other match, Zhou Yuelong beat John Higgins 6—3. Additional coverage on the red button and at bbc.co.uk/sport. (S) (HD)

6.00am Good Morning Britain (S) (HD)

9.00 Lorraine Fashion, food and chat. (S) (HD)

10.00 This Morning Celebrity interviews, cookery and lifestyle advice. Including Regional Weather (S) (HD)

12.30pm Loose Women Heated debates. (S) (HD)

1.30 ITV Lunchtime News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

2.00 I’m a Celebrity...Unpacked Sam Thompson, Joel Dommett and Kemi Rogers host the companion show, featuring behind-the-scenes gossip, unseen clips and interviews. Shown yesterday 10.05pm ITV2 (S) (HD)

3.00—4.00 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars Ben Shephard hosts the game show as Paul Merton, Sally Lindsay and Jamie Laing attempt to win £20,000 for charity. (R) (S) (HD) Followed by Regional Weather (S)

5.45am Countdown With Sara Davies. (R) (S) (HD)

6.25 Cheers Three episodes of the comedy. (R) (S) (HD)

7.45 The King of Queens Triple bill. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

9.10 Frasier Four episodes of the sitcom. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

11.10 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA The chef attempts to rescue a floundering soul-food restaurant in Plainfield, New Jersey. (R) (S) (HD) 12.05pm News (S) (HD)

12.10 Undercover Boss USA The co-owners of a restaurant chain work alongside their staff to ensure the culture of diversity is maintained. (R) (S) (HD)

1.10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It In Oxford, Henry Cole and Simon O’Brien discover a servant’s call bell. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

2.10 Countdown With guest Sara Davies. (S) (HD)

3.00—5.00 A Place in the Sun Rebecca from Doncaster looks for a property on the Costa del Sol.

4.00 A couple search for a home in the Algarve. (R) (S) (HD)

Main Channels

EastEnders

7.30pm Will Jean (Gillian Wright) heed her friends’ advice about the investment?

5.15pm Pointless

Quiz show in which four pairs of contestants try to score the fewest points possible by giving the least obvious correct answers to questions. Alexander Armstrong and co-host Vick Hope present. (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 BBC News Weather (S) (HD)

6.30 Regional news magazines (S) (HD)

7.00 The One Show

Alex Jones and Roman Kemp present topical stories and celebrity interviews, plus more tips and advice as the BBC’s Scam Safe week continues. (S) (HD)

7.30 EastEnders

In the storyline for the BBC’s Scam Safe week, Harvey and Kathy try to get through to Jean.

Jean Slater Gillian Wright

Harvey Monroe Ross Boatman

Kathy Beale Gillian Taylforth

Jack Branning Scott Maslen

Moon Cody Briffett

Bert Moon Elliot Briffett

Lexi Pearce Isabella Brown

Raymond Dawkins Michael Jose Pomares Calixte Davinder “Nugget” Gulati Juhaim Rasul Choudhury

Amy Mitchell Ellie Dadd

Ricky Mitchell Frankie Day Ollie Carter Harry Farr

Janet Mitchell Grace

Pearl Fox Arayah Harris-Buckle

Tommy Moon Sonny Kendall

Will Mitchell Freddie Phillips

Lily Slater Lillia Turner

Nicola Mitchell Laura Doddington

Ruby Allen Louisa Lytton

Writer Jessica Barnes This week’s episodes directed by John Greening

More cast Monday (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 MasterChef: the Professionals

Knockout Week continues as five more hopefuls prepare an exceptional dish for key figures in the UK’s pop-up food industry. The contestant who succeeds in impressing judges Marcus Wareing, Monica Galetti and Gregg Wallace the most will be rewarded with a guaranteed place in the semi-final. The remaining four must deliver a dish inspired by their favourite beverage. A box set of previous series is on iPlayer.

Director Anthony Crumpton; Series editor Genevieve Welch (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Cheap Flights: What They Really Mean for You

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Low-cost flights allow millions to jet off on holiday abroad, but can new technology reduce the environmental impact without increasing prices?

The BBC’s climate editor Justin Rowlatt visits a hi-tech company developing an aircraft powered by batteries, presenter Michelle Ackerley learns what Gatwick Airport is doing to cut carbon emissions, and Fran Scott discovers how new aviation fuels are being produced on the east coast of England. See p90.

Director Christopher Hardy; Producers Balnek Sangra, Soraya Spiers, Michael Wood and Chris Johnson (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

10.40 Question Time

Fiona Bruce chairs the topical debate from London, inviting a panel of politicians and other guests to answer questions from an invited audience. Also available live at 8pm on iPlayer.

Exec producer Nicolai Gentchev; Exec editor Daniel Maxwell (S) (HD) Have Your Say: tweet with #bbcqt

11.40 Newscast

BBC journalists host a round-up from Westminster.

The podcast is available via BBC Sounds (S) (HD)

12.10am Weather for the Week Ahead (S) (HD) 12.15—6.00am BBC News (S) (HD)

Hunting Mr Nice: the Cannabis Kingpin 9.00pm Recalling how the net began to close on Howard Marks

5.15pm Flog It!

Paul Martin and the team head to the Oxford Union, where antiques experts Mark Stacey and Will Axon cast their eye over some 18th century picnic bottles and a unique collection of children’s toys. (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games

Nikki Fox, Ruthie Henshall, Danny John-Jules and Ignacio Lopez face another round of trivia games. Repeated tomorrow 6.45am (S) (HD)

6.30 Strictly It Takes Two

Janette Manrara presents more backstage gossip from the rehearsal rooms, while costume designer Vicky Gill offers a preview of the outfits that the couples will be wearing for Musicals Week. (S) (HD)

7.00 Snooker

Live coverage of the evening session on day six of the UK Championship at York Barbican, featuring the concluding two matches in the last 16, played over 11 frames. Commentary and analysis by Steve Davis, Ken Doherty, Stephen Hendry, John Parrott, Shaun Murphy and John Virgo. Additional coverage on the red button and at bbc.co.uk/sport. (S) (HD)

9.00 Hunting Mr Nice: the Cannabis Kingpin

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2/2. Concluding the inside story of Britain’s most notorious drug smuggler, Howard Marks, and his audacious international cannabis trafficking ring. It’s 1987 and Howard and his crew are plotting their biggest shipment yet — smuggling 30 tons of “sticky bud”, worth $60 million, from Thailand to Canada. Meanwhile, the War on Drugs is picking up pace. Has Howard’s luck finally run out? See p90. Directors Gwenllian Hughes and Nick Leader Executive producers Kari Lia and Hamish Fergusson (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 Motherland

3/6 Series 1. The Pool Party. A pool party wrecks Julia’s plans before a big event at work. Liz hopes returning a lost wallet will earn her a date with its owner. And a new dad on the scene leaves Kevin’s nose out of joint. The whole series is on iPlayer.

Julia Anna Maxwell Martin

Amanda Lucy Punch Liz Diane Morgan Kevin Paul Ready

Anne Philippa Dunne

Marion Ellie Haddington May

Writers Graham Linehan, Holly Walsh, Sharon Horgan and Helen Linehan; Directors Juliet May and Graham Linehan (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

10.30 Newsnight With Paddy O’Connell. (S) (HD)

11.00 Weather (S) (HD)

11.05 Irresistible: Why We Can’t Stop

Eating

Doctor and academic Chris van Tulleken examines why ultra-processed foods have come to dominate modern food culture, and talks to former industry insiders about the ways in which popular products are ruthlessly designed to be irresistible. They blow the whistle on the methods that big companies use to ensure their products connect with customers, from using brain scans to assess the deliciousness of ice-cream to precision engineering the sound of the perfect crunch. See choice, page 60.

Keeping Care Alive: Hospices in Crisis? — Tonight 8.30pm

Daniel Hewitt investigates

4.00pm Deal or No Deal

Stephen Mulhern hosts as Carolyn tries to open the 22 red boxes in the right order, taking on the Banker for the chance to win a cash prize. Signed repeat 5.05am (S) (HD)

5.00 The Chase Frank, Maya, Lee and Suzy attempt to take down one of the country’s finest quiz brains. Bradley Walsh asks the questions. (S) (HD)

6.00 Regional News Weather (S) (HD)

6.30 ITV Evening

7.30 Emmerdale

(S) (HD)

Pollard makes an admission, while Leyla is suspicious and Jimmy’s feelings of guilt grow.

Eric Pollard

Leyla

Chittell

Writer Adam Sales More cast Monday (S) (AD) (HD)

8.30 Keeping Care Alive: Hospices in Crisis? — Tonight

Hospices around the country help thousands of people through some of the hardest times imaginable, offering end-of-life care, respite for caregivers and bereavement counselling. However, as the cost of care continues to rise, Daniel Hewitt investigates how the current funding model has left some hospices struggling to survive, and examines the key factors for preserving dignity in end-of-life care.

Director/Producer Tim Maynard (S) (HD)

NOTE: as Tonight reacts to the news its subject matter may change 9.00 I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

The stellar campmates continue to duke it out in the hope of being crowned King or Queen of the Jungle. Whose spirits are beginning to flag, and who’s showing the fighting spirit required to survive the outback? And most importantly, who’s been selected to tackle the next frightful Bushtucker Trial? Ant and Dec will be keeping watch on the latest happenings Down Under. I’m a Celebrity...Unpacked follows on ITV2. Repeated tomorrow 12 noon and 5pm ITV2 (S) (HD) 10.15 ITV News

Weather; Regional News and Weather (S) (HD)

11.00 A Time to Die

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Documentary examining the human cost of Britain’s current laws on assisted dying, featuring the stories of five people who want the right to die at the time of their choice. See p91.

Director Jon Blair

Producers Jon Blair and Rachel Cumella (R) (S) (HD)

12.25am Home Shopping (HD)

3.00 Judi Love’s Culinary Cruise 4/5. The comedian visits the Greek island of Kefalonia. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

The Great British Bake Off: an Extra Slice

8.00pm It’s a final swish of the whisk for Tom and Jo

5.00pm Four in a Bed

Amanda and Josie of the Castle Inn, Devon, take their guests to a local honey producer. (S) (HD)

5.30 Help! We Bought a Village

Electrical problems at an ancient French village tempt the owners to throw in the towel. (R) (S) (HD)

6.30 The Simpsons

Trilogy of Error. Bart plays with Fat Tony’s stash of smuggled fireworks. (R) (S) (AD)

7.00 Channel 4 News Sport; Weather (S) (HD)

7.55 Rory Peck Awards 4/4. Katie Arnold follows young people in Myanmar who are rebelling against their government. (S) (HD)

8.00 The Great British Bake Off: an Extra Slice

10/10. Jo Brand is joined by judge Prue Leith and comedian Harry Hill to chew over this year’s final, with unseen footage from the tent and interviews with all three finalists. Tom Allen catches up with all of this year’s bakers and there’s one last look at viewers’ home bakes, from the fab to the flops.

Director Toby Baker; Producer Sophie Le Good Repeated 11.20pm 4seven (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 After the Party

4 4/6. Grace is terrified that Phil will leave again when an anonymous accusation is made, and accuses Penny of being behind it. Penny takes that as proof she was right and steps up her campaign against Phil. See p91.

Zach Kieran Charnock

Marion Dra McKay

Walt Ziggy O’Reilly

Nurse Dan Jordan Rivers

Kahu Tamati Moriarty

Nurse Robert Jonathon Hendry

Jodi Tess Jamieson-Karaha

Reggie Waitahi McGee

Esther Taofi Mose-Nehemia

Kate Kirana Gaeta

Ella

Bella Kalolo-Suraj

Richard Phil Peleton

Baby Eli Nola Goldfish

Arlo Sol Maxwell

More cast on Wednesday (S) (AD) (HD)

Ten Questions with Peter Mullan: page 8

10.00 Gogglebox

The armchair critics cast their eyes over some of the biggest shows aired during the festive season, including The Real Full Monty on Ice, Inside KFC at Christmas, The Sound of Music, Penguins: Meet the Family, Fanny Cradock Cooks for Christmas, A Perfect Planet and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. From January 2021. (R) (S) (AD) (HD) 11.35 Ep 11. The armchair critics settle down to a selection of the past week’s TV shows.

Shown Sunday 10pm (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

12.35am Official Competition HHHH Comedy drama

starring Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas. A renowned but eccentric director is hired to helm a prestige picture, starring two very different actors. With the trio struggling through a series of bizarre rehearsals, will the film ever get finished? Spanish +subtitles. Available to stream for 60 days.

Lola Cuevas Penélope Cruz

Félix Rivero Antonio Banderas

Iván Torres Oscar Martínez

Humberto Suárez José Luis Gómez

Diana Suárez Irene Escolar

Matías Manolo Solo

Julia Nagore Aramburu

Violeta Pilar Castro

Directors Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn (2021, 15) (W) (HD)

2.30 Let Him Go HHHH Thriller starring Diane Lane,

Kevin Costner and Kayli Carter. When their widowed daughter-in-law remarries, a Midwestern couple think they have reason to believe that she and their grandson are in grave danger.

Director Thomas Bezucha (2020, 15) (S) (SL) (AD) (W) (HD)

4.20 Jamie’s Comfort Food Gennaro Contaldo helps Jamie Oliver make bolognese ravioli. (R) (S) (HD)

4.30—5.45am Frasier Roz and Frasier attend a conference and find themselves sharing a room.

A Matter of Life and Death 8.30pm David Niven plays an RAF pilot in the classic fantasy

7.00pm Canal Boat Diaries

Robbie Cumming navigates a journey full of challenges as he runs aground and breaks down in Nottingham.

Producer Stuart Woodman; Executive producer Tony Parker Repeated 1.30am (R) (S) (HD)

7.30 Walking with Jim Moir

Jim Moir, aka Vic Reeves, explores the coast of Kent, walking along the shingle and sand from Littlestone to Dungeness. First broadcast in 2021.

Director/Series producer Cy Chadwick Repeated 2am (R) (S) (HD)

8.00 Thelma Schoonmaker: This Cultural Life

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Oscar-winning film editor Thelma Schoonmaker reveals the turning points of her career, in conversation with John Wilson. See page 90.

Producer Edwina Pitman (S) (HD)

8.30 A Matter of Life and Death 5

qClassic romantic fantasy starring David Niven. With his plane ablaze, Squadron Leader Peter Carter holds a last radio conversation with an American servicewoman before baling out. Amazingly, he survives, and later meets her and falls in love. But then a mistake is discovered in heaven. On iPlayer for 25 days. Review page 47.

Squadron Leader Peter Carter David Niven

June Kim Hunter

Dr Reeves

Bob Trubshawe

Roger Livesey

Robert Coote

Conductor 71 Marius Goring

Abraham Farlan

Raymond Massey

Angel Kathleen Byron

English pilot Richard Attenborough

American pilot Bonar Colleano

Chief recorder Joan Maude

Judge Abraham Sofaer

US crewman

Robert Beatty

Directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (1946, U) (S)

Shown Saturday 12.35pm BBC2

10.10 The Red Shoes 5

q

Classic ballet drama. Promising dancer Victoria Page and young composer Julian Craster are enlisted in the company of ballet impresario

Boris Lermontov. But when the couple fall in love, he rules that romance will not obstruct their careers. On iPlayer for 25 days. Film of the Day: p97.

Boris Lermontov Anton Walbrook

Victoria Page Moira Shearer

Julian Craster Marius Goring

Grischa Ljubov

Ivan Boleslawsky

Sergei Ratov

Léonide Massine

Robert Helpmann

Albert Basserman

Livy Esmond Knight

Irina Boronskaja Ludmilla Tcherina

Terry Jean Short

Ike

Gordon Littman

Professor Palmer Austin Trevor

Dimitri Eric Berry

Directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

(1948, U) (S) (AD)

Shown Saturday 2.20pm BBC2

12.20am Parkinson Guests include Claire

Bloom and Eartha Kitt. From 1973. (R) (S)

1.30 Canal Boat Diaries Shown 7pm (S) (HD)

2.00 Walking with Jim Moir

Shown 7.30pm (S) (HD)

7.00pm My Kind of Town: Bathgate 7.30 Craft Christmas at Beechgrove: new series 8.00 The Entertainment Mix 8.30 Landward 9.00 The Nine 10.00 Only Child 10.30 Shetland 11.30—12 midnight Best of Chewin’ the Fat

8.30—9.00pm Border Life 11.00 Representing Border 11.30 Keeping Care Alive: Hospices in Crisis? — Tonight 11.55— 12.25am On Assignment BBC1 WALES

9.00—10.00pm Hunting Mr Nice: the Cannabis Kingpin BBC2 WALES 7.00pm Scrum V: the Warm Up 7.30 Snooker 9.00 Cheap Flights: What They Really Mean for You 10.00—10.30 Feast of Football ITV1 WALES

8.30—9.00pm Wales This Week 11.00 Keeping Care Alive: Hospices in Crisis? — Tonight 11.30 Date My Nan 12 midnight—12.25am Unfiltered Women

10.40pm The View: news, comment and analysis from Stormont and Westminster 11.20 Question Time 12.20am Newscast 12.50—6.00 BBC News

BBC2

NORTHERN

IRELAND

10.00—10.30pm The Long and the Short of It: the Larne GunRunning incident of 1914 UTV

8.30—9.00pm Hidden Northern Ireland: new series. Sara O’Kane explores rarely seen parts of the country 11.00 Keeping Care Alive: Hospices in Crisis? — Tonight 11.30 Date My Nan 11.55 Unfiltered Women 12.20—12.25am Hidden Northern Ireland

3.50

5.05—6.00am

4.55 Frasier lands a job as guest host on a TV show.

5.20 Frasier plans Donny’s bachelor party. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

2.30—3.30am Caligula with Mary Beard

The historian builds a portrait of the Roman emperor. Shown Monday 11pm (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

THURSDAY Freeview

5.35am Milkshake! See page 96

9.15 Jeremy Vine (S) (HD)

11.30 Storm Huntley (S) (HD)

12.55pm 5 News (S) (HD)

1.00 Friends Series 7. Joey’s latest date causes him emotional turmoil. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

1.30 A Christmas Love Story HH

qRomantic drama. When a newcomer joins choir director Katherine’s group, and she meets his widowed father, it seems a festive romance could be on the cards.

Director Eric Close (2019) (S) (W) (HD)

3.15 Letters to Santa HH Fantasy

ostarring Katie Leclerc and Rafael de la Fuente. A brother and sister use a magic pen that grants wishes to bring their estranged parents back together.

Director John Stimpson (2023) (S) (W) (HD)

5.00pm 5 News (S) (HD)

6.00 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia Graeme Hall meets a chihuahua who takes issue with everything and everyone she encounters and a cavoodle that loves to run away from home. (R) (S) (HD)

6.55 5 News Update (S) (HD)

7.00 Secrets of the Christmas Factory

Exploring the production of items, from Christmas trees to cards and jumpers and gingerbread men, this documentary visits a farm in North Yorkshire to find out when the firs are ready to fell, and a factory where each biscuit is iced by hand.

Producer Emily Cadman (R) (S) (HD)

7.55 5 News Update (S) (HD)

8.00 Inside the Tower of London

42/5 Series 7. It’s the day of one of the Tower’s biggest events in years, the Constable’s Dues — a 700-year-old tradition that now brings together boats racing along the Thames, Royal Navy helicopters and a marching band of Royal Marines. See page 90.

Director/Producer Greg Jacobs (S) (HD)

9.00 The Colosseum: Blood and Sand with Dan Snow

42/2. The historian explores what it was like to experience a show at the Colosseum, first as a spectator and then as a gladiator. He finds out how to get a ticket, what you would see and where you would eat. See page 91.

Director Mark Edger (S) (HD)

10.00 Inside Chernobyl with Ben Fogle

Ben spends a week in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, 35 years after the world’s most devastating nuclear accident.

Director/Producer Chris Mitchell (R) (S) (HD) 11.30 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders

PC Brian Camsell is involved in a car chase through Newcastle city centre.

Director Sam Knowles (R) (S) (HD)

12.30am Police Interceptors (R) (S) (HD) 1.20

Casino (S) (HD) 3.20 Ian Hislop’s Trains That Changed the World: Stephenson’s Rocket (R) (S) (HD) 4.05 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys: in Taiwan (R) (S) (HD) 4.50 Wildlife SOS (R) (S) (SL) 5.15 House Busters (R) (S) (SL) 5.40—5.45am Entertainment News (S) (HD)

Smoggie Queens 10.10pm Can Dickie (Phil Dunning) win back his boyfriend?

7.00pm Top Gear

The trio take a road trip across the western side of the United States in three supercars. More tomorrow 7pm. (S) (HD) Followed by New. The Catch Up (S) (HD)

8.00 The Traitors

9/12 Series 1. After the previous night’s party games, accusations soon start to fly. More tomorrow 8pm. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. RuPaul’s Drag Race UK

10/10 Series 6. The final sees the queens asked to write and perform a song, and reigning winner Ginger Johnson returns.

A box set of previous episodes is on iPlayer. Repeated tomorrow BBC1 (S) (HD) Drag Race Down Under tomorrow 9pm

10.10 New series. Smoggie Queens

4 1/6. Comedy set in Middlesbrough, starring Phil Dunning and Mark Benton. Dickie’s loved ones rally round when he is dumped by his boyfriend. Repeated tomorrow BBC1 (S) (AD) (HD)

10.40 New. 2/6. Sal auditions for a talent show, and Dickie offers some workplace advice. The whole series is on iPlayer from today. See page 91. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.10 Charlotte in Sunderland 9/10 Series 2. Gary and Letitia take the family on a camper-van holiday. (S) (HD) 11.40 10/10. Charlotte and Jake head to Dubai. A box set is on iPlayer. (S) (HD)

12.10am Angels of the North: double bill (S) (HD) 1.10 My Mate’s a Bad Date (S) (HD) 1.35 Smoggie Queens: double bill (S) (AD) (HD) 2.35 Zen Motoring (S) (HD) 2.45—3.55am RuPaul’s Drag Race UK (S) (SL) (HD)

6.00am CITV (HD) 9.00 Totally Bonkers

Guinness World Records (S) (HD) 10.00 Love Bites (S) (SL) (AD) (HD) 11.00 Secret Crush (S) (HD)

12 noon I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

Shown yesterday 9pm ITV1 (S) (HD) 1.05pm

Supermarket Sweep (S) (HD) 2.05 Family Fortunes (S) (HD) 3.05 Charmed (S) (HD) 4.00

Gilmore Girls (S) (HD) 5.00 I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

Shown yesterday 9pm ITV1 (S) (HD)

6.05pm Celebrity Catchphrase Stephen Mulhern hosts another charity edition, with Gyles Brandreth, Cliff Parisi and Perri ShakesDrayton trying to win £50,000. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 The Masked Singer US The final two celebrity contestants each perform two songs and one is crowned as the winner. (S) (HD)

8.00 Ant and Dec’s Limitless Win The duo host the quiz as Sarah and her mother Fiona try to climb the money ladder. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Family Guy Series 2. Peter tries to get his favourite show back on the air. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.30 Brian falls in love with Lois and Stewie refuses to be potty-trained. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 The Stand Up Sketch Show Comedy routines are reconstructed as sketches. (S) (HD)

10.15 New. I’m a Celebrity...Unpacked Companion show hosted by Sam Thompson, Joel Dommett and Kemi Rogers, featuring unseen clips. Repeated tomorrow 2pm ITV1 (S) (HD)

11.20 Family Guy Series 2. Peter fights with his friends over a trophy. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.50 American Dad! Series 15. The boys go on Klaus’s stag weekend. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.15am The family discovers Tuttle is a Korean reality TV star. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.40 Bob’s Burgers (S) (AD) (HD) 1.30 The Stand Up Sketch Show (S) (HD) 1.55—3.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

Downton Abbey 5.30pm The arrival of Rose (Lily James) causes a stir

6.00am Classic Emmerdale (S) (AD) 7.00

Classic Coronation Street (S) (AD) 8.05

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Dead Man’s Mirror

An art dealer is murdered; 9.15 After the Funeral. A man is found dead after changing his will (S) (AD) (HD) 11.25 The Royal: 11/12 Series 6. Ormerod’s father in law makes a special bequest to the family (S) (AD) 12.30pm Heartbeat: 16/24 Series 8. A woman fears her house is haunted (S) (AD) 1.35 Classic Emmerdale: double bill. Daz stumbles on Jasmine and Debbie kissing, thenLesley and Bobby-John leave town (S) (AD) 2.30 Classic Coronation Street: double bill. Carol admits she’s an alcoholic, then Jamie books Carol into a support group meeting (S) (AD) 3.30 Midsomer Murders: Series 10. Death and Dust. A popular doctor is killed by a hit-and-run driver (S) (AD)

5.30pm Downton Abbey

8/9 Series 3. Violet’s great-niece Rose arrives, Thomas’s future looks uncertain and the annual cricket match brings out Robert’s competitive side. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 Heartbeat

17/24 Series 8. Maggie’s ethics are called into question when she is named in a recently deceased patient’s will. (S) (AD)

8.00 Vera

2/4 Series 10. Parent Not Expected DCI Stanhope investigates when a young man’s body washes up on the shore of a Northumberland salmon farm. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 DCI Banks

5/6 Series 3. Bad Boy 1/2. Helen leads a firearms team to retrieve a gun from a teenager’s bedroom. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.00 6/6. Bad Boy 2/2. In a desperate attempt to find his abducted daughter, Banks puts pressure on Al. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.55 A Touch of Frost

Series 11. Dancing in the Dark. A lethal combination of events draw Frost and his new assistant into a tragic case at a council recycling centre. (S) (AD) (HD) 2.00—2.30am Unwind (S) (HD)

6.00am The Protectors (S) (SL) 6.30 Minder (S) (SL) (AD) 7.35 The Professionals (S) (SL) (AD) 8.40 The Champions (S) 9.50 Lost Car Rescue (S) (HD) 10.45 Giant Lobster Hunters (S) (HD) 11.40 BattleBots (S) (HD) 12.40pm The Champions (S) 1.45 Lost Car Rescue (S) (HD) 2.45 Giant Lobster Hunters (S) (HD) 3.40 Minder: Arthur is held hostage (S) (AD) 4.50 The Professionals (S) (AD) 6.00pm BattleBots Eight bots compete in the conclusion of the Round of 16. (S) (HD) 6.55 The Chase Celebrity Special With Ortis Deley, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Graeme Hall and Sarah Millican. (S) (AD) (HD) 8.00 New. Rallying A review of the campaign, taking an in-depth look through all six rounds of the year. (S) (HD) 9.00 FILM US Marshals HH Action thriller starring Tommy Lee Jones and Wesley Snipes. A plane transporting prisoners crashes, leading to a manhunt. (S) (W) (HD)

11.35 FILM Sudden Death HHHH Action thriller with Jean-Claude Van Damme. Terrorists take over a sports stadium (S) (AD) (W) (HD) 1.40am Minder (S) (SL) (AD) 2.30—3.00am Motorsport Mundial: highlights (S) (HD)

7.15am London’s Burning: 10/16 Series 11 Sicknote risks his life to rescue a girl (S) (AD) 8.05 Doctors: double bill. Greg is called to the police station, thenGeorge’s maternal instincts are stirred 9.20 Classic Holby City: Hanssen tries to bury Gaskell’s legacy Rptd 1.45am (S) (HD) 10.40 Classic Casualty: pressure mounts at the train accident site (S) 11.45 The Bill: Sam, Diane and Nikki tackle a domestic affray (S) 12.45pm Classic EastEnders: double bill. Stacey is out for revenge, then Billy keeps Petal company at the hospital 2.00 London’s Burning: 11/16 Series 11. A fire in a boiler room puts Joe’s life in danger (S) (AD) 3.00 Bergerac: 9/10 Series 1. A miserly millionaire poses problems Repeated 12.35am (S) 4.10 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: 1/9 Series 3 Hetty tries to expose an arsonist 5.30 The Upper Hand: 4/13 Series 3. Caroline attempts to land an advertising account (S) 6.00pm ’Allo ’Allo! 6/10 Series 7. The Spirit of Nouvion Michelle tries to steal the Fallen Madonna (S) 6.40 Last of the Summer Wine Series 10. Dancing Feet. An afternoon in Wesley’s car causes problems. (S) 7.20 That Certain Smile. Clegg and Seymour visit Smiler in hospital. (S) 8.00 PD James: The Murder Room 2/2. The killing of Neville Dupayne is followed by further copycat murders, while Dalgliesh’s investigations are complicated by his feelings for Emma. (S) 10.00 New Tricks 4/10 Series 11. Ghosts. The team reinvestigates the mysterious 1956 disappearance of a police officer. (S) (AD) (HD) 11.20 Case Histories 6/6 Series 1. When Will There Be Good News? 2/2. Jackson is released from jail and sets out to find Joanna Hunter. (S) (HD)

12.35am Bergerac Shown 3pm (S) 1.45 Classic Holby City Shown 9.20am (HD) 2.55—4.00am Mistresses: 2/6 Series 2 Lawyer Siobhan’s new client turns out to be Tom, a recent one-night stand (S)

to appear in the pairings. (S) (HD) 11.20 The Singles Table Four single women continue their quest to find Mr Right. (S) (HD) 12.20—1.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

Classic

8.55am Kirstie’s Vintage Gems 9.15 A Place in the Sun 10.05 A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now? 11.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It

1.05pm Car SOS (AD) 2.05 Four in a Bed: five editions 4.50 Narrow Escapes (AD)

5.50pm Car SOS Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw head to Worcestershire to pick up classic car fan Lee’s 1965 VW Karmann Ghia, which needs a lot of attention. (AD) 6.55 Tim and Fuzz secretly fix up an Italian car enthusiast’s rusty World Rally-winning pride and joy. But when tragedy strikes, the job takes on a very different meaning. (AD) 7.55 PopMaster TV Contestants from West Yorkshire, London, Romford and north-west Wales take up Ken Bruce’s challenge to recall facts and stats about chart-toppers.

9.00 New. Castle Secrets Ep 4. A look at a fortress where a knight was trapped, as well as a fortification that was the site of a dynasty’s gruesomely inventive form of punishment.

10.00 Guy Martin’s Lancaster Bomber Guy experiences the seven different roles carried out by the crew of a Lancaster bomber, ranging from pilot to gunner. (AD)

11.05 24 Hours in A&E Four-year-old Maddi was born with fused bones in her neck and is a regular visitor. This time she has injured her neck after falling on a train. (AD) 12.05am 999: on the Front Line: the paramedics treat a cafe worker struggling to speak 1.10 Castle Secrets 2.15 24 Hours in A&E (AD) 3.20—3.50am Supermarkets Unwrapped: Fruit and Veg Aisle (AD)

6.00am Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD) 6.55

Rude(ish) Tube Shorts 7.00 Married at First Sight NZ 8.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD) 9.00 Young Sheldon (AD) 10.00 The Big Bang Theory: double bill (AD) 11.00 Modern Family 12 noon The Big Bang Theory: four episodes (AD) 2.00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD) 3.00 Modern Family: double bill 4.00 Young Sheldon (AD) 5.00 The Big Bang Theory (AD) 6.00pm The Big Bang Theory 22/24 Series 12. Leonard’s mother visits. (AD) 6.30 23/24. Sheldon and Amy stay up to await news from the Nobel committee.

7.00 6/23 Series 2. Sheldon is flattered when a graduate student takes a shine to him. (AD) 7.30 New. Abbott Elementary 10/22 Series 2. Janine goes to a popular club. (AD) 8.00 New. Married at First Sight NZ Jesse looks for support from James. 9.00 Gogglebox Reaction to shows including The 1% Club, Is It Cake? and Casualty (AD) 10.00 Naked Attraction A sex therapist and a content creator take part. (AD) 11.05 First Dates A 90-year-old man is paired with a ballroom dancing enthusiast. (AD) 12.05am

6.00am Andrea Bocelli: the Journey 8.00

The Joy of Painting (AD) 9.00 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) 10.00 Alfred Hitchcock

Presents 11.00 Discovering: Gary Oldman (AD)

12 noon Landscape Artist of the Year 2018

1.00pm Tales of the Unexpected (AD) 2.00

The Fantastic Mr Murray 3.00 Discovering: Bruce Willis (AD) 4.00 The Timeless Louvre

5.00 Landscape Artist of the Year 2018

6.00pm Tales of the Unexpected A physician plots to kill his wife. (AD)

6.30 A swindler buys a painting from an old lady, but gets less than he bargained for. (AD)

7.00 Portrait Artist of the Year Stephen Mangan invites artists to paint Rebecca Taylor, Emma Thynn and Karan Rajan.

8.00 Classic Movies: the Story of Ran Ian Nathan examines the qualities that made the 1985 epic Ran an enduring classic. (AD)

9.00 Discovering: Ryan Gosling The life and career of the actor, known for his roles in The Notebook, La La Land and Drive 10.00 The Directors Czech-born director Milos Forman, who won Academy Awards for One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Amadeus 11.00 The Story of British Cinema: the Pioneer Years The boom in British cinema, as pioneering new techniques saw productivity skyrocket and creativity flourish.

12.30am David Baddiel: the Not the Trilogy — Trolls: Not the Dolls 1.45 Hired Gun 3.45 High Tech Soul: the Creation of Techno Music 5.00—6.00am Skinner and Mina’s Literary Road Trip: Pope and Swift (AD)

9.00am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

10.00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (AD) 11.00 Couples Come Dine with Me: in Northampton

12 noon Frasier (AD) 1.00pm Four in a Bed

1.30 A Place in the Sun 2.30 Help! We Bought a Village: a settlement in Spain 3.30 Come Dine with Me Paralympics Special

6.00pm A Place in the Sun A couple search for a holiday home in the Algarve.

7.00 Location, Location, Location In Manchester, Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer meet two sets of first-time buyers. 8.00 Grand Designs A couple build a longhouse in the Derbyshire Dales. (AD)

9.00 24 Hours in Police Custody: the Murder Messages The story of a couple who suffered a series of anonymous online attacks. See choice, p61. Shown Monday 9pm C4 (AD) 10.00 The Great British Bake Off: the Final 10/10 The finalists prepare scones, afternoon tea and a tiered celebration cake. See choice, p71. Shown Tuesday 8pm C4 (AD) 11.20 The Great British Bake Off: an Extra Slice 10/10. Guests Prue Leith and Harry Hill help review the final. Shown 8pm C4 (AD)

12.20am 999: What’s Your Emergency? 1.25 The Push: Murder on the Cliff: the death of a lawyer (AD) 4.20—4.50am A Place in the Sun

U&Yesterday

6.10am Tony Robinson’s Marvellous Machines (AD) 8.00 Abandoned Engineering (AD) 10.00 World War Weird 11.00 Nazi Hunters 12 noon Great Continental Railway Journeys 1.00pm Antiques Roadshow 2.00 Bangers and Cash 4.00 World War Weird 5.00 Nazi Hunters: tracking down Gestapo officers 6.00pm Antiques Roadshow A visit to the Royal William Yard in Plymouth. 7.00 Our Guy in Japan Guy visits a slum in Yokohama, where he sneaks into “love hotels” and illegal gambling dens. 8.00 New. Bangers and Cash: Restoring Classics 3/6 Series 5. The team takes on a three-wheeled wonder — the Reliant Robin. (AD) 9.00 Bangers and Cash Derek waxes lyrical about a pristine Jaguar XJ8, and a Ford Model T van tests his driving skills. (AD)

10.00 A rare Honda S800 sports car from 1967 takes Derek’s fancy. A couple of very different Ford Capris go head to head at the auction.

11.00 Abandoned Engineering Exploring the Dew Drop Inn in New Orleans, a music mecca that dared to take on the authorities. (AD)

12 midnight Great Continental Railway Journeys: from London to Monte Carlo 1.00—3.00am Tony Robinson’s Marvellous Machines (AD)

7.10am Cannonball 8.00 Special Ops: Crime Squad UK: two editions (AD) 10.00 Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge: double bill 12 noon American Pickers: Best Of 2.00pm Guy Martin’s Battle of Britain 3.00 Top Gear (AD) 5.00 Hairy Bikers’ Best of British 6.00pm Rick Stein’s Road to Mexico Rick’s epic culinary tour reaches Oaxaca.

7.00 Would I Lie to You? With Claudia Winkleman, the Rev Kate Bottley, Sara Barron and Ed Gamble. Rob Brydon hosts.

7.40 Richard Osman’s House of Games Steve Backshall, Catherine Bohart, Ranj Singh and Meera Syal play trivia-based games. 8.20 With Angela Barnes, Melvin Odoom, Greg Rutherford and Denise Van Outen.

9.00 QI XL With Sue Perkins and Sami Shah. 10.00 Have I Got a Bit More News for You Jo Brand hosts the news quiz with panellists Feargal Sharkey and Zoe Lyons.

11.00 Eight out of Ten Cats With Jamie Cullum, Kirsty Young and Joe Wilkinson. 11.50 Mock the Week With Maisie Adam, Angela Barnes, Ed Byrne and Milton Jones.

12.30am Would I Lie to You? 1.10 QI 1.50

Richard Osman’s House of Games: double bill 3.00—4.00am David Mitchell’s Outsiders (AD)

THURSDAY

9.00am Entertainment News 9.10 Motorway: Hell on the Highway 10.10 Traffic Cops 11.10 Police Interceptors: a suspected drug dealer 12.10pm The Gambler III: the Legend Continues 2.00 World’s Deadliest Weather: Caught on Camera: double bill 4.00 Motorway: Hell on the Highway 5.00 Traffic Cops

6.00pm Police Interceptors A disqualified driver will not accept he is in the wrong.

7.00 Ben chases a runaway driver, while Spike uncovers a stash of cannabis.

8.00 Tasers are drawn in a tense situation with a man who is armed with a knife.

9.00 Trucking Hell Rescue teams are required for a 22-ton houseboat washed up on a muddy bank of a river by storm Babet.

10.00 Outback Truckers A cattle-stationowning trucker describes how his trade has been hampered by a ban on live exports.

11.00 Extreme Tow Truckers Wagga Towing salvage a burnt-out Steiger and Clayton’s Towing recover a P3-Orion.

12 midnight World’s Deadliest Weather: Caught on Camera 1.00am Fights, Camera, Action! 2.00 Trucking Hell 3.55—4.00am Entertainment News 5 Action Freeview 33 Freesat 132 Sky 150 Virgin 130 5 Action 33

9.00am The Yorkshire Vet 3.00pm Murder, She Wrote (AD) 4.00 Columbo

6.00pm Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Ben meets a former sporting coach now living in the forests of eastern Croatia.

7.00 Ben returns to New Zealand to catch up with the Long family, who live in an area that is two days’ hike from the nearest road.

8.00 Secrets of the Royals on Tour Double

CHILDREN’S

Agatha Christie’s

6.10am Inside the Ambulance (AD)

7.00 Property Brothers: Forever Homes 8.00 Tipping Point 11.00

DIY SOS: the Big Build 12 noon DIY

SOS: Veteran Street 1.00pm Tipping Point 3.00 Property Brothers: Forever Homes 5.00 DIY SOS: the Big Build

6.00pm DIY SOS: Veteran Street From Manchester.

7.00 MasterChef USA The top three cooks go head to head.

8.00 New. The Young Midwives of Essex 4/8. The midwives undergo bereavement training. (AD)

9.00 New. Don’t Hate Your House with the Property Brothers 13/14 Drew and Jonathan convince their parents to move to LA.

10.00 Billionaire Murders Kevin Donovan reveals details of Barry and Honey’s last day alive.

11.10 Lies, Deceit and Betrayal A former teacher is tricked. (AD)

12.10am The Young Midwives of Essex (AD) 1.20 Mr Stink (AD)

2.25—3.00am Date Night

Rewind TV 95

6.00am

10.00 A Fine Romance 10.30

11.00 Worzel Gummidge Down Under 11.30 The Beverly Hillbillies (BW) 12 noon Drake’s Venture 2.00pm The Beiderbecke Affair 3.00 Monkey 4.00 Whicker’s World 5.00 The Optimist 5.30 The Cuckoo Waltz 6.00 Surgical Spirit 6.30 Mysterious Tales

6.40 Thriller 8.00 Police Woman 9.00 Sapphire and Steel 10.00 Drop the Dead Donkey 10.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 11.00 Watching 11.30 Surgical Spirit 12 midnight The Cuckoo Waltz

12.30am FILM Someone behind the Door HH 2.15 Monkey: the pilgrims face danger 3.15 FILM A Life at Stake HHH (BW) 4.45—6.00am Unwind

8.00am Diagnosis Murder 10.00 Father Dowling Mysteries 11.00 Castle 12 noon Hart to Hart

2.00pm Father Dowling Mysteries

3.00 Diagnosis Murder 5.00 Murder, She Wrote 7.00 M*A*S*H 9.00 The Avengers: Steed and Miss King are present when a member of the Acme Precision Combine is stabbed 10.00 Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased): Jeff and Marty embark on a ghost hunt

11.00 Return of the Saint: Templar finds intrigue on a train 12 midnight M*A*S*H 2.00am Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

3.00 Return of the Saint 3.50 Movie News 4.00 Highway to Heaven 4.50—5.00am Movie News

6.00am Barefoot Contessa 7.00

Ainsley’s Christmas Good Mood Food 8.00 River Cottage 9.00 Cake Boss 9.30 Buddy’s Big Bakedown 10.00 Cooking Christmas with Matt and Lisa 11.00 The Great British Christmas Menu 12.30pm Jamie’s Family Christmas 1.00 Marcus Wareing at Christmas 2.00

Ainsley’s Christmas Good Mood Food 3.00 Cake Boss 3.30 Buddy’s Big Bakedown 4.00 Barefoot Contessa 5.00 Cooking Christmas with Matt and Lisa

6.00pm Jamie’s Family Christmas

6.30 The Great British Christmas Menu 8.00 Ainsley’s Christmas Good Mood Food 9.00 Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Christmas: the chef demonstrates a selection of Christmas recipes 10.00 River Cottage: River Cottage welcomes the festive season with a Christmas Fayre 11.00 New. Beat Bobby Flay: Carson Kressley reminds Bobby Flay why the holidays are so iconic

12 midnight Guy’s Ranch Kitchen

12.30am Guy’s Big Bite 1.00 Cake Boss

1.30 Buddy’s Big Bakedown 2.00— 3.00am Christmas Cookie Challenge

7.00am Building Alaska 8.00

Escape to the Country 9.00 A Place in the Sun 10.00 Escape to the Country 11.00 A Place in the Sun

12 noon My Lottery Dream Home

2.00pm A Place in the Sun 3.00

Escape to the Country 5.00 A Place in the Sun 8.00 Escape to the Country 9.00 New. 100 Day Hotel

Challenge: Brian and Mika bring in new teammates to renovate the lobby spaces (AD) 10.00 Flip or Flop Vegas: double bill. Aubrey and Bristol turn a rundown condo on the Vegas Strip into a glam showplace, then Aubrey and Bristol turn a dull and dated ranch into a glam home in west Vegas 11.00 Home Town (AD) 12 midnight Good Bones 1.00am Building Alaska 2.00 Flip or Flop 3.00—4.00am My Lottery Dream Home

8.00am The Crusades 9.20 as 7.55pm 10.20 as 8.55pm 11.20 The Children of Chaos 12.25pm New. America the Bountiful 1.00 The Ottoman Empire: Battle for the Mediterranean 2.05 The Crusades 3.10 as 7.55pm 4.05 as 8.55pm 5.10 The Children of Chaos

6.15pm America the Bountiful 9/13. Capri Cafaro learns about wild garlic in West Virginia.

6.50 The Crusades 1/3. A look at the military confrontations between Christians and Muslims.

7.55 Ocean Wreck Investigation 9/10. The team discovers two ships laden with deadly cargos.

8.55 Agatha Christie’s England Places that inspired the writer.

9.55 The Children of Chaos The stories of the lost children after the Third Reich surrendered. 11.00 Ocean Wreck Investigation As 7.55pm. 12 midnight as 8.55pm 1.05— 2.00am America the Bountiful

9.00am Abandoned Engineering (AD) 6.00pm Abandoned Engineering: six editions. Exploring Namibia’s arid Skeleton Coast 7.00 The Tunisian desert 8.00 Fort Amador in Panama 9.00 Monolithic structures on Guernsey 10.00 Tunnels beneath the streets of Paris 11.00 An underground complex in Italy (AD) 12 midnight Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown 2.00am Abandoned Engineering (AD) 5.20—6.00am David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities (AD) U&Eden 57

7.00am The Chase 10.00 The Crystal Maze 11.00 Pointless Celebrities 12 noon The Chase 1.00pm Family Fortunes (AD) 3.00 Catchphrase (AD) 4.00 Blockbusters 5.00 The Crystal Maze: Richard O’Brien hosts more ingenious games and fiendish challenges 6.00pm Bullseye: double bill of the quiz that tests contestants’ skill at darts and their general knowledge (AD) 7.00 Cash Trapped: quiz hosted by Bradley Walsh (AD) 8.00 The Chase: double bill 10.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Celebrity Special: celebrities compete to win a cash prize for a charity of their choice (AD) 11.00 Bullseye (AD) 12 midnight Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 1.00am The Crystal Maze 2.00 The Chase: double bill 4.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (AD) 5.00—6.00am Bullseye: two editions 6.00am Dickinson’s Real Deal 6.40 Pawn Stars 7.30 Auction Hunters 7.55 Storage Hunters 8.55 Hardcore Pawn 10.15

5.35am Thomas & Friends 5.45 Paw Patrol 6.00 Oggy Oggy 6.10 Peppa Pig

6.20 New. Pup Gear 6.25 Daisy & Ollie 6.30 Odo 6.40 Tweedy & Fluff

6.45 Fireman Sam 6.55 Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! 7.05 Peppa Pig

7.20 Paw Patrol 7.30 Pip and Posy

7.35 The Adventures of Paddington

7.55 Milo 8.10 New. Paw Patrol 8.25 Reu & Harper’s Wonder World 8.40 New. Milkshake! Movers 8.45 Peppa Pig 8.55 Pop Paper City 9.05—9.15am New. Milkshake! Story Den Full listings for Channel 5 are on p94

CBeebies 202

6.00am Bing 6.10 Vegesaurs 6.15 Teletubbies; Small Potatoes 6.30

Supertato 6.40 Roots and Fruits 6.45

Tee and Mo 6.50 Bing 7.00 Colourblocks 7.05 Hey Duggee 7.20 Bluey 7.35 Go Jetters 7.50 Peter Rabbit 8.00

Octonauts: above & Beyond 8.15

Numberblocks 8.20 Alphablocks 8.25

Love Monster 8.35 Justin’s House 9.00 Bing 9.05 Yakka Dee! 9.10 Love Monster 9.20 Dylan’s Playtime Adventures 9.30 Twirlywoos 9.45 Something Special 10.05 Teletubbies 10.20 Maddie and Triggs 10.30 New Yukee 10.35 Tiny Wonders 10.40 Colourblocks 10.45 Roots and Fruits 10.50 Vegesaurs 10.55 Bluey 11.05 Supertato 11.10 Hey Duggee 11.20 New. I Can Do It, You Can Too 11.35 Teeny Tiny Creatures 11.50 Our Family 12 noon My World Kitchen 12.10pm Apple Tree House 12.25 Dog Squad 12.40 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures 1.00 Yakka Dee! 1.05 Numberblocks 1.10 Alphablocks 1.15 Hey Duggee 1.25 Love Monster 1.30 Yukee 1.40 Colourblocks 1.45 Something Special: We’re All Friends 2.05 Teletubbies 2.20 Vida the Vet 2.30 Mojo Swoptops 2.40 Supertato 2.50 Pablo 3.00 Grace’s Amazing Machines 3.15 New. Aneeshwar and Lizzie Go Wild 3.20 The Game Catchers 3.30 New. Big Lizard 3.40 Hey Duggee 3.45 Peter Rabbit 4.00 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures 4.15 Mojo Swoptops 4.25 Bluey 4.40 New Supertato 4.50 Vida the Vet 5.00 New. Dog Squad 5.15 Dodge’s Pup School 5.25 Sarah & Duck 5.35 JoJo & Gran Gran 5.45 Moon and Me 6.10 Clangers 6.20 In the Night Garden... 6.50—7.00pm CBeebies Bedtime Stories: Natalie Dormer reads a story about a big dragon with a big problem CBeebies F’view 202 F’sat 601 Sky 608 Virgin 702 CBBC

7.00am Shaun the Sheep 7.10 Danger Mouse 7.20 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 7.35 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 7.45 New. Newsround

7.55 Grizzy and the Lemmings 8.10 Odd Squad 8.25 Super Happy Magic Forest 8.35 Monster Loving Maniacs

8.45 Ninja Express 9.00 Bitesize Daily: 7-8 Year Olds 9.20 Horrible Histories

9.50 Operation Ouch! 10.15 Deadly 60

10.45 Art Ninja 11.05 Out of This World 11.20 Meet the McQueens 11.30 Gym Stars 11.55 Andy’s Safari Adventures

12.10pm Go Jetters 12.20 Big Lizard 12.30 OOglies 12.35 Danger Mouse

1.00 Octonauts 1.10 Supertato 1.15 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 1.40 Super Happy Magic Forest 1.50 Deadly 60

2.20 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 2.35 Operation Ouch! 3.00 Shark Bites 3.05 The Dengineers 3.35 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 3.55 Danger Mouse 4.10 Ninja Express 4.20 Grizzy and the Lemmings 4.25 Sketchy Comedy 4.30 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 4.45 Super Happy Magic Forest 4.55 Odd Squad 5.10 Total Dramarama 5.20 Dragons: the Nine Realms 5.40 New. Bro’s in Control 6.00 My Life 6.25—7.00pm Horrible Histories

ITV Kids on ITV2

ITV Kids shows also stream on ITVX

6.00am Looney Tunes Cartoons

6.15 Teen Titans Go! 6.30 Mr Bean: the Animated Series 7.15 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated 7.45 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 8.10 What’s

11.00am Cat Ballou HHHH

Entertaining comedy western with an Oscar-winning Lee Marvin in the dual roles of a nasty killer and the sozzled hero hired to take him down. Review, right. Jane Fonda (1965, PG) (S) (AD) 12.55pm Comanche Station HHHH Bleak and underrated western with craggy Randolph Scott rescuing a rancher’s wife. (1960, PG) (S) 2.30 The Wrong Box HHH Quirky period comedy about a family inheritance. Review, right. John Mills, Ralph Richardson (1966, U) (S) 4.40 Carrington VC HHH David Niven plays a war hero driven to theft in this courtroom drama. Review, right. (1954, PG) (S) (AD) 6.50pm Finding Your Feet HH Contrived romcom in which a snobby woman must move in with her free-spirited sister. (2017, 12) (S) (AD) 9.00 i Brian and Charles HH Nicely played comedy about an inventor and his robot companion. Review, right. David Earl (2022, PG) (S) 10.50 Planes, Trains and Automobiles HHHH Amiable comedy in which two strangers try to get home for Thanksgiving. Review, right. Steve Martin (1987, 15) (S) (AD) 12.40am Good Boys HHH Raucous, sweet-natured coming-ofage comedy. Jacob Tremblay (2019, 15) (S) (AD) 2.25—4.00am Shiva Baby HHHH Hilarious indie farce in which a Jewish woman has her life choices challenged. Rachel Sennott (2020, 15) (S) 6.10am Sailor Beware! HH Peggy Mount is a mother from hell in this dated but quickfire comedy. (1956, U) (S) 7.50 Bob’s Your Uncle HH Wartime romantic comedy. Albert Modley, Jean Colin (1941, U) (S) 9.25 The End of the Line HH Uninspired crime drama. Alan Baxter (1959) (S) 11.00 They Came to a City HHHH Earnest fantasy based on a JB Priestley play in which nine characters are transported to a utopian town. Review, right. John Clements, Googie Withers (1944, U) (S) 12.35pm Algiers HHH Stylish crime drama starring Charles Boyer as a notorious jewel thief who lives in the labyrinthine Casbah quarter of Algiers. Hedy Lamarr (1938, U) (S) 2.30 The Stories behind the Songs TV reels. (S) 3.00 She’s My Darling HH Creaky romantic drama. Peggy Simpson, Ian Fleming (1937) (S) 4.30 Enemy at the Door TV drama. (S) 5.35 Break in the Circle HH Efficient British thriller. Forrest Tucker (1955, U) 7.25pm Scotland Yard British TV crime docudrama.

8.00 The Brothers British TV drama series with Richard Easton. (S) 9.05 Scandal Sheet HHH Smartly plotted film noir in which a newspaper editor commits a murder that’s investigated by his reporter protégé. Review, right. Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed (1952) (S) 11.10 The System HHH Charming Devon-set seaside romance with Oliver Reed as a local lad who falls in love with a girl who’s on holiday. Review, right. Jane Merrow (1964, 12) (S) 1.00am Whistle and I’ll Come to You TV ghost story. (S) 2.05 Silent Rage H Unintentionally hilarious action drama. Chuck Norris (1982, 18) (S) 4.10—5.45am Mr Winkle Goes to War H Crass piece of wartime propaganda. Edward G Robinson (1944) (S)

9.00am Did I Kill My Mother?

HH Mystery starring Megan Park as a woman suspected of murdering her mother. (2018) 10.55 Death by Friendship HH Thriller in which a friendship turns dangerous. (2020)

1.00pm The Wrong Babysitter

HH Predictable thriller. Daphne Zuniga (2017) 3.00 The Gourmet Detective: Death Al Dente 4.55 The Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink and Be Buried

6.50pm Jack Hunter An archaeologist discovers danger while searching for treasure.

9.00 Riddick HHH Pulpy sci-fi action with Vin Diesel fighting aliens and mercenaries. (2013, 15)

11.30 Escape Plan HHH Action titans Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger join forces in this prison-set thriller. (2013, 15)

1.55am The Hatton Garden Job

HHH A gang of old lags plans an audacious diamond heist in this spirited take on the robbery. Matthew Goode (2016, 15) 4.00—5.40am Deadly Hope HH Predictable TV movie in which a doctor tries to identify who wants her dead. Alana De La Garza (2012)

8.00am Police Ten 7 9.00 Firequake

HH Explosive but long-winded sci-fi thriller. Alexandra Paul (2014, 12) 11.00 Wild West Chronicles 11.30 Wanted: Dead or Alive 1.00pm The Professionals

HHHH Exciting western in which four mercenaries are hired to rescue a rancher’s wife. Review, right. Lee Marvin (1966, PG) 3.30 Johnson County War 5.25 Wanted: Dead or Alive

7.05pm Arctic Apocalypse HH

A family fights to survive the onset of a new ice age in this confusing disaster movie. Lauren Esposito (2019) 9.00 SWAT: Under Siege HH

Generic action sequel in which a SWAT team must protect a mysterious prisoner. Sam Jaeger (2017, 15) 10.55 Nowhere to Run HH

Soft-centred action thriller starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as a convict on the run. (1992, 15) 12.55am Half Past Dead HH

In this shoddy action thriller, Steven Seagal stars as an FBI agent who goes under cover in a hi-tech prison. (2002, 12) 3.05 Cops Uncut 4.05—5.00am Battle of Kursk

6.25am Widow Clicquot HHH

Good-looking if standard period biopic. Haley Bennett (2023, 15) 8.05

Ordinary Angels HHH Familiar and folksy true-story drama. Hilary Swank (2024, 12) 10.05 As 6pm 12.05pm Girl You Know It’s True HHH Wry and sympathetic biopic of Milli Vanilli. Review p37. (2023, 15) 2.15 Tarot

HH Race-against-death horror. Adain Bradley, Harriet Slater (2024, 15) 3.55 As 11pm

6.00pm IF HHH Cailey Fleming and Ryan Reynolds team up to find neglected imaginary friends in a child-friendly fantasy. (2024, U)

8.00 Dune: Part Two HHHH

Timothée Chalamet faces danger from all sides in this awe-inspiring sci-fi epic. Zendaya, Austin Butler (2023, 12)

11.00 Lee HHH Kate Winslet stars as renowned photographer Lee Miller in an engaging if conventional wartime biopic. (2023, 15)

1.05am Thanksgiving HHH Witty seasonal slasher. Review p37. (2023, 18)

2.55 There’s Something in the Barn HHH Knowing and bloody festive horror comedy. Martin Starr (2023, 15)

4.45—6.25am As 2.15pm

The

Red Shoes 5

10.10pm-12.20am BBC4 y

A Matter of Life and Death 5

8.30-10.10pm BBC4 y

See review p47. (UK 1946, BW/col) i Brian and Charles HH

9.00-10.50pm Film4 g

COMEDY David Earl (After Life) stars in this tale of loneliness and friendship. He plays Brian, an inventor who creates a robot called Charles (Chris Hayward). There’s a delicate romance between Brian and a local lass (Louise Brealey), and a few laughs, but the charm and eccentricity the film strives for feel forced.

JAMES MOTTRAM (UK 2022, swearing, HD)

Scandal Sheet HHH

9.05-11.10pm

8.10am A Very Corgi Christmas

HH Two single parents fall for each other amid dog-related hilarity. Kelly Kruger (2019) 10.10 A Royal Christmas Ball HH Romantic Cinderella story, with a modern twist. (2017) 12.10pm Christmas with a Crown HH Romance. (2020) 2.10 Christmas on 5th Avenue HH A woman is hired to decorate a guy’s Manhattan penthouse. Kathryn Davis (2021) 4.10 Christmas at Plumhill Manor HH Romantic drama. Maria Menounos (2024)

6.05pm A Christmas to Savour HH Watchable winter heart-warmer about two rival chefs who are stuck together on a festive retreat. (2021) 8.00 Candy Cane Christmas HH Misunderstandings abound as

8.00am Walker, Texas Ranger 9.00

The A-Team 10.00 MacGyver 11.00

Alien Convergence H Trashy sci-fi about a team using a fighter jet to battle flying lizards. Caroline Ivari (2017)

1.00pm Quatermass and the Pit HHH Inventive British sci-fi in which a spaceship is uncovered in the London Underground. Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley (1967, 12) 3.00 Biggles H Cheery but leaden sci-fi adventure. Neil Dickson, Alex Hyde-White (1986, PG) 5.00 Star Trek

6.00pm MacGyver TV drama.

7.00 The A-Team TV adventure.

8.00 Walker, Texas Ranger TV action drama with Chuck Norris.

9.00 Under Suspicion HHH

Absorbing murder mystery tale in which an investigation leads to a battle of wills. Morgan Freeman (2000, 15) 11.10 Crank HH Flashy and violent thriller in which a hitman is injected with a poison that will be fatal if his adrenaline level falls. (2006, 18)

12.55am Renegades HH Credibilitystraining action thriller. Sullivan Stapleton, JK Simmons (2017, 12) 3.00—5.00am DeepStar Six H Soggy horror. Taurean Blacque, Nancy Everhard, Greg Evigan (1989, 15)

6.00am As 5pm 8.00 The Day of the Triffids HH Uneven but often tense adaptation of John Wyndham’s classic sci-fi novel. Howard Keel (1962, 15) 10.00 Andromeda 11.00 The 7 Adventures of Sinbad HH

A descendant of the legendary sailor is given a series of impossible tasks. Patrick Muldoon (2010) 1.00pm The Monster Hunters HH Low-budget but well-paced sci-fi thriller. Tom Sizemore (2020, 15) 3.00 Andromeda

4.00 Knight Rider 5.00 Guardians of the Tomb HH Low-budget, mildly diverting adventure. Li Bingbing, Kellan Lutz, Kelsey Grammer (2018, 12) 7.00pm Andromeda TV sci-fi.

8.00 Knight Rider TV drama. 9.00 Sweeney! HHH Solid TV spin-off in which the tough cops investigate a suicide but uncover vice, blackmail and corruption. John Thaw, Dennis Waterman (1976, 18) 11.00 Tales That Witness Madness HH Kim Novak, Donald Pleasance and Jack Hawkins star in these creepy horror stories. (1973, 18) 1.00—3.00am Sweeney! As 9pm

ROMANCE In her film debut, Moira Shearer stars as the ballerina torn between a career with a manipulative impresario (Anton Walbrook) and marriage to a young composer (Marius Goring). This is arguably the best-loved dance film of all time, enabling the team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger to ponder the nature of the subject matter with some extravagant, exuberant dance sequences and a riot of Oscar-winning Technicolor designs. Sheare and Walbrook give impeccable portrayals of innocence and tragedy at the service of art.

Cat Ballou HHHH

11.00am-12.55pm Film4 g

COMEDY WESTERN Teacher

Jane Fonda hires a gunman to avenge her father in this entertaining movie. The man she winds up with is Kid Shelleen (Lee Marvin), a buckskinned gunfighter who wakes up sozzled and gets worse by the minute. The role won an Oscar for Marvin, who also plays opposite himself as Shelleen’s psychopathic adversary, a killer with a silver nose. AT (US 1965, HD)

They Came to a City HHHH 11.00am-12.35pm

Talking Pictures TV y

FANTASY This adaptation of a play by JB Priestley is one of Ealing’s boldest features. The plot sees a cross-section of Brits — naval mechanic John Clements, waitress Googie Withers and toff AE Matthews — plucked from daily life and deposited in a mysterious city to start anew. The dialogue may sound a bit stiff, but the debates about social divisions still ring true.

DAVID PARKINSON (UK 1944, BW)

The Professionals HHHH

1.00-3.30pm GreatAction g

WESTERN Evocatively shot and bursting with violence, director Richard Brooks’s film is one of the last classic westerns from the genre’s

ADRIAN

TURNER (UK 1948)

heyday. Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan and Woody Strode are the magnificent four hired to rescue Claudia Cardinale from the clutches of manic Mexican bandit Jack Palance. AT (US 1966, may be edited for content)

The Wrong Box HHH

2.30-4.40pm Film4 y

PERIOD COMEDY Director Bryan Forbes’s movie owes more to the Swinging Sixties than to the Victorian era in which it is set. It’s a tale of family inheritance, with John Mills trying to bump off brother Ralph Richardson, and with Michael Caine joining Peter Sellers and Tony Hancock, plus Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in their prime, it’s well worth a watch.

TONY SLOMAN (UK 1966, HD)

Carrington VC HHH

4.40-6.50pm Film4 g

COURTROOM DRAMA So often typecast as a debonair Englishman, David Niven was rarely given the chance to show his acting range. Here he gets to demonstrate his talent, playing a war hero who is driven to theft by delays in repayments of his expenses. Director Anthony Asquith handles the trial scenes with great assurance, keeping the verdict in doubt until the end. DP (UK 1954, BW, HD)

Talking Pictures TV

FILM NOIR New York tabloid editor Broderick Crawford is on the wrong side of the news in this melodramatic noir. When his estranged wife shows up, he accidentally kills her during a scuffle. Police are baffled by the case, but the paper’s ace reporter John Derek closes in on the truth. The film piles on the tension against the backdrop of busy 1950s Manhattan.

TERRY STAUNTON (US 1952, BW) Planes, Trains and Automobiles HHHH 10.50pm-12.40am Film4 j

COMEDY Steve Martin and John Candy are excellent here as a pair of mismatched strangers desperately trying to get home in time for Thanksgiving. Writer/director John Hughes struggles to balance the slapstick with the sentiment, but the astute playing of the disaster-prone leads ensures the farcical proceedings are always fun.

ALAN JONES (US 1987, swearing, HD)

The System HHH

11.10pm-1.00am

Talking Pictures TV h

ROMANCE This quaint period romp sees a photographer (Oliver Reed) falling for a woman (Jane Merrow) during a summer of love. The film is elegantly photographed by Nicolas Roeg, and Peter Draper’s script oozes early 1960s charm. Watch out for director Michael Winner in a shot on the platform as the train arrives at Torquay. TS (UK 1964, violence, swearing, nudity, BW)

Legend

THURSDAY

6.00am Sky News Breakfast 8.00 Border Patrol 9.00 Stargate Atlantis 11.00 Predators (AD) 12 noon Supergirl 1.00pm S.W.A.T. (AD)

3.00 Magnum P.I. (AD) 4.00 MacGyver 5.00 The Simpsons

6.00pm The Office US 16/19 Series 4. Pam deals with a problem.

6.30 17/19. Michael goes to a job fair.

7.00 The Simpsons Homer is cast as the lead in a superhero movie.

7.30 Mrs Krabappel is fired.

8.00 Rob and Romesh vs K-Pop Ep 2 Series 5. The duo enter the world of the music phenomenon. (AD)

9.00 The Day of the Jackal 4 8/10. Following the chaos in Tallinn, the Jackal must go into hiding. See page 90.

10.00 The Body Next Door 2/3

The investigation uncovers a complex web of lies. (AD)

11.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Ep 7 Series 4. Pixie Lott, Charlie Simpson and John Kearns take part. See choice, page 80.

11.50 Veep 9/10 Series 3. Selina’s interview ends in disaster. (AD)

12.30am 10/10. The New Hampshire primary results create concern. (AD)

1.10 The Force: Manchester 2.10 Road Wars 3.10 Magnum P.I. (AD)

4.05 MacGyver 5.00—6.00am Motorway Patrol: double bill (AD)

6.00am Most Haunted 8.00

Home Shopping 11.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 12 noon Stargate Universe (AD) 1.00pm Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.00 Primeval 3.00 Stargate SG-1 4.00 Stargate Universe (AD) 5.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation

6.00pm Primeval 10/10 Series 3

Danny, Connor and Abby race to stop Helen carrying out her plan.

7.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 16/26 Series 4. Rom creates a union for all of Quark’s employees to combat workplace mistreatment at the hands of his brother.

8.00 Stargate SG-1 3/22 Series 6

The team members become trapped on a Goa’uld mothership and when they accidentally activate the self-destruct mechanism, they have only minutes to escape.

9.00 Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey

q HHHH Sequel to the comedy

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter. The evil De Nomolos sends two robot replicas of Bill and Ted back in time to stop the boys’ heavy metal group competition. (W)

11.00 The Leftovers 9/10 Series 2

Meg suffers a loss and heads out on a pilgrimage to Miracle. (AD) 12 midnight 10/10. Kevin comes clean to John about his role in Evie’s disappearance. (AD)

1.20am Grimm: triple bill

4.05—6.00am Most Haunted

6.00am Fish Town 7.00 Urban

Secrets 8.05 True Blood 10.15 Six Feet Under 12.15pm Game of Thrones (AD) 1.15 Boardwalk Empire (AD) 3.35 True Blood

5.45pm Six Feet Under 7/13

Series 3. Nate offers support to Brenda at her father’s funeral.

6.50 8/13. The funeral home is overrun by New Age cult members.

7.55 Game of Thrones 8/10

Series 4. Mole’s Town is on the receiving end of a raid. (AD)

9.00 The Day of the Jackal

4 8/10. The Jackal must go into hiding and Bianca starts to dig into the past of the mysterious Duggan. See page 90.

10.10 Dune: Prophecy 2/6

Desmond makes a confession to Emperor Corrino and Tula enlists Lila for a mission. See choice, p61.

11.25 Watchmen 9/9. Trieu and the Kavalry both plot to steal Manhattan’s powers. (AD)

12.50am Euphoria (AD) 2.00 New series. Accidentally Famous: the Story of 883 1/8. Biopic of Italian pop group 883 Rptd tomorrow 9pm 3.00 New. 2/8. Mauro Repetto is determined to give his mixtape to an American DJ. Italian +subtitles. See choice, p101 Rptd tomorrow 10.05pm 4.00 Game of Thrones (AD) 5.00—6.00am Urban Secrets

6.00am Air Ambulance ER 7.00

Border Security USA (AD) 8.00

Border Patrol: double bill 9.00 Brit Cops: Rapid Response (AD)

10.00 Stop, Search, Seize (AD)

11.00 Bull 12 noon FBI (AD)

1.00pm FBI: Most Wanted (AD)

2.00 FBI: International (AD) 3.00 Brit Cops: Rapid Response (AD)

4.00pm Nothing to Declare Eight editions following the work of customs officers in Australia.

8.00 Caught on Dashcam

A countdown of the most hilarious and spectacular real-life crashes in the world — all caught on dashcam.

9.00 FBI: International 13/21

Series 1. When a couple flee to Albania while awaiting sentencing, the Fly Team must contend with the wife’s menacing crime family as they try to locate them. (AD)

10.00 The Good Doctor 7/18

Series 2. Shaun and Dr Reznick must contend with two brothers who are bargaining over life and death. Dr Glassman contends with the effects of his treatment.

11.00 FBI 5/22 Series 4. After a suburban wife is kidnapped from her home, the team looks into trysts on both sides of her marriage. OA feels pressure from Mona. (AD) 12 midnight Bull 1.00am Chicago PD 2.00 FBI: Most Wanted (AD)

3.00 The Force: Manchester 4.00 Road Wars 5.00—6.00am Stop, Search, Seize (AD)

6.00am Stargate SG-1 8.00 Supergirl 9.00 Stargate Atlantis 11.00 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (AD) 12 noon Supergirl 1.00pm

S.W.A.T. (AD) 3.00 Magnum P.I. (AD) 4.00 MacGyver 5.00 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (AD)

6.00pm Stargate Atlantis 5/20 Series 4. Sheppard is captured by a race of human travellers.

7.00 6/20. A virus causes amnesia in everyone but Teyla and Ronon.

8.00 Rob and Romesh vs K-Pop Ep 2 Series 5. The comedians enter the world of the music phenomenon. (AD)

9.00 Based on a True Story

6/8 Series 1. A charity auction for teen runaways goes horribly awry.

9.35 7/8. Ava and Nate’s marital problems resurface.

10.05 8/8. Ava and Nathan race against the clock. (AD)

10.30 Never Mind the Buzzcocks Ep 7 Series 4. Pixie Lott, Charlie Simpson and John Kearns take part. See choice, page 80.

11.20 The Walking Dead 9/24 Series 11. Daryl, Maggie, Gabriel, Negan and Elijah must battle the Reapers for food.

12.20am Entourage: double bill (AD) 1.30 Road Wars 3.00 Magnum P.I. (AD) 4.00 MacGyver 5.00—6.00am Highway Patrol

7.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry

8.00 Four Weddings (AD) 10.00 Merlin (AD) 11.00 Motorway Patrol 12 noon Caught on Dashcam 1.00pm Border

Security: Canada’s Front Line 2.00 Most Haunted 4.00 911 Crisis Centre

5.00 Highway Cops: double bill (AD) 6.00pm Motorway Patrol 7.00 Merlin: the wizard meets a young warrior with magical powers (AD) 8.00 Border Security: Canada’s Front Line 9.00 Stella: double bill. The locals gather for Big Alan and Celia’s stag and hen parties, then Stella receives her exam results (AD) 11.00 Mr Mayor: double bill. Neil bursts Orly’s bubble, then Jayden hosts a murder mystery party (AD) 12 midnight Merlin (AD) 1.00am The Russell Howard Hour 2.00 A League of Their Own (AD) 3.00 Duck Quacks Don’t Echo (AD) 4.00 Four Weddings (AD) 5.00—6.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry: double bill

7.35am The Fosters 8.05 On the Up 8.45 Keeping Up Appearances (AD) 9.25 On the Up 10.00 Are You Being Served? 10.40 Open All Hours 11.20 Last of the Summer Wine 12.40pm On the Up 1.20 Keeping Up Appearances (AD)

2.00 The Vicar of Dibley (AD) 2.40 Open All Hours 3.20 Dad’s Army 4.00 Are You Being Served?

4.40 Last of the Summer Wine

6.00pm Open All Hours Arkwright feels neglected by Nurse Gladys Emmanuel.

6.40 Dad’s Army Frazer is asked to look after the platoon’s Lewis gun.

7.20 Mainwaring’s men acquire a boat and plan to use it for patrols.

8.00 The Vicar of Dibley A visitor wins the vicar’s heart. (AD)

9.15 Not Going Out Tim takes Barbara on a night out with surprising consequences.

9.55 Live at the Apollo Russell Kane hosts, with guests Roisin Conaty and Nick Helm.

10.55 Absolutely Fabulous Edina, Patsy and Saffy go to Morocco.

11.35 The Real McCoy More of the spoof breakfast TV show.

12.10am The Vicar of Dibley (AD)

1.25 Not Going Out 2.00 Live at the Apollo: with Russell Kane 3.05—4.00am The Real McCoy

8.00am Will & Grace (AD) 9.00 Ballers (AD) 10.10 The Reluctant Landlord (AD) 11.20 Barry (AD) 12.40pm Entourage 1.55 Mr Mayor (AD) 2.25 The Reluctant Landlord (AD) 2.55 The Reluctant Landlord: Christmas Special (AD) 3.30 Barry (AD) 4.50 Will & Grace (AD) 5.50 The Office US 6.50 Ballers: double bill. Spencer gets some unexpected information that leads him to reassess his priorities, then Ricky arrives at a crossroads (AD) 8.00 Will & Grace: double bill (AD) 9.00 The Franchise 9.40 New. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: American chat show featuring guests from the world of showbusiness 10.40 Girls: two episodes (AD) 11.50 Veep: double bill (AD) 1.10 Somebody Somewhere (AD) 2.25 Two Dope Queens (AD) 3.30 Los Espookys 3.55—5.00am Dice (AD)

8.00am Most Ridiculous: Greatest Hits 8.35 Most Ridiculous: Christmas 9.00 Guessable? 10.00 Impractical Jokers 11.00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA 12 noon New Girl 1.00pm Friends (AD) 9.00 FILM Grown Ups 2 H Comedy starring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade and Kevin James. The four friends who refuse to grow up return, this time finding themselves outdone for juvenile behaviour by a gang of local rich-kid fratboys 11.05 Impractical Jokers: Outtakes and Chill 11.35 Key and Peele 12.05am Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA 1.05 South Park 2.05 Kevin Bridges: The Brand New Tour 3.05 Drunk History 3.55 Beavis and Butt-Head 4.15—5.00am Friends (AD)

7.10am Murdoch Mysteries 9.00 Father Brown (AD) 10.00 Unforgettable 11.00 Hudson & Rex (AD) 12 noon The Mentalist 1.00pm Death in Paradise (AD) 2.00 Murdoch Mysteries 4.00 Unforgettable 5.00 Hudson & Rex (AD)

6.00pm Father Brown 8/10

Series 4. The priest investigates a case of body-snatching. (AD)

7.00 The Mentalist 11/23 Series 2

A couple are murdered on their way to a high-school reunion, leading Patrick to connect the incident with a case of bullying.

8.00 Death in Paradise 2/8 Series 9. An artist is found dead in suspicious circumstances and it seems a drink can could hold the answer to the mystery. (AD)

9.00 Father Brown 9/10 Series 4

The sleuthing priest sets out to solve the murder of a local aeronautics magnate’s son. (AD)

10.00 New. Dark Winds 2/6 4 Series 2. Leaphorn explores personal ties to an increasingly mysterious case, while Chee is questioned by a reluctant Manuelito. See p91. (AD) 11.00 The Mentalist As 7pm. 12 midnight Hudson & Rex (AD) 1.00am Justified 2.00—4.00am Murdoch Mysteries: two episodes

& sport

Sky Documentaries Sky Nature

The Synanon Fix 9.00pm Chuck Dederich Sr is accused

6.00am Mother Teresa: for the Love of God (AD) 7.00 Discovering: Ronald Colman 8.00 The Directors

9.00 The Civil War 10.00 Juan Carlos: Downfall of the King

11.00 Chimp Crazy (AD) 12 noon Rise of the Superheroes 2.15pm Black Art: in the Absence of Light (AD) 4.00 The Directors 5.00 Discovering: Ronald Colman

6.00pm The Civil War The Union’s failure to achieve a victory by the spring of 1863.

7.00 The Beast A Mexican freight train used by migrants hoping to enter America.

8.00 Chimp Crazy Tonia dreams of opening her own island chimpanzee sanctuary. (AD)

9.00 New. The Synanon Fix Chuck Dederich Sr faces serious allegations and scrutiny from the press. Last in series. (AD)

10.10 The Body Next Door The investigation uncovers a complex web of lies. (AD)

11.10 Chernobyl: the Lost Tapes Archive footage and witness accounts of the nuclear disaster. (AD)

1.00am Assassins 3.00 New series. Ren Faire: the power struggle at the Texas Renaissance Festival 4.05 The Directors 5.00—6.00am Discovering: Ronald Colman

Geographic

8.00am Food Factory 9.00 Air Crash Investigation 10.00 WW2: Hell under the Sea 11.00 Defending Europe (AD) 12 noon Car SOS (AD) 1.00pm Kingdom of the Mummies 2.00 Air Crash Investigation (AD) 3.00 Nazi Megastructures: America’s War 4.00 Hitler: the Lost Tapes of the Third Reich 5.00 Car SOS 6.00pm Seconds from Disaster (AD)

7.00 Air Crash Investigation 8.00 New Disaster Autopsy: why did Apollo 13 explode 200,000 miles from Earth? 9.00 Drain the Oceans: Mystery of MH370: 10.00 New. Life below Zero: First Alaskans: how the indigenous peoples of Alaska are turning to the values of the past 11.00 Air Crash Investigation (AD) 1.00am Border Protection Spain 2.00 Money Meltdown 2.30 Bid and Destroy 3.20 Food Factory USA

4.10—5.00am When Sharks Attack

6.00am American Pickers 8.00

Swamp People 10.00 Storage Wars

12 noon Secrets in the Sand: double bill

2.00pm The Abyss: Rise and Fall of the Nazis: two editions 4.00 Pawn Stars

6.00pm American Pickers: the Wolfe brothers view a collection of classic cars

7.00 Forged in Fire: efforts to re-create one of Scotland’s most feared weapons

8.00 Flipping Bangers: Will, Gus and the team renovate a Ford Orion 9.00 New. Rust Valley Restorers: double bill. Mike tries to rid the Field of Dreams of a junk-stuffed school bus, then he takes on a rare Hertz Shelby Mustang for a friend 11.00 Forged in Fire

12 midnight Storage Wars 2.00am Ancient Aliens 3.00 Flipping Bangers

4.00—6.00am Pawn Stars: double bill

Wild Battlegrounds 8.00pm Elephants fighting to survive

6.00am Ol Pejeta Diaries 7.00

Monkey Life (AD) 8.00 Hope for

Wildlife 9.00 America’s Wild Seasons (AD) 10.00 Africa’s Underwater

Wonders 11.00 Predators (AD)

12 noon Volcanic Odysseys 1.00pm

Monkey Life (AD) 2.00 Hope for Wildlife 3.00 America’s Wild Seasons (AD) 4.00 Africa’s Underwater

Wonders 5.00 Into the Wild: India

6.00pm Volcanic Odysseys Two of Japan’s most dangerous volcanos.

7.00 Monkey Life Life at a monkey rescue centre in Dorset. (AD)

7.30 Following the staff at Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre. (AD)

8.00 Wild Battlegrounds The challenges that animals face when trying to survive in some of the driest places on the planet, battling exhaustion and dehydration.

9.00 Wild Rockies A look at how some creatures manage to defy gravity among some of the highest peaks in North America.

10.00 Volcanic Odysseys As 6pm.

11.00 Into the Wild: India Following a female king cobra in the hot forest of southern India.

12 midnight Extreme Snakes: Africa

1.00am City Wildlife Rescue 2.00 as 8pm 3.00 Wild Rockies 4.00 Hope for Wildlife 5.00—6.00am America’s Wild Seasons (AD)

8.00am Yukon Vet 9.00 Animal Fight Club 10.00 Extraordinary Australia 11.00 Africa’s Deadliest 12 noon The Incredible Dr Pol 1.00pm Yukon Vet 2.00 Crocodiles Revealed 3.00 Amazonia’s Giant Jaws 4.00 Secrets of the Zoo 5.00 Fish Tank Kings 6.00pm Snakes in the City: it’s mamba season and the deadly snakes are playing hard-to-get in the trees 7.00 Yukon Vet: a Hereford cow encounters difficulties giving birth 8.00 Kingdom of the White Wolf: the pack faces an uncertain future when the mother goes missing 9.00 Europe from Above: the jaw-dropping town of Malmberget in Sweden (AD) 10.00 Incredible Animal Journeys 11.00 Lawless Island 12 midnight When Sharks Attack 1.00am Monster Fish 2.00 Yukon Vet 3.00 Secrets of the Zoo 4.00—5.00am Yukon Vet: Dr Oakley treats a deer with a limp

8.00am Animal Cribs 9.00 Dodo Heroes (AD) 10.00 Bad Dog! 11.00

Alaska: Homestead Rescue 12 noon

Animal Cribs 1.00pm Dodo Heroes 2.00 Blue Serengeti 3.00 Sharks vs Dolphins: Face Off 4.00 Dogs 101 5.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue 6.00pm Animal Cribs: renovating a family’s dog-friendly garden 7.00 Dodo Heroes (AD) 8.00 From Wags to Riches 9.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees: a couple have trouble choosing between two dogs 10.00 Alaskan Bush People: the Browns begin their biggest project yet 11.00 Killer Whales 12 midnight Pit Bulls and Parolees: Tia’s Tales 1.00am Alaskan Bush People 2.00 Dogs 101 3.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue 4.00—5.00am Animal Cribs

THURSDAY 28

SPORT

Sky Main Event

Sky 401 Virgin 511/HD 501 EE 419/HD 439

6.00am Sky Sports News

7.00 LIVE Test Cricket South Africa v Sri Lanka, day two of the First Test in the two-match series at Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban. 3.30pm Sports Desk

5.00 LIVE NFL Detroit Lions v Chicago Bears, the week 13 match at Ford Field (kick-off 5.30); 9.00 Dallas Cowboys v New York Giants, coverage from AT&T Stadium (kick-off 9.30); 12.30am Green Bay Packers v Miami Dolphins, coverage from Lambeau Field (kick-off 1.20). 4.30—6.00am LIVE European Tour Golf Day two of the Australian Open, coverage of the dual-gender tournament held at Victoria and Kingston Heath Golf Clubs in Melbourne.

Sky Football

Sky 403 Virgin 513/HD 503 EE 421/HD 441 6.00am Classic League Cup Final 8.00 Classic Play-Off Finals 9.00 EFL Greatest Games (AD) 10.00 Classic League Cup Final 11.00 Scottish Premiership Best Goals 12 noon Championship Football 2.00pm EFL

Ladies European Tour

1.00pm Sky Golf Aditi Ashok won last year’s tournament

Sky Premier League

Sky 402 Virgin 512/HD 502 EE 420/HD 440 6.00am Greatest Games 7.00 Legends (AD) 8.00 Best Goals 9.00 100 Club (AD) 10.00 The Football Show 12 noon Soccerbox (AD) 1.00pm Years (AD) 3.00 Retro 5.00 Best Goals 6.00 Premier League 100 (AD) 6.30 100 Club 7.00 The Big Interview 7.30 Stories 8.00 Soccerbox (AD) 9.00 The Big Interview 9.30 Stories 10.00 Icons 10.30 Chasing the Dream: inside the Academy 11.00 Years 1.00am Retro 3.00 Greatest Games (AD) 4.00 Best Goals (AD) 5.30—6.00am 100 Club (AD)

Sky Cricket

Sky Golf

Sky

11.30 PGA Tour: the Cut 12 noon Ladies European Tour Golf

1.00pm LIVE Ladies European Tour Golf Day one of the Andalucia Costa del Sol Open de España. 4.00 European Tour Golf 9.00 Ladies European Tour Golf 12 midnight School of Golf (AD) 1.00—6.00am LIVE European Tour Golf Day one of the Australian Open, coverage of the dual-gender tournament held at Victoria and Kingston Heath Golf Clubs in Melbourne.

Sky Sports Mix

Sky 416 Virgin 510 EE 429/HD 449 10.00—12 midnight LIVE Basketball A men’s semi-final at the Battle 4 Atlantis Championship from Imperial Arena on Paradise Island in the Bahamas (tip-off 10.00).

Eurosport 1

Sky 413 Virgin 521 EE 412

6.00am Snooker 8.00 Triathlon 9.00 Powerlifting 10.00 Cyclo-Cross 10.30 Snooker 147s 10.45 Snooker

12.45pm LIVE Snooker The afternoon session on day six of the UK Championship at York Barbican, featuring two last-16 matches.

4.30 SailGP: round one from Dubai 5.30 Sailing 6.00 Snooker 6.45 LIVE Snooker The evening session on day six of the UK Championship, featuring the concluding two last-16 matches. 10.30 Snooker 12 midnight Ski Jumping 1.00am Cycling 2.00 Snooker 4.00 Freestyle Skiing

5.00—6.00am Alpine Skiing

TNT Sports 1

Sky 404 Virgin 514/HD 504 EE 422/HD 442 6.00am Test Highlights 7.00 LIVE Test Cricket South Africa v Sri Lanka, day two. 3.30pm Best of the Women’s World Cup 3.45 LIVE Abu Dhabi T10 Cricket Northern Warriors v New York Strikers. 6.00 Test Highlights 7.00 The Making of Mahela 8.00 Test Highlights 9.00 Making of Mahela 10.00 International T20 Cricket 11.00 Test Highlights 12 midnight Women’s Big Bash League Cricket 3.35am Dale Steyn’s Ultimate Test XI 4.00 Test Highlights 5.00 Dale Steyn Fast Bowling Masterclass 5.50—6.00am Women’s Big Bash League Cricket

Sky NFL

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THE CLASS OF ’84

Pop’s biggest names came together to record Do They Know It’s Christmas? in London

The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?

9.00pm BBC4 Catch up via iPlayer

During the famed Band Aid studio session of 1984, Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon is seen commenting that this is pop’s equivalent of the football match truce in no man’s land during the First World War.

Le Bon knows of what he speaks, for this was an era when backbiting resulted in hostilities hardening like hair-sprayed quiffs. And yet, on a Sunday morning in late November that year, the stars of the pop charts arrived in Sarm Studios in London’s Notting Hill with sleep in their eyes, the aim being to leave egos at the door and feed the world.

SOAP

Coronation Street

8.00pm ITV1 Catch up via ITVX Being killed off-screen is a somewhat ignominious end for any soap character — and such is the fate of Les Battersby, whose demise is confirmed to daughter Leanne this week via a visit from the cops. More than 17 years since Les left the cobbles, we discover that the patriarch of Weatherfield’s original family from hell has perished at his place of work.

Actor Bruce Jones left Coronation Street under something of a cloud back in 2007, so it was unlikely we’d ever see Les again, but this still feels like the end of an era. It’s also clearly a plot device to bring Leanne closer to sister Toyah, setting the scene for her to rumble Toyah’s relationship with Nick.

JOHNATHON HUGHES

ENTERTAINMENT

Junior Taskmaster

8.00pm C4 Catch up: C4 streaming In the JTM house, the contestants are “leaving no stone unturned” (including one called Sharon) and painting their faces blue – but the real fun is to be found back in the studio.

As with the grown-up Taskmaster, the mood of this show is often defined by the calibre of those taking part — and this week, newly minted Junior Taskmaster Rose Matafeo is faced with a particularly unruly cohort of children, who eventually descend into entertaining pre-teen anarchy in the final task.

Still, the challenge helps Matafeo find her voice as Greg Davies’s understudy. If he’s the terrifying headteacher, she’s the wry but firm form tutor. Both techniques get the kids in line by the end…

HUW FULLERTON

This nostalgic rush of a film, utilising never-before-seen footage from the day, takes us lyric by lyric through the recording — the result being magic and, in certain cases, miraculous resurrection. So Boy George showboats with a twinkle, Paul Young displays a humble temperament but heroic vocals, while George Michael gives Paula Yates a preview of a certain seasonal song he has in the pipeline. Unlike Status Quo trying to harmonise their line under pressure, this effortlessly hits all the right notes. DAVID BROWN

See feature: page 12

TRAVEL

Susan Calman’s Grand Day Out

8.00pm Channel 5 Catch up via My5

Susan Calman has many happy childhood memories of family holidays spent on the Isle of Arran so she’s feeling especially young at heart on this trip. She’s positively giddy as she boards the ferry, while a game of crazy golf, a visit to a whisky distillery and a tasty vending machine keep her in buoyant mood. However, she does discover that it’s not all sunny, as sometimes her memory can play tricks on her. At the annual farmers’ show in Lamlash she borrows a dog to take part in a rag-chasing competition, proudly recalling she once won a rosette with the family pet in the dog show. Turns out she didn’t… JANE RACKHAM

DRAMA Hotel Portofino

9.00pm U&Drama

Catch up via U

On the surface, everything is going wonderfully well at the Italian hotel: it’s fully booked, the sun is shining, the cocktails are plentiful and the beautifully dressed guests, as is to be expected at such a smart establishment in the 1920s, have impeccable manners. However, behind the scenes there’s all sorts of devious scheming going on, mainly orchestrated by that bounder Cecil (Mark Umbers). We can only hope that he gets caught out once and for all.

There’s an awkward situation to navigate, too, when Rose (Claude Scott-Mitchell) unexpectedly arrives in Portofino, putting an abrupt end to the extra-marital shenanigans of Lucian (Oliver Dench). JR

DRAMA

Accidentally Famous: the Story of 883

9.00pm, 10.05pm Sky Atlantic

Catch up via Now

With a new Bob Dylan movie coming soon, it feels like every big music star has had their life picked over — so perhaps it’s high time for a biopic about a band you’ve never heard of. Unless you’re Italian. Pop duo 883 (Otto Otto Tre) sold out stadiums and shifted millions of records in their 90s heyday. Now, this entertaining Italian-language drama shows how they were formed, following punk-obsessed founder Massimo “Max” Pezzali as he frets about his tedious job in a flower shop. But as real-life footage shows, he’s destined for more… HF

ENTERTAINMENT

The Graham Norton Show

10.40pm (11.10pm N Ireland) BBC1 Catch up via iPlayer

The last time Cher appeared on the show, she rendered Julia Roberts amusingly starstruck. Will she have the same effect on the rest of the line-up this evening as she returns to discuss her new memoir? Attempting to keep their cool at Cher-ing the sofa is Josh Brolin, plugging his own life story in From under the Truck, Michael Fassbender, who stars as an undercover CIA agent in glossy thriller The Agency, and Keira Knightley, also playing the spy game in new Netflix series Black Doves Music comes from Jalen Ngonda. JH

SITCOM

Only Child

FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER

BOSS LADY Mackenzie (Anna Samson) points the way

Country Music Awards 2024

10.15pm BBC4

Morgan Wallen (above) is the most nominated artist this year, mainly for I Had Some Help, his collaboration with Post Malone.

DRAMA

Return to Paradise

8.00pm BBC1 (9.35pm BBC2 Wales)Full series:iPlayer Efforts made last week to tie this series to the Paradise franchise at large were appreciated, but for DI Mackenzie Clarke (Anna Samson), it was only bad news coming from former Death in Paradise favourite DI Jack Mooney. There’ll be a wait of at least six months before any developments with London’s Met, but she’s still telling the locals that her posting in Dolphin Cove is temporary.

We, of course, know that her escape attempts will meet with as much success as those made by Number Six in The Prisoner. And that, one day, Mackenzie will wake up to realise that solving murders by the beach is her destiny. But until then, she’ll resignedly turn detective Down Under: tonight’s case centring on a wellness influencer who’s died during a crowded fun run. DB See page 18

Have I Got News for You

9.00pm (9.30pm Wales) BBC1

Victoria Coren Mitchell is in the chair, and this week’s panellists are Stacey Dooley and veteran satirist Andy Hamilton.

Ren Faire

9.00pm Sky Documentaries

Three-part series showing the chaos when a Renaissance festival in the US looks for a new boss.

LIVE SPORT

9.30pm (12 midnight Wales) BBC1

9.3 m

Full series available via iPlayer

In what is a more subdued follow-up to last week, Richard (Greg McHugh) is still trying to get rid of the stuff in his dad’s house “Or as my generation might call it, memories,” says Ken (Gregor Fisher).

There’s a subpar plot about a handyman who also happens to be Richard’s childhood nemesis, but it’s in the inter-generational tension between irascible father and son that this sitcom is at its strongest As Richard tries to help his dad avoid banking scams and unpick his tangled passwords, Ken’s solution for dealing with most of life’s problems is a shrug. FRANCES TAYLOR

DRAMA

Cricket: Men’s Test Series

A i l i d m

New Zealand v England

9.30pm TNT Sports 1 Day three of the First Test.

11 00pm, 12 10am U&Dave C t h i U

Another double bill of thrillingly gritty underworld action from the Cody clan in Oceanside, California It’s been a baptism of fire in the crime family’s ways for 17-year-old J (Finn Cole) but things aren’t about to get any easier

Football: Premier League

Brighton v Southampton

7.00pm (k/o 8.00pm) Sky Main Event/Premier League

Brighton have been going well, their south coast rivals struggling.

Football: FA Cup Second Round

Harrogate Town v Gainsborough Trinity 7.30pm (k/o 7.45pm) BBC2 (not Wales/N Ireland)

Seventh-tier Gainsborough take on League Two opposition.

SPORT HIGHLIGHTS page 31

While their uncles make merry in Mexico, loose cannon cousin Pope (Shawn Hatosy) ropes J into a job without the knowledge of matriarch Smurf (Ellen Barkin). A dangerous game not least when J’s jealous cousin Deran (Jake Weary) is infuriated by his involvement and attempts to drown J in the pool. Families, eh? Throw in a childkidnapping, a drug overdose and a suspiciously lavish birthday bash, and it’s just another eventful week ch C d MICHAEL HOGAN

FILM REVIEWS page 107

Catch up via

chez Cody

DADDY ISSUES

Gregor Fisher is the tetchy Ken

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1.10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It Henry and Simon head to Pembrokeshire to meet mechanic James, whose family has sheds crammed with classic cars, motorbikes and tractors, including a 1928 Model A Ford. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

2.10 Countdown With guest Sara Davies. (S) (HD)

3.00—5.00 A Place in the Sun Natalie and Matt from north Wales look for a holiday bolthole on Fuerteventura with a budget of £75,000

4.00 Nick and Imogen seek a holiday home around the town of Albufeira in Portugal for £400,000. (R) (S) (HD)

Return to Paradise 8.00pm Healthy influence? Mackenzie looks into the death of a wellness guru

5.15pm Pointless

With Alexander Armstrong and Vick Hope. (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 BBC News Weather (S) (HD)

6.30 Regional news magazines (S) (HD)

7.00 The One Show

With Alex Jones and Roman Kemp. Including tips and advice as part of the BBC’s Scam Safe week. Editor Joanne Vaughan-Jones (S) (HD)

7.30 The Travelling

Auctioneers

Izzie Balmer and JJ Chalmers help 90-year-old RAF veteran Terry sell items including a Japanese folding screen to raise money for his nursing care.

Series producer Julie Grant; Exec producer John Redshaw (R) (S) (HD)

8.00 Return to Paradise

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2/6. Dead Last. DI Mackenzie Clarke delves into the world of health and wellbeing as she and the team investigate the murder of a famous wellness influencer. The whole series is on iPlayer. See p101.

DI Mackenzie Clarke Anna Samson

Detective Sr Constable Colin Cartwright Lloyd Griffith

Reggie Rocco Celia Ireland

Senior Sergeant Philomena Strong Catherine McClements

Jade McReady Naomi Sequeira

Daisy Dixon Andrea Demetriades

Nick Dosanjh Roy Joseph

Glenn Strong Tai Hara

Curtis Faleafa Callan Colley

Writer Peter Mattessi; Director Tenika Smith (S) (AD) (HD)

See feature: page 18

9.00 Have I Got News for You

8/10. Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the satirical quiz, with panellists Stacey Dooley and Andy Hamilton.

Director Martin Lord; Producer Jordan Reed (S) (HD)

9.30 Only Child

4 2/6. Raisins. Richard decides that it’s time to declutter his dad’s house, but Ken becomes increasingly suspicious of his son’s true motives. Tensions are heightened by the arrival of the local handyman — who used to be Richard’s nemesis at school. The whole series is on iPlayer. See page 101.

Richard Pritchard Greg McHugh

Ken Pritchard Gregor Fisher

Emily Amy Lennox

Craig Grant O’Rourke

Digsy Paul Rattray

Sally

Jennifer Saunders

Writer Bryce Hart; Directors Al Campbell, Holly Walsh; Producer Ursula

Haworth Shown yesterday 10pm BBC Scotland (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 BBC News Regional News; Weather (S) (HD)

10.40 The Graham Norton Show

4 The host talks to Cher about her autobiography Cher: the Memoir, Part One. Also joining them on the sofa are actors Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley and Josh Brolin. Jalen Ngonda performs his current single Anyone in Love See page 101.

Director Toby Baker; Series producer Jon Magnusson (S) (HD)

11.30 Smoggie Queens

41/6. A Smoggie Break-Up. Comedy about a group of friends navigating life and love in Middlesbrough. When his boyfriend dumps him, Dickie’s loved ones rally round. Can they help him win back his man? The whole series is on iPlayer. See p91.

Dickie Phil Dunning

Mam Mark Benton

Lucinda Alexandra Mardell

Sal Patsy Lowe

Stewart Elijah Young

Nana Pat Brenda Boyd

Neil Neil Grainger

Bobby Michael Mather

Harrison Peter McPherson

Kaz Izzy Sorby

Tour guide Alasdair Beckett-King

Strictly It Takes

Two 6.30pm Fleur East brings all the gossip as she looks ahead to Musicals Week

5.15pm Flog It!

James Lewis and Caroline Hawley appraise items brought to Muncaster Castle in Cumbria, while Paul Martin explores Coniston Water in the Lake District.

Director Michelle Pascal; Series producer Carole Lochhead (R) (S) (HD)

6.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games

Nikki Fox, Ruthie Henshall, Danny John-Jules and Ignacio Lopez learn who’s won the coveted trophy.

Director John Smith

Executive producers Breid McLoone and Tamara Gilder (S) (HD)

6.30 Strictly It Takes Two

Fleur East is joined by three celebrity fans to look ahead to Musicals Week, and there’s a sneak peek at the couples’ first rehearsals on the dancefloor.

Executive producer Eve Winstanley

Series editors Sonal Patel and Judith Hay (S) (HD)

7.00 Snooker

Live coverage of the early stages of the evening session on day seven of the UK Championship in York, featuring the concluding two quarter-finals. Commentary and analysis from Steve Davis, Ken Doherty, Stephen Hendry, Shaun Murphy, John Parrott and John Virgo. Additional coverage on the red button and at bbc.co.uk/sport. (S) (HD)

2 BBC iPLAYER 7.15—9.45 Rugby Union Ulster v Leinster in the United Rugby Championship (kick-off 7.35)

7.30 FA Cup Match of the Day Live

Harrogate Town v Gainsborough Trinity

Live coverage of the second-round match from Wetherby Road (kick-off 7.45).

Seventh-tier Gainsborough take on League Two Harrogate for the chance to meet one of the big boys of English football in the third round. Trinity are the lowest-ranked club left in the competition following their victory on penalties against fellow non-leaguers Hednesford Town in the first round.

Meanwhile, the home side secured their place in round two with a shock 1—0 victory over League One’s Hollywood club Wrexham, thanks to a goal from striker Jack Muldoon. Can Trinity pull off an upset tonight, or will the home supporters cheer on the Sulphurites to another Cup victory? (S) (HD)

In the event of extra time/penalties, subsequent programmes are subject to change

10.00 Live at the Apollo

Lou Sanders introduces stand-up sets by Celya AB and Neil Delamere at the Hammersmith Apollo. Director Paul Wheeler; Producer Anthony Caveney (R) (S) (HD)

10.30 Newsnight With Christian Fraser. (S) (HD)

11.00 Weather (S) (HD)

11.05 Brawn: the Impossible Formula One Story

2/4. The rise of Brawn GP leads to unrest among the teams that helped them. See choice, page 51. Shown Sunday 9pm (S) (AD) (HD)

Girl

Amelia Cattermole

Radio DJ Bill Fellows

Taxi driver Philip Harrison

Writer Phil Dunning; Director Tom Kingsley; Producer Chris Jones

Shown yesterday 10.10pm BBC3 (S) (AD) (HD)

12 midnight RuPaul’s Drag Race UK 10/10 Series 6

The finalists write and perform a song, as reigning champion Ginger Johnson returns. Shown yesterday 9pm BBC3 (S) (HD)

1.00am Alan Carr’s Picture Slam 9/10 Series

12.05am Bones and All HHHH Romantic horror drama. q Abandoned by her father, teenager Maren, who has cannibalistic tendencies, sets out to locate her birth mother. She is soon joined by fellow “Eater” Lee, with whom she forges a deep bond. But the pair are also pursued by another fellow cannibal. On iPlayer for 30 days. Review p107.

Maren Taylor Russell Lee Timothée Chalamet

Sully Mark Rylance

Jake Michael Stuhlbarg

Maren’s father André Holland Janelle Chloë Sevigny Brad David Gordon Green Barbara Kerns Jessica Harper

Director Luca Guadagnino (2022, 18) (S) (W) (HD) 2.10—4.10am

Deal or No Deal

4.00pm Lucky number? Stephen Mulhern hosts as another contestant takes on the Banker

4.00pm Deal or No Deal

Stephen Mulhern presents the game show as Kristian tries to open the 22 red boxes in the right order, taking on the infamous Banker for the chance to win a life-changing cash prize. (S) (HD)

5.00 The Chase

Bradley Walsh hosts the quiz where thousands of pounds are at stake. All that stands between Katherine, Kirin, James, Charlene and the money is one of the country’s finest quiz brains. Executive producers Martin Scott, Michael Kelpie and Helen Tumbridge (S) (HD)

6.00 Regional News

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Pollard takes a risk and Chas remains resolute. Writer Samantha De Vaux Cast Monday/Thursday (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Coronation Street

4

Leanne receives the news of her father’s death. Matty accuses Lisa of harassment and Roy encourages Carla to build bridges. Adam invites Alya out to dinner, while Shona resolves to see Clayton in hospital. See p100.

Jodie Prenger

Sam Blakeman

Evelyn Plummer Maureen Lipman

Turner Paddy Bever

Writers Susan Oudot and Steven Fay More cast Wed (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

Ant and Dec are back to provide an update on the latest antics of the current batch of jungle A-listers, as they continue to endure the trials and tribulations of the inhospitable Australian outback. By now, feuds and conflicts are sure to have emerged in the camp, but the fight to win those priceless stars and a hearty meal is bound to unite even the best of enemies. Who will be taking on the Bushtucker Trial tonight? I’m a Celebrity...Unpacked 10.30pm on ITV2.

Executive producers Sophie Bush, Sophie Coen, Katrina Morrison and Olly Nash (S) (HD)

10.35 ITV News

Weather, Regional News and Weather (S) (HD)

11.20 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Jeremy Clarkson presents as six more contestants take on the famous quiz. Will any of tonight’s hopefuls be able to join the history books and walk away with the biggest prize of all?

Shown Sunday 8pm (S) (HD)

12.20am Home Shopping (HD)

3.00 Bali 2002 2/4. A team of Australian police officers is sent to Bali to work with their Indonesian counterparts, and it becomes clear that the explosions were an act of terrorism. The whole series is on ITVX. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

Polly Claudia Jessie Fiona Woods Rachel Griffiths

Graham Ashton Richard Roxburgh

Jason McCartney Sean Keenan

Gen Made Pastika Srisacd Sacdpraseuth Ni Luh Erniati Sri Ayu Jati Kartika Nicole McLean Elizabeth Cullen

Natalie Goold Sophia Forrest

3.50 Unwind A sequence to calm the mind. (S) (HD)

5.05—6.00am Judi Love’s Culinary Cruise 5/5 The comedian stops at the archaeological site of Delphi in Greece, where she visits its ruins. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

Junior Taskmaster

8.00pm Mike gets to indulge in one of his favourite pastimes

5.00pm Four in a Bed

After a week of spicy omelettes and farm faux pas, the rivals find out how much they have been paid.

Director/Producer James Varty (S) (HD)

5.30 Help! We Bought a Village

The owner of a holiday village in France races to be ready for the busy summer season.

Executive producer Piero Sfredda Series producer Jason Beresford (R) (S) (HD)

6.30 The Simpsons

I’m Goin’ to Praiseland. Ned opens a Christian amusement park — will it be popular? (R) (S) (AD)

7.00 Channel 4 News Sport; Weather (S) (HD)

7.30 Unreported World

Hip-Hop Pakistani Style. Madeeha Syed meets the female hip-hop artists trying to thrive in what were once Karachi’s most deadly neighbourhoods. She finds that a new generation of rappers are turning away from gangs and inspiring others to follow in their footsteps. However, female performers still face considerable opposition to their chosen way of life.

Director/Producer Masood Khan (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 Junior Taskmaster

4 4/8. In heat four, competitors Billy, Emilie, Jamie, Kaif and Kyra become acquainted with Hollywood royalty, Mike Wozniak is in his element because he gets to build sandcastles, and Rose Matafeo ponders over what would be of most use during a zombie apocalypse. See p100.

Directors Tommy Forbes and Barbara Wiltshire; Series producer Mia Cross Repeated 3.45am 4seven (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Gogglebox

Ep 12. The armchair critics settle down to a selection of the past week’s TV shows, with cameras capturing their frank reactions.

Executive producers Mike Cotton, Leon Campbell and Victoria Ray Repeated 11.05pm 4seven (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 The Last Leg

Ep 6. Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker dissect the biggest news stories of the past week in the company of guests Lorraine Kelly, Nabil Abdulrashid and Susan Wokoma.

Series producer Tom Messer

Executive producers Andrew Beint and Danny Carr (S) (HD)

11.05 Formula One: Qatar Grand Prix — Sprint Qualifying Highlights

Action from the battle for sprint race positions, held at Lusail International Circuit. (S) (HD)

11.40 Under Siege 2 HH

q

Action thriller about a former Navy SEAL who takes on a vengeful weapons expert and his gang of mercenaries when they hijack a luxury train and a top-secret device. Review p107.

Casey Ryback Steven Seagal

Travis Dane Eric Bogosian

Sarah Ryback Katherine Heigl

Bobby Zachs Morris Chestnut

Penn Everett McGill

General Stanley Cooper Kurtwood Smith

Tom Breaker Nick Mancuso

Director Geoff Murphy (1995, 18) (S) (AD) (HD)

1.25am Another 48 HRS HH Comedy thriller starring

Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte. After seven years, Reggie Hammond is still behind bars and Jack Cates remains a rogue cop. As they once again join forces, each has bad debts and scores to settle. Review p107.

Director Walter Hill (1990, 18) (S) (HD)

3.00 Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back Helping a restaurant in Allentown, Pennsylvania. (R) (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

3.45 Undercover Boss USA The CEO of a solar and home security business goes incognito. (R) (S) (HD)

4.35 Jamie’s Comfort Food Gennaro Contaldo helps Jamie Oliver make bolognese ravioli. (R) (S) (HD)

4.45—6.00am Frasier Three episodes. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?

9.00pm Marking

40 years since Band Aid sang

7.00pm Top of the Pops 1996

Nicky Campbell presents the edition first broadcast on 22 November, with hits from Ant and Dec, Shed Seven, Warren G feat Adina Howard, Bryan Adams, Kula Shaker and Jimmy Nail. Repeated 12.35am (R) (S)

7.30 Ronan Keating and Stephen Gately host the 29 November edition, with hits by Louise, Robert Miles feat Maria Nayler, Skunk Anansie, Belinda Carlisle, Sheryl Crow and the Prodigy.

Director Anne Gilchrist

Producer Ric Blaxill (R) (S)

8.00 Top of the Pops 1979: Big Hits

A compilation of classic hits from the year that music went portable with the launch of the Sony Walkman and Top of the Pops drew up to 15 million viewers every week, with the mod revival and 2-Tone at their heights.

Producer Dione Newton; Executive producer Mark Cooper Rptd 1.35am (Revised repeat) (S)

8.20 Top of the Pops 1984

Peter Powell and Janice Long present the programme first broadcast on 29 November, featuring hits from Slade, Nik Kershaw, the Eurythmics, Tina Turner, Kool & the Gang, Madonna, Alvin Stardust and Jim Diamond.

Producer Michael Hurll Repeated 1.55am (R) (S)

9.00 The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?

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The story behind the 1984 UK number one song Do They Know It’s Christmas?, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Band Aid. The record was released in aid of the 1983—1985 famine in Ethiopia and became the UK’s fastest selling single of all time for over a decade. Featuring unseen footage of stars including Bono, Boy George, Bananarama, Duran Duran and George Michael recording their parts. Watch on iPlayer from Monday 25 November. See page 100.

Director Nigel Dick

Producer Jill S Sinclair (S) (AD) (HD)

See feature: page 12

10.15 Country Music Awards

Highlights of the 58th annual awards ceremony, staged in Nashville on 21 November, hosted by Luke Bryan, Peyton Manning and Lainey Wilson. Morgan Wallen picked up the most nominations this year, with seven.

Director Alan Carter

Executive producer Robert Deaton (S) (HD)

11.45 Kenny Rogers in Concert

The country music legend stars in a television special from January 1979, recorded during a visit to Britain, with US pop-country group Dave & Sugar.

Director David G Hillier; Exec producer Yvonne Littlewood First shown on BBC2 Rptd 2.35am (S) (HD)

12.35am Top of the Pops 1996

Shown 7pm/7.30pm (S)

1.35 Top of the Pops 1979: Big Hits

Shown 8pm (S)

1.55 Top of the Pops 1984 Shown 8.20pm (S)

2.35—3.20am Kenny Rogers in Concert

Shown 11.45pm (S) (HD)

FRIDAY Freeview

Susan Calman’s Grand Day Out 8.00pm The comedian gets nostalgic

5.45am Milkshake! See page 106

9.15 Jeremy Vine (S) (HD)

11.30 Storm Huntley (S) (HD)

12.55pm 5 News (S) (HD)

1.00 Friends Series 7. Rachel’s assistant visits for Thanksgiving. (R) (S) (AD) (HD)

1.30 Christmas at Graceland: Home for qthe Holidays HH Romance starring Kaitlin Doubleday. When Harper starts working as a nanny for a wealthy widower, she doesn’t expect to develop feelings for him. But when the pair work together on a Christmas fundraiser, romance blooms.

Director Eric Close (2019) (S) (W) (HD)

3.15 A Lighthouse Christmas HH oRomantic drama starring Chelsea Hobbs. A divorcee and her son visit a remote island for Christmas, where they find themselves running the lighthouse.

Director Peter Benson (2023) (S) (W) (HD)

5.00pm 5 News (S) (HD)

6.00 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia

Graeme Hall meets a border collie with a stop-start approach to walks and a habit of noisily vying for her owners’ attention in public. He also encounters a greyhound that keeps putting on the brakes when it’s time to get in the car. (R) (S) (HD)

6.55 5 News Update (S) (HD)

7.00 Inside Harrods at Christmas Exploring the history of the luxury department store and how it became the place where the rich and famous do their Christmas shopping.

Director/Producer Ben Elgar (R) (S) (HD)

7.55 5 News Update (S) (HD)

8.00 Susan Calman’s Grand Day Out

4Ep 5 Series 8. The comedian explores the South Scottish Glens before showing off the Isle of Arran, where she holidayed when growing up. Susan starts her adventure by visiting a huge art installation called the Crawick Multiverse. From here, she takes a journey to Drumlanrig Castle, and eventually visits Blackwaterfoot, her favourite beach on the west of the island. See page 100. Director Katie Greaves (S) (HD)

9.00 The Great White Christmas of ’81

Just over 40 years ago, the UK experienced one of the coldest months of the 20th century. Drawing on unseen archive and celebrity anecdotes, this programme tells the story of December 1981, from sledging to travel disruption.

Director/Producer Joshua Whitehead (R) (S) (HD)

10.30 Abba’s 30 Greatest Moments

A look at what made the Swedish band one of the most successful pop hit machines ever, from the careful crafting of melody and harmony to the influence of their very own svengali, Stig Anderson. Series producer Chris Hill (R) (S) (HD)

12.30am All-Time Favourite Abba Songs (R) (S) (HD) 1.15 Casino (S) (HD) 3.15 Ian Hislop’s Trains that Changed the World (R) (S) (HD) 4.05 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys (R) (S) (HD) 4.50 Wildlife

Suits 10.00pm Jessica (Gina Torres) devises a strategy with Harvey

7.00pm Top Gear

Racing each other from London to Milan, Jeremy Clarkson drives a Shelby Mustang GT500 while Richard Hammond and James May make the journey by rail. (S) (HD) Followed by New. The Catch Up (S) (HD)

8.00 The Traitors

10/12 Series 1. As the number of players continues to dwindle, another Faithful doesn’t make it to breakfast — but who has been eliminated? (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. RuPaul’s Drag Race

Down Under 5/8 Series 4. Head judge Michelle Visage challenges the contestants to transform librarians into drag divas. A box set of previous episodes is on iPlayer. (S) (HD)

10.00 Suits

9/16

Series 3. Mike asks Rachel to move in with him — but it’s a big step. Meanwhile, Louis loses his cool too easily during the dissolution negotiations. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.40 10/16. Ava Hessington returns with a new lawyer, who has decided Scotty is the weak link. A box set is on iPlayer. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.25 Fleabag

3/6 Series 2. Fleabag agrees to help out at a major event at Claire’s office. (S) (AD) (HD)

11.50 4/6. The Priest takes Fleabag for some quiet reflection, which leads to a revelation. A box set is on iPlayer. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.20am The Rap Game UK (S) (HD) 1.20 Ladhood (S) (AD) (HD) 2.10 Bad Influencer: the Great Insta Con (S) (AD) (HD) 2.55—3.55am Smoggie Queens: double bill (S) (SL) (AD) (HD)

6.00am CITV (HD) 9.00 Totally Bonkers

Guinness World Records: double bill (S) (HD)

10.00 Secret Crush: double bill (S) (SL) (HD)

12 noon I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Shown yesterday 9pm ITV1 (S) (HD) 1.20pm Supermarket Sweep (S) (HD) 2.20 Catchphrase (S) (HD) 3.00 Charmed (S) (HD) 4.00 Gilmore Girls (S) (HD) 5.00 I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Shown yesterday 9pm ITV1 (S) (HD)

6.15pm Catchphrase Nadia, Gavin and Julia compete for a big cash prize. (S) (HD)

7.00 The Masked Singer US Nick Cannon presents the singing competition. (S) (HD)

8.00 Ant & Dec’s Limitless Win The duo host the quiz show as brothers Lee and Kye return for a chance to win the biggest cash prize in British TV history by climbing an endless money ladder. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 Family Guy Series 2. Peter and Lois compete for a place on the school board.

9.30 A meeting with a former schoolmate inspires Peter to make his mark on the world.

10.00 The Grim Reaper turns up in Quahog to claim Peter, but suffers an injury that leaves him unable to reap any more souls. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.30 New. I’m a Celebrity...Unpacked Sam Thompson, Joel Dommett and Kemi Rogers host the companion show, featuring behind-the-scenes gossip, unseen clips and an insider guide to the trials. (S) (HD)

11.35 American Dad! Series 15. Stan turns the house into an urban homestead. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.05am Bullock invites the agents to have a look at his new labyrinth. (S) (AD) (HD)

12.30 Bob’s Burgers: double bill (S) (AD) (HD)

1.20 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records (S) (HD) 2.15—3.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

Doc Martin 8.00pm Louisa is taken aback when her father turns up

6.00am Classic Emmerdale (S) (AD) 7.00

Classic Coronation Street (S) (AD) 8.05

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan. A cache of jewels goes missing; 9.15 The Labours of Hercules. The quest for a missing maid leads to a very personal showdown; 11.25 The Royal: 12/12 Series 6. The team races against time to find a baby kidnapped from the hospital (S) (AD) 12.30pm Heartbeat: 17/24. Maggie’s ethics are called into question (S) (AD) 1.40 Classic Emmerdale: double bill. Jasmine responds to Cain’s advances, thenHari suggests treatment that could prolong Jonas’s life (S) (AD) 2.40 Classic Coronation Street: double bill. Sunita asks Dev for a divorce, thenBev tells Sunita to think before she cuts Dev out of her life (S) (AD) 3.40 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Mystery of the Spanish Chest.

A dinner party ends in murder (S) (AD) (HD)

5.00pm Downton Abbey

9/9 Series 3. The 2012 Christmas special. Robert and his family make their summer visit to his Scottish cousins. (S) (AD) (HD)

7.00 Heartbeat

18/24 Series 8. Lord Ashfordly angers the local ramblers by closing off a public footpath across his land. (S) (AD)

8.00 Doc Martin

5/9 Series 10. Fly Me to the Moon. Louisa is shocked by her dad’s return. (S) (AD) (HD) 9.00 6/9. Return to Sender. The family travels to London so that Martin can present his research paper. (S) (AD) (HD)

10.00 DCI Banks

1/6 Series 4. What Will Survive 1/2 When the body of a young woman is found on wasteground, the team comes up against a wall of silence. (S) (AD) (HD) 11.00 2/6. What Will Survive 2/2 A secret is revealed as the investigation into a murdered young woman and her missing sister continues. (S) (AD) (HD) 12 midnight A Touch of Frost: Series 12 Near Death Experience. The detective’s methods are questioned (S) (AD) (HD) 2.00—2.30am Unwind (S) (HD)

6.00am The Best of the 80s (S) (HD) 6.15 Minder (S) (SL) (AD) 7.15 The Professionals (S) (SL) (AD) 8.20 The Champions (S) 9.25 Lost Car Rescue (S) (HD) 10.25 Giant Lobster Hunters (S) (HD) 11.20 BattleBots (S) (HD) 12.20pm The Champions (S) 1.30 LIVE Racing: a meeting from Newbury headlined by the Long Walk Hurdle (S) (HD) 4.00 Great Racehorses (S) (HD) 4.20 River Monsters (S) (HD) 4.55 The Professionals (S) (AD)

6.00pm BattleBots Just eight bots remain to compete for a place in the semi-finals. (S) (HD)

7.00 The Chase Celebrity Special With David James, Lucrezia Millarini, Myles Stephenson and Joe Sugg. (S) (AD) (HD)

8.00 New. King of the Roads Action from the 56th running of the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix from southern China. (S) (HD)

9.00 FILM Quantum of Solace HHH Spy adventure with Daniel Craig. English, Spanish, Italian, French +subtitles. (S) (AD) (W) (HD)

11.10 New. All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite Grappling action from the USA. (S) (HD)

1.05am New. Dark Side of the Ring (S) (AD) (HD)

1.55 Robson and Jim’s Fly-Fishing Adventure (S) (HD) 2.50—3.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

7.15am London’s Burning: 11/16 Series 11. A fire in a boiler room puts Joe’s life in danger (S) (AD) 8.05 Doctors: double bill. Ronnie helps a friend’s daughter, thenromance is in the air at the Christmas party 9.20 Classic Holby City: Serena tries to overcome chaos on the ward Repeated 2.45am (S) (HD) 10.40 Classic Casualty: Anna’s condition worsens (S) 11.40 The Bill: a murder hunt gets under way when Reshna’s body is found (S) 12.40pm Classic EastEnders: double bill. Pauline is determined to leave, then tragedy strikes 2.00 London’s Burning: 12/16 Series 11 Dan has doubts about firefighting (S) (AD) 3.00 Bergerac: 10/10 Series 1. A notorious French gangster is at large Repeated 1.35am (S) 4.10 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: 2/9 Series 3. Daughter of the Regiment A concerned mother hires Hetty 5.25 The Upper Hand: 5/13 Series 3. The neighbours re-establish their garden boundaries (S) 6.00pm ’Allo ’Allo! 7/10 Series 7. Leg It to Spain! Von Klinkerhoffen gets hold of the painting. (S)

6.40 Last of the Summer Wine Series 10. Downhill Racer. Seymour, Compo and Clegg try skiing. (S) 7.20 The Day of the Welsh Ferret Compo encounters a ferret. (S)

8.00 Father Brown 14/15 Series 5. The Fire in the Sky Kembleford comes under threat. (S) (AD) (HD)

9.00 New. Hotel Portofino 4 4/6 Series 2. Contortions. Rose and Alice spring surprises on their returns to Portofino. See p100. (S) (AD) (HD) 10.15 New Tricks

5/10 Series 11. London Underground Sasha and ex-husband Ned Hancock are forced to work together. (S) (AD) (HD) 11.35 Case Histories

1/3 Series 2. Started Early, Took My Dog Brodie investigates a case of police corruption dating back 35 years. (S) (HD)

1.35am Bergerac Shown 3pm (S) 2.45— 4.00am Classic Holby City Shown 9.20am

(S) (HD) 11.20 My Mom, Your Dad: USA Trish has a superhero-themed celebration. (S) (HD) 12.20—1.00am Unwind (S) (HD)

8.55am Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures 9.15

A Place in the Sun 10.05 A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now?: Willie and Paul take a swing at a new idea 11.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It

1.05pm Car SOS: a Renault 5 GT Turbo (AD)

2.05 Four in a Bed 4.50 Narrow Escapes (AD)

5.50pm Car SOS Tim and Fuzz team up with race legend Paddy Hopkirk to fix up their first rally car, a Peugeot 205 GTi. (AD)

6.55 Fuzz and Tim go to France to find a war veteran’s Citroën DS, restore it after years of neglect and return it to its owner. (AD)

7.55 PopMaster TV In the tenth heat, Ken Bruce challenges five players, from Leicester, Cleethorpes, Staffordshire, London and Ayr, on their music knowledge.

9.00 New. Berlin Wall 3/3. The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 brings unprecedented social and political change. Lotte idealistically hopes for a new kind of socialism, while Margot and her team are determined to complete their plans. German +subtitles.

11.10 24 Hours in A&E St George’s resident doctors help a man who suffered a cardiac arrest following a road accident and a passionate equestrian who was injured after being thrown from her horse. (AD)

12.15am Medics at St George’s A&E department tend to an 80-year-old woman with a potential bleed on the brain. (AD) 1.15 Eight out of Ten Cats Does Countdown 2.15 24 Hours in A&E (AD) 3.20—3.50am Supermarkets Unwrapped: the Snacks Aisle (AD)

6.00am Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD) 7.00 Married at First Sight NZ 8.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD) 9.00 Young Sheldon (AD) 10.00 The Big Bang Theory (AD) 11.00 Modern Family

12 noon The Big Bang Theory (AD) 2.00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine (AD) 3.00 Modern Family: two episodes 4.00 Young Sheldon (AD) 5.00 The Big Bang Theory (AD)

6.00pm The Big Bang Theory 2/17 Series 1 Sheldon tries to do Penny a favour. 6.30 3/17. Leonard asks a woman out. 7.00 7/23 Series 2. Penny retaliates when Sheldon bans her from the flat. (AD) 7.30 New. Abbott Elementary 11/22 Series 2 The competition heats up between Melissa and Janine as their classes go head to head. (AD)

8.00 New. Married at First Sight NZ Jesse and CJ are paired up with James and Sam. 9.00 FILM Deadpool 2 HHHH Fantasy adventure starring Ryan Reynolds. Deadpool joins forces with Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead. They come to the aid of a pyrokinetic orphan who is being targeted by Cable, a cybernetic soldier from the future. (AD) 11.25 FILM Blumhouse’s The Craft: Legacy HH Horror starring Cailee Spaeny. 1.10am Gogglebox

Reunion Concert 7.00pm Eric Clapton takes to the stage in 2005

6.00am André Rieu: Welcome to My World

7.00 Classic FM’s Rising Stars with Julian Lloyd Webber 2021 8.00 The Joy of Painting (AD) 9.00 Tales of the Unexpected (AD) 10.00

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 11.00 Discovering: Bruce Willis: a profile of the actor (AD)

12 noon Landscape Artist of the Year 2018

1.00pm Tales of the Unexpected (AD) 2.00 Bill Bailey’s Master Crafters: the Next Generation (AD) 3.00 Discovering: Michelle Pfeiffer (AD)

4.00 Camille Pissarro: the Father of Impressionism 5.00 Landscape Artist of the Year 2018: from Inveraray Castle

6.00pm Tales of the Unexpected A man is shot, but there is no sign of a gun. (AD)

6.30 A columnist gets his comeuppance. (AD)

7.00 Cream Reunion Concert The reconvened 1960s band’s concert at the Royal Albert Hall in May 2005. Original members Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker play the group’s greatest hits.

9.30 Classic Albums The story behind Meat Loaf’s Bat out of Hell, charting record companies’ initial indifference towards the star’s powerful lyrics and theatrical style. (AD) 10.30 New. AC/DC: Live at Donington

A 1991 performance by the heavy rock band at the Monsters of Rock festival in Donington Park.

12.15am AC/DC: Forever Young (AD) 1.30 Both Sides Now: Joni Mitchell Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 3.10 Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man 4.10 Isle of Wight Festival Greatest Hits 5.00—6.00am Skinner and Mina’s Literary Road Trip: Pope and Swift (AD)

9.00am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

10.00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It (AD) 11.00 Couples Come Dine with Me: in Northampton

12 noon Frasier (AD) 1.00pm Four in a Bed

1.30 A Place in the Sun 2.30 Help! We Bought a Village 3.30 Come Dine with Me

6.00pm A Place in the Sun A father and daughter seek a holiday home around Albufeira in Portugal. Shown 4pm Channel 4

7.00 The Great British Bake Off: an Extra Slice 10/10. Jo Brand is joined by judge Prue Leith and comedian Harry Hill. (AD)

8.00 Location, Location, Location Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer help first-time buyers from Manchester. Robyn and Alice are looking for a classic redbrick home, while Steph and Christopher have been outbid ten times.

9.00 24 Hours in A&E A 93-year-old suffers shortness of breath and a youngster is assessed after falling from a tree. (AD)

10.00 999: What’s Your Emergency? How police and call handlers react when responding to reports of crimes that turn out to be short on truth and sometimes high on malice.

11.05 Gogglebox Two editions. (AD)

1.10am 24 Hours in Police Custody: the Murder Messages (AD) 2.15 Gogglebox: a festive edition (AD) 3.45—4.45am Junior Taskmaster (AD)

Green’s Weekend Escapes 9.20pm Sara Davies meets Robson

6.10am Tony Robinson’s Marvellous Machines (AD) 8.00 Abandoned Engineering (AD) 10.00 World War Weird 11.00 Nazi Hunters

12 noon Great Continental Railway Journeys 1.00pm Antiques Roadshow 2.00 Bangers and Cash 4.00 World War Weird 5.00 Nazi Hunters: attempts to capture Joachim Peiper

6.00pm Antiques Roadshow The team visits Bolsover Castle in Derbyshire.

7.00 Guy Martin’s WWI Tank Guy builds a working replica of a First World War tank

8.20 The Boat That Guy Built Guy Martin renovates a neglected narrowboat using Industrial Revolution inventions.

8.50 Guy tries to get the shower on his boat working by making a steam engine.

9.20 Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes Businesswoman Sara Davies takes Robson gorge-walking in Teesdale.

10.00 Bangers and Cash Selling a 1958 Bedford D122 and a Vanden Plas Princess.

11.00 Abandoned Engineering A look at Air Studios on the Island of Montserrat, which became a mecca for rock stars. (AD)

12 midnight Great Continental Railway Journeys: from Hungary to Austria 1.00—3.00am Tony Robinson’s Marvellous Machines (AD)

7.10am Cannonball 8.00 Border Force: America’s Gatekeepers (AD) 10.00 Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge: double bill

12 noon American Pickers: Best Of 1.00pm American Pickers 2.00 Guy Martin’s Battle of Britain 3.00 Top Gear (AD) 5.00 Hairy Bikers’ Best of British: celebrating markets 6.00pm Rick Stein’s Road to Mexico Rick heads to the Yucatan Peninsula.

7.00 Would I Lie to You? With Sara Pascoe, Dan Walker, Nicola Coughlan and Mr Motivator.

7.40 Richard Osman’s House of Games Ranj Singh and Meera Syal feature.

8.20 With Angela Barnes, Melvin Odoom, Greg Rutherford and Denise Van Outen. 9.00 QI XL Stephen Fry welcomes Noel Fielding, Rhod Gilbert and Cariad Lloyd. 10.00 Have I Got a Bit More News for You Richard Ayoade takes up the reins, with Jamie MacDonald and Steph McGovern. 11.00 RT CHOICE New. Animal Kingdom 3/10. Baz and Craig have to deal with some old associates in Mexico. 12.10am New. 4/10. Smurf wants to know if the boys are playing by her rules. See p101.

1.20 QI 2.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games

3.10—4.00am David Mitchell’s Outsiders (AD)

7.00am Border Security: America’s Front Line 8.00 Nothing to Declare (AD) 9.00 Monkey Life (AD) 10.00 UK Border Force 11.00 Highway Patrol 12 noon Motorway Patrol (AD) 1.00pm Border Patrol (AD) 2.00 Monkey Life (AD) 3.00 Nothing to Declare (AD) 4.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 5.00 Primeval 6.00pm Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Worf goes on a mission for the Klingon Empire 7.00 Star Trek: Voyager: Janeway is haunted by frightening visions 8.00 Hawaii Five-0: two episodes. McGarrett comes under siege at the barber’s, then Grover investigates the suspicious death of a friend’s wife 10.00 S.W.A.T. (AD) 11.00 Killer in My Village 12 midnight Murders That Shocked the Nation: the murders of

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9.00am Entertainment News 9.15 Car Pound Cops 9.50 Motorway: Hell on the Highway 10.50 Traffic Cops 11.50 FILM The Four Musketeers HHH Swashbuckling comedy adventure starring Oliver Reed

2.00pm World’s Deadliest Weather: Caught on Camera: two editions 4.00 Motorway: Hell on the Highway 5.00 Traffic Cops

6.00pm Police Interceptors Paul engages in a pursuit through Stockton-on-Tees.

7.00 Jacko is in hot pursuit of a speeding Mazda that is causing carnage.

8.00 Liam and police dog Titan find themselves involved in a full-scale manhunt.

9.00 Police: Night Shift 999 The first call of the night for the Gloucestershire officers is to an RTC in the rural country lanes.

10.00 Motorway: Hell on the Highway Featuring a gigantic scrap-metal truck that tipped over on a New York bridge.

11.00 Terror at 30,000 Feet A disastrous flight from Birmingham to Málaga.

12.05am Police Interceptors: Ben chases a runaway driver 1.05 Fights, Camera, Action! 2.05 Trucking Hell 3.55—4.00am Entertainment News 5 Action Freeview 33 Freesat 132 Sky 150 Virgin 130

9.00am The Yorkshire Vet 3.00pm Murder, She Wrote (AD) 4.00 Columbo

6.00pm Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild A man living in the swamplands of Georgia.

7.00 Ben reunites with Jim Alston and Kim Neung off the west coast of Australia.

8.00 Attack on Pearl Harbor: Minute by Minute A detailed account of the Japanese surprise attacks on Pearl Harbor in 1941, beginning with the inception of the idea.

9.00 The attack begins and the months of practice by Japanese fighters are put into action.

10.00 Drama and mayhem ensue as the first wave of the attack draws to an end.

11.00 Prisoner: Cell Block H Doreen agrees to donate her kidney. 12 midnight Prisoner: Cell Block H: two episodes 2.10—4.00am

FRIDAY Freeview & films

6.10am Inside the Ambulance (AD)

7.00 Property Brothers: Forever Homes 8.00 Tipping Point 11.00

DIY SOS: the Big Build 1.00pm Tipping Point 3.00 Property Brothers: Forever Homes 5.00 DIY SOS: the Big Build: double bill

7.00pm MasterChef USA

A familiar face makes a surprise entrance for the dessert course.

8.00 Inside the Ambulance: Coast and Country Paramedics treat a pregnant woman who has fallen on her baby bump. (AD)

9.00 999 Rescue Squad

A woman fights for her life after being knifed by her former partner.

10.00 A paramedic climbs into a precariously balanced car.

11.00 My Family Ben meets his match in a no-nonsense jeweller. Christmas special from 2008. (AD) 12.20am Christmas special from 2009. Ben is as grumpy as ever. (AD)

1.40 Simply Nigella: Christmas Special (AD) 2.30—3.00am Women on the Verge (AD)

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6.00am Unwind 6.45 Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers 7.10 Roobarb 7.15 FILM His Girl Friday

5 Classic screwball comedy starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell (BW) 9.00 Jason King 10.00 That’s My Dog 10.30 Watching 11.00 Worzel Gummidge

Down Under 11.30 The Beverly Hillbillies (BW) 12 noon From Here to Eternity 2.00pm FILM Last Days of Patton HHH Wartime drama starring George C Scott and Eva Marie Saint. Review page 107 5.10 The Unvarnished Truth

6.40 Auto Rewind 7.00 Fantasy Island 8.00 Jason King 9.00 From Here to Eternity 11.00 Thriller 12.30am Chelmsford 123 1.00 FILM Pancho Villa HH 2.45 FILM The Little Shop of Horrors HHH (BW) 4.15 Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers 4.40 That’s My Dog 5.10—6.00am Unwind

8.00am Diagnosis Murder

10.00 Father Dowling Mysteries 11.00 Castle 12 noon Hart to Hart

2.00pm Father Dowling Mysteries

3.00 Diagnosis Murder 5.00 Murder, She Wrote 7.00 M*A*S*H 9.00 The Avengers: a computer tries to identify who is trying to sabotage it 10.00 Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased): Jeff is hired to trace a woman who had been attending séances 11.00 Return of the Saint: Simon helps a singer whose producer is pushing her too hard 12 midnight M*A*S*H: four episodes

2.00am Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) 3.00 Return of the Saint

3.50 Movie News 4.00 Highway to Heaven 4.50—5.00am Movie News

6.00am Farmhouse Rules 7.00

Michel Roux: Christmas in Provence 8.00 Rachael Ray’s Easy Holiday Feast 9.00 Holiday Baking Championship 10.00 Cooking

Christmas with Matt and Lisa 11.00 The Great British Christmas Menu

12.30pm Jamie’s Family Christmas 1.00 Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Christmas 2.00 Michel Roux: Christmas in Provence 3.00 Holiday Baking Championship 4.00 Farmhouse Rules 5.00 Cooking

Christmas with Matt and Lisa

6.00pm Jamie’s Family Christmas

6.30 The Great British Christmas Menu 8.00 Michel Roux: Christmas in Provence: Michel cooks the best produce southern France has to offer 9.00 The Hairy Bikers’ Christmas Party: the duo makes finger food (AD) 10.00 River Cottage

Christmas Fayre: festive recipes 11.00 New. Beat Bobby Flay: the chefs use ingredients found at holiday markets across the globe

12 midnight Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 1.00am Holiday Baking Championship 2.00—3.00am Christmas Cookie Challenge

7.00am Building Alaska 8.00 Escape to the Country 9.00 A Place in the Sun 10.00 Escape to the Country 11.00 A Place in the Sun 12 noon My Lottery Dream Home 2.00pm A Place in the Sun 3.00 Escape to the Country 5.00 A Place in the Sun 8.00 Derelict Rescue (AD) 9.00 My Lottery Dream Home: four editions. David Bromstad helps a couple find a home with a big garden 9.30 A Georgia resident looks to buy a large home in Texas 10.00 A couple want to move to their wedding destination, Hawaii 10.30 A woman seeks a home in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 11.00 Home Town (AD) 12 midnight Good Bones 1.00am Building Alaska 2.00 Flip or Flop 3.00—4.00am My Lottery Dream Home

7.00am The Chase 10.00 The Crystal Maze 11.00 Pointless Celebrities: a Halloween edition with Ruth Madoc and Russell Grant, Louie Spence and Rory McGrath, Linda Lusardi and Chico, and the hair-raising Jedward 12 noon The Chase 1.00pm Family Fortunes (AD)

3.00 Catchphrase (AD) 4.00 Blockbusters 5.00 The Crystal Maze: game show hosted by Richard O’Brien 6.00pm Bullseye (AD) 7.00 Cash Trapped (AD) 8.00 The Chase 10.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Celebrity Special (AD) 11.00

Bullseye: double bill of the quiz that tests contestants’ skill at darts and their general knowledge (AD) 12 midnight Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 1.00am The Crystal Maze

2.00 The Chase: double bill 4.00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (AD) 5.00—6.00am Bullseye: double bill

8.00am The Crusades 9.15 Ocean Wreck Investigation 10.20 New Rise of the Freemen 12.30pm New. America the Bountiful 1.00 The Ottoman Empire: Battle for the Mediterranean 2.05 The Crusades 3.05 Ocean Wreck Investigation

4.05 Rise of the Freemen

6.15pm America the Bountiful 10/13. Capri Cafaro learns about the origins of the pecan in Georgia.

6.50 The Crusades 2/3. The personalities of Richard the Lionheart and adversary Saladin.

7.50 Ocean Wreck Investigation 10/10. The stories of two warships that sank in controversial circumstances north of Scotland.

8.45 Rise of the Freemen Examining the events of the 81-day standoff between the FBI and the Montana Freemen.

11.00 Ocean Wreck Investigation As 7.50pm. 12 midnight Armenian Genocide 1.15—2.00am America the Bountiful: pecans in Georgia

9.00am World’s Greatest Palaces (AD) 11.00 The Architecture the Railways Built (AD) 3.00pm World’s

5.45am Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! 6.00 Oggy Oggy 6.10 Peppa Pig 6.20 New. Pup Gear 6.25 Daisy & Ollie 6.30 Odo 6.40 Tweedy & Fluff 6.45 Fireman Sam 6.55 Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! 7.05 Peppa Pig 7.20 Paw Patrol 7.30 Pip and Posy 7.35 The Adventures of Paddington 7.55 Milo 8.10 New. Paw Patrol: Charger helps the Paw Patrol rescue Santa and his helpers 8.25 Reu & Harper’s Wonder World 8.40 New Milkshake! Movers 8.45 Peppa Pig 8.55 Pop Paper City 9.05—9.15am New. Milkshake! Story Den Full listings for Channel 5 are on p104

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6.00am Bing 6.10 Vegesaurs 6.15 Teletubbies 6.25 Small Potatoes 6.30 Supertato 6.40 Roots and Fruits 6.45 Tee and Mo 6.50 Bing 7.00 Colourblocks 7.05 Hey Duggee 7.20 Bluey 7.40 Go Jetters 7.50 Peter Rabbit 8.05 Octonauts: above & Beyond 8.15

Numberblocks 8.20 Alphablocks 8.25 Love Monster 8.35 Justin’s House 9.00 Bing 9.05 Yakka Dee! 9.10 Love Monster 9.20 Dylan’s Playtime Adventures 9.30 Twirlywoos 9.45

Something Special 10.05 Teletubbies 10.20 Maddie and Triggs 10.30 New Yukee 10.35 Tiny Wonders 10.40 Colourblocks 10.45 Roots and Fruits 10.50 Vegesaurs 10.55 Bluey 11.05 Supertato 11.10 Hey Duggee 11.20

New. I Can Do It, You Can Too: Phoebe tries the monkey bars with Ilayda 11.35 Teeny Tiny Creatures 11.50 Our Family 12 noon My World Kitchen 12.15pm Apple Tree House 12.30 Dog Squad 12.40 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures 1.00 Yakka Dee! 1.05 Numberblocks 1.10 Alphablocks 1.15 Hey Duggee 1.25 Love Monster 1.30 Yukee 1.40 Colourblocks 1.45 Something Special: We’re All Friends 2.05 Teletubbies 2.20 Vida the Vet 2.30 Mojo Swoptops 2.40 Supertato 2.50 Pablo 3.00 Grace’s Amazing Machines 3.15 New. Aneeshwar and Lizzie Go Wild

3.20 The Game Catchers 3.30 New Big Lizard: Cosima is left in charge for a day 3.40 Hey Duggee 3.45 Peter Rabbit 4.00 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures 4.15 Mojo Swoptops 4.25 Bluey 4.40 New Supertato: Evil Pea steals Carrot’s walkie-talkie 4.50 Vida the Vet 5.00 New. Dog Squad 5.15 Dodge’s Pup School 5.25 Sarah & Duck 5.35 JoJo & Gran Gran 5.45 Moon and Me 6.10pm Clangers 6.20 In the Night Garden... 6.50—7.00pm CBeebies Bedtime Stories: with Rob Delaney CBeebies F’view 202 F’sat 601 Sky 608 Virgin 702

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7.00am Shaun the Sheep 7.10 Danger Mouse 7.20 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 7.35 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese 7.45 New. Newsround 7.55 Grizzy and the Lemmings 8.10 Odd Squad 8.25 Super Happy Magic Forest 8.35 Monster Loving Maniacs 8.45 Ninja Express 9.00 Bitesize: 7—9 Year Olds 9.20 Horrible Histories 9.50 Operation Ouch! 10.15 Deadly 60: the rainforests of Brazil 10.45 Art Ninja 11.05 Out of This World 11.20 Meet the McQueens 11.30 Gym Stars 11.55 Andy’s Safari Adventures 12.10pm Go Jetters 12.20 Big Lizard 12.30 OOglies 12.35 Danger Mouse 1.00 Octonauts 1.10 Supertato 1.15 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 1.40 Super Happy Magic Forest 1.50 Deadly 60 2.20 Taffy 2.30 Operation Ouch! 2.55 The Dengineers 3.25 Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed!: double bill 3.50 Danger Mouse 4.00 Ninja

11.00am The Green Man HHHH Deliciously dark comedy in which hitman Alastair Sim is hindered by the attentions of vacuum cleaner salesman George Cole. (1956, PG) (S) (AD) 12.40pm 23 Paces to Baker Street HHHH Van Johnson plays a blind man who overhears a kidnap plot in this cracking thriller set in a fog-bound London. (1956, PG) (S) (AD) 2.45 Three Hours to Kill HH High Noon-style B-movie western with Dana Andrews. Donna Reed (1954) (S) 4.20 San Demetrio London HHH

A fine cast and authentic action combine in this Second World War drama about an oil tanker struggling to cross the Atlantic. Review, p67. Walter Fitzgerald (1943, PG) (S) 6.20pm The Mask of Zorro HHHH Splendid swashbuckling adventure in which the ageing Zorro (played by Anthony Hopkins) trains a young protégé (Antonio Banderas). (1998, PG) (S) 9.00 Django Unchained HHHH Quentin Tarantino’s audacious western mash-up about a slave-turned-bounty hunter on a mission to rescue his wife. Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz (2012, 18) (S) (AD) 12.20am Hancock HHH Will Smith stars as a superhero on the skids who is given a chance to rebuild his image in this witty action comedy. Charlize Theron (2008, 12) (S) (AD) 2.05—4.00am Wild Card HH

9.30am Live House of Commons: the day’s proceedings 3.00pm House of Lords: the day’s business 6.00 Select Committees: recorded coverage of select committee proceedings 9.00 Scottish First Minister’s Questions: queries in the Scottish Parliament to John Swinney 9.45 Scottish Parliament 1.50am Welsh First Minister’s Questions 2.40—6.00am Senedd Cymru: Welsh Parliament

Loose-knit, sun-bleached neon-noir. Jason Statham, Sofia Vergara (2014, 15) (S) 6.00am Circumstantial Evidence HH Compact British noir. Rona Anderson, Patrick Holt (1952) (S) 7.10 Third Party Risk HH Brisk thriller that sees Lloyd Bridges in a spot of bother. (1954, U) (S) 8.40 The Way Out HHH Mona Freeman tries to smuggle her husband abroad in this intriguing British noir. (1955, U) (S) 10.15 Kings Go Forth HH Worthy blend of war adventure and social drama. Review, right. Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis (1958, PG) (S) 12.30pm The Four Just Men TV drama. (S) 1.05 Those British Faces A celebration of Margaret Leighton. (S) 1.40 A Matter of Murder HH Efficiently told British noir with John Le Mesurier as a small-time gangster. (1949) 2.50 Scotland Yard Docudrama. 3.25 Cosmos: War of the Planets H Micro-budget sci-fi. John Richardson, Yanti Somer (1977) (S) 5.15 The Browning Version HHHH This adaptation of Terence Rattigan’s hit play is made memorable by Michael Redgrave’s performance. Review, right. (1951, U) 7.05pm Notorious 5 Agent Cary Grant persuades Ingrid Bergman to marry Claude Rains to gather information in this thriller. Film of the Day, right. (1946, U) (S) 9.05 The World of Hammer A look at Hammer’s sci-fi films. (S) 9.50 Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense TV horror series starring David Carradine. (S) 11.25 The Food of the Gods HH This sci-fi horror owes a lot to the bug movies of the 1950s, without the charm. Marjoe Gortner (1976, 15) (S) 1.10am Experiment in Terror HH Unlikely thriller from Blake Edwards. Glenn Ford (1962, 12) (S) 3.40 The Golden Disc H Soggy British musical. Lee Patterson (1958, U) (S) 5.30—6.00am

9.00am Driven off the Rails HH

Convoluted but intriguing thriller. Hannah Barefoot (2017) 10.55 A Woman

Deceived HH A woman’s second husband might not be all that he seems. Ashley Scott (2017) 1.00pm Til Ex

Do Us Part HH Made-for-TV thriller in which a family is torn apart by a jealous woman. Kelly Sullivan, Anna Van Hooft, Dan Payne (2018) 3.00 Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses: murder mystery starring Dick Van Dyke 4.55 Murder 101: Locked Room Mystery: TV whodunnit starring Dick Van Dyke and Barry Van Dyke

6.50pm Jack Hunter TV sci-fi.

9.00 Homefront HHH Jason

Statham’s former federal agent comes up against James Franco’s crime lord in the Deep South. (2013, 15)

11.10 The Snowman HH Michael Fassbender plays Harry Hole in this lacklustre adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s crime novel. Rebecca Ferguson (2017, 15)

1.40am First Kill HH Bloody kidnap drama. Bruce Willis, Hayden Christensen (2017, 15) 4.00—5.40am The Nurse HH Camp thriller about a home carer who wreaks havoc. Willa Ford (2014)

8.00am Police Ten 7 9.00 Biggles H Cheery but leaden sci-fi adventure. Neil Dickson (1986, PG) 11.00 Wild West Chronicles 11.30 Wanted: Dead or Alive 1.00pm Ride in the Whirlwind HH Unusual, downbeat western from indie maverick Monte Hellman. Cameron Mitchell, Jack Nicholson (1966, PG) 2.50 Johnson County War 4.45 Wanted: Dead or Alive

6.25pm Wild West Chronicles TV western series with Jack Elliott. 7.05 Bermuda Tentacles H

Something lurking in the ocean’s depths threatens a rescue mission in this sci-fi horror. Linda Hamilton (2014) 9.00 Flight of Fury H A former pilot is called up by the US Air Force to retrieve a stolen stealth bomber. Steven Seagal, Steve Toussaint (2007, 15) 11.10 Acts of Violence H Bruce Willis is on the case in this crime drama, solving a kidnapping with the help of his beefcake friends. (2018, 15) 1.10am Asteroid-a-Geddon H Low-budget, action-light disaster movie. Veronika Issa (2020, 12) 3.05 Cops Uncut 4.05—5.00am The Panzer

6.25am Sky Cinema Preview 7.05

Ordinary Angels HHH Folksy

true-story drama. Hilary Swank, Alan Ritchson (2024, 12) 9.05 Widow Clicquot HHH

Good-looking period biopic. Haley Bennett (2023, 15) 10.45 As 6pm 12.45pm

The Holdovers HHHH Impeccably played festive comedy drama. Paul Giamatti (2023, 15) 3.00 Dune: Part Two

HHHH Awe-inspiring sci-fi epic. Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet (2023, 12)

6.00pm IF HHH Cailey Fleming and Ryan Reynolds team up to find neglected imaginary friends in a child-friendly Pixar-lite fantasy. (2024, U)

8.00 Girl You Know It’s True HHH Wry biopic of Milli Vanilli, the band at the centre of a lip-syncing scandal. Review p37. Tijan Njie (2023, 15) 10.05 i Monkey Man HHHH

Confident and violent thriller, about a young Indian man out for bloody revenge. Review p37. Dev Patel (2022, 18)

12.05am Thanksgiving HHH

Witty seasonal slasher. Review p37. (2023, 18) 1.55 Sasquatch Sunset

HHHH Absurdist but poignant comedy. Riley Keough (2023, 15) 3.30 As 10.05pm 5.30—7.10am As 9.05am

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8.00am Walker, Texas Ranger 9.00

The A-Team 10.00 MacGyver 11.00

The Mummy’s Tomb HH Tedious, cost-cutting sequel to The Mummy’s Hand Lon Chaney, Dick Foran, John Hubbard (1942, PG) 12.15pm Convoy HHH Rollicking comedy adventure.

Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw (1978, 12) 2.25 Silverado HHHH Invigorating western adventure. Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner (1985, PG) 5.00 Star Trek

6.00pm MacGyver TV thriller starring Richard Dean Anderson.

7.00 The A-Team TV adventure.

8.00 Walker, Texas Ranger TV action drama with Chuck Norris.

9.00 Criminal HHH Thriller in which the memories of a dead CIA agent are implanted into sociopath Kevin Costner. Review, right. (2016, 15) 11.15 Crank: High Voltage HH

Jason Statham’s heart is stolen by a Chinese mobster in this violent action sequel. Review, right. (2009, 18)

1.10am Never Let Go HH

Inconsistent Taken-style thriller. Angela Dixon (2015, 15) 3.05—4.50am Mercy Black HHH Well-honed but patchy horror. Daniella Pineda, Austin Amelio (2019, 15)

8.10am A Christmas Crush HH

A wish goes wrong. Cindy Sampson (2019)

10.15 A Storybook Christmas HH

An event planner’s nanny ticks all the boxes. (2019) 12.10pm Christmas by the Book HH Comedy. Lindy Booth (2022) 2.05 The Christmas Ball HH

romantic drama. (2020) 4.05 Love You like Christmas HH Sweet but totally predictable romantic drama. Bonnie Somerville (2016)

6.00am As 5pm 8.00 The Monster Hunters HH An alien prison ship crash-lands in the desert in this well-paced sci-fi thriller. Tom Sizemore (2020, 15) 10.00 Andromeda 11.00 Guardians of the Tomb HH

Low-budget, mildly diverting adventure with Kelsey Grammer. (2018, 12) 1.00pm Jurassic Hunters H Cheap Jurassic World cash-in. Eric Roberts, Rib Hillis, Casey Fitzgerald (2015, 15) 3.00 Andromeda 4.00 Knight Rider 5.00 Wild Horses HHH Fine western drama with Kenny Rogers as a bored former rodeo star who longs to return to the good ol’ days. (1985, PG)

7.00pm Andromeda TV sci-fi series starring Kevin Sorbo. 8.00 Knight Rider TV drama. 9.00 Maximum Conviction HH

Steven Seagal and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin team up for this hit and miss action flick. (2012, 15)

11.05 The House of the Devil HHH Slow-burning chiller about a babysitter who is lured to a creepy house for a job. Jocelin Donahue (2009, 18) 1.00—3.00am As 9pm

This is a refreshing take on American life. LORIEN HAYNES (US 1999, swearing, some violence, HD) Crank: High Voltage HH 11.15pm-1.10am Legend z

ACTION A Chinese mobster steals Jason Statham’s nearindestructible heart in the identikit sequel to the 2006 cult movie. Here, Statham has to constantly recharge his replacement batteryoperated organ to keep himself alive. Everything is jacked-up to the max in an insanely violent live-action cartoon by co-directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. ALAN JONES (US 2009, violence, swearing, sex scenes)

Scripted by hard-boiled veteran Ben Hecht and boasting a then-topical uranium MacGuffin, this Alfred Hitchcock classic is difficult to beat for polished entertainment. Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman are perfectly paired as an American agent and the high-living daughter of a Nazi sympathiser whom he has under surveillance. Yet they’re almost upstaged by Claude Rains, who invests his treacherous villain with a modicum of humanity. This isn’t thematically complex, but Hitch spins his yarn with mischievous skill. DAVID PARKINSON (US 1946, BW)

Kings Go Forth HH

10.15am-12.30pm

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WAR DRAMA In this blend of military adventure and racial drama, Frank Sinatra and Tony Curtis star as two soldiers whose friendship is tested when Sinatra falls for Natalie Wood, a woman of mixed ethnic heritage who is wary of American prejudice. The film’s plot contrivances and its own self-importance weigh a little too heavily on it.

ADRIAN TURNER (US 1958, BW)

Last Days of Patton HHH

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DRAMA Oscar winner George C Scott reprises his role as the arrogant four-star Second World War general, George S Patton, Jr. in this TV movie sequel, which covers the latter part of Patton’s life. The opening of the movie is compelling as it deals with Patton’s conflicts with his colleagues, but the last half of the film is a tedious medical melodrama.

MAJ CANTON (US TVM 1986)

The Browning Version

HHHH 5.15-7.05pm

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DRAMA Playwright Terence Rattigan and director Anthony Asquith collaborated on many projects (The Winslow Boy

among them), and this film is up there with the very best. Michael Redgrave is mesmerising as the classics teacher whose life is as dry as his lessons. The support is first rate, too, with Jean Kent as his wife and Nigel Patrick as her lover. DP (UK 1951, BW)

Criminal HHH

9.00-11.15pm Legend j

CRIME This identity-crisis thriller stars Kevin Costner as a convicted sociopath who is given the memories of dead CIA man Ryan Reynolds in order to track down a baddie. But then Costner remembers a bag of cash that Reynolds had stashed away and begins wreaking havoc. There’s a good dose of cheeky humour among all the pulpy action.

STELLA PAPAMICHAEL (US 2016, violence, swearing)

Drop Dead Gorgeous HHH

11.15pm-1.20am 5 Star j

BLACK COMEDY A polished film in mockumentary style, this traces a small-town beauty pageant from the auditions to the glitz and glamour of the finals. Kirsten Dunst, a sweet girl from a trailer-trash background, is pitted against spoilt rich kid Denise Richards. Meanwhile, someone in town is knocking off the girls’ competition.

Under Siege 2 HH 11.40pm-1.25am C4 z

THRILLER The original film, which aired on Saturday, was a hugely entertaining affair, thanks to the scale of the destruction and its top-drawer cast of cartoon villains. This sequel falls down on both counts. It’s the same story but this time set on a train: chef Steven Seagal finds himself up against a terrorist gang, led by mad professor Eric Bogosian. JOHN FERGUSON (US 1995, violence, swearing, sex scenes, HD) Bones and All HHHH 12.05-2.10am BBC2 z HORROR Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell are the runaways at the heart of this bracingly different love story. It finds the pair on a trip across 1980s America while bonding over their appetite for human flesh. Director Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name) swerves schlock to craft something tender, while Mark Rylance provides memorable support. PATRICK CREMONA (It/US 2022, violence, swearing, drug abuse, nudity, HD)

Another 48 HRS HH

1.25-3.00am C4 z

COMEDY THRILLER

Though original 48 HRS stars Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte are reunited with director Walter Hill, all three seem to be going through the motions. Nolte is the same rough-andready cop who is forced to team up again with con Murphy, this time in a bid to salvage his career. The action is spectacular enough. JF (US 1990, violence, swearing, nudity, HD)

Formula One 7.30pm McLaren driver Lando Norris Accidentally Famous: the Story of 883 9.00pm

6.00am Sky News Breakfast 8.00 Border Patrol 9.00 Stargate Atlantis

11.00 Predators (AD) 12 noon Supergirl 1.00pm S.W.A.T. (AD)

3.00 Magnum PI (AD) 4.00 MacGyver 5.00 The Simpsons

6.00pm The Office US 18/19 Series 4. Phyllis puts on a party.

6.30 19/19. Pam accepts a place on a three-month training programme.

7.00 The Simpsons Marge becomes a sex symbol.

7.30 Formula One The Qatar Grand Prix sprint qualifying session.

8.30 The Simpsons Bart befriends a former prankster.

9.00 Karl Pilkington: the Moaning of Life 2/5 Series 1. A look at how people achieve happiness. (AD)

10.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks Ep 7 Series 4. With Pixie Lott, Charlie Simpson and John Kearns.

10.50 A League of Their Own: US Road Trip 2.0 5/7 Series 2 Out-takes and pranks. (AD)

11.50 Sex and the City 11/18 Series 2. Charlotte dates a chef. 12.30am 12/18. Miranda grows adventurous with her new boyfriend.

1.10 The Force: Manchester 2.10 Road Wars 3.05 Magnum PI (AD) 4.00 MacGyver 5.00—6.00am Motorway Patrol: double bill (AD)

6.00am Most Haunted 8.00

Home Shopping 11.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation 12 noon

Stargate Universe (AD) 1.00pm Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.00 Primeval 3.00 Stargate SG-1

4.00 Stargate Universe (AD) 5.00 Star Trek: the Next Generation

6.00pm Primeval 1/7 Series 4

Connor and Abby find ARC has been taken over by a new regime.

7.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 17/26 Series 4. A legendary Bajoran reappears after 200 years, claiming to be the rightful Emissary of the Prophets.

8.00 Stargate SG-1 4/22 Series 6

O’Neill contracts a deadly virus from a woman who has been frozen in ice, and only a symbiote from the Tok’ra can save his life.

9.00 The Leftovers 1/8 Series 3

The seventh anniversary of the Sudden Departure approaches. (AD) 10.00 2/8. Nora investigates a scam that claims to reunite victims with their families. (AD)

11.00 Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey HHHH q Comedy sequel starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter. The evil De Nomolos sends two robot replicas of Bill and Ted back in time in order to stop the boys’ heavy metal group winning the Battle of the Bands. (W)

1.00am Grimm: five episodes

4.00—6.00am Most Haunted (AD)

6.00am Urban Secrets 8.00 True Blood 10.10 Six Feet Under: double bill 12.20pm Game of Thrones (AD)

1.25 Boardwalk Empire: double bill (AD) 3.35 True Blood: double bill

5.45pm Six Feet Under 9/13 Series 3. Unexpected faces turn up at an art school benefit sale.

6.50 10/13. Keith has a distressing confrontation with his father after attending his aunt’s funeral.

7.55 Game of Thrones 9/10 Series 4. The men of the Night’s Watch face their biggest challenge yet as they prepare to defend the Wall and Castle Black. (AD)

9.00 Accidentally Famous: the 4 Story of 883 1/8. Biopic of Italian pop group 883, starring Elijah Nuzzolo. Max Pezzali’s summer takes an unexpected turn when Silvia invites him out.

10.05 2/8. After working all summer to buy DJ equipment, Mauro Repetto is determined to deliver his mixtape to an American DJ. Italian +subtitles. See page 101.

11.10 Gangs of London 2/8 Series 2. The city of London is torn apart by the power struggles of international gangs attempting to take control of the capital. (AD)

12.25am The Wire 1.40 Scenes from a Marriage (AD) 2.45 Euphoria (AD) 4.00—6.00am Urban Secrets

6.00am Air Ambulance ER 7.00

Border Security USA (AD) 8.00

Border Patrol 9.00 Brit Cops: Law & Disorder (AD) 10.00 Stop, Search, Seize (AD) 11.00 Bull 12 noon FBI (AD) 1.00pm FBI: Most Wanted (AD)

2.00 FBI: International (AD) 3.00 Brit Cops: Rapid Response (AD) 4.00 Nothing to Declare: six editions

7.00pm New. Nothing to Declare Two editions accessing the world of national security at Australia’s airports as customs and immigration officers tackle criminals.

8.00 Caught on Dashcam

A countdown of the most incredible, hilarious and spectacular real-life crashes in the world — all caught on dashcam.

9.00 The Rookie 6/20 Series 1 The team sets out on the search for Nolan’s former mentor Officer Hawke, who has gone on the run after assaulting a man. (AD)

10.00 FBI 6/22 Series 4. The team must track down a shooter targeting detectives from the same precinct, while facing mounting tension from the NYPD. (AD) 11.00 Matlock 1/10. After achieving success in her younger years, septuagenarian Madeline Matlock decides to rejoin the work force at a prestigious law firm.

12 midnight Bull 1.00am Chicago PD 3.00 The Force: Manchester 4.00 Road Wars 5.00—6.00am Stop, Search, Seize (AD)

6.00am Stargate SG-1 8.00

Supergirl 9.00 Stargate Atlantis 11.00 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (AD) 12 noon Supergirl 1.00pm

S.W.A.T. (AD) 3.00 Magnum PI (AD) 4.00 MacGyver 5.00 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (AD)

6.00pm Stargate Atlantis 7/20

Series 4. Teyla and Dr Keller are pursued by murderous primitives. 7.00 8/20. A prophet named Davos claims that Wraith hive ships are closing in on Atlantis’s position.

8.00 A League of Their Own: US Road Trip 2.0 5/7 Series 2 Featuring out-takes, pranks and behind-the-scenes antics. (AD)

9.00 Karl Pilkington: the Moaning of Life 2/5 Series 1. Karl Pilkington tries to find out how people achieve happiness. (AD)

10.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks Ep 7 Series 4. Pixie Lott, Charlie Simpson and John Kearns join regulars Noel Fielding, Jamali Maddix and guest captain Sophie Willan, with Greg Davies hosting.

10.50 Last King of the Cross 7/8 Series 2. John prepares Club Utopia for Mardi Gras while wooing potential investors. (AD)

12 midnight The Walking Dead 1.00am Road Wars: double bill 3.00 Magnum PI (AD) 4.00 MacGyver 5.00—6.00am Highway Patrol

7.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry

8.00 Four Weddings (AD) 10.00 Merlin (AD) 11.00 Motorway Patrol 12 noon Caught on Dashcam 1.00pm Border Security: Canada’s Front Line (AD) 2.00 Most Haunted 4.00 911 Crisis Centre: double bill 5.00 Highway Cops 6.00pm Motorway Patrol 7.00 Merlin (AD) 8.00 Border Security: Canada’s Front Line (AD) 9.00 Stella: double bill. The student nurse begins her second year of training, then Michael starts acting out of character (AD) 11.00 Mr Mayor: double bill. Neil angers a megainfluencer, then Titi B’s petition to recall Mayor Bremer gains momentum (AD) 12 midnight Merlin (AD) 1.00am The Russell Howard Hour 2.00 A League of Their Own: Unseen (AD) 3.00 Duck Quacks Don’t Echo: highlights (AD) 4.00 Four Weddings (AD) 5.00—6.00am 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry

7.40am On the Up 8.15 Keeping Up Appearances (AD) 9.35 Are You Being Served? 10.15 Open All Hours

10.50 Last of the Summer Wine

12.10pm Keeping Up Appearances (AD) 1.25 The Vicar of Dibley (AD)

2.40 Open All Hours 3.20 Dad’s Army 4.00 Are You Being Served?

4.40 Last of the Summer Wine

6.00pm Open All Hours

Grumpy grocer Arkwright buys a guard dog to keep away burglars.

6.35 Dad’s Army Captain Mainwaring’s men acquire a boat.

7.20 Mainwaring decides the platoon needs a mascot.

8.00 The Vicar of Dibley After a whirlwind romance, Geraldine prepares for her wedding. (AD)

9.15 Not Going Out Lee grows suspicious of Guy’s motives.

9.55 Avoidance Comedy starring Romesh Ranganathan.

10.30 Spencer is invited to a laser quest party — and Jonathan decides to go with him.

11.10 Jonathan lies to Claire about finding a new place to live. (AD)

11.50 The Real McCoy The show pays a visit to a nightclub.

12.25am The Vicar of Dibley (AD) 1.40 Not Going Out 2.15

Avoidance: two episodes (AD) 3.30—4.00am The Real McCoy

8.00am Will & Grace (AD) 9.00 Ballers (AD) 10.10 The Reluctant Landlord (AD) 11.20 Barry (AD) 12.45pm Entourage 2.05 Mr Mayor (AD) 2.45 Run: comedy starring Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson 3.30 Crashing (AD) 4.45 Will & Grace (AD) 5.45 The Office US 6.45 Ballers (AD) 8.00 Will & Grace: double bill. Grace appears on a shopping channel, then Will and Karen bond (AD) 9.00 Veep: double bill. An interview with a journalist ends in disaster, then the results of the New Hampshire primary create concern (AD) 10.20 New. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 11.20 Sex and the City: double bill. Miranda learns she has a lazy ovary, then Charlotte meets her match 12.40am Divorce: double bill (AD) 2.00 Silicon Valley 3.00 Los Espookys 3.40—5.00am Dice: double bill (AD)

8.00am Most Ridiculous 9.00 Guessable? 10.00 Impractical Jokers 11.00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA 12 noon New Girl 1.00pm Friends (AD) 9.00 Kevin Bridges: the Brand New Tour: a stand-up performance filmed as part of Kevin’s 2018 tour and his residency at the Glasgow Hydro 10.00 Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains: with David O’Doherty, Judy Murray and Sukh Ojla 11.00 New. Key and Peele: a young man is confronted for only speaking in catchphrases 11.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA 1.00am Kevin Bridges: the Brand New Tour 2.00 Most Ridiculous 3.00 Ugly Americans 3.20 Beavis and Butt-Head 3.30 Key and Peele 4.15—5.00am Friends (AD)

7.10am Murdoch Mysteries 9.00 Father Brown (AD) 10.00 Unforgettable 11.00 Hudson & Rex (AD) 12 noon The Mentalist 1.00pm Death in Paradise (AD) 2.00 Murdoch Mysteries 4.00 Unforgettable 5.00 Hudson & Rex (AD)

6.00pm Father Brown 9/10

Series 4. The sleuthing priest sets out to solve the murder of a local aeronautics magnate’s son. (AD)

7.00 The Mentalist 12/23 Series 2 A corpse is unearthed at the opening of a new development in Salter, Central Valley, leading the team to suspect eco-terrorists.

8.00 Father Brown 10/10

Series 4. The clerical detective encounters a voodoo priest who is intent on winning back the woman he loves, no matter the cost. (AD)

9.00 Death in Paradise 3/8

Series 9. A cyclist is found dead halfway round a race, and while all evidence points to a fatal crash, a torn-off piece of fabric prompts Jack to suspect foul play. (AD) 10.00 4/8. A body is discovered on a boat out at sea, and suspicion soon falls on the victim’s family and friends. (AD)

11.00 The Mentalist As 7pm. 12 midnight Hudson & Rex (AD) 1.00am Justified 2.00—4.00am Murdoch Mysteries: two episodes

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Sky Documentaries Sky Nature

The Kid Stays in the Picture 10.10pm Evans and Polanski

6.00am Mother Teresa: for the Love of God (AD) 7.00 Discovering: Harvey Keitel 8.00 The Directors (AD) 9.00 The Civil War 10.00 Queen of Speed (AD) 12 noon Lennox: the Untold Story (AD) 2.00pm Dave Not Coming Back

4.00 The Directors (AD) 5.00 Discovering: Harvey Keitel

6.00pm The Civil War A recount of the Battle of Gettysburg that took place in July 1863.

7.00 I Am Patrick Swayze

A tribute to the actor, known for his roles in hits like Dirty Dancing, Ghost and The Outsiders. (AD)

9.00 Ren Faire Exploring the power struggle at the Texas Renaissance Festival after its founder announced his retirement.

10.10 The Kid Stays in the Picture HHH

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Tracing the turbulent life of US film producer Robert Evans, who was behind some of Hollywood’s greatest films during his tenure as chief of production at Paramount Pictures. (W) 12 midnight Villeneuve Pironi: Racing’s Untold Tragedy 2.00am New series. Game of Throws: inside Darts: behind the scenes of the 2023/2024 World Darts Championship

3.00 Seve (AD) 5.00—6.00am

Discovering: Harvey Keitel

Geographic

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10.00 Airport Security: Rome 11.00 Air Crash Investigation (AD) 12 midnight Plane Crash Re-created 1.00am Witches: Truth behind the Trials 2.00 Money Meltdown 2.30 Bid and Destroy 3.20 Food Factory USA

4.10—5.00am When Sharks Attack

6.00am American Pickers 7.00 Flipping Bangers 8.00 Swamp People

10.00 Storage Wars 12 noon Secrets in the Jungle 2.00pm The Abyss: Rise & Fall of the Nazis 4.00 Pawn Stars

6.00pm American Pickers: the Wolfe brothers search a photographer’s stash 7.00 Forged in Fire: an error sends one bladesmith home 8.00 Britain’s Most Historic Towns: Professor Alice Roberts explores the story of Stewart Britain by visiting Stirling 9.00 Egypt’s Unexplained Files: the truth behind the Ancient Egyptian superpower known today 10.00 Mission Unexplained 12 midnight Storage Wars 2.00am Holy Marvels with Dennis Quaid

3.00 Britain’s Most Historic Towns 4.00—6.00am Pawn Stars

City Wildlife Rescue 9.00pm A turkey vulture is injured

6.00am Ol Pejeta Diaries 7.00

Monkey Life (AD) 8.00 Hope for

Wildlife 9.00 America’s Wild Seasons (AD) 10.00 Africa’s Underwater

Wonders 11.00 Predators (AD)

12 noon Volcanic Odysseys 1.00pm

Monkey Life (AD) 2.00 Hope for

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Wonders 5.00 Into the Wild: India

6.00pm Volcanic Odysseys

A look at the lives of animals who live on active volcanos.

7.00 Monkey Life Double bill following daily life at a monkey rescue centre in Dorset. (AD)

8.00 Wildlife ER The ER team are overwhelmed with patients.

9.00 City Wildlife Rescue The vets wrestle an uncooperative turkey vulture onto the X-ray table.

9.30 A mother rabbit takes care of an adopted baby bunny.

10.00 Volcanic Odysseys As 6pm.

11.00 Into the Wild: India Matriarch elephant Anura races to get her herd to a watering hole.

12 midnight Africa’s Hunters: a powerful pride of lions (AD) 1.00am

Deadly Australians 2.00 Wildlife ER 3.00 City Wildlife Rescue 4.00 Hope for Wildlife 5.00—6.00am America’s Wild Seasons (AD)

8.00am Yukon Vet 9.00 Animal Fight Club 10.00 Extraordinary Australia 11.00 Africa’s Deadliest 12 noon The Incredible Dr Pol 1.00pm Yukon Vet

2.00 Amur Tiger: Secret Kingdom 3.00 Cat Attack-Tics 4.00 Secrets of the Zoo 5.00 Fish Tank Kings

6.00pm Snakes in the City 7.00 Yukon Vet: Dr Michelle Oakley’s patients include a 300lb yak and a golden eagle 8.00 Africa’s Hunters: a pride of lions faces a struggle to survive during Zambia’s rainy season 9.00 Africa’s Wild Side: animals that reshape the environment to suit their needs 10.00 Alaska: the Next Generation: Alaskans must adapt to what Mother Nature throws at them 11.00 Lawless Island 12 midnight When Sharks Attack

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3.00 Secrets of the Zoo

4.00—5.00am Yukon Vet

8.00am Tanked 9.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees 11.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue 12 noon Animal Cribs 1.00pm Life at Vet University 2.00 From Wags to Riches 3.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees 4.00 Bad Dog! 5.00 Animal Cops Philadelphia: saving a dog’s leg (AD) 6.00pm Tanked 7.00 Pit Bulls and Parolees 8.00 Legends of the Wild: double bill. Brazilian ranchers are being attacked by an unknown creature, then investigating ridley sea turtles turning up dead along the Costa Rica coast (AD) 10.00 Alaska: Surviving the Last Frontier 11.00 Meet the Orangutans 12 midnight Meet the Penguins 1.00am Alaskan Bush People 2.00 Bad Dog! 3.00 Animal Cops Philadelphia (AD) 4.00—5.00am Tanked

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3.00—6.00am LIVE European Tour Golf The Australian Open.

Sky Football

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Sky 406 Virgin 516/HD 506 EE 424/HD 444 9.55—10.45am LIVE F1 Academy The Qatar Grand Prix first practice. 11.00—12 noon LIVE Formula Two Qatar Grand Prix practice session. 1.00pm LIVE Qatar Grand Prix The first practice session.

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7.00—10.00pm LIVE United Rugby Championship Glasgow Warriors v Scarlets (kick-off 7.35). 2.00—5.00am LIVE NHL Utah Hockey Club v Edmonton Oilers.

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7.00pm TNT Sports 2 Harlequins fly-half Jarrod Evans

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I’ve worked with perpetrators of violence for over 30 years as a forensic psychiatrist and a psychotherapist, so the title of my Reith Lectures this year is Four Questions about Violence. In each, I try to cover a question I’m commonly asked. In the first lecture, I explore whether violence is natural and normal for humans – and conclude that it isn’t. The majority of humans aren’t violent towards each other. In fact, violence is an unusual way for people to break the law, and rates of criminal violence have been dropping (in Europe at least) over the past 60 years. That doesn’t mean that violence isn’t a problem; rather, the fact it is an unusual and complex problem should make us take it more seriously not less.

I’d emphasise that there are different kinds of violence. I’m speaking from the perspective of individual perpetrators, rather than social

‘A patient said people are violent when they have no voice’

violence by groups, either within societies or between countries. In my experience, social violence, like the riots in the summer, involves many factors, not just individual psychology. But I do think individual violence and social violence have this in common – they’re distorted and disturbing variations of communication. As one of my patients once said to me, “I think people are violent when they have no voice.”

He also said his violence was driven by feelings of shame, hatred and despair; and that may have been true for some of the 2024 rioters. But it’s important to note how many of the rioters were unlike the people I work with, either in prisons or secure hospitals. Many were well educated, employed, monied, with good relationships. I think many were people who allowed themselves to be taken over by emotions of hatred and entitlement. This is something I discuss in my second lecture, where I suggest we all have the capacity to get into “cruel and unusual” states of mind – that’s why we are all so interested in true crime, and dramas about violent tragedies; like Ancient Greek plays and Shakespeare.

STREETS AFLAME

A police car burns during a riot in Sunderland earlier this year

VIOLENT NATURES

Psychiatrist

Dr Gwen Adshead invites us to rethink our views on crime and punishment

peutic community programme as part of their offender rehabilitation for over 50 years. Therapeutic communities work by requiring prisoners to attend in-depth group therapy three times a week and participate in other psychoeducational activities. These interventions have been shown to help people take responsibility for their actions and be more “prosocial” in future; and are effective in reducing the risk of recidivism on release. Living in these communities is neither an easy nor a soft option because psychological therapy can be painful and hard as people recall their violence to others as well as their own distress. Offenders in these programmes are not excused or forgiven; they work hard on taking responsibility and for keeping themselves safe after release.

can.” We have evidence to prove it. It’s possible to rehabilitate some violence perpetrators so long as we have a good understanding of what their violence is about and what risk factors were operating at the time. When we offer rehabilitative interventions, they tend to be helpful. I discuss the value of restorative justice, which has been shown to be an effective intervention in bringing victims and perpetrators of violence together and helping perpetrators take ownership of their offending and also apologise for it.

I’m extremely grateful to the Ministry of Justice for giving me an opportunity to give my third lecture about the relationship between trauma and violence in a male prison, which has provided a thera-

My lectures are an invitation to think about whether we need to approach the problem of violence in a different way. I especially want to invite people to let go of the idea that treating offenders badly in prison is a good idea; because research says it isn’t and could make violence worse. Letting go of punitive approaches doesn’t mean forgiving all violence or excusing it; just investing all that negative emotional energy into something more productive and creative; and it’s much cheaper economically. The Reith

My last lecture is called Can We Change Violent Minds? The simple answer is, “Yes, we

NATURE

This Natural Life

Thursday 3.00pm Radio 4

Martha Kearney left the Today studios to a round of applause in July this year. It was an emotional goodbye — but she was going on to create this new one-to-one interview series on how the natural world offers hope, wonder, solace and awe. She’s famed for her beekeeping (which she can no longer do after a severe allergic reaction to a sting), so it’s fitting that Kearney’s first guest is a fellow apiculturist, the Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett (right). They walk and talk their way around the Royal Botanic Gardens at Wakehurst, West Sussex. ANNA JONES

DOCUMENTARY

Band Aid at 40 Sunday 7.00pm Virgin Radio

(Listen on DAB, Freesat, Sky, virginradio.co.uk)

There’s a wealth of mind-blowing stories, anecdotes and behind-the-scenes insights in this two-part doc on the recording of Do They Know It’s Christmas? As well as access to the Band Aid Trust’s archive, there are new interviews with Bob Geldof, Midge Ure, plus Michael Buerk (who broke the story of the famine in Ethiopia) on how his response to pop stars doing a charity record was far from enthusiastic. AJ See p12

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MUSIC In the Studio

Tuesday 1.30pm BBC World Service

Musical polymath Brian Eno (left) only has uncomfortable chairs in his studio. “You make completely different music if you’re standing up,” he tells Antonia BolingbrokeKent in an inspiring edition of the programme that gets really close to creatives at work. Eno also talks about his project to raise $100m for climate causes, but it’s other Eno thoughts that blow your mind. Has anyone come up with a better definition of an artist than a “feelings merchant”?

SIMON O’HAGAN

CONSUMER

Five Ways They Get You

Monday—Friday 11.45am Radio 4

According to the National Crime Agency, 40 per cent of all crime in England and Wales is fraud, and four-fifths of that is cyber-enabled. Don’t get scared, get secure, says Shari Vahl of Radio 4’s You and Yours, who gives a daily update in Scam Safe Week. Her hair-raising stories include the home owner who was tricked into signing over their property and how a spate of locker thefts in London gyms led to the emptying of online bank accounts.

FIONA HUGHES

AMBRIDGE DIARY

The Archers

Sunday—Friday 7.00pm Radio 4

Fraud comes to Ambridge as the BBC’s Scam Safe initiative seeps into the storylines. Two unexpected visitors puzzle Jakob (Paul Venables, above) and a week of strange encounters sets the local community on a mission. There’s a blast from the past for Eddie, and an opportunity to make a mint — but as Clarrie tries to keep him on track with the turkeys, someone could fall foul of a con trick. DAVID CRAWFORD June Spencer tribute: overleaf

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Martha Kearney, interviewing June Spencer on her 100th birthday five years ago, observed that the actress was “much warmer” than her Archers character, the formidable Peggy, mainstay of the soap through 70 years. Peggy nursed her second husband through Alzheimer’s, just as Spencer had her own husband in real life. Indeed at that time her steady human warmth was publicly deployed, as she talked courageously about the experience, enabled the writers to depict it with realism, and supported the Alzheimer’s Society as patron.

Over the decades the Archer matriarch presided with an iron moral compass over her troublesome family (sexually wayward Lilian, Jennifer and comparatively blameless son Tony, on whom she was oddly hard) and their gradually modernising ways. Grandchildren and great-grandchildren fourished; at the centre of the web Peggy remained powerful – and in widowhood independently wealthy – deploying as strong a will as her savage cat Hilda Ogden (wittily named in honour of Coronation Street). She was pivotal in a recent plot, offering a grant for a rewilding project, that set family and village in competition. The prize was very

‘She was flawless in technique, precision and delivery’

on-message for the 2020s. Peggy’s morality twice saw her at odds with the clergy, boycotting a vicar for baptising the villainous Rob and demanding to fund a new stained-glass window honouring no actual saints but her own great-grandchildren.

Great entertainment, and an elegant illustration of changing times. Jeremy Howe, taking over as editor in 2018, wondered how he could direct a legendary woman approaching her centenary, but her professionalism made it “a cup of tea! Flawless in technique, precision and delivery, always well prepared, scripts all marked up, and took notes like a dream.” She was also a living repository of the soap’s history. “If you went against the history of Peggy, she’d let you know. It’s a mark of good continuing-drama acting that the keeper of the keys is the actor.”

Loyalty to a role can be double-edged: had she ever balked at monstrous Peggy moments: scorn of female vicars, an un-Christian attitude to evil Rob? “Oh no, she rolled with the punches. The most interesting discussion was about the rewilding grant: she thought Peggy would make herself too poor, having given away much of the fortune. We sat down and went through Peggy’s

A RADIO LEGEND

June Spencer was the matriarch of Ambridge, but she liked to have fun too, says Libby Purves

account and convinced her.”

2022 FAREWELL

As to the character’s elderly barbs, “I remember once walking with her to the studio, and her saying, ‘What I’m really enjoying now is playing the comedy. Never done much of that…’ Rather than playing the barbs as malicious, she loved the comedy, could score a bullseye with a gently insulting cough as if it were a bon mot from Oscar Wilde.” In fact, Spencer in her younger days wrote and performed comic skits and material for the comedian Cyril Fletcher. And she once summed up Peggy as “a nice old thing but quite narrow-minded, unlikely to see a joke”. Howe remembers her now, “self-effacing at the back of the green room, taking everything in, immaculately dressed and made up”. Immaculate in every way: aged 102 she observed that infirmity meant she worked sitting on a chair, so if the script had her rising, she’d “fake the sound of i up”. A radiodrama legend.

LONGEVITY

June

THE CAST PAY TRIBUTE

PATGALLIMORE (Pat Archer) June was a wonderful actress and friend — my Archers motherin-law for 50 years. As the matriarch of Ambridge, she taught us so much and was much loved. I’m so lucky to have worked with her for so long. I cherish the memories of times we shared on and off the microphone. Dearest June, I shall miss you greatly.

LOUIZAPATIKAS (Helen Archer) She was a phenomenon — a living legend. June embodied the poise and precision of the golden age of radio acting, yet felt ageless somehow and completely accepting of the modern world, including the many generations of young actors who joined the show after her and grew up on her watch. It was an honour to share the mic with her, and play Scrabble with her. Irreplaceable.

DAVID TROUGHTON (Tony Archer) She was an amazing woman, an ultimate professional, fun to work with, always interested in how you were getting on. It was daunting taking over the role of Tony [in 2014], but her kindness eased me seamlessly into Ambridge. I’ll always be truly grateful.

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Spencer played Peggy in the pilot edition of The Archers in 1950 and retired in 2022, aged 103

Pat Gallimore, June Spencer and David Troughton

PODCASTS THE PICK OF THE BEST AUDIO ON DEMAND

SPORT

The Chipping Forecast

“Where is this going?” asks professional golfer Eddie Pepperell rather sweetly. Host Andrew Cotter and the BBC’s whisperer of the greens Iain Carter then switch gears from their gentle discussion of handicaps, Instagram putting coaches, the proper response to trick-or-treaters and the works of Roald Dahl to a bracing look at how and why the Saudis have bought golf, at which point he probably wished he hadn’t asked. It could also be called What We Talk about When We Talk about Golf DAVID HEPWORTH

HISTORY

The Madman’s Hotel

Niall Breslin has been a rugby player, a pop star and a coach on Ireland’s The Voice, but his heart lies with campaigning for a better understanding of mental health issues. He grew up near Victorian asylum St Loman’s in Mullingar, County Westmeath, and its looming presence haunted him for decades. Breslin joins forces with a woman who’s seeking the truth about her greatgrandmother’s time in “the madman’s hotel”, why she was admitted and the secrets of the asylum’s graveyard. AJ

DRAMA

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

This dramatisation of the Queen of Crime’s debut novel is the first in a collaboration between Audible and Agatha Christie Limited. Peter Dinklage plays Poirot and Himesh Patel is Captain Hastings, with other cast members including Harriet Walter, Rob Delaney and Jessica Gunning. The sound design is exquisite, really cinematic, and the subtle nuances about refugees and postwar PTSD make this something very special.

ANNA JONES

CONVERSATION

The Old Fools

The eponymous duo are comedy writer David Quantick and The Thick of It writer (and “swearing consultant”) Ian Martin. The idea is not particularly new, but Quantick and Martin execute it well, free-associating from Australian MasterChef to NHS reform, John and Yoko and the new Tory leader. One of their guests, screenwriter Sarah Phelps, offers some advice on shopping at Greggs: buy two pasties, one for the walk home and one for when you get there. FIONA HUGHES

TRUE CRIME Candyman: the True Story behind the Bathroom Mirror Murder

The gripping six-parter from CBS News’ 48 Hours crime strand examines the case of Chicago’s Ruthie Mae McCoy, who in 1987 told police there was a killer behind her bathroom mirror. She was right. McCoy’s murder partly inspired the 1992 horror film Candyman, whose director, Bernard Rose, is one of those talking to Chicago-born journalist Dometi Pongo about a tragedy like no other.

DAVID McGILLIVRAY

CONSUMER

The Best Idea Yet

Discussing the origins of consumer products may not seem a stimulating concept, but the enthusiasm of hosts Jack Crivici-Kramer and Nick Martell to illuminate the untold stories of what made successful brands go viral is hard not to like. How was a mother of five in Guatemala instrumental in creating the Happy Meal? Why is the Jeep seen as the vehicle that won the Second World War, even receiving a Purple Heart? The answers and more are here.

JEREMY ASPINALL

Streams of Conscıousness

DAVID HEPWORTH

Are you sitting comfortably? Then AI’ll begin…

The New York Times has successfully converted many of the readers of its paper version into consumers of its online content. Now it seems to be going one step further by turning readers into listeners. Beginning earlier this year, it began to offer audio versions of most of its stories. When you click the audio option, a perfectly acceptable voice informs you that it doesn’t belong to a human, before proceeding to read the item you’ve chosen.

If you think that means a robotic voice like a speak-your-weight machine, you’re a bit behind the beat. Today’s new technology learns all the time – and improves all the time. An automated voice reproduces everything but the telling idiosyncrasies of real people. If you simply want to hear a story that you don’t have the time to read because you’re busy cooking, a certain amount of blandness is a small price to pay.

The first few things I heard delivered by automated voice were short news items. Ten minutes is probably long enough to spend with a person who isn’t a person. If you’re hearing a longer piece, you expect the tone of voice to somehow hint how much more there is to go. When you get to the key paragraph, you somehow expect to be able to know that’s where you are.

And here’s the key problem of automated voices. American journalism has a longwindedness problem that generations of British editors working in the US have failed to correct. When you set out to read anything that wins a Pulitzer, you know you’ll need to take sandwiches and Kendal mint cake.

The American inability to cut to the chase isn’t an insurmountable problem in print, because the trained eye of the reader will be scanning the upcoming column and jumping ahead to the bits that count. You can do that as a reader, but you can’t as a listener. Something’s got to give. If the stories in American publications become shorter as more of them are delivered by automated voices, it would be no bad thing. For a start, more people might “read” them.

See David’s pick of the week, The Chipping Forecast, top left

SATURDAY Radio

Jack Frost: a Winter Story

6.30pm Classic FM

“He is near. His fingers creep across the windowpane. Warmth is scampering away, his icy grip misses no one. Nothing can escape Jack Frost.” These haunting words are from the opening to a new Christmas album, written and read by Alan Titchmarsh, set to a beautiful score by the composer Debbie Wiseman. Like The Snowman, this creative collaboration captures the enchantment of the festive period and follows in the footsteps of other classical works that have been teamed with narration, such as Peter and the Wolf. A proper family listen, it remains to be seen whether this becomes the 21st-century’s equivalent of The Snowman, but it certainly casts a magical spell ahead of Christmas. ANNA JONES

Amazing Sport Stories: The Worst Betrayal

5.30am, 6.30pm, 12.30am BBC World Service

This is the series — from BBC Sounds — that told us about the Washington Generals, who have lost 17,000 times to the Harlem Globetrotters, and about Brazilian striker Evaristo, who held a goalscoring record thatPelenevermatched.Today’s story is about Dutch boxer Barend “Ben” Bril (1912—2003), who proudly wore the Star of David on his trunks. When the Nazis invaded the Netherlands, Bril was forced into hiding. Betrayed by former teammates, he was deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where 50,000 died, but even here he wouldn’t conform. Bril’s story inspired a Dutch kickboxer, also Jewish, to make his mark. Barry Groenteman now runs a gym near Amsterdam. DAVID MCGILLIVRAY

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6.00am Happy 7.00 Sam and Danni

10.30 Nat and Vicky 1.00pm Alex Mansuroglu 4.00 Dance Anthems

7.00 Soundsystem 9.00 Rap Show

10.30 Rap Mixtape 11.00 Drum ’n’ Bass Show 12.00 Drum ’n’ Bass Mix

1.00am Classic Essential Mix 3.00 FutureDanceMix3.30 PeteTong4.00 DanceAnthems5.00 HappyAnthems

BBC Radio 2

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6.00am Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn

8.00 Dermot O’Leary

Ben Macintyre discusses his new book on the 1980 six-day siege of the Iranian Embassy in London.

10.00 Emma Willis

Sitting in for Romesh Ranganathan.

1.00pm Pick of the Pops

Mark Goodier with 1992 and 2002. Rptd Mon 3am (1992) and Tue 3am (2002)

3.00 Rylan on Saturday

6.00 Liza Tarbuck

8.00 Sounds of the 80s with Gary Davies

10.00 Sounds of the 90s with Fearne Cotton

12.00 Quincy Jones at the BBC

Following the death earlier this month of American record producer, songwriter, composer and arranger (and film and TV producer) Quincy Jones, aged 91, a celebration of his phenomenal career via BBC archive appearances and interviews with Jamie Cullum, Steve Wright, Matt Everitt,JohnWilson,NickyCampbell, Alan Yentob, Robert Cushman, Simon Bates and Stuart Grundy. Producers Mark Simpson and David Hyde

1.00am Dance Sounds of the 90s with Vernon Kay A garage playlist.

2.00 The Rock Show with Johnnie Walker

Another chance to hear the final ever instalment presented by Johnnie Walker. First aired on 23 October. (R)

3.00 The Country Music Association Awards

Bob Harris introduces highlights of Wednesday’s 58th annual Country Music Association Awards (the CMAs) from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, hosted by Luke Bryan, Peyton Manning and Lainey Wilson. This year’s most nominated artists include Morgan Wallen(seven),CodyJohnsonandChris Stapleton (five each) and Post Malone and Lainey Wilson (four each), and LukeCombs,JellyRoll,MeganMoroney and Kacey Musgraves (three each).

BBC 6 Music

5.00 Tracks of My Years Omnibus with Joan Armatrading. Freeview 707 Freesat 707

6.30am Breakfast With Emma Clarke.

9.00 Saturday Morning With Tom Service.

12.00 Earlier... with Jools Holland

1.00pm Music Matters: a View from the Organ Loft 6/6. Organist and conductor Anna Lapwood concludesherinternationaltouroforgansinLondon, attheRoyalAlbertHall.Theplaylistincludesrecordings made on this hall’s 9,999-pipe organ, plus Londoninspired music by Haydn and Coates, highlights of some of her favourite film scores, and pieces she associates with the BBC Proms. Daniel Spencer, managingdirectorofBishopandSonOrganBuilders, reveals how impressive a feat of engineering the instrument was when it was first built, and Lapwood shares a recording of the piece she gets asked to play the most, featuring bass drum and tubular bells.

2.00 Record Review With Andrew McGregor.

2.05 PianistLucyParhamwithapickofnewreleases.

3.00 Building a LibraryNicholasKenyonrevealshis pickofdiscsof Mozart’s Symphony No 40 in G minor

3.45 Record of the Week Andrew’s top pick.

4.00 Sound of Gaming

nIn aspecial edition, using technology developed by the BBC exclusively for Radio 3, Elle Osili-Wood presents a virtual concert, with gaming composer Eimear Noone conducting the BBC Philharmonic. Online listeners can interact with other avatars and gaming music fans in the virtual hall and learn more about the world of the orchestra and the instruments featured in the playlist, which includes highlights of scores by Gareth Coker (Ori and the Will of the Wisps), Brian Tyler (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3) and Jessica Curry (Dear Esther), plus Inon Zur’s Starfield Medley

5.00 This Classical Life

Jess Gillam is joined by US mezzo Sasha Cooke to share music, which includes Reynaldo Hahn and Rachmaninov and recordings by saxophonist Colin Stetson and pop superstar Beyoncé.

6.00 Opera on 3: Beethoven’s Fidelio

Jennifer Davis stars as Leonore in a recent Royal Opera House performance of Beethoven’s Fidelio, in a production by Tobias Kratzer set in a Spanish state prisoninthelate17thcenturyandfirststagedinMarch 2020. Leonore, disguised as young man Fidelio, embarks on a daring mission to rescue her wrongly imprisoned husband. During the interval, presenter Martin Handley is joined by Laura Tunbridge, author of Beethoven: a Life in Nine Pieces (2020). Beethoven Fidelio

Leonore, Florestan’s wife, disguised as Fidelio, a young man Jennifer Davis (soprano) Florestan Eric Cutler (tenor)

Don Fernando, minister Phillip Rhodes (baritone)

First prisoner Siphe Kwani (baritone)

Second prisoner Eugene Dillon-Hooper (tenor) Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, conductor Alexander Soddy RT OFFER Beethoven Fidelio (2 CDs) — a 2021 release featuring Lise Davidsen, Christian Elsner and the Dresdner Philharmonie conducted by Marek Janowski — is available for £19.45 incl p&p. Call 0115 982 7500 quoting ref PTC5186880 or visit radiotimes.com/cds

9.30 Music Planet

With Lopa Kothari, tonight exploring the rich musical traditions of South Africa with a special session from Zulu a cappella quintet the Joy. Plus recordings by Hugh Masekela (1939—2018) and the Brother Moves

On as well as a protest song against apartheid recorded in 1959 at the African National Congress. 10.30 New Music Show

A special live broadcast from this year’s Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (15—24 November), the first of four programmes from the new-music event. Kate Molleson introduces guitarist Kobe Van Cauwenberghe and turntablist Mariam Rezai in a performance of Anthony Braxton’s Ghost Trance Music, recorded earlier this evening. Plus a recent festival performance by the eight-trumpet Monochrome Project of a new work by one of this year’s featured composers, Mississippi-born Wadada Leo Smith, who is 83 next month.

12.30am Through the Night

With Jonathan Swain, who begins with a concert of 17thcentury Italian and German music from October 2023 at the Zurich Opera House. Biber Battalia Buonamente Sonata II a 3 Biber Nachtwächter (Night Watchman) Castello Sonata XV a 4 Pachelbel Canon and Gigue Schmelzer Die Fechtschule (The Fencing School) Merula Ballo detto Pollicio Kapsberger Corrente V Marini Passacaglia a 4; Aria a 3 (La Soranza) Farina Capriccio stravagante Scintilla Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Minasi 1.49 Schmelzer Vesperae sollennes 2.11 Mozart Piano Sonata No 12 in F, K332 (2nd mvt) 2.17 Biber Violin Sonata in C minor 2.31 Weiner Serenade in F minor, Op 3 2.53 Bach Motet: Jesu meine Freude, BWV227 3.16 Nenov Theme and Variations in F sharp 3.32 Tavener Funeral Ikos 3.38 Suk Meditation on the Old Czech Chorale “St Wenceslas” 3.45 Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances (1st mvt) 3.57 Pellegrini Courante per la X Piccinini Chiaccona in partite variate 4.03 Karlowicz A Sorrowful Tale (Preludes to Eternity), Op 13 4.14 De Rore Qualhor rivolgo (Madrigals Bk 5) 4.20 Schubert Piano Sonata in A, D959 (2nd mvt) 4.31 Rossini Overture: The Thieving Magpie 4.31 Trad Hungarian dances for recorder and ensemble 4.47 Förster Motet: Et cum ingressus esset Jesu 4.53 Chopin Scherzo No 2 in B flat minor 5.03 Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo capriccioso 5.12 Telemann Oboe Sonata in B flat 5.25 Haydn String Quartet in G minor, Op 74 No 3 (Rider) 5.46 Carniolus Missa super Adesto dolori meo a 5 6.08 Sibelius Symphony No 7 in C

DebbieWisemanexploresmusicrelatingtotheTudorera. 10.00 Calm Classics With Myleene Klass. 1.00am Katie Breathwick 4.00 Sam Pittis

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Rocco, warden of the prison Peter Rose (bass) Marzelline, Rocco’s daughter Christina Gansch (soprano) Jaquino, a prison gatekeeper Michael Gibson (tenor) Don Pizarro, military governor of the prison Jochen Schmeckenbecher (baritone)

5.30am News Briefing

5.43 Prayer for the Day

With Muslim academic Dr Yahya Barry.

5.45 Something to Declare

4/12. Podcaster Jack Boswell looks to different cultures around the world to see what they could offer to UK listeners in terms of dealing with everyday concerns. Repeated from yesterday 6.00 News and Papers

6.07 Ramblings

7/7. Born in Jamaica, Dwayne Fields grew up in inner-city London and says his formative years were wrapped up in social stigma, with him becoming a victim of both knife and gun crime. He managed to break away from this culture by spending time in outdoor spaces like Hackney Marshes, rediscovering a love of the outdoors he had felt as a youngster in the Caribbean. In September he was appointed Chief Scout of Epping Forest, taking over from Bear Grylls, and he has a wealth of adventure experience under his belt. He welcomes Clare Balding to share the sights the forest has to offer. Repeated from Thursday

6.30 Farming Today This Week

7.00 Today

With Katya Adler and Simon Jack.

7.25, 8.25 Sports News

7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Roy Jenkins.

9.00 Saturday Live

Nikki Bedi and Jon Kay are joined by James Middleton, brother of the Princess of Wales. Plus the Inheritance Tracks of actor Luke Evans, who has just published a memoir, Boy from the Valleys: My Unexpected Journey Producer Ben Mitchell

10.00 Curious Cases

8/13. Be More Athlete. Hannah Fry and Dara O Briain investigate what makes a good athlete, examining body proportions, genetics, technique and training for both endurance and short-burst activities. All episodes available on BBC Sounds.

Producer Ilan Goodman

10.30 The Kitchen Cabinet

2/6. Jay Rayner presents the culinary panel show from Wolverhampton, helping home cooks improve their skills in the kitchen. Repeated Monday 4.30pm

11.00 The Week in Westminster A round-up of the week’s political proceedings. 11.30 From Our Own Correspondent With Kate Adie. Repeated tomorrow 9.30pm

DAB bbc.co.uk/radio4extra

6.00am A Taste of Honey as 5pm

7.30 The Musical Human as 6.30pm

8.45 Core Coren as 7.45pm

9.00 The Men from the Ministry as 2pm

9.30 The Morecambe and Wise Show as8.30pm

10.00 Hilarious Histories — What’s So Funny about the Past? as 3pm

11.00 A Taste of Honey as 5pm

12.30pm The Musical Human as 6.30pm

1.45 Core Coren as 7.45pm

2.00 The Men from the Ministry A 1975 episode of the 1962—77 comedy, starring Richard Murdoch, Deryck Guyler and others

2.30 The Morecambe and Wise Show as8.30pm

3.00 Hilarious Histories — What’s So Funny about the Past? Publichistorianandcomedynerd Greg Jenner is on an Arthurian quest to discover why comedy writers love history. From 2019 (2/3)

4.00 Solaris Ron Cook stars in Hattie Naylor’s adapation of Stanislaw Lem’s 1961 sci-fi novel in which a psychologist sent to a mysteriously rundown space station encounters his long-dead wife, with troubling consequences. With Tim McMullan, Stuart Richman and Joanne Froggatt (of Downton Abbey fame). From 2007 (2/2)

5.00 A Taste of Honey Siobhan Finneran (Downton Abbey, Happy Valley) stars in an adaptation by Polly Thomas of Shelagh Delaney’s social realist 1958 play set in 1950s Salford, where

12.04pm Money Box

Paul Lewis examines the latest financial developments and offers impartial advice to those aiming to make the most of their money.

Repeated tomorrow 9pm

Your RT Money: page 136

12.30 Dead Ringers

4/4. Topical comedy impressions headed up by Jon Culshaw and Jan Ravens.

Rptd from yesterday Rptd Monday 11pm Radio 4 Extra

1.00 News

1.10 Any Questions?

Alex Forsyth chairs from Layer Marney Tower, an early Tudor country house near Colchester, with an audience canvassing the opinions of a four-strong panel. Repeated from yesterday

2.00 Any Answers?

Phone-in responding to Any Questions?

Presented by Anita Anand.

PHONE: 0370 010 0444 Lines open from 12.30pm

EMAIL: any.answers@bbc.co.uk

2.45 The Archers Repeated from yesterday

3.00 Drama: Berlin Alexanderplatz 1/4. Simon Scardifield’s dramatisation of Alfred Döblin’s modernist novel set in the underworld of 1920s Berlin. Ex-convict Franz Biberkopf is back on the streets, determined to go straight. But the city has other ideas.

Narrator Claes Bang

Franz Biberkopf Lee Ross

Mack Samuel James

Reinhold David Hounslow

Eva Clare Corbett

Herbert Mark Edel-Hunt Pums Neil McCaul

Producers Emma Harding and Marc Beeby

Director David Hunter and Gemma Jenkins (R)

4.00 Weekend Woman’s Hour

Anita Rani presents a round-up of highlights.

5.00 Saturday PM With Caroline Wyatt.

5.30 Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

12/14. The Today presenter interviews major political figures about their lives and careers.

6.00 Six o’Clock News

6.15 Loose Ends

Stuart Maconie is joined by Maggie AderinPocock, Louise Minchin, Robert MacFarlane and Olivia Fern for chat, comedy and music.

Producer Jessica Treen Repeated Thursday 9pm

7.00 Profile

An insight into a topical figure. Repeated tomorrow 12.15pm

7.15 The Infinite Monkey Cage

2/7. Hedgehogs. Brian Cox and Robin Ince emerge from the hedgerow, waking up their guests from hibernation to discuss the fascinating lives of Britain’s favourite mammal, the hedgehog. All episodes available on BBC Sounds. Repeated from Thursday

a teenage girl who becomes pregnant outside of wedlock trades insults and repartee with her fecklessmother.WithBethSquires,CharlesLawson, Richard Mylan and Andrew Sheridan. From 2004

6.30 The Musical Human Musicologist and pianist Michael Spitzer combines archaeological, sociological and historical observations — together with theories from biologists and musicologists — to explore the importance of music to mankind. Abridged by Jill Waters and read by Simon McBurney. From 2021 — omnibus (1—5/5)

7.45 Core Coren North London-born humourist Alan Coren reads his suburban musings from his 1995 book A Bit on the Side. From 1997 (4/5)

8.00 The Men from the Ministry as 2pm

8.30 The Morecambe and Wise Show 1966 comedy romp by Eric Merriman starring Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. With Dilys Laye and John Baddeley. Featuring music by Anita Harris

9.00 Hilarious Histories — What’s So Funny about the Past? as 3pm

10.00—12.00 Comedy Club: Angstrom Spoof

Scandi-noir detective stories by Joel Morris and JasonHazeley,aboutabrooding,alcoholic,maverick

Swedish detective from the tough streets of Oslo. Today’s tale: The Hunter Is the Hunted and the Hunter.From2018,at10.30 Mitch Benn’s Crimes Against Music (1/6), at 11.00 Innes Own World (3/4), and at 11.30 Rigor Mortis (4/6)

12.00 as 4pm 1.00am as 5pm 2.30 as 6.30pm

3.40 as 1.40pm 3.45 as 7.45pm 4.00 as 2pm 4.30 as 8.30pm 5.00 as 3pm

8.00 Archive on 4: The Mind in the Media

Author and psychiatric nurse Nathan Filer tells the story of how depictions of mental health problems in the media are often quite far from the truth. Making use of archived news coverage alongside examples from drama, he deconstructs the many ways they fail to reflect real life, and assesses the impact this dissonance might have on the way the public treats people with mental disorders. Includes contributions by Alastair Campbell, Jenni Regan and Ramsey Campbell. Producer Polly Weston (R)

9.00 The Moral Maze

5/8. Michael Buerk is joined by Mona Siddiqui, Tim Stanley, Inaya Folarin Iman and Carmody Grey. Repeated from Wednesday 10.00 News

10.15 The Food Programme Food in Children’s Literature. Narnian Turkish Delight and Enid Blyton’s picnics are among the many celebrated depictions of food in children’s literature. What makes these moments so special? Presenter Sheila Dillon is joined by bestselling children’s authors Katherine Rundell, Michael Rosen and Sue Hendra to discuss. And the programme’s presenters gather at a bookshop to consider their favourite food books of the year. Repeated from yesterday 11.00 Parish Matters

3/4. Bring Back Hanging? New comedy series written by Michael McCullagh and Phil Taggart, showcasing emerging “all Ireland” talent. Tonight, the parish council considers what to do about a wild crime spree. Is a curfew the answer? And it hotly debates the culprit behind the spate of cat burglaries — could it be the same person responsible for the unfolding hostage situation? Meanwhile, the only cop in town is on the hunt for his missing uniform.

Producer Keith Martin Rptd Friday 10pm Radio 4 Extra 11.30 Brain of Britain

12/17. Russell Davies quizzes contestants from Bath, Reading, Oxfordshire and west London. Repeated from Sunday 12.00 News and Weather 12.15—12.45am Inside The Wasp Factory

Simon Pegg explores Iain Banks’s controversial novelTheWaspFactoryonthe40thanniversary of its publication. With contributions from Irvine Welsh, Professor Katharine Cox, author Ken MacLeod, editor of The Banksoniain Zine David Haddock, and Dr Monica Germana, plus readings by Ian Dunnett Jr. Repeated from Sunday 1.00 as BBC World Service

5.00am 5 Live Boxing

6.00 Saturday Breakfast

ChrisWarburtonandEleanorOldroyd with news and a sports preview.

9.00 Patrick Kielty

11.00 Fighting Talk

Rick Edwards plays judge and jury. 12.00 5 Live Sport

Steve Crossman with sports news, including updates from Leicester City v Chelsea. He’s joined by Alan Shearer, Steph Houghton, Joe Hart and Statman Dave for football discussion, including build-up to today’s 3.00pm Premiere League commentary on Arsenal v Nottingham Forest. Plus updates from across today’s 3pm kick-offs in the Championship, League One, League Two and the Scottish Premiership. And at 5.00 Sports Report,followedat5.30 byPremier League commentary on Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur.

7.30pm 6-0-6

Football phone-in with Robbie Savage and Chris Sutton.

9.00 Stephen Nolan Topical show. 12.00 Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake

Nihal Arthanayake is joined by guests across sport, culture, entertainment and politics. 1.00am Lisa McCormick

5.00am Newsroom 5.30

Unspun World with John Simpson 12.00 News 12.05pm TheForum:thehistory,usesandpersonal valueofjewellery1.00 Newshour2.00 Sportsworld 6.00 The Newsroom 6.30 CHOICE: Amazing Sport Stories: The Worst Betrayal: a boxing champion

SUNDAY Radio

CHOICES

Take Four Books

4.00pm Radio 4

Longtime Radio 4 books programme Open Book has reached the end of its final chapter, its successor a more concept-driven enterprise in which a guest author discusses their own new book and then chooses three other books that have influenced them.

Production switches from London to Glasgow, and a new presenter comes in. James Crawford is a mover and shaker on the Scottish literary scene, having just been appointed chair of the board of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and he’s a non-fiction writer of note, his most recent book — 2023’s Wild History: Journeys into Lost Scotland — having been longlisted for the Highland Book Prize. Crawford’s first guest is fellow Scot Ali Smith (above), who discusses her new novel, Gliff, with Anne Tyler and Tessa Hadley among the writers scheduled to appear in future editons. SIMON O’HAGAN

Private Passions

12 noon Radio 3

Eight Weeks, the title of a new autobiography, refers to the age of its author, Baroness Young of Hornsey, when she was taken into foster care. How Lola Young grew up to become a life peer (in 2004) and hold numerous public appointments — including, in 2020, Chancellor of the University of Nottingham — is one of the most inspiring success stories of our time. The chance to hear it should not be missed. DAVID MCGILLIVRAY

THIS WEEK’S

HIGHLIGHTS See p111 Band Aid at 40

7.00pm Virgin Radio

The story behind the charity single that changed the world.

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1.00pm

BBC Radio 2

88—90.2 FM DAB bbc.co.uk/radio2

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6.00am Good Morning Sunday

The Rev Kate Bottley and Jason Mohammad with faith-related discussion designed to be uplifting. Plusacompatibleplaylistandguests.

9.00 Love Songs with Michael Ball With listeners’ dedications. 11.00 Paddy McGuinness Music, laughs and studio guests.

1.00pm Elaine Paige on Sunday Tunes from West End and Broadway musicals and Hollywood scores. Plus news from the theatre world.

3.00 Sounds of the 70s with Bob Harris

5.00 Rob Beckett

7.00 Tony Blackburn’s Golden Hour

Pop and soul oldies, today including Lionel Richie, the Mary Jane Girls and the Average White Band.

8.00 The Paul Gambaccini

Collection

A nostalgic playlist, including pop anniversaries, mini chart countdowns and US-only hits.

10.00 Radio 2 Unwinds with Angela Griffin

12.00 Phil Williams

3.00am Alternative Sounds of the 90s with Dermot O’Leary

A rock playlist, including the Pixies, Radiohead and Faith No More. And Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie picks a double A-side.

4.00 Owain Wyn Evans

BBC 6 Music

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6.00am Amy Lamé

8.00 Radcliffe and Maconie

A Stir-up Sunday-themed playlist.

10.00 Cerys Matthews

From the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios, London musician Jack Cheshire performs material from his new album Interloper and a cover of a classic.

1.00pm Guy Garvey

4.00 Iggy Pop Personal picks, today including Patti Smith, the Bug Club, Berwyn, Warmduscher and the Will Gregory Moog Ensemble.

6.00 Now Playing @6Music

Interactive show with Tom Robinson, who is joined by Bryan Ferry following the recent release of his five-CD career retrospective.

8.00 Stuart Maconie’s Freak Zone

Experimental and out-there music.

10.00 Dream Time WithZakiaSewell.

12.00 Guy Garvey’s Finest Hour

3.00am Jukebox

4.00 The BBC Introducing Mixtape

5.00 Chris Hawkins

Boom Radio

DAB+ boomradio.co.uk

6.00am Dave Jamieson 8.00 Rod

Whiting 10.00 Rob Jones 12.00 Vintage Charts of 1966 and 1979

2.00pm Simon Bates 4.00 Les Ross

6.00 Requests with Paul Robey

8.00 TheEasyHour9.00 LeapyLee’s Choices: personal picks from the Little Arrows singer, now 85 Rptd Thu 9pm 10.00 Bill Bingham 12.00 Night Music

6.30am Breakfast With Tom McKinney. 9.00 Sunday Morning

With Sarah Walker, this week presenting lyrical melodies from Schubert, Mozart and Grieg, wintry Tchaikovsky, a smoky and sensual tango by Astor Piazzolla, a traditional Norwegian song, new music from harpist Catrin Finch with Irish fiddle player Aoife Ni Bhriain, and, in a playlist designed to be uplifting, works by Bach, Brahms and Borodin. 12.00 Private Passions

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Michael Berkeley welcomes Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey, who grew up in care and worked first for the Gas Board, then as a social worker and as an actor on stage and TV. In her early 30s she studied for a degree, leading to a PhD, academic posts and eventually a professorship in cultural studies at Middlesex University. She entered the House of Lords as a crossbench peer in 2004, since when she has campaigned for change in areas such as modern slavery and fast fashion. Recently she wrote a memoir, Eight Weeks. Her music picks included Puccini, Ravel, Philip Glass and Errolyn Wallen.

1.30pm Music Map

SaraMohr-PietschexploresBenjaminBritten’schoral work Hymn to St. Cecilia and its links to other works.

3.00 Choral Evensong

From Salisbury Cathedral, with music by Harris, Howells, Bairstow and William Lloyd Webber. Introit: Behold, the Tabernacle of God (Harris). Responses: Smith.Psalm104(Goss,Russell,Turle,Attwood).First Lesson: Zechariah 8, vv1—13. Canticles: Westminster Service (Howells). Second Lesson: Mark 13, vv3—8. Anthem: Blessed City, Heavenly Salem (Bairstow). Voluntary: Rhapsody No 1 in D flat (Howells). Repeated from Wednesday 4.00 Jazz Record Requests With Alyn Shipton.

5.00 The Early Music Show

Hannah French explores the lives and music of two 18th-century German princess composers, both related to Frederick the Great and both called Anna Amalia. First broadcast March 2021. (R) 6.00 Words and Music

In the wake of the autumnal mushroom season, Ayesha Dharker and Youssef Kerkour read from works relating to fungi, from a failed marriage proposal during a foraging trip in Anna Karenina to a Madhur Jaffrey curry, from the psychedelic experiments of Timothy Leary to Sylvia Plath. Music includes Anna von Hausswolff’s Theatre of Nature and excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, which accompanies dancing mushrooms in Disney’s Fantasia. Plus psychedelia-era recordings by Jefferson Airplane and Pink Floyd. From 2021. (R)

7.15 Sunday Feature: Wolf Hall — the Composer’s Story

London-born composer Debbie Wiseman tells the story of her work on Wolf Hall: the Mirror and the Light — the new BBC1 six-part adaptation of the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s historical trilogy. Wiseman has allowed Radio 3 to record every part of the process—fromtheveryfirstexperimentswithphrases

andthemesinherhomestudiotodiscussions with seriesdirectorPeterKosminskyin“spottingsessions” to match music and pictures. Along the way she has developed specific, subtle themes for the main characters, plus providing a score that reflects the mood of each scene as well as the inner turmoils of Thomas Cromwell himself. The programme also follows Wiseman as she conducts her small orchestra. Contributors include actor and musician Damian Lewis (Henry VIII) and early music specialist Claire van Kampen, who oversees the in-vision music at the Tudor Court.

Producer Victoria Ferran See 9pm BBC1

8.00 Drama on 3: Venice Preserved

Adaptation by Gaynor Macfarlane of the 1682 thriller by Restoration dramatist Thomas Otway, who died in poverty in 1652, at 33. In a tale of sex, politics and betrayal, the government of Venice is corrupt and self-serving. As rebels prepare for revolution, one of them is caught between love and ideology. First broadcast December 2022.

Jaffier Sandy Grierson

Pierre Paul Adeyefa

Belvidera Anna Russell-Martin

Priuli Michael Nardone

Aquilina Maggie Service

Director Gaynor Macfarlane (R) 9.30 Compline

A reflective service of night prayer for the Feast of ChristtheKing,fromtheChapelofPembrokeCollege, Cambridge. Introit: Hear Us in Heaven (Anna Thorvaldsdottir). Preces (Plainsong). Psalm 4 (Plainsong). Reading: Revelation 1, vv4b—8. Responsory: Into Thy Hands, O Lord (Plainsong). Canticle: Nunc dimittis (Pawel Lukaszewski). Lord’s Prayer (Lucy Walker). Collect: Lighten Our Darkness (Lucy Walker). Anthem: O nata lux (Kethaki Prathivadi). Conductror Anna Lapwood. 10.00 Night Tracks With Sara Mohr-Pietsch. (R) 11.30 Unclassified With Elizabeth Alker. (R) 12.30am Through the Night With Jonathan Swain, starting with performances from May 2022 in Thun, Switzerland, as part of the Gaia Music Festival. L Mozart/WA Mozart Minuets (Nannerl Notenbuch) (selection) FXW Mozart Songs WA Mozart Abendempfindung an Laura, K523; Duo in G, K423; Per questa bella mano, KV612 Smetana Pensée fugitive in D minor; Souvenir de Bohême en forme de polka, Op 13 No 1 Smetanova Kolarova Polka Smetana Piano Trio in G minor, Op 15 Wolf Matthias Friedrich (baritone), Clémence de Forceville, Gwendolyn Masin, Kirill Troussov (violins), Markus Fleck, Martin Moriarty (violas), Flurin Cuon (cello), Lars Olaf Schaper (double bass), Vera Kooper, Alexandra Troussova (pianos) 1.58 Beethoven String Quartet in C, Op 59 No 3 (Rasumovsky) 2.31 Liehmann Mass No 1 in D minor 3.12 Escher Arcana Suite 3.35 Mendelssohn Overture: Ruy Blas 3.43 Popper Concert Polonaise, Op 14 3.50 Pejacevic Mädchengestalten, Op 42 4.00 Donizetti Wind Sinfonia in G minor 4.07 Wagner Siegfrieds Trauermarsch (Götterdämmerung) 4.14 Liszt Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Années de pèlerinage, année 2: Italie, S161) 4.22 Telemann Trietto No 2 in D, TWV42:D2 4.31 Suppé Overture: Leichte Kavallerie 4.39 Brahms Rhapsody in B minor, Op 79 No 1 4.48 Bernat Vivancos Salve d’ecos 4.58 Fritsch Paduan and two galliards (Primitiae musicales) 5.06 Lithander Divertimento No 1 5.15 Ferrabosco Pavan and Fantasie 5.22 Ravel Piano Trio in A minor 5.47 Rameau Pièces de clavecin 6.03 Schumann Symphony No 4 in D minor (R)

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Antonio Stuart McQuarrie Bedamar Anne Lacey Spinosa/Duke Nalini Chetty Renault Cal MacAninch

5.30am News Briefing

5.43 Bells on Sunday

The morning bells from the parish church of All Saints in Ashbocking, Suffolk.

5.45 In Touch With Peter White. Rptd from Tue 6.00 News Summary

6.05 Surrealism Remixed

2/3. Transformations. Russell Tovey highlightstheworkofthewomenofSurrealism, who used their art as a new way to fight the oppressive sexism they encountered.

Producers Eliane Glaser and Melissa FitzGerald (R)

6.35 On Your Farm

BBC Food & Farming Awards finalist: Trout Aquaponics at the Burnt Hill Herb Co

Charlotte Smith and Lucy Speed visit the second finalist in the BBC Food and Farming Awards, a trout farm where the water the fish swim in is used for growing tomatoes.

Producer Heather Simons

7.00 News; Sunday Papers

7.10 Sunday Religious and ethical issues.

7.54 The Radio 4 Appeal

Monty Don presents an appeal on behalf of Bees for Development.

Producer Katy Takatsuki Rptd 9.25pm and Thu 3.27pm

Donations: Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal, marked Bees for Development on the back of the envelope; Credit/debit cards:Freephone08004048144;onlineviatheR4website

8.00 News; Sunday Papers

8.10 Sunday Worship

Marking the American celebration of Thanksgiving — the 400th anniversary of the founding of New York — a service of Choral Matins from St Thomas’s Church, Fifth Avenue, New York.

8.48 A Point of View

A reflection on a topical issue. Rptd from Friday 8.58 Tweet of the Day Tolga Aktas on the wren.

9.00 Broadcasting House

Presented by Paddy O’Connell.

10.00 Desert Island Discs

Judge Brenda Hale — Baroness Hale of Richmond — is Lauren Laverne’s castaway.

Producer Paula McGinley Repeated Friday 9am (R)

10.45 Uncharted with Hannah Fry

2/3. The Hockey Stick. Hannah tells the story of the scientists who scaled mountains and braved oceans in search of evidence to prove Michael Mann’s “Hockey Stick”. Producer Ilan Goodman Series producer Lauren Armstrong Carter (R)

6.00am Desert Island Discs Revisited as 5pm 6.45 David Attenborough’s Life Stories

7.00 Poetry Extra as 6pm

7.30 Bessie Smith as 12.30pm

8.40 Inheritance Tracks as 7.40pm

8.50 A Raging Calm as 7.50pm 10.00 Beyond Our Ken as 9pm 10.30 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket as 9.30pm 11.00 Desert Island Discs Revisited as 5pm 11.45 David Attenborough’s Life Stories

12.00 Poetry Extra as 6pm

12.30pm Bessie Smith Jackie Kay’s 1997 book combining biography, fiction, music and memoir to paint a portrait of the tempestuous life of Jazz Age superstar Bessie Smith (1894—1937), a black girl adopted by white parents who later would be crowned “Empress of the Blues. Abridged by Rosemary Goring. Read by the author (1—5/5

1.40 Inheritance Tracks as 7.40pm

1.50 A Raging Calm as 7.50pm

3.00 Beyond Our Ken as 9pm

3.30 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket as 9.30pm

4.00 The Man in Black Mark Gatiss introduces chilling tales. Ewan Bailey stars in Nicholas Pierpan’s The Printed Name. From 2011

4.30 Weird Tales Lynn Ferguson’s supernatural story Split the Atom. With Derek Riddell. From 2010

11.00 The Archers

Omnibus edition. Available on BBC Sounds since midnight yesterday. For cast see Friday

12.15pm Profile Repeated from yesterday 7pm

12.30 Paul Sinha’s Perfect Pub Quiz 4/6. Bradford: a Load of Bulls. Paul tests a Bradford audience with a series of bull-themed quiz questions. He also looks back at people and things from 1974, such as that year’s biggest sporting over-achiever. Rptd from Monday Rptd tomorrow 10pm Radio 4 Extra 1.00 The World This Weekend Presented by Jonny Dymond.

1.30 Inheriting The Earth

Charlotte Smith explores the thinking behind Labour’s 2024 budget and asks why farmers are so cross about it. Is this the death knell for the family farm, as the NFU claims? Or is this a long overdue intervention to end decades of wealthy people investing in farmland to avoid paying inheritance tax?

Producer Beatrice Fenton Repeated tomorrow 4pm

2.00 Gardeners’ Question Time

Peter Gibbs hosts a postbag edition recorded at Regent’s Park in central London, with a panel of Ashley Edwards, Matthew Pottage and Pippa Greenwood. Repeated from Friday

2.45 Opening Lines

John Yorke unpacks the themes behind Richard Ford’s The Lay of the Land, the third book in the Frank Bascombe series.

Producer Jack Soper; Exec producer Caroline Raphael

3.00 Frank Bascombe: an American Life: The Lay of the Land

3/4. Robin Brooks’s dramatisations of Richard Ford’s novels. Thanksgiving 2000 finds Frank Bascombe facing the outcome of his second wife leaving him and a diagnosis of cancer.

Frank Bascombe Kyle Soller

Paul Christopher Buckley

Det Marinara Eric Stroud

Ann

Kelly Burke

Cookie/Jill Lily Anne Lefkow Thom/Paramedic

Robert Mountford

Officer Greggs Amelia Parillon

Clarissa Hannah Genesius

Sally Melody Grove

Nick Feenster

Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong

Producer/Director Fiona McAlpine

4.00 Take Four Books

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James Crawford hosts Radio 4’s new Glasgow-based books programme.

Producer Dominic Howel

4.30 Brain of Britain

13/17. Russell Davies hosts the first semi-final, with contestants from south-east London, Staffordshire, Market Harborough and Chichester. Producer Paul Bajoria Rptd Sat 11.30pm

5.00 Witness History

Vicky Farncombe hears a story about South Africa’s “Immorality Act” and the 1969 trial of a white man and an Indian woman, charged with conspiring to have sex.

First broadcast on BBC World Service

5.00 Desert Island Discs Revisited A 2020 edition with writer Anne Enright

5.45 David Attenborough’s Life Stories

6.00 Poetry Extra With Daljit Nagra, including archive featuring Stevie Smith (1902—71).

Plus a tribute to New Zealand poet Fleur Adcock, who died in October, aged 90

6.30 Bessie Smith as 12.30pm

7.40 Inheritance Tracks Former chart superstar Adam Ant (born Stuart Goddard) discusses records by Adam Faith and T Rex. From 2015

7.50 A Raging Calm Dramatisation by Diana Griffiths of Stan Barstow’s gritty Yorkshire-set 1968 novel. Andrea meets Philip, a married man. Tenderness, not lust, might be the real enemy. With Deborah McAndrew, Robert Glenister, David Calder and others. From 2002 (6—10/10)

9.00 Beyond Our Ken A 1958 episode of Eric Merriman’s classic sketch-and-song comedy

9.30 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket George Logan and Patrick Fyffe star as Dame Hilda Bracket and her lifelong companion Dr Evadne Hinge. Comedy from 1978 (9/13)

10.00—12.00 Comedy Club: Revolting People (1/6), at 10.30 1966 and All That (2/4), at 11.00 Life with Lederer (2/5), at 11.15 Where to, Mate? (2/4), at 11.30 Delve Special (1/4)

12.00 as 4pm 12.30am as 4.30pm 1.00 as 5pm 1.45 as 5.45pm 2.00 as 6pm 2.30 as 6.30pm 3.40 as 7.40pm 3.50 as 7.50pm 5.00 as 9pm 5.30 as 9.30pm

5.10 Complex

3/3. Hospice. Nora spends time at her local children’s hospice, a place of respite and joy as well as grief, and a crucial lifeline for the family. Hospices rely on public donations for almost two thirds of their income. Is it right that a service that is absolutely essential for families like Nora’s is dependent on bake sales and fun runs to deliver its services?

Producer Redzi Bernard

Executive producers Alan Hall and Rachel Hooper (R)

6.00 Six o’Clock News

6.15 Pick of the Week

Kathy Clugston presents a selection of highlights of the past seven days’ BBC radio programmes. Producer Anthony McKee 7.00 The Archers

4Jakob finds himself on the spot, and some new arrivals cause chaos in Ambridge. This week’s episodes have stories connected to the BBC’s Scam Safe week. For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow 2pm Ambridge Diary: page 111

7.15 Dark Crossing

A thriller set on a transatlantic sailing voyage. A keen amateur sailor in his sixties signs up to join the crew of three. But as the skipper turns to tyranny and his only ally on board loses touch with reality, he is faced with his own demons.

7.45 Just One Thing with Michael Mosley Michael speaks to Professor Hirofumi Tanaka from the University of Texas about how swimming can benefit the body.

Producer Nija Dalal-Small (R)

8.00 Feedback

5/11. With Andrea Catherwood. Rptd from Thu 8.30 Last Word

Celebrating the lives of notable people who have recently died. Repeated from Friday 9.00 Money Box Repeatedfromyesterday12.04pm

9.25 The Radio 4 Appeal Rptd from 7.54am

9.30 From Our Own Correspondent Repeated from yesterday 11.30am

10.00 The Westminster Hour 11.00 In Our Time

10/16. The Italian post-modernist writer Italo Calvino (1925—1985) is today’s topic, with Melvyn Bragg. Repeated from Thursday 11.45 Short Works

Wendy Seager reads Martinmas Wind by Zoe Strachan, a story set at the time of year when past and present mingle. Repeated from Friday 12.00 News and Weather

12.15—12.45am A Square Gogh George MacDermott meets Ross Muir, a self-taught artist who has struggled with drug addiction. Producer Mark Rickards (R) 1.00 as BBC World Service

5.00am 5 Live Science

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientistteamwiththelatestscience.

5.45 5 Live Formula One

TheLasVegasGrandPrix(start6.00). 8.00 Sunday Breakfast WithChris Warburton and Eleanor Oldroyd. 10.00 Colin Murray

Topical and sports chat, with guests. 12.00 5 Live Sport

Steve Crossman with sports news and studio guests Nedum Onuoha, Julien Laurens and Ellen White for build-uptothe2.00 PremierLeague commentary on Southampton v Liverpool. From 4.00 there’s build-uptothe4.30 commentaryon Ipswich Town v Manchester United. 6.30pm 6-0-6

WithRobbieSavageandChrisSutton. 8.00 Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake

Two episodes of the podcast, with guestsfromsport,cultureandpolitics. 10.00 Stephen Nolan 1.00am Dotun Adebayo

BBC 5 Sports Extra

5.00am Cricket Continued thirdday coverage of Australia v India in theFirstTestinPerth(until10.20am). 1.00pm Rugby Union Autumn Internationals Scotland v Australia (until 3.45), followed by England v Japan (until 6.30). 9.00—1.00am 5 Live NFL A match from North America. 2.00 Cricket Australia v India in the First Test, day four (until 10.30am).

5.00am The Newsroom 5.30 The Documentary: Faith on the Fly — the Airport Chaplains 6.00 Weekend 9.00 News 9.05 From Our Own Correspondent 9.30 The Food Chain 10.00 News 10.05 People Fixing the World: a special waste collector that’s being built in the UK 10.30 The Fifth Floor 11.00 The Newsroom 11.30 The Global Jigsaw: life in three different cities since the start of Yemen’s civil war ten years ago 11.50 More or Less 12.00 News 12.05pm The Conflict: Middle East: what history reveals about the conflict in the Middle East Revised repeat from R4 1.00 Newshour 2.00 News 2.05 The Climate Question: Graihagh Jackson and guests discuss the COP meeting in Azerbaijan 2.30 Happy News 3.00 News 3.05 Sportsworld 7.00 The Newsroom 7.30 The Documentary:EyeInvestigations8.00 News8.05 Unexpected Elements 9.00 Newshour 10.00 The Newsroom10.30 TheFifthFloor11.00 News11.05 The Climate Question 11.30 Pick

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The Essay: Tin Pan Alleys

9.45pm Radio 3

We associate Tin Pan Alley with the original, in New York. But there are Tin Pan Alleys right across the urban world — places like Beijing’s own such thoroughfare, where this fascinating series, which feels not a million miles from From Our Own Correspondent, begins tonight with Stephen McDonell finding that Xinjiekou Street is home to no fewer than 55 shops selling musical instruments. Changing tastes make it a precarious business, but one shopkeeper’s insistence that buying an instrument online can’t compare with actually trying it out in person suggests that such outlets will always have a future. Istanbul, Tokyo, Madrid and Bali are the other destinations. SIMON O’HAGAN

County Lines

11.00am Radio 4

We are often told of the traumatic impact that Britain’s county lines crisis has on children. But the practice, which sees kids as young as 13 groomed by gangs to deal drugs hundreds of miles from home, also has a devastating effect on families, who can feel powerless to intervene. In the first episode of this sobering documentary, parents and siblings recall how their loved ones have been caught in criminal webs, the overnight changes that saw them become violent and withdrawn, and in some cases the years it has taken to free them from the trap they find themselves in.

TOM GOULDING

THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS See p111

Five Ways They Get You

11.45am Radio 4

Staying safe from cyber fraud.

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7.00am Sam and Danni 10.30 Rickie, Melvin and Charlie 1.00pm Matt and Mollie 3.30 Vick, Katie and Jamie

6.00 New Music Show 8.00 Future

Artists 10.00 Power Down Playlist

11.00 Daniel P Carter 1.00am BBC

IntroducingRock2.00 Anthems4.00 Pop Anthems 5.00 Dean McCullough

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6.30am Zoe Ball

Zoe kicks off the Christmas season with her first play of a festive record. To mark today’s 40th anniversary of the recording of Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas?, she talks to those who have been associated with the project across the years. Thedocumentary Do They Know It’s Christmas? - the Song That Changed the World — to be broadcast on Saturday on Radio 2 — is available fromtodayonBBCSounds. See12noon

9.30 Vernon Kay

Including at 11.40 Tracks of My Years, this week featuring ten picks from Joan Armatrading. She starts with the Police and Supertramp.

12.00 Jeremy Vine

Topical discussion, including a 40thanniversary spotlight on Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas?, with a look at the charity single’s legacy. See feature: page 12

2.00pm Scott Mills

4.00 Sara Cox

7.00 Jo Whiley

JoinvitesDavidEvans(betterknown as U2 guitarist The Edge) to co-host the show, marking last Friday’s 20th anniversaryoftheband’salbumHow to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

9.00 The Blues Show with Cerys Matthews With guest Nick Lowe.

10.00 Trevor Nelson’s Rhythm Nation

12.00 OJ Borg

3.00am Pick of the Pops 1992. (R) 4.00 Owain Wyn Evans

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7.30am Nick Grimshaw

10.30 Mary Anne Hobbs

1.00pm Craig Charles

4.00 Steve Lamacq’s Teatime Session

7.00 New Music Fix Daily First in a week of Belfast broadcasts featuring Northern Ireland’s emerging talent, with Tom Ravenscroft and Deb Grant livefromBBCRadioUlster’sstudiosover the next three days, today with live sets from electronic duo Bicep and hip-hop trioKneecap.PlusarecordedSOAKset. 9.00 Riley and Coe WithKingCreosote. 11.00 The First Time with... 1/4. Matt Everitt chats to musicians. 12.00 Massive Attack at the BBC Archive material kicks off five hours devoted to Bristol trip-hop collective Massive Attack, 36 years after forming. At 1.00 Massive Attack Live, at 2.00 Sounds of a City: Bristol, at 3.00 The First Time with..., and at 4.00 The Massive Attack Playlist 5.00 Chris Hawkins Boom Radio

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6.00am Andy Marriott 7.30 Graham Dene 10.00 David Lloyd 12.00 David Hamilton 2.00pm Roger Day 4.00 Nicky Horne 6.00 Jane Markham

8.00 The Easy Hour 9.00 David

Hamilton 10.00 Diana Luke 12.00 Derek Webster 2.00am Night Music

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6.30am Breakfast With Petroc Trelawny. 9.30 Essential Classics With Ian Skelly. 1.00pm Classical Live

With Linton Stephens, this week featuring BBC orchestras with music by Mozart and Haydn and highlights of recitals given earlier this year by Russian born American pianist Kirill Gerstein (and friends) as part of an artistic residency at LSO St Luke’s in London. Gerstein features in Radio 3 evening concerts today and tomorrow. And throughout the week there’s a chance to hear a concert in Leipzig from September. But to start, from 1.00,the weekly lunchtime recital broadcast live from Wigmore Hall in London, with Andrew McGregor introducing the Atos Trio in music by Brahms and Bonis.

Brahms Piano Trio No 1 in B, Op 8 (1854 version) Bonis Soir, matin, Op 76

2.00 Mozart Ave verum corpus, K618 MDRRadioChorus,Leipzig,conductorPhilippAhmann Mozart Symphony No 29 in A, K201 Ulster Orchestra, conductor Karem Hasan Debussy Six épigraphes antiques; Pièce pour le vêtement du blessé; Berceuse héroïque; Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maisons; Les soirs illuminés par l’ardeur du charbon Ruzan Mantashyan (soprano), Katia Skanavi (piano), Kirill Gerstein (piano)

3.00 Haydn Symphony No 103 in E flat (Drumroll) BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sakari Oramo

4.00 Composer of the Week: Giacomo Puccini (1858—1924)

1/5. Success at Last. A perfectionist and an often unreasonable taskmaster, Puccini agonised over each of his operas. This week, Donald Macleod follows the off- and on-stage dramas of several of them. After the failure of his second opera, Edgar, the young composer really needed a hit, and although he struggled to write the next one, Manon Lescaut, this ultimately paid off. The stories on stage are interleaved with events in his personal life, from an early scandal over his affair with a married woman and some very dodgy business dealings, to the suicide of one of his servants, which induced a deep depression and which haunted Puccini for the rest of his life. (R)

Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut, Act 1)

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Rome Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra, director Antonio Pappano

Angiol di dio (Le villi, Act 1)

Guglielmo

Brian Mulligan (baritone)

Anna Ermonela Jaho (soprano)

Roberto Arsen Soghomonyan (tenor)

Opera Rara Chorus, LPO, conductor Mark Elder

Credo (Messa di gloria)

Roberto Alagna (tenor), London Symphony

Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Antonio Pappano

Crisantemi Navarra Quartet

Manon Lescaut, Acts 2 and 4 (excerpts)

Manon

Lescaut

Des Grieux

Mirella Freni (soprano)

Renato Bruson (baritone)

Plácido Domingo (tenor)

Philharmonia Orchestra/Giuseppe Sinopoli (R)

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6.00am The Everyday Hustle 6.30 Desi Dancefloor Mix 7.00 Nikita Kanda 10.00 Certified 11.00 Haroon Rashid 1.00pm Bollywood 2.00 Certified Throwbacks 3.00 AnkurDesai6.00 BobbyFriction8.00 Motivation 10.00 Chill 11.00 Asian Network News Presents 12.00 Shades On Mix 1.00am Bobby Friction 3.00 Fresh 4.00 Bollywood 5.00 Global Beats

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6.00am Dave Berry: lively chat, guests and tunes, with Dave joined by Matt Dyson 10.00 Leona Graham 1.00pm BenBurrell4.00 BushandRichie7.00 Danielle Perry 10.00 Jay Lawrence 1.00am Dan Noble

RT OFFER Puccini The Edition (23 CDs) — a new box set including ten operas, the Messa di gloria and illustrious recitals, with conductors John Barbirolli, Bruno Bartoletti, Vincenzo Bellezza, James Conlon, Alain Lombard, Antonio Pappano, Georges Prêtre, Lovro von Matacic, Gabriele Santini, Claudio Scimone and Tullio Serafin — is available for £64.95 incl p&p. Call 0115 982 7500 quoting ref 2173240383 or visit radiotimes.com/cds 5.00 In Tune

With Sean Rafferty, today featuring performances from violinist Alena Baeva — ahead of concerts with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra — and members of music and theatre company the Telling with music from their new show What the Dickens? 7.00 Classical Mixtape A nonstop playlist. (R) 7.30 Radio 3 in Concert

In a concert recorded at the Barbican in London, Martin Handley introduces the BBC Symphony Orchestra, with Russian-American pianist Kirill Gerstein, who features all this week on Classical Live (1pm) and in tomorrow’s evening concert. Kirill Gerstein (piano), BBC Symphony Chorus (lower voices), BBC SO, conductor Sakari Oramo Bacewicz Symphony No 2

Busoni Piano Concerto in C, Op 39

9.45 The Essay: Tin Pan Alleys

41/5. China’s Tin Pan Alley: Xinjiekou Street in Beijing. Tin Pan Alley denotes an urban concentration of music shops where musicians gather. London’s equivalent is Denmark Street, just off Charing Cross Road. But the original was between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in Manhattan, where in the late 19th century music publishers set up shop, attracting songwriters and musicians. In this series, BBC correspondents explore the Tin Pan Alleys of their towns, talking to shopkeepers and to musicians. First stop is Beijing, with Stephen McDonell visiting Xinjiekou Street, where shops sell traditional Chinese instruments such as the erhu, the pipa and the guzheng.

10.00 Night Tracks With Sara Mohr-Pietsch. 11.30 ’Round Midnight

Soweto Kinch showcases the full spectrum of jazz. For the next four evenings, in the Flowers feature, trumpeterandKokorokobandleaderSheilaMauriceGrey discusses — one per day — four influences. 12.30am Through the Night

With Jonathan Swain, who begins with a sequence of Mozart’s last three symphonies performed in Warsaw by Michal Klauza and the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Mozart Symphonies: No 39 in E flat, K543; No 40 in G minor, K550; No 41 in C, K551 (Jupiter) Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Michal Klauza 2.00 Mozart String Quartet No 19 in C, K465 (Dissonance) 2.31 Bach Cantata No 21: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis 3.08 Beethoven Violin Sonata No 6 in A, Op 30 No 1 3.31 Puccini Crisantemi 3.37 D Scarlatti Sonata in C, Kk86 3.45 Martucci Notturno, Op 70 No 1 3.52 Debussy Cello Sonata in D minor 4.03 Langgaard Rose Garden Songs 4.14 Fauré Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op 74 4.22 Ravel Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs) 4.31 Vivaldi Violin Concerto in C, RV178 4.40 Szymanowski Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor 4.48 Buxtehude Ad pectus (Membra Jesu nostri) 4.58 Enescu Conzertstück for viola and piano 5.07 Sorkocevic, arr Matusic Symphony No 3 in D 5.14 Ebner Woodwind Trio in B flat 5.22 Mendelssohn Piano Sonata in E, Op 6 5.46 Larsson Songs of the Naked Trees, Op 7 6.02 Brahms Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op 24

clues, connected by a place, person or object — and, after 9.00, the Classic FM Hall of Fame Hour, featuring music from the current Top 300 chart. 10.00 Alexander Armstrong Classical favourites. 1.00pm Joanna Gosling With an hour of requests from 1.00pm and,

10.00 Calm Classics Ritula Shah with a soothing playlist tailored for late-night listening. 1.00am Bill Overton 4.00 Lucy Coward

7.00am Charles Nove: music, a look at the newspapers and features 10.00 Penny Smith 1.00pm More Music Afternoon 7.00 Mindfulness Music 1.00am Choral Focus 4.00 Pop Classics 5.00 In the Park

5.30am News Briefing

5.43 Prayer for the Day With Muslim academic Dr Yahya Barry.

5.45 Farming Today

6.00 Today With Emma Barnett and Amol Rajan.

6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News

7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev David Walker.

9.00 Start the Week

11/16. The High Street. Historian Annie Gray, urban planner Vicky Payne and food writer Angela Hui explore the changing face of the high street, with Adam Rutherford. Producer Katy Hickman Repeated 9pm

9.45 Café Hope

11/11. Radio 4’s virtual coffee shop where guests pop in and tell Rachel Burden what they’re doing to make things better in big and small ways. Repeated 9.45pm 10.00 Woman’s Hour

With Nuala McGovern. Editor Karen Dalziel

11.00 County Lines

4New series. 1/3. Their World. An investigation into Britain’s county lines crisis, where criminal gangs systematically groom and exploit young people to traffic drugs across the country. In the first episode, those caught in the web of county lines talk about their experiences. Through their stories, we uncover how sophisticated criminal networks have industrialised child exploitation, using everything from social media to school playgrounds to recruit their next victims. Producer Redzi Bernard 11.45 Five Ways They Get You

4New series. 1/5. Shari Vahl reveals the best ways to protect yourself from fraud as part of the BBC’s Scam Safe week. She begins with the story of Kirsty, who falls victim to a romance fraudster after coming out of a bad relationship.

See choice: p111.

Producer Josephine Casserly Repeated 12.30am 12.04pm You and Yours

As part of the BBC’s Scam Safe initiative, all this week You and Yours is looking at how artificial intelligence is becoming the latest weapon used by criminals to exploit consumers and steal their money. The special programmes will dive into the rapidly evolving tactics of cybercrime, revealing how AI is shaping the future of fraud.

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6.00am Lady in a Fog as 5pm 6.30 Battle for Inspector West as 5.30pm 7.00 Like They’ve Never Been Gone Sitcom

7.30 The Navy Lark 1970 sitcom

8.00 North by Northamptonshire Sitcom

8.30 The Secret Guests as 1.30pm

8.45 Fifteen Dogs as 7.45pm

9.00 Yesterday in Parliament Political update

9.30 Technicolour TraceyLoganexploresaspects of colour, including its impact on mood (1/5)

9.45 Daily Service LedbyJayHulme.Ephesians1, vv15—23. Rejoice, the Lord Is King (Choir of Westminster Abbey); Never Lost (Warehouse Worship); Name of All Majesty (All Souls Orchestra)

10.00 Sounds Natural as 4pm

10.30 Arthur Russell: Vanished into Music

11.00 Lady in a Fog as 5pm

11.30 Battle for Inspector West as 5.30pm

12.00 Like They’ve Never Been Gone Sitcom

12.30pm The Navy Lark 1970 sitcom

1.00 North by Northamptonshire Sitcom

1.30 The Secret Guests Adaptation of the 2020 mystery adventure novel by BW Black. Abridged by Neville Teller. From 2020 (1/10)

1.45 Fifteen Dogs as 7.45pm

2.00 Just a Minute Panel game (3/12)

2.30 Street and Lane Comedy (4/4)

3.00 Resurrection ofLeoTolstoy’sfinalnovel(1/2)

4.00 Sounds Natural With Bill Oddie in1973

1.00 The World at One

Presented by Sarah Montague.

1.45 Orbital

1/5. Another chance to hear Radio 4’s reading — from the beginning of the year — of Samantha Harvey’s novel Orbital, which this month won the 2024 Booker Prize. The story is set across 24 hours on the international space station, from where six astronauts contemplate the Earth as continents and oceans pass beneath them. Abridged by Sara Davies and read by Anneika Rose, with music by Timothy X Atack.

Producers Mary Ward-Lowery and Mair Bosworth (R)

2.00 The Archers

Repeated from yesterday 7pm

2.15 Hennikay

2/4. Grown Up Stuff. By David Spicer. Guy discovers a mysterious woman in his spare bedroom after a drunken Friday night. He tries to set some ground rules with his imaginary friend but Hennikay is unimpressed. All episodes are available on BBC Sounds

Guy Bill Bailey

Tony Dave Lamb Nikita Polly Frame

Lyrissa Tracy-Ann Oberman Harry Paul Panting Hennikay Max Pattison

6.30 Paul Sinha’s Perfect Pub Quiz 5/6. South Norwood: Paul Brings Up His Half Century for Radio 4. Paul celebrates his 50th stand-up show for Radio 4 with questions about anniversaries, 2011, and his home borough of Croydon. In return, his audience test his knowledge of tax years, anagrams and the Crystal Palace.

Producer Ed Morrish Repeated Sunday 12.30pm

7.00 The Archers Jazzer attempts to help, and the collective nightmare continues. For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow 2pm

7.15 Front Row

Samira Ahmed talks to actor Sigourney Weaver as she prepares to make her West End theatrical debut as Prospero in The Tempest — starring alongside her friend of 50 years, British actor Selina Cadell, who she appeared with in BBC TV’s Doc Martin

Producer Ruth Watts

8.00 The Briefing Room

13/16. David Aaronovitch and guests explore an issue behind the news. Rptd from Thursday 8.30 BBC Inside Science

5.00am Wake Up to Money

Financial news, reports and analysis.

6.00 5 Live Breakfast

Rachel Burden and Rick Edwards with a look at the headlines, plus sports news, weather and unique stories from across the UK.

9.00 Nicky Campbell

Topical discussions.

11.00 Naga Munchetty

2.00pm Matt Chorley News and political discussion.

4.00 5 Live Drive

The day’s top news and sport with Tony Livesey and Clare McDonnell.

7.00 5 Live Sport

Producer Liz Anstee (R)

2.45 Bridget Jones’s Diary

9/10. By Helen Fielding. Bridget plans a dinner party and receives some troubling news about her mother. Abridged by Sara Davies and read by Sally Phillips.

Producers Mair Bosworth and Mary Ward-Lowery (R)

3.00 A Good Read

8/9. Ian Blatchford, the director of the Science Museum, and professor of psychology Charles Fernyhough join Harriett Gilbert. The books they discuss are: Tokyo Express by Seicho Matsumoto; The Letters of Abelard and Heloise; and Soldiers of Salamis by Javier Cercas. Producer Eliza Lomas

3.30 Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley

9/10. Ann Mary Provis: Art Hoaxer

Lucy is at the Royal Academy investigating the story of Ann Mary Provis, a young artist in Georgian London who has the leading painters of her day eating out of her hand with her claims to have cracked the formula for artistic genius. With contributions from Rebecca Salter, the current president of the Royal Academy, and historian Dr Jacqueline Riding. All episodes are available on BBC Sounds. Producer Jane Greenwood

4.00 Inheriting The Earth Repeated from yesterday 1.30pm

4.30 The Kitchen Cabinet Repeated from Saturday 10.30am

5.00 PM Presented by Evan Davis.

6.00 Six o’Clock News

4.30 Arthur Russell: Vanished into Music Writer Olivia Laing presents an imaginative portrait of the Iowa-born cellist, songwriter and disco-era experimentalist Arthur Russell, who was a dazzling figure in the creative Lower Manhattan scene of the 1970s — and a frequent collaborator with the likes of Allen Ginsberg and Philip Glass — until his death from Aids in 1992, aged 40. With input from Mustafa Ahmed, Joyce Bowden, Steven Hall and Tom Lee. From 2016

5.00 Lady in a Fog 1958 thriller serial (6/8)

5.30 Battle for Inspector West Dramatisation by Maurice Travers of the 1948 detective novel by John Creasey (1908—73). From 1967 (4/7)

6.00 Like They’ve Never Been Gone Sitcom

6.30 The Navy Lark 1970 sitcom

7.00 North by Northamptonshire Sitcom

7.30 The Secret Guests as 1.30pm

7.45 Fifteen Dogs Dramatisation by Mike Harris of the 2015 novel by André Alexis. From 2020 (1/5)

8.00 Just a Minute Panel game (3/12)

8.30 Street and Lane Comedy (4/4)

9.00 Resurrection as 3pm

10.00—12.00 Comedy Club: Paul Sinha’s

Perfect Pub Quiz (4/6), at 10.30 Ashley Blaker: 6.5 Children (3/4), at 11.00 Dead Ringers (4/4), at 11.30 The Confessional (3/6)

12.00 as 4pm 12.30am as 4.30pm 1.00 as 5pm

1.30 as 5.30pm 2.00 as 6pm 2.30 as 6.30pm

3.00 as 1pm 3.30 as 7.30pm 3.45 as 7.45pm

4.00 as 2pm 4.30 as 2.30pm 5.00 as 3pm

Marnie Chesterton presents the latest scientific research to make the news and how science is evolving to transform culture and affect lives. Repeated from Thursday

9.00 Start the Week Repeated from 9am

9.45 Café Hope Repeated from 9.45am

10.00 The World Tonight Presented by James Coomarasamy.

10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Green and the Black 1/5. Fiona’s Secret. Original fiction serial by Kit de Waal, exploring the changing face of modern Ireland, as told through multiple generations of one family. Fiona confides in her daughter about her early life in London. Read by Derbhle Crotty. Producer Michael Shannon 11.00 Drama: English Rose 3/5. Tending the Wounds. By Helen Cross. Rose has dealt with Randy, the body count is rising and she still has to work out where the dangers lie. Also, she needs something to wear to Maya’s launch. Time to go shopping with the credit card. All episodes are on BBC Sounds. Rose Alexandra Mardell

Maya Miranda Braun Austin Demetri Goritsas

Siobhan Deirdre Mullins

Beatrice Alexandra Hannant

Jason Joseph Tweedale

Mam Jane Thornton

Delphine Yasemin Özdemir Randy Michael Begley

Art guy Mathew Durkan Newsreader Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong Producer Mary Ward-Lowery (R) 11.30 Today in Parliament 12.00 News and Weather 12.30—12.45am Five Ways They Get You Repeated from 11.45am 1.00 as BBC World Service

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5.00am Newsday 8.00 News 8.05 Hardtalk 8.30 Business Daily 8.50 Witness History: the story of our times told by the people who were there 9.00 The Newsroom 9.30 Crowd Science: an investigation into why lifespans vary so much between animal species 10.00 News 10.05 The History Hour 11.00 The Newsroom 11.30 The Global Story 12.00 News 12.05pm Outlook 12.50 Witness History 1.00 The Newsroom 1.30 The Conversation: music scouts Jane Abernethy and Laura Tesoriero discuss what they look for when signing musicians to their labels and how to succeed in the business 2.00 Newshour 3.00 News 3.05 Hardtalk 3.30 World Business Report 4.00 BBC OS 6.00 News 6.05 Outlook 6.50 Witness History 7.00 The Newsroom 7.30 Sport Today 8.05 From Our Own Correspondent 8.30 The Life Scientific: sports scientist Vicky Tolfrey discusses preparing for the Paris Paralympics. First broadcast on Radio 4 9.00 Newshour 10.00 The Newsroom 10.30 World Business Report 11.00 News 11.05 Hardtalk 11.30 The Conversation 12.00 News 12.05am The History Hour 1.00 News 1.05 Business Matters 2.00 The Newsroom 2.30 Assignment 3.00 News 3.05 Outlook 3.50 Witness History 4.00 The Newsroom 4.30 In the Studio

Alistair Bruce-Ball with sports news, debate and features, including at 7.00 The Monday Night Club, in which he’s joined by Chris Sutton, Rory Smith and Theo Walcott to discuss the weekend’s football. Plus updates from Newcastle United v West Ham United. At 9.00 5 Live Cricket featuring a look ahead at the New Zealand v England Test series starting this week, and the England Women’s T20 in South Africa. 10.00 Gordon Smart 1.00am Dotun Adebayo News and topical discussion.

BBC 5 Sports Extra

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5.00am Cricket Australia v India in the First Test from Perth: continued fourth-day

(until 10.30am), and from 2.00am day five coverage (until 10.30am).

6.00am Talksport Breakfast Presented by Jeff Stelling. 10.00 Jim White and Simon Jordan Graeme Souness guests. 1.00pm Hawksbee and Jacobs Sports news, guests and more. 4.00 Talksport Drive With Andy Goldstein and Darren Bent. 7.00 Premier League Football Newcastle United v West Ham United (kick-off 8.00). 10.00

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TUESDAY

TUESDAY Radio

TODAY’S CHOICES

Sphere of Influence

3.30pm Radio 4

Edvard Munch’s The Scream (above) remains a powerfully enigmatic piece of artwork that some call the “modern Mona Lisa.” It even has its own emoji. But what inspired this viscerally unsettling portrait of anxiety and despair framed under a blood-orange sky? Kate Bryan and guests consider the most persuasive of some unexpected possible influences, ranging from late 19th-century Parisian painters to Peruvian mummies, from the German thinker who declared “God is Dead” to the unusual cloud formations that loomed over the Oslo sky when the young Norwegian produced his masterwork. Prepare to be enlightened. JEREMY ASPINALL

Crossing Continents

9.00pm Radio 4

Women living in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan are already subject to draconian rules — no access to education; a male chaperone when outside their homes; head-to-toe clothing in public. But with a new edict forbidding female voices from even being heard outside, there’s a sense that women are being erased. Crossing Continents gives a voice to one young Afghan woman called “Leila” (not her real name) by recording her diary as she navigates this “jail country” with a secret life of dance, exercise and even laughter.

JEREMY ASPINALL

THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS See p111

In the Studio

1.30pm, 11.30pm

BBC World Service

Inside Brian Eno’s creative world.

The Reith Lectures

9.00am Radio 4

Forensic psychiatrist Gwen Adshead is behind the lectern.

BBC Radio 1

97.6—99.8 FM DAB bbc.co.uk/radio1

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7.00am Sam and Danni 10.30 Rickie, Melvin and Charlie 1.00pm Matt and Mollie 3.30 Vick, Katie and Jamie

6.00 New Music Show with Jack Saunders 8.00 Future Artists with Sian Eleri 10.00 Power Down Playlist

11.00 Martha 1.00am Drum ’n’ Bass Mix 2.00 Anthems 4.00 Pop Anthems 5.00 Dean McCullough

BBC Radio 2

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6.30am Zoe Ball

Upbeat show with chat, old and new chart hits, listeners’ calls and texts, features and guests, today with pop-rock band Deacon Blue, nearly 40 years after forming in Glasgow.

9.30 Vernon Kay Music, chat and features, including at 10.30 the Ten to the Top music quiz and at 11.40 Tracks of My Years, with two more picks from Birmingham-raised singer/ songwriterJoanArmatrading,today discussing a UK 1968 number one by the Rolling Stones and a 1971 album track by John Lennon.

12.00 Jeremy Vine

As part of Scam Safe — a special weekofBBCprogrammingdesigned to spotlight what viewers can do to protect themselves and those they love from being scammed — Jeremy highlights the dangers of scams, with input from listeners concerning their experiences.

2.00pm Scott Mills

4.00 Sara Cox

7.00 Jo Whiley

9.00 The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum

10.00 Trevor Nelson’s Rhythm Nation

12.00 OJ Borg

3.00am Pick of the Pops 2/2

MarkGoodierwiththisweekin2002. (R) 4.00 Owain Wyn Evans

BBC 6 Music

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7.30am Nick Grimshaw

10.30 Mary Anne Hobbs

1.00pm Craig Charles

4.00 Huw Stephens

7.00 New Music Fix Daily

Broadcast from Belfast, with Tom RavenscroftandDebGrantshowcasing NorthernIreland’semergingtalentand grassrootsmusicculture.See1amand2am

9.00 Riley and Coe

11.00 The First Time with... 2/4. Matt Everitt invites a singer or musician to discuss favourite tracks.

12.00 6 Music’s Indie Forever (R)

1.00am Sounds of a City: Belfast Collee Murphy celebrates the music of Belfast, with special attention to Van Morrison’s 1968 LP Astral Weeks 2.00 Peel, Punk, Belfast and Beyond How the punk scene of Northern Ireland found an ally in BBC Radio 1 broadcaster John Peel. From 2018. 3.00 Live Hour The Stargazers in concert at the Paris Theatre in London in1982,plussessionsbyDarrenHayman (2014) and Head of David (1987).

4.00 The 6 Music Playlist

5.00 Chris Hawkins Boom Radio

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6.00am Andy Marriott 7.30 Graham

Dene 10.00 David Lloyd 12.00 David Hamilton 2.00pm Roger Day 4.00 Nicky Horne 6.00 Jane Markham

8.00 The Easy Hour 9.00 Million

Sellers 10.00 Diana Luke 12.00 Derek Webster 2.00am Night Music

BBC Radio 3

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News and weather as Monday

6.30am Breakfast

Petroc Trelawny with arts news, the headlines, texts and music, including works linked to anniversaries, the Bach before 7 feature and listeners’ requests. 9.30 Essential Classics With Ian Skelly. 1.00pm Classical Live Linton Stephens with a playlist that includes more MozartandHaydninspeciallyrecordedperformances by BBC orchestras. He starts with further highlights of pianist Kirill Gerstein’s recent residency at LSO St Luke’s London, today featuring Chopin, Brad Mehldau and Fauré from mid-July. Gerstein also features in this evening’s concert (7.30pm). Chopin Polonaise-fantaisie, Op 61 Brad Mehldau Nocturne (Après Fauré)

Fauré Nocturne No 13 in B minor Op 119 Kirill Gerstein (piano)

Haydn Te Deum in C, H XXIIIc 2

MDR Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig, conductor Philipp Ahman

Bartok Dance Suite BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Geoffrey Patterson

CapletPianoQuintetOrsinoEnsemble:AdamWalker (flute), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Matthew Hunt (clarinet),AmyHardman(bassoon),TomPoster(piano)

3.00 MozartPianoConcertoNo20inDminor,K466

Martin James Bartlett, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ryan Wigglesworth

4.00 Composer of the Week: Puccini

2/5. Rivalries and Reputation. Donald Macleod explores how the characters Puccini created in La bohème illustrate the penury of the composer’s own student years in Milan.

Mi chiamano Mimi (La bohème, Act 1)

Mimi

Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)

RCA Victor Orchestra, conductor Thomas Beecham

La bohème, Act 1 (excerpts)

Colline Nicolai Ghiauro (bass)

Marcello

Rodolfo

Schaunard

Benoit

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Herbert von Karajan Capriccio sinfonico

Rolando Panerai (baritone)

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)

Gianni Maffei (actor)

Michel Sénéchal (tenor)

Berlin RSO, conductor Riccardo Chailly

La bohème, Act 3 (excerpts)

Mimi

Rodolfo

Musetta

Marcello

Anna Netrebko (soprano)

Rolando Villazón (tenor)

Nicole Cabell (mezzo)

Boaz Daniel (baritone)

Bavarian RSO, conductor Bertrand de Billy Tosca, Act 1 (excerpts)

Floria Tosca

Mario Cavaradossi

Royal Opera House Orchestra, director Antonio Pappano (R)

Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)

Roberto Alagna (tenor)

5.00 In Tune

With Sean Rafferty, including aliveperformance from Hamburg-born pianist Sebastian Knauer ahead of Friday’s release of his album Hollywood

Greatest Hits

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6.00am Rossie: a nostalgic playlist of hits from the 1970s, 80s and 90s (and the occasional 60s classic) 10.00 Richard Allinson 1.00pm Kate Thornton 4.00 The Simon Mayo Drivetime Show 7.00 Jackie Brambles 10.00 Andy Crane: a comforting nostalgic playlist 1.00am Music Marathon 4.00 Alex Lester

BBC Asian Network

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6.00am Chill 7.00 Nikita Kanda 10.00 Certified 11.00 Haroon Rashid 2.00pm Certified Throwbacks 3.00 Ankur Desai 6.00 Bobby Friction 8.00 BBC Introducing with Jasmine Takhar 10.00 All Star Anthems 11.00 Celebrates 12.00 Ankur Desai 1.00am Bobby Friction 3.00 DJ Limelight and Kan D Man 5.00 Asian Network News Presents

Absolute Radio

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6.00am Dave Berry: lively chat, guests and tunes, with Dave joined by Matt Dyson 10.00 Leona Graham 1.00pm BenBurrell4.00 BushandRichie7.00 Danielle Perry 10.00 Jay Lawrence 1.00am Dan Noble

And American jazz vocalist Melody Gardot discusses her recently released album The Essential. 7.00 Classical Mixtape A nonstop playlist. 7.30 Radio 3 in Concert

Russian-American pianist Kirill Gerstein curates a concert of music from Central Europe with some of his closest musical collaborators — including composer, conductor and pianist Thomas Adès and members of the London Symphony Orchestra — as part of Gerstein’s Spotlight Artist series with the LSO last season. Presented by Ian Skelly and recorded in late May at LSO St Luke’s, London. Gerstein features all this week on Classical Live (1pm) and Adès features in tomorrow’s evening concert. Katalin Karolyi (mezzo), Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi and Joseph Havlat (pianos), members of the London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Timothy Redmond, director Thomas Adès (piano)

Haydn Piano Trio in G, H XV 25

Bartok Hungarian Folksongs (selection)

Ligeti Piano Concerto

Beethoven Piano Trio in B flat, Op 11 (Gassenhauer) Schumann Blumenstück

Thomas Adès Novenyek; Concerto Conciso 9.45 The Essay: Tin Pan Alleys

2/5. Turkey’s Tin Pan Alley: Galip Dede Street in Istanbul. Esra Yalcinalp, who works for BBC Türkçe, visits Galip Dede, which over the last three decades has become Istanbul’s Tin Pan Alley, with more than 30 shops selling musical instruments. She talks to the street’s shopkeepers and finds that the outlets, located in the city’s Galata district, attract musicians who play outside. Producer Julian May 10.00 Night Tracks With Sara Mohr-Pietsch. 11.30 ’Round Midnight

With Soweto Kinch, including the Flowers feature, with trumpeter Sheila Maurice-Grey identifying another personal influence. 12.30am Through the Night

With Jonathan Swain, who begins with a concert from November 2023 in Reykjavik featuring Iceland Symphony Orchestra artist-in-residence Leila Josefowicz in a programme that includes the world premiere of a work by Iceland-based Canadian composer Veronique Vaka. Veronique Vaka Inmost Bartok Violin Concerto No 2 Bach Solo Violin Sonata No 3 in C, BWV1005 (3rd mvt) Beethoven Symphony No 3 in E flat (Eroica) Leila Josefowicz (violin), Iceland Symphony Orchestra, conductor Eva Ollikainen 2.13 Grieg String Quartet in F 2.31 Elgar In the South (Alassio) 2.53 Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor, D784 3.13 Mozart Symphony No 34 in C, K338 3.35 Simpson Prelude and Divisions upon a Ground 3.42 Gombert Benedicto mensae 3.52 Pez Overture in D minor 4.02 Halvorsen Norwegian Rhapsody No 1 in A minor 4.15 Chambonnières Pavane L’entretien des Dieux (Les pièces de clavessin, Bk 1) 4.22 Lassus Gratia sola Dei 4.31 Graeme Koehne Powerhouse 4.42 Bach Komm, Jesu, komm!, BWV229 4.52 Debussy Rapsodie (arr for saxophone and piano) 5.03 Purcell Rejoice in the Lord Alway (Bell Anthem) 5.12 Mosonyi Studies for Development in the Performance of Hungarian Music

5.25 Pallavicino Cruda Amarilli, che col nome ancora 5.32 Haydn String Quartet No 64 in D, Op 76 No 5 5.50 Poulenc Concerto for two pianos 6.10 Telemann Overture (Suite) in E flat, TWV55:Es3 (La lyra) (R)

With Ritula Shah. 1.00am Bill Overton Music for late-night listening. 4.00 Lucy Coward With the Dawn Chorus at 5.15. 7.00am Charles Nove 10.00 Penny Smith 1.00pm More Music Afternoon: nonstop favourites 7.00

5.30am News Briefing

5.43 Prayer for the Day With Dr Yahya Barry.

5.45 Farming Today

6.00 Today With Nick Robinson and Justin Webb.

6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News

6.45 Yesterday in Parliament

7.48 Thought for the Day With Akhandadi Das.

9.00 The Reith Lectures

4New series. 1/4. Is Violence Normal?

Anita Anand presents the first of four lectures in which Dr Gwen Adshead uses 40 years’ experience as a forensic psychiatrist to examine whether violence is normal and if deep down every person is capable of cruelty and can experience the urge to hurt others.

Recorded at Broadcasting House in London.

Producer Jim Frank Rptd Sat 7.05pm BBC World Service

See feature: page 110 10.00 Woman’s Hour

With Nuala McGovern.

11.00 Add to Playlist

1/7. Saxophonist and Radio 3 presenter Jess Gillam and lyricist and songwriter Richard Stilgoe join Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe to add the first five tracks of the new playlist. The elements feature in three of the tracks, before the list heads to the barber’s and ends with a Dylan classic. Repeated from Friday 11.45 Five Ways They Get You

2/5. Nicole spots a great money-making opportunity on Instagram. And the fact that it’s directly endorsed by one of her real-world friends means she thinks it’s a safe bet. Shari Vahl continues her series exploring five frauds, explaining how to avoid getting caught out yourself. Rptd 12.30am For details see yesterday 12.04pm Call You and Yours

Continuing the BBC’s Scam Safe-themed programmes, answering listeners’ calls on artificial intelligence being used by criminals to exploit consumers and steal their money.

PHONE: 0370 010 0444 (Lines open from 10am)

EMAIL: youandyours@bbc.co.uk

1.00 The World at One Presented by Sarah Montague.

1.45 Orbital

2/5. Anneika Rose continues her reading of Samantha Harvey’s 2024 Booker Prize winner, set aboard the international space station. Today: the typhoon builds, and Roman makes contact with a stranger on the ground. For details see yesterday (R)

2.00 The Archers Rptd from yesterday 7pm

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6.00am Lady in a Fog Vintage thriller serial (7/8)

6.30 Battle for Inspector West as 5.30pm

7.00 Rent Lucy Flannery’s 1998 sitcom (1/6)

7.30 The Goon Show Vintage 1956 comedy

8.00 Conversations from a Long Marriage (1/6)

8.30 The Secret Guests as 1.30pm

8.45 Fifteen Dogs as 7.45pm

9.00 Yesterday in Parliament

9.30 Technicolour With Tracey Logan (2/5)

9.45 Daily Service Led by Holly Adams. Daniel

7, vv9—14.Thy Kingdom Come, O God (Choir of St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham); How Shall I Sing That Majesty? (Coe Fen) Libera; Build Your Kingdom Here (The Rend Collective)

10.00 A Good Read With Harriett Gilbert in 2018

10.30 Ella in Berlin as 4.30pm

11.00 Lady in a Fog Vintage thriller serial (7/8)

11.30 Battle for Inspector West as 5.30pm

12.00 Rent Lucy Flannery’s 1998 sitcom (1/6)

12.30pm The Goon Show Vintage 1956 comedy

1.00 Conversations from a Long Marriage (1/6)

1.30 The Secret Guests Adaptation of the 2020 mysteryadventurenovelbyBWBlack(Irish author John Banville). In 1940, princesses Elizabeth and MargaretaresecretlyevacuatedfromBuckingham Palaceandsenttoanisolatedruralestateinneutral Ireland. But Clonmillis Hall may prove to be even more dangerous than wartime London. Abridged by Neville Teller. Read by Sorcha Cusack (2/10)

2.15 Drama: One Eighty, Fan Romantic comedy by Ali Taylor about two 40-something neighbours who decide to share anovenasanattempttobattletheenergycrisis.

Tom Grant O’Rourke Geri Sally Reid Zack Lewis MacDougall

Director Kirsty Williams

3.00 Punt and Dennis: Route Masters

9/9. Comedy chat show in which Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis take the conversational long way round to a series final destination. All episodes are on BBC Sounds.

Producer Victoria Lloyd

3.30 Sphere of Influence

4Art curator Kate Bryan is joined by Professor Dorothy Price from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, to explore the possible influences on Edvard Munch’s celebrated 1893 painting The Scream

Producer Camellia Sinclair

4.00 Poetry Please

2/4. Poet Deryn Rees-Jones joins Roger McGough with a personal selection of listener requests, including poems by Robert Frost, Stevie Smith, Denise Saul, Seamus Heaney and John Burnside.

Producers Sally Heaven, Mair Bosworth and Maggie Ayre Requests to: Poetry Please, BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR EMAIL: poetry.please@bbc.co.uk or call 0370 010 0400

4.30 When It Hits the Fan

David Yelland and Simon Lewis go inside the world of crisis management and spin doctors as they take a look at recent PR setbacks, and find out how, where and when it all began to go wrong. Producer Eve Streeter

5.00 PM Presented by Evan Davis.

6.00 Six o’Clock News

6.30 Best Medicine

2/6. Sweating in Nature, Animals, Transplantation, Horticulture

Kiri Pritchard-McLean is joined at the Hay Festival by three guests: Zoe Lyons, who talks about how running helps with the stress associated with her alopecia; Dr Matt Morgan, who explains how whales’ hearts inspired new heart treatments for humans; and Dr Fotios Sampaziotis, who unveils new treatments that could repair livers before a transplant is needed. And James Wong unearths the benefits of horticulture.

Producers Tashi Radha and Ben Worsfield Repeated next Tuesday Radio 4 Extra.

7.00 The Archers

It’s action stations for Ruth and the Grundys spot an opportunity.

For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow 2pm

7.15 Front Row

Tom Sutcliffe talks to film critic Tim Robey about his book Box Office Poison about cinema’s greatest flops. Producer Claire Bartleet

1.45 Fifteen Dogs as 7.45pm

2.00 Act Your Age With Simon Mayo (6/6)

2.30 Getting Nowhere Fast Comedy (5/6)

3.00 Resurrection RobertForrest’sdramatisation of Leo Tolstoy’s final novel. From 2006 (2/2)

4.00 A Good Read With Harriett Gilbert in 2018

4.30 Ella in Berlin Singer Cleveland Watkiss revisits a stop on Ella Fitzgerald’s tour of Germany in 1960, at Berlin’s Deutschlandhalle. From 2013

5.00 Lady in a Fog Vintage thriller serial (7/8)

5.30 Battle for Inspector West Comicnovel(5/7)

6.00 Rent Lucy Flannery’s 1998 sitcom (1/6)

6.30 The Goon Show Vintage 1956 comedy

7.00 Conversations from a Long Marriage With Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam. Series two (1/6)

7.30 The Secret Guests as 1.30pm

7.45 Fifteen Dogs Dramatisation by Mike Harris of the 2015 novel by Canadian writer André Alexis. The gods Hermes and Aphrodite make a bet that if theygivehumanintelligencetodogstheywillalldie unhappy.WithPatersonandmore.From2020(2/5)

8.00 Act Your Age With Simon Mayo (6/6)

8.30 Getting Nowhere Fast Comedy (5/6)

9.00 Resurrection as 3pm

10.00—12.00 Comedy Club: Best Medicine (1/6), at 10.30 The Consultants (1/6), at 11.00 Clare in the Community (5/6), and at 11.30

Jason Cook’s School of Hard Knocks (5/6)

12.00 as 4pm 12.30am as 4.30pm 1.00 as 5pm 1.30 as 5.30pm 2.00 as 6pm 2.30 as 6.30pm

3.00 as 7pm 3.30 as 1.30pm 3.45 as 7.45pm 4.00 as 8pm 4.30 as 8.30pm 5.00 as 3pm

8.00 File on 4

The use of hotels for asylum seekers is the subject of Datshiane Navanayagam’s report, in which she looks at the frictions the practice causes in local, often deprived areas — asylum hotels were targeted after Southport stabbings in the summer — and at what the government is planning to do next. It’s said it wants to end the use of hotels, but there’s no evidence of it happening, with 400 asylum seekers recently moved off the Bibby Stockholm barge, moored off the Dorset coast, and put into hotels.

Producer Vicky Carter Repeated tomorrow 11am

8.40 In Touch

News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted. With Peter White.

Producer Pete Wilson Repeated Saturday 5.45am 9.00 Crossing Continents

4New series. 1/10. Our Whole Life in Secret With a Taliban edict that women’s voices should not be heard beyond their houses, Crossing Continents records the diary of one young Afghan woman from behind the walls of her home. The diary reveals her vivid interior world as she navigates the rules and tries to stay true to her dreams. Also broadcast in Assignment at 9.05am on the BBC World Service.

Producer Monica Whitlock Repeated Sunday 12.15am 9.30 The Law Show 3/4. The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has been criticised after a series of high-profile miscarriages of justice, including that of Oliver Campbell — finally cleared after 33 years, his murder conviction quashed 20 years after the CCRC rejected his pleas for help. Joelle Grogan and guests explain the appeals process and look at the way the CCRC makes decisions. Rptd from Wednesday 10.00 The World Tonight Presented by James Coomarasamy. 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Green and the Black 2/5. Molly’s Garden. By Kit de Waal. Molly receives a job offer from a mysterious woman named Delphine. Read by Eimear Keating. For details see yesterday 11.00 Now You’re Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn 2/10. The Voice Notes Problem. Novelist Marian Keyes and comedian, writer and actress Tara Flynn dig into their own life experience in a bid to solve listeners’ problems. Producer Steve Doherty 11.30 Today in Parliament 12.00 News and Weather 12.30—12.45am Five Ways They Get You Repeated from 11.45am 1.00 as BBC World Service

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5.00am Newsday8.00 News8.05 PeopleFixing the World 8.30 Business Daily 8.50 Witness History 9.00 The Newsroom 9.30 Assignment 10.00 News 10.05 The Arts Hour 11.00 The Newsroom 11.30 The Global Story 12.00 News 12.05pm Outlook 12.50 Witness History 1.00 The Newsroom 1.30 CHOICE: In the Studio: Brian Eno invites listeners into his London studio. See choice: p111 2.00 Newshour 3.00 News 3.05 People Fixing the World: projects to tackle the misuse of guns 3.30 World Business Report 4.00 BBC OS 6.00 News 6.05 Outlook 6.50 Witness History: a 1986 scandal which saw a US soldier accused of selling weapons to Iran 7.00 The Newsroom 7.30 Sport Today 8.00 News 8.05 Assignment: the unheard voices of Afghan women Also broadcast in Crossing Continents 9pm Radio 4 8.30 Tech Life 9.00 Newshour 10.00 The Newsroom 10.30 World Business Report 11.00 News 11.05 People Fixing the World 11.30 CHOICE: In the Studio See choice: page 111 12.00 News 12.05am The Arts Hour 1.00 News 1.05 Business Matters 2.00 The Newsroom 2.30 The Climate Question 3.05 Outlook 3.50 Witness History 4.00 The Newsroom 4.30 World of Secrets: Finding Mr Fox: Colin and Yemesi track down Fox’s former crewmate. All episodes are on BBC Sounds (5/6)

5.00am Wake Up to Money

Financial news, reports and analysis, including interviews.

6.00 5 Live Breakfast

Rachel Burden and Rick Edwards with a look at the headlines.

9.00 Nicky Campbell

Discussion of topical issues.

11.00 Naga Munchetty With the latest news, big-name interviews from around the UK and listeners’ personal experiences.

2.00pm Matt Chorley News and topical political discussion, including analysis from specialist commentators and listener input.

4.00 5 Live Drive

Tony Livesey and Clare McDonnell with the latest news and sport. Plus interviews linked to topical and cultural issues.

7.00 5 Live Sport Kelly Cates with sports news and build-up to the 8.00 commentary on Sporting CP v Arsenal in the Champions League from Lisbon. Plus updates from Manchester City v Feyenoord.

10.30 Gordon Smart With listener input and a topical look at sports, news and culture. 1.00am Dotun Adebayo News and topical discussion.

BBC 5 Sports Extra

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6.00am Talksport Breakfast Presented by Jeff Stelling. 10.00 Jim White and Simon Jordan Sporting insight. 1.00pm Hawksbee and Baker 4.00 Talksport Drive With Andy Goldstein and Darren Bent. 7.00 Champions League Football Sporting Lisbon v

at Estadio

Alvalade (kick-off 8.00). 10.00 The Sports Bar Reaction, analysis and listeners’ input regarding the day’s

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WEDNESDAY Radio

TODAY’S CHOICES

Radio 3 in Concert

7.30pm Radio 3

A big Nordic-themed night at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall where the Hallé, under artist-in-residence Thomas Adès, bookends events with Sibelius’s surging Fifth symphony and the contemplative Seventh. In between there are performances of Adès’s own Aquifer, the evening’s sole English note, concerned — as most of us are — with the state of our waters, and his single movement Air (Homage to Sibelius), with 28-year-old Dutch-American violinist Stephen Waarts (above) taking the soloist role. There will also be an outing for the great Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Deux Sérénades, which should showcase Waarts’s technique and dexterity. This work only came to full light after the composer’s death in 2016, when his widow revealed the almost complete manuscript.

MICHAEL HODGES

Drama: The Curse of the Five Elements

2.15pm Radio 4

A charismatic investigator; a family with secrets; murder; and the brothel above the Dragon Tea House are the main ingredients of Simon Wu’s engrossing drama. Credit to sound designer Eloise Whitmore for bringing within touching distance the epic world of hierarchical households and Silk Road travels during the Song Dynasty of AD 960—1279. Ruth Chan’s original music and the traditional Xiqin playing of Li Yan Wen add atmosphere and authenticity. The investigating Judge Bao (John MacMillan) is based on a legendary figure from Chinese history whose African-Chinese parentage becomes part of the story.

FIONA HUGHES

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7.00am Sam and Danni 10.30

Rickie, Melvin and Charlie 1.00pm Matt and Mollie 3.30 Vick, Katie and Jamie 6.00 New Music Show 8.00

Future Pop 10.00 Power Down

Playlist 11.00 Benji B 1.00am Dance

Presents 2.00 Anthems 4.00 Pop Anthems 5.00 Dean McCullough

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6.30am Zoe Ball

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Music, chat and features including at 11.40 Tracks of My Years, with singer/songwriter Joan Armatrading discussing two more records of personal significance, today featuring major hits by the Weather Girls and Stevie Wonder.

12.00 Jeremy Vine

Topical discussion. Plus music.

2.00pm Scott Mills

4.00 Sara Cox

7.00 Jo Whiley

New music including live sessions and features, including the Shiny Happy Playlist, with 30 minutes of feel-good music to start the show.

9.00 The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe

Traditional and contemporary folk and acoustic music. Plus folk news.

10.00 Trevor Nelson’s Rhythm Nation Urbansounds,includingat10.00 the half-hour Magnificent 7 playlist of throwbacks. Plus the Musical Youth feature, with a listener’s memories.

12.00 OJ Borg

3.00am Dance Sounds of the 90s with Vernon Kay

A loosely themed April 2023 playlist inspired by the King’s coronation, from Wamdue Project to Moby. (R)

4.00 Owain Wyn Evans

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7.30am Nick Grimshaw Sitting in for Lauren Laverne.

10.30 Mary Anne Hobbs

1.00pm Craig Charles

4.00 Huw Stephens

7.00 New Music Fix Daily Broadcast from Belfast, with Tom Ravenscroftand Deb Grant continuing live from BBC Radio Ulster’s studios, today featuring a session from “queer punks” Problem Patterns, plus a DJ set from Sally C and a recorded acoustic session from piglet (the project of songwriter and producer Charlie Loane).

9.00 Riley and Coe Marc Riley and Gideon Coe invite Newcastle folkinfluenced singer (and former mental health nurse) Nev Clay to perform for them in the Salford Studio.

11.00 The First Time with...

3/4. Matt Everitt invites a guest to share music of personal significance.

12.00 Freak Zone Playlist

1.00am Music programme

3.00 Live Hour INXS at Brixton Academy in 1995, plus sessions by Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band (2010) and Idiot Dancers (1980).

4.00 Jukebox 5.00 Nathan Shepherd

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6.30am Breakfast With Petroc Trelawny. 9.30 Essential Classics With Ian Skelly. 1.00pm Classical Live

Linton Stephens continues a week-long spotlight on Mozart and Haydn performed by BBC Orchestras with a live concert at 1.30. Plus Radio 3 New Generation Artist Timothy Ridout and more from a recital given by pianist Kirill Gerstein in July as part of his residency at LSO St. Luke’s London. Haydn Insanae et vanae curae, H XXI 1/13c (after Il ritorno di Tobia)

MDR Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig, conductor Philipp Ahman Rebecca Clarke Viola Sonata Timothy Ridout (viola); James Baillieu (piano)

1.30 A concert given by the BBC Philharmonic

nconducted by Ben Gernon, featuring pianist Martin Roscoe, from MediaCityUK in Salford. Haydn Overture: L’isola disabitata Mozart Piano Concerto No 25 in C, K503 Haydn Symphony No 53 in D (L’imperiale)

Martin Roscoe (piano), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Ben Gernon Liszt Liszt Polonaise in E, S223 No 2 Kirill Gerstein (piano)

3.00 Choral Evensong

nFrom St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York, on the eve of American Thanksgiving. Featuring music by Hancock, Sebastian Forbes, Rorem and Buck McDaniel. Introit: The Lord Is in His temple (Hancock). Responses: Hancock. Office Hymn: Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart (Vineyard Haven). Psalms 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131 (Turle, Parratt, Goss, Wesley, Walford Davies, Willcocks).

First Lesson: Joel 2, vv21—27. Canticles: Aedes Christ (I) (Sebastian Forbes). Second Lesson: 1 Thessalonians 5, vv12—24. Anthem: O God My heart Is Ready (Rorem). Hymn: O Beautiful for Spacious Skies (Materna). Voluntary: Psalm Prelude: Sing unto the Lord a New Song; Sing Praises Lustily unto Him with a Good Courage (Buck McDaniel). Director of music Jeremy Filsell. Associate organist Nicolas Haigh. Repeated Sunday 3pm

4.00 Composer of the Week: Puccini 3/5. Confusion and Mayhem. Donald Macleod follows the dramas surrounding Puccini’s operas Tosca and Madama Butterfly Tosca, Act 1 (excerpt) Royal Opera House Orchestra, director Antonio Pappano . Vissi d’arte (Tosca, Act 2)

Tosca

Leontyne Price (soprano)

Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Herbert von Karajan Tosca, Act 2 (excerpts)

Tosca

Mario Cavaradossi

Baron Scarpia

Spoleta

Sciarrone

Maria Callas (soprano)

Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor)

Tito Gobbi (baritone)

Angelo Mercuriaro (tenor)

Dario Caselli (bass)

MilanLaScalaOrchestra,conductorVictordeSabata

Tosca, Act 3 (excerpts)

Tosca

Mario Cavaradossi

Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)

Roberto Alagna (tenor)

Royal Opera House Orchestra, director Antonio Pappano

Madama Butterfly, Act 1 (excerpts)

Cio-Cio-San Mirella Freni (soprano)

Pinkerton Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)

Sharpless Robert Kerns (baritone)

Goro

Vienna Philharmonic,

conductor Herbert von Karajan (R)

Michel Sénéchal (tenor)

5.00 In Tune

Sean Rafferty welcomes percussionist Evelyn Glennie ahead of her debut on Sunday with the Brighton Philharmonic.

7.00 Classical Mixtape

7.30 Radio 3 in Concert

4Composer and Hallé artist-in-residence

Thomas Adès conducts the Manchester orchestra in two symphonies by Sibelius, a piece by Finnish composer Einojuhan Rautavaara (1928—2016), and two of his own works, including Aquifer (following its world premiere in March in Munich and UK debut in September at the Proms). Recorded on Thursday at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester and presented by Mark Forrest. Stephen Waarts (violin), Hallé, conductor Thomas Adès

Sibelius Symphony No 7

Rautavaara Deux sérénades

Adès Aquifer; Air (Homage to Sibelius) Sibelius Symphony No 5

9.45 The Essay: Tin Pan Alleys

3/5. Japan’s Tin Pan Alley: Ochanomizu in Tokyo. Tokyo-based journalist Phoebe Amoroso visits the city’s “Guitar Street” in Ochanomizu. 10.00 Night Tracks With Sara Mohr-Pietsch. 11.30 ’Round Midnight Jazz series presented by Soweto Kinch, with more from Sheila Maurice-Grey in the Flowers feature. 12.30am Through the Night

With Jonathan Swain, who begins with a concert of Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic given in January in the St Gallen Concert Hall in Switzerland. Gade Echoes of Ossian, Op 1 Grieg, arr Kraggerud and Lund Violin Sonata No 3 in C minor Kraggerud Improvisation Anna Thorvaldsdottir Aeriality Gade Symphony No 1 in C minor (On Sjolund’s Fair Plains) Henning Kraggerud (violin), St Gallen Symphony Orchestra, conductor Modestas Pitrenas 2.01 Berwald Septet in B flat 2.25 Halvorsen Triumphal Entry of the Boyars 2.31 Ockeghem: Missa prolationum 3.05 Ippolitov-Ivanov Caucasian Sketches 3.27 Chopin Introduction and Variations in E on a German National Air (Der Schweizerbub) 3.35 Liszt Orpheus 3.47 Biber Violin Sonata No 6 in C minor 4.00 Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis 4.18 Corbetta Folias 4.25 Moniuszko Mazurka (Halka) 4.31 Soler Fandango 4.38 Rossini Sonata for Wind Quartet No 6 in F 4.49 Pejacevic Liebeslied, Op 39 4.55 Bach Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor, BWV1041 5.09 Gombert Motet: Media vita in morte sumus 5.16 Glazunov Poème lyrique, Op 12 5.27 Tessier In a Grove Most Rich of Shade (A Musicall Banquet) 5.30 Britten Piano Concerto,Op 13 6.03 Aulin String Quartet No 1 in F

5.30am News Briefing

5.43 Prayer for the Day

With Dr Yahya Barry.

5.45 Farming Today News about food, farming and the countryside.

6.00 Today

With Amol Rajan and Justin Webb

6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News

6.45 Yesterday in Parliament

7.48 Thought for the Day

With the Rev Dr Sam Wells.

9.00 Life Changing

4/7. Finding a Voice. Inanotherconversation about life-changing experiences, Dr Sian Williams hears the story of Tanja Bage, a working mother of two, who received a cancer diagnosis meaning she had a week to prepare for the permanent loss of her voice.

Producer Tom Alban Repeated Friday 4.30pm 9.30 The Gift

4/6. Taboo. Jenny Kleeman uncovers extraordinary truths that emerge when people take at-home DNA tests, continuing with the story of a man in the US named Steve Edsel. Steve grew up knowing he was adopted, an at-home DNA test at the age of 40 revealing not just the identity of his birth mother but something else that was shatteringly unexpected. Today, Steve and his wife Michelle help provide support for others who have made similar discoveries. Producer Conor Garrett 10.00 Woman’s Hour

With Nuala McGovern.

11.00 File on 4 Repeated from yesterday 8pm 11.45 Five Ways They Get You 3/5. How can someone possibly steal a house from under your nose? The Rev Mike Hall makes an astonishing discovery when neighbours tell him there’s someone in his property. Shari Vahl continues her series exploring five frauds, explaining how to avoid getting caught out yourself. Part of the BBC’s Scam Safe Week.

Repeated 12.30am For details see Monday 12.04pm You and Yours

Continuing the Scam Safe-themed programmes, You and Yours looks at how artificial intelligence is becoming the latest weapon used by criminals to exploit consumers and steal their money. These special programmes will dive into the rapidly evolving tactics of cybercrime, revealing how AI is shaping the future of fraud.

EMAIL: youandyours@bbc.co.uk

1.00 The World at One

With Sarah Montague.

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6.30 Battle for Inspector West (6/7)

7.00 Winston in Europe 1992 comedy (4/6)

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8.00 Tom Wrigglesworth’s Hang-Ups as 7pm

8.30 The Secret Guests By BW Black (3/10)

8.45 Fifteen Dogs By André Alexis (3/5)

9.00 Yesterday in Parliament

9.30 Technicolour With Tracey Logan (3/5)

9.45 Daily Service Led by Paul Kerensa

10.00 The Problem of Leisure as 4pm

11.00 Lady in a Fog as 5pm

11.30 Battle for Inspector West (6/7)

12.00 Winston in Europe 1992 comedy (4/6)

12.30pm The Missing Hancocks as 6.30pm

1.00 Tom Wrigglesworth’s Hang-Ups Sitcom by Tom Wrigglesworth and James Kettle (1/6)

1.30 The Secret Guests By BW Black (3/10)

1.45 Fifteen Dogs By André Alexis (3/5)

2.00 Counterpoint Music quiz from 2013 (10/13)

2.30 Smelling of Roses as 8.30pm

3.00 The Lost Love of Phoebe Miles as 9pm

3.45 Seeing Double as 9.45pm

4.00 The Problem of Leisure Phil Tinline delves into the BBC’s vaults to explore the history of the fear that automation will make work redundant, and leave people with nothing to do. From 2019

5.00 Lady in a Fog Thrillerserialbyradiodramatist LesterPowell(1912—93).InfoggyLondon afriend

1.45 Orbital

3/5. Anneika Rose continues her reading of Samantha Harvey’s 2024 Booker Prize winner. Today: Chie remembers her mother — a survivor of the atomic bomb — and Nell processes her first space walk.

For details see Monday (R)

2.00 The Archers Rptd from yesterday 7pm 2.15 Drama: The Curse of the Five Elements

4Drama by Simon Wu. In 11th-century China, Judge Bao investigates when a groom is murdered and his bride vanishes only to reveal secrets from his own past.

Judge Bao John Macmillan

Tiger Jon Chew

Ping Ping/Manager Emma Fischer

Lady Fan/Little Wind/Miss Wu

Liz Sutherland-Lim

Master Ming/Liu Yong

Jeff D’Sangalang

Executive producer Polly Thomas; Director Shan Ng

3.00 The Law Show

4/4. “Joint Enterprise” means you can be charged with a crime committed by someone else if you’re present when it happened, or if you helped or encouraged it. In recent times, it has been used in prosecuting murder, especially in cases involving groups of young men, when it’s not known who carried out a killing. Campaigners claim joint enterprise disproportionately affects young workingclass men, and black and Asian men, and as a parliamentary inquiry starts looking the law around joint enterprise, Joelle Grogan asks, is it fair? Producer Ravi Naik Rptd Tuesday 9.30pm

3.30 Human Hibernation: the Big Sleep

Can we pull off the tricks of hibernating animals to survive traumatic injuries or take distant journeys into space? Dr Kevin Fong examines how humans could embrace torpor.

Producer Adrian Washbourne (R)

4.00 The Media Show

With Ros Atkins and Katie Razzall.

Repeated tomorrow 8pm

5.00 PM Evan Davis presents.

6.00 Six o’Clock News

6.30 You Heard It Here First 3/6. Is It Someone Going Down a Waterslide? Chris McCausland hosts the panel show, challenging Jessica Knappett, Andy Parsons, Ahir Shah and Desiree Burch to decipher clues from audio assistance software.

Producer Sasha Bobak; Executive producer Richard

Morris Repeated next Wednesday on Radio 4 Extra.

7.00 The Archers

Jim is forced to eat humble pie and there’s a blast from the past for Eddie.

For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow 2pm

7.15 Front Row

Kate Molleson on the impact of the opera composer Giacomo Puccini, a hundred years on from his death. Producer Mark Crossan

askshard-nosedIrish-AmericanagentPhilipOdell to investigate her brother’s death. From 1958 (8/8)

5.30 Battle for Inspector West (6/7)

6.00 Winston in Europe 1992 comedy (4/6)

6.30 The Missing Hancocks Re-recording of the Hancock’s Half Hour episode The Winter Holiday

7.00 Tom Wrigglesworth’s Hang-Ups (1/6)

7.30 The Secret Guests By BW Black (3/10)

7.45 Fifteen Dogs By André Alexis (3/5)

8.00 Counterpoint Music quiz from 2013 (10/13)

8.30 Smelling of Roses Simon Brett comedy with Prunella Scales, from 2000 (5/6)

9.00 The Lost Love of Phoebe Miles A 2006 radio play by Bernard Kops, who died in February, at 97. A young woman, working in a dress factory in wartime London, falls in love with a young American serviceman. The relationship, which marks her life, is resolved only when the soldier seeks her out decades after the end of the war.

With Tracy-Ann Oberman, David de Keyser and others See tomorrow 3pm and Friday 3pm

9.45 Seeing Double ShortstorybyDaphneGlazer

10.00—12.00 Comedy Club: You Heard It Here

First (2/6), at 10.30 Mark Thomas: the Manifesto(4/6),at11.00 Elis James’s Pantheon of Heroes (1/6), at 11.30 Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian (3/4), and at 11.45 Self Storage (5/6)

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8.00 The Moral Maze

6/8. Michael Buerk is joined by Matthew Taylor, Konstantin Kissin, Ash Sarkar and Anne McElvoy — plus the witnesses they call — to debate a topical moral issue.

Producer Dan Tierney Repeated Saturday 9pm

9.00 The Long History of Ignorance: from Confucius to Q-Anon 2/6. The Limits of Knowledge. Ignorance is not simply the negative of knowledge, but a positive force with its own momentum that gives meaning to people’s lives. Former MP Rory Stewart wants to make a radical case for embracing ignorance. He wants to encourage a way of knowing in which knowledge and ignorance exist in a relationship with each other. With a cast of global thinkers, drawing on Western and Eastern ideas from the ancient world to the present day, Rory explores how a greater awareness and appreciation of ignorance can help people become more humble, empathetic and wise.

Producer Dan Tierney (R)

9.30 The Conflict: Middle East

7/10. Jonny Dymond leads a panel of experts, academics and journalists in a discussion about the conflict in the Middle East.

Editor Sam Bonham

10.00 The World Tonight International news round-up, presented by James Coomarasamy.

10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Green and the Black 3/5. Constantin’s Judge. By Kit de Waal. While working in a retirement home, Molly’s husband asks a resident for help with their son Caleb. Read by Emmanuel Okoye. For details see Monday

11.00 Sarah Mills’s Bad Bod Squad 2/4. Squeaky. Stoma bag user Sarah Mills with the comedy show in which she seeks to smash the taboos around bodily malfunctions. Tonight she explores “bodily cacophony” with Australian stand-up comedian and actor Felicity Ward. Executive producer Alan Nixon 11.15 Bunk Bed

A top bunk malfunction forces Peter Curran and Patrick Marber to snuggle up together in the same bed, where their topics of conversation include socks with 12 hours of wear on them, uncut toenails, Seamus Heaney, and the male orgasm. Producer Peter Curran (R) 11.30 Today in Parliament Including Prime Minister’s Questions. 12.00 News and Weather 12.30—12.45am Five Ways They Get You Repeated from 11.45am 1.00 as BBC World Service

5.00am Wake Up to Money

Financial news stories and reports from the business world. Plus interviews with movers and shakers.

6.00 5 Live Breakfast

Rachel Burden and Rick Edwards with a detailed look at the headlines.

9.00 Nicky Campbell Topical discussions, with extensive input from listeners.

11.00 Naga Munchetty News and big-name interviews.

2.00pm Matt Chorley News and topical political discussion, including analysis from specialist commentators and listener input. Plus in-depth interviews with MPs, electedmayorsandcabinetministers.

4.00 5 Live Drive

Tony Livesey and Leila Nathoo with news, sport and interviews.

7.00 5 Live Sport

Mark Chapman with sports news and features. He’s joined by special guests Rafa Benítez and Nedum Onuoha for build-up to the 8.00 commentary on Liverpool v Real Madrid in the Champions League. Plus updates from Aston Villa v Juventus and Celtic v Club Brugge.

10.30 Gordon Smart 1.00am Dotun Adebayo

5.00am Newsday 8.00 News 8.05 Hardtalk 8.30 Business Daily 8.50 Witness History 9.00 The Newsroom 9.30 The Climate Question 10.00 News 10.05 The Forum: The Enduring Allure of Jewellery 11.00 The Newsroom 11.30 The Global Story 12.00 News 12.05pm Outlook 12.50 Witness History 1.00 The Newsroom 1.30 World of Secrets: Finding Mr Fox 2.00 Newshour 3.00 News 3.05 Hardtalk 3.30 World Business Report 4.00 BBC OS 6.00 News 6.05 Outlook 6.50 Witness History: the story of our times told by the people who were there 7.00 The Newsroom 7.30 Sport Today 8.00 News 8.05 The Climate Question: Graihagh Jackson and guests discuss the COP meeting in Azerbaijan 8.30 Health Check 9.00 Newshour 10.00 The Newsroom 10.30 World Business Report 11.00 News 11.05 Hardtalk 11.30 World of Secrets: Finding Mr Fox: Colin and Yemesi track down Fox’s former crewmate. All episodes are on BBC Sounds (5/6) 12.00 News 12.05am The Forum: The Enduring Allure of Jewellery: the history, uses and continued value of jewellery 1.00 News 1.05 Business Matters 2.00 The Newsroom 2.30 The Documentary: Amapiano — the Sound of South Africa 3.00 News 3.05 Outlook 3.50 Witness History 4.00 The Newsroom 4.30 The Food Chain

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TODAY’S CHOICES

Radio 3 in Concert

7.30pm Radio 3

The BBC Concert Orchestra, joined by saxophonist Camilla George and the Nikki Yeoh Trio, celebrates the particular genius of John Coltrane (above) at the EFG London Jazz Festival. Perhaps only Miles Davis stands between Coltrane and the title of modern jazz’s greatest figure. Both men had a relentless questing mindset; like Davis, Coltrane was a composer, band leader and for a while, heroin user. Also, like Davis he radically remodelled the possibilities of his instrument, creating a new harmonic language. But Coltrane died young, of liver cancer when only 40 in 1967. What more could he have done?

MICHAEL HODGES

The Cultural Frontline

10.30am BBC World Service

Marking the centenary of American writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin, The Cultural Frontline’s Cianna Greaves hears from black artists about his relevance today. He spent significant periods of his life in France where La Ma ison Baldwin continues to celebrate his legacy and among those interviewed are its executive director and writer Tara Phillips. We also hear from Detroit artist Sabrina Nelson whose Baldwin exhibition, Frontline Prophet, has travelled across the US. It’s hard not to conclude that his great themes — masculinity, sexuality, class and race — are more urgent than ever.

FIONA HUGHES

THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS See p111

This Natural Life

3.00pm Radio 4

Actor Cate Blanchett’s other life — championing nature.

BBC Radio 1

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7.00am Sam and Danni 10.30 Rickie, Melvin and Charlie 1.00pm Matt and Mollie 3.00 Pop Anthems 3.30 Vick, Katie and Jamie 6.00 New Music

Show with Jack Saunders 8.00

Rave-Up with Arielle Free 10.00 BBC

Introducing Dance 11.00 Residency

1.00am Danny Howard’s Club Mix

2.00 Anthems 4.00 Workout Anthems 5.00 Dean McCullough

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6.30am Zoe Ball

Upbeat show with chat, old and new chart hits, listeners’ calls and texts, features and guests, today with Hollywood actor Josh Brolin, whose screen credits include Milk, No Country for Old Men, True Grit and the Avengers franchise. He discusses his just-published memoir From under the Truck

9.30 Vernon Kay

Including at 10.30 the Ten to the Top music quiz and at 11.40 Tracks of My Years, today with singer/ songwriter Joan Armatrading discussing favourite recordings by Michael Jackson and Kim Carnes. Plus Vernon’s Vault, featuring material from the BBC’s archive.

12.00 Jeremy Vine

2.00pm Scott Mills

4.00 Sara Cox

7.00 Jo Whiley

9.00 The Country Show with Bob Harris

10.00 Trevor Nelson’s Rhythm Nation

12.00 OJ Borg

3.00am Sounds of the 90s with Fearne Cotton A 1990s girl band mixtape. From 2022. (R)

4.00 Owain Wyn Evans

BBC 6 Music

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7.30am Nick Grimshaw

10.30 Jamz Supernova

1.00pm Craig Charles

4.00 Huw Stephens Including at 6.00 Roundtable, with Huw joined by guests to assess the new releases. This week he welcomes Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos and others. 7.00 New Music Fix Daily Tom Ravenscroft and Deb Grant conclude this week’s Northern Ireland showcase with an extended show, broadcast from Ulster Sports Club with live performances from Belfast-based artists — noise-punk band Enola Gay, garage-punk trio Jock, and “rant-hop” duo Dirty Faces — all in front of an audience of 6 Music listeners.

10.00 Riley and Coe

11.00 The First Time with... 4/4. Matt Everitt invites a guest to share personal music picks.

1.00am New Album Fix

2.00 Jukebox

3.00 6 Music’s 90s Forever

4.00 6 Music’s 00s Forever

5.00 The Remix WithChrisHawkins.

5.30 Nathan Shepherd Boom Radio

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6.00am Andy Marriott 7.30 Graham

Dene 10.00 David Lloyd: including the Top Five from this week in a bygone year 12.00 David Hamilton 2.00pm Roger Day: including at 3.00 Six from the Sixties 4.00 Nicky Horne

6.00 Jane Markham 8.00 The Easy Hour 9.00 Leapy Lee’s Choices (R) 10.00 Diana Luke 12.00 Derek Webster 2.00am Night Music

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News and weather as Monday

6.30am Breakfast With Petroc Trelawny. 9.30 Essential Classics With Ian Skelly. 1.00pm Classical Live

Linton Stephens continues a spotlight on Mozart and Haydn performed by BBC Orchestras — today with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales performing from Mozart’s set of three last great symphonic masterworks — and more from a recital given by pianist Kirill Gerstein earlier this year. Plus more from a concert in Leipzig in September. Komitas You Are like a Plane Tree (Ten Armenian Folk Songs and Dances); Antouni (Song of the Homeless)

Schumann Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op 26 Kirill Gerstein (piano)

Komitas Manushaki of Vagharshapat; Yerangi of Yerevan; Unabi of Shushi (Seven Armenian Folk Dances) Ruzan Mantashyan (soprano), Kirill Gerstein (piano)

Debussy Sonata for Flute, Viola and harp Adam Walker (flute), Timothy Ridout (viola), Anneleen Lenaerts (harp)

2.15 Mozart Symphony No 39 in E flat, K543

BBC NOW, conductor Ryan Bancroft

3.00 Schubert Mass No 6 in E flat, D950 Alba Vilar-Juanola (soprano), Alexandra Schmid (mezzo), Falk Hoffmann (tenor), Oliver Kaden (tenor), Steven Klose (bass), MDR Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig, conductor Philipp Ahman

4.00 Composer of the Week: Puccini

4/5. Troubles at Home. Donald Macleod details the tragic event which created the biggest scandal of Puccini’s life, throwing him into despair as he struggled to work on La fanciulla del West

O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)

Lauretta Montserrat Caballé (soprano)

LSO, conductor Charles Mackerras

Gianni Schicchi (excerpts)

Gianni Schicchi

Maestro Spinellocchio

Zita

Tito Gobbi (baritone)

Leo Pudis (bass)

Anna di Stasio (mezzo)

Simone Giancarlo Luccardi (bass)

Betto di Signa

Alfredo Marriotti (bass-baritone)

Marco Carlo del Bosco (bass)

Lauretta Ileana Cotrubas (soprano)

LSO, conductor Lorin Maazel

Nulla silenzio! (Il tabarro)

Michele Carlo Guelfi (baritone)

LSO, conductor Antonio Pappano

La fanciulla del West, Act 1 (excerpts)

Minnie

Dick Johnson

Mara Zampieri (soprano)

Plácido Domingo (tenor)

Nick Sergio Bertocchi (tenor)

Milan La Scala Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Lorin Maazel

Una partita a poker! (La fanciulla del West, Act 2)

Jack Rance Sherrill Milnes (baritone)

Minnie

Royal Opera House Orchestra, conductor Zubin Mehta

Suor Angelica (excerpts)

Carol Neblett (soprano)

Sister Angelica Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (soprano)

Princess Bernadette Manca di Nissa (soprano)

LSO, conductor Antonio Pappano (R)

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Absolute Radio

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5.00 In Tune

Sean Rafferty welcomes Frankfurt-born cellist and conductor Leonard Elschenbroich.

7.00 Classical Mixtape Nonstop music.

7.30 Radio 3 in Concert

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A symphonic tribute to jazz saxophonist

John Coltrane (1926—67) curated by composer and arranger Carlos Simon, recorded on Sunday at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London on the closing evening of the London Jazz Festival. Presented by Georgia Mann. See choice: page 111. Giveton Gelin (trumpet), Camilla George (alto saxophone), Nikki Yeoh Trio, BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Edwin Outwater Coltrane, arr Jekabson Blue Train; arr Milne Naima; Crepescule with Nellie; arr Feifke Giant Steps; arr Morris My One and Only Love Davis, arr Davies So What; arr Kinoshi Blue in Green Coltrane, arr Milne A Love Supreme Ellington/Coltrane, arr Simon In a Sentimental Mood Coltrane, arr Morris Crescent; arr Davies Central Park West; arr Simon Alabama; arr Morris Impressions Rodgers/Hammerstein, arr Coltrane/Bingham My Favorite Things

9.45 The Essay: Tin Pan Alleys

4/5. Spain’s Tin Pan Alley — Centro, Madrid Founded in 1882, Guitarras Ramírez in Madrid still make guitars by hand. Francisco Tárrega, Paco de Lucía, George Harrison and Mark Knopfler have all played Ramírez guitars. Journalist Guy Hedgecoe, who covers Spain for the BBC, visits some of Madrid’s long-established shops and workshops to listen to their instruments and talk to the makers and players. He explores the state of the craft of making, the art of playing and the place of the classical guitar and flamenco music in Spain today. 10.00 Night Tracks With Sara Mohr-Pietsch. 11.30 ’Round Midnight With Soweto Kinch. In the Flowers feature, Sheila Maurice-Grey identifies the last of four influences. 12.30am Through the Night

With Jonathan Swain, who opens with a sequence of Croatian music from the 19th century to the present day, plus the Second Quartet by Saint-Saëns, performed by the Sebastian String Quartet in Zagreb in October 2021. Anon, arr Dugan Golden Wings Maurus Veni, Creator Spiritus Kempf Chorale Prelude and Fugue Matz Burgenland Quartet Ruzic Dance Scenes Saint-Saëns String Quartet No 2 in G Sebastian String Quartet 1.41 Chopin Etude in F, Op 10 No 8 1.44 Pejacevic Symphony in F sharp minor, Op 41 2.31 Beethoven Septet in E flat, Op 20 3.11 Rachmaninov Suite No 2, Op 17

3.35 Grieg Symphonic Dance in A, Op 64 No 2

3.42 Purcell Charon the Peaceful Shade Invites (Dioclesian)

3.50 Eccles Double Bass Sonata in G minor

3.59 Handel Water Music: Suite No 3 in G 4.09 Lassus Jubilate Deo; Io ti voria contar; Tristis est anima mea 4.15 Fauré Nocturne No 12 in E minor, Op 107 4.22 J Strauss (son) Overture: Der Zigeunerbaron

4.31 Abel Symphony in E flat, Op 10 No 3

4.40 Berezovsky Do Not Forsake Me in My Old Age

4.49 Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C sharp minor 4.58 Nielsen Pan and Syrinx 5.07 Martinu Variations on a Theme of Rossini 5.15 Rossini Overture: The Barber of Seville 5.23 Bach Magnificat in D, BWV243

10.00 Penny Smith: including the Magic Classical Book Club 1.00pm More Music Afternoon 7.00 Mindfulness Music 1.00am Classical Gaming 4.00 Sountracks of the 90s 5.00 In the Park

5.30am News Briefing

5.43 Prayer for the Day

With Dr Yahya Barry.

5.45 Farming Today

6.00 Today

With Nick Robinson and Justin Webb.

6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News

6.45 Yesterday in Parliament

7.48 Thought for the Day

With the Rev Lucy Winkett.

The Today Podcast is available on BBC Sounds from this morning and broadcast on Radio 4 at 11pm 9.00 In Our Time

11/16. Melvyn Bragg chairs a discussion on the Hanoverian Succession of 1714, which brought about a 123-year union between Britain and the German electorate of Hanover, during which Britain became one of the most powerful nations in the world. Bragg is joined by Mark Knights from the University of Warwick, Andreas Gestrich of the German Historical Institute London, and Elaine Chalus from the University of Liverpool. Producer Simon Tillotson Repeated Sunday 11pm 9.45 Strong Message Here

6/10. Helen Lewis and Armando Iannucci explore the use and abuse of political language. Producer Gwyn Rhys Davies 10.00 Woman’s Hour With Anita Rani.

11.00 The Infinite Monkey Cage

3/7. Starless World. Physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince consider how different man’s understanding of the universe would be without the stars. They are joined by space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock, cosmologist Roberto Trotta and comedian John Bishop who illuminate all that has been learnt from the stars and how different life would be without them. All episodes available on BBC Sounds. Producer Melanie Brown Repeated next Saturday 11.45 Five Ways They Get You 4/5. Charlotte is working out in the gym. But when she gets back to her locker, everything is gone — including her clothes. Thousands of pounds then start disappearing from her bank account. Shari Vahl continues her series exploring five frauds, explaining how to avoid getting caught out yourself.

Repeated 12.30am For details see Monday 12.04pm You and Yours

Continuing the Scam Safe-themed programmes, looking at how artificial intelligenceisbecomingthelatestweaponusedby criminals to exploit consumers and steal their money. How is AI shaping the future of fraud?

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6.30 Battle for Inspector West (7/7)

7.00 Coming Alive 2000 sitcom (3/6)

7.30 It Sticks Out Half a Mile as 6.30pm

8.00 Bridget Christie: Mortal as 1pm

8.30 The Secret Guests By BW Black (4/10)

8.45 Fifteen Dogs By André Alexis (4/5)

9.00 Yesterday in Parliament

9.30 Technicolour With Tracey Logan (4/5)

9.45 Daily Service Matthew 25, vv31—46. The Servant King (Graham Kendrick); Were You There? (TheSpirituals);ItIsWellwithMySoul(JuniorGarr)

10.00 Great Lives as 4pm

10.30 Pete and Clive as 4.30pm

11.00 The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger

11.30 Battle for Inspector West (7/7)

12.00 Coming Alive 2000 sitcom (3/6)

12.30pm It Sticks Out Half a Mile as 6.30pm

1.00 Bridget Christie: Mortal Thecomedianturns her attention to myriad aspects of mortality (1/4)

1.30 The Secret Guests By BW Black (4/10)

1.45 Fifteen Dogs By André Alexis (4/5)

2.00 Dilemma 2015 panel game (6/6)

2.30 Robin and Wendy’s Wet Weekends Sitcom starring Simon Greenall. From 2001 (4/4) 3.00 Whitechapel Dreams Followingthedeathin FebruaryofdramatistBernardKops,at97,achance to hear him in 2008 in the cellar of Whitechapel Library, where he tells a story See tomorrow 3pm

12.32 Toast

5/5. The mobile phone retailer Phones 4u was hugely profitable, so why did it have to close all of its 700-plus shops? Concluding their series, Sean Farrington and Sam White find out with help from expert guests. Available on BBC Sounds since 6am. Producer Jon Douglas 1.00 The World at One Presented by Sarah Montague.

1.45 Orbital 4/5. Anneika Rose continues her reading of Samantha Harvey’s 2024 Booker Prize winner, set aboard the international space station. Today: the crew think of missed loved ones on the surface below. For details see Mon (R)

2.00 The Archers Rptd from yesterday 7pm

2.15 Drama: Sparks

4Jessica Butcher and Anoushka Lucas star in their own musical drama about the messiness of dating, love and loss — and the brain’s response to grief. A feminist in her 20s is conflicted when she finds herself wanting to fall madly in love with someone and start a family. The person she really needs to talk to is her mother. But her mother is dead — and she has yet to truly accept that. Producer Emma Harding (R)

3.00 This Natural Life

4New series. 1/6. Martha Kearney meets Hollywood star Cate Blanchett. She finds out about Cate’s relationship with the natural world and explores the significance of nature and wildlife to her, as they walk around the Royal Botanic Gardens at Wakehurst in Sussex — where Cate has recently taken up the role of ambassador. Both Cate and Martha are bee-keeping enthusiasts, and they put on protective bee suits to visit the garden’s bee hives together. Cate explains why the wildlife of both the UK and her native Australia are so important to her. See choice: page 111.

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3.30 Feedback

6/11. Andrea Catherwood fields listeners’ views . Repeated next Sunday

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4.00 The Briefing Room

14/16. David Aaronovitch and guests explore the issues behind a story in the news.

Producers Ben Carter and Sally Abrahams Rptd Monday 4.30 BBC Inside Science Presented by Victoria Gill.

Producer Sophie Ormiston Repeated next Monday 5.00 PM Presented by Evan Davis.

6.00 Six o’Clock News

3.45 Solitary KerryShalereadsSteveAylett’stale

4.00 Great Lives A 2010 edition about the qualities and personal flaws of Winston Churchill

4.30 Pete and Clive Marking this week’s fifth anniversary of the death of writer, critic and broadcaster Clive James (1939—2019), a chance to hear a 2015 programme in which he and Pete Atkin and Clive James discussed their 1970s songwritingpartnership. WithinputbyStephenFry, Bruce Beresford and Russell Davies

5.00 The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger

Arthur Conan Doyle’s tragic 1927 short story

5.30 Battle for Inspector West (7/7)

6.00 Coming Alive 2000 sitcom (3/6)

6.30 It Sticks Out Half a Mile Dad’s Army spinoff by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles (11/14)

7.00 Bridget Christie: Mortal as 1pm

7.30 The Secret Guests By BW Black (4/10)

7.45 Fifteen Dogs By André Alexis (4/5)

8.00 Dilemma 2015 panel game (6/6)

8.30 Robin and Wendy’s Wet Weekends

9.00 Whitechapel Dreams as 3pm

9.45 Solitary A short story by Steve Aylett

10.00—12.00 Comedy Club: Unspeakable (4/6), at 10.30 Vent (2/6), at 11.00 Children’s Hour with Armstrong and Miller (2/4), and at 11.30 The Hudson and Pepperdine Show (4/4) 12.00 as 4pm 12.30am as 4.30pm 1.00 as 5pm 1.30 as5.30pm2.00 as6pm2.30 as6.30pm3.00 as 1pm 3.30 as 1.30pm 3.45 as 7.45pm 4.00 as 8pm4.30 as2.30pm5.00 as3pm5.45 as9.45pm

6.30 Unspeakable

5/6. Phil Wang and Susie Dent host the panel show in which they challenge guests Roisin Conaty, Alasdair Beckett-King and Slim to create new words to make up the new ultimate dictionary. Roisin introduces a term for hiding moments of irrational irritation, Alasdair presents a word that challenges “playful” teasing, and Slim offers a new term aimed at uplifting older individuals in a society that often overlooks them.

Producer Jon Harvey; Exec producer Joe Varley and Akash Lockmun Repeated next Thursday Radio 4 Extra 7.00 The Archers

Will Kate save the day? Clarrie is left mortified. For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow 2pm 7.15 Front Row

A round-up of news, reviews and interviews from the worlds of art, literature, film and music. Tonight: Samira Ahmed discusses the latest cultural releases, including Tate Modern’s Electric Dreams, an exhibition featuring psychedelic installations by pioneering digital artists from the 1950s to the 1990s. Producer Sarah Jane Griffiths 8.00 The Media Show Repeated from yesterday 4pm 9.00 Loose Ends Rptd from Saturday 6.15pm 9.45 The Warsaw Ghetto: History as Survival

10/10. Out of the Ruins. By Mark Burman. In the aftermath of the war, Warsaw is nothing but rubble. Rachel Auerbach is only one of three members of the Oyneg Shabes to survive. Her urgent calls to rescue the archive, buried in the ruins of the vanished ghetto, are answered with the first tranche rediscovered in 1947. Narrated by Anton Lesser, with Tracy-Ann Oberman as Auerbach.

Producer Mark Burman (R) 10.00 The World Tonight With Jane Hill. 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Green and the Black 4/5. Caleb’s Job. A brand new original fiction serial by the best-selling author Kit de Waal about the changing face of modern Ireland, as told through multiple generations of one family. Caleb is offered a job in a local barber’s. Read by Daniel Mick Ryan. For details see Monday 11.00 The Today Podcast Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson’s take on the biggest news stories of the week. Available on BBC Sounds from this morning. Producer Tom Smithard 11.30 Today in Parliament 12.00 News and Weather 12.30—12.45am Five Ways They Get You Repeated from 11.45am 1.00 as BBC World Service

5.00am Wake Up to Money

Financial news, reports and analysis.

6.00 5 Live Breakfast

Rachel Burden and Rick Edwards with a detailed look at the headlines, plus sport and unique stories from across the UK.

9.00 Nicky Campbell

Discussion of topical issues and the chance for listeners to phone in.

11.00 Adrian Chiles

With original journalism and surprising news stories.

2.00pm Matt Chorley News and topical political discussion, including analysis from specialist commentators and listener input. Plus in-depth interviews with MPs, elected mayors and cabinet ministers.

4.00 5 Live Drive

Tony Livesey and Leila Nathoo with the latest news and sport.

7.00 5 Live Sport

Eleanor Oldroyd with sports news and build-up to the 8.00 Europa League commentary on Tottenham Hotspur v Roma. Plus updates from acrosstonight’sother8.00 matches. 10.00 Gordon Smart Topicalconversation,withaphone-in.

1.00am Dotun Adebayo News and topical discussion.

6.00am Talksport Breakfast 10.00 Jim White and Simon Jordan Sporting insight. 1.00pm Hawksbee and Baker 4.00 Talksport Drive 7.00 Europa League Football CommentaryonTottenhamHotspur v AS Roma (kick-off 8.00). 10.00 The Sports Bar 1.00am Extra Time 5.00 Early Sports Breakfast

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TODAY’S CHOICES

The Naked Week

6.30pm Radio 4

There was no preview available because this topical satire show will be recorded in front of a live audience shortly before broadcast. But we know the score. The Naked Week was piloted last September. The style of its “healthy disrespect for authority” dates back to the so-called “satire boom” of the 1960s, but mixed in is the more modern fad for finding fun in actuality clips taken out of context. There are also unorthodox guests. The battalion of talent includes show-runner Jon Holmes (The Skewer) and a dozen writers. Hosts are Andrew Hunter Murray (No Such Thing As a Fish) and Amy Hoggart (Curious under the Stars), pictured above. If the pilot is anything to go by, the BBC lawyers will be on tenterhooks during the next five weeks.

DAVID MCGILLIVRAY

Heart and Soul

1.30pm, 11.30pm BBC World Service

With Donald Trump set to be inaugurated as President of the US on 20 January 2025, the timing of this documentary is prescient given his election promises on closed borders and mass deportations. Acclaimed journalist James Naughtie travels the southern border wall with Mexico and meets members of a congregation from a church in Tucson, Arizona, who support migrants in a programme to find work. He also talks with humanitarian workers at a bleak border patrol where asylum-seekers are processed, to ask what the future holds for those who arrive at these inhospitable spots. What will the Trump effect be upon these people and those who seek to help them?

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Including at 11.40 Tracks of My Years, with Joan Armatrading’s final two picks: classics by Tina Turner and Dire Straits.

12.00 Jeremy Vine

2.00pm Scott Mills

Including at 3.30 the nostalgic half-hour Scott Mills’s Wonder Years,featuringonetrackeachfrom successiveyears.Today’sChristmasthemed playlist starts in 1992, with Darlene Love, East 17 and more.

4.00 Sara Cox All requests.

7.00 Michelle Visage

A party playlist of disco, dance, pop, neo-R&B bangers and, at 8.30,a “your disco needs you”themed edition of Handbag Hits, including Madonna, Kylie Minogue, JLS and Destiny’s Child.

9.00 The Good Groove with DJ Spoony

11.00 The Rock Show with Shaun Keaveny

12.00 Romesh Ranganathan: for the Love of Hip-Hop North Carolina rapper Rapsody (Marlanna Evans) discusses her early career. Plus a playlist that includes 2Pac, JSWISS, Jean Grae, Big Brovaz and the Roots

1.00am Sounds of the 90s

A 1990s Christmas-themed playlist. (R)

3.00 Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Kitchen Disco Uplifting disco tunes.

5.00 Radio 2 in Concert

Jeff Lynne’s ELO in 2015 at the BBC Radio Theatre in London.

Featuring Evil Woman, Showdown, Evil Woman, Strange Magic, Livin’ Thing, Turn to Stone, All over the World and Don’t Bring Me Down (R)

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7.30am Nick Grimshaw

10.30 Mary Anne Hobbs

New music and features, including an interview with Robert Del Naja (of Massive Attack) and at 12.00 an exclusive Icons Mix from Massive Attack ahead of their Act 1.5 Climate Action Accelerator event in Liverpool.

1.00pm Craig Charles

4.00 Steve Lamacq

7.00 The People’s Party with Afrodeutsche

9.00 6 Music’s Indie Forever

11.00 The Ravers Hour

12.00 6 Music’s Rave Forever

1.00am 6 Music’s Emo Forever Larry Hibbitt (of Hundred Reasons) shares the tracks that inspired his band’s debut album. From 2023.

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6.30am Breakfast With Petroc Trelawny. 9.30 Essential Classics With Ian Skelly. 1.00pm Classical Live With Linton Stephens. Poulenc Three Intermezzos

Debussy Chansons de Bilitis

Ruzan Mantashyan (soprano), Kirill Gerstein (piano) Haydn Symphony No 26 in D minor (Lamentatione)

BBC NOW, conductor Harry Bickett

Howard Shore Fanfare for Organ and Brass Karol Mossakowski (organ), Brass of Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Ludwig Wicki

Steiner Casablanca — Suite NDR Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Frank Strobel

Martinu Rhapsody-Concerto

Timothy Ridout (viola), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle

Mozart Symphony No 41 in C, K551 (Jupiter)

BBC NOW, conductor Ryan Bancroft

4.00 Composer of the Week: Puccini

5/5. Unfinished Business. From 1900 onwards Puccini was beset by doubts and anxieties. In the end it was the Far East that provided new inspiration. Presented by Donald Macleod. Puccini features in this evening’s concert.

Nessun dorma (Turandot, Act 3)

Jussi Bjorling (tenor), Rome Opera House Orchestra, conductor Erich Leinsdorf

Madama Butterfly, Act 2 (excerpts)

Suzuki

Cio-Cio-San

Anna di Stasio (mezzo)

Renata Scotto (soprano)

Rome Opera House Orchestra/John Barbirolli Turandot, Act 1 (excerpts)

Princess Turandot

Calaf

Joan Sutherland (soprano)

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)

Emperor Peter Pears (tenor)

Liu Montserrat Caballé (soprano)

John Alldis Choir, LPO, conductor Zubin Mehta

Fingevo dormire (La bohème, Act 4)

Mimi

Rodolfo

Schaunard

Musetta

Marcello

Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)

Roberto Alagna (tenor)

Roberto de Candia (baritone)

Elizabetta Scano (mezzo)

Simon Keenlyside (baritone)

Colline Ildebrando d’Arcangelo (bass)

Milan La Scala Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly (R)

5.00 In Tune

Sean Rafferty invites vocal octet Voces8 to perform.

7.00 Classical Mixtape Nonstop music.

7.30 Friday Night Is Music Night

To mark the centenary of the death of Giacomo Puccini, Matthew Kofi Waldren conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in a unique concert combining opera, theatre and cinema, paying tribute to “the man who created blockbusters before the silver screen was even invented. Featuring both opera singers — soprano Anna Patalong and tenor Charne Rochford —and West End star Tyrone Huntley (The Book of Mormon, Hello, Dolly!). Presented by Gareth Malone and recorded on 20 September at the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios.

Puccini La tregenda (Le villi); Vissi d’arte; E lucevan le stelle (Tosca) Rossini Overture: The Barber of Seville Rodgers/Hammerstein Younger Than Springtime (South Pacific) Puccini Intermezzo (Manon Lescaut) Claude-Michel Schönberg Bring Him Home (Les Misérables) John Williams Star Wars Episode IV: a New Hope — Main Theme Korngold, arr Black The Sea Hawk — Main Title Puccini Un bel di (Madama Butterfly) Claude-Michel Schönberg Why God Why? (Miss Saigon) Verdi Overture: La forza del destino De Curtis Non ti scordar di me Puccini Intermezzo (Suor Angelica); Nessun Dorma (Turandot); O soave fanciulla (La bohème)

9.45 The Essay: Tin Pan Alleys

5/5. Indonesia’s Tin Pan Alley — Tihingan in Bali The village of Tihingan in Bali is full of noises because the chief occupation there is making gongs for gamelans, the wonderful gong orchestras of Bali and Java. Ade Mardiyati visits Tihingan — Indonesia’s Tin Pan Alley — to learn about the craft. 10.00 Late Junction

With Verity Sharp, this week featuring a mixtape from Uruguayan producer Lechuga Zafiro, who brings cutting-edge sound design to recordings collected through his travels, whether metal, glass, water, toads, sea lions or pigs. Plus a newly released lost recording of pianist Thelonious Monk playing live in Paris in 1966, surreal minimalism from Chicaloyoh (the solo project of French singer/songwriter Alice Dourlen), and a track by Wassoulou singer Nahawa Doumbia.

11.30 ’Round Midnight

Specialist jazz series presented by Soweto Kinch, featuring mixtapes, conversations and live sessions, tonight featuring highlights of the ‘Round Midnight stage at the London Jazz Festival, with tracks from Daniel Casimir, Marysia Osu and Lau Noah. 12.30am Through the Night

With Jonathan Swain. Beginning with a Concerto Copenhagen programme that takes listeners from the Baroque era to the present day, the music written by and for women. Recorded in September 2023. Jacquet de La Guerre Overture: Céphale et Procris Wilhelmine von Bayreuth Harpsichord Concerto in G minor Vivaldi Bassoon Concerto in A minor, RV498 Signe Lykke A World Seen from Above Carolo Sonata No 8 Jacquet de La Guerre Suite: Céphale et Procris Jane Gower (bassoon), Concerto Copenhagen, conductor Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) 1.32 Holmès Roland furieux (Symphony after Ariosto) 1.59 Clarke Viola Sonata 2.22 Beethoven Rondino in E flat, WoO 25 2.31 Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 in B minor (Pathétique) 3.18 Vivaldi Sposa son disprezzata (Il Tamerlano/Il Bajazet) 3.28 Puccini La bohème (excerpts) (arr Epstein for piano) 3.37 Smyth Concerto in A for violin and horn 3.48 Berlioz Overture: Le corsaire 3.58 Weelkes When David Heard (O my Son Absalom) 4.02 Cabezón Three pieces for harp 4.12 Mozart Oboe Quartet in F, K370 4.26 Chédeville, after Vivaldi Le printemps (Les saisons amusantes) 4.31 Rossini Overture: L’italiana in Algeri 4.39 Glazunov Mazurka in F sharp minor, Op 25 No 2 4.46 Neruda Trumpet Concerto in E flat 5.02 Bartok Four Hungarian Folksongs 5.15 Warlock Serenade 5.23 Chopin Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor, Op 35 5.46 Dvorak Violin Concerto in A minor 6.18 Monteverdi Two madrigals Uccellini Sonata (R)

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6.00am Fresh 7.00 Nikita Kanda 11.00 Haroon Rashid 3.00pm The Official Asian Music Chart 5.00 Nayha: Bollywood, Bhangra, UK garage, R&B, hip-hop and more 6.00 Panjabi Hit Squad: hip-hop, Bollywood and bhangra anthems 9.00 DJ Limelight 12.00 Desi Dancefloor Mix 1.00am Pure Spice with DJ Manara 4.00 Pure Spice: the Takeover 5.00 Ankur Desai

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6.30am Classic FM Breakfast With Dan Walker. 10.00 Alexander Armstrong Classical favourites. 1.00pm Joanna Gosling With an hour of requests. 4.00 Margherita Taylor Classic FM favourites. 7.00 Classic FM at the Movies with Jonathan Ross Featuring highlights of scores by Craig Armstrong (William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet), John Barry (Out of Africa), Harry Gregson-Williams (Chicken Run) and Nicholas Britell (TV series Succession). 9.00 Celebrating Puccini with Freddie De Tommaso On the 100th anniversary of the death of Giacomo Puccini (1858—1924), starry tenor Freddie De Tommaso introduces recordings of some of the Italian composer’s most famous music , including Renata Tabaldi (with an aria from Manon Lescaut) and a monumental recording by Maria Callas of the of Vissi d’arte (from Tosca). 10.00 Calm Classics With Ritula Shah. 1.00am

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With Dr Yahya Barry.

5.45 Farming Today

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With Mishal Husain and Nick Robinson.

6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News

6.45 Yesterday in Parliament

7.48 Thought for the Day With Catherine Pepinster.

9.00 Desert Island Discs RptdfromSun10am

9.45 Uncharted with Hannah Fry

3/3. The Doctor Will See You Now. A hot summer’s day in 1998 sees two couples stand side by side in a small courtyard. Brought together by chance, they may never have met if not for one thing. A tatty piece of paper, the contents of which will change their lives, and the lives of thousands across the country, forever. Hannah Fry tells the tale of how this single sheet of A4 uncovered a dark pattern — and a serial murderer hiding in plain sight.

Producer Lauren Armstrong Carter (R) 10.00 Woman’s Hour With Anita Rani.

11.00 The Food Programme

Appreciating Granny. Sheila Dillon on how our grandmother’s cooking shapes us — and what we lose if we let go of those traditions.

Producer Natalie Donovan Repeated tomorrow 10.15pm 11.45 Five Ways They Get You

1.00 The World at One

With Jonny Dymond.

1.45 Orbital

5/5. Anneika Rose concludes her reading of Samantha Harvey’s 2024 Booker Prize winner, set aboard the international space station. Today: it’s movie night, and the typhoon hits land. For details see Monday (R)

2.00 The Archers Rptd from yesterday 7pm

2.15 Limelight: Aldrich Kemp and the Rose of Pamir

2/5. The Music Box. By Julian Simpson.

Clara Page’s investigation of the Linnean Society break-in provided the first clues in the search. Now Clara Page and Aldrich Kemp are speeding across England, heading south-west, in a bid to beat the other side. All episodes available on BBC Sounds from today.

Clara Page Phoebe Fox

Aldrich Kemp

Ferdinand Kingsley

The Underwood Sisters

Jana Carpenter

Mrs Bartholomew Kate Isitt

Mrs Boone Nicola Walker

Sebastian Harcourt/Dutch interviewer Kyle Soller

Aunt Lily Susan Jameson

Lionel Steven Mackintosh

Selina/Miss Evesham

Catherine Kanter

Mister Dalton Karl Davies

Producer Sarah Tombling; Director Julian Simpson

2.45 Something to Declare

5/12. Jack Boswell explores how other cultures handle the universal problems faced at home. Producer Harry Stott Rptd tomorrow 5.45am

3.00 Gardeners’ Question Time

5.00 PM With Anita Anand.

6.00 Six o’Clock News

6.30 The Naked Week

4New series. 1/5. Host Andrew Hunter Murray and “chief correspondent”Amy Hoggart strip away the flimsy covering and jeers at not only the big stories, but also at the way in which the news itself is packaged and presented. Featuring award-winning writers and a crack team of contemporary satirists. Repeated tomorrow 12.30pm

7.00 The Archers

One couple makes a decision, while another takes stock after an unexpected week.

David Archer Timothy Bentinck

Jazzer McCreary Ryan Kelly

Ruth Archer Felicity Finch

Clarrie Grundy Heather Bell

Eddie Grundy Trevor Harrison

Jakob Hakansson Paul Venables

Jim Lloyd John Rowe

Kate Madikane Perdita Avery

Faith Emma Fielding

Chuck Nathan Osgood

Ellie Kerry Howard

Joel Will Close

Writer Sarah McDonald Hughes; Director Rosemary Watts

Editor Jeremy Howe Repeated tomorrow 2.45pm

7.15 Add to Playlist

5.00am Wake Up to Money

6.00 5 Live Breakfast With RachelBurdenandJeanetteKwakye. 9.00 Nicky Campbell

Discussion of topical issues and the chance for listeners to phone in.

11.00 Chiles on Friday

Adrian Chiles presents a goodhumoured weekly show.

1.00pm Elis James and John Robins Myriad cultural issues.

2.00 Matt Chorley

4.00 5 Live Drive With Tony Livesey and Leila Nathoo.

7.00 5 Live Sport

Sports news and features, including at 7.00 Premier League Kick-Off, in which Darren Fletcher and guests look ahead to the weekend’s action. Plus updates from Brighton & Hove Albion v Southampton. 9.00 5 Live Formula One

The latest Formula One news ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix, which takes place this weekend.

10.00 Stephen Nolan 1.00am Lisa McCormick

The National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire is today’s venue, with Peter Gibbs in the chair and a panel of Pippa Greenwood, Bob Flowerdew and Bunny Guinness. The National Memorial Arboretum is part of the Royal British Legion, but a separate legal body, which exists to ensure that “the unique contribution of those who have served and sacrificed is never forgotten; the baton of Remembrance is passed on through the generations; and there is a year-round space to celebrate lives lived and commemorate lives lost”.

2/7. American folk musician and multiinstrumentalist Sam Amidon and recorder player and baroque flautist Heidi Fardell take presenters Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe on a global musical journey, from Salzburg to Soweto. The history of the humble tambourine, the challenge of being a left-handed musician and a little-known controversial involvement in slavery all feature as the next five tracks are added to the playlist.

Producer Jerome Weatherald Repeated Tuesday 11am

8.00 Any Questions?

Alex Forsyth chairs the political forum from St Clement’s Church in Chorlton-cum-Hardy in Manchester, with an audience canvassing the opinions of four leading figures.

Producer Camellia Sinclair Repeated tomorrow 1.10pm

8.50 A Point of View

A reflection on a topical issue.

Repeated Sunday 8.48am

9.00 Free Thinking

Producer Daniel Cocker Repeated Sunday 2pm

3.45 Short Works

Cleo’s mother is 84. And she’s just told her daughter that she’s got engaged to the man who came to fix the porch. As Cleo rushes to work out what’s going on, she’ll encounter a scam that’s harder to unravel than she thought. Paul is a witty and moving short story by award-winning writer Francesca Reece, read by Aimee-Ffion Edwards. Part of the BBC’s Scam Safe week. Producer Fay Lomas

4.00 Last Word

The programme that celebrates the lives of notable peiopole who have recently died. Repeated Sunday 8.30pm

12/15. Matthew Sweet and guests explore the ideas shaping people’s lives today.

10.00 The World Tonight WithShaunLey. 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Green and the Black 5/5. Nick’s Speech. By Kit de Waal. Molly’s father rehearses his speech before the ceremony. Read by Owen Roe. For details see Mon 11.00 Americast

Producer Alasdair Cross

5/5. It’s one of the most common frauds in the UK — a text from your child saying they’ve lost their phone. Shari Vahl concludes her series exploring five frauds, with the story of Julie, who lost thousands thinking her son was in trouble. And Shari considers what frauds might be next in a world of AI. Repeated 12.30am For details see Monday 12.04pm Rare Earth 7/10. The Final Frontier. Some of the wealthiest tech entrepreneurs share a vision of life beyond the horizon. They see a future for humankind that abandons our tired, dirty planet and creates new colonies of health and creativity on the Moon, on Mars or even further into deep space. Is this a wise precaution for all our futures or an insurance policy for the super-wealthy? Tom Heap and Helen Czerski are joined by British astronaut Tim Peake to consider the big moral questions of space colonisation. If we do colonise another planet, how do we avoid making the same mistakes again? How do we grow food and find or produce freshwater? And could the answers help us all live a better life right here, right now?

DAB bbc.co.uk/radio4extra

6.00am In a Glass Darkly Mystery drama

6.30 The Meisterspringer as 11.30am

7.00 Up the Garden Path as 12 noon

7.30 Doctor in the House Medical comedy

8.00 Michael Spicer: before Next Door as 1pm

8.30TheSecretGuests MysterybyBWBlack(5/10)

8.45 Fifteen Dogs By André Alexis (5/5)

9.00 Yesterday in Parliament

9.30 Technicolour With Tracey Logan (5/5)

9.45 Daily Service

Led by Helen Leach. Philippians 2, vv3—11

10.00 Soul Music Emotional responses to Puccini’soperaLabohème.WithauthorMavisCheek, journalist Sarah Standing and opera devotees Ray Tabb and Nancy Rossi. From 2014 (5/5)

10.30 Who the Wild Things Are as 4.30pm

11.00 In a Glass Darkly Mystery drama

11.30 The Meisterspringer SpythrillerbyBerkely Mather.PaulMettoldisblackmailedbyBritishagents intoarrangingtheescapefromprisonofRussianspy JamesCarter.WithChristopherGoodandmore(1/6)

12.00 Up the Garden Path Sitcomadaptedfrom SueLimb’s1984novel,starringImeldaStauntonas a30-somethingteacher.SeriestwoFrom1988(1/8)

12.30pm Doctor in the House Medical comedy

1.00 Michael Spicer: before Next Door (4/4)

1.30 The Secret Guests MysterybyBWBlack(5/10)

1.45 Fifteen Dogs By André Alexis (5/5)

2.00 The Unbelievable Truth Panel game (3/6)

4.30 Life Changing Rptd from Wed 9am

2.30 All the Young Dudes By Jim Sweeney (4/6)

3.00 Harry and the Angels 2010 tale of death, love and friendship in London’s East End, written by and co-starring Bernard Kops (1926—2024)

3.45 The Treehouse Tale by Nawal Gadalla

4.00 Soul Music as 10am

4.30 Who the Wild Things Are PhilipGlassborow asks friends and colleagues of author Maurice Sendak (1928—2012) for clues as to the inspiration behind his most famous children’s book, Where the Wild Things Are (1963). With Henry Goodman

5.00 In a Glass Darkly Dramatisation by Mike Walker of Agatha Christie’s 1939 mystery. A jealous lover is haunted by a fellow pilot’s death

5.30 The Meisterspringer as 11.30am

6.00 Up the Garden Path as 12 noon

6.30 Doctor in the House Medical comedy

7.00 Michael Spicer: before Next Door as 1pm

7.30TheSecretGuestsMysterybyBWBlack(5/10))

7.45 Fifteen Dogs By André Alexis (5/5)

8.00 The Unbelievable Truth Panel game (3/6)

8.30 All the Young Dudes Comedydrama (4/6)

9.00 Harry and the Angels as 3pm

9.45 The Treehouse as 3.45pm

10.00—12.00 Comedy Club:10.00 Parish Matters (3/4), at 10.30 The Jason Byrne Show (5/6), at 11.00 Small Scenes (4/4), at 11.30 Bird Island(4/4),andat11.45 Jigsaw(4/4)

12.00 as 4pm 12.30am as 4.30pm 1.00 as 5pm 1.30 as 5.30pm 2.00 as 6pm 2.30 as

6.30pm 3.00 as 1pm 3.30 as 1.30pm 3.45 as 1.45pm 4.00 as 2pm 4.30 as 2.30pm

With Justin Webb, Sarah Smith, Marianna Spring and Anthony “The Zurch” Zurcher. 11.30 Today in Parliament 12.00 News and Weather 12.30—12.45am Five Ways They Get You Repeated from 11.45am 1.00 as BBC World Service

5.00am Newsday 8.00 News 8.05 Hardtalk 8.30 Business Daily 8.50 Witness History: the lifting of the ban to prevent people with HIV entering the US 9.00 The Newsroom 9.30 Science in Action 10.00 News 10.05 Unexpected Elements 11.00 The Newsroom 11.30 The Global Story 12.00 News 12.05pm Outlook 12.50 Witness History 1.00 The Newsroom 1.30 CHOICE: Heart and Soul: at the end of America’s southern border wall with Mexico, James Naughtie meets people helping recently arrived migrants survive in the extreme conditions 2.00 Newshour 3.00 News 3.05 Hardtalk 3.30 World Business Report 4.00 BBC OS 6.00 News 6.05 Outlook 6.50 Witness History 7.00 The Newsroom 7.30 Sport Today 8.00 News 8.05 BBC OS Conversations 8.30 Crowd Science: an investigation into which animal, apart from the human race, has the biggest carbon footprint 9.00 Newshour 10.00

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Scam Safe — keeping listeners protected

BBC local radio stations play an integral role in the BBC’s scam-awareness week

On Saturday 23 November the BBC is launching Scam Safe, a special week of programming across TV, radio and online that is designed to spotlight what viewers and listeners can do to protect themselves and those they love from being scammed.

As part of the initiative, BBC1’s Morning Live and local radio are collaborating on a series of roadshows in partnership with Stop Scams UK, Age UK, Age Cymru, NASMA (the National Association of Student Money Advisers) and the Open University.

The roadshows will feature representatives from major highstreet banks who are members of Stop Scams UK, student money advisers from local universities, Age UK advisers who work to deliver their Scam Prevention and Support programme and cyber experts from local police forces.

Each event will feature live radio coverage from local BBC stations, offering real-time advice and resources to listeners. Launched

Berkshire

Saturday

6am KatieMartin10.00 Alice Hopkins2pm Sport6.00 Upload8.00 BBCIntroducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am KatieTyler10.00 Alice

Hopkins2pm ErikaNorth 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6amPhilMercer10.00Kirsten O’Brien2pm BridgitteTetteh; Wed/Thu: KatieTyler6.00

Mon/Tue:Sport;Wed:Stephen Brown; Thu: Upload; Fri: KickOff 7.00 Mon: RenaAnnobil; Fri: StephenBrown8.00 Thu: BBCIntroducing9.00 Wed: KathyCaton10.00—1am TheLateShow; Fri: JoGood

Bristol

Saturday

6am CarolineMartin10.00 AndyBennett12.00 Sport

6pm Upload8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am CarolineMartin10.00 AndyBennett2pm Steve Yabsley6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am JoeSims10.00 John Darvall2pm ClaireCarter; Fri: AndyBennett6.00 Mon: SoundoftheCity;Tue: Scrum; Wed: ExtraTime;Thu: Having aGas;Fri: Sport7.00 Mon: MannyMasih;Tue/Fri: Sport; Wed: DanPascoe;Thu: Upload 8.00 Thu: Introducing9.30 Wed: MumswithoutMakeup

at BBC Radio Merseyside on 28

October the dates and locations of the roadshows are as follows:

BBC Radio Devon in Exeter, Monday 25 November; BBC Radio Wales in Cardiff, Tuesday 26 November; BBC Radio Cumbria in Carlisle, Wednesday 27 November; BBC Radio Humberside in Hull, Thursday 28 November; BBC Radio Manchester, Friday 29 November. On Saturday 23 November, Holly Hamilton from BBC Radio Ulster’s Consumer Fight Back podcast will be taking on fraudsters of all kinds. BBC Radio Wales will take part in a full day of scams awareness on Tuesday 26 November, starting with its Breakfast programme. At midday, The Phone-in with Jason

10.00—1am TheLateShow; Fri: JoGood

Cambridgeshire

Saturday

6am BabsMichel10.00 ThordisFridriksson2pm Sport

6.00Upload8.00Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6amBabsMichel10.00Thordis Fridriksson2pm TheJohn LeechSoulShow6.00 Dotun Adebayo10.00—1amLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am AmirSuleman10.00 ChrisMann2pmLouiseHulland 6.00 Sport;Wed: BabsMichel 7.00Mon:YasmeenKhan;Tue: Sport;Thu:Upload;Fri:Angelle

Joseph8.00 Thu: Introducing 10.00—1am (Tue: 10.30)Late Show10.00—1am Fri: JoGood

Cornwall

Saturday

6am MelOsborne10.00

JamesDundon2pm RossEllis

6.00Upload8.00Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am MelOsborne10.00 Toby Buckland2pm MelEverett 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow Monday—Friday 6am JamesChurchfield; Fri: JamesDundon10.00

JulieSkentelbery2pm Angela Kalwaites6.00Mon:Anoushka Williams;Tue/Wed: Dan Pascoe;Thu: Upload;Fri: RossEllis7.00 Fri: DanPascoe

8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00— 1am LateShow;Fri: JoGood

Mohammad will hear from people in Wales who have been affected by scams, followed by Behnaz Akhgar’s afternoon advice hour on the topic. The coverage will continue into Drive, with Eleri Siôn later highlighting how those living with loneliness are often targeted by fraudsters. BBC Radio Cymru will also have scam-focused editions of Dros Frecwast on Monday and Dros Ginio on Tuesday. BBC Radio Scotland’s topical show Mornings will feature the issue throughout the week. Coverage will include a phone-in on scamming, a case study and a surgery which will give the audience expert advice on staying safe. The programme will also feature Scottish stories from BBC1’s Scam Interceptors which is produced at BBC Scotland’s Pacific Quay studios in Glasgow.

ONLINE The BBC’s scam-related content will be accessible at bbc.co.uk/scamsafe and promoted across social media with the hashtag #BBCScamSafe

Cumbria

Saturday

6am PaulBeesley10.00

HayleyKay2pm Sport6.00 Upload8.00 BBCIntroducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am JoeWilson10.00 Hayley

Kay2pm LisaMarrey 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am MikeZeller

10.00 StephanieFinnon2pm NishmaHindocha6.00 Sport 7.00 Mon: EmmaMillen; Tue/Wed: JoelMitchell;Thu: Upload;Fri: RachelTeate8.00 Thu: BBCIntroducing10.00— 1am LateShow;Fri: JoGood CWR

Saturday

6am LornaBailey10.00 Mark Rhodes11.30 Sport3.30pm Sport6.00 Upload8.00 BBC Introducing10.00—1amJoGood

Sunday

6am DonnaAlos10.00

DarrenHarriott2pm Paula

White6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6amPhilUpton10.00VicMinett; Fri: LornaBailey2pm Trish

Adudu6.00 Mon: SkyBlues

FancastLive;Tue: Sport;Wed/ Thu: Sport;Fri: Soundofthe SkyBlues7.00 Mon: Gagan Grewal;Tue: Sport;Wed: ArunVerma;Thu: Upload; Fri: MerishaStevenson8.00

Thu: Introducing10.00—1am (Tue: 10.30)TheLateShow 10.00—1am Fri: JoGood

8.00 BBCIntroducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am BabsMichel10.00 Sadie

Nine2pm JohnLeech

6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am SoniaWatson10.00 Ben Fryer2pm AkylahRodriguez 6.00Mon:Sport;Tue:Framed; Wed:BabsMichel;Thu:Upload; Fri: Phone-in6.30 Tue: Sport

7.00 Mon: YasmeenKhan;Fri: AngelleJoseph8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00—1am (Tue: 10.30)LateShow;Fri:JoGood Gloucestershire

Saturday

6am CarolineMartin10.00

AndyBennett2pm Matchday 6.00Upload8.00Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am CarolineMartin10.00

AndyBennett2pm Dominic Cotter6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6amJonSmith10.00NickyPrice 2pm GrahamRogers6.00 Mon/Fri: Sport;Tue: Scrum; Wed: DanPascoe;Thu: Upload 7.00 Mon: MannyMasih;Tue: Matchnight;Fri:KevinPhilemon 8.00Thu:Introducing9.30Wed: MumswithoutMakeup10.00— 1am LateShow;Fri: JoGood Guernsey

Derby

Saturday

6am BeckyMeasures10.00 KellyHinch2pm Matchday 6.00 DeanJackson8.00 BBC Introducing10.00—1amJoGood

Sunday

6am AmirSuleman

10.00 KellyHinch2pm Dean Jackson6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow Monday—Friday 6amAndyTwigge10.00IanSkye 2pm BenJackson6.00 Sport 7.00Mon:ShrutiChauhan;Tue: Sport;Wed: ArunVerma;Thu: Upload;Fri: LetitiaGeorge 8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00— 1am LateShow;Fri: JoGood

Devon

Saturday

6am MelOsborne10.00 RichardGreen2pm Sport

6.00 Upload8.00 Introducing 10.00—1amJoGood

Sunday

6am MelOsborne10.00 Toby Buckland2pm MelEverett 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow Monday—Friday

6am JohnAcres;Fri: Rick Edwards10.00CarolineDensley 2pm AngelaKalwaites6.00 Mon: AnoushkaWilliams;Tue/ Fri:Sport;Wed:DanPascoe;Thu: Upload7.00 Fri: DanPascoe 8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00— 1am LateShow;Fri: JoGood

Essex

Saturday

6am BabsMichel10.00 Sadie Nine12.00 Sport6pm Upload

Sunday

6am FionaMills10.00 Sean Dunderdale2pm Sarah-Jane Honeywell6.00DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am KofiSmiles;Wed: Steve Bailey10.00 CarlaGreene 2pm RichardStead6.00 Sport7.00 Mon: ArzuDutta; Wed: JohnKane;Thu: Upload; Fri: SileSibanda8.00 Thu: BBCIntroducing10.00—1am TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood

Jersey

Saturday

6am AlisonMoss10.00 Jim Delbridge2pmTimPryor6.00 Introducing10.00—1amJoGood

Sunday

6am MatthewPrice10.00 Jim Delbridge2pm JohnRandall 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday 6am JennyMullin10.00 AlisonMoss;Fri: LauraPrice 2pm DarcyKelly6.00 Mon: JamesDundon;Tue/Wed: Dan Pascoe;Thu: BBCIntroducing; Fri: JohnRandall8.00 Thu: BBCIntroducing10.00—1am TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood

Saturday

6am AlisonMoss10.00 Jim Delbridge2pmTimPryor6.00 Introducing10.00—1amJoGood

Sunday

6am MatthewPrice10.00 Jim Delbridge2pm JohnRandall 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am TimHunter10.00 Steph Watkins;Mon:JimDelbridge2pm DarcyKelly6.00 Mon: James Dundon;Tue/Wed:DanPascoe; Thu:Introducing;Fri:JohnRandall 8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00— 1am LateShow;Fri: JoGood Hereford/Worcester

Saturday

6amLornaBailey10.00LizEllis 2pm Sport6.00 Upload8.00 Introducing10.00—1amJoGood

Sunday

6amDonnaAlos10.00LizEllis 2pm PaulaWhite6.00 Dotun Adebayo10.00—1amLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am TammyGooding10.00 ElliottWebb2pmToniMcDonald 6.00Mon/Fri:MalcolmBoyden; Tue/Wed: ArunVerma; Thu: Upload7.00 Mon: GaganGrewal;Tue: Sport; Fri: MerishaStevenson8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00—1am LateShow;Fri: JoGood Humberside

Saturday

6am FionaMills10.00 Sean Dunderdale12.00 Sport5pm Sport6.00 Upload8.00 BBC Introducing10.00—1amJoGood

Saturday 6am AllisonFerns10.00 StephenBrown2pmSportsHub 6.00Upload8.00Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood Sunday 6am AllisonFerns10.00 PatMarsh2pm ErikaNorth 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow Monday—Friday 6am AnnaCookson10.00 DominicKing2pm Adam Dowling6.00 Mon: Game Changers;Tue: PeteBestwick; Wed: StephenBrown;Thu: Upload;Fri: Huddle7.00 Mon: RenaAnnobil;Fri: Stephen Brown8.00 Thu: Introducing 9.00Wed:KathyCaton10.00— 1am LateShow;Fri: JoGood Lancashire

Saturday 6am PaulBeesley10.00

All England regions

Sunday

6am KatCowan10.00

BeckyMeasures2pm Sport 6.00 DotunAdebayo

10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6amRimaAhmed10.00Gayle Lofthouse2pm TobyFoster

6.00 Sport7.00 Mon: ArzuDutta;Tue/Wed: Sport; Thu: Upload;Fri: SileSibanda

8.00 Thu: BBCIntroducing 10.00—1am Mon/Thu: Late Show;Fri: JoGood10.30— 1am Tue/Wed: TheLateShow

Leicester

Saturday

6am BeckyMeasures

10.00 KellyHinch12.00 Sport 6pm DeanJackson8.00 BBC Introducing10.00—1amJoGood

Sunday

6am MartynWilliams

10.00 KellyHinch2pm Dean Jackson6.00 DotunAdebayo

10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am AdyDayman10.00 SummayaMughal2pm Ben Jackson6.00 Mon: Football Forum;Tue: GameNight;Wed: RugbyShow;Thu: TheBoot Room;Fri: WeekendPreview

7.00 Mon: ShrutiChauhan; Tue/Wed: ArunVerma;Thu: Upload;Fri: LetitiaGeorge 8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00— 1am LateShow;Fri: JoGood

Lincolnshire

Saturday

6am FionaMills10.00 Sean Dunderdale2pm Hopeand Glory6.00 TheBeat8.00 Introducing10.00—1amJoGood

Sunday

6am FionaMills10.00 Sean Dunderdale2pm Sarah-Jane Honeywell6.00Farmwatch7.00 Folk10.00—1am LateShow

Monday—Friday

6amScottDalton10.00Frances Finn;Fri:SeanDunderdale2pm RichardStead6.00 Hopeand Glory7.00 Mon: ArzuDutta; Tue: HopeandGlory;Wed: JohnKane’sNorthernSoul; Thu: Upload8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00—1am LateShow;Fri: JoGood

London

Saturday

6am CarrieandDavidGrant

10.00 RobertElms1pm Gary Crowley2.00 Sport6.00 Upload8.00 BBCIntroducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am Inspirit10.00 Robert Elms2pm GabyRoslin 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am SalmaEl-Wardany;Fri: RizLateef10.00 EddieNestor; Fri: RobertElms2pm Shay Grewal;Fri: JumokéFashola 6.00 Sport7.00 Mon: Asad Ahmad;Tue: KimDavis;Wed: JacquelineShepherd;Thu: Upload;Fri: AminataKamara 8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00— 1am LateShow;Fri: JoGood

Manchester

Saturday

6am PhilTrow10.00 Simone Riley2pm Sport8.00 BBC Introducing10.00—1amJoGood

Sunday

6am PhilTrow10.00 Simone Riley2pm Sport7.00 Dotun Adebayo10.00—1amLateShow

Monday—Friday

6amAnnaJameson10.00Mike Sweeney;Fri: JoeMcGrath 2pmMichelleDignan;Thu/Fri: SimoneRiley6.00 Sport7.00 Mon: RaeesKhan;Tue/Thu: Sport;Wed: JoelMitchell;Fri: JermaineFoster10.00—1am TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood

Merseyside

Saturday

6am PaulBeesley10.00 Sean Styles2pm TotalSport6.00 Upload8.00 BBCIntroducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am JoeWilson10.00 Sean Styles2pm Sport5.00 Lisa Marrey6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am KevinDuala10.00 Tony Snell2pm HelenJones

6.00 TotalSportMerseyside

8.00 Mon: RaeesKhan;Tue: JoelMitchell;Thu:Introducing; Fri: UKBlack9.00 Mon: OrientExpress10.00—1am TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood

Newcastle

Saturday

6am ChrisFelton10.00 Kelly Scott2pm Sport6.00 Upload 8.00 BBCIntroducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am ChrisFelton10.00 Kelly Scott2pm SimonLogan 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am MattBailey10.00 Anna Foster2pm ScottMakin6.00 Sport8.00 Wed: JoelMitchell; Thu: BBCIntroducing10.00— 1am Wed/Thu: TheLateShow 10.30—1am Mon/Tue: TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood

Norfolk

Saturday

6am BabsMichel10.00

ThordisFridriksson2pm Sport 3.00 Sport5.00 CanaryCall 6.00Upload8.00Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am BabsMichel10.00

ThordisFridriksson2pm TheJohnLeechSoulShow

6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6amChrisGoreham;Tue/Wed: Breakfast10.00Kayleigh Poacher2pm LouiseHulland

6.00 Mon: TheScrimmage; Tue/Wed: BabsMichel;Thu: Upload;Fri: YellowFriday

6.30 Fri: LocalReport7.00 Mon: YasmeenKhan;Tue: Sport:Pre-match;Fri: Angelle Joseph7.45 Tue: Sport

Saturday 23–Friday 29 November

8.00 Thu: Introducing 9.45 Tue: CanaryCall 10.00—1am (Tue: 10.30) TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood

Northampton

Saturday

6am BabsMichel10.00 Justin Dealey2pm Sport6.00 Upload8.00 BBCIntroducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am BabsMichel10.00 Justin Dealey2pm JohnLeechSoul Show6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am AnnabelAmos10.00

BernieKeith2pm Roberto Perrone6.00Mon:Non-League Scene;Tue/Wed: BabsMichel; Thu: TheCobblersShow; Fri: Sport7.00 Mon: Yasmeen Khan;Tue: Sport;Thu: Upload; Fri: AngelleJoseph8.00 Thu: BBCIntroducing10.00—1am TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood

Nottingham

Saturday

6am BeckyMeasures10.00 KellyHinch12.00 Matchday 6pm DeanJackson8.00 BBC Introducing10.00—1amJoGood

Sunday

6amAmirSuleman10.00Kelly Hinch2pmDeanJackson

5.00WeAreNotts6.00Dotun Adebayo10.00—1amLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am VerityCowley; Thu: DavidJackson 10.00 Dino2pm BenJackson 6.00 IntheGame7.00 Mon: ShrutiChauhan;Tue/Wed: ArunVerma;Thu: Upload; Fri: LetitiaGeorge8.00 Thu: BBCIntroducing10.00—1am TheLateShow; Fri: JoGood

Oxford

Saturday

6am KatieMartin10.00 Alice Hopkins2pm Sport6.00 Upload8.00 BBCIntroducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am KatieTyler12.00 Alice Hopkins2pm ErikaNorth 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am SophieLaw10.00 Adam Ball2pm BridgitteTetteh; Wed: KatieTyler6.00 Mon/ Fri: Sport;Tue: PeteBestwick; Wed: StephenBrown; Thu: Upload7.00 Mon: RenaAnnobil;Tue: Sport; Fri: StephenBrown8.00 Thu: BBCIntroducing9.00 Wed: KathyCaton10.00—1am (Tue: 10.30)LateShow;Fri:JoGood

Sheffield

Saturday

6am KatCowan10.00 Nick Ahad12.00 FootballHeaven 6pm Upload8.00 Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am KatCowan10.00 Becky Measures2pm SileSibanda 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am EllieColton10.00 Xanthe Palmer2pm TobyFoster6.00 Football7.00 Mon: ArzuDutta; Wed: JohnKane;Thu: Upload 8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00— 1am LateShow;Fri: JoGood

Shropshire

Saturday

6amLornaBailey10.00LizEllis 12.00Sport6pmUpload8.00 Introducing10.00—1amJoGood

Sunday

6amDonnaAlos10.00LizEllis 2pm PaulaWhite6.00 Dotun Adebayo10.00—1amLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am AdamGreen10.00 Clare Ashford2pm ToniMcDonald 5.00Thu:Sport6.00Mon/Fri: SportsHour;Tue/Wed: Arun Verma7.00 Mon: Gagan Grewal;Fri:MerishaStevenson 8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00— 1am LateShow;Fri: JoGood

Radio Solent

Saturday

6am KatieMartin10.00 Alice Hopkins2pm Sport6.00 Upload8.00 BBCIntroducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am KatieTyler9.00 GrowIt withKatieTyler10.00 Alice Hopkins1pm Sport5.00 Erika North6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am AlunNewman;Fri: Katie Martin10.00LouHannan2pm LucyAmbache;Mon:SamFraser 6.00 Sport7.00 Mon: Rena Annobil;Tue: PeteBestwick; Wed/Fri: Sport;Thu: Upload 8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00— 1am Mon—Thu: TheLateShow 10.30—1am Fri: JoGood 103.8FORWESTDORSET

AsRadioSolent,including Dorsetnewsandfeatures,plus: Monday—Friday 7am—9.00 SteveHarris

Somerset

Saturday

6am CarolineMartin10.00 AndyBennett12.00 Sport 6pm Upload8.00 BBC Introducing10.00—1amJoGood

Sunday

6am CarolineMartin 10.00 AndyBennett2pm Mel Everett6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6amCharlieTaylor10.00Simon Parkin2pm ClaireCarter;Fri: AndyBennett6.00Mon:Sound oftheCity;Tue: Scrum;Wed: ExtraTime;Thu: HavingaGas; Fri: Sport7.00 Mon: Manny Masih;Tue/Wed: Midweek Match;Thu: Upload;Fri: Kevin Philemon8.00Thu:Introducing 10.00—1am (Tue: 10.30)The LateShow;Fri: JoGood

Stoke

Saturday

6am LornaBailey10.00 Liz Ellis2pm Sport6.00 Upload 8.00 BBCIntroducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6amDonnaAlos10.00LizEllis 2pm PaulaWhite6.00 Dotun Adebayo10.00—1amLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am LeeBlakeman10.00

StuartGeorge2pm Toni McDonald6.00 Mon/Fri: PraiseandGrumble;Tue—Thu: Sport7.00 Mon/Tue: Sport; Wed:ArunVerma;Thu:Upload; Fri: MerishaStevenson8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00—1am TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood

Suffolk

Saturday

6am BabsMichel10.00

ThordisFridriksson2pm Sport 6.00Upload8.00Introducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am BabsMichel10.00 ThordisFridriksson2pm

JohnLeech3.30 Matchday 8.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am WayneBavin10.00

SarahLilley2pm Louise Hulland6.00 Mon: TheBlue HourwithBrennerWoolley; Tue/Wed: BabsMichel; Thu: Upload;Fri: Sport 7.00 Mon: YasmeenKhan; Fri: AngelleJoseph8.00 Thu: BBCIntroducing10.00—1am TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood

BBC Surrey and BBC Sussex

Saturday

6am AllisonFerns10.00

StephenBrown2pm Tim Durrans6.00 Upload8.00 Introducing10.00—1amJoGood

Sunday

6am AllisonFerns10.00

PatMarsh2pm ErikaNorth 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am Surrey:JamesCannon; Sussex:DannyPike10.00

SarahGorrell2pm Adam Dowling6.00 Mon: Game Changers;Tue: PeteBestwick; Wed: StephenBrown;Thu: Upload;Fri: TheSporting PreviewHour7.00 Mon: Rena Annobil;Fri: StephenBrown 8.00 Thu: Introducing9.00 Tue: Sussex:SportFocus;Wed: KathyCaton10.00—1am The LateShow;Fri: JoGood Tees

Saturday

6am ChrisFelton10.00 Kelly

Scott2pm Sport6.00 Upload 8.00 BBCIntroducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am ChrisFelton10.00 Kelly Scott2pm SimonLogan 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am AmyOakden; Mon: Ellie Brennan10.00 GaryPhilipson 2pm ScottMakin6.00 Sport 7.00 Mon: EmmaMillen;Thu: Upload;Fri: RachelTeate8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00—1am TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood

Three Counties

Saturday

6am BabsMichel10.00 Justin Dealey12.30FM95.5Sport

2.00 Sport5.00 5-0-56.00 Upload8.00 BBCIntroducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am BabsMichel10.00 Justin Dealey2pm JohnLeech 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am AndyCollins10.00 JVS 2pm RobertoPerrone6.00 Mon: OllieBayliss;Tue/Wed: BabsMichel;Thu: Upload;Fri: GeorgeLitchfield7.00 Mon: YasmeenKhan;Tue: Sport; Fri: AngelleJoseph8.00 Thu: BBCIntroducing10.00—1am TheLateShow; Fri: JoGood Wiltshire

Saturday

6am CarolineMartin10.00 AndyBennett2pmSport6.00 Upload8.00 BBCIntroducing 10.00—1am JoGood

Sunday

6am CarolineMartin10.00 AndyBennett2pm Dominic Cotter6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow

Monday—Friday

6am BenPrater10.00 Sue Davies2pm GrahamRogers 6.00 Mon/Fri: Sport;Tue: TheScrum;Wed: DanPascoe; Thu: Upload7.00 Mon: Manny Masih;Tue: DanPascoe; Fri: KevinPhilemon8.00 Thu: BBCIntroducing10.00—1am TheLateShow;Fri: JoGood WM

Saturday

6am LornaBailey10.00 Mark Rhodes2pm Sport6.00 Upload8.00 BBCIntroducing 10.00—1am JoGood Sunday

6amDonnaAlos10.00Darren Harriott2pm PaulaWhite 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow Monday—Friday

6am SarahJulian;Thu/Fri: MollieGreen10.00 Kathryn Stanczyszyn2pm TrishAdudu 6.00 Phone-in7.00 Mon/Fri: Community;Tue/Wed: Sport; Thu: Upload8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00—1am Mon/ Thu: LateShow;Fri: JoGood 10.30—1amTue/Wed:LateShow York

Saturday

6amKatCowan10.00NickAhad 2pm Sport6.00 Upload8.00 Introducing10.00—1amJoGood Sunday

6am KatCowan10.00 Becky Measures2pm SileSibanda 6.00 DotunAdebayo 10.00—1am TheLateShow Monday—Friday 6am GeorgeySpanswick 10.00 JoanitaMusisi;Fri: Bek Homer2pm TobyFoster6.00 Sport7.00 Mon: ArzuDutta; Tue: Sport;Wed: JohnKane; Thu: Upload;Fri: SileSibanda 8.00 Thu: Introducing10.00— 1am LateShow;Fri: JoGood

RADIO in your area

Scam Safe — keeping listeners protected

BBC local radio stations play an integral role in the BBC’s scam-awareness week

On Saturday 23 November the BBC is launching Scam Safe, a special week of programming across TV, radio and online that is designed to spotlight what viewers and listeners can do to protect themselves and those they love from being scammed.

As part of the initiative, BBC1’s Morning Live and local radio are collaborating on a series of roadshows in partnership with Stop Scams UK, Age UK, Age Cymru, NASMA (the National Association of Student Money Advisers) and the Open University. The roadshows will feature representatives from major highstreet banks who are members of Stop Scams UK, student money advisers from local universities, Age UK advisers who work to deliver their Scam Prevention and Support programme and cyber experts from local police forces. Each event will feature live radio coverage from local BBC stations, offering real-time advice and resources to listeners. Launched

Saturday

NEWS: SPORT: WEATHER

hourly 8.00am to 12 noon, 6.00pm, 7.00, 9.00, 10.00, 11.00, 12 midnight NEWS HEADLINES 2.00pm, 5.00

6.30am Out of Doors

MarkStephenandRachel Stewartpresentstories fromthegreatoutdoorsin Scotlandandbeyond.

Email:outofdoors@bbc.co.uk

8.00 Good Morning Scotland

Thelatestnewsfromhome andabroad,alongwithsport, travelandweatherupdates.

10.00 Zara Janjua

ZaraJanjuaandguestsoffera uniquetakeonthethings gettingScotlandtalkingthis Saturdaymorning.

11.30 Breaking the News

DesClarkehoststheawardwinningcomedynewsquiz.

Repeatedfromyesterday

12.00 Off the Ball Footballforumthatclaimsto bethemostpettyandillinformedfootballshowon radio,withlight-hearted featuresandcompetitions.

PresentedbyStuartCosgrove andTamCowan.Text80295.

Email:offtheball@bbc.co.uk

2.00pm Sportsound

Comprehensivecoverageof Scottishsportincludinglive andexclusivecommentary, news,interviews,analysisand discussion.Text80295.

@BBCSportsoundonsocialmedia

Radio Scotland Extra

7.00—10.30 Sportsound

Commentary,analysisand debateontheday’sScottish sport.Text80295.

@BBCSportsoundonsocialmedia

at BBC Radio Merseyside on 28

October the dates and locations of the roadshows are as follows:

BBC Radio Devon in Exeter, Monday 25 November; BBC Radio Wales in Cardiff, Tuesday 26 November; BBC Radio Cumbria in Carlisle, Wednesday 27 November; BBC Radio Humberside in Hull, Thursday 28 November; BBC Radio Manchester, Friday 29 November. On Saturday 23 November, Holly Hamilton from BBC Radio Ulster’s Consumer Fight Back podcast will be taking on fraudsters of all kinds. BBC Radio Wales will take part in a full day of scams awareness on Tuesday 26 November, starting with its Breakfast programme. At midday, The Phone-in with Jason

FM only

7.00 Take the Floor

GaryInnespresentstraditional musicincludingabandsession andachatwithspecialguests.

Email:takethefloor@bbc.co.uk

FM only

9.00 Piping Sounds

RadioScotlandplaysa selectionofpipemusicfrom Scotlandandaroundtheworld.

FM only until 10.30

10.00 Billy Sloan

Avariedselectionofmusic fromtherichhistoryof Scotland’s—andtherestofthe world’s—rockandpop.

1.00am—7.00 asRadio5Live

Sunday

NEWS: SPORT: WEATHER hourly 6.00am to 9.00, 11.00, 12 noon, 2.00pm, 5.00, hourly 7.00 to 11.00

7.00am New Every Sunday ActofworshipwiththeRev TomBoyle,ParishPriestof StMary’sinGreenock.

7.30 Playback

VictoriaLumsdenpresents highlightsfromtheweekthat wasonBBCRadioScotland.

8.00 Sunday Morning

TonyKearneypresentstwo hoursofmusicand conversationwithafaithand ethicalperspective,looking backattheweek’seventsto askwhattheysayabout people’svaluesandbeliefs.

10.00 The Sunday Show

MartinGeisslerandFiona Stalkerdiscussthebigissues oftheweekandtalktosome ofthepeoplebehindthe politicalheadlines.

Mohammad will hear from people in Wales who have been affected by scams, followed by Behnaz Akhgar’s afternoon advice hour on the topic. The coverage will continue into Drive, with Eleri Siôn later highlighting how those living with loneliness are often targeted by fraudsters. BBC Radio Cymru will also have scam-focused editions of Dros Frecwast on Monday and Dros Ginio on Tuesday. BBC Radio Scotland’s topical show Mornings will feature the issue throughout the week. Coverage will include a phone-in on scamming, a case study and a surgery which will give the audience expert advice on staying safe. The programme will also feature Scottish stories from BBC1’s Scam Interceptors which is produced at BBC Scotland’s Pacific Quay studios in Glasgow.

ONLINE The BBC’s scam-related content will be accessible at bbc.co.uk/scamsafe and promoted across social media with the hashtag #BBCScamSafe

12.00 Sportsound Rugby

Comprehensivecoverageof Scottishrugbyincluding commentaryonScotland’s AutumnInternationalagainst Australia(kick-off1.40), plusbreakingnews, interviews,analysisand discussion.Text80295, 4.00pm The Best of Sacked in the Morning

AmyIronspresentsa compilationofthebest momentsfromSackedinthe Morningfeaturingtwoofher favouriteguests,Mark CrossleyandBarryFry.

5.00 BBC Radio Scotland Young Jazz Musician

SeonaidAitkenpresentsthe finalsoftheBBCRadio

ScotlandYoungJazzMusician 2024awardlivefromBBC Scotland’sHeadquartersin PacificQuay,Glasgow.

6.00 Your Requests with Gary Innes

Garyshareslisteners’ messagesanddedications andplaysfavouriteScottish musicrequests.

7.00 Classical Now CelebratingScotland’s classicalworld,Jamie MacDougallhighlightsthe workoftheBBCScottish SymphonyOrchestrain concertandotherScottish artistsandensembles.

9.00 Iain Anderson

Iaininviteslistenerstoendthe dayinthecompanyofthe songwritingmastersof country,folk,bluesandsoul. 11.00—6.00am asRadio5Live

8.00 Vic Galloway

Vicintroducesnewreleases fromalternativeartists,and classicalbumcutsalongside livetracks.Text80295.

Email:vicgalloway@bbc.co.uk

10.00 Iain Anderson

Iaininviteslistenerstoendthe dayinthecompanyofthe songwritingmastersof country,folk,bluesandsoul.

12 midnight—6.00am asRadio5Live

Tuesday

NEWS: SPORT: WEATHER: LOCALNEWS as Monday

6.00am Good Morning Scotland

Thelatestnewsfromhome andabroad.Withtravel reportsevery15minutes, businessupdatesat7.45 and 8.45,weatherreportsat7.29 and7.59,andsportsreportsat 7.08,7.35,8.08 and8.35

9.00 Mornings

WithKayeAdams.

12.00 Lunchtime Live

NewsupdatesfromScotland andbeyond,pluslunchtime sport,travelandweather.

1.30pm The Afternoon Show

MichelleMcManuspresentsa Scottisharts,entertainment andmusicround-up.

3.30 The Afternoon Show

LenPenniepresentsan updateonartsandculture.

4.00 Drivetime

Monday

NEWS: SPORT: WEATHER

hourly 6.00am to 8.00, 10.00 to 5.00pm, 7.00, 8.00, 10.00, 11.00

LOCAL NEWS Dumfries, Aberdeen, Inverness, Selkirk: 6.30am, 7.30, 8.30, 12.30pm, 4.30, 5.30; Orkney: 7.30am, 12 noon, 6.00pm; Shetland: 12.30pm, 5.30, 6.00

6.00am Good Morning Scotland

Thelatestnewsfromhome andabroad.Withtravel reportsevery15minutes, businessupdatesat7.45 and 8.45,weatherreportsat7.29 and7.59,andsportsreportsat 7.08,7.35,8.08 and8.35

9.00 Mornings

KayeAdamsgetstotheheart ofthenewsandofferslisteners theopportunitytohavetheir sayontheday’sstories.

12.00 Lunchtime Live

NewsupdatesfromScotland andbeyond,pluslunchtime sport,travelandweather.

1.30pm The Afternoon Show

MichelleMcManuspresentsa Scottisharts,entertainment andmusicround-up.

3.30 The Afternoon Show

LenPenniepresentsan updateontheartsandculture sceneacrossScotland.

4.00 Drivetime

Breakingdowntheday’s talkingpointswithcomment andopinion,plussport, travelandweather.

6.00 Get It On... with Bryan Burnett

Bryanpresentsaselectionof essentialmusicchosenby listeners.Text80295.

Email:getiton@bbc.co.uk

9.00 Mornings

KayeAdamsgetstotheheart ofthenewsandofferslisteners theopportunitytohavetheir sayontheday’sstories.

12.00 Lunchtime Live

NewsupdatesfromScotland andbeyond,pluslunchtime sport,travelandweather.

1.30pm The Afternoon Show MichelleMcManuspresentsa Scottisharts,entertainment andmusicround-up.

3.30 The Afternoon Show

LenPenniepresentsan updateontheartsandculture sceneacrossScotland.

4.00 Drivetime

Breakingdowntheday’s talkingpointswithcomment andopinion,plussport, travelandweather.

Radio Scotland Extra

6.00—10.30 Sportsound

Comprehensivecoverageof Scottishsportincludinglive andexclusivecommentary, news,interviews,analysisand discussion.Text80295. @BBCSportsoundonsocialmedia

FM only

6.00 Get It On... with Vic Galloway VicGallowaysitsinonthe musicrequestshow,offering listenersthechancetoaskfor afavouritetrack.Text80295. Email:getiton@bbc.co.uk

FM only

Breakingdowntheday’s talkingpointswithcomment andopinion,plussport, travelandweather.

Radio Scotland Extra

6.00—10.30 Sportsound

Comprehensivecoverageof Scottishsportincludinglive andexclusivecommentary, news,interviews,analysisand discussion.Text80295.

@BBCSportsoundonsocialmedia

FM only

6.00 Get It On... with Bryan Burnett

Bryanpresentsaselectionof essentialmusicchosenby listeners.Text80295.

Email:getiton@bbc.co.uk

FM only

8.00 Another Country with Ricky Ross

RickyRossentersthemusical landscapeofAmericanaand alternativecountry.

FM only until 10.30

10.00 Roddy Hart

RoddyHartshinesaspotlight ongreatsongwriting,both contemporaryandclassic.

12 midnight—6.00am asRadio5Live

Wednesday

NEWS: SPORT: WEATHER: LOCALNEWS as Monday

6.00am Good Morning

Scotland

Thelatestnewsfromhome andabroad.Withtravel reportsevery15minutes, businessupdatesat7.45 and 8.45,weatherreportsat7.29 and7.59,andsportsreportsat 7.08,7.35,8.08 and8.35

8.00 The Quay Sessions with Roddy Hart Liveperformancesfrom acrossthemusicallandscape —allcapturedinfrontofan audienceinthefoyeratBBC RadioScotland’sPacificQuay. FM only until 10.30

10.00 Dougie Payne TravisbassistDougiePayne sitsinforVicGallowayand presentsaselectionofmusic thatheloves,featuringDonna Summer,theStrokes,Can, IggyPop,ScottWalkerand DavidBowie.Text80295.

12 midnight—6.00am asRadio5Live

Thursday

NEWS: SPORT: WEATHER: LOCALNEWS as Monday

6.00am Good Morning Scotland

Thelatestnewsfromhome andabroad.Withtravel reportsevery15minutes, businessupdatesat7.45 and 8.45,weatherreportsat7.29 and7.59,andsportsreportsat 7.08,7.35,8.08 and8.35. 9.00 Mornings WithStephenJardine.

12.00 Lunchtime Live NewsupdatesfromScotland andbeyond,pluslunchtime sport,travelandweather.

1.30pm The Afternoon Show MichelleMcManuspresentsa Scottisharts,entertainment andmusicround-up.

3.30 The Afternoon Show LenPenniepresentsan updateontheartsandculture sceneacrossScotland.

Saturday 23–Friday 29 November

Frequencies

FM only from 5.00

4.00 Drivetime

Breakingdowntheday’s talkingpointswithcomment andopinion,plussport, travelandweather.

Radio Scotland Extra

5.00—10.30 Sportsound

Comprehensivecoverageof Scottishsportincludinglive andexclusivecommentary, news,interviews,analysisand discussion.Text80295.

@BBCSportsoundonsocialmedia

FM only

6.00 Get It On... with Vic Galloway

VicGallowaysitsinonthe requestshow.Text80295.

Email:getiton@bbc.co.uk

FM only

8.00 Travelling Folk

AnnaMassiewithfolkandroots musicfromaroundtheworld.

FM only until 10.30

10.00 Natasha Raskin Sharp

Aneclecticmixofmusic.

12 midnight—6.00am asRadio5Live Friday

NEWS: SPORT: WEATHER:

NEWS as Monday

6.00am Good Morning Scotland

Thelatestnewsfromhome andabroad.Withtravel reportsevery15minutes, businessupdatesat7.45 and 8.45,weatherreportsat7.29 and7.59,andsportsreportsat 7.08,7.35,8.08 and8.35.

9.00 Mornings

WithStephenJardine.

12.00 Lunchtime Live

NewsupdatesfromScotland andbeyond,pluslunchtime sport,travelandweather.

1.30pm Breaking the News

DesClarkehoststheawardwinningcomedynewsquiz. Repeatedtomorrow

2.00 The Afternoon Show NicolaMeighanpresentsideas forfunthingstodoaround Scotlandinthedaysahead.

4.00 Drivetime

Breakingdowntheday’s talkingpointswithcomment andopinion,plussport, travelandweather.

6.00 Grant Stott’s Vinyl Collective

Grantcelebratesthevinyl revivalwithLPs,7”singles,12” remixesandforgottengems from1984,playingtracksfrom hisowncollectionandhearing thestoriesaboutlisteners’ cherishedrecords.

8.00 BBC Introducing in Scotland

PhoebeI-HandStephanie Cheapepresentunsigned, undiscoveredandunder-theradarmusicfromScotland.

10.00 Ashley Storrie Thecomediankicksoffthe weekendwithahand-picked playlistandlivelychat.

1.00—6.30am asRadio5Live BBC Radio Scotland 40 Pacific Quay Glasgow G51 1DA bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

Local programmes

ORKNEY

Weekdays

7.30am—8.00 Around Orkney:round-upoflocal news,eventsandweather

6.00pm—7.00 Mon: Orkney Sport:withAdamHarcus; Tue: OrkneyIrishCountry: withColinKirkness;Wed: OrkneyLifeStories:musical memories;Thu: OrkneyMusic Scene:withLeahSeatorand MarcusCordock;Fri: Friday Requests:weeklydedication programme,featuringmusic requestsandgreetings Phone:01856873939 Email:radio.orkney@bbc.co.uk

SHETLAND

Weekdays

5.30pm GoodEvening Shetland:newsandfeatures fromaroundtheisles

6.00—7.00 Mon: Ootada Cans:worldandfolkmusic withGaryPetersonand SteveDavidson;Tue: Retro Radio:amusicaldrive throughthedecades;Wed: InConversation:lifestories withcharactersfromacross Shetland;Thu: Discovering Shetland’sPast:DrValTurner excavatesShetland’s archaeologicalpast;Fri: Give UsaTune:all-requestshow Phone:01595694747 Email:radio.shetland@bbc.co.uk

Radio nan Gaidheal

MarRadioAlbaach: Disathairne

9.00am Spòrs na Seachdain Spòrsionadail,nàiseantaagus bhoairfeadhant-saoghail còmhlariIainMoireasdan.

POSTDEALAIN:sns@bbc.co.uk

FONANASGAIDH:08000967050

10.00 Fàilt’ air an Dùthaich Taghadhdecheòldùthchail seanisùr.

11.00 Tiompan

CeòlCeilteach,clàranùraagus fiosmucòthacluichcàitele MaireadNicIllinnein.

12.00—1.00pm Oran Annad ThaGillebrìdeMacIlleMhaoila’ toirtaithnedhana h-òranaicheanath’airabhith a’cruthachadhòrainùraann anGàidhlig.

Didòmhnaich

9.00amDèanamaidAdhradh SeirbheisGhàidhlig. ath-chraoladhaig3pmaig9pm 9.30 Alleluia

Tha Iain MacFhionghain a’ toirt thugaibh laoidhean, sailm agus sgeulachdan pearsanta.

10.00 A-mach Leinn! CoinneachMaca’Ghobhainn a’gabhailchunnasitiglecuid lecur-seachada-muigh.

10.30 Crùnluath

Ceòlnapìobacòmhlari CaileanMacIlleathain. ath-chraoladhDiardaoinaig3.30pm

12.00 Naoi gu Deich TaghadhbhoNaoiguDeichna seachdainseo.

1.00pm SpeakGaelic

Abheilsibhseagionnsachadh Gàidhlig?Matha,isann dhuibhseathaampodcastseo.

1.30 An Litir Bheag LitirBheagnaseachdainsale RuairidhMacIlleathain. Litiràireamh1019.

1.35 SpeakGaelic

PodcastdoluchdionnsachaidhnaGàidhlig ceangailterisant-sreath SpeakGaelicairBBCAlba.

1.55 Litir do Luchdionnsachaidh LitirdoLuchd-ionnsachaidhle RuairidhMacIlleathain. Litiràireamh1323.

2.00 Gleus

Thafuinn,còisireanagus òrainbhoshaoghalceòl clasaigeachaguseileaigIain.

3.00 Dèanamaid Adhradh SeirbheisGhàidhlig. ath-chraoladhaig9pm

3.30—4.00 Rogha is Tagha Taghadhàprògramanna seachdainairathoirtthugaibh leAnnaNicnaCeardaich. ath-chraoladhaig9.30pm

9.00 Dèanamaid Adhradh SeirbheisGhàidhlig.

9.30—10.00 Rogha is Tagha Taghadhàprògramanna seachdainairathoirtthugaibh leAnnaNicnaCeardaich.

Diluain

7.30am Aithris na Maidne Naidheachdanionadail, nàiseantaiseadar-nàiseanta gachmadainn.

9.00 Naoi gu Deich

TaghadhbhoNaoiguDeichna seachdainseo. ath-chraoladhaig10.25pm

10.00 A’ Mire ri Mòir

Thaibeachdail,thaibeòthail agusthaifeitheamh ribhletaghadhciùil.

12.00 Feasgar an-diugh

Naidheachdan,còmhradh, spòrs,ceòlagusfealla-dhà. ath-chraoladhaig9pm

1.30pm Caithream Ciùil

CeòlGàidhealach’sCeilteach agusfiosrachadhairnathadol agaibhsegachfeasgar.

POSTDEALAIN:dethadol@bbc.co.uk

3.30 Leughadairean air

Leughadh

CatrìonaMhoireacha’ còmhradhridaoineath’ airambeò-ghlacadhle leabhraichean’sleughadh. ath-chraoladhDiciadainaig8pm

4.00 Fàilt’ air an Dùthaich Taghadhdecheòldùthchail seanisùr.

5.00 Aithris an Fheasgair Naidheachdannàiseantais ionadailoDhiluainguDihaoine.

5.30 Siubhal gu Seachd le Pluto Ceòl,fealla-dhàagussùil airspòrsionadail,nàiseanta aguseadar-nàiseanta.

POSTDEALAIN:pluto@bbc.co.uk

FONANASGAIDH:08000967050

7.00 Guthan bhon Deasbad

ThaMegana’còmhradhriochd sgoileartharfhicheadbhoair feadhAlbaaghabhpàirtsna ciadchuairteandeDheasbad nanArd-sgoiltean2023.

9.00 Feasgar an-diugh

10.25—11.25 Naoi gu Deich Dimàirt

7.30am Aithris na Maidne Naidheachdanionadail, nàiseantaiseadar-nàiseanta gachmadainn.

9.00 Naoi gu Deich

TaghadhbhoNaoiguDeich naseachdainseo. ath-chraoladhaig10.25pm

10.00 A’ Mire ri Mòir

12.00 Feasgar an-diugh Naidheachdan,còmhradh, spòrs,ceòlagusfealla-dhà. ath-chraoladhaig9pm

1.30pm Caithream Ciùil CeòlGàidhealach’sCeilteach agusfiosrachadhairnatha dolagaibhsegachfeasgar.

3.30 Spòrscast Acòmhradh rimeasgachadhdedhaoine’s iadaginnismunphàirtatha spòrsacluichnambeatha.

4.00 Oran Annad ThaGillebrìdeMacIlleMhaoila’ toirtaithne.

ath-chraoladha’maireachaig7pm

5.00 Aithris an Fheasgair Naidheachdannàiseantais ionadailoDhiluainguDihaoine.

5.30 Siubhal gu Seachd le Pluto Ceòl,fealla-dhàagussùil airspòrsionadail,nàiseanta aguseadar-nàiseanta.

7.00 Rapal Orainùraguleòr. POSTDEALAIN:rapal@bbc.co.uk FONANASGAIDH:08000967050

9.00 Feasgar an-diugh

10.25—11.25 Naoi gu Deich Diciadain

7.30am Aithris na Maidne Naidheachdanionadail, nàiseantaiseadar-nàiseanta gachmadainn.

9.00 Naoi gu Deich TaghadhbhoNaoiguDeichna seachdainseo. ath-chraoladhaig10.25pm

10.00 A’ Mire ri Mòir

Thaibeachdail,thaibeòthail agusthaifeitheamhribhle taghadhciùil.

12.00 Feasgar an-diugh Naidheachdan,còmhradh, spòrs,ceòlagusfealla-dhà. ath-chraoladhaig9pm

1.30pm Caithream Ciùil CeòlGàidhealach’sCeilteach agusfiosrachadhairnathadol agaibhsegachfeasgar.

3.30 SpeakGaelic Abheilsibhseagionnsachadh Gàidhlig?Matha,isann dhuibhseathaampodcastseo. ath-chraoladhaig8.30pm

4.00 Gleus

Fuinn,còisireanagusòrainbho shaoghalceòlclasaigeachagus eile,leIainMoireach.

5.00 Aithris an Fheasgair

5.30 Siubhal gu Seachd le Pluto

7.00 Oran Annad

ThaGillebrìdeMacIlleMhaoila’ toirtaithne.

8.00 Leughadairean air

LeughadhCatrìonaMhoireach a’còmhradhridaoinea th’airambeò-ghlacadhle leabhraichean’sleughadh.

8.30 SpeakGaelic

9.00 Feasgar an-diugh

10.25—11.25 Naoi gu Deich

Diardaoin

7.30am Aithris na Maidne Naidheachdanionadail, nàiseantaiseadarnàiseantagachmadainn.

9.00 Naoi gu Deich TaghadhbhoNaoiguDeich naseachdainseo. ath-chraoladhaig10.25pm

10.00 A’ Mire ri Mòir Thaibeachdail,thaibeòthail agusthaifeitheamhribhle taghadhciùil.

12.00 Feasgar an-diugh Naidheachdan,còmhradh, spòrs,ceòlagusfealla-dhà. ath-chraoladhaig9pm

1.30pm Caithream Ciùil CeòlGàidhealach’sCeilteach agusfiosrachadhairnatha dolagaibhsegachfeasgar.

3.30 Crùnluath

Ceòlnapìobacòmhlari CaileanMacIlleathain.

5.00 Aithris an Fheasgair Naidheachdannàiseantais ionadailoDhiluainguDihaoine. ath-chraoladha’maireachaig5pm

5.30 Siubhal gu Seachd le Pluto

7.00 Cuairt Dheireannach Deasbad Nàiseanta nan Àrd-sgoiltean

A’chuairtdheireannachde DheasbadNàiseantanan Ard-sgoilteanbeòbho Phàrlamaidnah-Alba.

9.00 Feasgar an-diugh 10.25—11.25 Naoi gu Deich Dihaoine

7.30am Aithris na Maidne Naidheachdanionadail, nàiseantaiseadarnàiseantagachmadainn.

9.00 Naoi gu Deich TaghadhbhoNaoigu Deichnaseachdainseo. ath-chraoladhaig12.00 10.00 A’ Mire ri Mòir

Thaibeachdail,thaibeòthail agusthaifeitheamhribhle taghadhciùil.

12.00 Feasgar an-diugh Naidheachdan,còmhradh, spòrs,ceòlagusfealla-dhà.

1.30pm Caithream Ciùil

3.30 Mo Chuairt Ciùil

Sealladhairmarathaceòl marphàirtmhòrnarbeatha.

5.00 Aithris an Fheasgair

5.30 Rogha is Tagha Taghadhàprògramanna seachdainairathoirtthugaibh leAnnaNicnaCeardaich.

6.00 Na Dùrachdan Ceòl, òrainisfealla-dhàcòmhlari MaireadNicIllinneinagus MuireallUrchardan.

9.00 Mac’ille Mhìcheil

CuiridhIainMac’illeMhìcheil agusaoigheanandeireadh seachdainairachasan.

11.00 Tiompan CeòlCeilteach,clàranùra agusfiosmucòthacluich càiteleMaireadNicIllinnein. 12.00—1.00amNaoiguDeich

National

BBC Radio 1* FM

BBC Radio 2* FM

BBC Radio 3* FM

BBC Radio 4 FM

103.5–104.9, LW 198

BBC Radio 5 Live MW 693, 909

BBC Radio Scotland FM 92.5–94.7

BBC Radio Scotland Extra MW 810

BBC Radio nan Gaidheal FM 103.5–104.9 (carries R4 in some parts)

Classic FM 99.9–101.9

Talksport MW 1053, 1089 Above stations also on Freeview (*not Sat 4pm—1am, Sun 4pm— 12 midnight, weekdays 5pm— 12 midnight), plus satellite, cable, internet and DAB (Radio Scotland Extra service only).

Local

Argyll FM 106.5, 107.1, 107.7 (Campbeltown)

BBC Cumbria FM 95.6 (Carlisle), 96.1 (Morecambe Bay), 95.2 (Kendal), 104.1 (Whitehaven/ Keswick), 104.2 (Windermere), MW 756 (Carlisle), 837 (Barrow-in-Furness) Capital 106.1 (Glasgow), 105.7 (Edinburgh) Central FM 103.1 (Stirling/ Falkirk/Clackmannanshire)

Clyde 1 FM 102.3 (Rothesay), 102.5 (Glasgow), 103.3 (Firth of Clyde), 97 (Vale of Leven) Forth 1 FM 97.3, 97.6 (Edinburgh), 102.2 (Penicuik) Greatest Hits RadioFM 96.4 (Carlisle), 96.8 (Selkirk), 97 (Dumfries), 102.2 (Workington), 102.3 (Berwick), 102.5 (Penrith), 103.1 (Peebles), 103.4 (Eyemouth/Whitehaven), DAB (North East Scotland) Heart FM 100 (Vale of Leven), 101.1 (Edinburgh/Rosneath), 100.3 (Glasgow), 103.3 (Penicuik) Heartland FM 97.5 (Pitlochry/ Aberfeldy), 107.3 (Crieff) Isles FM 103 (Western Isles) Kingdom FM 105.4 (St Andrews), 106.3 (The East Neuk), 95.2 (West Fife), 96.1 (Central & East Fife), 96.6 (Kirkcaldy) Mearns FM 105.1 (Portlethen), 105.7 (Stonehaven), 106.2 (Inverbervie), 107.3 (Laurencekirk) MFR FM 96.6 (Speyside), 96.7 (Fraserburgh/Wick), 97.4 (Highlands/Moray/ Aberdeenshire), 102.5 (Caithness), 102.8 (Keith) Nation FM 96.3 (Glasgow), 106.9 (Helensburgh), 103 (Dumbarton) Nevis FM 96.6 (Fort William), 97 (Glencoe), 102.4 (Loch Leven), 102.3 (Skye & Mallaig) Northsound 1 FM 96.9 (Aberdeen), 97.6 (Balgownie), 103 (Peterhead) Oban FM 103.3 Original FM 106 (Aberdeen) SIBC FM 96.2 (Bressay), 102.2 (Shetland) Skye 106.2, 102.7 (Skye/Lochalsh) Smooth Radio FM 105.2 (Glasgow) Tay FM MW 102.8 (Dundee), 96.4 (Perth)

Wave FM 102 (Dundee)

Waves Radio FM 101.2 (Peterhead/Fraserburgh)

West FM 96.7 (Ayrshire), 97.5 (Girvan), 106.7 (Rothesay) West Sound FM 97 (Dumfries), 103 (Kirkcudbright), 96.5 (Stranraer) Wester Ross FM 96.8 (North West Scotland), 102.2 (Ullapool), 106 (Gairloch), 106.6 (Loch Ewe)

RADIO in your area

Scam Safe — keeping listeners protected

BBC local radio stations play an integral role in the BBC’s scam-awareness week

On Saturday 23 November the BBC is launching Scam Safe, a special week of programming across TV, radio and online that is designed to spotlight what viewers and listeners can do to protect themselves and those they love from being scammed.

As part of the initiative, BBC1’s Morning Live and local radio are collaborating on a series of roadshows in partnership with Stop Scams UK, Age UK, Age Cymru, NASMA (the National Association of Student Money Advisers) and the Open University. The roadshows will feature representatives from major highstreet banks who are members of Stop Scams UK, student money advisers from local universities, Age UK advisers who work to deliver their Scam Prevention and Support programme and cyber experts from local police forces. Each event will feature live radio coverage from local BBC stations, offering real-time advice and resources to listeners. Launched

Saturday

RADIO ULSTER NEWS:

hourly 7.00am to 11.00pm, then 11.55

7.05am Kerry McLean

Music,chatandrequeststo easelistenersintotheweekend.

Text:81771

Email:kerry.mclean@bbc.co.uk

8.05 Your Place and Mine

Thepeople,placesandstories thatmakeNorthernIreland unique,presentedby AnneMarieMcAleese.

Phone:02890338307

Email:ypam@bbc.co.uk

9.05 Gardeners’ Corner

Theweeklyprogramme forkeenhorticulturists.

PresentedbyDavidMaxwell. Phone:03030805555

10.05 Consumer Fight Back with Holly Hamilton Hollyandherteamget answers,rightwrongsand makethingsbetterfor consumerseverywhere.

Email:cfb@bbc.co.uk

11.05SaturdaywithJohnToal

Talesoffamilyandcommunity life,plusrecipes,craicand music.Includingnewsat12.00

Phone:03030805555

Text:81771

Email:swjt@bbc.co.uk

1.05pm Assume Nothing: Murder at the Stables 3/4. Theinsidestoryofa promisingyoungshowjumper withabrightequestrian careeraheadofher,who wasfoundhangingather Lettershandoneyhome. Allwasnotasitseemedas NorthernIreland’sequestrian communitywasrocked. RepeatedThursday9.05pm

at BBC Radio Merseyside on 28

October the dates and locations of the roadshows are as follows:

BBC Radio Devon in Exeter, Monday 25 November; BBC Radio Wales in Cardiff, Tuesday 26 November; BBC Radio Cumbria in Carlisle, Wednesday 27 November; BBC Radio Humberside in Hull, Thursday 28 November; BBC Radio Manchester, Friday 29 November. On Saturday 23 November, Holly Hamilton from BBC Radio Ulster’s Consumer Fight Back podcast will be taking on fraudsters of all kinds. BBC Radio Wales will take part in a full day of scams awareness on Tuesday 26 November, starting with its Breakfast programme. At midday, The Phone-in with Jason

1.20 Assume Nothing:

Murder at the Stables 4/4. Revisitingastorythat exposeswhatcanhappen behindthestabledoors,and raisesquestionsaboutthe safetyofyoungwomenina worldtowhichmanyare instantlyattracted.It’s alsoastoryaboutabuse, rape,murderandan extraordinarycover-up RepeatedThursday9.15pm

1.30 The Blame Game New series. 1/5. RegularsTim McGarry,ColinMurphy,Diona DohertyandNeilDelamere arejoinedbyguestcomedian ScottCapurroastheyputtheir comedicspinontheweek’s newsandfieldquestionsas offeredbyastudioaudience. RepeatedThursday9.30pm

2.05 Sportsound

MichaelMcNameepresents build-uptotoday’smatches intheIrishPremiership.

3.05 Sportsound Rugby Autumn Internationals LivecoverageofIrelandvFijiin theAutumnInternationalsat AvivaStadium(kick-off3.10). Intheirmostrecentencounter IrelandbeatFiji35—17two yearsago.Thiswillbeonly thesixthtimethatthetwo countrieshavemetinaTest matchwithIrelandwinningall thepreviousfiveencounters. GavinAndrewswillbejoined byformerinternationalJonny Bellwithcommentaryfrom JimNeillyandex-Ulsterand Irelandinternationalforward ChrisHenry.Includingnews at3.55 and5.00

Mohammad will hear from people in Wales who have been affected by scams, followed by Behnaz Akhgar’s afternoon advice hour on the topic. The coverage will continue into Drive, with Eleri Siôn later highlighting how those living with loneliness are often targeted by fraudsters. BBC Radio Cymru will also have scam-focused editions of Dros Frecwast on Monday and Dros Ginio on Tuesday. BBC Radio Scotland’s topical show Mornings will feature the issue throughout the week. Coverage will include a phone-in on scamming, a case study and a surgery which will give the audience expert advice on staying safe. The programme will also feature Scottish stories from BBC1’s Scam Interceptors which is produced at BBC Scotland’s Pacific Quay studios in Glasgow.

ONLINE The BBC’s scam-related content will be accessible at bbc.co.uk/scamsafe and promoted across social media with the hashtag #BBCScamSafe

6.05 The House Party with Phil Taggart

Dancemusictogetthe partystarted,fromsoulto houseandfunktotechno. Includingnewsat7.00

8.05 Folk Club

Folkandtraditionalmusic fromIrelandandbeyond. PresentedbyNeilMartin.

10.05 Saturday Club

HostRalphMcLeanplaysa soothingselectionoftracks. Includingnewsat11.00 Text:81771

12.00 asRadio5Live

Sunday

RADIO ULSTER NEWS: hourly 7.00am to 11.00pm and 11.55pm

7.05am Kerry McLean

Music,chatandrequests. IncludingThoughtfortheDay at7.55 andnewsat8.00. Text:81771

Email:kerry.mclean@bbc.co.uk

8.30 Sunday Sequence

AudreyCarvilleandguests debatetheweek’sreligious andethicalnewsandexplore theworldofcultureandideas. Includingnewsat9.00

Phone:02890338355

Email:sunday.sequence@bbc.co.uk

9.55 Appeals

OnbehalfofCauseNI,who providepracticalandemotional supporttofamiliesandcarers supportingsomeoneliving withaseriousmentalillness. Repeatedtomorrow2.55pm

10.05 Morning Service

AservicefromStMichael’s Church,Castlecaulfield, Tyrone.LedbytheVenerable DrPeterThompson.

6.05 Kintra

HelenMarkandtheKintra teampresentstories,news, musicandbanterfrom Ulster-Scotscommunities athomeandabroad.

Email:kintra@bbc.co.uk

6.30 What Have the Ulster Scots Ever Done for Us?

4/6. JaneReaandJennie Browneinvestigatewhat Ulster-Scotshavedoneforthe widerworldintermsofartand design.Todiscovertheanswer, theduovisittheRoyalUlster AcademyofArts,theUlster Museum,ayoungladiesstudio inCloughmills,aseaside carparkinLarneanda PresbyterianChurchinBelfast.

7.05 Classical Connections with John Toal Popularclassicalmusic,plus news,reviewsandinterviews withlocalandtouring performers.Withnewsat8.00

9.05 John Kerr Country Johnplayscontemporary Americancountryhitsand talkswithsomeofthebiggest namesinthebusiness.Genres coveredincludeNashville-pop, Americana,Appalachianand RedDirt/Texas.

10.05 Sunday Club

1.30 Hugo Duncan

Countrymusicoldandnew, plustheopportunityfor listenerstosubmitrequests byphoneortext.Including newsandtravelat2.00

Phone:03030805555

Text:81771

2.55 Appeals

OnbehalfofCauseNI. Repeatedfromyesterday9.55am

3.05 The Afternoon Show

Aneclecticselectionof popularmusic,including classictracks,newreleases andliveperformances. Plussomereal-lifestories andconversations.

4.00 Evening Extra

Alookbackattheday’sevents, withRichardMorgan,Tara MillsandDeclanHarvey. Featuringnewsonthe half-hour,plusregularsport, trafficandweatherreports, andthelatestagri-business.

6.05 Vinny and Cate Teatimemusicandcraic, presentedbyVinny HurrellandCateConway. Includingnewsat7.00

7.30 Blas

10.45 Thought for the Week

AudreyCarvillepresentsclips fromlastweek’sThought fortheDayfeatures.

11.05 Sunday with Steven Rainey

Stevenbringsthebestof currentaffairs,interviews, discussionandanalysis— includinganessentialguide totheSundaynewspapers. Withnewsat12.00.

1.05pm Sunday with Brian D’Arcy

Briandelvesintohiswide experienceofmusictobring listenerssometracksjustright foraSundayafternoon,along withsomereflectionstomake themthink,laughorcry.

Writeto:SundaywithBrianD’Arcy, BBCRadioUlster,OrmeauAvenue, BelfastBT28HQ

2.05 Countryside

Voices,views,stories,news andchatfromNorthern Ireland’sruralcommunity, hostedbyNicolaWeir. Includingessentiallivestock andweatherreports.

3.05 The Culture Café

Fromthepagetothestage, Marie-LouiseKerrhoststhe essentialculturalconversation.

4.05 Kaz Hawkins Got the Blues

Thesingerplayssomeofher favouritebluesandsoultracks.

5.05 Sounds Sacred RichardYarrintroducespopular, sacredmusicperformedby localandinternationally acclaimedmusicians.Healso playslisteners’requestsand providesnewsofmusicevents acrossNorthernIreland.

RalphMcLeanplaysa late-nightselectionofmusic designedtosootheawaythe problemsofthepastweek. Includingnewsat11.00 Dedicationsto:TheSundayClub, BBCRadioUlster,BroadcastHouse, BelfastBT28HQ 12.00 asRadio5Live

Monday

RADIO ULSTER NEWS: half-hourly 6.30am to 9.30, hourly 10.00 to 11.00pm, plus 4.30pm, 5.30, 11.55

6.30amGoodMorningUlster

WithSarahBrettandJoel Taggart,includingtravel updatesandanalysisoffinance andbusinessnews,plusagribusinessinFarmGateanda ThoughtfortheDayat7.20

Email:good.morning.ulster@bbc.co.uk

9.00 The Nolan Show

Breakingnewsandhardhittingtopicaldebatewith StephenNolan.Listenerscan sharetheirviewsbyphone, textoremail.Includingnews andtravelat10.00

Phone:03030805555

Text:81771

Email:nolan@bbc.co.uk

10.30 The Connor Phillips Show

Amid-morningselectionof musicandmischief,withfun featuressuchasDoesMy HeadIn,UselessSuperpowers, GuesstheGuestandTaylor

Sifts.Includingnewsat11.00

Phone:03030805555

Text:81771

Email:connor@bbc.co.uk

12.05pm Talkback

WilliamCrawleyandtheTalkback teampresentnewsandinvite listeners’on-airreactionsto thebreakingstoriesoftheday, frompoliticsandhealthto consumerissuesandeducation. Includingnewsat1.00

Phone:03030805555

Email:talk.back@bbc.co.uk bbc.co.uk/talkback

FearghalMagUiginnle súilsiararaicseanspóirt dheireadhnaseachtaine. FearghalMagUiginnlooks backattheweekend’s sportingaction.

8.05TheRalphMcLeanShow

Aselectionofclassicrock, soul,blues,pop,gospel, reggaeandfunkbotholdand new,fromhomeandabroad featuringliveperformance, interviewsandmore. Includingnewsat9.00

10.05 The Late Show with Eve Blair Chilled-outmusic,including aselectionofeasylistening melodiesbotholdandnew, togetherwithmaterialby theArtistoftheWeek. Email:eve.blair@bbc.co.uk 12.00 asRadio5Live

Tuesday

6.30amGoodMorningUlster WithSarahBrettandChris Buckler,includingregular news,travelandsportupdates andanalysisoffinanceand businessnewsandThought fortheDayat7.20

Email:good.morning.ulster@bbc.co.uk

9.00 The Nolan Show Breakingnewsandhardhittingtopicaldebatewith StephenNolan.Listenerscan sharetheirviewsbyphone, textoremail.Includingnews andtravelat10.00

Phone:03030805555

Text:81771

Email:nolan@bbc.co.uk

10.30 The Connor Phillips Show

Amid-morningselectionof musicandmischief,withfun featuressuchasDoesMy HeadIn,UselessSuperpowers, GuesstheGuestandTaylor Sifts.Includingnewsat11.00

Phone:03030805555

Text:81771

Email:connor@bbc.co.uk

12.05pm Talkback

WilliamCrawleyandthe Talkbackteampresentnews andinvitelisteners’on-air reactionstothebreaking storiesoftheday,frompolitics andhealthtoconsumer issuesandeducation. Includingnewsat1.00

Phone:03030805555

Email:talk.back@bbc.co.uk bbc.co.uk/talkback

1.30 Hugo Duncan

Countrymusicoldandnew, plustheopportunityfor listenerstosubmitrequests byphoneortext.Including newsandtravelat2.00

Phone:03030805555

Text:81771

3.05 The Afternoon Show

Aneclecticselectionof popularmusic,including classictracks,newreleases andliveperformances. Plussomereal-lifestories andconversations.

4.00 Evening Extra

Alookbackattheday’sevents, withRichardMorgan,Tara MillsandDeclanHarvey. Featuringnewsonthe half-hour,plusregularsport, trafficandweatherreports, andthelatestagri-business.

6.05 Vinny and Cate Teatimemusicandcraic, presentedbyVinnyHurrell andCateConway.Including newsat7.00

7.30 Blas

Agcoinneáilanlucht éisteachtaaraneolasfaoina himeachtaíargáiadafheiceáil agusachluinstinisaolealaíne aguscultúirnaGaeilgeagus níosfaideóbhaile.

DáithíOMuiríkeepslisteners uptodatewithallthat’s happeninginthearts.

8.05TheRalphMcLeanShow Classicrock,soul,blues,pop, gospel,reggaeandfunkboth oldandnew,fromhomeand abroadfeaturinglive performance,interviewsand more.Includingnewsat9.00

10.05 The Late Show with Eve Blair

Chilled-outmusic,including aselectionofeasylistening melodiesbotholdandnew, togetherwithmaterialby theArtistoftheWeek.

Email:eve.blair@bbc.co.uk

12.00 asRadio5Live Wednesday

RADIO ULSTER NEWS: see Monday

6.30amGoodMorningUlster

WithSarahBrettandChris Buckler,includingregular news,travelandsportupdates andanalysisoffinanceand businessnewsandThought fortheDayat7.20

Email:good.morning.ulster@bbc.co.uk

9.00 The Nolan Show

Breakingnewsandhardhittingtopicaldebatewith StephenNolan.Listenerscan sharetheirviewsbyphone, textoremail.Includingnews andtravelat10.00

Phone:03030805555

Text:81771

Email:nolan@bbc.co.uk

10.30 The Connor Phillips Show

Music,mischiefandfun featuressuchasDoesMy HeadIn,UselessSuperpowers, GuesstheGuestandTaylor Sifts.Includingnewsat11.00. Phone:03030805555 Text:81771

Email:connor@bbc.co.uk

12.05pm Talkback

WilliamCrawleyandthe Talkbackteampresentnews andinvitelisteners’on-air reactionstothestoriesofthe day,frompoliticsandhealthto consumerissuesandeducation. Includingnewsat1.00 Phone:03030805555 Email:talk.back@bbc.co.uk bbc.co.uk/talkback

1.30 Hugo Duncan

Countrymusicoldandnew, plustheopportunityfor listenerstosubmitrequests byphoneortext.Including newsandtravelat2.00 Phone:03030805555 Text:81771

3.05 The Afternoon Show

Aneclecticselectionof popularmusic,including classictracks,newreleases andliveperformances. Plussomereal-lifestories andconversations.

4.00 Evening Extra

Alookbackattheday’sevents, withRichardMorgan,Tara MillsandDeclanHarvey. Featuringnewsonthe half-hour,plusregularsport, trafficandweatherreports, andthelatestagri-business.

6.05 Vinny and Cate Teatimemusicandcraic,with VinnyHurrellandCateConway.

7.05 The Easy Wellness

Podcast with Vinny Hurrell and Cate Conway

Suggestionsonhowtomake lifealittleeasier.Regular themesincludecopingwith anxiety,stayingcalmindifficult momentsandimprovingsleep quality.Featuringinformation oncold-waterimmersion, yogaandsoundhealing.

7.30 Blas

Caintaguscomhráfaoi imeachtaíantsaoilmhóir agusshaolanghnáthlae. MáireBhreathnachhasall thelatestnewsonlocaland internationaleventsand theissuesoftheday.

8.05 Ralph McLean: Country

FromthesoundsofNashville tonewbluegrass,Ralphtakes anotherjourneyintotheworld ofAmericanrootsmusic, offeringaselectionofclassic tracks,liveperformanceand timelessAmericanaalongthe way.Includingnewsat9.00

9.55 Wah Yan Jee Sing Localinformationonhealth andsocialissuesinCantonese.

10.05 The Late Show with Eve Blair

Chilled-outmusic,including aselectionofeasylistening melodies,plusmaterialby theArtistoftheWeek.

Email:eve.blair@bbc.co.uk

12.00 asRadio5Live

Saturday 23–Friday 29 November

Thursday

RADIO ULSTER NEWS: see Monday

6.30amGoodMorningUlster

WithSarahBrettandChris Buckler,includingregular news,travelandsportupdates andanalysisoffinanceand businessnewsandThought fortheDayat7.20

Email:good.morning.ulster@bbc.co.uk

9.00 The Nolan Show

Breakingnewsandhardhittingtopicaldebatewith StephenNolan.Listeners cansharetheirviewsby phone,textoremail.Including newsandtravelat10.00

Phone:03030805555 Text:81771

Email:nolan@bbc.co.uk

10.30 The Connor Phillips Show

Music,mischiefandfun features.Withnewsat11.00 Phone:03030805555 Text:81771

Email:connor@bbc.co.uk

12.05pm Talkback

WilliamCrawleyandthe Talkbackteampresentnews andinvitelisteners’reactions tothebreakingstoriesofthe day.Includingnewsat1.00. Phone:03030805555

Email:talk.back@bbc.co.uk bbc.co.uk/talkback

1.30 Hugo Duncan

Countrymusicoldandnew, plusthechanceforlistenersto submitrequests.Including newsandtravelat2.00

Phone:03030805555 Text:81771

3.05 The Afternoon Show

Aneclecticselectionof popularmusic,plussomereallifestoriesandconversations.

4.00 Evening Extra

Alookbackattheday’sevents, withRichardMorgan,Tara MillsandDeclanHarvey. Featuringnews,sport,traffic andweatherreports,andthe latestagri-business.

6.05 Vinny and Cate Teatimemusicandcraic,with VinnyHurrellandCateConway.

7.05 The Mystery Mix Tape with Vinny and Cate VinnyHurrellandCate Conwaychallengelisteners— andeachother—tosearch throughthemusicmemory bankstocorrectlyidentify theyearinquestion.

7.30 Blas

Dearcadhanduineóigar ábhairabhfuilspraoiagbaint leoagusábhairníostroime. Ayouthfulviewoflifestyle issues,travel,sport,beauty, fashion,cookeryandmore. PresentedbyCaoimheNí Chathail.

8.05 Blas Ceoil

RoghaceoilAineUí Bhreisleáinletússpleodrach achurledodheireadh seachtaine.Ceoltraidisiúnta, fréamhagusdúchasach, leheisiúintíúra,sonraí gigeannaagusseisiúinbheo. Newreleases,gigdetailsand liveacousticsessionstokeep listenersintouchwithtraditional, rootsandfolkmusic.Presented byAineUíBhreisleáin.

9.05 Assume Nothing: Murder at the Stables 3/4.Theinsidestoryofa promisingyoungshowjumper foundhangingather Lettershandoneyhome. Allwasnotasitseemedas NorthernIreland’sequestrian communitywasrocked. RepeatedfromSaturday1.05pm 9.15 4/4.Revisitingastory thatexposeswhatcanhappen behindthestabledoors,and raisesquestionsaboutthe safetyofyoungwomenina worldtowhichmanyare attracted.It’salsoastory aboutabuse,rape,murderand anextraordinarycover-up. RepeatedfromSaturday1.20pm

9.30 The Blame Game

1/5.RegularsTimMcGarry, ColinMurphy,DionaDoherty andNeilDelamerearejoined byguestcomedianScott Capurroastheyputtheir comedicspinontheweek’s newsandfieldquestionsas offeredbyastudioaudience.

RepeatedfromSaturday1.30pm

10.05 The Late Show with Eve Blair

Aselectionofchilled-out musictogetherwithmaterial bytheArtistoftheWeek.

Email:eve.blair@bbc.co.uk

12.00 asRadio5Live

Friday

RADIO ULSTER NEWS: half-hourly 6.30am to 9.30, hourly 10.00 to 11.00pm, plus 4.30pm, 11.55

6.30amGoodMorningUlster

WithChrisBucklerandJoel Taggart,includingregular news,travelandsportupdates andanalysisoffinanceand businessnewsandThought fortheDayat7.20

Email:good.morning.ulster@bbc.co.uk

9.00 The Nolan Show

Breakingnewsandtopical debatewithStephenNolan. Listenerscansharetheirviews byphone,textoremail.With newsandtravelat10.00

Phone:03030805555 Text:81771

Email:nolan@bbc.co.uk

10.30 The Connor Phillips Show

Aselectionofmusic, mischiefandfunfeatures. Includingnewsat11.00 Phone:03030805555 Text:81771

Email:connor@bbc.co.uk

11.30 Mobile Disco with Connor Phillips

ConnorPhillipsintroduces 30minutesofanthemstohelp roundofftheworkingweek.

12.05pm Talkback

WilliamCrawleyandthe Talkbackteampresentnews andinvitelisteners’reactions tothebreakingstoriesofthe day.Includingnewsat1.00.

Phone:03030805555

Email:talk.back@bbc.co.uk

bbc.co.uk/talkback

1.30 Hugo Duncan Countrymusicoldandnew, plustheopportunityfor listenerstosubmitrequests byphoneortext.Including newsandtravelat2.00

Phone:03030805555

Text:81771

3.05 The Ticket KathyClugstonpreviews upcomingculturalattractions, fromblockbustermoviesto comedygigs.

4.00 Evening Extra

Alookbackattheday’sevents, withRichardMorgan,Tara MillsandDeclanHarvey. Featuringnewsonthe half-hour,plusregularsport, trafficandweatherreports, andthelatestagri-business.

6.05 ATL Introducing GemmaBradleyservesup freshnewIrishmusicaltalent, fromindie-rocktohip-hopwith livemusicandinterviews.

7.05 The Stephen McCauley Show

Alternativemusicfrom punktoelectronicafrom homeandabroad,featuring liveperformance,interviews andmore.Includingnewsat 8.00 and9.00

10.05 The Mickey Bradley Record Show MickeyBradleyinvites listenerstosampleanother selectionofhisextensive numberofvintageand newrockandpopsingles. Includingnewsat11.00

Text:81771

Email:michael.bradley@bbc.co.uk

12.00 asRadio5Live

BBC Northern Ireland Broadcasting House Ormeau Avenue, Belfast BT2 8HQ 02890 338 000 Phone-in 0845 955 5678

RADIO FOYLE

AsRadioUlsterexcept: Weekdays

RADIO FOYLE NEWS: 8.30am, then hourly 9.00am to 3.00pm (not 1.00pm)

6.30amGoodMorningUlster

PresentedbyMon:Sarah BrettandJoelTaggart; Tue—Thu SarahBrettand ChrisBuckler;Fri:Chris BucklerandJoelTaggart.

8.00—9.00

North West Today

Anessentialround-upofnews, sportandweatheracrossthe north-westofNorthernIreland.

12.05pm The Mark Patterson Show

Alookatissuesaffectingthe livesofpeopleinthenorthwestofNorthernIreland.

1.00 North West at One Lunchtimeround-upofthe day’snewsandsport.

1.10—1.30 20 Minutes with Mark Patterson

AsnapshotoflifeinthenorthwestofNorthernIreland.

3.05—4.00 Sean Coyle Musicandchat,pluslistener requestsanddedications.

Monday: 8.05pm—10.00 Caschlár

An-réimseceoilóphopgo fréamháchurlechéileagusá churiláthairagBrianMullen. BrianMullenpresentsa wide-rangingmixofmusic, includingpop,bluesandsoul.

BBC Radio Foyle, 8 Northland Road Londonderry BT48 7GD Tel: 02871 266 522

National

BBC Radio 1

FM 97.9—99.7

BBC Radio 2

FM 88.3—90.1

BBC Radio 3

FM 90.5—92.3

BBC Radio 4

93.2 (Ballycastle), 93.2 (Carnmoney Hill), 94 (Limavady), 94.9 (Londonderry), 95.6(BrougherMountain), 96 (Belfast), 103.5 (Larne), 103.9 (Rostrevor Forest/ Kilkeel), 104.6 (Camlough), (R4FMcannotbeheardin somepartsofNIreland)

LW 198

BBC Radio 5 Live MW 693, 909

BBC Radio Foyle FM 93.1

BBC Radio Ulster FM 92.7—95.4

RTE Radio 1 FM 87.8—90.0, LW 252 RTE 2FM 90.4—92.2, 97 RTE Raidió na Gaeltachta 92.6—94.4, 102.7

RTE Lyric FM 97.8—99.6, 92.2, 95.2, 96.7, 102.2 Classic FM 99.9—101.9 (not Freeview)

Talksport MW 1053, 1089

Absolute MW 1215

Today FM FM 105.5

All the above stations are also broadcast via Freeview, satellite, cable, digital radio and the internet. Local

Cool FM 97.4 Music, news and sport Downtown FM 102.3 (Ballymena), 96.6 (Omagh/Enniskillen), 97.1 (Larne), 96.4 (Limavady), 102.4 (Londonderry), 103.4 (Newcastle), 103.1 (south Newry), MW 1026 (Belfast) Music, news Q FM 96.7 (Belfast), 102.5 (Bangor), 102.5 (Carrickfergus), 102.9 (North West), 97.2 (North Coast), 97.6 (Ballycastle), 107.0 (Mid Antrim), 107.6 (Larne), 106.0 (Mid Ulster), 107.2 (Dungannon), 106.3 (Maghera), 101.2(Tyrone/Fermanagh), 102.1 (Enniskillen), 100.5 (Newry & Mourne), 101.1 (Kilkeel), 101.1 (Newcastle)

RADIO in your area

Scam Safe — keeping listeners protected

BBC local radio stations play an integral role in the BBC’s scam-awareness week

On Saturday 23 November the BBC is launching Scam Safe, a special week of programming across TV, radio and online that is designed to spotlight what viewers and listeners can do to protect themselves and those they love from being scammed.

As part of the initiative, BBC1’s Morning Live and local radio are collaborating on a series of roadshows in partnership with Stop Scams UK, Age UK, Age Cymru, NASMA (the National Association of Student Money Advisers) and the Open University. The roadshows will feature representatives from major highstreet banks who are members of Stop Scams UK, student money advisers from local universities, Age UK advisers who work to deliver their Scam Prevention and Support programme and cyber experts from local police forces. Each event will feature live radio coverage from local BBC stations, offering real-time advice and resources to listeners. Launched

Saturday

NEWS: hourly 7.00am to 12 noon, plus 5.00pm

WEATHER: after most news bulletins

HILL FORECAST: 6.59am

7.00am Radio Wales

Breakfast News,sport,traveland weather,withOliverHides.

9.00 Money for Nothing Dedicationsandsongrequests fromthe1950stothe1990s.

Phone:03700100110

12.00 Radio Wales Sport

CommentaryonthebigWelsh gamesoftheday,followedby around-upoftheday’saction withresultsandanalysis.

5.00 Scrum V Live CommentaryonWalesv SouthAfrica,theAutumn InternationalatPrincipality Stadium(kick-off5.40).

8.00 Bethan Elfyn Newandclassicmusic,plusthe WalesMixandaDJTakeover.

10.00 BBC Introducing with Adam Walton NewWelshmusic.

1.00am—6.00 asRadio5Live

Sunday

NEWS: hourly 7.00am to 6.00pm

WEATHER: after most news bulletins

HILL FORECAST: 6.58am

6.00am Radio Wales

Arts Show

ArtsandculturefromWales.

RepeatedfromlastFriday

Repeatedtomorrow6.30am

6.30 Science Café

AdamWaltoncelebratesthe 70thanniversaryofCernand talkstosomeoftheemployees. RepeatedfromlastTuesday

at BBC Radio Merseyside on 28

October the dates and locations of the roadshows are as follows:

BBC Radio Devon in Exeter, Monday 25 November; BBC Radio Wales in Cardiff, Tuesday 26 November; BBC Radio Cumbria in Carlisle, Wednesday 27 November; BBC Radio Humberside in Hull, Thursday 28 November; BBC Radio Manchester, Friday 29 November. On Saturday 23 November, Holly Hamilton from BBC Radio Ulster’s Consumer Fight Back podcast will be taking on fraudsters of all kinds. BBC Radio Wales will take part in a full day of scams awareness on Tuesday 26 November, starting with its Breakfast programme. At midday, The Phone-in with Jason

7.00 Country Focus Ruralaffairsprogrammefor thoseworkinginandliving intheWelshcountryside.

RepeatedWednesday6.30pm andThursday6.30am

7.30 Celebration

AserviceledbyDavidand MatthewWilliamson-Dicken, membersofRichmondRoad BaptistChurchinCardiff. Repeated7.30pm

8.00 Sunday Supplement

Politicalnews,discussionsand analysis,plusaround-upofthe paperswithguestreviewers.

9.00 All Things Considered

Religiousaffairsprogramme, tacklingtheissuesofthedayin athought-provokingmanner. RepeatedFriday6.30am Email:religion.wales@bbc.co.uk

9.30 Owen Money’s Solid Gold Sunday Classichitsanddedications fromthe1960s,70sand80s.

12.00 Bronwen Lewis Withmusicandguestsfor Sundayafternoon.

SouthWest/SwanseaFMonly

2.55—5.00pm Radio Wales Sport

TheChampionshipmatch betweenSwanseaCityand LeedsUnitedatSwansea.com Stadium(kick-off3.00).

3.00pm Lynn Bowles

Music,entertainment,and guestsforSundayafternoon.

5.00 Roy Noble Classicsongsfromthe1940s, 50sandbeyond,together withgreatconversation foralaid-backSunday. Email:roy.noble@bbc.co.uk

Mohammad will hear from people in Wales who have been affected by scams, followed by Behnaz Akhgar’s afternoon advice hour on the topic. The coverage will continue into Drive, with Eleri Siôn later highlighting how those living with loneliness are often targeted by fraudsters. BBC Radio Cymru will also have scam-focused editions of Dros Frecwast on Monday and Dros Ginio on Tuesday. BBC Radio Scotland’s topical show Mornings will feature the issue throughout the week. Coverage will include a phone-in on scamming, a case study and a surgery which will give the audience expert advice on staying safe. The programme will also feature Scottish stories from BBC1’s Scam Interceptors which is produced at BBC Scotland’s Pacific Quay studios in Glasgow.

ONLINE The BBC’s scam-related content will be accessible at bbc.co.uk/scamsafe and promoted across social media with the hashtag #BBCScamSafe

7.00 Trip Hazard

ThestoryofcomedianEleri Morgan,whowas14whenshe wasdiagnosedwithdyslexia, andthenat20shelearnedshe hadbeenmisdiagnosedand wasinfactdyspraxic.

RepeatedfromlastMonday

7.30 Celebration

AserviceledbyDavidand MatthewWilliamson-Dicken, membersofRichmondRoad BaptistChurchinCardiff.This editionoftheprogramme includesMyFavouriteHymn. Repeatedfrom7.30am

8.00 Celtic Heartbeat FrankHennessypresentsfolk, rootsandacousticmusicfrom theCelticcountriesandbeyond.

10.00 Beverley’s World of Music

Orchestralandchoralworks.

1.00am—6.00 asRadio5Live

Monday

NEWS: hourly 6.00am to 10.00pm

WEATHER: after most news bulletins

6.05am Wake Up with Radio Wales Musictostarttheday.

6.30 Radio Wales Arts Show

ArtsandculturefromWales. RepeatedfromlastFriday

7.00 Radio Wales Breakfast News,sport,traveland weather,presentedbyDot DaviesandJamesWilliams.

9.00 Wynne Evans

Musicandchatwherethe listenersarethestarsofthe show.IncludingSoundtrack StoriesandtheMysteryVoice.

12.00 The Phone-in WithJohn-PaulDavies.

12.00 The Phone-in

WithJohn-PaulDavies.

2.00pm Behnaz Akhgar

Celebrityguests,expertadvice andmusicquizBacktracks.

5.00 Radio Wales Drive

PresentedbyClaireSummers.

6.30 Science Café

AdamWaltonlooksatthe sciencebehindhumourand laughter.Comedianand neuroscientistProfessorSophie Scottexploreswhathappens inthebrainwhenwelaugh. Repeatedtomorrow6.30am

7.00 Molly Palmer

Classictracksandnewmusic fromWalesandbeyond.

North FM only

7.40—10.00RadioWalesSport WrexhamvLincolnCity,the LeagueOnematchatStoK Racecourse(kick-off7.45).

10.00 Eleri Siôn Musicandchat.

12.00 Relax with Radio Wales

Featuringaselectionofclassic andcontemporarytunes.

1.00am—6.00 asRadio5Live

Wednesday

NEWS AND WEATHER: as Monday

6.05am Wake Up with Radio Wales Musictostarttheday.

6.30 Science Café

AdamWaltonexaminesthe sciencebehindhumour.

2.00pm Nathan Sussex SittinginforBehnazAkhgar, withguestsandmusic.

5.00 Radio Wales Drive PresentedbyClaireSummers.

6.30 The David Wilkie Murder Trial

Thecaseofataxidriverkilled duringtheminers’strikewhen aconcreteslabwasdropped onhiscarinMerythrTydfil. Repeatedtomorrow6.30am

7.00 Huw Stephens

HuwStephensplaysclassic tracks,introduceshisArtistof theWeekandfeaturesnew musicfromWalesandbeyond.

10.00 Eleri Siôn Musicandchat.

12.00 Relax with Radio Wales

Featuringaselectionofclassic andcontemporarytunes.

1.00am—6.00 asRadio5Live

Tuesday

NEWS AND WEATHER: as Monday

6.05am Wake Up with Radio Wales Musictostarttheday.

6.30 The David Wilkie Murder Trial

Thecaseofataxidriverkilled duringtheminers’strike. Repeatedfromyesterday6.30pm

7.00 Radio Wales Breakfast News,sport,traveland weather,presentedbyDot DaviesandJamesWilliams.

9.00 Wynne Evans Musicandchatwherethe listenersarethestarsofthe show.IncludingSoundtrack StoriesandtheMysteryVoice.

Thursday

NEWS AND WEATHER: as Monday

6.05am Wake Up with Radio Wales Musictostarttheday.

6.30 Country Focus Ruralaffairsprogramme. RepeatedfromSunday7am

7.00 Radio Wales Breakfast PresentedbyCatrinHeledd andJamesWilliams.

9.00 Wynne Evans Musicandchat.

12.00 The Phone-in WithOliverHides.

2.00pm Behnaz Akhgar Celebrityguests,expertadvice andmusicquizBacktracks.

5.00 Radio Wales Drive PresentedbyClaireSummers.

6.30 Welcome Strangers 4/4.Sketchshowfeaturing anall-femalecast.

7.00 Aleighcia Scott Featuringhitsfromthe 1960stothepresentday.

10.00 Eleri Siôn Musicandchat.

12.00 Relax with Radio Wales Featuringaselectionofclassic andcontemporarytunes.

1.00am—6.00 asRadio5Live

Friday

NEWS: hourly 6.00am to 7.00pm, plus 8.05pm, 10.00 WEATHER: after most news bulletins

Repeatedfromyesterday6.30pm

7.00 Radio Wales Breakfast News,sport,traveland weather,presentedbyDot DaviesandJamesWilliams.

9.00 Wynne Evans Musicandchat.

12.00 The Phone-in WithOliverHides.

2.00pm Behnaz Akhgar Celebrityguests,Midweek Menurecipes,expertadvice andmusicquizBacktracks.

5.00 Radio Wales Drive PresentedbyWyreDavies.

6.30 Country Focus

Ruralaffairsprogrammefor thoseworkinginandlivingin theWelshcountryside. RepeatedfromSunday7am Repeatedtomorrow6.30am

7.00 Al Lewis

SittinginforBronwenLewis, withaselectionofcountrymusic.

South East FM only

7.30 Radio Wales Sport

CommentaryonCardiffCityv QueensParkRangers,the ChampionshipmatchatCardiff CityStadium(kick-off7.45).

SouthWest/SwanseaFMonly

7.30—10.00pm Radio Wales Sport DerbyCountyvSwanseaCity, theChampionshipmatchat PridePark(kick-off8.00). 10.00 Eleri Siôn Musicandchat.

12.00 Relax with Radio Wales Featuringaselectionofclassic andcontemporarytunes.

1.00am—6.00 asRadio5Live

6.05am Wake Up with Radio Wales Musictostarttheday.

6.30 All Things Considered Religiousaffairsprogramme. RepeatedfromSunday9am Email:religion.wales@bbc.co.uk

7.00 Radio Wales Breakfast PresentedbyCatrinHeledd andOliverHides.

9.00 Wynne Evans Musicandchat.

12.00 The Phone-in WithOliverHides.

2.00pm Eleri Siôn Celebrityguests,filmreviews andmusicquizBacktracks.

5.00 Radio Wales Drive PresentedbyClaireSummers.

6.30 Radio Wales Arts Show ArtsandculturefromWales.

7.00 Radio Wales Sport WalesvRepublicofIreland,the firstlegofthewomen’sEuro 2025play-offfinalatCardiff CityStadium(kick-off7.15).

10.00 Friday Night H Amixtureofmusicandchat.

12.00 The Party Playlist with H Featuringapartyplaylist.

1.00am Matt Tebbutt’s Christmas Kitchen Tips for festive parties.

3.00am—6.00 asRadio5Live

BBC Wales, 3 Central Square, Cardiff CF10 1FT 03703 500 700 (weekdays 9.30am to 5.30pm) (landline calls charged at a

Sadwrn

5.30am Richard Rees

Cerddoriaethachwmnïaeth argyferboreSadwrn.

7.00 Galwad Cynnar

GeralltPennanta’iwesteion yntrafodnatur,bywyd gwylltachadwraeth.

EBOST:galwadcynnar@bbc.co.uk

8.00 Dros Frecwast Ynewyddiondiweddaraf yngNghymruathuhwnt, gydaDylanJones.

8.30 Ar y Marc

DylanJonesa’rcriwyntrafod pobmathobethau’n ymwneudâphêl-droed.

EBOST:arymarc@bbc.co.uk

9.00 Tudur Owen

Lotofwydro,’chydigo sylwedd,dimswmp.

11.00 Y Sioe Sadwrn

Cerddoriaethacadloniant gydaShelleyReesa RhydianBowenPhillips.

2.00pm Chwaraeon

Radio Cymru

Sylwebaethaubyw,ynogystal âchanlyniadaua’rnewyddion chwaraeondiweddaraf.

5.30 Chwaraeon

Radio Cymru

SylwebaethfywogêmCymru ynerbynDeAffricayng NghyfresyrHydref.

8.00 Marc Griffiths

Cymysgeddo’rhena’rnewydd iddiddanuarnosSadwrn,gan gynnwysllwythogeisiadau.

EBOST:marc@bbc.co.uk

10.00 Ffion Emyr

Tairawrogerddoriaethasgwrs.

12.00 gwelerWorldService Sul

5.30am Linda Griffiths

DechreuwcheichdyddSul gydadetholiadcerddorol.

7.00 Troi’r Tir Ystraeondiweddarafo fydamaethabywydcefn gwladgydaTerwynDavies.

7.30 Caniadaeth y Cysegr

Amrywiaethoemynau yngnghwmni’rParchedig MeganWilliams.

Ail-ddarllediram4.30pm

8.00 Bore Sul Trinathrafodpapurau’r Sul,cerddoriaetha sgyrsiauhamddenol.

10.00 Swyn y Sul Dwyawrogerddoriaeth amrywiolahamddenol, yngnghwmniycerddor EilirOwenGriffiths.

12.00 Yr Oedfa

Gwasanaethynarbennigi wrandawyrRadioCymru.

12.30pm Bwrw Golwg JohnRobertsa’iwesteion yntrafodmaterion moesolachrefyddol. EBOST:bwrw.golwg@bbc.co.uk

1.00 Cofio

Archif,atgofachânyng nghwmniJohnHardy.

2.00 Ffion Dafis

FfionDafisa’igwesteionyn trafodybydcelfyddydolyn eihollamrywiaeth,ahynny yngNghymruathuhwnt.

4.00 Iolo Williams: Sarn Helen

IoloWilliamssyddyncaelei dywysganRhysMwynarhyd henfforddRufeinigSarnHelen.

4.30 Caniadaeth y Cysegr

Amrywiaethoemynau yngnghwmni’rParchedig

MeganWilliams. Darlledwydam7.30am

5.00 Dei Tomos

SgyrsiauamGymru, eiphobla’idiwylliant.

Ail-ddarlledirMawrtham6pm

EBOST:deitomos@bbc.co.uk

6.00 Beti a’i Phobol BetiGeorgeynsgwrsio

gydagunoboblCymru.

Ail-ddarlledirIauam6pm

7.00 Jazz gyda

Tomos Williams

Detholiadogerddoriaeth jazzyngnghwmniTomos Williamso’rbandBurum.

Ail-ddarlledirMercheram6pm

8.00 Ar Eich Cais

RhysMeirionyn darllencyfarchionac ynchwaraeceisiadau.

EBOST:areichcais@bbc.co.uk

9.00 John ac Alun Cerddoriaethasgwrsio igloi’rpenwythnos.

12.00 gwelerWorldService

Llun

5.30am John Hardy

Cerddoriaethachwmnïaeth benbore,gydabwletinau newyddion,chwaraeon, tywyddathraffig.Hefyd,y bwletinamaethdyddiol,yn ogystalâgolwgarypapurau.

7.00 Dros Frecwast Ynewyddiondiweddarafyng Nghymruathuhwnt,gydaKate CrockettaGwenllianGrigg.

9.00 Aled Hughes

Straeoncyfredol,cerddoriaeth, aholi’rcwestiynau syddarfeddwlpawb.

11.00 Bore Cothi Croesocynnesdrosbaned gydaShânCothi.

1.00pm Dros Ginio TrinathrafodCymrua’rbyd, gangodi’rpynciauagofyny cwestiynausy’nbwysigichi.

EBOST:drosginio@bbc.co.uk Ffôn:03703500500

2.00 Ifan Jones Evans Digonogerddoriaeth, chwerthinasgwrsiogyda MarcGriffithsynseddIfan.

5.00 Post Prynhawn Newyddionydyddyng Nghymruathuhwntgyda NiaThomasyncyflwyno. EBOST:postprynhawn@bbc.co.uk PostPrynhawn, BBCRadioCymru CanolfanyBBC,BrynMeirion Bangor,LL572BY

6.00 Troi’r Tir o’r Ffair Aeaf TerwynDaviesyn cyflwyno’nfywofaesy FfairAeafynLlanelwedd.

7.00 Rhys Mwyn Clasuroncollogasgliad MrMwyn,agwesteion ynhelatgofion.

9.00 Caryl Cerddoriaethahwylgyda’r hwyrgydaCarylParryJones. 12.00 gwelerWorldService

Saturday 23–Friday 29 November

Mawrth

5.30am John Hardy

Cerddoriaethachwmni,gyda bwletinaunewyddion, chwaraeon,tywyddathraffig.

7.00 Dros Frecwast

Ynewyddiondiweddarafyng

Nghymruathuhwnt,gydaKate CrockettaGwenllianGrigg.

9.00 Aled Hughes

Straeoncyfredol,cerddoriaeth, aholi’rcwestiynau syddarfeddwlpawb.

11.00 Bore Cothi Croesocynnesdrosbaned.

1.00pm Dros Ginio

TrinathrafodCymrua’rbyd, gangodi’rpynciauagofyny cwestiynausy’nbwysigichi.

2.00 Ifan Jones Evans Digonogerddoriaeth, chwerthinasgwrsiogyda MarcGriffithsynseddIfan.

5.00 Post Prynhawn Newyddionydyddyng Nghymruathuhwntgyda DylanJonesyncyflwyno.

6.00 Dei Tomos

SgyrsiauamGymru, eiphobla’idiwylliant. DarlledwydSulam5pm

EBOST:deitomos@bbc.co.uk

7.00 Georgia Ruth Detholiadeclectigo gerddoriaeth,yncynnwys cerddoriaethryngwladol,byd athraciauCymreigarbrofol.

9.00 Caryl

Cerddoriaethahwylgyda’r hwyrgydaCarylParryJones. 12.00 gwelerWorldService Mercher

5.30am John Hardy

Cerddoriaethachwmni,gyda bwletinaunewyddion, chwaraeon,tywyddathraffig.

7.00 Dros Frecwast Ynewyddiondiweddarafyng

Nghymruathuhwnt,gydaKate CrockettaGwenllianGrigg.

9.00 Aled Hughes

Straeoncyfredol,cerddoriaeth, aholi’rcwestiynau syddarfeddwlpawb.

11.00 Bore Cothi Croesocynnesdrosbaned gydaShânCothi.

1.00pm Dros Ginio

TrinathrafodCymrua’rbyd, gangodi’rpynciauagofyny cwestiynausy’nbwysigichi.

2.00 Ifan Jones Evans Digonogerddoriaeth, chwerthinasgwrsio,ynogystal âchystadleuaethneuddwy.

5.00 Post Prynhawn

Newyddionydyddyng Nghymruathuhwntgyda DylanJonesyncyflwyno.

6.00 Jazz gyda

Tomos Williams

Detholiadogerddoriaeth jazzyngnghwmniTomos

Williamso’rbandBurum. DarlledwydSulam7pm

7.00 Mirain Iwerydd

CerddoriaethnewyddCymru.

8.30 Rhestr Chwarae Mirain

Rhestrchwaraewedi’ichuradu ganMirainIwerydd.

9.00 Caryl

Cerddoriaethahwylgyda’r hwyrgydaCarylParryJones. 12.00 gwelerWorldService

Iau

5.30am John Hardy Cerddoriaethachwmni,gyda bwletinaunewyddion, chwaraeon,tywyddathraffig.

7.00 Dros Frecwast Ynewyddiondiweddarafyng Nghymruathuhwnt,gydaKate CrockettaGwenllianGrigg.

9.00 Aled Hughes

Straeoncyfredol,cerddoriaeth, aholi’rcwestiynau syddarfeddwlpawb.

11.00 Bore Cothi Croesocynnesdrosbaned.

1.00pm Dros Ginio

TrinathrafodCymrua’rbyd, gangodi’rpynciauagofyny cwestiynausy’nbwysigichi.

2.00 Ifan Jones Evans Digonogerddoriaeth, chwerthinasgwrsio,ynogystal âchystadleuaethneuddwy.

5.00 Post Prynhawn Newyddionydyddyng

Nghymruathuhwntgyda DylanJonesyncyflwyno.

6.00 Beti a’i Phobol

BetiGeorgeynsgwrsio gydagunoboblCymru. DarlledwydSulam6pm

7.00 Huw Stephens

Cerddoriaethnewyddacambell berlanghyfarwyddgydagIfan DaviesynseddHuwStephens. 9.00 Caryl

Cerddoriaethahwylgyda’r hwyrgydaCarylParryJones. 12.00 gwelerWorldService Gwener

5.30am John Hardy

Cerddoriaethachwmni,gyda bwletinaunewyddion, chwaraeon,tywyddathraffig. 7.00 Dros Frecwast Ynewyddiondiweddarafyng Nghymruathuhwnt,gydaKate CrockettaGwenllianGrigg.

9.00 Trystan ac Emma Cerddoriaethacadloniant gydaTrystanEllis-Morris acEmmaWalford.

11.00 Bore Cothi Croesocynnesdrosbaned. 1.00pm Dros Ginio

TrinathrafodCymrua’rbyd, gangodi’rpynciauagofyny cwestiynausy’nbwysigichi.

2.00 Tudur Owen

Lotofwydro,’chydigo sylwedd,dimswmp.

5.00 Post Prynhawn Newyddionydyddyng Nghymruathuhwntgyda DylanJonesyncyflwyno.

6.00 Carl ac Alun

CarlacAlunynedrych‘mlaen atgêmmerchedCymruv GweriniaethIwerddon.

7.00 Chwaraeon

Radio Cymru

Cymalcyntafrowndderfynoly gemauailgyflemerched CymruvGweriniaethIwerddon igyrraeddEwro2025.

9.30 Ffion Emyr Cerddoriaethachwmnïaeth yngnghwmniFfionEmyr.

12.00 gwelerWorldService

Radio Cymru: 03703 500 500 (Codir prisiau daearyddol safonol am alwadauoffonausefydlogasymudol)

RhifTestun:67500(Codirtalynunol a chyfradd costau eich rhwydwaith)

Ebost: radio.cymru@bbc.co.uk

Gwefan: bbc.co.uk/radiocymru

Radio Cymru 2

felRadioCymruaceithrio: Sadwrn

7.00am—9.00 SioeFrecwast: gydaDanielGlyn

2.00pm Dewis:tiwns,tiwns, tiwnswedieudewisyn arbennigganenwogionCymru

3.00Parti’rPenwythnos: tiwnstrwy’rdydd, drwy’rpenwythnos

5.00 Nôli’r90au:taithnôli ddegawdySpiceGirls,Eden, BigLeavesacOasis

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Alison Hammond is nearly a year late. Not for our interview – the Bake Off presenter and former Strictly star is bang on time for that – but in delivering the book we’re here to talk about: her first novel, Bombshell. “I’ll be honest,” she whispers, “my deadline for it was last Christmas.”

So you found writing Bombshell hard then? No, I was passionate about doing it, so I was always going to get it done. Plus I had a co-writer – though we worked so closely together I call her my co-sister now. The collaboration was really fun. I’d email, WhatsApp and call her at any time of day. I expect she’s missing me now…

Were you more Lennon and McCartney or the Gallagher brothers?

Ultimately, the decisions were all mine, because it’s my story, my vision, and Madison [the heroine, who turns romcom detective when her TV heart-throb husband walks out on their family] is my baby. So I see us more as Destiny’s Child with me as Beyoncé.

How autobiographical is this story?

There are similarities between me and Madison: she’s big, curvy, black, sassy and a mum. But the main one is that she’s a bombshell and so am I! But seriously, some of the stuff in the book comes from my life, some comes from gossip. So what you read might have happened to me or to a friend of mine, or it might have been a story I heard about someone I work with… you’ll never know!

Did you go under cover on your fiancé when you split up in 2014? I did do it for a friend once. She was blindsided when her boyfriend no longer wanted to be in her life, so we got in her car and we followed him, properly stalked him to see what was going on. She must have chosen me because I’m so inconspicuous, right? [Laughs loud enough to be heard three streets away.]

With all those parallels, are you thinking you might play Madison when Netflix decide to make a $500 million movie version?

Actually, I thought Judi Love would be good. Maybe a little bit of Idris Elba as her husband…

You’re turning down a role opposite Idris Elba? That’s a very good point. I mean, if they do cast Idris, it’s literally “Goodbye, Judi Love. Sorry, I’m doing it.” And then for [Madison’s new love interest] Nathan, I’d like a young Colin Farrell or a Moulin Rouge-era Ewan McGregor.

Alison Hammond has written her first novel, Bombshell — but how close is it to her own life?

DISHING IT

Top left: hosting Bake Off. Above: on Strictly in 2014 with Aljaž Škorjanec

Nathan in the book is pointedly younger than Madison. Is he about 27, would you say?

I know what you’re playing at! My boyfriend David is 27 [Hammond is 49] – but no, I didn’t even know David when I was writing the book.

Was it the other way round then? Did you write a nice younger man, then think, “Ooh, I’ll get myself one of them”?

That’s hilarious! [laugh that could be heard two cities away] But no. And in fact this book is really about women supporting women. I’ve had strong women support me all my life – especially my sister and my mum. In Bombshell there are a few moments that are a little bit emotional where Madison’s mum [who has died of cancer] sends her some guidance; and there are times when I feel that my mum [who also died of cancer, in 2020] is giving me words of wisdom, too. When someone close passes on, you always remember how they talk, and I know what Mum would have said about some things, too, so I do sometimes hear her speaking to me.

So are your Christmas plans all about family? When our mum passed, that brought my sister and me a lot closer. So we’ll be spending Christmas together and everyone – her, me, my son, nieces, nephews – is bringing different food to my place for a big Christmas buffet. And then in February I’ll be 50, so I thought maybe a 70sthemed party? Or an 80s one? Or maybe Bridgerton? Or… what about all three? [A laugh that sets off seismographs in the South Pacific.]

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ON OUR BOOKSHELF

A life with animals

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MY ANIMALS, AND OTHER ANIMALS

BILL BAILEY

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Having made a couple of natural history TV shows and written a book about birdwatching, it comes as no surprise that animals are an important part of comedian Bill Bailey’s life. But so important as to be the driving force of his memoirs?

Apparently, yes. In My Animals, and Other Animals (Quercus, £25), he shares stories about his life and those of the animals he has encountered along the way. It’s full of Bailey’s offbeat humour, as well as heart. See viewpoint: page 11

IT’S A FARMING THING KALEB COOPER

The World According to Kaleb available Friday Amazon Prime Video From Cotswolds farmer to bestselling author and TV star — since Kaleb Cooper first appeared on Clarkson’s Farm, his life has taken a turn, although you’ll still find him out on the fields more often than not. It’s a Farming Thing (Quercus, £20) is his account of what life is really like working on Diddly Squat Farm — including how to deal with Jeremy Clarkson! Cooper doesn’t act shy about the highs and lows of farming, but he still believes it’s the best job in the world.

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Susan Ryeland is back!

After the events of Magpie Murders, Horowitz’s editor-cum-detective has decamped to an idyllic Greek island, but the arrival of a couple with a tale to tell about a murder, their missing daughter, and a book that ties the two together sets things in motion for Ryeland once more. Moonflower Murders (Arrow, £9.99) proves Horowitz’s mastery of plot devices, and is strewn with red herrings and clues hidden in plain sight, leading to a satisfying reveal. RHIANNON THOMAS

I FOUND HEAVEN

Gary Barlow is back on tour — but not with Take That. He’s indulging his passion for wine on a trip to South Africa’s finest vineyards

Introducing his new TV series, Gary Barlow announces: “I’m ambitious with a pair of undies, apparently.” He’s talking about his holiday wardrobe, it turns out (“My wife reckons I underpack”), but in fact the Take That frontman has ambitions in all sorts of directions. Not content with having singer, songwriter, record producer and OBE on his CV, Barlow is now also a “wine entrepreneur” and has sold the equivalent of ten million glasses of the stuff since he started his label in 2021.

He was a natural choice, then, to guide viewers around the wineries (and eateries) of one of the world’s leading producers, in the ITV series Gary Barlow’s Wine Tour: South Africa (now available to watch on catch-up service ITVX). But you don’t need any great expertise – or an OBE – to enjoy a plonk-powered trip round the Rainbow Nation. Wine country starts in Constantia, which is just the other side of Table Mountain from Cape Town (a no-jetlag direct flight from London). Heading the other way, but still just a 40-minute drive (on the left!) up the N1 or N2 motorways, are the big-hitters of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek, with other, more under-the-radar regions dotted prettily around the country, too.

The views are as good as the booze: bottle-green vineyarded hills roll away

Gary has his own line in wines

into the distance in all directions, punctuated by cute Cape Dutch villages, with the dramatic Hottentots Holland Mountains in the background. For foodies, there are seafood feasts and plentiful farm-to-table outfits, and the Winelands are easily combinable with a safari, or the forest-fringed, beach-bordered whale playground of the Garden Route.

Here are four of our favourite wine regions for you to sample…

CONSTANTIA

SERVE WITH… A SLICE OF HISTORY

This is the oldest wine-making region in South Africa – its Vin de Constance was Napoleon’s daily comfort when he was exiled to St Helena –and it’s particularly famous for its sweet wines.

A 30-minute drive south from Cape Town, it’s highly day-trippable for those who want only a taste of the Winelands. And for those who want to sample the wares without worrying about legal limits there are plenty of sightseeing buses that cover the route. If you decide to linger, there are lovely places to stay: Steenberg (steenbergfarm.com), for instance, was the Cape’s first farm (in 1682), but now offers the full golfspa-great restaurantlovely hotel deal alongside its sauvignon blanc, which is some of the country’s very best.

FRANSCHHOEK

SERVE WITH… FINE DINING

Peckish? Franschhoek is the foodie capital round these parts (and you’ll eat extremely well anywhere in the Winelands, so that’s quite a compliment). Chefs, cheese-makers and chocolatiers flock here, and the town’s villagey main street is thronged with fantastic restaurants at low prices.

The wines to try here include Method Cap Classique – sparkling stuff with a flavour that’s richer than actual champagne, and a price tag that’s considerably smaller. La Motte (la-motte.com) is a big draw, and deservedly so, but some complain that the wineries are a bit twee (there are a lot of rosebushes around).

If you prefer something a bit funkier, Black Elephant Vintners runs tastings that pair wine and rock music (bevintners. co.za). And if you need to sleep off your hangover Franschhoek Country House & Villas hotel (fch.co.za) is a gorgeous place to stay.

HEMEL-EN-AARDE, OVERBERG

SERVE WITH… SEA AIR

Who says you can’t have a winery by the beach? An hour and a half south-east of Cape Town, you can stay in surfy Hermanus and, from June to October, watch southern right whales calving in Walker Bay. Then, once you’ve pottered yourself up a nice thirst, tuck into the chardonnays, sauvignon blancs, pinot noirs and

VIN DE BARLOW

Gary Barlow’s Wine Tour: South Africa

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LET IT SHINE

Simonsberg Mountain, near Stellenbosch

COULD IT BE MAGIC

Above: a wine estate near Franschhoek.

Below: it’s not all about the vineyards, though — take in incredible sights here such as whales calving in Walker Bay, Hermanus

bargain sparkling wines from the vineyards behind. Hamilton Russell Vineyards (hamiltonrussellvineyards. com) is all old-school elegance with some classic chardonnays and pinots; La Vierge is newer, cooler, has a great restaurant and offers some less common varietals (lavierge.co.za). The Marine Hotel has high-end rooms overlooking the ocean (themarinehotel.co.za).

STELLENBOSCH

SERVE WITH… A BIT OF BUZZ

It’s all relative, isn’t it? Anywhere else, Stellenbosch would be described as “sleepy”, but compared with laidback Winelands, this small city (complete with university) is a throbbing metropolis. That means you don’t even have to leave town to sample the good stuff: on Dorp Street, antique shops alternate with bars and cafés stocked with produce from the 130-odd local wineries. It’s worth venturing out, however: not only are the swankiest estates found round here, but also the grandest wines. Delaire Graff combines both, with its vast gardens, sculpture-stuffed hotel, restaurant and spa alongside silky syrahs and zingy chardonnays (delaire.co.za). Try one of the many multi-vineyard tours that are available around Stellenbosch via anything from horseback to hiking to tuk-tuk. ED GRENBY

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There were no rabbits pulled out of the hat in Rachel Reeves’s first Budget, but there were a few surprises.

One was the decision to end the freeze on the amount of income you can have before any tax is due. The personal allowance has been frozen at £12,570 since 2021 and the Chancellor will stick to the Conservative government’s plan for that to continue until 2027/28. However, from 2028/29 the allowance will rise in line with

however. The main threshold of £325,000 before IHT is due was last fixed in 2009/10. This year it should be more than £500,000 to have kept pace with inflation, but the Chancellor announced that it and the other thresholds will remain unchanged until 2029/30. By then an additional 30,000 estates will pay IHT, though the proportion of estates paying it will still be less than one in ten.

The biggest factor in that increase is the end of a concession dating back to 2015 that allows people to pass on unused pension funds without them coming into their estate when IHT is calculated. From April 2027 pensions will form part of your estate and if the total exceeds your threshold then the excess will be taxed at 40%.

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inflation. On the latest forecasts from the Ofce for Budget Responsibility that would mean an increase to £12,840 in 2028/29 and to £13,110 in 2029/30.

Of course, that is still a long way short of the estimated £16,960 it should have reached by then if it had never been frozen. And by then the new state pension will almost certainly be more than the personal tax allowance, meaning the DWP will pay it and HMRC will demand some of it back.

The freeze will continue for Inheritance Tax (IHT) thresholds,

In future the best advice will probably be to leave your pension entirely to your spouse or civil partner if you have one so that it continues to be free of IHT – though income tax will be due when they spend it if you die aged 75 or more. Alternatively, turn it into an annuity – an income for life – or just spend it yourself. After all, that is what pension savings are for!

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Pointless asks a question of 100 people, the contestants are then asked to choose the answer they think the fewest people knew. How to play Here are the titles of two US films featuring an actor born in Europe, along with the initials of their name. Can you identify the actors and give us the most obscure answer?

KEVIN ASHMAN

1 In Greek mythology, who was the murderous uncle of Perdix?

a Minos b Daedalus c Pelias

2 In which Coen Brothers film does Randall Cobb play Leonard Smalls, the Lone Biker of the Apocalypse?

a Raising Arizona b Fargo

c Miller’s Crossing

OLAV BJORTOMT

3 What is the name of the traditional Maori greeting that involves the touching of noses?

a Roto b Hongi c Haka

4 Which Italian football club is sometimes referred to as I lupi, meaning “the Wolves”?

a AS Roma b Juventus c AC Milan

PAT GIBSON

5 What building in Rome has the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome?

a St John Lateran b St Peter’s Basilica

c Pantheon

EUROPEAN-BORN STARS IN AMERICAN FILMS

Conan the Barbarian (1982); True Lies (1994) — AS

Green Card (1990); The Man in the Iron Mask (1997) — GD

Gaslight (1944); Notorious (1946) — IB

The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988); The English Patient (1996) — JB

The Sheik (1921); Blood and Sand (1922) — RV

6 Though neither represent it, Olympic gold medallists Armand Duplantis and Marcell Jacobs were both born in what country?

a France b USA c Germany

LISA THIEL

7 ”To protect the sheep you gotta catch the wolf, and it takes a wolf to catch a wolf” is a quote from which Denzel Washington film?

a Crimson Tide b Glory c Training Day

8 The sweet, doughnut-like square pastries known as beignets are most associated with which American city?

a New Orleans b Miami c Chicago

BETH WEBSTER

9 In the standard UK version of the board game Monopoly each player begins with how much money?

a £500 b £1,500 c £5,500

10 Which of these is a term for the pelt of a beaver?

a Skelm b Plew c Forge

Word of the week Hornswoggle

The origins of this colourful word, which is used to mean to bamboozle or deceive, are suitably elusive. Mentions of it began to emerge in the southern US in the opening decades of the 19th century, but we are still not clear exactly how the word came about.

Certainly the sound of “hornswoggle” makes it a fitting companion to both “humbug” and another verb for deceiving from the same period, “honeyfuggle”. In fact, it is just one of a group of eccentric creations from this time of linguistic exuberance, which also includes “absquatulate” (meaning to leave somewhere in a hurry), “sockdolager” (a knock-out blow), “callithump” (a noisy procession or brigade) and the wonderful “skedaddle”.

SEVEN QUEENS

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THE HUMAN SIDE OF WAR

I must congratulate David Olusoga and the makers of A House through Time: Two Cities at War (BBC2). I learnt more about the Second World War from this series than loads of other documentaries. The way we were introduced into the lives of the inhabitants of the two apartment blocks, followed their war experiences and learnt of their dilemmas and ultimate fates will resonate for a long time. It took war down to the human beings who lived it, not just the dates, data and statistics – which is also a good message for today’s world.

Sara Kondracki Edinburgh

LOOKING FOR LUCAN

Three nights, for one hour: mobile off, door firmly shut and phone unplugged. This was event TV at its best. Lucan (BBC2) was enthralling, gripping, relentless, must-watch television. And better than any of the past reconstructions as this one rightly put the victim and her son first.

Darryl Telles

St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex

STRUCK OFF TOO SOON

A light has gone out on BBC1 with the demise of Doctors. A gem of a programme, it brought me joy four days a week with current topics and themes interwoven with its fabulous storylines.

I send my thanks and good wishes to all the cast and crew members, scriptwriters and researchers on the programme. You will all be greatly missed.

Pam Raymond Ringwood, Hampshire

SMALL PLEASURES

The dark nights are here but the fun, frivolity and fishing courtesy of Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer have brought such warmth and light into my life. The episode of Gone Fishing (10 November BBC2), where Bob persuaded Paul to play Guess the Fruit, had me crying with laughter.

Paul Reynard Manchester

LETTER OF THE WEEK

Power behind the throne

I’ve always remembered a 1999 drama that profoundly moved me: Warriors, a documentary-style depiction of the role of the UN peacekeeping force in Bosnia. A few years later I was impressed by The Government Inspector, with Mark Rylance playing Dr David Kelly, the weapons inspector. I had no idea these programmes and Wolf Hall were all made by director Peter Kosminsky. Now, with Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (Sunday BBC1), I’m piecing it all together.

I was impressed by the first episode: Rylance was compelling as much by his pauses as his dialogue. Also by Debbie Wiseman’s music – I see she also composed the music for Warriors! Mary Vincent Bungay, Suffolk

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A RAY OF LIGHT

I’ve really enjoyed DI Ray (ITV1/ ITVX). The demonstration of the tiny microaggressions that women of colour in positions of authority like the title character (played by Parminder Nagra) have to face regularly is superb, understated yet powerful. We feel seen.

Deepa Bose Birmingham

RECOGNISED

My father, a Gordon Highlander and veteran of North Africa, Italy and Greece, told me of the Indian soldiers who he fought alongside in those

campaigns and whose contributions are largely ignored in media. Those “D-Day Dodgers” who scrabbled for every inch of Italy for 18 months came from all six continents. The images of the war we’re familiar with give the impression of an all-white conflict. Yet the first Victoria Cross of the Italian campaign was awarded to a 19-year-old Indian soldier, Kamal Ram. The freedoms we have today were achieved by the sacrifices of thousands of Indian, African, Maori and European soldiers, sailors and airmen.

RELAXING RADIO

Since I read the RT feature on Radio 3’s Unwind, I’ve tuned in to Night Tracks and The Sleeping Forecast every night, with the timer set to close the app after the programmes have finished. It’s been so relaxing and has really helped my sleep. The music is thoughtfully curated and the host of Night Tracks (Hannah Peel) isn’t intrusive. Thank you for highlighting this excellent service.

Fiona Gibson

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ON THE WRONG TRACKS

I watched The Ottoman Empire by Train with Alice Roberts (C4) – and oh dear, what a disappointment. One of my interests is the Otterman Empire, so I was looking forward to seeing Istanbul. The Ottomans are about the Sultans and how they conquered Europe. But Professor Roberts didn’t even go to the Topkapi, which is where the Sultans lived.

Susan May Woking, Surrey

DUMB

METERS

John Blackburn Woodsetts, South Yorkshire

Well done, Panorama (11 November BBC1), for the report on non-functioning smart

THREE OF THE BEST Peter Kosminsky directed Mark Rylance in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light and The Government Inspector (centre) and Warriors starring Matthew Macfadyen (far left)

HERO Kamal Ram being awarded the VC by King George VI in 1944

meters. It exposed the shambles of this scheme and highlighted that the blame lies with the installers and the infrastructure, not the suppliers of energy.

There was one omission, however. We have solar panels that were installed after the FIT scheme ended and our electricity supplier will not pay us for anything we export to the grid because they can’t get readings from our dumb “smart” meter. I’m not optimistic that things will change soon, but I hope this programme will be a wake-up call.

Lynette Gilligan

Broughton in Furness, Cumbria

A FINE YORKSHIRE FAMILY

It was so refreshing to watch a period drama, The Hardacres (Channel 5), with decent people at its core – flawed they may be, but they have an unusual commitment to the ideals of fairness, kindness and integrity. Please let us have a second series.

Shelley Perry

Bebington, Wirral

There’s no news yet on whether The Hardacres will be recommissioned, but we’ll keep you posted.

AN ARCHERS LEGEND

I was sorry to hear of the death of June Spencer. I listened to The Archers for many years and have an undated framed list of 23 original members of the cast with the signature of the actor beside each character. Against the name of Peggy Archer is the name Thelma Rogers; June Spencer’s signature is against the character Rita Flynn, so she didn’t play Peggy Archer all the time!

Helen Hardaker

Oxford

DIVINE LIGHT?

Two of those magic torches appeared in the first episode of Shetland (6 November BBC1): the ones that materialise in the hands of cops exploring the darkened croft/cellar/warehouse that will turn out to be a murder scene. Where were they when the detectives entered the darkened building? Did a raven of doom deliver them after an urgent, sotto voce request…. Dr Joan McGavin Southampton

disturbing, documentary. I was impressed by the empathy Queen Camilla showed with the victims of domestic abuse and how she engaged with people.

It’s probably a forlorn hope, but I would love to see the Queen, who is also a book lover, appear on Between the Covers on BBC2.

June Spencer joined the series in 1950 and played several characters, taking a break in the mid-50s and rejoining in the 1960s to make Peggy Woolley so memorably her own. She retired in 2022, at the age of 103. Turn to page 112 for RT’s tribute.

EXCELLENT ANNA

I’m a fan of Anna Maxwell Martin. She is so versatile; a brilliant comedic actor, Mrs Everywoman, doing insightful sleuthing in Ludwig – or, in her last dark role, in Until I Kill You (ITV1), playing the victim of a psychopath. A marvellous performance.

Pamela Baxter Harrogate, North Yorkshire

EMPATHETIC

Diane Marks Plymouth, Devon

CHRISTMAS ALREADY?

Congratulations to The Archers’ (Radio 4) scriptwriting team for an excellent storyline.

Justin Elliott’s Scrooge is warned by Lilian’s Marley of what he is becoming and what will happen if he doesn’t mend his ways; he is mysteriously visited by his Ghost from the Past in the guise of Miranda; Kirsty’s mum is the Ghost of Now, telling him of what it’s really like; and, of course, the Ghost of Things to Come is superbly created by AI. Then his reawakening, with his visit to Rex and Kirsty with the gift – their new lease and news of his investment in Rewilding. But is Kirsty’s Tiny Tim to be saved?

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Anna Maxwell Martin as a victim of a psychopath

June Spencer

ARCHIVE GOLD A classic drama from 40 years ago is back

Radio Times writer and editor

Patrick Mulkern (left) looks back on The Box of Delights and celebrates its return in a newly remastered version on DVD and Blu-ray: When I joined RT 40 years ago this month, as an office boy aged just 19, we were still in our old London HQ at 35 Marylebone High Street. Everyone sat at wooden desks under Anglepoise lamps, the air swirling with cigarette smoke. No wonder that I identified with the teenage cover star of that week’s issue as he gazed into a radiant casket — his future full of mystery.

RT was promoting The Box of Delights, BBC1’s lustrous adaptation of John Masefield’s 1935 fantasy novel, in which schoolboy Kay Harker is entrusted with a magical box that he must protect from evil forces. The series won three Baftas, became an enduring classic, and will glow anew in a Blu-ray/DVD edition for its 40th anniversary.

But what became of that young actor after his moment in the “box light”? Now 53, Devin Stanfield says he swiftly gave up acting. Observing the “absolutely stellar team” and effects wizardry on The Box of Delights lured him towards the production side. “For years I was a technical director and now I run a scenic company — large-scale prestigious projects. We just did the sets for the BBC’s Olympics and Coriolanus at the National Theatre.”

What was it like in 1984, aged 13, having his face on every newsstand? “Total nightmare!” he laughs. “I was very visible.” Was he teased by his schoolmates? “Horribly. I went to a comprehensive, so I was just a target with that haircut. As soon as I turned 15, I grew my hair as long as I could and became rebellious.” In 1984, I had the good fortune

MAGICAL REUNION

to interview Patrick Troughton, a childhood hero and best known as the second Doctor Who. Stanfield can top that. That same year he acted alongside Troughton, who was cast as Cole Hawlings, a Punch and Judy man who befriends Kay and gives him the box.

How was it working with a TV legend? “Early in the shoot we had

‘When I turned 15, I grew my hair long and was rebellious’

DEVIN STANFIELD

a close-up scene at a train station, and I still remember to this day the intensity of him, how he suddenly came alive as this mesmeric presence, the twinkle in his eyes. A lot of what you’re seeing in my reaction is genuine. The [adult] actors were so giving and patient. They carried me along, basically. All very helpful to a largely talentless little boy.”

The new edition includes augmented versions of all six

BACK IN TIME

episodes, a plethora of photos (many from the Radio Times archive) and Time and Tide, a feature-length making-of special. Its producer/ director Chris Chapman says, “This has been my absolute dream job — getting to document a programme I’ve loved since I was five. Driving around the UK meeting and interviewing my heroes has been entirely wonderful.”

The film takes Stanfield back to the locations in the Wye Valley. He says, “Walking those paths again as a grown-up — having left the baggage of childhood stardom behind — was cathartic.” He was staggered when two middle-aged women came up with the novel for him to sign. “I’m touched by how it has endured and by the loyalty of the fanbase.”

Some fans rewatch The Box of Delights religiously every winter. I must confess I’ve never got beyond episode one. With the 40th-anniversary edition, it’s time to rectify that…

The Box of Delights: 40th Anniversary Edition is out on DVD and Blu-ray from 25 November

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Devin Stanfield now with an original Box of Delights prop — kept safe all these years by his mother

Top: Stanfield, 13, on the RT cover, 1984. Above: with co-star Patrick Troughton

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VIEW FROM MY SOFA

SUSAN WOKOMA

The Rada and Taskmaster alumnus on the scary side of television

What’s the view from your sofa?

The telly, because I’m old school. Underneath is a massive All about Eve poster, which is one of my favourite films. To the right I have a neon light in the outline of a woman with a big afro and sunglasses. I like the ceremony of turning off the lights and having a bit of neon to make it feel like a cinema.

What have you been enjoying watching recently?

I’m sad to say Kaos on Netflix. I worry, like a lot of people, about becoming invested in a TV show in case it’s cancelled, like Kaos was! I’ve also been watching Agatha All Along.

Who controls the remote?

Me! I grew up in a very big household with no power, so what I say goes. In my house it’s a dictatorship.

On Taskmaster last year, you often mentioned that you trained at Rada — did they thank you for the advertising? Not once, and they should be deeply ashamed. Taskmaster was the best advertising they could ever have and I didn’t hear a word! So they can go f*** themselves.

Perhaps more relevant training came in 2002 in a CBBC series called Serious Jungle… I thought it would be fun to go to Borneo, but it was also a reality TV show. The situation was like, “You’re making a conservation show but, also, do you fancy that boy?” I didn’t indulge in that because I was a 14-year-old girl who fancied Orlando Bloom as Legolas. My experience of filming was glorious, but that’s not reflective of the show. That was very hard, because you think, “Did I do something wrong?” I’m unable to watch reality shows now, specifically jungle-based ones. I know there’s a story being crafted as it’s being made, and that side of TV scares me. I learnt a lot about how television works.

So you wouldn’t take part in I’m a Celebrity… or Race across the World?

Oh, I’d do Race across the World! I’ll just say this to any producer who wants to approach me for that sort of show: I will not be crying, I will not be telling you who I do and don’t love, so you have to be fine with me just having a good time… and making for really boring TV.

Your character in Cheaters does cry and fall in love. The series is back now, so where do we find Fola?

We pick up six months later: Fola and Josh are trying to have a relationship, while Fola and Zack are in the process of divorcing. The focus is on whether you can have a successful relationship that started off as an affair.

Do you think there’s still a stigma to those kind of relationships?

Yes – there’s an unfair saying that goes, “How you find something, is how you leave it”. Unless you’re going to truly confront the reasons why you both had an affair, I think things are cyclical. Perhaps people also believe there’s bad karma looming over such a couple.

DOWN TIME

Did people come up to you and share similar experiences after the first series aired?

Loads of people. A lot of people understood why Fola had an affair after a year of her partner not having sex with her and refusing to discuss why.

MYFIRSTFILM

A Nigerian film about a woman who turned into a cat with demonic eyes — I was six and had nightmares for months.

PODCASTS

The Rest Is Entertainment, Sweet Bobby and Good Moms Bad Choices, about two very cool single mums — it’s incredibly hot.

Do you know anyone who’s got together after they’ve had an affair? Does it ever work?

I know a few people, and affairs, unfortunately, are quite common in the arts because you’re placed in rooms with people who other people want you to have chemistry with. You also meet a lot of different people all the time.

Have you ever found yourself, like Fola, in a relationship that’s not going well? I’m a woman who’s largely attracted to men – I’m always in that situation! I definitely feel encouraged by the people around me to choose better and to not settle. But I know when to split. I’m not up for being a martyr. TOBY EARLE

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