West Country Life 09 Novembe 2013

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A portrait of war

West Country Life

magazine Western Daily Press, Saturday November 9 2013

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COLUMNISTS

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PICTURE ESSAY

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PEOPLE

Get your vote in for the Hesp awards – and help Alice fend off her relatives

Clare Green spends a day with the shire horses as they deliver Wadworth beer

Suzanne Savill chats to Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen about Remembrance designs

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COVER STORY

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PEOPLE

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FOOD

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FOOD

Artist Katie Green chats to Sally Bailey about her work with mosaics and royalty

Chris Rundle – almost – does somersaults when he finds English-grown chicory

Paul Hollywood turns his eye to pies, while Rosa has hers on Christmas

DRINK

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SHOPPING

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BOOKS

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WALKS

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GARDENS

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ANTIQUES

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TELEVISION

Ned Halley celebrates Asda belatedly joining the online revolution in wine buying

Set your home up as a woodland wonderland – and deck your wardrobe in checks

Tina Rowe talks Boer War poetry with James Crowdenand get friendly with Suggs

Sue Gearing and Martin Hesp take you on more great tours of the South West

Alan Down’s taking cuttings – and new columnist Alan Power talks about Stourhead

Wartime medals under the hammer this month, along with a set of model tractors

As he nears his last case, Poirot chats to Albertine Lloyd – plus our TVpicks

Travel TV guide Poem and puzzles Horoscope Where in the West

PICTURE: FRAN STOTHARD

Rural rambles

Tina Rowe gets behind the scenes of an exhibition of art from the frontline

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A view across the levels to Glastonbury Tor and an old windmill tower highlighted in the autumn sunshine

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Roger Evans Early in my farm’s life, the butterfat was low.

I was still driven by trying to milk more and more cows, albeit on a small acreage and was getting my numbers up in to the 80s. The quick fix for getting butterfat up was – and still is – to buy some Jerseys.

So I went to a pedigree Jersey dispersal sale in the Midlands, with the view to buying some older cows that were in milk but also back in calf again.

It is often traditional to sell the oldest cow in the herd first and so on until the young stock.

I bought the first cow in to the ring for £33, way below what I had expected to pay, and in no time at all I had bought nine cows for not a lot of money.

As the auctioneer moved on through the catalogue, and the younger cows, he moved out of my price range.

Then he came to one of the highest yielding cows in the herd. There were two notable things about this cow; she had given more than 1,000 gallons (remember them?) in her previous lactation, which in those days was a lot of milk for a Jersey, and she was one of those Jerseys that you see occasionally in that her coat was so dark it was almost black.

I’d had a good day thus far, bought more cows for less money than I had anticipated, so I decided to buy this black Jersey, which I did, for £100.

Within the context of the day and within the context of what I had bought thus far, that was a lot of money. I had actually bought the dearest cow and the cheapest on the same day.

I ended up with 10 cows for £500.

The nine older cows lasted me a couple of years and when their productive lives came to an end I sold them on for very much what I had paid for them.

But the black Jersey seemed to go on for ever and ever, and what a good cow she was.

There came a time when she didn’t walk very well. She had a problem with her pelvis.

She would go a couple of steps and then she would stop, put a back leg out as far as she could, shake it about a bit, there would be a loud click in her pelvic area and off she would go again. Apart from that she was fit and well, so we put her in our walled garden to live and allowed her to suckle calves.

We would put a calf with her, a beef cross bull calf, and after a month or so of love and affection, and a bellyful of Jersey milk every day, it would be a tremendous calf.

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to the previous one and so it went on. After a couple of years of this, her milk dried up and it was her time to go.

There used to be a small local abattoir 10 miles away (it’s not there now; it’s called progress), she went off in a nice clean little lorry and ended her life about half an hour later in as kindly a fashion as was possible. I know she had a good life here, and she was good to me in return.

So what’s with all this reminiscing? Well, there’s nothing new in farming. We get paid for the litres we produce and the butterfat content of that milk. So to try to enhance the value of the litre we sell, once again I turned to Jerseys.

Just over 12 months ago I bought 10 maiden Jersey heifers that I could calve down this autumn. I had to pick the 10 out of a bunch of over 20. Amongst this bunch was a black Jersey that was the image of the one I’ve been telling you about.

I decided immediately I would have her but was nonchalant about it. I picked her out about fifth. “And I’ll take the black one.”

Move on 12 months and the Jerseys are calving down. The black one calves OK. She looks really well, nice udder, plenty of milk, a new favourite. Seven days after she calves and with her productive life in front of her she fails the TB test and is gone on a lorry.

The local shoots had their first day last Saturday so the conversation in the pub moved inevitably to shooting. One day out is not necessarily very fruitful for anecdotes so we have to listen to reminiscences of days gone by. We’re hearing some of these stories for the umpteenth time, and it’s amazing how they get embellished with further enhancing detail with the passage of time, not something I would do myself naturally. So I tell them the story of when we shot a fox on Saturday and someone took it in the boot of his car and placed it with its head peering out of a fence at a shoot the following Wednesday. At the appropriate drive we were told there was a fox in this spinney killing pheasants and to look out for it. A certain gun was put in the right place and told to keep a look out. Not many minutes later a cry goes out “there it is”. There are two shots in succession. “I think I’ve got it.” We can now see the gun trying to run laboriously across some heavy ploughing, letting off two more shots as he went. I won’t tell you what he said when he got to the fox but he has a very loud voice and most of the neighbourhood heard him.

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Columnists

Martin Hesp A London friend has been reading this column for years.

Alice Bell It seems I am the new Miss Marple in my grandparents’ eyes.

And he contacted me this week to suggest I ought to use it to stage my own annual competition designed to find the best and worst the region has to offer.

He called it the Hesp Awards, and who am I to argue with the name plug? Especially given that he has made considerably more dosh out of working for the media than me. Vanity and ego-building, after all, make up the oxygen that we media types inhale to nourish our shallow souls.

I’m looking for a sponsor to pay for prizes and a posh ceremony – and I wondered if EDF might be interested; the French firm already backs the UK’s regional journalism awards.

Yes, I’ll admit this is a fact I find hard to stomach, given that EDF are about to build what is potentially the most hazardous single installation anywhere in Europe and it is obviously questionable that they should have so much clout over the media – but if they’ll stump up for the Hesp Awards, who cares?

Politically incorrect? OK, then maybe we’ll just have a picnic somewhere nice for the awards ceremony. Perhaps on top of Dunkery Beacon, where the perpetual westerly wind will blow away any doubts or cynicism concerning my decision making.

You see, I can imagine that many folk might be surprised by the first award winner, which I’m announcing this week.

Local Authority of the Year 2013 goes to Somerset County Council, for the innovative way in which it has tackled the Getting Things Done Without Too Much Fuss and Red Tape category. Had we been able to find a sponsor, the prize for this would have been in-car entertainment systems for the entire management, because when it comes to roadworks – which, let’s face it, have to be done whether we like them or not – the Somerset highways people do not mess about.

They simply close roads. They didn’t used to – they’d create havoc with traffic lights or men with flags – but now they take the asphalt bull by the horns.

One day this week I came across three such no-go zones – but instead of getting all hot and bothered while lost in myriad lanes, I knew that total road-closures must be far better than the expensive and time-consuming rigmarole which occurs when engineers have to design some kind of system to allow people through. It reminded me of those wonderful communist years when some foreign governments – despite having no real policies or desire to problem-solve with innovative answers – managed to get things done by forgetting they were there to serve the people.

Look, I know it must be tough at the moment if you are catching a bus from Taunton to Minehead. I understand that the closure of the A39 into West Somerset is causing a one-hour journey to become a three-hour torment and that you could fly from Bristol to Rome more rapidly – but the small gully that needs fixing at Bilbrook is now only going to take three weeks to mend instead of months if the engineers tried using drain rods.

As you can already see, the Hesp Awards are keen on innovation – we like the idea that humankind has got to where it has by using superior intelligence and imagination. Which is why David Cameron’s motley gang wins our first duffer category.

The Yokel Smock Award for Village Idiocy on a Grand Scale goes to the present Government for its determination that greed will one day completely wreck our countryside.

So alarmed are they by the fact that I am 21 and still single that they have started to view my non-existent relationship with the postman as a ‘long-ter m’ one, because he knocks at our door nearly every day. Hey, it’s the closest I’ve got to a stalker.

The situation hasn’t quite reached Miranda standards, where my grandmother attempts to auction me off with a loudhailer in the street, although given my granddad’s fondness for eBay, I probably should be alarmed.

It wasn’t until they introduced me to their builder with the words: “This is our granddaughter. She’s not married yet” that I realised something had to be done.

That something needed an accomplice and

Their win of this shame-making category was backed by the additional fact that promotion of such individual avarice is now tearing communities apart.

By preferring hideous solar farms to be built in countryside rather than on industrial roof-tops the Government has lured certain landowners – who don’t care about the countryside, or the scenery, or their neighbours – into joining the free-money frenzy.

This “20-grand-a-year versus parish-popularity” phenomenon might work for the likes of Dave Cameron, but it doesn’t do it for the man behind the Hesp Awards. Now he’s looking for more categories and winners. Send your ideas to awards@martinhesp.co.uk.

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COLUMNISTS ONLINE You can enjoy the best of Alice Bell’s and Martin Hesp’s Saturday essays – and our other writers – on the Western Daily Press website westerndailypress.co.uk/wcl

that accomplice was Martin, my gay best friend, whom I drafted in so he could masquerade as a suitable suitor to meet my grandparents.

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that women will always find gay men far easier to talk to than the heterosexual ones. In fact, I’ve always thought I would make a good ‘beard’, somebody who marries a homosexual so the world doesn’t think he is one.

It definitely seems a better deal than being a wife. You get someone to share your washing up with while avoiding the chore of sex (which I believe is also the title of a rather disappointing sequel to The Joy of Sex).

But before Martin and I could embark on our false relationship, there were a couple of tests he needed to go through to pass as straight.

“Firstly,” I said, “you’re far too wellmannered. My grandparents won’t be expecting a 21-year-old man to be house-trained. If you eat with your mouth closed or use a napkin, they’re bound to smell a rat.”

We practised eating in the manner of a washing machine for a few minutes.

“Next,” I continued. “Swagger when you walk. Imagine you’re trying to carry a tree trunk between your legs.”

I won’t describe how we practised that bit.

“And you’re just far too socially skilled,” I complained. “More shuffling please. And grunt instead of talk. Basically, act like you haven’t left the cave yet.”

It was a lot of work and after all that, Martin blew me out at the last minute because he’d landed himself a date. Rude. Even my fictitious boyfriend is standing me up now.

You could tell he felt bad about it because the other night he joined me on a work outing.

The plan was he would use his gaydar to tell me which men in my office wouldn’t bat for my side even if they were playing at Lords.

Martin looked each one over like a fishmonger mentally weighing a mackerel and ten seconds later said either: “Yes”, “no” or “depends”.

In return, I introduced him to the office flirt, expecting him to be instantly dazzled because this guy is the sort of man you have to lock up your daughters around, and your sisters, your step-sisters, your sisters-in-law or any sort of sister really. You’d probably have to keep a beady one on your sons and strap your granny into her stair-lift too.

Martin, though, just wrinkled his nose and said: “Yeah, he was definitely a fittie when he was young.” Oof, how to destroy a man’s ego in ten easy words.

It still didn’t stop him out-flirting the flirt, until even said flirt started to feel a little objectified. He walked off to talk to the office nerd instead, presumably thinking they were a safer bet. Martin was left to complain about “cold-blooded men” and how flirting is a “massive waste of energy”, saying: “God knows how many dullsville conversations Adam and Eve had about fig leaves before they got it on.”

Actually, I expect He is the only one who does know.

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Picture essay Clare Green

Caring for the famous brewery’s horses that keep heritage alive The horse-drawn drays of the Wadworth brewert are still a familiar sight around the town of Devizes.

While most breweries now rely solely on vans, Wadworth retains a team of shire horses to haul deliveries of its famous beers to pubs in and around the Wiltshire town. At 6am each day the horsemen at Wadworth, pictured on these pages, are in the stables starting the twohour routine of cleaning out and grooming the brewery’s three dray horses.

Consisting of head horseman Martin Whittle, Barry Petherick, Vince Minty and Callum Whittle – who is the fifth generation of the Whittle family to work with the Wadworth horses – they harness them up to deliver the barrels of 6X to local pubs in the way it has been done for the last 100 years.

The horses are Monty, described as a bit of an attention seeker; Prince, who is said to be inquisitive, and Max, described as the real gentleman. They have also proved to be a hit with tourists, especially those from the US and Japan, who are keen be photographed with them.

With all that walking, sets of shoes last the horses just three weeks, and a mobile blacksmith visits the brewery weekly to keep them well shod.

When deliveries have been done, the horsemen still need to clean the horses’ tack, and sort out more of the horses’ six regular feeds, the last one being at 8pm. The feed consists of best hay, bran, molasses, brewer’s grains and, of course, the occasional pint of 6X, Henry’s IPA or JCB. The stables are open to the public from 1.303pm, Monday to Friday, contact the Wadworth Brewery Visitor Centre for information.

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minutes to know Judd Hirsch Judd Hirsch, 78, is the veteran star of numerous classic movies and TV series, including Ordinary People, Taxi, Independence Day and A Beautiful Mind. He’s currently appearing in a production of Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys, and in Numb3rs, a crime drama on CBS Action. Here, he chats about maths, riding cars with Jeff Goldblum and why he likes mixing things up For those who’ve never seen Numb3rs, what is it all about?

I believe it was originally about a genius college mathematics professor who graduated at the same time as his brother but is much younger. But it became an FBI show, so it was no longer a college-based drama. But he remains a college professor, and he helps his FBI agent brother solve cases – I play their father.

What makes it different to other crime dramas?

The cases are very complicated, and the maths enables them to find the suspects. So it’s extremely smart, a very intelligent show. The only thing is, I’m not sure that everyone will be able to follow the maths – I’m not able to.

But everything is true, and people across our country were fascinated by the idea. In fact, all the schools started to pick up the show.

Did it encourage more interest in maths?

Yes. Some say it’s responsible for the rebirth of maths in the school system in America.

How did you get involved in the series?

The young man playing the mathematician, David Krumholtz. He was an actor at just 13 years old, playing my son in a play on Broadway. We re-met when he was about 31 on this show, so somehow I hold him responsible.

Maybe he suggested me, but I don’t know. The producers knew my background as well, that I was a physics graduate, and that maths was one of my favourite subjects.

What made you switch from science to acting?

That’s a question I’ve never really answered for myself. I’m pretty sure it’s a very social idea, that I liked more people on the acting side than I did on the other. This is a jollier life.

What kind of character is Alan?

He’s a semi-retired city planner, which is also up my alley because it’s to do with architecture, which I also studied. He’s a widower, and the young mathematician is always with me. In one episode he buys the house from me.

He’s one of those people who really can’t make the break away until he gets a girlfriend. But it’s cosy – everybody meets at my house. At the end of the day, the FBI and the mathematics department meet at my house.

The Scott brothers – Tony and Ridley – were behind the series. What were they like to work with?

Them overseeing this project gave it a look that made it what it is, because they’re very visual people. They’re not just line producers, they see the footage and have an influence on how it’s shot. Each episode is a movie for television, and that’s very fortunate because it’s the kind of show that needs special attention, because it’s an unusual category. I think that’s what gave it endurance. I’ve been in a few one-hour detective shows and they never lasted as long as this one.

Were you sad when it came to an end?

We were getting, I believe, around 11 million viewers which, if we were on at prime time, would be a success. Then something economic hit America – as you probably know – and I suppose they had to pull the plug on some of their shows, and one of them was ours.

Numb3rs is on weeknights at 9pm on CBS Action.

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People Suzanne Savill

The striking red theme employed in Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen’s sitting room is the perfect backdrop for his poppy design.

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It is called Remember, and Laurence hopes the distinctive red flowers on a blue background will help to increase awareness of the work of the Royal British Legion Women’s Section, long after Remembrance Sunday has passed, and paper poppies have been removed from lapels.

He has donated the ornate design inspired by the Armistice poppy to the Women’s Section to help with fundraising for their work in supporting present and former service personnel and their families, and also to raise the profile of the organisation, which has been in existence for over 90 years.

“I wanted to create a way in which the poppy could feature in people’s daily lives, instead of just being worn as a paper poppy around the time of Remembrance Day,” he explains, as the flickering flames in the fireplace beside him illuminate a range of products featuring the design.

Laurence – who has become one of Britain’s best-known designers as a result of his appearances on TV shows including Changing Rooms, Home Front and Fantasy Rooms – looks exactly as he does on television, in his pristine white shirt and immaculately tailored suit.

But as he talks, it quickly becomes clear that there are depths to him beyond the obvious

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, main image, at home in the Cotswolds with items bearing his Remember design. Above, Laurence’s wife Jackie

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glamour of interior design and showbusiness, and that he puts considerable effort into supporting the work of charities, and is also devoted to his wife Jackie and daughters Cecile, 18, and Hermione, 15.

“We’re involved with a number of charities and are very much aware that they are being affected by the fact that people have less money to give nowadays,” says Laurence, 48, who met Jackie on a blind date when they were both aged 19, and married her five years later.

“Charities are going through incredibly difficult times at the moment because of the economic climate.

“Also, charity funding is becoming more sophisticated. People will give more if they think they are getting more, so I hope this design will help the Women’s Section in that regard.”

Laurence goes on to reveal that he came to create the design as a result of the Countess Bathurst, who has been good friends with himself and his wife Jackie since they moved from London to their home in a Gloucestershire village on the outskirts of Cirencester seven years ago.

“Sara (the Countess Bathurst) contacted me about getting involved after she became na-

tional vice president of the Royal British Legion Women’s Section,” he says.

“It was in 2011, around the time that Wootton Bassett had been renamed Royal Wootton Bassett in recognition of the town’s role in military funeral repatriations, and the idea was to have a design that could be used on a commemorative biscuit tin for the Royal British Legion Women’s Section.

“I was right in the middle of designing a pattern collection and I’d been doing a lot of stuff inspired by William Morris, and had also opened the William Morris Gallery in his old house in Essex.

“I think his style was at the forefront of my mind when I started thinking about something that could be used on biscuit tins.

“But then I thought about going a step further and giving the pattern to Sara and the Women’s Section so they had a recognisable image that would help raise funds for them, and also raise awareness of their work.

“Design is playing such a vital role in the work of charities now, such as Stella McCartney’s designs for Comic Relief, and the more that I learned about the Women’s Section the more I wanted to do something for them.”

So Laurence, whose LLB brand encompasses a range of homewares, started talking to some of the companies which use his designs quickly received interest from Arthur Price, which produces his range of china and cutlery.

The result has been the newly-launched Remember collection of mugs, tote bags, notebooks, umbrellas, and iPad cases, all bearing his design based upon the poppy that is the symbol of Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day. “I’d like to see this as something that keeps going further and further… ties… silk scarves… the options are endless,” he says of the pattern.

“I don’t see the design on onesies necessarily, but you can never say never!”

Ten per cent of proceeds from items with the Remember design will go towards the work done by the Royal British Legion Women’s Section for the Armed Forces community.

“I’ve donated everything I’d make out of having the design upon products,” says Laurence.

“It’s really nice to feel you’re doing something which is making a difference for a good cause.

“It’s nice to think the design isn’t just giving people pleasure because of the way it looks, but it is also helping further down the line as well.”

Do Laurence or Jackie have family connections with the military that have led to his appreciation of the work of the Royal British Legion Women’s Section?

He replies: “Both our fathers did National Service, and in fact Jackie’s father was based near here. This part of Britain is, of course, very much a military area.

“But I think it shouldn’t matter whether or not you have a personal connection. We should all be able to empathise with members of the forces and their families, and be able to recognise they are doing a very challenging and dangerous job.

“No matter what your political views, this should be something with which you can empathise on a human level.

“I think there’s something very special about the dignified way the nation comes together on Remembrance Sunday, and in how everyone falls silent on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, and I wanted to acknowledge that.”

In addition to developing the Remember pattern and other designs in his LLB collection, Laurence has been kept busy with his appearances on the Star World and Fox TV series The Apartment, which is a huge success in the Far East, attracting some 120million viewers per programme.

He has also recently launched a new design brand celebrating British style called The House of Laurence.

He is quick to credit his wife Jackie for the role that she plays in his work by taking care of the evolution of his products.

“I create the design but I’m not around very much so there’s a lot of work that Jackie has to do on the detail to ensure quality and standards,” he says.

“Attention to quality is one of the reasons the Remember collection didn’t launch last

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen’s poppy themed items for Arthur Price called Remember. Profits from sales of the products will help to support work of the Royal British Legion’s women’s section

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year, as there were some issues that needed to be resolved so we decided it would be best to wait until this year.”

Laurence and Jackie will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary next year, and Laurence is in no doubt about the positive influence that Jackie has had on his life.

“I think we’re incredibly lucky that we met each other so young.

“You read so much about people not finding the right person and finally meeting their life partner second or third time round,” he says.

“We’ve built so much together and have done so much together, and we are extremely good friends.”

Their close friendship was certainly clear to anyone who saw Jackie and Laurence appearing in the recent ITV series Stepping Out, in which real-life celebrity couples competed against each other.

“I’ve always said no to all the celebrity shows, but when this came up both Jackie and I thought it was brilliant because it was celebrating relationships,” says Laurence.

“I’ve never really watched the Strictly series, because I don’t like the way they put the people into such an intense relationship where you are with someone for something like five hours a day, five days a week, in incredibly intrusive circumstances.

“What happens if you don’t like them, or they like you a bit too much?

“With Stepping Out we had such a good laugh. Although I’m not so sure about all those claims about these shows boosting your sex life.

“After filming we were so tired that we’d be lying next to each other feeling too footsore and exhausted to do anything.”

For further information on Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen’s Remember collection, which celebrates the work of the Royal British Legion Women’s Section, go to www.arthurprice.com/page/Remember

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People Tina Rowe

Much is made of the artists sent into battle to interpret the realities of war. But who better to do so than soldiers?

A ground-breaking art exhibition opening today documents Somerset-based 40 Commando, Royal Marines’ last tour of Afghanistan through an extra piece of military kit – the Combat Art Kit. The bespoke camouflaged packs, which fit neatly into a combat trouser pocket, were distributed to 500 Marines of all ranks.

The kits were the brainchild of Tauntonbased Anita St John Gray, widow of Royal Marine Captain Hugh St John Gray. She has long believed in art’s ability to transform and heal, and having heard the positive reactions of 40 Commando, and seen the work they created, she would like to see the kits issued as standard throughout the military.

For they were not only allowing the men to document their lives, but to express their feelings.

Anita’s experience working on art projects for young people had already shown her the therapeutic value of the medium, but it was her membership of the extended Marines family that gave her an understanding of “the emotional and physical pressure that young men are subject to in war zones”.

She says: “For centuries men have used art and poetry to express their feelings in war situations, so that was one of the reasons I wanted to try this. I really believe that art has a way of combating all sorts of problems, like loneliness, stress, loss, boredom, homesickness.

“My husband was in the Royal Marines, and that started me thinking about the idea of bringing art to the military. Tim Martin, who has curated the exhibition, and I had worked together on a youth art project and so I spoke to him and asked whether he would be interested in a project for the military.

“We decided to approach 40 Commando, and Colonel Matt Jackson, who was the commanding officer at that time, bought into the idea at once, and so did his second in command, Major Karl Gray.

“It has been documented for the last 30 years that art can be beneficial in overcoming stress, but we had wondered what reception our idea would get and were delighted by the response.”

A team of four worked on the project – Anita and Tim, Taunton artist Jon England, who is well known for his work on war-related themes, and arts educator Stuart Rosamund.

A number of Royal Marines, including Colonel Jackson, and Colonel Alan Hooper advised on the scheme.

Funding came from the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund, which is aiming to raise £6 million to support the Royal Marines by the 350th anniversary of the force’s foundation next year. Also helping to fund were locally formed national charity Go Commando, Pardoes Solicitors and Brewin Dolphin Investment Management. Further support came from Project Taunton.

“And so we were able to get the kits made up,” says Anita.

“We put them together ourselves. Tim designed them to have the Commando dagger on the front and to say 40 Commando and Herrick 17.

“They were very compact, able to fit into a trouser pocket, but the materials that we put inside were very high quality.”

There were art pads with high quality paper, sketch books, paints, pencils and erasers.

“Then 40 Commando went off to Afghanistan. We didn’t really know what they would do with them. It was a question of wait and see, and we heard snippets and rumours that they were being used.

“Some asked us to send out A4 pads. One had taken his art materials from home, because he was always drawing and painting, but he still used the pads to plan out what he was going to do.

“Some designed tattoos. In many ways the art was a catalyst that led to other things.

“It obviously wasn’t until they got back that we were able to gather some of the work in.

Some people did not want to show us what they had done, and we absolutely understood and respected that – the work would have been very personal to them, that was part of the therapy we wanted.

“But as we gathered work in we realised that we would have enough to have an exhibition, which was what we had always hoped would be the case. We really want people to see how

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Main picture: Anita St John Gray, who is helping to set up the Combat Art Exhibition with Jon England, Stuart Rosamond and Tim Martin in Taunton. Above: one of the art kits with portraits by Lance Corporal Tom Harrison, of 40 Commando, Royal Marines. Other images of art to be used in the exhibition PICTURES: FRAN STOTHARD art has been used by these young men and what it meant to them.”

The Marines of 40 Commando have lately been training in the United States, but should be home by the opening, and be able to see the results of their creativity half a world away on show in the gentle light of English autumn days in the heart of their home town of Taunton.

Smaller drawings and paintings are complimented by larger works, including photography, objects and film, all made in the field.

Filmed interviews give a further insight into the thoughts of the artists, and the benefits of the kits.

Recalling the making of those interviews, Anita says: “The men were very articulate, and said the kits had helped them to overcome moments of adversity, and helped them to focus.”

The effects of post-traumatic stress disorder on servicemen make the project even more important, and timely.

Anita says: “We would be very happy to see the kits rolled out and becomes standard issue. We feel that the materials are something the men can turn to and are useful. There will always be things that they don’t want to talk

‘The men were very articulate, and said the kits had helped them to overcome moments of adversity, and helped them to focus’

about, but they can sit and draw them, and take that work home.”

There is a long tradition of such art. Three years ago Jon England collaborated with former Allied prisoner of war the late Ted Milligan on an exhibition which drew new depictions of a brutal forced march from the veteran.

Mr Milligan was a young student of architecture before he became a bomb aimer.

Shot down on his first mission in 1944, he found himself a POW in Stalag Luft Seven, where art was his inspiration.

In an interview with the Western Daily Press at the time of the exhibition he said: “It was a revelation for me. I was training to be an architect but I had never done any life drawing or portraits. When I arrived in the camp I found one of the prisoners was the artist Adrian Heath, known to us as Toggles, who had taught Terry Frost. When I saw Toggles’ work I wanted to draw like that, and I had all the time in this time to do it.”

When the Russian advance led the Germans to march the POWs east – a march which killed more than 80 men – Mr Milligan made secret sketches of his comrades, bent and braced against the bitter winds. Knowing he had recorded their courage was important, but when Mr Milligan eventually came home he put the painful sketches away. They remained virtually untouched for years, until a mutual friend showed him an exhibition of Jon England’s work in Taunton.

The two met and a creative spark was struck. Mr England suggested an exhibition, and gave Mr Milligan a tin of authentic wartime boot polish. The artist used it to make haunting new sketches from memory of the march that was still carved into his memory.

And at the age of 89 he could feel joy in his new creativity, and in honouring again his fallen comrades. That is the power of art.

Art Kits Ltd is now a not for profit company, supporting the use of kits for self-expression, and future reflection. The exhibition Combat Art Reflections from Afghanistan can be seen at the West Wing of the Market House Building in the centre of Taunton and runs until November 23, Wednesday to Saturday, 11am-5pm.

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SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9 2013 WEST COUNTRY LIFE 9

People Sally Bailey

Unveiling of the Queen Elizabeth I topiary at Sudeley Castle, in Winchcombe, designed by David Freedman and Katie Green. Below, a range of designs made by Katie and installed around Europe

From greens to golds, blues to pinks, the tiny squares of glass are like precious jewels.

Working with mosaics means Katie Green can indulge her love of colour and form, creating eye-poppingly pleasing sculptures for our gardens.

Rainbow-coloured flower stems, twinkly pieces that hang from trees and sway in the breeze, and seed heads that look like 3D alliums can be found in suburban flower beds across the county.

Katie, 56, who lives near Kidderminster, started working with mosaics 15 years ago, when her two children were young.

She has recently unveiled her latest project, a glittering Queen Elizabeth I which now graces the lawn at Sudeley Castle, in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire.

The regal piece was commissioned by castle owner Lady Ashcombe, who wanted to honour the queen, one of several royal visitors to the Winchcombe estate.

Jane Smoczynski, owner of Winds of

Change Art Gallery in Winchcombe, co-ordinated the project, suggesting Katie and metal sculptor David Freedman for the commission.

David created a big frame of the monarch which Katie embellished with golden mosaics on the orb and sceptre, crown, and along the bodice.

“And she’s got little glittery shoes peeking out from the bottom of her skirt,” Katie says.

The design covers a tree which will grow through the metal frame, creating a topiary skirt, bodice and head.

“When I was working on it, it looked quite eerie at first but it will be wonderful with all the greenery growing through it,” Katie says.

“We had a strong idea of what Lady Ashcombe wanted and we created it. The piece was very much her dream.”

Although this sculpture, which is now on permanent show, is a grand design, Katie’s

ethos is one of making art accessible. Her glass-on-glass sculptures are designed for the outdoors, pieces to add a flourish to the suburban garden.

She sees inspiration everywhere, constantly finding new ideas in the littlest of everyday things.

“I’m always walking around looking at things. I never go anywhere without my notebooks and camera in case I see something I like,” she says.

“I’ve done a piece this year called Coast which was inspired by the shoreline in Cornwall. I was watching the water go in and out and the light as it twinkled over the wet pebbles. The colours were amazing. And when we went camping and took a kayak down the Thames and the water was absolutely lovely so I was taking pictures there. It’s amazing what you can get out of things.

“I have some pieces that I keep doing but my mind is always full of different ideas, I like moving on to the next thing, trying something different.”

Katie loved doing crafts as a child but started her career studying to be a nurse cadet. She soon decided it wasn’t for her but her father told her if she finished the course, he’d support her in a more creative vocation.

Through a successful stint as a former children’s wear fashion designer, she eventually came to mosaics. Loving the idea of something she could do without needing to buy hefty equipment like a lathe, a kiln, or even a sewing machine, she gave it a whirl and was smitten.

Remembering the garden statues of her youth, what she describes as big lumps of

concrete, poor copies of Grecian beauties, statues with their noses missing, she wanted to make colourful weather-proof ornaments.

“I love doing pieces that are going into a specific setting, so I can make something that’s right for the space. When the seasons change you can move them around so you can have something in one place, then when the flowers die off somewhere else or a corner loses colour, you just place it there.”

Today her passion for her craft is such that it’s crept into every part of her life.

“I’m putting some exhibitions together at the moment and I’ve taken over the sitting room. My husband is always glad when they actually start and we get the room back again.

And the garden is turning into shedsville.

“People think our garden would be covered in my work but I find it distracting when I’m making something new.

“My mum and dad were friends with the Stuarts, who made Stuart Crystal, and used to go round for an early evening tipple. You’d expect them to use the best crystal glasses but they drank out of Woolworths tumblers. I’m the same; when I first finish something I sometimes think it would be nice to keep it but I never do.

“I love choosing the tiles. I like the spectrum of blues and greens, they’re my favourite, the iridised pinks that bring a reflective quality and texture, ones that have a subtle ripple.

“When I’m making something it’s totally and utterly absorbing. I could happily work away through the night. In fact, I have done.”

The sculpture of Queen Elizabeth I is on permanent display at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe.

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For details, visit www.sudeleycastle.co.uk. Visit www.ktgreenmosaics.com to see more of Katie’s work.

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A Christmas Day Trip by Steam Locomotive

Bob Green

The Christmas Cheshireman Saturday 30th November 2013 A festive steam hauled train featuring 70013 Oliver Cromwell from Bristol to the Roman walled city of Chester. Christmas festivities in Chester should be in full swing.

This Christmas festive train will feature Santa Claus and his elves and presents for the children.

There will be mulled wine and mince pies for all our customers.

We run via the scenic Welsh Marches route via Abergavenny, Llavinangel summit, Hereford and Shrewsbury.

We pass through Wrexham and on to our destination, the beautiful walled City of Chester. Here you will have time for Christmas shopping or to simply explore all this Town has to offer.

We depart Chester at around 17:00 and retrace our steps back to Bristol steam hauled by 70013 Oliver Cromwell.

Approximate Timings Bristol Temple Meads Filton Abbey Woods Cwmbran Abergavenny Hereford Chester

Outward 08:00 08:10 08:55 09:15 10:00 13:15

Return 22:15 22:05 21:20 21:00 20:15 17:00

There are three classes available: Premier Dining includes full English breakfast, light lunch and a four course dinner silver served at your seat.

First Class includes morning coffee with a Danish pastry and afternoon tea with scones, jam and cream, along with a selection of finger sandwiches.

Standard Class includes a reserved seat at a table for four.

A buffet car is available and serves tea, coffee, snacks and light refreshments.

Tables for two can be guaranteed in first class and premier dining for a supplement of £20 per person. (subject to availability) Fares

Adult

Junior

Family

Premier

£205

£150

£560

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£125

£70

£320

Standard

£79

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The Railway Touring Company, 14a Tuesday Market Place, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1JN Visit www.railwaytouring.net or phone us on 01553 661500.

The Railway Touring Company’s standard conditions of booking and travel apply. See our website or brochure for further details.

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SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9 2013 WEST COUNTRY LIFE 11

Food Chris Rundle

It’s not often that I find cause to rejoice in a supermarket. Visits to such places are a waste of time that could be spent contemplating higher things.

But you know how it is. Stuff runs out.

Nowhere else sells washing powder, or shoe polish, or freezer bags. So I have to go.

But this time there was a surprise. There, sitting on the vegetable shelves surrounded by an almost visible halo was something that lightened my entire day, made the trip an unmitigated delight: English-grown chicory.

And, moreover, at a reasonable price.

Perhaps I should explain. Chicory is regarded pretty much as a winter essential where I live.

A couple of the fat chicons – for such is the technical term for the dense, whitish-yellow buds produced from a forced root of the Witloof, or white leaf variety – thinly sliced and covered in a rich, dark vinaigrette not only provide an excellent salad but form the perfect vehicle for keeping up the garlic intake.

And as you know we should all eat as much garlic as possible for the general good of our health and to stave off all manner of bugs – and as I was only remarking to Mrs R over a bowl of garlicky chicory last week I can’t remember the last time I had scurvy, or even Bright’s Disease.

Trouble is it’s not always been easy to get hold of and when it has it’s fallen into what might be described as the luxury food price bracket.

Pop across the Channel to where they have traditionally grown the stuff (the technique of forcing it from buried roots having been stumbled on by a Belgian grower in 1850 when he was looking for uses for old mushroom compost) and you can buy carrier bags of it for a couple of quid. It is as cheap as chips.

Buy enough of it, and you can almost recoup the cost of your ferry ticket.

We used, come Christmas, to go down the wholesale route and buy an entire box weight about 10lb in old money.

A false economy if ever there was one: long before we had got through it and despite all our best efforts at conservation the heads were turning brown and beginning to rot.

And the one thing you can’t really do with chicory is preserve it in any way.

Chicory salad with walnuts and orange Ingredients Three heads of chicory, two large oranges, 50g walnut pieces, one garlic clove, teaspoon each caster sugar and salt, ten grindings of black pepper, teaspoon French mustard, two tablespoons red wine vinegar, six tablespoons good-quality olive oil.

Method For the vinaigrette chop the garlic clove and crush in a bowl with the salt. Add the sugar, pepper, mustard and vinegar and whisk well to incorporate then whisk in the oil. Using a very sharp knife cut the peel and pith away from the oranges and slice out the segments, cutting each in half. Place in a salad bowl with the walnuts – break up any really large pieces. Slice the chicory very, very finely, add to the bowl, toss together with the orange and walnuts and add the dressing and toss again just before bringing the bowl to the table.

Braised chicory and fennel Ingredients Four chicory heads, three large fennel bulbs, 50g butter, dash of olive oil, sea salt, freshly-ground black pepper, 200ml hot chicken stock.

Method Halve the chicons lengthways, trim any stalks from the fennel bulbs and slice each one vertically into three. Season all the cut sides very generously. Heat the butter and olive oil in an oven-proof dish until sizzling and add the vegetables, cut sides down. Cook for two to three minutes, then pour in the hot stock, cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes in an oven preheated to 190C gas mark 5.

Baked chicory with ham and smoked cheese Ingredients Four heads of chicory, eight slices of Serrano ham, four slices of smoked cheese, sea salt, freshly-ground black pepper, olive oil.

Method Drop the chicons in a pan of boiling salted water for two minutes then refresh under a cold tap, drain and dry thoroughly. Slice each one lengthways without cutting all the way through and insert a slice of smoked cheese. Season the chicons well with salt and pepper, roll each one up in two slices of Serrano ham, brush with olive oil, place on a roasting pan and bake for 30 minutes at 190C gas mark 5.

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Chris has been indulging his passion for chicory – once something he could only do after holidaying in France. Now he’s found it in his local store

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So the remaindered chicons ended up on the compost heap, making the compost some of the most expensive ever created.

Chicory’s slight bitterness makes it an absolutely ideal salad ingredient, which may come as a slight surprise if you’ve only ever bought it to cook.

You can offset the bitterness, if you so wish, by adding fruit. But since it doesn’t have any strong, distinctive flavour it’s also ideal when married up with other ingredients which do.

North Petherton butcher Malcolm Pyne always has a smile and kind word for his customers. As well he might for he was voted top National Butcher Shop of the year last year and is marking the second year of his country food store

PICTURE: FRAN STOTHARD PICTURE: FRAN STOTHARD

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Eating out David Clensy

A few weeks after our holiday to Normandy, there were signs we were missing France.

Out went the shepherd’s pie and traditional English Sunday roast for my wife, and in came the cassoulet and boeuf bourguignon. One day I found my hand wavering from the West Country cider and lingering on a bottle of Norman cidre in the supermarket.

Instead of a scarf to keep out the winter chill, I’d inexplicably taken to wearing a string of onions. I’m even sure that as our little toddler scampered towards his potty he was saying oui-oui.

As luck would have it, our home town had a new addition – a French bistro-style restaurant which promised classical French cuisine.

We could finally get our Francophilious fix.

So it was, on a rainy evening, my wife and I found ourselves walking towards the welcoming lights of Sebastien’s Bistro.

Chef and owner Sebastien Rouxel trained in classical French cuisine in Brittany and his career in England has included working in Conran’s Restaurant Coq D‘Argent, the Meridien Hotel Piccadilly and Tate Gallery restaurant in London, before moving to the West Country as head chef at the Pear Tree, Whitley, in 2000.

Since then, he has worked as a freelance chef in the area in places such as the Bath Spa Hotel, Homewood Park and Lucknam Park.

Sebastien and his wife Shahnaz opened their first restaurant in Bradford on Avon in February 2010. The Ale and Porter cafe on Silver Street closed in December 2012, to make way for his new venture in the newly regenerated Kingston Mill area in the centre of the Wiltshire town.

The bistro opened in May 2013, promising “simple food in a modern French bistro style”.

Just what we were after.

The bistro is set in one of the former Avon Rubber tyre-works buildings. There is still an echo of the structure’s former industrial past in its high ceilings and tall windows – which now, far from shedding light on an industrious factory floor, simply offer diners unparalleled views of the river Avon and the town’s medieval bridge.

From the moment we walked in, I sensed I was going to like the place. There was nothing pretentious – just a relaxed ambience. Jazz music playing, simple furniture, and that rarest of things in restaurants – a waiter who seemed like he wanted to be there. He smiled and chatted with a friendly but polite manner, as he led us to our table and talked us through the menu.

And what a menu.

Baked gilt-head sea bream, with baby pumpkin puree, olive oil and herb crushed potato, in a beurre blanc.

Rump of lamb with flageolet beans, Savoy cabbage and chorizo, with harissa sauce.

Pan-fried fillet of cod with creamy mash, coriander braised fennel and Hollandaise sauce.

Slow cooked pork belly, curly kale and braised puy lentils, with a persillade dressing.

Like the atmosphere in the place, the food sounded wholesome and unpretentious.

In the end I opted for a starter of goat’s cheese mousse with beetroot salad and candied walnut (£5.95), which was rich, but a wonderful collection of flavours – velvety mouthfuls of sliced beetroot topped with the silky goat’s cheese mousse.

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an option on a menu, but so often they offer the best combination of flavours, and this was no exception.

My wife, on the other hand, went for the rump of lamb (£16.50), which came with great thick, pink tender slices of meat – she was just as impressed with her dish as I was with mine.

We washed it down with a simple, refreshing sauvignon blanc, which was relatively well priced at £16.50.

Just when we thought the evening couldn’t get any better, we were confronted by dessert – we both chose the dark chocolate pavé, which came with salted caramel ice cream (£5.75). It didn’t disappoint. Our conversation paused for a moment as we ate it, perhaps we were

Sebastien’s Bistro occupies the former Avon Rubber tyre-works in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire both too busy taking in the taste of pure chocolate decadence, or perhaps we both sensed mere words wouldn’t do the dessert justice.

Our longing for France fully sated, we strolled home with the satisfaction of knowing that now our neighbours on the other side of the Channel weren’t enjoying any food more wonderful than that which we could find in our home town on a wet Wednesday night.

Venue Sebastien’s Bistro, Bridge Yard, Kingston Mills, Bradford on Avon BA15 1EJ. Contact 01225 938 284; www.sebastiens.co.uk.

Price range Starters: Soupe du jour £5, Goat’s cheese mousse with beetroot salad and candied walnut £5.95. Mains: Rump of lamb with flageolet beans, Savoy cabbage and chorizo, Harissa sauce £16.50, Red onion and mature cheddar tart, roasted parsnip and spinach salad, honey and roasted almond dressing £11.95 Desserts: Dark chocolate pavé with salted caramel ice cream £5.75, Pear and almond tart with anglaise sauce and vanilla ice cream £5.75

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9 2013 WEST COUNTRY LIFE 13

Food Andy Welch

Four years ago, only expert bakers would have understood such phrases as ‘good bake’, ‘nice crumb’ and ‘over-proved’.

But now, thanks to Paul Hollywood and his fellow Great British Bake Off judge Mary Berry, they’ve become familiar to millions.

And it’s not just Bake Off terminology that’s been on the rise – the show has led to a staggering revival in home baking too.

“I can’t go a day without someone coming up to me and showing me a photo on their phone of their latest loaf or cake,” says Hollywood, 47. “I love it.”

The chef, who was brought up in Lydney, Gloucestershire, and is taking a live baking show on a tour of the UK next April, is now synonymous with baking. His Bread series and accompanying book were huge hits earlier this year and he’s never been more in demand.

Just two weeks after filming finished for Bake Off, he went straight to work on his latest offering, Pies & Puds. There’s a book out now and a TV series will follow.

“It’s hard fitting it all in,” he says. “There’s always something, but it’s good to have loads going on, especially when it’s all so much fun to work on. There are thousands of recipes out there, and it’s just about being able to pick the right ones, harness the right ideas, and put them in a great package for people to try themselves.”

There’s no shortage of mouth-watering recipes in Pies & Puds. In the same way Bread introduced novices to basic techniques and walked them through more advanced methods, this book includes basics such as sausage rolls and quickly moves on to slightly more challenging tasks.

These include pasties, bread and butter pudding with croissants and cherries, and various types of pastry, from cheat’s puff pastry, rough puff and beyond.

The book is, as Hollywood says, like a cookery course, and one of his favourite recipes is his take on a classic. “I do a beef-andale pie, but use water buffalo instead of regular beef, and the pie is absolutely gorgeous.

“Throughout the book I’ve twisted things, added new flavours, modernised classics and come up with a load of recipes that are beautiful to eat. It’s about comfort food, really, and I’m celebrating what Britain’s good at – pies, puddings and pastries. Real autumn food too, so it’s also perfect for the season.”

Here are two recipes chosen from Hollywood’s Pies & Puds to get you started. A BBC series starts soon.

Bacon & egg pie Ingredients to feed six For the shortcrust pastry 275g plain flour; pinch of fine salt; 135g cold unsalted butter, diced; 1 medium egg, beaten; 1tsp lemon juice; 2-3tbsp very cold water; 1 egg, beaten, to glaze For the filling 1tbsp vegetable oil; 1 large onion, finely chopped; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 200g unsmoked streaky bacon, diced; 200g pork loin, cut into roughly 1.5cm dice; 5 medium eggs; 100g cream cheese; 100g mature Cheddar, grated; 1tbsp chopped chives; salt and pepper

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Method To make the pastry, put the flour and salt in a bowl. Add the diced butter and rub in with your fingertips until it looks like fine breadcrumbs. Alternatively, do this in a food processor or a mixer and then transfer to a bowl.

Mix the egg with the lemon juice and two tablespoons of water. Make a well in the centre of the rubbed-in mixture and pour in the egg mix. Mix the liquid into the flour and fat mixture, using one hand; avoid overworking the dough. If it is too dry, add a splash more water.

When the dough begins to stick together, use your hands to gently knead it into a ball. Wrap the pastry in cling film and place in the fridge to rest for about 30 minutes.

For the filling, heat the oil in a wide frying pan over a medium-low heat and add the onion and garlic. Cook gently for about eight minutes, until soft. Add the bacon and pork, increase the heat a little, and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring from time to time, until any liquid from the meat has been driven off.

Leave to cool completely. Heat your oven to 200C/gas 6 and have ready a 20cm loose-based sandwich cake tin, 4cm deep.

Beat two of the eggs with the cream cheese until smooth. Add the Cheddar and chives and season with salt and pepper. Stir in the cooled bacon mixture.

Roll out two-thirds of the pastry and use to line the cake tin. Roll out the remaining pastry ready to form the lid.

Put the filling mixture into the pastry case.

Make three evenly spaced depressions in the filling and crack the remaining eggs into them.

Brush the rim of the pastry with water and place the lid on top.

Press the edges to seal and trim off the excess neatly. Brush the top of the pie with beaten egg and make a steam hole in the centre. Bake in the oven for 50-55 minutes, until golden brown. Leave the pie to settle for at least 15 minutes before cutting. Delicious hot or cold.

Chicken & chorizo empanadas Ingredients to feed 10 For the empanada dough 150g unsalted butter; 300g plain flour; large pinch of fine salt; 1 medium egg, lightly beaten; 3-5tbsp water For the filling 4 chicken thighs, on the bone and skin on; 1tbsp olive oil; 1 medium onion, finely chopped; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 100g cured chorizo sausage (ready to eat), finely diced; ½tsp cumin seeds; 50g raisins; salt and pepper To finish 1 egg, beaten, to glaze Method Heat your oven to 180C. For the filling, put the chicken thighs in a small roasting dish, season well all over with salt and pepper and roast for about 45 minutes until cooked through. Set aside to cool a little.

Meanwhile, make the pastry. Melt the butter

then leave to cool slightly. Put the flour into a large bowl and mix in the salt. Pour in the butter and egg.

Start mixing, adding the water as you go, until you have a soft dough. Turn out onto your work surface and knead gently for a couple of minutes, until smooth. Return the dough to its bowl, cover and set aside to rest while you prepare the filling.

Heat the olive oil in a frying pan over a medium-low heat.

Add the onion and cook for 10-12 minutes, until soft. Add the garlic, chorizo, cumin seeds and raisins.

Cook over a medium heat for five to eight minutes, stirring often, until the chorizo is cooked. Remove from the heat.

Once the chicken thighs are cool enough to handle, remove the skin. Pull all the meat from the bones and chop it roughly. Add to the chorizo mixture. Taste and add salt and pepper if needed (chorizo’s already quite salty), then leave to cool completely.

Turn the oven up to 200C/gas 6 and line a large baking sheet with baking parchment.

Lightly flour your work surface and roll out the dough to a 3-4mm thickness. Using a 12cm cutter, or a small bowl as a guide, cut out 10 discs. You will probably need to re-roll the offcuts once to get this many.

Divide the filling between the discs. Dampen the edges of the dough with water, then fold over one half of each disc to make a semicircular parcel. Press the edges together firmly, then crimp or press the edges with a fork.

Put the empanadas on the baking sheet and brush with beaten egg. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until golden. Eat them warm.

Comfort food Rosa Mashiter Fewer than seven weeks to go so if you have not started your baking preparations it is, with less than seven weeks to Christmas, time that you did.

It is all too easy these days to buy everything ready-made but I firmly believe that one of the most enjoyable of the annual Christmas tasks has to be the preparation and cooking of the cake and Christmas pudding, and it is great fun if the family can join in.

One of my favourite smells is that of mincemeat; its making and eating. I am therefore kicking off this week’s Christmas recipes with mincemeat, and I am sure you will find the mixture of Marsala and brandy delicious.

Mincemeat Makes approximately 1.75kg (4lb). Use to fill up your mince pies or tart cases.

Ingredients 125g dried peach, finely chopped; 700g dried fruit; 125g glace cherries, finely chopped; 1 large cooking apple, diced; 125g vegetable suet; Grated rind of a large orange; 1 tsp mixed spice; ½ tsp ground nutmeg; ¼ tsp ground ginger; 225g dark brown sugar; 4 tbsp black treacle; 6 tbsp Marsala; 4 tbsp brandy Method Place all the fruits in a large bowl and mix

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Eating out Pip Larkham

Foodie treat Mark Taylor Featuring 50 recipes from cafés, restaurants, traders and members of the local WI, Katie Skuse got the idea for The Gloucester Road Cookbook as she cycled home from work. A member of Bristol’s Gloucester Road WI herself, she wanted to create a book that merged the talents of fellow members with the diverse businesses in the area. where she lives.

Katie, who supplied this recipe herself, says: “This is a recipe that my grandma used to make. She then passed the recipe to my aunt and then it was passed to me. I have fond memories of eating this.”

Apple strudel Ingredients for 10 8 Granny Smith apples, peeled and cored; juice and zest of an unwaxed lemon; 6 sheets of ready-made filo pastry; 50g melted butter; 200g breadcrumbs; 100g demerara sugar; 2 tsp cinnamon; 150g sultanas Method Cut the apples into wedges and grate them.

Place into a bowl and squeeze over the lemon juice to prevent the apples browning.

Unroll the filo sheets. On a floured surface, lay out one sheet horizontally. Then, to make the surface area larger lay another sheet above the first, so that the two long sides are overlapping by around 3cm. Brush some butter onto the overlapping area of the bottom sheet to stick the two sheets together.

Add a second layer of filo to make the base layer thicker. To do this, brush melted butter over the whole of the large filo layer. Then lay

The decoration may not be taking place for a while yet, but the mixing and preparation of the cake itself should be started soon – with a helping had from the family – to allow the seasonal flavours to develop fully in time for the big day well, add remaining ingredients and stir until well mixed. Spoon into sterilised jars and keep in a dry cool place and allow two weeks for the flavours to mature.

Traditional Christmas Pudding Ingredients to serve 12 125g sultanas; 125g raisins; 125g currants; 50g dried figs, chopped; 2 tbsp whisky; 2 tbsp port; zest and juice of a small orange; zest and juice of a small lemon; 50g plain flour; ¼ tsp mixed spice; ¼ tsp ground cinnamon; pinch of ground nutmeg; 125g fresh wholemeal breadcrumbs; 50g shredded suet; 75g dark brown sugar; 40g chopped nuts; 1 small carrot, grated; 1 cooking apple, peeled and grated; 2 medium free-range eggs; butter; 60cm square of muslin.

Method Put the dried fruit into a non-metallic bowl with the brandy and port. Mix and cover and allow to macerate overnight. Add remaining ingredients to the bowl except the butter, which you should use to grease a 1-litre pudding basin and line the basin with muslin.

Spoon the mixture into the basin, using a wooden spoon to compact it and a palette knife to level off. Gather up the edges of the muslin and tie with string, trimming the excess.

Put the basin on an upturned saucer in a deep pan. Pour in water to come halfway up the sides of the basin, then cover the pan and

bring to a simmer, and cook for six hours, making sure that the pan does not boil dry.

Once the pudding is cooked, remove from the pan and allow to cool, then lift it out of the basin and wrap in cling film and a double layer of foil. Store in a cool, dark place. To serve, put the pudding, in its muslin, back in the basin, and repeat the cooking process for two hours.

Christmas cake Ingredients 50g sultanas; 250g raisins; 125g ready-to-eat dried prunes; 125g ready-to-eat dried apricots; 50g candied fruit; 150ml dark rum; zest and juice of an orange; 175g dark muscovado sugar; 175g softened butter; 4 medium freerange eggs; 125g self-raising flour; 1 tsp mixed spice; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; 75g best qual-

ity dark chocolate; 100g flaked almonds; 30ml dark rum Method Chop the apricots, prunes and candied peel.

Finely grate the dark chocolate. Under a medium grill lightly toast the flaked almonds.

Put the dried and candied fruits into a saucepan, add 150ml of rum and orange zest and juice and mix well. Put the pan over a medium heat and bring to the boil. Remove from heat, put a lid on the pan and leave overnight.

Grease and line a 20.5cm round cake tin and preheat your oven to 150C (Gas mark 2). Break the eggs into a small bowl and beat lightly. Put the sugar and butter into a mixing bowl and beat until fluffy, then add the beaten egg, a little at a time whisking into the mixture.

Carefully fold in the soaked fruit and the remaining ingredients. Pour into the tin and using a palette knife level the top of the cake.

Wrap a thick layer of brown paper around the tin and secure with string. Bake for 3-3½ hours or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Once cooked remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool in the tin for ten minutes or so.

Keeping the cake in the greaseproof paper lining turn the cake out onto a cooling rack, and when the cake is completely cool wrap in clingfilm and then foil and store in an airtight container. After two weeks, prick the cake all over with a skewer and pour over the remaining rum and allow it to soak into the cake before rewrapping.

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Apple strudel, as featured in the Gloucester Road WI’s Gloucester Road Cookbook two more sheets on top of the first layer so that the whole surface is covered.

Add another coating of melted butter over the second filo layer. Then sprinkle half of each amount of the breadcrumbs, grated apples, demerara sugar, lemon zest, cinnamon and sultanas over the top.

Next, add another layer of filo on top of the apple layer by using two more sheets to cover the whole surface area. Once again, stick the two halves together by brushing the overlapping strip with butter. Then brush the whole surface area with butter and sprinkle over the remaining breadcrumbs followed by the apples, sugar, lemon zest, cinnamon and sultanas. Fold the end and roll the strudel up gently. Place on a baking tray and with a pastry brush cover with melted butter to stop the pastry from splitting when cooking.

Bake for 45-50 minutes. Don’t worry if your strudel splits – when it cools the apple and sugar will make it set. Leave to cool and sprinkle with icing sugar. Cut into slices and eat warm with cream or ice cream. Keep in the fridge and eat hot or cold within two days.

The Gloucester Road Cookbook is available, priced £15 (£10 to WI members) from Gloucester Road shops and at www.thebristolshop.co.uk.

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Absolute Corkers Ned Halley

Why, I wondered here recently, does Asda not offer any sort of online wine service?

Well, it does now. The Asda Wine Shop has just opened for business at www.asda.com/wineshop. The website is straightforward. You’re welcomed with the inviting news that delivery is free and there’s an introductory discount for first-time customers on orders placed before midnight on Monday.

It’s simple enough even for me to understand. The only mystery is why Asda’s taken so long to get started on this. Online shopping is the fastest-growing sector of the UK wine business. In fact, it’s the only part of the wine business that is growing.

Asda’s drinks director Tracy Ford partly explains the slow start by “extensive research”. No doubt that took up plenty of time, but it did identify “a gap in the market for an affordable wine club offering without the snobbery”.

I think the reference to snobbery might arise from Asda’s discovery that specialist wine merchants have been selling wine on the web for a very long time, shifting “fine wine” to enthusiastic customers who prefer to browse at home rather than to stand in a manic supermarket goggling at shelves.

Forget the snobbery, Asda. Selling decent products at rational prices is no longer the preserve of posh purveyors of chateau-bottled claret. And the supermarkets have no monopoly on value. The Wine Society, with more than 100,000 members, has the most competitively priced list of serious wines in the trade.

Asda might never match the Wine Society, but maybe they’ll show Tesco a trick or two.

For a start, the Wine Shop allows online shoppers to mix their own cases. You can have six different bottles if you like. At Tesco, all the wines, bar a few pre-mixed selections, are available only by the (six-bottle) case.

The Asda service offers about 300 wines from the store range, plus 200 or so new, online-only wines. Many of the latter are upmarket and interesting. By no means all of my own Asda favourites are yet in the online offering, but there is a reasonable choice.

Red wines Extra Special Barbera 2011 (£5) Lots of juicy, crunchy blueberry fruit in this dark and intense red from Italy’s Piedmont. Made by Araldica, a very respectable winery, it has a lick of creamy richness from oak contact, and a ripe 14.5 per cent alcohol.

Extra Special Corbieres 2011 (£5) A sleek, spicy red with comforting smoothness and clear definition of fruit flavours from a Mediterranean appellation not always known for its subtlety. A terrific bargain.

Zalze Shiraz Mourvedre Viognier 2011 (£7.95) I particularly like this pungently savoury red because it tastes so South African.

The best Cape estates somehow inoculate their wines with a distinctively roasted, spicy style that really stands out. This one combines intense brambly appeal with a satisfying intensity and ripeness.

De Bortoli Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 (£9) De Bortoli is an Italianfounded Australian enterprise of exceptional versatility best known for sweet whites. This luxuriant, structured, silky red wine proves their

Watering hole The Hop Pole Ned Halley Hurry to this ancient historic inn – time is of the essence.

In the course of our brief lunchtime visit to this delectable little pub last week, we made a melancholy discovery. It is to close on November 17 – that’s Sunday week.

Whether or not the closure will be permanent, I urge all pub-lovers to make a pilgrimage. The Valley Bar is perfection. It’s small, with seating for only about 15, the three bar stools included, and decidedly cosy. It is entirely panelled in dark wood, most of it very old oak. Even the ceiling has had the same treatment, a modern adaptation, but it has been done well, and contributes to a rarely magical ambience.

It is a very old building, with 15th century origins, whose disproportionately grand eccelesiastical porch testifies to its original purpose, a hostel for monks. And it is hospitable to this day. We were given a cheery welcome and a choice of two good ales, Doom Bar and Bath Gem, and there’s Stowford Press cider on draught besides.

The menu includes a decent choice of sandwiches and baps at £5 to £6 including chips (or salad) on the side. Our bacon and egg and bacon, cranberry and brie were respectively delicious.

There’s a dining room, also attractive and called the Avon Bar (we’re on a steep slope of the Avon Valley here in Limpley Stoke) on the other side.

But we lingered in the little bar room. The natural light from the deep-set, panelledreveal single window is supplemented by numerous old-fashioned coach lamps attached to the walls and the great central ceiling beam. A gas effect fire flickers ineffectually but with admirable intentions in the deep panelled central fireplace. The place has a splendid traditional patterned carpet and the upholstery is faux-tartan. It’s all impeccably clean and cared-for. It’s bliss.

How can such a place be closing? From the conversation in the bar, we gathered that the lease is up, and the present landlord is not continuing. I very much hope a successor will be found before too long.

breadth. Amid the sea of gloopy, over-ripe cabernet from Down Under, it stands out.

Noster Nobilis Priorat 2009 (£8.75) Priorat is Spain’s most recherché wine region, isolated in remote mountain country southwest of Barcelona. The wines are dark, exotic and expensive. This one is a most unusual bargain, gamey-rich from garnacha and carignan grapes with deep black-fruit savour and toasty-oaked plushness. Special.

Frog’s Leap Zinfandel 2011 (£19.95) This is one of the “iconic” wines Asda have included in their online-only range. Frog’s Leap is a California vineyard, founded only 30-odd years ago, where the zinfandel grape has become a speciality. If you like zinfandel, you’ll love this – an intense but brightly juicy young wine that will put a spring in your step.

White wines Wine Selection Chablis 2011 (£8) By any standard this is an outstanding Chablis, deliciously expressive of the stony-twangy, pure-fruit chardonnay style of the famed Burgundy village. Good value at this price.

Fontanafredda Moncucco Moscato d’Asti 2011 (£12.47) This is a rare sweet white wine from moscato (muscat) grapes grown in northwest Italy. It is related to frothy Asti Spumante, but is quite still, and elegantly balanced between grapey rich fruit and bright, pure freshness.

On the nose it rather resembles a Mosel auslese, sweet but racy and fascinating. It’s gorgeous, and just 5.5 per cent alcohol, thanks to the halted fermentation. This is really special, though rather expensive (it comes in a 50cl bottle), and a fine match for Italian treats such as cantuccini or panforte.

Cono Sur 20 Barrels Sauvignon Blanc 2012 (£13.95) Cono Sur is a brand of Chile’s leading winemaker, Concha y Toro, a producer which has miraculously preserved its reputation for quality throughout several decades of exponential growth. Do try this crackingly good sauvignon from the Casablanca region, made from a single estate reportedly facing the South Pacific Ocean. Maybe this explains the proper sea-fresh tang that tops the gorgeous grassy-but-tropical fruit of this big-flavoured refresher. World-class and a great friend to smoked salmon.

Mornington Pensinsula Stonier Chardonnay 2012 (£16.50) A lush old-fashioned Aussie chardonnay with a proper apple-crumble-with-cream richness but clean, shiny minerality in equal measure. This is a specialoccasion wine to match shellfish or, looking ahead a bit, a nifty partnership with turkey.

Wine of the Week Villa Maria Marlborough Pinot Noir Cellar Selection 2011 (£15.99, Majestic – £11.99 when buying any two New Zealand wines) This is the perfect red wine of its kind. It has quite a dense colour for Kiwi pinot and a bright raspberry nose and the fruit immediately impresses with its pure expression of the grape. It’s a briskly clean and dry pinot but reveals in the middle palate a burst of juicy joyfulness of arresting vivacity.

This is an exciting wine, and easily as good as many even more expensive rivals.

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Wine of the week, the Villa Maria Marlborough Pinot Noir Cellar Selection 2011.

Above, cases of wine packed up for delivery. Asda has belatedly joined the wine online revolution

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Shopping Lisa Haynes

If you need a foolproof wardrobe formula this season, adopt the square route.

Checks come in every guise for autumn/ winter 13, from loud tartans to subtle tweeds and brand new grid prints.

No other print screams winter quite like the check family, and you don’t need Scottish blood running through your veins to go all out with the trend – just find your check mate and style it your way.

So give circles the boot. This season, it’s hip to be square.

Tartan check Great Scot! Tartan is the instant way to add personality to your outfit. Bold red is the classic way to don checks but you can also opt for more muted and wearable forest green or deep navy.

Play on tartan irony with this season’s vast selection of on-trend kilts, styled as wrap skirts – some even come complete with safety pin detail.

If you want to bring tartan into the 21st century, avoid floaty circle skirts and look for modern silhouettes, like fluffy jumpers or carrot-shaped trousers.

Tartan comes in grown-up glamour form too, worn as sequins rather than print. Look for dark colourways to make the piece evening appropriate.

WEAR THIS SQUARE To get noticed.

Laundry bag Not since the Levi’s 501 advert have laundrettes been this cool. Look to run-of-themill washing bags for the surprise square print of the season, inspired by design house Celine.

Laundry bag checks are wide blanket weaves, with bold white, red and blue being the predominant colour palette.

Wear these checks slightly oversized – nobody ever has a tiny laundry bag so keep the dimensions the same for your wardrobe.

A wide checked coat is the biggest fashion statement you can make, but only invest if your outfits are generally plain and dark to let your cover-up absorb all the attention.

WEAR THIS SQUARE To look fashion-forward.

Houndstooth You’d have to be barking mad to miss out on this season’s dogstooth trend. Coinciding with monochrome mania, the high street is a sea of mini black and white weaves.

It’s a check trend that’s always translated well to sharp suiting but this season you can find chic separates like shirts and tops for casualwear or glam evening dresses for after dark.

The smaller the check, the more flattering the look, but a super-sized dogstooth is a great modern day twist if you like to be noticed.

As one of the busiest plaid trends around, keep your houndstooth in check by pairing the print with neutrals.

WEAR THIS SQUARE To rock monochrome.

Tweed weaves No longer reserved for country hunts and twin sets, classic tweed has undergone an urban makeover.

Tweeds are best left in their traditional muted colourways – olive greens, mushroom browns and charcoal greys. It’s how you style them that can make all the difference.

Mix in cool textures like slick leather to create contrast, or use an unexpected pop of colour. A super-bright or neon knit will instantly modernise a heritage fabric skirt or jacket.

Avoid any accessories that remind you of the Queen – leave the pearls, Barbour jacket and riding boots for real countryside pursuits.

WEAR THIS SQUARE To embrace your inner traditionalist.

Window pane It’s one of the newest checks on the block and you might find style inspiration watching Grand Designs rather than catwalks...

Window pane checks are entirely symmetrical and contained, with bold, single line squares.

These oversized checks are best worn in a stripped-back monochrome colour palette, so look for black or cream or navy and white to maintain the minimalist chic.

The simplicity of window pane checks means that they look amazing in matchymatchy two-piece tops and skirts, or jackets and trousers, to really play on the graphic squares.

WEAR THIS SQUARE To keep it simple.

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Shopping Gabrielle Fagan

Main picture: Tor Plaid, £384.30; Petite footstool, from £104.30; Hybrid task floor lamp, £103.20, all available from Marks & Spencer. Right, from top: Woodland Retreat Acorn Door Stop, £10.99, Dunelm; Antler 5 light, £110, Next; Reindeer cushion, £7, Asda; Modern White Round Antler Table, £495, Alexander & Pearl; Mr Stag floor cushion from £120, Voyage Maison

As winter draws near, nature hibernates and we draw our curtains against the cold.

But that wildlife which we are blocking out is all the rage for interior decor, and a veritable menagerie of creatures, from stags to foxes, is running wild in on-trend rooms.

“It’s the decorative equivalent of a cosy night in with a steaming mug of hot chocolate,” says Amanda Fox, creative director for The Handpicked Collection.

“Woodland motifs bring the wild side in. In the summer, it’s a great look because it blurs the boundaries between the home and garden.

In autumn and winter you might not always feel like gambolling in the freezing cold, but some tactile and beautiful pieces made of wood, or evoking woodland, help you feel part of the natural world.”

You’ve truly been living in the wilderness if you haven’t noticed that those kings of the forest – stags – are a must-have accessory, either as a fake mounted head, or emblazoned on cushions and throws.

Classic country Hunting lodge style is wooing those yearning for a snug but up-market, rural hideaway, no matter where they live.

“Tartan rugs and throws, currently so fashionable, offer an instant Scottish Highland feel,” advises Wood. “Add personality by hanging a mix of pictures together, vintage photographs alongside a luxury landscape

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Creature comforts Young designer Lisa Bliss has created Stag or Fox Print wallpaper, £125 a roll, from Graduate Collection, and either paper would look brilliant on a feature wall.

Matching cushions, £45 each. Incorporate tartan with a Radlett Chair in a Tor Plaid fabric, from £384.30, Marks & Spencer, which also has an appropriate Stag Frame Wall Art print, £35, and Stag cushions from £12.

Cool country Pared-back country style is a world away from rustic and folksy, and has its origins in sleek Scandinavian decor.

Marianne Shillingford, design director of Dulux Design Service, said: “Colours inspired by fallen leaves, lichen-covered bark and forest fruits are the inspiration for wall and furniture shades.” She suggests colours such as Olive Branch, Soft Maplewood 2, Auburn Leather and Ochre Weave from Dulux. Matt emulsion, 2.5 litres, £24.29.

Creature comforts Woodland is depicted on Bark-Heath wallpaper, £42 a roll, at Little Greene. Make a statement with a Modern White Round Antler Table, £495, Alexander & Pearl, or have fun by plundering designer Abigail Ahern’s quirky animal-focused Edition accessories range at Debenhams.

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Books Tina Rowe

Author James Crowden, left, and Archie Hunter – who now lives at Winsham near Chard – shelter under an umbrella which was a gift to Mr Hunter’s great-uncle, General Sir Archibald Hunter. Commander-in-Chief in South Africa, Lord Kitchener presented the gift to Archibald Hunter, then a colonel, after the war on his wedding day, November 1, 1910. Below, General Sir Archibald Hunter PICTURES: STEVE ROBERTS

When James Crowden was researching a book on the Boer War, he didn’t have to look far.

He had no shortage of information to hand in his own Somerset village, for three villagers in Winsham had connections with those who took part. With the centenary of the First World War approaching James realised the importance of looking at the Boer War first, for the African war’s tactics and weapons foreshadowed that great disaster.

The first part of From Ladysmith to Archangel, launched tomorrow, explains that barbed wire, trenches, and concentration camps all first appeared under the South African sun. There were searchlights, radios, heliographs, pigeon message carriers, Mausers and long-range artillery – and this was also a hard-fought guerrilla war. Sieges were an integral part of the early campaign, with reports of the sieges of Kimberley, Mafeking and Ladysmith filling the newspapers.

Winsham villager Archie Hunter’s namesake, his great-uncle General Sir Archibald Hunter, then a colonel, was one of two officers who kept the command structure together under General Sir George White during the Siege of Ladysmith. Around 13,000 British troops and 7,600 civilians were bottled up in the town for 118 days, from October 30, 1899, to February 28, 1900. On the other side were around 21,000 Boers, lobbing in shells from surrounding hills. By the end there were 850

casualties on the British side, of whom 227 died. The population was reduced to eating horses and mules, and there were cases of scurvy. Other diseases and infections, including malaria, took their toll, but boredom was also an enemy.

In his own book, Kitchener’s Sword Arm – The Life and Campaigns of General Sir Archibald Hunter, Archie Hunter explains: “White recognised this clearly enough when he told his staff: ‘Gentlemen we have two things to do – to kill time and to kill Boers – both equally difficult.’

“To begin with there was plenty going on to keep people occupied despite the shelling. The women of Ladysmith gave tennis parties and there were gymkhanas. Cricket, football and polo (while the ponies were still strong enough) were all played. A military tournament was arranged by a committee of senior soldiers under Hunter’s chairmanship.

On the river there were races in tubs and bathing parties were organised. Once, however, complaints were made to the town council that soldiers were bathing naked in the river and that this must be forbidden as the ladies enjoyed walking on its banks. On Sundays there were always church parades, and very importantly there was no shelling on the day of rest, at least to begin with.”

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Kitchener thought highly of Hunter, and Archie still keeps a memento, an umbrella given by Kitchener to his great-uncle on his wedding day.

Archie’s quote appears in the book as James explores the ‘Language of War’ using contemporary sources, diaries, letters, newspaper reports and verbatim account.

The war’s sieges also foreshadowed the war of attrition to come. James explains: “The Boer War and the Siege of Ladysmith honed down military skills for many future leaders.

Indeed siege mentality was rampant at the beginning of the Boer War and must have imprinted itself on these men. In one sense the First World War was one long siege but on a vast front hundreds of miles long and in the end there were no real winners.

“Two other officers who distinguished themselves under Kitchener were Major General French and his Chief of Staff, Major Douglas Haig, who both escaped on the last train to leave Ladysmith, which was riddled

with bullets. Both later became household names in the First World War.” James was amazed to find a rich cast of characters involved in the war, including Conan Doyle, who acted as a doctor in a typhoid outbreak; Rudyard Kipling, who briefly edited a newspaper; Mahatma Gandhi, who acted as stretcher bearer at Spion Kop; Winston Churchill, who was captured when an armoured train was ambushed; his intrepid aunt Lady Sarah Wilson, who was also captured by the Boers, swapped for a horse thief, and not only survived the siege of Mafeking but became the first woman war correspondent, writing a column for the Daily Mail. Most interesting of all perhaps was that Vincent van Gogh had a third brother, Cornelis, who fought on the Boer side in a Dutch Commando and was captured and died in a British Army hospital.

James says: “The Boer War was in some ways a proxy war and like the Spanish Civil War, had the equivalent of International Brigades often made up of aristocrats fighting on the Boer side. There were German, Irish, Dutch, Italian, French, American, Scandinavian, even Russian Commandos. The Boer War was used as a testing ground for weapons and tactics. It paved the way for the First World War in much the same way that the Spanish Civil War opened the gates for the Second World War. Several high ranking German military advisers who fought on the Boer side as artillery men and engineers were captured.”

The most striking feature of the book is the experimental lay-out. Quoted prose is laid out as if it was poetry to give the language a chance to breathe. The style of writing seeks to make military history more intelligible and accessible to a wider audience and it works brilliantly.

Too often our minds try to race ahead and we skim as we read. This approach stops us in our tracks, savouring every word.

From Ladysmith to Archangel: The Language of War – Part One – The Boer War 1899-1902, published by Flagon Press, Winsham, is launched with a talk by the author at Slader's Yard, West Bay, Bridport at noon tomorrow, Remembrance Sunday.

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Books Hannah Stephenson

Spend a few minutes with Suggs and you feel like you’ve known him forever.

He’s the bloke down the pub who’ll have a pint with you and share a few good stories.

He may be 52 years old, but Suggs, real name Graham McPherson, seems stuck in a lucky time warp: ageless, witty and good fun, much like the music he made with the iconic sevenpiece ska pop band Madness back in the Eighties.

Last year was a major one for the sharpsuited, pork pie-hatted British band, performing on the roof of Buckingham Palace and in the closing ceremony of the London Olympics, singing Our House to an ecstatic crowd.

“It was an incredible year,” Suggs recalls.

“The Jubilee was the highlight and had the most impact. I met the Queen. We were suddenly accepted into the establishment.

“I didn’t really have a clue what I was going to say. I just spontaneously said, ‘Scuse me, ma’am, but are you still into football?’ She said, ‘Not particularly,’ and I replied, ‘Can I have your Cup Final tickets then?’ Quick as a flash, she said, ‘That’s Tommy Cooper’.

“Although it’s a famous moment from an old Royal Variety performance, it was extraordinary that she could remember, it must have been 50-odd years ago.”

Madness’s music is still as irreverent as ever, with timeless hits like Baggy Trousers, One Step Beyond and It Must Be Love.

We’re here to discuss Suggs’s autobiography, That Close, much of which is adapted from his one-man show in which he relates his life story with anecdotes, jokes and music.

Raised by his mother, Edith, a jazz singer and barmaid, as a youngster he was often taken to clubs where she worked in London’s Soho and East End. “There would be people like Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud and all these crazy Soho bohemians, but there was never any sense of malevolence or danger.

“In the Sixties, homosexuality and gambling were still illegal and drinking hours were highly restricted. These places were like oases for the unconventional. That was the norm for me.”

He didn’t know his father, who left shortly after he was born. Years later he discovered he’d been a heroin addict who died in 1975.

“I was sort of curious, but when I met the band, which I did when I was about 15, there were a lot of kids from disparate families and if your dad wasn’t around then your dad

wasn’t around; it wasn’t unusual.” Suggs, who has been married to Anne (singer Bette Bright) for 31 years and has two grown-up daughters, Scarlett and Viva, says Madness didn’t really attract groupies.

“We started off in Camden, and I didn’t see a girl in Camden until 1979. They didn’t exist.

We were just in Irish pubs with people who were drinking Guinness and punching each other.

“We didn’t have a huge girl demographic when we started. It was boys jumping up and down, it was a laddish thing.

“I remember getting off a plane from America for the first time, at a time when you still had the viewing platform at Heathrow, and there were thousands of screaming girls.

“We thought, ‘We’ve made it!’ It was like when The Beatles came back. We got off the plane – only to be trampled in the stampede of girls trying to get to Duran Duran, who were arriving on the next flight.”

He married Anne when he was 21, during Madness’s heyday. “Anne was around from the very beginning. We started going out when we were 18. She’d seen me, supported me and cherished me.

“The difficult bit came four or five years later, when I hadn’t been at home, my children were starting to grow up and I realised I hadn’t been around for much of their lives.

“I don’t regret it, because I had to do what I had to do. It was strange that the band fell apart when it was best for all of us that it did.”

His daughters have now moved out, but the family remains close. “They’ve left but they’re in walking distance of the fridge,” he jokes.

These days, as well as playing sell-out tours, the reformed Madness are in demand at festivals.

Suggs puts the band’s longevity down to friendship. “Unlike a lot of bands, we were friends. We shared a lot of common interests.

Making music was a by-product of our friendship, rather than the other way round,” he says.

“One of our greatest achievements is that we’re still friends now. Can you imagine taking seven kids from a school and saying, ‘You’re going to stay together for the next 35 years and have a huge, successful band and the ego and the money and still be friends’?”

Most of his bandmates came from dysfunc-

tional families. They met in their teens, drawn together by fashion and music.

“During that period, pretty much everyone looked like Kevin Keegan. It was a flamboyant time for clothes and indeed hair. The band was just something to do.

“We were hanging around in a pub called the Hope & Anchor in the Angel [north London] and it was a very fertile music scene in the mid-Seventies with what they now call ‘pub rock’.

“There were lots of great bands like Dr Feelgood and Ian Dury’s first band.”

Suggs didn’t actually play an instrument. It was only when he started singing See You Later Alligator, as he and his mates piled out of the cinema after watching American Graffiti, that anyone realised he could sing – and he was in.

They’d watch Top Of The Pops, thinking they could do better. And they did. Out came the pork pie hats, fezzes and sharp suits, and the rest is history. They enjoyed 20 hit singles in eight years. When they split, Suggs was only 25, and thought it was the end of his life.

“It felt like my career was over. I didn’t even feel like a singer. I was just the frontman of Madness with my mates. It was a scary time.

“I went to see a psychotherapist. I was really freaked out. I’d been in the band since I was 16 and we’d been together all the time. My life had been concentrated because of the whole explosion of the success of Madness.

“I only went to see the psychotherapist four times. He said things like, ‘You’re scared and you’ve every right to be. You don’t know what’s round the corner’. It was a very hard time.”

In retrospect, the break did them good, he reflects. “We never saw ourselves as pop stars, and it was good for all of us to get back to our roots and do something outside pop music.”

He went on to forge a career as a DJ, actor and TV presenter, but kept in touch with the lads, and in 1992 they reformed, after a one-off gig attracted some 75,000 people. In the last five years, their popularity has reached new heights, partly due to the internet.

Meanwhile, his one-man shows continue, in December and 2014 (www.suggslive.com). And, of course, Madness prevails.

“We’re more excited about what we’re doing now than we were in the Eighties. We’re back in the frame. The plan is to make another album next year and do a really big Christmas tour,” says Suggs. “There’s still a chance for us to do pop music without being seen as old fools.”

That Close

by Suggs is published by Quercus, priced £20.

Available now Suggs puts the longevity of Madness down to its members’ friendship. ‘Unlike a lot of bands, we were friends. We shared a lot of common interests.

Making music was a by-product of our friendship, rather than the other way round,’ he says

Books reviews Revenge by Martina Cole is published in hardback by Headline, £19.99 (ebook £6.99) The award-winning author, and British literary powerhouse, Martina Cole is back with her 20th gritty novel, exploring the criminal underworld. The Flynn family is headed by Michael, a notorious criminal lord who rules the seedy and illegal underbelly of most of Europe. If you can get past the blue language (of which there is a lot), this is a great thriller. It’s fast-paced, and straight to the point. Still hard-hitting 21years after her first novel, Cole has created another must-read.

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The Woman In Black – The Sequel, Angel Of Death by Martyn Waites is published in hardback by Hammer, £9.99 (ebook £6.83)

A Blaze Of Autumn Sunshine: The Last Diaries

by Tony Benn is published in hardback by Hutchinson, priced £20 (ebook £11.39)

Angel Of Death by Martyn Waites is the authorised sequel novel to Susan Hill’s original Woman in Black. Set during the last world war, a group of children are sent to sinister Eel Marsh House with two of their teachers.

They are faced with the fear of being bombed at every turn, but soon realise there is something far more deadly in the old building, making this a novel of ever-building tension.

Having been out of Parliamentary politics for many years, the ex-Labour Cabinet minister can still be astute, and often blunt, about people in general and politicians in particular. In this May 2007-July 2009 volume, the veteran socialist predicted the fall of Gordon Brown’s Labour government and foresaw a coalition. He was also surprisingly complimentary about Baroness Thatcher.

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Books Laura Joint

Legend has it that if the waters off the south Devon coast were drained, we’d be able to walk its length from wreck to wreck.

A wrecked ship lies partially buried under the sand at Booby’s Bay, Cornwall. The South West peninsula is known for its shipwrecks, with the south coast of Devon a particular hotspot PICTURE: PETER GLASER

The British Isles has more shipwrecks per mile of coastline than any other nation and a good many of them lie on the seabed off the South Devon coast, victims of the treacherous headlands that jut out into the shipping channel. There are untold numbers of wrecks within visible distance of our shores, some of them dating back thousands of years and a lot of them on their way to or back from war.

While a lot of the wrecks are known about, it’s believed others have been lying there undetected for centuries. But what of the wrecks that we do know are out there? How much do we know about them? Survivors of the shipwrecks told their stories, while other tales – many of them embellished, no doubt – were passed down by rescuers and locals who either witnessed the sinking or knew someone who did.

Tangible evidence of the wrecks has been difficult to find up until recently, when advances in diving technology have helped the development of maritime archaeology.

Among the leading maritime archaeologists in the UK is Jessica Berry, who has just written a book about some of the wrecks which lie within sight of the South Devon coast. The paperback – South Devon’s Shipwreck Trail – isn’t intended for diving boffins but for walkers, kayakers, cyclists and anyone who enjoys this dramatic stretch of coastline.

“My dream for this book is that people will carry it along the coast with them,” said Jessica, who has spent much of this year diving on wrecks off Dorset, Devon and Cornwall. “It’s for anyone who likes a good story; you can gaze out to sea and out there, beneath the surface, are these terrific and exciting stories.”

Jessica’s own story isn’t for the fainthearted. The former journalist, who worked for national broadsheets including the Sunday Times for 15 years, decided to switch her investigative skills from above ground to underwater a few years ago.

“Ever since I was a baby, I’ve always preferred the water to the land,” she explained.

“Then in 2007, with my Sunday Times hat on, I was working on a story in Florida and I was told I’d be very welcome to do the story but I’d have to do some diving, if I was okay with that.

I thought: ‘Can a duck swim?’ So for three weeks I was diving in beautiful, clear waters and learning what maritime excavation was all about.”

The experience prompted a sea-change in her career – although, as Jessica puts it, “there’s not a whole lot of difference – there’s still a lot of digging involved, both physically and metaphorically”. She spent a year in Adelaide, Australia, getting a Masters degree in maritime archaeology before working in Fremantle near Perth and then heading back to the UK to gain the commercial diving qualifications required here.

In 2011, she set up a charitable organisation, the Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust (MAST).

But disaster struck soon afterwards when she was diving off Devon’s south coast: “I almost lost my left foot in a propeller – it did a 270degree turn. Every ligament was like spa-

ghetti.” It took nearly two years and two operations to fix the foot and a lot of help to overcome the traumatic shock, though she still gets flashbacks to this day.

It was while recovering that Jessica decided to write the book. In it, she explores the history and drama of some of south Devon’s most famous wrecks.

The oldest known wrecks in the area lie off Prawle Point, near Salcombe, and date back 3,000 years. Another famous wreck is HMS Ramillies which sank in 1760 – it was the greatest disaster in Royal Navy history. Carrying 734 men and 90 guns, the ship went down off Bolt Tail with the loss of all but 26 crew.

More recently, the book – which has illustra-

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tions by Jovan Djordjevic – includes the newly-discovered dramatic story behind a German motor torpedo boat which sank while under tow off Torbay in 1920.

Jessica’s Holy Grail is to discover the location of the San Pedro, the Spanish Armada hospital ship which went down off Bigbury Bay in 1588.

There were up to 200 men on board the ship and some managed to reach shore, where landowners squabbled over the men they wanted as farm labourers. “There are a lot of stories about the San Pedro, but not all of them are proven,” said Jessica, who was part of the team which recovered the rudder from the Swash Channel Wreck off Poole this summer.

The Dutch East Indian merchant vessel went down in the early 1600s and the excavation project was the biggest since the Mary Rose: “It was a real privilege working on that.”

But for Jessica, it’s not just about bringing things back; it’s simply a desire to learn more about the pioneers and their vessels – the space craft of their age. The story of John Day, who perished in his experimental “submarine” off Drake’s Island in 1774, is a case in point, says Jessica: “These people were at the forefront of discovery and it’s thanks to them that we are where we are now. I want to find out more about their stories.

“It’s terrifically exciting when you’re down there and you discover something. Your breathing goes up as though you’ve run around the block at 100mph. It’s the sheer exhilaration of finding something you didn’t know was there, or finding something you’ve been looking for for ages.

“It’s the investigative element I enjoy, learning more about this incredible slice of history.

It’s like a giant puzzle which is infinite – but it’s great fun to try and place the pieces.”

South Devon’s Shipwreck Trail is published by Amberley, £14.99. Jessica will be doing a talk and signing at the Torquay Museum, in co-operation with the Torbay Bookshop, on Monday, November 18 at 11am.

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Walks Sue Gearing

Huntworth This is a winter winner – ideal for a good brisk ramble along the dry towpath of the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal starting at Huntworth just off M5 J24. It then cuts across open farmland with good pastoral views on the Macmillan Trail before looping back to the canal. A short stretch on a quiet lane takes you across to Moorland and a real rural friendly pub, before following the River Parrett back.

The walk is flat with no stiles at all, so there’s no problem for dogs. There is some motorway noise at the start and end, but otherwise it is a beautiful immersion in Somerset. There is a stretch of just under a mile on a lane that has some traffic, but not a lot. Pass one of the planets on the Somerset Space Walk along the canal and the Screech Owl Nature Reserve alongside the Parrett. You may be lucky to spot an otter, see kestrels, kingfishers, swans, moorhen and reed warblers. The reed beds in what are flooded clay pits are the roost of thousands of starlings over the winter.

Start Go up onto the towpath on this side of the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal and turn left, with the canal, fringed by reeds on your right, following the Parrett Trail. It’s a wide, clear and beautiful stretch of the canal which opened in 1827 to connect the River Tone to the River Parrett as part of a plan to link Bristol to Taunton by waterway.

The canal originally terminated at a basin here at Huntworth, but was later extended to a floating harbour at Bridgwater Docks on its western edge. Despite commercial traffic ceasing in 1907, the infrastructure was maintained in good order, and the canal was used for the transport of potable water to Bridgwater from 1962. Somerset County Councl started the restoration of the canal as a leisure facility and this was opened throughout in 1994.

1 Huntworth Bridge Go under Huntworth Bridge, past cottages and on along the towpath. Pass one of several pill boxes and gun emplacements along the canal which were part of the 50-mile long Taunton Stop Line, a defensive measure in the Second World War. Over to your left is the main line railway and immediately alongside the canal is a rhyne, part of the patchwork draining this flat Somerset Level land.

2 Uranus Soon reach Uranus, one of the planets on the Somerset Space Walk which is a sculpture trail model of the solar system, with the planets placed along the 14 mile canal planets in their proportionally correct sizes and distances apart. There are two sets of planets with the sun in the centre at Higher Maunsel Lock. It was designed by Pip Youngman and opened on August 9, 1997, by British astronomer Heather Couper. In 2007, a project team from Somerset County Council refurbished some of the models.

3 Fordgate Eventually – half an hour into the walk – arrive at Fordgate swing bridge. We now do a loop up through open country and back along more of the canal to this point. So cross the bridge and follow the Macmillan Way sign. At farm buildings bear up right across a field on a good track and continue on this enjoying the wide views over Somerset’s rural farming landscape.

4 Field Shortly after Warren House, just before a right bend, leave the Macmillan Way and go left into a field on a dirt path which is a public footpath (not signed) following the right hedge. Carry on to the corner and bend left, still in the field.

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field at the side. Turn left round the edge. Go round the corner and along for several yards and then look for an opening that takes you into the recreational grassy area by the canal.

5 Lock Here is Standard Lock 5, a great place for a picnic. Cross the lock and turn left with the canal on your left and follow it all the way back to Fordgate, passing en route a magnificent stretch of mature willows on the other bank.

At Fordgate, turn right on the lane, still following the Parrett Trail. Ignore side turns and continue over the railway bridge. Stay to the left. Look into the start of the garden of a large pink cottage you come to on the left and see an amusing wooden reindeer creation.

Carry on following a rhyne on the left to a bungalow and right bend. Here leave the lane and go through a gate on the left on the Parrett Trail. Go along and into a field. Follow the left edge of two fields and go onto a path by houses to reach the road in the hamlet of Moorland.

6 Moorland We go left on our circle, but it’s worth going about 50 yards to the right to the Thatcher’s Arms, a wonderful little real ale pub. It’s usually closed Tuesday to Thursday at lunch, but if there are several of you and you ring in advance the landlord will open up and produce food (not food on Wednesday, however, which is shopping day for the landlady). Turn

left back along the lane which does carry some traffic. In parts you can, if you wish, walk on the high grassy bank on the right, and later along a grassy track on the right. The muddy banked Parrett, fringed with reeds, is on your right. Pass a couple of farms where in October I was delighted to buy fresh squash, beetroot and carrots on sale on a table outside. Continue for about 20 minutes and on a bend go ahead up a footpath and into a field along the river.

7 River bank Follow this on. Go through a Bristol gate and on along a grassy path. Over on the left is a dense area of reeds on the left, bushes and a series of lakes, from former clay pits, hidden from view at this point. This is the Screech Owl Nature Reserve. Screech, redshank, curlew and wigeon have been recorded. Kingfishers, water voles and otters may make use of less disturbed parts of the site. Daubenton’s and whiskered bats may also use the site.

Go through another Bristol gate and on passing a low-lying cottage, and then, instead of entering the field ahead, turn left down a dirt path. Follow this on and it becomes a drive/track. At woodland on the left, there is a grassy path which takes you into the reserve a and you could go round some of the lakes if you wish. Continue on the track, over the railway line, and down to the Boat and Anchor.

The Thatchers Arms,Moorland, tel: 01278 691270 Very friendly. Serving traditional pub food. Ring to book if you are a group or wish to come Tues-Thurs when they will open up for you.

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Walks Martin Hesp

Is it going to be a long winter? Am I getting older and softer?

As I write, the real autumnal weather is just beginning so I’ve been looking back through photographs I’ve taken while out hiking on fine days this summer.

I enjoyed one particularly pleasant walk down in deepest southern Cornwall a couple of weeks ago when I found myself passing Pentewan, the seaside village situated on the B3273 between St Austell and Mevagissey.

Autumn was in a warm, benign, genteel mood and seemed in no hurry whatsoever to introduce the Atlantic gales which are hitting my window as I write, so I made hiking hay while the proverbial sun shone.

Pentewan is the sort of place many of us tend to drive past without stopping – partly because, perhaps, of the large, not particularly attractive, caravan site that dominates the area inland from the beach. And maybe also because so many motorists pass this way enroute to the nearby Lost Gardens of Heligan.

However, once you pull off the road and enter the older part of Pentewan you discover a wonderful, scenic little place. In the 19th century it was a busy port exporting china clay and importing and coal, but the history of this highly protected coastal settlement dates back all the way to the Bronze Age. We parked in the small car park just past the Ship Inn – the only remaining pub of three that used to ply a trade here. I imagine the dozen or so spaces in the village car park can become over-subscribed, but for some reason the day we called there was no one else around.

The harbour basin at Pentewan is now unused, save for some swans and ducks. You can still see vestiges of the old Pentewan railway that used to run between St Austell and this quayside. It was opened in 1830 and was at first powered by gravitational pull on the down-side, and horses on the up. After 1874 steam locomotives were introduced, but operations ceased in 1916 as the channel into the harbour became increasingly silted.

If you had all day to spend walking in the area then an ideal route would be all the way up the South West Coast Path to Charlestown and back via inland tracks and lanes. But we had time constraints and were restricted to a couple of hours at most.

So this walk takes us north along the coast path almost as far as enigmatic Black Head, then round the corner to the Ropehaven Cliffs Nature Reserve and back via an inland route.

To begin, you have to walk a little way up the steep lane that ascends north out of Pentewan then, turning sharp right where you see the sign, stroll alongside the attractive line of houses known as The Terrace.

It’s rather unusual compared to most terraces, in that the village church is directly attached to one end. Ruins found hereabouts apparently suggest that a monastery once stood on the spot, but historical investigation was somewhat hampered by the fact that two German bombs were dropped on Pentewan in 1942, blowing several buildings in the vicinity to smithereens.

The coast path now climbs away from the village, offering fantastic views of the twin beach of Pentewan and Sconhoe as it goes.

Now begins a roller coaster of a walk around the clifftops of Polrudden Cove. You can enjoy wonderful glimpses of Black Head along the way, but often you’ll be climbing hillsides as steep as a house. Past the old quarries the path dips and climbs, not that the diggings are particularly apparent, being largely overgrown. Eventually, after descending to flirt with the waves several times, the path reaches a sheltered cove called The Vads.

By this time our brief flirt with the warmth of spring had disappeared under black clouds and a really cold east wind, so we decided to leave magnificent Black Head for another day

and took the footpath inland to the hamlet of Trenarren. There’s a paved lane her but we avoided this by skirting it along the footpath which runs parallel to the seaward and which eventually took us to the Ropehaven Cliffs Nature Reserve.

The Cornwall Wildlife Trust site consists mainly of steep wooded slopes which are occasionally prone to slipping into the sea.

When a landslide does occur it reveals some of the oldest sedimentary rocks in the region – and fossils which have been found show that this was an area of tropical seabed some 400 million years ago. The remains of corals, sea lilies, shellfish, primitive fish and squid have been found.

I’d like to have had a closer look around but dipping temperatures took us from the ancient tropical seas and we headed inland around the north of Trenarren on another path which led us due west towards the farm at Trevissick, before cutting south then west again to reach the Pentewan-Duporth lane about a mile north of the former village. Now it was simply a matter of turning left and marching along the lane – enjoying sweeping views of Mevagissey Bay – before dropping down the steep hill which ends at the car park.

The road wasn’t particularly busy and the hedges sheltered us from a balmy breeze that was beginning to ruffle the wavelets down in the bay – just enough perhaps to remind us that a long cold winter might lie ahead and reassure us that we’d made the right decision to enjoy Cornwall’s great outdoors while the going was good.

‘You get wonderful glimpses of Black Head along the way, but often you’ll be climbing hillsides as steep as a house’ So often missed, the old harbour at Pentewan is a wonderfully scenic stop on a road ploughed by tourists in their thousands on their way to Heligan

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Travel Kate Whiting

It’s pitch dark and I’m flat on my back on a frozen lake in the middle of nowhere, counting lucky stars.

Above me, it seems that almost half the sky is lit up with a sash of minty-green light that appears to ripple and dance. This isn’t some surreal dream, I’m watching the aurora borealis, also known as the Northern Lights.

It’s only my second night in the Arctic Circle and it seems Lady Luck is shining on me as brightly as the aurora – most people I’ve talked to about chasing the lights have been disappointed, flying miles to cold climes only to find heavy cloud cover and a no-show. But here, in the Vesteralen Islands of northern Norway, I will see the lights throughout most of my stay.

I’m here with Exodus, who specialise in adventure travel and, if the lights had proved elusive, the trip would still have offered more than enough to make up for it. Over the course of five days, I meet Sami people and their reindeer, go sledding with dogs, skate on a frozen lake, try snowshoeing, ice fishing and horse riding.

It feels as far from daily life as it’s possible to be, and the dreamlike quality of the whole experience is heightened by the epic landscape – think Narnia meets Lord Of The Rings – with its snow-capped peaks and great expanses of tundra giving way to wave-lapped shores and fjords.

We’re based on Langoya, one of Norway’s largest islands, in the town of Sortland, which has an impressive selection of quirky Scandi eateries and shops stocked with cosy knitwear.

But we spend little time here. Instead, night and day, we’re on the road in a minibus speeding from one adventure to the next. Our guides for the trip are Norwegians Jeremy and Matheos, who are experts at Arctic survival and have the patience of saints with a bunch of Brits for whom even a light drift of snow is a train-cancelling event.

In winter, there’s only around four hours of daylight (bluey grey, no sun), from 10am to 2.30pm, so we need to make the most of it. Clad in waterproof boots, we set off on a walk through a winter wasteland, alongside a frozen stream flanked by imposing moun-

tains. In a wooden shelter overlooking a lake we find Nigel from Lincolnshire, a former Royal Marine stationed in Norway who fell in love and has been living here for 20 years. He and his wife run Andoy Friluftssenter, a cosy wooden restaurant and log cabins overlooking a fjord. They own an incredible 4,000 acres and forage cloudberries used in the dishes they serve.

While Nigel cooks up a delicious lunch of moose and veggie stir-fry over an open fire in the shelter, Jeremy drills (small) holes in the icy lake and we try fishing. Half an hour later, one of our group has caught a trout.

Luckily we’re not eating fish for lunch.

Nigel has driven across the tundra from his house in a tractor and lost a pack of plates on the way, so he improvises by chopping a thin plank of wood into rectangles which just adds to the rustic feel.

We need to save all our energy for the evening, when we set off on our first hunt for the Northern Lights. We arrive at a frozen lake just before the lights put on what Jeremy describes as the “brightest and best” show of the year so far.

A band of green swirls across the sky, like the blurred headlights of heavy traffic on a cosmic super-highway. It arcs and expands, then curls and morphs into endless cloud shapes. We lie on the ice and gaze upwards in awe.

The next day is overcast, so we have a later start and head to some local riding stables.

Norwegian horses are beautiful and gentle creatures with spiky Mohican manes and thick creamy coats. I ride Emil, who owner Julie has reared for nine years since she set up the school. We trot to another frozen lake and suddenly Jeremy appears with snow shoes, so it’s off the horses for a giddy race across the lake.

Then it’s off to a Sami reindeer farm, where four Sami families (the indigenous people of Scandinavia) keep their herds. Laila welcomes us into her lavvo (a sort of teepee) and we sit by the fire as she introduces the Sami culture. She’s wearing traditional dress with a

Kate Whiting, left, with Kayla, the dog of tour guide Matheos, in Andoy, Norway

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Travel news Don’t score an own goal booking for next World Cup The summer of 2014 might feel some way off to most of us, but football fans have already kicked off their search for cheap accommodation during the World Cup. Until the draw on December 6, nobody yet knows where the England team will play their key matches among the 12 host cities in Brazil, starting on June 12, but that isn’t putting people off booking up now.

Claire Chamberlain, Latin America product manager at tour operator DialAFlight, says: “The best priced flights sold more or less the first week after England qualified, but some do remain and it’s best to book sooner rather than later.

“In Rio, all hotels are selling minimum fivenight but mostly seven or eight-night packages with set check-in dates, no flexibility, and

full non-refundable payment at time of booking. Our best buy is currently eight nights from June 11 or 18 at the three-star Atlantis Copacabana from £2,250 per room, though prices rise slightly in the final two weeks.”

Thomas Cook Sport is also currently offering return British Airways flights to Rio, exHeathrow on June 12 and back on June 30, from £999.

While this might seem inaccessibly pricey, fans who have not yet secured accommodation and transport should not lose heart.

“Most Rio hotels are only bookable via the FIFA website with even average ones at inflated prices. It’s probably easier to see matches in the Northeast, at Salvador or Fortaleza, although we don’t know where England will play until the draw,” says Richard Laker, South American expert at tour operator Bailey Robinson.

Opting for a cruise around the area is another way of dodging sky-high prices. Or,

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A Brazilian football fan cheers on her team

bearing the glorious Brazilian climate in mind, why not try camping? Real Holidays, a North London travel agent, offers week-long stays at three camp sites: one in Rio with pitches for up to 3,000 people and two in the north-east of the country, in Salvador and Pipa, near Natal. Seven-day camping packages from £895 include beach transfers and transfers to the matches, with flights extra.

Another brilliant option for bargainhunters is holiday rentals website House Trip.com, listing over 250,000 addresses worldwide. It claims its apartments in Brazil in the World Cup are up to 30 per cent cheaper than equivalent quality hotel rooms.

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big red checked rug around her shoulders for warmth. She tells us men are expected to inherit the farm and her young son already has his own reindeer. Each deer has its ear clipped in a special pattern so you can identify exactly who it belongs to. Laila’s family sell the meat, and also make decorations from the antlers.

We go and feed a small herd (the rest are up the mountains). As they trot gracefully around, it’s easy to see why they were named Dancer, Prancer and Dasher in the story – and they’re perfectly adapted to Arctic conditions with a special extra toe on their hooves, so they can walk flat-footed through the snow.

Back in the warmth of the lavvo, we’re served reindeer soup and bread, and cloudberries and cream. It does feel a bit strange eating something we’ve just been petting, but the soup is yummy.

In the evening, it’s too overcast to look for lights, so we have dinner at the Isqueen, a seafood restaurant made from a whaling boat, and play charades in the snug bar.

On our last full day, we’re off to the dogs.

Thirty lean husky-type hounds are chained up in a snowy enclosure and after briefing and coffee in another lavvo, we help to put them in their harnesses.

I’m tasked with putting Secko in his – he’s the daddy dog of seven cute fluffy puppies that we’ll cuddle later. All of the dogs howl to be involved (or let off the leash that allows them to walk in a small circle around their urinesoaked kennels).

They are born to run, says the owner, which is why they’re so eager. The dogs are tied to an all-terrain vehicle and I get the coveted place in the back, as 10 of them pull us uphill into a winter wonderland.

Up on snowier grounds, we take turns sitting in a traditional sled covered with reindeer skin. It’s exhilarating, especially when the lightest of our group falls out!

In the evening, we enjoy another meal of moose pie and cloudberry cheesecake – it’s amazing how many calories you can eat when you’re being so active – and then spend a very relaxing hour half watching the Northern Lights from the warmth of a hot tub.

We’ve seen so much of them, they’re beginning to feel like a permanent fixture in the night sky.

Travel facts ■ Kate Whiting was a guest of Exodus (www.ex odus.co.uk; 0845 863 9601) which offers the five-day Arctic Circle Adventure from £2,499pp, including return flights from Heathrow with SAS airlines, hotel accommodation and some meals.

Stormy times are cutting the price of hotel breaks Every cloud has a silver lining, so the saying goes. And the threat of bad weather will cut demand in what is already the slowest period of the year for hoteliers and self-catering holiday firms.

Big hotel groups will lead the way in slashed prices: on bookings by November 17, the QHotels’s chain of 21 four-star hotels offers a 30 per cent price reduction, meaning couples can enjoy two nights’ B&B plus a three-course dinner on the first night, from £86.50 each, with free use of health facilities including gyms and indoor pools and a £5 drinks voucher. The offer must be booked 14 days prior to arrival, on stays until December 1.

Budget hotel chain Travelodge, has around 850,000 rooms available for online bookings for only £25 per night, or less, on stays between

Unique Cottages (01835 822277) offers three nights’ self-catering in The Wee House for £175 per couple between Nov 2 and Dec 14, based in the fishing village of Gardenstown with its 18th century harbour and terraces linked by pedestrian walkways.

Europe city breaks Cresta (0844 879 8014) offers three nights’ B&B at the three-star Ibis Brussels centre St Catherine Hotel from £255, saving £50 per couple, with free upgrade to Standard Premier Class on Eurostar ex-London St Pancras Dec 11; three nights’ B&B at three-star Hotel Anna, Prague, from £175 (saving £65 per couple), exEdinburgh with easyJet Dec 17; two nights’ B&B at three-star Ecotel Berlin Charlottenburg, Berlin, from £199, saving £75, exManchester with easyJet Dec 1.

Gambia Airtours (0844 412 5970) offers 10-nights’ B&B at two-star hotel on Kotu Beach from £535, saving £136, ex-Gatwick Nov 4. Also offers seven nights’ half-board at three-star hotel in Corralejo, Fuerteventura, from £369, saving £127 per booking, ex-Newcastle Nov 16.

Australia Austravel (0800 988 4834) offers 11-day Western Australia motorhome holiday from £899, saving £345 per couple, inc one night at three-star Ibis Hotel Perth followed by Apollo motorhome hire for 10 days, and return Heathrow flights with Qatar Airways on some departures in May 2014 (book by Nov 19).

Luxury long-haul Signature from Thomas Cook (0844 871 6650) offers seven nights’ room-only at three-star Butterfly Beach Hotel, Barbados from £699, saving £125 per couple, with BA flights exGatwick May 4-July 10, 2014. Same operator offers five nights’ half-board at three-star Tangerine Beach Hotel, Sri Lanka, from £799, saving £140 per couple, ex-Heathrow by Emirates Nov 1-Dec 23.

Imagine Cruising (0800 840 5809) offers 13night Christmas/New Year package from £1,349, with return Emirates flight ex-UK Dec 19 to Dubai, and overnight in four-star hotel, before voyage on Costa Fortuna to see highlights of Emirates before returning to Dubai for New Year with a five-night stay in a fourstar hotel.

Prepare for winter by booking a bolthole on the Costa del Sol Leading ferry operator Brittany Ferries is offering a Spanish bolthole this winter. The French carrier has two blocks of apartments in Estepona, near Marbella on Spain’s Costa del Sol, for car customers leaving Portsmouth or Plymouth, arriving at Santander or Bilbao and then driving across Spain. A one-month stay for four people sharing a two-bedroom apartment starts at £438 per person. Call 0871 244 0633 or visit www.brittany-ferries.co.uk WCL-E01-S2

Scotland’s Moray Coast

Dubai cruise & stay

December 1 and February 28, 2014. The offer doesn’t include central London hotels.

■ QHotels Offer (0845 074 0060 and quote AUTUMN13) valid for stays until December 1.

Terms and conditions are available at www.qhotels.co.uk/autumn13; Travelodge (www.travelodge.co.uk)

Wild weather can make many want to stay at home

Travel take-off

Danube river cruise Ama Waterways (0808 223 5009) offers seven nights from Nov 20 on voyage from Budapest to Nuremberg on newest ship, AmaPrima, via Bratislava, Vienna, Melk, Linz, Passau and Regensburg and arriving Nuremberg November 27 for Europe’s largest Christmas market.

Package from £1,599, saving £466, incl return flights ex-London, ship transfers, all meals, wine and beer with lunch and dinner, daily tours and excursions, wifi and free use of onboard bicycles.

Med cruising P&O Cruises (0843 373 0111) offers 11-night Iberia cruise on Oriana from £499 (Getaway Fare) ex-Southampton Nov 16 to La Coruna, Casablanca, Seville, Malaga, Gibraltar and Lisbon. Getaway Fare requires full payment at the time of booking with 100 per cent cancellation charge and no specific cabin allocated.

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Travel Kate Edser golf course. After breakfast (nice fruit salad, but no granola), we head to Bike Park Wales, a purpose-built £2 million mountain biking centre near Merthyr Tydfil that opened in August and recently hosted the Welsh Downhill Championships. It’s the result of a fiveyear effort by four enthusiasts, including ex Bristol accountant Anna Walters.

With first-class facilities, it costs just £5 for a day pass to use the 22km of colour-coded trails (beginner to advanced), or £30 if you include the uplift service, transporting you and a bike to the top of the otherwise rather intimidating hill. Bike hire is extra. Since we arrive during the championships, the uplift service is busy, so we pedal to the top, which is not as hard as it looks from the bottom and well worth it for the views alone.

For the downward journey, we tackle a blue trail (intermediate) through open country and woodland. It’s my first such experience and, though the bike is wholly different from my commuting hybrid I managed not to crashland.

Admittedly, I take it steady (in total awe of the racing lunatics throwing themselves downhill), and I quickly realise that looking ahead is essential to give myself time to react to the humps, hairpins, rocks and other obstacles. This is a body and brain workout – and great fun.

Before leaving, we enjoy a tasty lunch in the modern, but rustic café (try the homemade cakes), where acres of floor-to-ceiling glazing frames the view of the terrace and valley below.

Half an hour away, next stop is Dare Valley Country Park, a year-round outdoor activity centre. Equipped with a laminated map and a compass, we embark upon a new orienteering trail under the watchful eye of a guide, and manage to find all 10 markers, with only a little help. For an hour and a half we enjoy the ramble upwards through fields, woodland trails, and downwards to Tarmac paths that skirt lakes and lead back to the centre.

By now it’s mid afternoon and the hotel spa is calling again. Set against a backdrop of huge west-facing windows, there are swimming and hydrotherapy pools, a sauna and steam room.

On the downside, the floor tiles are rather slippery and the ladies’ changing room was distinctly chilly. A splendid rain shower in our room, however, quickly sorted out the latter quibble.

That evening, we make a 20-minute journey to foodie pub and real ale specialist The Bunch of Grapes in Pontypridd. It appears to be all things to all people: good for a pie and a pint while watching the rugby, and also for fine but unpretentious dining. Both bar and restaurant were certainly packed with all sorts during our soiree.

From the daily changing blackboard menu, with a focus on local ingredients, we share a pot of smoked salmon and mackerel pate with warm toast. To follow, I choose a stupendously succulent fillet steak, with crunchy chips, crisp and light onion rings and a very peppery sauce. Friend picks whole plaice, which is beautifully fresh and perfectly cooked, but rather salty.

After another good night’s rest, it’s time for a spot of history and culture, with an intriguing tour of moated Caerphilly Castle – the second biggest castle in the UK after Windsor. Its somewhat bloodthirsty past is brought to life with convincing interactive displays and an animated film.

A short hop away is our final destination in the Valleys, Cwmcarn Forest, where you can camp in “pods” or tents, take a forest drive, enjoy the mountain bike trails or, as we did, hike straight up the hill to Twmbarlwm iron age hill fort at the summit, which on a clear day affords the most magnificent 360 view.

Though the path is well signed, we had Government-recognised Green Badge walking guide Kerry Livesy for company, whose local knowledge certainly added to the experience.

After three days in the Valleys, we had only really scratched the surface of what this varied area has to offer in terms of activities and heritage – and all within a two-hour drive of Bristol.

Grinning, Dave said he was not going to push me, as I teetered on a rock ledge next to a raging waterfall.

“It’s more of a mental challenge this one,” former Royal Marine Mr Thomas had correctly informed us just a few minutes earlier.

But on his say so I had already thrown myself in said raging river several times that morning – emerging with a few scrapes and bruises and a spreading grin. So, ignoring my thumping heart, I leap. Time passes remarkably slowly on the way down, then everything falls quiet for the second or two I am underwater before noise of thrashing water once more fills the void. Adrenaline rush? Oh yes!

This is canyoning, which is a bit like white water rafting, but without the raft, and involves traversing a river gorge – mostly jumping into and bobbing none too gently through rapids.

We are in the Brecon Beacons and in the care of Adventure Britain, whose staff, including Dave, give us wetsuits, helmets, buoyancy aids – and confidence.

This experience is for those who can tweak the nose of their comfort zone, although nobody is forced into anything and several people cop out of the waterfall jump, preferring to simply admire the quite amazing scenery.

Our group includes a bunch of guys on a stag weekend, who were going on to enjoy archery, quad biking and clay pigeon shooting with Adventure Britain, but they could also have chosen kayaking or rock climbing.

Friend and I have other plans, which most immediately involve a long soak in the hot tub followed by an aromatherapy massage at our four-star hotel, Bryn Meadows, near Ystrad Mynach.

In the hotel restaurant later, we enjoy a sumptuous dinner of Welsh lamb and steak, and wake the following morning to glorious sunshine. It’s early October, but warm enough for tea on the balcony overlooking the pristine

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There are activities galore to enjoy on an adventure holiday in the Brecon Beacons

For more information, see: www.bikeparkwales.com; www.darevalleycountrypark.co.uk; www.brynmeadows.co.uk; www.bunchofgrapes.org.uk and http://your.caerphilly.gov.uk/ cwmcarnforest

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Gardening Alan Down

So you haven’t got green fingers? Can’t root cuttings, eh? Well, I bet you can propagate plants by taking hardwood cuttings.

It really couldn’t be easier and the bit that we all tend to fall down on – that intensive after care – is almost non-existent.

Hardwood cuttings are just that... stems that are mature and can look after themselves. In early November we are just approaching the best time to propagate plants using this method.

But before we all get carried away and think that we can get roots on everything in the garden, it works – and works well – only for a select band of plants. These, and I’m stating the obvious, are hardwood plants... so some trees, shrubs, fruit plants and climbers. Many of these can also be rooted by other means, such as soft or semi-ripe cutting, but the beauty of hardwood cuttings is that you spend a bit of time now preparing the cuttings, stick ’em in and then virtually forget them until they have rooted.

Interested? I thought you would be. So, what roots this way?

From the shrubs, abelia, buddleja, cornus (not all), deutzia, forsythia, flowering currant (Ribes), mock orange (Philadelphus), poplars, roses, sambucus, symphoricarpus and willows (Salix).

Of the trees, look to the willows (Salix), planes and poplars.

Blackcurrants, gooseberries, mulberry, grapevines and figs are your choices of fruit plants, and if you want to get more climbers on the go, choose from jasmine, honeysuckle, virginia creeper (Parthenocissus) and vitis (vines).

Naturally, there are others but I reckon that this is a pretty good list no which to get started. So, how do we do it?

Well, above all, select healthy, strong growing, woody shoots from the current year’s growth. Freedom from disease and particularly virus is especially important with fruit plants and this is why we have the Food and Environment Research Agency Plant Health Propagation Scheme in place to ensure that new plants that you buy are healthy. Naturally, freedom from pests is important too but many of these will have fallen off with the leaves.

If the plant that you want to propagate still has leaves hanging on, it is better to wait a while until they have fallen off, since hormones that cause leaves to fall are not the ones that create new roots. Nevertheless, the sooner you get started, the sooner cuttings can form new roots. It is important that roots are growing well before spring, since then the buds will open, reveal new leaves and shoots and they quickly use up any remaining stored food or water in the as-yet-un-rooted cuttings.

So with a pair of clean, sharp secateurs, such as the superb Felco Secateurs that we sell at Cleeve Nursery, cut those new healthy shoots to aim at cuttings that are around the same length as the secateurs (20cm or 8in).

Make a cut just below a bud at the base of the cutting and a slanting one just above the nearest bud to this length at the top.

Since elder (sambucus) has a pithy stem, it is best to take only one cutting per stem and make the bottom cut through the joint that it has with the main trunk or branch. This

should ensure that there is solid wood at the cutting base. There is also a natural build-up of root promoting hormones in a plant at this point.

Although these cuttings have no leaves, it is still important to store cutting material in cool conditions and perhaps wrapped in polythene, too. If you aren’t ready to insert your cuttings, they will be fine stored in a domestic refrigerator for a few days – just don’t leave them drying out on the windowsill.

You won’t need a greenhouse or even a propagator to root these little beauties but if you have a cold frame, so much the better. If you don’t have one, hardwood cuttings will root perfectly in well prepared and welldrained garden soil. Perhaps you have some space on your vegetable patch or at the back of a flower border for this. Bear in mind that heavy clay or silty soils are not good for this since they are slow to warm up and are often poorly drained. Unless you already have a

The famed resilience of buddleja makes it a prime candidate for propagation by hardwood cuttings very sandy soil, I would recommend adding horticultural grit or sand to the area where you are inserting the cuttings. This could be just to the slot in which the cuttings are inserted. So take a spade and insert it into the ground to full depth, wriggle it back and forth a bit to create a slot, drop the sand or grit into the slot to fill it and then you are ready to insert the cuttings.

The hardwood cuttings should be pushed in (check that they are not upside down) so that no more than the top third is left exposed.

Gently firm the soil and sand back around the cuttings so that there is good contact and no air voids left. Pushing cuttings in this deep allows enough buds above ground to produce the new leaves and shoots and that buried will produce new roots. The exception may be for gooseberries since it is traditional, but not essential, to grow them with a short trunk to assist weeding under a prickly canopy. So in this case, carefully rub off all but the top few buds to prevent any shoots from emerging from underground later.

Many of the plants on my list [above] will root without adding hormone rooting powder but all will root quicker if you do. That has to be a good thing since the cutting will be steadily deteriorating until it can get things going again with a new root system.

By autumn, your cuttings should be well rooted and have become nice little plants ready to plant out. And that’s it. Easy, isn’t it?

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Gardens Diary cuttings Ask Alan QUESTION I planted some broad beans about four weeks ago and they have started to sprout. Should I cover them with more soil or just leave them? From C Banwell ANSWER Provided that they are a hardy variety such as Aquadulce Claudia, they should be fine and can withstand hard weather well. If you cover them now they may grow too big and soft and then get cut down by hard weather later in the winter. These autumn-sown beans also benefit from winter vernalisation (chilling) that causes them to produce several stems – and therefore a heavier crop – for each seed sown.

Alan’s Plant of the Week Amaryllis Amaryllis are exceptionally easy and dramatic indoor bulbs to grow. Bulbs are widely available now and, if planted right away, could be providing dramatic blooms by Christmas.

The bulbs already have the flower buds deep inside them when you plant them and, with a little watering until the flower shoots emerge, they are an absolute doddle to grow. Often the bulbs can be purchased as a kit that contains a suitable pot and the compost too.

Simply put some gravel or broken pots in the bottom of a pot then half fill with moist compost before placing the bulb in the centre.

Continue filling the pot with compost but stop when you get to within 2-3cm of the pot lip and ensure that the shoulders of the bulb are still showing.

Make sure that the compost is firmed well as this, with the extra weight from the gravel, is needed to stop the whole thing falling over when the huge flowers emerge. Increase water as the plant grows but never let it stand in water. There are many great varieties to try and Amaryllis bulbs make brilliant gifts too.

Storms, colour and thoughts of Christmas Stourhead’s garden manager Alan Power in the first of an occasional column charting the ups, downs and other events on the Wiltshire estate It’s been a hugely eventful two weeks, what with wind, theft, rain, autumn colour and minds already turning to Christmas.

I don’t know whether it’s luck or bad luck but I was on leave as the Met Office forecast gales across the south of England. To me that it one of the biggest worries I have in my job, the tree collection is such an important part of the history of the garden and even the history of plant collecting generally, I find myself worrying about the trees, temples, staff and visitors.

This year I found myself just as worried – but in west Cork celebrating my mother’s birthday with my sons Jamie and Matthew. I watched closely on the internet as the wind blew and the gales got stronger, waking up early the next morning and started nagging the garden team via text and phone for updates. Thankfully the garden gave a good fight and mostly survived. We did suffer some damage and it will take a little time to clear all the branches, limbs and trees from the garden.

In total we had in the region of 20 trees damaged and lost three in the garden and some on the wider estate.

Sadly it was not the only depressing event that weekend; for the second time in 2013, our storage was broken into and one of our vehicles stolen. It is so frustrating on many

What’s On at Cleeve?

Christmas Glitter Demonstration An evening demonstration of Christmas decorations. Felicity Down will give an inspirational demonstration of how to decorate your home this Christmas in an imaginative way.

This ticket-only event starts at 7.30pm on Thursday, November 28, at Cleeve Nursery, Cleeve, near Bristol, BS49 4PW. Advance tickets £5 each, with proceeds going to Greenfingers Charity to provide gardens for children’s hospices. Call 01934 832134 or email info@cleevenursery.co.uk.

Alan’s gardening tips for the weekend

A good pair of secateurs – and a bit of patience – is all you need to get started on taking hardwood cuttings.

From top, planting amaryllis bulbs indoors now should ensure flowers for Christmas; leave broad beans uncovered to help them develop more stems and some hardiness; lavatera bushes can be reduced in height now but leave pruning until spring; wash down your patio to eliminate the algae that make it slippery when wet

■ Unless the soil is too wet or actually frozen it’s still a good time for planting of hardy plants.

■ Reduce the height of Lavatera but leave the hard pruning until spring.

■ Dust gladioli and begonia corms and dahlia tubers after drying with yellow sulphur dust to stop the rots developing and store in a frostfree place.

■ Wash greenhouse glass with Jeyes multipurpose disinfectant and cleaner to let in as much light as available. Then insulate with bubble polythene. A layer of this can lift the temperature by a few critical degrees to keep frost out of an unheated house, and save up to a third of fuel costs in a heated greenhouse.

■ Open greenhouses and frames a little on mild days. This will encourage good air circulation and will minimise diseases.

■ Reduce the feeding of indoor plants to fortnightly and reduce the amount of water.

■ Plant fruit canes and bushes. Many varieties of containerised and pot-grown are in stock now.

■ Treat paths with Patio Magic Path Cleaner to control algae and moulds that make them slippery when wet.

■ Control moss on the lawn with Vitax Green Up Mosskiller.

■ Plant new hedges this month. They don’t have to be all leylandii. We have masses of choices and lots are native, which is good for wildlife.

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A visitor capturing the colour at Stourhead levels; money I had identified for trees and plants now needs to be spent on CCTV, new locks or similar upgrades.

So the excitement did change as the sun shone across the garden and the colours began to shine from the trees. This autumn we are experiencing a late one so we could see nice colours in the garden for the next few weeks.

The temperatures have been mild and it feels odd that we are discussing the Christmas tree for the house and the autumn colour is still at its strongest in the garden.

Another real highlight for me was the BBC Radio 4 PM programme returning to broadcast from the garden. I had three hours with Eddie Mair in the garden and then sat in on the show being broadcast from the entrance hall of the house in front of the fire, and I even did some live chat about the garden on the show. It’s great to share the garden with people that maybe can’t get to come and enjoy it.

The next few days for me will be spent up trees, clearing branches and avoiding the heavy rain.

For Good Advice & Excellent Home Grown Plants visit your local nursery!

Cleeve Nursery

138 Main Road, Cleeve, BS49 4PW 01934 832134 www.cleevenursery.co.uk

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Antiques Censer defies all expectations Charterhouse Auctioneers A Chinese censer, which Charterhouse Auctioneers discovered on top of a wardrobe in a Dorset farmhouse, sold for a massive £154,250 in their October auction.

“When I first spied the censer it was sitting on top of a wardrobe, rather like a wise old owl. Having taken it down, and cleaned off numerous layers of dust built up over the years I thought what a beautiful design the allover repeating floral pattern was. However, I also noticed that one of the handles had been repaired with a staple and that the cover might not quite fit the base,” said Richard Bromell.

The Chinese censer was then featured on the cover of the Charterhouse catalogue and featured in an international trade paper. Estimated at up to £3,000, primarily due to the old repair and having an associated cover, there was huge interest from London, China and the USA in the lot before the auction on Friday, October 25. With a bank of ten telephone lines booked with bidders from around the world, along with strong internet bidding, the hammer finally fell to a London client who parted with £154,250. Although considerably higher than the Charterhouse estimate, the owner had the censer looked at by another firm of auctioneers a few years before who advised him it was worth just £400.

This is the second time this year Charterhouse in Sherborne has sold a damaged piece of pottery for a six-figure sum. In February, they sold an Italian istoriato maiolica plate with a chip for £565,000. Rather bizarrely, both pieces of chipped pottery have spent decades living less than two miles away from each other.

Charterhouse is now accepting for their forthcoming programme of antiques auctions with specialist sections of ceramics, silver, watches and jewellery in November and for their December collectors auction including coins, stamps, medals and clocks.

For further information regarding these auctions, or to arrange a home visit, please contact Richard Bromell, partner at Charterhouse, The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne, Dorset, 01935 812277 or via email on info@ charterhouse-auctions.co.uk.

Something for most tastes Cotswold Auction Company On October 11, The Cotswold Auction Company held a varied pictures, antiques and interiors sale in Cirencester. Highlights of the sale included an 18th-century Italian marbletopped marquetry and kingwood commode, which, after strong competition from telephone bidders, achieved an outstanding hammer price of £2,000 and an early 20thcentury oak refectory dining table, which sold for £1,500. This exceptionally long table, measuring 4.7 x 1.22 metres, benefited from an interesting provenance; it was made on the Hatherop Castle estate from a single oak tree brought down in a storm during the early years of the 20th century. The family had moved it to a farmhouse near Eastleach, Cirencester, and it was sold in situ.

The star lot in the pictures section was an unattributed Edwardian watercolour drawing, entitled The Courtship of Shakespeare, which achieved a hammer price of £700.

Similarly sought after was an oil on canvas, Killarney landscape scene by Bartholomew Colles Watkins RHA, selling at £650.

A delightful oil painting by Thomas James Lloyd (1849-1910) very much in the Newlyn School style and featuring a mother and two children on cliffs above the sea, achieved above estimate at £550.

A striking and large maritime oil painting

by Guido Odierna, depicting fishing boats near Capri, also did well, selling at £300, while an unattributed still life of gladioli sold at £380.

While salerooms are often full of the familiar signed limited edition prints by Sir William

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At the Cotswold Auction Company’s recent sale in Cirencester, this pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain plates sold well at £520. A pair of small Chinese porcelain shallow dishes also sold for a price of £420

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Antiques

The star lot in the pictures section at the Cotswold Auction Company was an unattributed Edwardian watercolour drawing entitled The Courtship of Shakespeare, which achieved £700

Russell Flint, it’s much rarer for an original work by the artist to come up at auction.

In this sale, however, was a red chalk drawing by Russell Flint entitled Elsie. This was only a small work but rather charming and brought attention from collectors, selling at £380.

The sale also featured some fine Oriental pieces. Perhaps the most striking was a Chinese bronze vase of squared baluster form, decorated with Taoist symbols, which achieved an impressive hammer price of £950.

In the same section, a pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain plates also sold well at £520.

Similarly, a pair of small Chinese porcelain shallow dishes, bearing a six-character Cheng-hua mark, sold for a high hammer price of £420. A set of seven 18th-century Chinese porcelain plates decorated in underglaze blue made £300, while two Japanese Meiji period carved ivory figures achieved £280.

The furniture section is one of the mainstays of The Cotswold Auction Company’s Cirencester sales, and the October 11 auction featured some particularly interesting pieces.

One very impressive lot was a full-sized billiard table, also from Hatherop Castle, which achieved a hammer price of £600.

A far more modern example was a pair of Ralph Lauren rosewood occasional tables, which appealed to today’s contemporary tastes and made £350. Other Ralph Lauren items attracted similar attention.

For details about valuations and forthcoming auctions, contact Lindsey Braune or Elizabeth Poole on 01285 642420, 01242 256363 or 01452 521177. Alternatively, email them at info@cotswoldauction.co.uk.

Reminders of the cost of war Moore Allen & Innocent, Cirencester On August 16, 1914 – two weeks after the outbreak of the First World War – labourer Frank Thorpe signed up to join the Army.

A year later – at the age of 19 – he was killed at Gallipoli; one of 120,000 British soldiers to meet their deaths in an Allied campaign against the Ottoman Empire.

And as the country prepares to remember

Medals and other items relating to Frank Thorpe, who joined the Army in 1914, and who was killed a year later – aged 19 – at Gallipoli, were due to be sold at auction yesterday. An oak table sold for £1,500 by its Cotswolds owners, and an oil on card picture by Gonsalvo Carelli which made £300

its fallen on Armistice Day, Private Thorpe’s tragic story is remembered in a collection of medals and documents, which were due to go under the hammer at an antiques auction in the Cotswolds yesterday.

Frank Albert Thorpe – or Tony to his friends – was born and grew up in Tunbridge Wells, but was working in London when he enlisted with the South Staffordshire Regiment.

He met his death at Gallipoli on September 1, 1915, but his mother was not immediately informed. Instead, a letter she had written to him had been returned, stamped ‘killed’.

It was weeks before the War Office finally confirmed that Pvt 10323 F A Thorpe had been killed during the final salvos of the doomed campaign to capture the Dardanelles and Constantinople and secure a sea route through the Black Sea to Russia.

He was posthumously awarded the Victory Medal, the British War Medal and the 1914-15 Star.

Those medals, along with his dog tag, death plaque, a scroll of thanks sent to his family by the South Staffordshire Regiment, and a standard letter of thanks sent on behalf of King George V, were due to be sold by antiques auctioneers Moore Allen & Innocent of Cirencester, on behalf of his Swindon family, with a guide price of £200 to £300.

The lot also included a photograph of Private Thorpe in uniform, and his copy of the Soldiers’ Small Book – a guide to military practice and etiquette issued to all servicemen – which includes some biographical detail.

From the book, we know that he was 5ft 5in tall, of fair complexion with auburn hair, blue eyes, and a tattoo of a butterfly on his left ar m.

And from a local newspaper clipping – headlined Killed in Gallipoli – we know that he grew up at 29 Quarry Road, Tunbridge Wells and attended the Royal Victoria and St Peter’s Schools.

The newspaper reports: “The first intimation Mrs Thorpe had that all was not well with her son was by a letter returned three weeks back marked ‘killed’.

“She at once made enquiries with the War Office, and ultimately received a letter from them on Friday last, stating that he was in the casualty list received from Alexandria as

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having been killed in action in Gallipoli on September 1.”

The report concludes: “His father is serving with the Army Cycle Corps and the dead soldier’s two elder brothers are also with the colours, one in the ASC [the Army Service Corps, which kept front line troops supplied with rations and provisions] and the other in the machine gun section of the Kent Cyclists.”

Auctioneer Philip Allwood said: “Auctions of collections of medals from the First World War are becoming less common, as they pass from families into the possession of museums, historians and collectors.

“What makes this lot particularly interesting is the very personal detail that is included alongside the medals.

“They tell the story of a young man who went to war, never to return, and touch on the anguish of his mother, who had to lobby the War Office to discover what had happened to her youngest son, in the knowledge that her husband and two other boys were overseas, fighting for King and Country.

“As Armistice Day approaches, collections like this serve to remind us that each of the 16 million casualties of the Great War had a mother, and a life outside of military service that was cut tragically short.”

Octagon Salerooms, Taunton A Shackleton “David Brown” Trackmaster 30 – one of only 50 produced – will be among the attractions at Greenslade Taylor Hunt’s December Collectors Sale on Friday, December 6.

Dating from the 1950s it is one of five lots of die-cast model tractors in the sale. The little red tractor, in “play worn” condition has an estimate of between £300 and £500.

Slides from the late 19th century make up two lots in the diverse auction at the Octagon Salerooms, East Reach, Taunton.

Early examples of colour and black-andwhite slides of the British Army and London landmarks feature along with a slide viewer.

This lot has an estimate of between £150£250.

Popular children’s favourites such as Alice in Wonderland and the Pied Piper make up another lot of early slides with a guide of £50£80.

Two framed sets of artwork on tiles from the 1971 film The Last Valley will also be included in the sale. The film, written and directed by James Clavell, who wrote the screenplay for The Great Escape, starred Michael Caine and also featured Omar Sharif. This unusual piece of celluloid memorabilia is guided at £200£300.

Continuing the cinematic theme a striking signed photograph of Elizabeth Taylor in the role of Cleopatra is also available. The 1963 epic was one of the most expensive films ever made. The signed photograph is a more affordable £100-£150.

A mixed album of postcards chronicling the early 1900s is a charming history of the time. It includes a Great Yarmouth lifeboat crew, Cornish fishermen and views of Hong Kong

Age of Oak and Walnut Chorley’s, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire The ‘Age of Oak and Walnut’ sale on October 28 saw selective bidding for the best pieces and several stand-out results.

It was Lot 602, an early 18th century French boullework commode in the manner of Nicholas Sageot that led the sale. Similar commodes appear at auction now and then and prices can fluctuate dramatically.

This example with its detailed brass inlays and certain elements picked out in shell was estimated at £20,000-30,000. On the day some strong telephone bidding from the continent pushed the eventual hammer price to £35,000.

The final lot in the sale, Lot 609, a closely matched set of six mid 17th century carved oak chairs, saw one of the highest prices of the day.

With a coiled dragon to each panel back this closely matched set was assembled over a 40year period by the vendor; the £15,000 hammer price certainly made the effort worthwhile.

Among the walnut it was Lot 446, a pair of 17th century armchairs upholstered in fine early 18th century needlework, which attracted the most interest.

The chair backs depicted bucolic scenes, one with musicians in a garden, the other with sheep shearing by a river. The decorative appeal and quality of these chairs meant it was no surprise that they achieved a £7,500 hammer.

Elsewhere in the sale Lot 225, a painting by the German 19th century artist Franz Ittenbach (1813-1879) also exceeded its estimate.

Ittenbach was a devout Christian who refused commissions to paint pagan or mythological subjects.

His subject matter is therefore almost entirely religious; before undertaking his major works he is reputed to have taken confession and communion.

Many of his works can still be found in Catholic churches in Germany.

The example offered by Chorley’s, a Virgin and child entitled The Mother of the World had a wonderful luminosity to the figures and drapery set against a gilt surround and frame, the frame with applied ‘jewels’. This beautiful image had much in its favour and saw the hammer fall at £20,000.

Another strong jewellery section saw several pleasing results.

Lot 74, a diamond solitaire of almost two carats led the section at £4,800. This sort of large solitaire is always sought after, however there were also strong results for traditional pieces such as brooches.

Lot 39, an Edwardian crescent brooch saw £3,500 while another crescent brooch from the same private vendor, Lot 30, reached £3,200. A pretty sunburst brooch with wavy rays, Lot 3, saw £3,000 so perhaps brooches are finally coming back into fashion.

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of bids on a very early stump work casket for restoration.

But pictures will probably be the strongest section of this sale, with some very good entries including originals by Ardizzone, Bruce Bairnsfather, Topolski, Lawson Wood, Doyly John, Lenkiewicz and a large collection of exceptional silhouettes with named examples by Miers.

Some very good portrait miniatures on ivory are also being offered. Toys are another very strong section with an early Bugatti pedal car and huge selections of dolls and soft toys, Dinky items, and die casts. There is also a large collection of transport-related books and ephemera being offered for sale.

For more details, ring Stroud Auction Rooms on 01453 873800, email info@stroudauctions.com or visit the website at www.stroudauctions.co.uk The auction is on Wednesday, November 13, and Thursday, November 14 (10am start).

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and China. It has an estimate of £50-£80.

Entries for this sale are being accepted until this Friday, November 15. For details, contact Mike Hooper on 01823 332525 or email mike.hooper@gth.net.

Items in this sale will include books, trains, diecast vehicles, cameras, binoculars, dolls, bears, musical instruments, coins, stamps, militaria, fishing and golf equipment.

Every Monday a free valuation session is held at the salerooms from 9am-1pm.

Pictures look likely to lead way Stroud Auction Rooms There has hardly been time to draw breath at Stroud Auction Rooms. After a record-breaking October sale staff are gearing up for another blockbuster in November.

There is already a huge amount of interest in the specialist items of militaria, textiles, pictures and toys.

A large number of firearms has been consigned including a good selection of shotguns, Berettas, English guns and a Remington revolver. There is also a Nazi army dagger, medals and uniforms, Some very rare Japanese military “Bigeye” binoculars and other good binoculars and telescopes are also in the sale.

Textiles is another section which is looking very promising with an extensive collection of work from the 15th century onwards, including tapestry, embroidery, cut paper, quilling and reliquaries straw work.

Icons and items with religious connotations, some of remarkable quality and rarity, are also attracting particular interest.

One of the pictures is of two priests kneeling before a Jesuit sun and is very unusual, while auctioneer Nick Bowkett is expecting a flurry

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A signed photograph of Elizabeth Taylor in her starring role in the film Cleopatra. The 1963 movie was one of the most expensive ever made and this photograph will go on sale next month at Taunton’s Octagon Salerooms

Back in May 1965, the Beatles were at the height of their success and filmed their movie, Help!, at Knighton Down on Salisbury Plain.

Staying at Amesbury, they were mobbed by fans striving to obtain the group’s autographs.

Not too many fans were successful but a set of autographs obtained at this time together with other pop autographs has been entered into the next sale of Antiques, Fine Art and Collectables to be staged by Killens at the Mendip Auction Rooms on November 16.

In addition to a diverse entry of furniture and collectables, there is a good collection of jewellery and silver entered, including a fine large single-stone diamond ring (estimate

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Antiques £2,500-3,500) as well as some excellent pictures including 18th century portraits.

Viewing for the antiques and sporting sales take place on November 14-15, 10am-6pm and 10am-7pm.

A further general sale of Victorian and later effects will take place on November 26. The auction rooms are open from 10am – 5pm Monday to Friday, and free valuations can be given.

Alternatively, the team are also able to undertake free home visits.

New lease of life for iconic car Bonhams Bought “for a song” in 1936 a veteran entrant of the London to Brighton Rally – a 1903 Clement Talbot with a wooden body – has sold for £606,300 at Bonhams in London, the first sale to take place in the company’s new headquarters building in New Bond Street.

The car was registered for the 2013 LondonBrighton Veteran Car Run on Sunday, November 3, continuing its remarkable history as part of the ‘Brighton establishment.’

This motor car had been in the Sears family’s ownership since 1936 and had carried a pre-sale estimate of £350,000-450,000.

The car’s history began in 1903 when entrepreneur Julius Drew, the sixth child of a Bedfordshire clergyman, took delivery of it at his Sussex mansion, Wadhurst Hall.

Drew had made his fortune from his ‘Home and Colonial Stores’ business in London, established by him in 1883 to supply ‘basic food to the urban working class’.

When built in 1903 this French motor car was state-of-the-art with four cylinders (cast in pairs) of 85x120mm bore and stroke, displacing a useful 2714cc.

This veteran is one of a very small number of cars which have formed the very lifeblood of The London to Brighton Commemoration Veteran Car Run almost since its inception and have, in their own right, earned their place as part of ‘the Brighton establishment’.

There are fewer still, if indeed any, which have remained in the same family ownership since 1936 and have transported four generations of the same family to Brighton in such style on practically every run since then.

The late Stanley Sears may justifiably be described as one of the father’s of the old car movement worldwide, setting new standards in restoration and conservation of early motor cars in the 1930s.

The Clement Talbot was the second car to join The Sears Collection, the first car, an 8hp

Darracq having proved rather too slow for Sears’s driving preferences. Sears, writing many years ago, records the Clement Talbot’s arrival at his Bolney home as follows: “I put enquiries out in various directions for something better and was informed that there was a 1903 Clement Talbot near Shalford in Surrey, so an appointment was made to inspect it.

“This was a fine car with a four-cylinder.

18hp engine and body made from teak by the famous Paris coachbuilder of Rothschild et Fils.

“The mudguards were also of wood, and although the car looked very shabby, close inspection showed that the woodwork had been perfectly preserved by many coats of varnish which had assumed a cracked finish with age.

“Again this car was bought for what would have been a song today, and as it was in running order I drove it back to Bolney.”

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Television and radio FILM CHOICE

TOP TV CHOICE

Sexy Beast Retired safecracker Gal (Ray Winstone) is living it up in Spain when he receives an unwanted visit from Logan, an old underworld contact. Logan desperately wants to recruit Gal for a bank vault job, but Gal isn’t interested. However, Logan is determined to get his man, leading to a violent confrontation that ends in disaster – and a meeting with a hard-bitten London gangster. It’s brilliantly scripted by Louis Mellis and David Scinto, who went on to write 44 Inch Chest, which features several of the same cast members. It’s well directed by former music video auteur Jonathan Glazer, and features career-best performances from the likes of Ben Kingsley (who received an Oscar nomination) alongside Winstone. (Film4, Saturday, 11.55pm)

The motto of the Royal British Legion is “Service Not Self ”, an eloquent statement of the rules of conduct which members of our Armed Forces must adhere to when serving in conflicts. Once a year, we pay tribute to the selflessness of those individuals who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country, remembering their deeds and valour in conflicts across the globe.

This year’s Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance (BBC One, 9.15pm) at the Royal Albert Hall, where some of the biggest names in music will gather in the presence of the Queen, reminds us that remembrance comes in different guises, silent and celebratory.

Huw Edwards presents coverage of the event, which also includes the traditional twominute silence as thousands of poppy petals fall from the venue’s ceiling. Those paying homage include James Blunt, Alfie Boe, Katie Melua, Jonathan and Charlotte, and the Poppy Girls, who perform alongside the Massed Bands of the Household Division, and bands of HM Royal Marines and the Royal Air Force.

Cabaret English writer Brian arrives in 1930s Berlin looking for inspiration, and ends up in a love triangle with flighty American nightclub singer Sally Bowles and an aristocratic German. But while Sally may be too wrapped up in her career and unconventional love life to notice what is going on in the outside world, Brian finds it increasingly hard to ignore the rise of the Nazis. Even people who normally run screaming at the first sign of “jazz hands” should find themselves getting caught up in this dark and very grown-up musical. Perhaps it helps that all but one of the (brilliant) numbers are performed on stage in the nightclub, and anyone who spontaneously bursts into song does so for a very good reason.

Liza Minnelli is on iconic, Oscar-winning form as Sally, but the film is almost stolen from her by Joel Grey, recreating his stage role as the sinister MC, while Bob Fosse’s direction and choreography just add to the sleazy, doomladed atmosphere. By way of an aside, the film set a record for winning the most Oscars – eight – without being named Best Picture. It lost out to The Godfather. (BBC One, Wednesday, 12.05am)

DVD Monsters University (U) Mike Wazowski (voiced

by Billy Crystal) heads off to university to realise his dream of becoming a scarer. He befriends shy roommate Randall Boggs (Steve Buscemi) and impresses his teachers by regurgitating facts from textbooks.

However, classmate James P Sullivan aka Sulley (John Goodman) gets all of the attention and is courted by the Roar Omega Roar fraternity and its dashing president, Johnny Worthington (Nathan Fillion).

Eventually, Mike snaps and declares war on Sulley: “I am going to scare circles around you this year!”

The rivals’ fates rest on an end-of-term exam, which must be passed or Dean Hardscrabble (Helen Mirren) will expel them from the course.

The film boasts the same appealing cocktail as its predecessor, Monsters, Inc., including some lively supporting performances. Dialogue zings and Crystal and Goodman ease back into their roles.

IN PROFILE Name Nick Knowles Best known for Presenting DIY SOS. Early Life Born Nicholas Simon Augustine Knowles on September 21, 1962 in Southall, London, to mum Pat and dad Eddie. He has a brother, John and three sisters, Angela, Sheila and Karen. At 11 he and his family moved to Mildenhall in Suffolk and studied at St Louis Middle school. They later moved again, this time to Tunbridge Wells, Kent. At school Nick was labelled a motormouth. He became a labourer before starting his own business.

Passionate about music, he played in assorted bands before teaming up with his brother to play in bars and clubs in London and the Midlands.

CareerNick’s TV career started at the BBC in London in the Documentary Features department. He spent two years in Australia working for WIN TV channel 4 newsroom. He also worked in news in Phoenix, Arizona, before returning to the UK and ITV’s TVS newsroom in Maidstone. He honed his skills as a reporter, producer and director before going in front of the camera as a presenter on sex advice show Confidential. Other shows have included TV Weekly, Entertainment Today and Put It To The Test. Since 1999 he has fronted BBC One’s DIY SOS, and also worked on Last Choir Standing.

Trivia Married Jessica Rose Moor in 2012.

He has three children. In 2007 it was revealed he was suffering from tuberculosis, which he believes he contracted while filming for Comic Relief in Zambia. Oddly, he collects top hats.

Quote “I have never wanted to be associated with one kind of programme – it’s important to challenge yourself and make sure you are not pigeonholed.”

See him on DIY SOS: Million Pound Build for Children in Need, BBC One, Wednesday, 8pm.

RADIO Jethro Tull’s Living in the Past is the starting point for one of the last of the Peoples’ Songs series, which over the course of 50 episodes (it ends on December 11) has drawn on BBC listeners’ memories and presenter Stuart Maconie’s encyclopaedic knowledge of music to paint a picture of Britain’s cultural history since the Second World War. Coming at the end of the 1960s, Living In The Past was one of the first hit singles of what was to become known as progressive rock, a genre of music which is thought to have come into full fruition with the release of King Crimson’s In The Court Of The Crimson King. Marrying poetic, esoteric lyrics with deft, knotty arrangements and virtuoso musicianship, the band – many of whom live in the South West – proved that rock could be arty, thoughtful and grown up. (Radio 2, Wednesday, 10pm)

TV QUIZ

TV QUIZ ANSWERS 1 TOGs (Terry’s Old Geezers And Gals) 2 Horrible Histories 3 I’m Alan Partridge 4 The Crawley family

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1. What name does Terry Wogan, who hosts TCM's Terry Wogan Presents The Very Best Of The Ed Sullivan Show on November 10, give his loyal fans?

2 Mathew Baynton stars in Sky1's new family fantasy series Yonderland, starting on November 10. Which gruesome children's programme is Baynton also associated with?

3 Actress Sally Phillips is one of the storytellers on new Dave series Crackanory, an adult, twisted, comic version of the popular children's TV show Jackanory, which starts on November 13. In which Steve Coogan TV comedy did Phillips play a chambermaid?

5 Cast Your Mind Back... It's the last episode of ITV's Downton Abbey series four on November 10. What is the surname of the aristocratic family who live at Downton?

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Poirot is holding court, with a small group gathered, hanging on his every word.

Small, smart and commanding, he’s wearing a burgundy waistcoat, his dark hair slicked back around his polished head. Only the trademark moustache and sizeable paunch are missing.

Because this is not some murder mystery reveal – though it certainly feels like one – and the small man is David Suchet, the man who has made the Belgian detective his own over the 25 years for which he has brought his every idiosyncrasy to life on the small screen.

“I tell you exactly what it feels like,” he says, a twinkle in his beady eyes, when asked about his emotions on seeing the series through to completion.

“There is a complete strange mixture of, ‘Oh, I now have to say goodbye because I’ve done it’, and then euphoria, for the same reason – ‘I’ve done it!’ The predominant emotion is celebration, that actually it is time. And what a thing to leave behind.”

Suchet will appear as the quirky crime cracker for the last time in Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case. Set during the Second World War, the story has a very different mood and appearance to the glamorous art deco extravagance of classics like Death On The Nile and Murder On The Orient Express.

Poirot is now very old and very ill, residing in a remote and gloomy country house, but still surrounded by the usual extravagant eccentrics and mysterious strangers he always seems to attract, and his ‘little grey cells’ are still as sharp as ever.

Suchet, who usually has to be padded out to play the gourmand with a weakness for chocolate, had to lose two stone this time round.

“It was extraordinary preparing for the end,” he admits. “Not a pleasant thing to do.

And that’s not me being theatrical. I’ve lived with this man for 25 years and [so it’s difficult] to say goodbye to a dear, dear friend, who’s been part of my life for a quarter of a century.”

It was recently revealed that crime novelist Sophie Hannah has been commissioned to write a new Poirot novel.

But despite his attachment to the role, Suchet is not keen to reprise it for the new adventure.

“I don’t see how I can revive myself for a story that is not Agatha Christie,” he says.

“However, I’d love to do a remake of one of the stories for a movie.”

Ironically, the first time Suchet appeared in a Poirot adaptation was as his friendly rival

Inspector Japp, in a 1985 TV film of Thirteen At Dinner, opposite Peter Ustinov.

A method actor, Suchet becomes completely absorbed in his character when filming. In short, he becomes Poirot. He may insist he has no problem watching another actor take on the part, but if a director was ever to challenge his own interpretation, he’d fight his corner to the end.

In fact, he almost quit during filming for the very first episode, The Adventure Of The Clapham Cook, when he clashed with a director who disliked one of the quirky detective’s little foibles – placing a handkerchief on a park bench before sitting on it.

“As charming as I may appear, when it comes to defence of character or my work, then I will fight, and I will not compromise,” says Suchet. “I will not ever be told how to play a role. That’s my job! And if the time comes when it’s make or break, I will walk.”

So now, as an associate producer, he has the final say on everything when it comes to the moustachioed sleuth. No dialogue is even written for him; it’s up to Suchet how he voices his very exact opinions and observations.

The final curtain may have fallen for Poirot, but Suchet is very far from reaching his own last act.

“Now I’m freer to say yes to all the other things that are very, very happily coming in,” he says, smiling.

Next year, he goes on a world tour with Last Confession, a play about the mysterious 33-day papacy of John Paul I. And though he’s bid an emotional farewell to the character who has become such a huge part of his 44-year career, he will always remember him fondly.

“I was allowed to take, for my own possession, everything there was a double of. I have his ring, his studs, I’ve been given a moustache, I’ve got his chair, with ‘Poirot’ written on it. And I believe that I will be presented with my number one cane, and if that happens that will be my very prize possession, because I’ve held that for 25 years.”

Like legion of fans all over the world, Suchet is also devoted to the late creator of his now iconic character.

“The first time I had any idea she would have been pleased – and I was very nervous because she hated her characters being shown on television – was when the late Rosalind Hicks, her daughter, said to me, ‘I think my mother would have been delighted’. That, coming from her, was quite something.”

■ Curtain: Poirot's Last Case is on ITV on Wednesday, November 13.

David Suchet as the elderly, wheelchair-bound Hercule Poirot with Hugh Fraser as Captain Hastings in next Wednesday’s Curtain: Poirot's Last Case.

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DRAMA All good things come to an end, and we bid farewell to Sicily’s Inspector Montalbano (Saturday BBC Four, 9pm)

CHAT John Barrowman tells Jonathan Ross about his new role as a BBC One quiz show host (Sunday, ITV, 9.35pm)

HISTORY Dominic Sandbrook takes a cliche-free look at tense times in Strange Days – Cold War Britain (Tuesday, BBC Two, 9pm)

DRAMA Ex-Corrie stars Ray Fearon and Natalie Gumede launch a run of daily dramas (Monday, BBC One, 2.15pm)

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MUSIC Gary Barlow has roped in big name pals for the Children in Need Rocks concert (BBC One, 8pm, Thursday)

DOCUMENTARY Cold War, Hot Jets looks at how the jet bomber defined the way the Cold War was fought (Friday, BBC Two, 9pm)

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Saturday television&radio Saturday’s Television Guide TV PICKS

THE X FACTOR 8pm, ITV

As the live studio rounds reach the halfway point, the would-be chart stars are accompanied by a full orchestra for bigband week. Dermot O’Leary hosts.

BBC1 BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.15 Saturday Kitchen Live (S). 10.45 The Lord Mayor’s Show (S,HD). 12.10 Football Focus (S,HD).

12.50 Saturday Sportsday (S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Regional News and Weather (S,HD). 1.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S). 2.00 Live Rugby League World Cup (S,HD). England v Fiji (Kick-off 2.30pm). 4.30 Final Score (S,HD). 5.25 BBC News; Regional News and Weather (S,HD). 5.40 Pointless Celebrities (S,HD).

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STRICTLY COME DANCING 6.30pm, BBC1

Claudia Winkleman joins Tess Daly to present the main show again, giving Bruce Forsyth a well-deserved rest before next week’s edition from Blackpool Tower Ballroom. Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, Craig Revel Horwood and Darcey Bussell are the ones to impress as the hopefuls perform a mixture of routines.

BBC2 BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.30 Film: Ann Vickers (S) (1933). ●●● 7.45 Film: Double Dynamite (S) (1951). ●● 9.05 The Sky at Night (R,S,HD). 9.25 Reel History of Britain (R,S). 9.55 The Life of Birds (R,S).

10.45 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds (R,S,HD). 11.30 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds (R,S,HD). 12.15 The A to Z of TV Cooking (S). 1.00 Live MotoGP (S,HD). 2.00 Live Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals (S,HD).

5.00 Live International Rugby Union (S).

PREDATORS 9pm, Channel 4

Hardened fighters from across the globe are taken to an alien jungle planet to become prey in a big-game hunt. Sci-fi thriller sequel, starring Adrien Brody and Topher Grace.

ITV1 ITV

6.00 Babar and the Adventures of Badou (R,S).

6.10 Matt Hatter Chronicles (R,S). 6.35 Dino Dan 7.00 Canimals 7.25 Sooty (S). 7.35 Horrid Henry (R,S). 7.50 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (S). 8.15 Bottom Knocker Street (S). 8.30 Munch Box 9.25 ITV News (S). 9.30 Saturday Cookbook (R,S,HD). 10.25 Murder, She Wrote (HD). 11.25 ITV News and Weather (S). 11.30 Surprise Surprise (HD). 12.35 All Star Family Fortunes (R,S,HD). 1.30 Doc Martin (R,S). 2.30 Catchphrase (R,S,HD). 3.15 Film: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (S,HD) (1977). ●●●●● 5.35 Regional News (S). 5.45 ITV News and Weather (S).

HELLO QUO 9pm, BBC2

Premiere. Documentary examining rock band Status Quo’s five-decade history, including interviews with the band, concert footage and rarely seen archive material, as well as a look at the 2012 reunion of the original line-up, performing together for the first time in more than 30 years.

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6.10 The Hoobs (R,S). 7.00 Volleyball (R,S). 8.00 The Morning Line (S). 9.00 The American Football Show (S). 10.00 Frasier (R,S). 10.30 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). Ray has to stay with his parents. 11.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 12.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 12.30 Heston’s Ultimate Feast (R,S). 1.30 Channel 4 Racing (S). Live coverage from Doncaster and Wincanton. 4.05 Come Dine with Me (R,S,HD).

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6.00 Milkshake! 10.00 Power Rangers: Megaforce (S,HD). 10.35 Slugterra (S,HD).

11.00 The Dog Rescuers (R,S,HD). 11.30 Ben Fogle’s Animal Clinic (R,S,HD). 12.30 Film: Columbo: Suitable for Framing (S) (1971). Detective drama, starring Peter Falk. ●● 2.05 Film: Columbo: Dagger of the Mind (S) (1972). Detective drama, starring Peter Falk and Honor Blackman. ●● 4.05 Film: Silverado (S) (1985). Western, with Kevin Kline and Kevin Costner. ●●●●

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6.35 News (S).

7.30 The Irresistible Rise of Boris Johnson (R,S,HD). Michael Cockerell examines the life and career of the London mayor.

6.00 New You’ve Been Framed!

(S).

6.30 Fool Britannia (S,HD). 6/6. A vegetarian party mistakenly books a sausage vendor. Last in the series.

7.00 The Chase: Celebrity Special (S,HD). 6/14. With Shane Lynch, Colin Jackson, Fiona Wade and Stephen K Amos.

6.40 5 News Weekend (S,HD).

6.45 2012 (S,HD) (2009). A scientist learns the world is soon to face a global cataclysm that will wipe out the human race, but finds the US president has plans to secretly save a fraction of the population, leaving everyone else to die. A writer learns of this scheme, and as the world is devastated by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, he tries to get his family to the last safe refuge.

Disaster movie, with John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Danny Glover, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Woody Harrelson and Tom McCarthy.

Edited for language. ●●●

6.30 Strictly Come Dancing (S,HD). See Choices Above.

7.05 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (R,S,HD). 6/22. When floating corpses appear, Coulson and the agents must hunt down an elusive killer in an investigation where nobody is safe.

8.30 Dad’s Army (R,S). 7/14. The men of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon take charge when a large naval gun is delivered to the church hall.

Classic comedy, starring Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier.

8.00 The X Factor (S,HD). 17/22.

See Choices Above.

8.00 Grand Designs (R,S,HD).

10/11. Kevin McCloud revisits a British woman who moved to southern Spain 10 years ago with her husband – who has since died – and planned to build a modern home in the Andalusian hills.

9.00 Hello Quo (S) (2012). See Choices Above. ●●●●

9.35 The Jonathan Ross Show (S,HD). 5/10. Tennis champion Andy Murray talks about his career successes and Celine Dion discusses her new album.

Plus, interviews with comedian Johnny Vegas and entertainer John Barrowman.

9.00 Predators (S,HD) (2010).

Hardened fighters from all over the world, including military veterans and ruthless criminals, are abducted by aliens and transported to a dangerous jungle world. As they struggle to survive, they discover why they have been brought to the planet – to be used as prey in a big-game hunt. Sci-fi thriller sequel, with Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Danny Trejo, Laurence Fishburne, Louis Ozawa Changchien, Oleg Taktarov and Mahershalalhashbaz Ali. See Choices Above. ●●●

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9.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD).

9.15 The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance (S,HD). See Choices Above.

10.50 Match of the Day (S,HD). Gary Lineker presents highlights of the latest Premier League clashes, including Chelsea v West Bromwich Albion at Stamford Bridge and Liverpool v Fulham at Anfield. The Blues and Reds both started as favourites to claim another three points against their respective visitors, with the Baggies having last won a league match at Chelsea in 1978 and the Cottagers notoriously poor on their travels. Followed by National Lottery Update.

10.20 TOTP2: Status Quo (S,HD). A selection of the band’s appearances on Top of the Pops, including performances of Pictures of Matchstick Men, Rockin’ All Over the World and Whatever You Want.

12.10 The Football League Show (S).

Manish Bhasin presents highlights and all the goals from today’s fixtures in the Championship, League One and League Two, including Reading v Queens Park Rangers. 12.45 Weatherview (S). 12.50 BBC News (S,HD).

1.05 Film: White Material (HD) (2009).

Premiere. A French woman takes over the running of a coffee plantation in a politically unstable African country. When civil war breaks out and rebels seize control of the surrounding area, she refuses to leave her land, putting her family’s lives in danger. Drama, with Isabelle Huppert. In French. ●●●● 2.45 This Is BBC Two (S).

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8.00 Atlantis (S,HD). 7/13. Jason enters a brutal fighting tournament.

8.50 The National Lottery Live (S,HD). Chris Evans reveals the results of the Lotto and the Thunderball.

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11.05 Rescue Dawn (S,HD) (2006).

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10.35 ITV News and Weather (S); Weather.

10.50 FA Cup Highlights (S,HD).

Matt Smith presents action from the first round of the famous competition, with matches including Chesterfield v Daventry Town at the Proact Stadium, Grimsby Town v Scunthorpe United at Blundell Park and Boreham Wood v Carlisle United at Meadow Park. Non-league Daventry and Boreham Wood were looking to cause upsets against their much higher-placed Football League opponents, while the Mariners and Iron clashed in a local derby.

12.20 Take Me Out (R,S,HD). A basketball player, a gym owner, a music journalist and a product designer enter the love lift in the hope of impressing 30 single women. Paddy McGuinness presents the dating show. 1.25 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming. 3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R,S). The host takes his successful talk show stateside.

3.45 ITV Nightscreen (HD).

9.35 Most Shocking Talent Show Moments (R,S). Countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments from TV talent shows, including Rylan’s outrageous antics on The X Factor in 2012 and life-changing first appearances on Britain’s Got Talent by Susan Boyle and Paul Potts. Featuring contributions

by Anton Du Beke, Craig Revel Horwood, Ann Widdecombe, Matthew Kelly, Pete Waterman, Nicki Chapman and Eddie ‘the Eagle’ Edwards. See Choices Above.

11.05 Dog Soldiers (S) (2002).

See Choices Above. ●●●●

1.15 Stand Up for the Week (R,S,HD).

Paul Chowdhry hosts the satirical comedy show, with Seann Walsh, Josh Widdicombe, Simon Evans, Romesh Ranganathan and Angela Barnes discussing the news. 2.10 Hollyoaks (R,S,HD). 4.25 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). High-stakes game show, with Noel Edmonds. 5.15 Countdown (R,S,HD). With Dictionary Corner guest Mark Foster.

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12.30 SuperCasino 3.05 Charley Boorman’s Extreme Frontiers (R,S,HD).

4.00 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 4.25 Make It Big (R,S). 4.50 Roary the Racing Car (R,S).

5.00 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.10 Hana’s Helpline (R,S). 5.20 Angels of Jarm (R,S).

5.25 The Funky Valley Show (R,S). 5.40 Roary the Racing Car (R,S). 5.50 Hana’s Helpline (R,S).

MOST SHOCKING TALENT SHOW MOMENTS 9.35pm, Channel 5

Countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments from TV talent shows, including life-changing first appearances on Britain’s Got Talent by Susan Boyle and Paul Potts.

ITV2 ITV2

6.00 Coronation Street (HD).

8.05 Emmerdale (HD). 11.05 The X Factor USA (HD). 1.55 Tinie Tempah: The Hot Desk (HD). 2.05 Peter Andre: My Life (R,HD). 3.05 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now: Hall of Fame (R). 4.10 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 4.40 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 5.10 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 5.40 Film: The Borrowers (1997). ●●●

THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION FESTIVAL OF REMEMBRANCE 9.15pm, BBC1 Huw Edwards presents coverage of the annual event from the Royal Albert Hall in the presence of the Queen and other members of the royal family. James Blunt, Alfie Boe, Katie Melua, Jonathan and Charlotte, and the Poppy Girls perform.

E4 E4

6.00 Switched (R). 6.25 Ugly Betty (R,HD). 7.10 Charmed (R).

8.00 90210 (R,HD). 9.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 11.35 The Mindy Project (R,HD). 12.05 Made in Chelsea (R,HD). 1.10 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 2.10 Rules of Engagement (R,HD).

3.10 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 4.15 Film: Aliens in the Attic (2009). ●●●

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6.00 Glee (R,S,HD). 8.00 The Fantasy Football Club 9.00 Game Changers 10.00 Soccer AM 12.00 WWE Superstars (HD). 1.00 Gravity Movie Special (R,S,HD).

1.30 Thor: The Dark World Special (R). 2.00 Ashley Banjo’s Secret Street Crew (R,S,HD). 3.00 David Attenborough’s Galapagos (R,S,HD). 4.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD).

FILM PICKS

Saturday television&radio RESCUE DAWN 11.05pm, BBC2

A fighter pilot leads a break-out from a prison camp and makes a desperate escape through the jungle.

Vietnam War drama, starring Christian Bale.

Gold GOLD

6.00 Morph 6.10 2point4 Children 6.40 The Brittas Empire 7.30 2point4 Children 8.10 The Brittas Empire 8.50 Ever Decreasing Circles 9.30 Goodnight Sweetheart 11.30 As Time Goes By 12.10 Last of the Summer Wine 1.30 Porridge 2.05 John Le Mesurier: It’s All Been Rather Lovely 3.25 Harry Hill’s TV Burp

The Wedding Date, 9pm

The Last Samurai, 9pm

The Catherine … 10.10pm

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Kripke plays a prank on Sheldon.

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

6.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

Bart becomes a Catholic.

With the voice of Liam Neeson.

6.05 Only Fools and Horses. Del is invited to a school reunion.

7.30 Dragonheart (HD) (1996). A knight sets out to slay a dragon, only to find the unhappy creature is the last of its kind. Forging an unlikely alliance, the pair embark on a mission to rid their kingdom of its tyrannical ruler. Fantasy adventure, starring Dennis Quaid and David Thewlis, with the voice of Sean Connery. ●●●

7.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

7.30 Suburgatory (R,HD).

Tessa worries she has lost her cool persona.

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S).

7.30 The Simpsons (R,S). A corporation buys Springfield Elementary School.

7.15 Only Fools and Horses.

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

8.00 New Girl (R,HD).

Winston tries to clear the air with Schmidt.

8.30 New Girl (R,HD). Jess is spooked by strange noises outside the flat.

8.00 Going Wild with the Joneses (R,S,HD). Steve Jones spends a week in the Kalahari Desert with his dad and brothers.

8.25 Porridge. The inmates are shocked to discover there is a thief in their midst, so Fletcher decides to stage a mock trial to bring the culprit to justice.

9.35 The Xtra Factor (HD).

Caroline Flack and Matt Richardson present the companion show, getting the first reactions from the contestants and judges following the latest Saturday night live show.

9.00 The Wedding Date (HD) (2005). A single woman is horrified by the thought of attending her sister’s wedding alone and hires a male escort. Romantic comedy, with Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney. ●●

9.00 The Last Samurai (2003). The emperor of Japan recruits an American Civil War veteran to train his troops in a bid to wipe out a rebel faction of samurai warriors. The soldier is taken captive when the imperial army is defeated, and comes to respect his enemies’ traditions and code of honour, finally going over to their side.

Historical adventure, starring Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly and Shichinosuke Nakamura. ●●●●

9.00 Little Britain. Emily and Florence play tennis, and Kenny Craig finds a girlfriend. Guest starring impressionist Jon Culshaw, and narrated by Tom Baker.

9.35 Little Britain. Dafydd goes to a rugby match.

Dragonheart, 7.30pm

10.35 Celebrity Juice (R,HD). 10.45 The Inbetweeners (R).

Holly Willoughby and a Will plans to celebrate guest team captain are his birthday with a joined by girl band Little grown-up dinner, but Mix and Geordie his friends face a comedian Chris Ramsey dilemma when they to answer questions on discover the event showbiz news and clashes with a more gossip. Presented by popular party.

Keith Lemon.

DOG SOLDIERS 11.05pm, Channel 4 Soldiers on a training exercise face a fight for survival against a pack of werewolves.

Horror, with Kevin McKidd and Emma Cleasby.

SkySports1 Sky Sports 1

6.00 Ringside (HD). 7.00 Champions League Weekly (HD).

7.30 Premier League Preview (HD). 8.00 The Fantasy Football Club (HD).9.00 Game Changers (HD). 10.00 Soccer AM (HD). 12.00 FL72 Live (HD). 2.30 Saturday Team Talk (HD). 3.00 Soccer Saturday (HD). Up-to-the-minute scores. 5.00 Live Saturday Night Football (HD).

FL72 Live, 12pm

(HD). Sarah-Jane Mee presents a full re-run of the day’s top Premier League match.

11.20 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

11.50 Rude Tube: WTF?!?

(R,HD). Alex Zane presents 50 of the internet’s most extraordinary videos.

11.55 Road Wars (R,S). Police 11.30 The Smell of Reeves 11.30 FL72 Highlights (HD). and Mortimer. Vic and officers use unmarked Reading v Queens Park Bob ride a magic carpet, cars fitted with on-board Rangers. Action from the Slade go camping and video cameras, offering opening Championship Mulligan and O’Hare an insight into vehicle match of the weekend, feature on The South crime and how it can be which took place at the Bank Show. prevented.

Madejski Stadium.

12.10 The X Factor (R,HD). The acts are accompanied by a full orchestra for big-band week. 1.40 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now: Golden Moments (R).

Highlights of the first 12 series.

2.30 Life’s Funniest Moments (R). 2.55 Teleshopping. 5.55 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD).

12.55 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 1.25 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 1.50 Happy Endings (R,HD). 2.15 Rude Tube: WTF?!? (R,HD). 3.05 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 3.30 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 3.50 Glee (R,HD). 4.35 Ugly Betty (R,HD).

12.25 Night Cops (R,S,HD). 1.25 Nothing to Declare (R,S). 1.50 Nothing to Declare (R,S). 2.20 Caribbean Cops (R,S,HD). A stag party leads to trouble. 3.10 Cop Squad (R,S,HD). 4.00 Crash Test Dummies (R,S,HD). 4.30 Crash Test Dummies (R,S,HD). 5.00 Hour of Power (HD).

RADIO

11.25 Fake Reaction (R,HD).

With Ashley Roberts, Brooke Vincent, Rob Beckett and Michelle de Swarte.

Radio 1 5.00am Rob da Bank 7.00 Gemma Cairney 10.00 Matt Edmondson 1.00pm Huw Stephens 4.00 Radio 1’s Dance Anthems with Danny Howard 7.00 MistaJam 9.00 Charlie Sloth 11.00 DJ Target 1.00am Diplo and Friends 3.00 Friction Radio 2 6.00am Anneka Rice 8.00 Sounds of the 60s 10.00 Graham Norton 1.00pm Pick of the Pops 3.00 Dermot O’Leary 6.00 CMA Awards 2013 8.00 Festival of Remembrance 9.00 Operation Pied Piper. Docu-drama about the evacuation of children during the Second World War. 10.00 Sounds of the 80s Midnight Gideon Coe 3.00 Richard Allinson

Radio 3 7.00am Breakfast 9.00 News 9.03 CD Review 12.15pm Music Matters 1.00 News 1.02 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2.00 Saturday Classics 4.00 Sound of Cinema 5.00 Jazz Record Requests 6.00 Jazz Line-Up 7.30 Radio 3 Live in Concert. Michael Francis conducts the BBC NOW in Tchaikovsky and Dvorák. 10.00 Hear and Now Midnight Geoffrey Smith’s Jazz. Tom Service presents the UK première of Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels.

1.00 Through the Night Radio 4 5.30am News Briefing 5.43 Prayer for the Day 5.45 iPM 6.00 News and Papers 6.07 Open Country 6.30 Farming Today This Week 6.57

Weather 7.00 Today 8.51 (LW) Yesterday in Parliament 9.00 Saturday Live 10.30 Don’t Log Off 11.00 The Week in Westminster 11.30 From Our Own Correspondent Noon News 12.01 (LW) Shipping Forecast 12.04 Money Box 12.30 The News Quiz 12.57 Weather 1.00 News 1.10 Any Questions? 2.00 Any Answers? 2.30 Saturday Drama: Joan of Arc, and How She Became a Saint 3.30 Jamaica: The Harder They Come 4.00 Weekend Woman’s Hour 5.00 Saturday PM 5.30 The Bottom Line 5.54 Shipping 5.57 Weather 6.00 Six O’Clock News 6.15 Loose Ends 7.00 Profile. The personality and motivation of a person

making the headlines. 7.15 Saturday Review. Presented by Tom Sutcliffe.

8.00 Archive on 4: Presenting the Past – How the Media Changes History. Juliet Gardiner explores how historical facts are presented in popular media. 9.00 Classic Serial: Sword of Honour – Unconditional Surrender. By Evelyn Waugh. Dramatised by Jeremy Front.

10.00 News and Weather 10.15 The Reith Lectures 2013 11.00 Round Britain Quiz. Teams from the north of England and Wales compete. 11.30 The Echo Chamber Midnight News 12.30 The Boundless Garden 12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 As BBC World Service 5.20 Shipping Forecast

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7.00 Great TV Mistakes (R,S).

7.30 Rugby Union (S).

England v Argentina.

8.30 Cars (S) (2006).

Pixar animated adventure, with the voices of Owen Wilson and Paul Newman. ●●● 10.20 Russell Howard’s Good News Extra (R,S).

Extended edition of the comedian’s topical show.

11.05 Family Guy (R,S).

Brian learns that Quagmire hates him.

11.25 Family Guy (R,S).

Brian tries to get his friends to care more about the lives of dogs.

11.50 Family Guy (R,S).

12.10 Family Guy (R,S).

12.35 Family Guy (R,S).

1.00 Family Guy (R,S).

1.20 Family Guy (R,S).

1.40 Family Guy (R,S).

2.05 Staying In with Greg and Russell (R,S). 2.35 Sweat the Small Stuff (R,S). 3.05 Fuzzbox (R,S).

8.00 SNF – Game of the Day 3.30 Some Girls (R,S).

10.10 The Catherine Tate 10.00 SNF – Match Choice Show. More comedy (HD). Sarah-Jane Mee sketches, including Nan presents extended visiting a pound shop, highlights from the and Lauren discovering Premier League, she has not been invited allowing viewers to to a party. access the latest round of top-flight fixtures, 10.50 Bottom. The boys visit a including Aston Villa v dating agency.

Cardiff City.

12.10 Big Train. Another helping of bizarre comic skits and sketches, featuring a cautionary tale of love involving a large potato. Starring Kevin Eldon and Rebecca Front.

12.50 Little Britain 1.25 Little Britain 1.55 Bottom 2.25 The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer

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BBC4 BBC4

7.00 Frozen Planet (R). A polar bear hunts with her cubs in the Arctic.

8.00 Stories from the Dark Earth: Meet the Ancestors Revisited (R).

The excavations of two vastly different Iron Age women.

9.00 Inspector Montalbano. A woman is attacked and robbed on her way home late at night. Last in the series.

10.45 Totally British 70s Rock ‘n’ Roll (R). Archive performances by artists including Dr Feelgood.

11.45 Elvis Costello: Mystery Dance (R). A profile of the singersongwriter.

1.20 The Sky at Night (R).

The team watches a lunar eclipse. 1.50 Frozen Planet (R). 2.45 Stories from the Dark Earth: Meet the Ancestors Revisited (R).

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12.00 Saturday Reloaded (HD).

1.00 SNF – Match Choice (HD).

Extended highlights from the Premier League. 2.30 SNF – Match Choice (HD). Extended highlights from the Premier League. 4.00 SNF – Match Choice (HD). 5.30 Football Gold (S). 5.45 Football Gold (S).

Radio 5 Live 5.00am Morning Reports 6.00 Saturday Breakfast 9.00 The Danny Baker Show 11.00 Fighting Talk Noon 5 Live Sport 3.00 5 Live Sport: Premier League Football 2013-14 5.00 Sports Report 5.30 5 Live Sport: 5 Live Rugby. Wales v South Africa (Kickoff 5.30pm). 7.30 6-0-6 8.30 Saturday Edition 10.00 Stephen Nolan 1.00am Up All Night Classic FM 6.00am More Music Breakfast 9.00 Alan Titchmarsh Noon Nicholas Owen 3.00 Jamie Crick 5.00 Saturday Night at the Movies 7.00 Alex James’s Magical Musical Tour 9.00 The New Releases Show 10.00 Smooth Classics Midnight Bob Jones

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Sunday television&radio Sunday’s Television Guide TV PICKS

THE PARADISE 8pm, BBC1

Denise’s excitement does not last long when Moray dismisses one of her ideas. Susy tackles a demon from her past, and Katherine tries to bring Tom and Flora closer.

BBC1 BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 7.40 Match of the Day (R,S,HD). 9.00 The Andrew Marr Show (S,HD). 10.20 Remembrance Sunday: The Cenotaph (S,HD). 12.25 Sunday Politics (S). 1.40 BBC News (S,HD). 1.55 EastEnders (S,HD). 3.45 Escape to the Country (R,S). 4.15 Points of View (S,HD). 4.30 Songs of Praise (S,HD). 5.05 Remembrance Week (S,HD).

5.55 BBC News; Regional News and Weather (S,HD).

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DOWNTON ABBEY 9pm, ITV

Rosamund comes up with a plan to help Edith out of her predicament, but will Violet see straight through it? Rose is frustrated when things don’t go her way and Alfred realises too late he may have made a mistake. Anna is concerned by unexpected news just as she and Bates seem to be getting over the worst.

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6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.25 Film: They Won’t Believe Me (S) (1947). ●●● 8.00 Alan Titchmarsh’s Garden Secrets (R,S,HD). 9.00 Gardeners’ World (R,S,HD).

9.30 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites (S).

11.00 Rugby Union (S). 12.00 MOTD2 Extra (S,HD). 12.30 Live MotoGP (S,HD).

The Valencia Grand Prix (Start-time 1.00pm).

2.00 Live Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals (S,HD). 5.00 Inspire: The Olympic Journey (R,S,HD). 5.30 Coast (R,S,HD).

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY: THE CENOTAPH 7pm, BBC2

JUSTICE 9pm, Channel 5

A man whose wife has been attacked is approached by a member of a vigilante group who offers to deal with the perpetrator. Thriller, starring Nicolas Cage, January Jones, Guy Pearce, IronE Singleton, Harold Perrineau, Xander Berkeley, Joe Chrest and Donna DuPlantier.

David Dimbleby and Sophie Raworth introduce highlights of this morning’s ceremony in Whitehall paying tribute to members of the forces who have died while serving their country.

ITV1 ITV

6.00 Babar and the Adventures of Badou (R,S). 6.10 Matt Hatter Chronicles (R,S). 6.35 Dino Dan (R,S). 7.00 Canimals (R,S). 7.25 Sooty (S). 7.35 Horrid Henry (R,S). 7.50 Big Time Rush (S). 8.15 Bottom Knocker Street (S). 8.30 Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge (S). 9.25 ITV News (S). 9.30 Inside the National Trust (S,HD). 10.30 Sunday Side Up (S,HD). 11.30 Sunday Scoop (S).

12.30 ITV News and Weather (S). 12.45 Countrywise (R,S). 1.00 Fool Britannia (R,S,HD).

1.30 Live FA Cup Football (S,HD). 4.30 Downton Abbey (R,S,HD). 5.35 Prize Island (S,HD).

Channel 4

6.00 The Treacle People (R,S). 6.10 The Hoobs (R,S). 7.00 The American Football Show (R,S). 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 9.00 Frasier (R,S). 9.30 Sunday Brunch (S). 12.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 2.00 The Simpsons (R,S).

3.30 Gadget Man (R,S,HD). Richard Ayoade delves into the world of technology. 4.00 Film: The Golden Compass (S,HD) (2007).

Fantasy adventure, starring Dakota Blue Richards and Nicole Kidman. ●●●

Channel 55

6.00 Milkshake! 10.00 Power Rangers: Super Samurai (R,S,HD). 10.35 Slugterra (S,HD). 11.00 5 News Special: Remembrance Sunday (S,HD). 11.05 Lost Heroes of World War One (R,S). 11.25 Britain’s Secret Schindler (R,S). 12.25 Goering’s Last Secret: Revealed (R,S,HD).

1.25 Film: All I Want for Christmas (S,HD) (2007). ●●● 3.05 Film: Jack Frost (S,HD) (1998). ●● 5.00 Film: White Fang 2: The Myth of the White Wolf (S) (1994). ●●

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7.00 Surprise Surprise (S,HD). 8/10.

Joe Calzaghe and Little Mix take part.

8.00 Africa 2013: Countdown to the Rains (S,HD). 2/3. Kate Humble and Simon King report from Zambia, as lions and wild dogs compete for territory, elephants try to keep cool in the fierce heat and leopards enjoy days of plenty.

8.00 The X Factor Results (S,HD).

17/22. The two acts with the lowest number of votes face each other in the sing-off, and for one of them the dream of stardom will be over. Robbie Williams and Celine Dion perform live.

8.00 Tutankhamun: The Mystery of the Burnt Mummy – Secret History (S).

Egyptologist Chris Naunton investigates a mysterious burning of the boy king’s mummy.

9.00 Great Continental Railway Journeys (S,HD). 3/6. Michael Portillo travels through Germany, learning about an Edwardian fitness craze and revealing how British yachtsmen spied on the German navy in the early 20th century.

9.00 Downton Abbey (S,HD). 8/8.

See Choices Above.

9.00 Homeland (S,HD). 6/12.

See Choices Above.

10.00 QI (R,S,HD). 10/18. With Sarah Millican, Jason Manford and Bill Bailey.

10.30 Notes on a Scandal (S,HD) (2006). Lonely history teacher Barbara Covett’s acerbic personality means she has few friends. When a spirited woman takes a job in the art department of the school where Barbara works, the elderly lady develops a dark obsession with her new colleague, and the discovery of an affair with a student sets her on a mission to destroy the life of her new ‘friend’. Drama, starring Judi Dench. See Choices Above. ●●●●

10.35 ITV News and Weather (S); Weather.

10.50 FA Cup Highlights (S,HD).

Bishop’s Stortford v Northampton Town. Action from the first-round tie at the ProKit UK Stadium, as the Conference South side welcomed the League Two visitors.

10.05 Was It Something I Said?

(S,HD). 6/8. With Reginald D Hunter and Sally Phillips. John Sergeant is tonight’s narrator.

10.35 Toast of London (S,HD). 4/6.

Steven meets his new girlfriend’s aristocratic father.

Comedy, starring Matt Berry.

11.35 Anglo-Welsh Cup Rugby Union (S). Highlights of the opening pool matches in this season’s competition.

11.05 Alan Carr: Chatty Man (R,S,HD). 11/18. With Robin Thicke, Paul O’Grady and Jack Whitehall.

11.10 Cleaner (S) (2007). See Choices Above. ●●●

12.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks (R,S,HD). Hip-hop duo Rizzle Kicks host the comedy music quiz, with Huey Morgan, Lissie, Laura Whitmore and Paul Foot joining team captains Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding. 12.30 Sign Zone: Countryfile (R,S). 1.25 Sign Zone: Holby City (R,S).

Malick struggles to stay out of surgery. 2.25 This Is BBC Two (S).

12.30 The Store. Home shopping. 2.30 Motorsport UK (HD). Highlights from Silverstone, featuring the Formula Renault Championship and Formula Ford Championship. With commentary by Richard John Neil. 3.20 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S). Guests air their differences.

12.05 Fresh Meat (R,S,HD). Josie invites the gang to a party at her new home in Southampton. 12.55 American Football Live (S). New Orleans Saints v Dallas Cowboys (Kick-off 1.30am). Nat Coombs is joined by Mike Carlson to present coverage of the week 10 fixture at the MercedesBenz Superdome. 4.45 KOTV Boxing Weekly (R,S). 5.15 Countdown (R,S,HD).

12.55 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.05 The Gadget Show (R,S,HD).

4.00 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 4.25 Make It Big (R,S). 4.50 Roary the Racing Car (R,S).

5.00 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.10 Hana’s Helpline (R,S). 5.20 Angels of Jarm (R,S).

5.30 The Funky Valley Show (R,S). 5.40 Roary the Racing Car (R,S). 5.50 Hana’s Helpline (R,S).

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7.00 Remembrance Sunday: The Cenotaph (S,HD). See Choices Above.

6.05 News (S).

6.25 The Political Slot (S). Emma Reynolds MP looks at social housing.

6.30 Digging the Great Escape (R,S,HD). Engineers, archaeologists and serving RAF officers head to the site of the 1944 event to excavate the remains of the tunnel that allowed 76 men to escape from a German PoW camp.

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6.35 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.45 ITV News and Weather (S).

7.20 Strictly Come Dancing: The Results (S,HD). Another couple leave the show. Plus, music by the Tenors and the Puppini Sisters.

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6.00 Flog It! (R,S). 51/60. The team visits Coventry Cathedral, where Will Axon and Michael Baggot value items including a collection of Clarice Cliff and a trio of watches.

6.20 Countryfile (S,HD). The team visits Cannock Chase in Staffordshire.

8.00 The Paradise (S,HD). 4/8.

See Choices Above.

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Tutankhamun … 8pm

9.00 Richard Hammond Builds a Universe (S,HD). Having created a CGI planet, Richard Hammond takes the idea further as he explores what it would take to create a universe, with experiments helping show how it all fits together.

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Surprise Surprise, 7pm

10.00 BBC News; Regional News and Weather (S,HD).

10.25 Match of the Day 2 (S,HD).

Mark Chapman reviews the day’s Premier League action, which included Manchester United v Arsenal at Old Trafford and Sunderland v Manchester City at the Stadium of Light.

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Africa 2013: Countdown … 8pm

11.45 Rugby League World Cup (S).

Tanya Arnold presents highlights from the final round of group fixtures, which included England v Fiji at the KC Stadium and Australia v Ireland at Thomond Park.

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Richard Hammond Builds … 9pm

12.30 Weatherview (S). 12.35 BBC News (S,HD).

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Britain’s Secret Schindler, 11.25am

7.00 5 News Weekend (S,HD).

7.05 Rush Hour (S,HD) (1998). A Hong Kong detective is sent to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, but the local authorities worry that his presence in America might spark an international incident, and assign a loud-mouthed and troublesome cop to keep an eye on him. However, the new partnership proves an explosive combination. Comedy adventure, starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. ●●●● 9.00 Justice (S,HD) (2011). Premiere.

A man whose wife has been attacked is approached by a member of a vigilante group who offers to deal with the perpetrator. He accepts the offer and is told he will have to return the favour – but when the time comes to pay up, he discovers he is required to kill someone. Thriller, starring Nicolas Cage, January Jones, Guy Pearce, IronE Singleton, Harold Perrineau, Xander Berkeley, Joe Chrest and Donna DuPlantier. See Choices Above. ●●

HOMELAND 9pm, Channel 4

KARL PILKINGTON: THE MOANING OF LIFE 9pm, Sky1

Carrie turns the tables on the mastermind of the Langley bombing, but recruiting one of Iran’s most powerful operatives proves to have dangerous consequences.

ITV2 ITV2

6.00 Beauty and the Geek (R).

6.45 Emmerdale (R,HD). 9.40 Coronation Street (R,HD). 12.10 The X Factor (R,HD). 1.50 The Xtra Factor (R,HD). 2.50 Film: Two Weeks Notice (HD) (2002).

Romantic comedy, starring Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant. ●● 4.50 Film: Mr Bean’s Holiday (HD) (2007). Comedy, starring Rowan Atkinson and Willem Dafoe. ●●

Karl aims to get to the bottom of his relative lack of a vocation, and visits an 85-year-old Japanese inventor to discover whether he has what it takes to become a genius. When the results prove less than encouraging, he sets his targets a little lower.

E4 E4

6.00 Switched (R). 6.20 Make It or Break It (R,HD). 7.05 Ugly Betty (R,HD). 7.55 Charmed (R).

8.50 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 9.55 Hollyoaks (R,HD).

12.30 Made in Chelsea (R,HD).

1.35 Rules of Engagement (HD).

2.30 Mindy Project (R,HD). 3.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 4.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

5.00 2 Broke Girls (R,HD).

Sky1 Sky1

6.00 Crash Test Dummies (R,S,HD). 6.30 Glee (R,S,HD). 8.30 Film: Glee: The Concert Movie (S,HD) (2011). ●●● 10.00 WWE Superstars (R,HD). 11.00 WWE: Experience (HD). 12.00 The Middle (R,S,HD). 1.00 Thor: The Dark World Special (R). 1.30 Ashley Banjo’s Secret Street Crew (HD). 2.30 Modern Family (R,S,HD). 3.30 Simpsons (R,S).

FILM PICKS

Sunday television&radio NOTES ON A SCANDAL 10.30pm, BBC2

A crime-scene cleaner realises someone is using him to destroy evidence and tries to find out what they are covering up. Thriller, starring Samuel L Jackson.

A teacher discovers a colleague she is obsessed with is having an affair with a student and plots her downfall. Drama, starring Judi Dench.

Gold GOLD

6.10 2point4 Children 6.40 The Brittas Empire 7.10 2point4 Children 7.50 The Brittas Empire 8.35 Goodnight Sweetheart 9.15 John Le Mesurier: It’s All Been Rather Lovely 10.35 Last of the Summer Wine 11.55 Keeping Up Appearances 1.15 Only Fools and Horses 3.30 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 4.00 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 5.00 Jeeves and Wooster

Kindergarten Cop, 6.45pm

The Day the … 8pm

Yonderland, 6.30pm

The Office, 9pm

6.45 Kindergarten Cop (HD) (1990). A tough detective is forced to pose as a pre-school teacher in a bid to capture a drug dealer whose son is one of the pupils. However, his biggest challenge turns out to be controlling a class full of five-yearolds. Comedy, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Linda Hunt, Pamela Reed and Richard Tyson.

Including FYI Daily. ●●

6.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD).

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Leonard and Sheldon’s flat is burgled.

6.00 The Simpsons (S,HD).

6.30 Yonderland (S,HD).

New series. Comedy, starring Martha HoweDouglas.

6.10 Jeeves and Wooster.

Honoria Glossop turns up, threatening to cut short Bertie’s stay in New York.

7.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

7.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Leonard and Sheldon go through an adjustment period.

7.00 Yonderland (S,HD).

Debbie seeks the aid of a wayward wizard.

7.30 The Simpsons (R,S). Lisa falls in with a bad crowd.

7.20 Harry Hill’s TV Burp. A comic look at soaps and celebrities.

7.50 Harry Hill’s TV Burp. A comic look at soaps and celebrities.

8.00 The Day the Earth Stood Still (HD) (2008).

An alien arrives on Earth, accompanied by an awesomely powerful robot, on a fateful mission – to decide if the human race deserves to continue – and if not, to wipe it out. The visitor is imprisoned in a military facility, but a scientist helps him escape, hoping to prove that mankind is worth saving. Sci-fi drama, with Keanu Reeves. ●●

8.00 Arrow (R,S,HD). Oliver arranges a “cash-forguns” rally to fight back against a notorious weapon-trafficker – but when Sin is injured, the Canary vows revenge for her friend.

8.20 Porridge. The inmates decide on a wager as the parole board gathers, with Blanco odds-on favourite for release.

Prison comedy, starring Ronnie Barker and David Jason.

9.00 Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life (S,HD).

See Choices Above.

9.00 The Office. Brent becomes a motivational speaker.

9.40 Knowing Me, Knowing You – With Alan Partridge. The host interviews two Hollywood prodigies.

9.00 The Xtra Factor (HD).

Caroline Flack and Matt Richardson go behind the scenes of the main results show to chat to the departing act and get opinions of the night’s performances.

CLEANER 11.10pm, Channel 5

SkySports1 Sky Sports 1

6.00 SNF – Match Choice (HD).

7.30 Game Changers (HD). 8.30 The Sunday Supplement (HD).

9.30 Goals on Sunday (HD). 11.30 Live Super Sunday (HD).

Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United (Kick-off 12.00pm). 2.00 Live Super Sunday (HD).

Sunderland v Manchester City (Kickoff 2.05pm). 4.00 Live Super Sunday (HD).

Live Super Sunday, 4pm

7.00 Live Spanish Football (HD). Villarreal v Atletico Madrid.

7.55 Live Spanish Football (HD). Real Betis v Barcelona (Kick-off 8.00pm). Coverage of the La Liga contest at the Estadio Benito Villamarin, where the home side will look to earn a surprise victory.

10.20 The Thick of It. Peter 10.00 Football Special (HD).

10.00 The Only Way Is Essex 10.00 Drifters (R,HD). Meg is 10.00 Revolution (S,HD). reluctantly spends a long Rachel makes a costly Manchester United v (HD). Reality offered an internship. weekend at a country discovery after Arsenal, Sunderland v programme following a 10.30 The Inbetweeners (R). retreat with Stewart, Willoughby is placed on Manchester City and group of people in Will plans to celebrate who is holding a lockdown. Neville Tottenham Hotspur v Essex. his birthday with a creative-thinking manipulates a pair of Newcastle United.

10.50 Coyote Ugly (HD) grown-up dinner, but seminar to reinvigorate Patriot power brokers Highlights of the three (2000). A small-town girl the event clashes with a the party, while Glenn and Aaron experiences a Premier League fixtures. with dreams of more popular party - so toils at the office. breakthrough. becoming a songwriter the gang gatecrashes heads for the big city, the rival gathering. where she takes a job in 11.00 The Thick of It. a bustling New York bar. 11.00 Stephen Merchant: 11.00 Trollied (R,S,HD). An 11.30 Champions League Malcolm’s bloodless Comedy drama, starring Hello Ladies (R). The encounter with a Weekly (HD). A look coup gathers Piper Perabo and Adam Office co-creator’s shoplifter prompts Gavin back at matchday four. momentum.

Garcia. Including FYI critically acclaimed 2011 to make a big decision.

Daily. ●● stand-up comedy show, 11.30 Trollied (R,S,HD).

11.40 Nighty Night. Jill needs based on his experiences to raise money. of the rocky road to finding love.

RADIO

12.50 Tricked (R,HD). Robbie Savage is in for an expensive surprise. 1.45 The Vampire Diaries (R,HD). Damon asks Matt and Jeremy to keep Katherine out of sight. 2.30 Life’s Funniest Moments (R). 2.55 Teleshopping.

Home shopping. 5.55 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD).

12.00 Misfits (R,HD). Childhood memories return to haunt Abby.

1.10 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

1.40 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 2.05 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 2.25 Stephen Merchant: Hello Ladies (R). 3.15 Life Unexpected (R,HD). 3.55 Hollyoaks (R,HD).

Radio 1 7.00am Gemma Cairney 10.00 Matt Edmondson 1.00pm Huw Stephens 4.00 The Official Chart Show with Jameela Jamil 7.00 Dan & Phil 9.00 The Surgery with Aled & Dr Radha 10.00 Annie Mac Midnight BBC Introducing with Jen and Ally 2.00 Monki 4.00 Dev Radio 2 6.00am The Sunday Hour 7.00 Clare Balding 9.00 Steve Wright’s Sunday Love Songs 11.00 Weekend Wogan 1.00pm Elaine Paige on Sunday 3.00 Johnnie Walker’s Sounds of the 70s 5.00 Paul O’Grady 7.00 Sunday Night with Michael Ball 9.00 Clare Teal 11.00 Don Black Midnight Janice Long 2.00 Alex Lester

12.00 Road Wars (R,S). 12.30 Road Wars (R,S). 1.00 Caribbean Cops (R,S,HD). 2.00 Nothing to Declare (R,S). 2.30 Nothing to Declare (R,S). 3.00 Night Cops (R,S,HD). 4.00 Crash Test Dummies (R,S). 4.30 Film: Glee: The Concert Movie (S,HD) (2011). ●●●

Radio 3 7.00am Breakfast 9.00 News 9.03 Sunday Morning with Rob Cowan Noon Private Passions 1.00 News 1.02 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2.00 The Early Music Show 3.00 Choral Evensong 4.00 The Choir 5.00 Words and Music 6.15 Sunday Feature: Piano Tales – A Social History of the Piano 7.00 Radio 3 Live in Concert 9.00 Drama on 3: Faith Healer 11.00 BBC Philharmonic 12.30am Through the Night Radio 4 5.30am News Briefing 5.43 Bells on Sunday 5.45 Profile 6.00 News Headlines 6.05 Something Understood 6.35 Living World 6.57 Weather 7.00 News 7.07 Sunday Papers 7.10 Sunday 7.55 Radio 4

Appeal 7.57 Weather 8.00 News 8.07 Sunday Papers 8.10 Sunday Worship 8.50 A Point of View 8.58 Tweet of the Day 9.00 (FM) News Summary 9.15 The Archers 10.30 Ceremony of Remembrance from the Cenotaph 11.45 Some Corner of a Foreign Field Noon News 12.01 (LW) Shipping Forecast 12.04 The Museum of Curiosity 12.30 The Food Programme 12.57 Weather 1.00 The World This Weekend 1.30 Reflections 2.00 Gardeners’ Question Time 2.45 The Listening Project 3.00 Classic Serial: Sword of Honour – Unconditional Surrender 4.00 Open Book 4.30 The Echo Chamber 5.00 File on 4 5.40

12.20 The Office. Brent becomes a motivational speaker. 1.00 Knowing Me, Knowing You – With Alan Partridge. The host interviews two Hollywood prodigies. 1.35 The Comic Strip Presents: Didn’t You Kill My Brother? An ex-convict seeks revenge. 2.30 Nighty Night.

Profile 5.54 Shipping Forecast 5.57 Weather 6.00 Six O’Clock News 6.15 Pick of the Week 7.00 The Archers 7.15 My Teenage Diary. Julia Donaldson recalls her obsession with Mick Jagger. Last in the series. 7.45 A Flash of Fireflies. City Lovers. By Nadine Gordimer. Abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins. 8.00 Feedback 8.30 Last Word 9.00 Money Box 9.26 Radio 4 Appeal 9.30 Analysis 9.59 Weather 10.00 The Westminster Hour 11.00 The Film Programme 11.30 Something Understood Midnight News 12.15 Thinking Allowed 12.45 Bells on Sunday 12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 As BBC World Service

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12.00 Spanish Football (HD). Real Betis v Barcelona. 1.00 Football Special (HD). Highlights of three Premier League fixtures. 2.30 Champions League Weekly (HD).

A look back at matchday four. 3.00 Spanish Football (HD). 4.00 Football Special (HD). 5.30 Champions League Weekly (HD).

Radio 5 Live 5.00am Morning Reports 5.30 The Non League Football Show 6.00 Sunday Breakfast 9.00 SportsWeek 10.00 Pienaar’s Politics 11.00 5 Live Investigates 11.55 5 Live Sport Noon MOTD2 Extra 1.00 5 Live Sport 4.10 5 Live Sport 7.30 On the Money 8.30 The Road to Rio 10.00 Stephen Nolan 1.00am Up All Night Classic FM 6.00am More Music Breakfast 9.00 Aled Jones Noon Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen 3.00 Charlotte Green’s Culture Club 5.00 The Classic FM Chart 7.00 David Mellor 9.00 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Classical Music 10.00 Smooth Classics Midnight Bob Jones

BBC3 BBC3

7.00 Pop’s Greatest Dance Crazes (R,S).

7.10 Great TV Mistakes (R,S).

7.40 Armageddon (S) (1998). Sci-fi thriller, starring Bruce Willis. ●●● 10.00 Family Guy (S).

Stewie tries to save a recalled teddy bear.

10.25 The Revolution Will Be Televised (S).

New series.

Comedy sketch show. Dale Maily visits an EDL march.

10.55 Family Guy (R,S).

Bonnie and Lois visit Paris.

11.15 American Dad! (R,S).

11.40 American Dad! (R,S).

12.00 Sweat the Small Stuff (R,S). 12.30 The Revolution Will Be Televised (R,S). 1.00 Some Girls (R,S). 1.30 Unsafe Sex in the City (R,S). 2.30 Staying In with Greg and Russell (R,S). 3.00 Sweat the Small Stuff (R,S). 3.30 Some Girls (R,S).

BBC4 BBC4

7.00 Dreaming the Impossible: Unbuilt Britain (R). A look at revolutionary changes to Britain’s biggest cities. Last in the series.

8.00 The Review Show. Martha Kearney is joined

by Paul Morley, Bonnie Greer and Sarfraz Manzoor.

9.00 Requiem. John Bridcut explores the history of one of the oldest musical forms.

10.30 About Elly (2009). Premiere.

A teacher accompanies a pupil’s mother and her friends on holiday, leading to a crisis when she goes missing. Drama, with Golshifteh Farahani. ●●●● 12.25 Trad Jazz Britannia (R). 1.25 Later Presents – Elvis Costello in Concert (R). 2.25 Dreaming the Impossible: Unbuilt Britain (R).

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Monday television&radio Monday’s Television Guide TV PICKS

RIPPER STREET 9pm, BBC1

A female gang orchestrates a series of kidnappings in support of radical councillor Jane Cobden – and when they take Long Susan, Jackson works furiously to find her.

BBC1 BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.15 Neighbourhood Blues (S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 11.00 Saints and Scroungers (S,HD). 11.45 Escape to the Country (S). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD). 1.00 BBC News (S,HD). 1.30 Regional News (S). 1.45 Doctors (S,HD).

2.15 Moving On (S,HD). 3.00 Pressure Pad (S,HD). 3.45 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds (S,HD). 4.30 Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (S,HD).

FILM RATINGS ●●●●● Excellent ●●●● Very good ●●● Good ●● Average ● Poor

THE CHOIR: SING WHILE YOU WORK 9pm, BBC2

Gareth Malone forms a choir at Birmingham City Council. His search unearths a traffic warden, a social worker and a gardener with a talent for singing, but some choir members fear they may not have jobs at the end of the year when a round of government cuts is announced mid-rehearsals.

BBC2 BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.30 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 7.30 Saints and Scroungers (R,S,HD). 8.15 Sign Zone: Real Rescues (R,S). 9.00 Watchdog (R,S). 10.00 James Martin’s Food Map of Britain (R,S). 10.30 Click (R,S,HD). 10.55 BBC News (S,HD). 11.30 BBC World News (S,HD).

12.00 Daily Politics (S). 1.00 Rugby League World Cup (R,S). 1.45 Cash in the Attic (R,S). 2.30 Floyd on Britain and Ireland (R,S). 3.00 Cagney & Lacey (R,S,HD). 3.45 Are You Being Served?

(R,S). 4.15 ‘Allo ‘Allo! (R,S). 4.45 Fred Dibnah’s World of Steam, Steel and Stone (R,S). 5.15 Flog It! (R,S).

FRESH MEAT 10pm, Channel 4

EMMERDALE 7pm, ITV

Vod comes up with a plan to get rid of her holiday romance, JP tries to steal the girl Howard likes, and Kingsley dates both Heather and Josie, who is keen to return to Manchester.

ITV1 ITV

6.00 Daybreak (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S).

9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). 1.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

1.55 Regional News (S). 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover (S). 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD).

Features, music and conversation. 3.59 Regional Weather (S). 4.00 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars (R,S,HD). 5.00 The Paul O’Grady Show (S,HD).

The police let Amy off with a caution and she returns to the village, but when Diane tells her about the restraining order obtained by Joanie, she starts putting together a drastic plan to keep Kyle in her life. Meanwhile, Jai questions whether Priya is making the right decision ahead of her abortion.

Channel 44

6.00 The Treacle People (R,S). 6.10 The Hoobs (R,S). 7.00 According to Jim (R,S,HD).

7.30 Will & Grace (R,S). 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 9.00 Frasier (R,S).

10.00 Undercover Boss USA (R,S,HD). 11.00 Beat My Build (S,HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary (S). 12.05 Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures (R,S,HD). 12.25 Film: Carry On Dick (S) (1974). ●●● 2.10 Phil: Secret Agent Down Under (S,HD). 3.10 Countdown (S,HD).

4.00 Deal or No Deal (S,HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed (S,HD). 5.30 Come Dine with Me (S,HD).

Channel 55 Channel

6.00 Milkshake! 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 The Hotel Inspector (R,S).

12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD). 12.15 The Woman with 40 Cats – and Other Pet Hoarders (R,S,HD). 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD).

2.15 The Mentalist (R,S,HD). 3.10 Film: Remember Me (S) (1995). Psychological thriller, starring Kelly McGillis and Cotter Smith . ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

(R) repeat (S) subtitles (HD) highdefinition

7.00 News (S).

7.55 4thought.tv (S).

7.00 Construction Squad: Operation Homefront (S,HD).

The team builds a new home for a scout group in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Last in the series.

Followed by 5 News Update.

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7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). See Choices Above.

7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Roy struggles with his conscience in his effort to support Hayley.

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6.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD). 18/21.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Cindy, Lindsey and Mercedes work together to keep their grim secret hidden.

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The Gadget Show, 8pm 6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD).

Oscar is beaten by Ethan for contacting Zac. 6.30 NewsTalk Live (S,HD).

8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). David urges Ian to tell the truth about Max’s arrest.

8.30 The Great House Price Bubble? – Panorama (S,HD).

Adam Shaw goes in search of affordable homes for ordinary working families.

8.00 University Challenge (S,HD).

18/37. The second round continues.

8.30 MasterChef: The Professionals (S,HD). 5/24.

Eight more contenders enter the kitchen.

8.00 Tales from Northumberland with Robson Green (S,HD).

3/8. The actor swims with grey seals.

8.30 Coronation Street (S,HD).

Leanne accuses Peter of not paying enough attention to Simon.

8.00 Can You Trust Your Surgeon?: Channel 4 Dispatches (S). A surgeon accused of performing inadequate operations on breast-cancer patients.

8.30 Health Freaks (S). 4/6.

8.00 The Gadget Show (S,HD).

Jason Bradbury and Rachel Riley try to build their own amphibious bicycle and Helen Skelton tests three road bikes out on the Tour of Britain route in the Lake District. Followed by 5 News at 9.

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Health Freaks, 8.30pm

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

9.00 Ripper Street (S,HD). 3/8.

See Choices Above.

9.00 The Choir: Sing While You Work (S,HD). 2/8. See Choices Above.

9.00 A Mother’s Son (R,S,HD). 2/2.

Conclusion. Rosie’s distress affects her family life, while David fears their son Jamie may have fallen under the influence of a violent dropout.

Drama, starring Hermione Norris.

9.00 999: What’s Your Emergency? (S,HD). 6/6.

Ambulance crews are called out to pregnant women in need of assistance, while call handlers give worried partners advice during the labour. Last in the series.

9.00 Got Thin – Got Fat Again!

(S,HD). See Choices Above.

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The Paul O’Grady Show, 5pm

6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 95/140. Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine.

6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). Zoe Ball chats to the latest couple to be eliminated.

7.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 6/20. Tim Brooke-Taylor competes against Graeme Garden.

7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Hosted

by Alex Jones and Matt Baker.

7.30 Caught Red Handed (R,S,HD).

Police set up a decoy flat. Last in the series. Followed by BBC News; Regional News.

10.00 BBC News (S,HD).

10.25 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.35 Have I Got a Bit More News for You (S,HD). 6/11. Alexander Armstrong hosts, with Godfrey Bloom and Victoria Coren Mitchell.

10.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks (S,HD). 8/13. Michael Bolton hosts, with Carol Vorderman, Shane Filan, Seann Walsh and Diana Vickers.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Followed

by Weather.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S).

10.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.35 The Agenda (S,HD). 6/10. ITV’s political editor Tom Bradby presents a discussion on the week’s main talking points, with guests from the worlds of politics and popular culture.

10.00 Fresh Meat (S,HD). 2/8.

See Choices Above.

10.50 Cardinal Burns (S,HD). 2/6.

Ordinary people learn how to be rock stars, Banksy accidentally gets his stepson arrested, and London taxi driver Phil shares stories about Johnny Depp.

11.20 Citizen Khan (R,S,HD). 6/6. Mr Khan is eager to appear in a video for the mosque. Last in the series.

11.50 The Graham Norton Show (R,S,HD). 5/20.

11.20 Rugby League World Cup (S).

Highlights of France v Samoa.

11.50 Africa 2013: Countdown to the Rains (R,S,HD). 2/3. Lions and wild dogs compete for territory.

11.10 Animal Heroes (R,S). 1/3.

Behind the scenes at the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, responsible for the welfare and training of animals working in the British armed forces.

11.20 Man Down (R,S,HD). 1/6.

Another chance to see the first episode of the comedy.

11.55 Rory Peck Awards 2013 (S).

New series. Film-maker Olly Lambert talks about his work in Syria.

12.35 Weatherview (S). 12.40 BBC News (S,HD).

12.50 Sign Zone: Film 2013 (R,S). Reviews of Gravity, and Seduced and Abandoned.

1.20 Sign Zone: The Culture Show: A Night at the London Film Festival (R,S).

Real-life stories that have inspired movies and documentaries showing at the event.

1.50 Sign Zone: The Wipers Times (R,S).

3.20 This Is BBC Two (S). 4.00 BBC Learning Zone: D-Day

12.05 Jackpot247 Viewers get the chance to participate in live interactive gaming from the comfort of their sofas, with a mix of roulette-wheel spins and lively chat from the presenting team. 3.00 Champions League Weekly (S,HD). A look back at the matchday four fixtures. 3.25 ITV Nightscreen (HD). 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD).

12.00 The Shooting Gallery (S). 12.30 Film: Bedazzled (S,HD) (2000). See Choices Above. ●●● 2.10 Nashville (S,HD). 2.50 SuperScrimpers’ Challenge (R,S,HD).

3.45 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 4.40 Countdown (R,S,HD). 5.20 Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard (R,S,HD). 5.50 River Cottage Bites (R,S,HD).

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Never Mind the Buzzcocks, 10pm

6.00 BBC News (S,HD); Weather.

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10.00 Under the Dome (S,HD). 13/13.

See Choices Above.

10.55 Out for Justice (S,HD) (1991).

A tough Brooklyn detective sets out on a one-man quest to avenge the murder of his partner by a vicious drug dealer. Action thriller, starring Steven Seagal, William Forsythe, Jerry Orbach, Jo Champa, Sal Richards, Gina Gershon, Jay Acovone and John Toles-Bey. See Choices Above. ●●

12.40 True Crimes: The First 72 Hours (R,S). Two people become the latest victims of a conman. 1.05 SuperCasino Live interactive gaming. 3.05 Wife Slayer: Countdown to Murder (R,S,HD). 3.50 HouseBusters (R,S). 4.20 House Doctor (R,S). 4.45 Great Artists (R,S). 5.10 Michaela’s Wild Challenge (R,S). 5.35 Wildlife SOS (R,S).

GOT THIN – GOT FAT AGAIN! 9pm, Channel 5

UNDER THE DOME 10pm, Channel 5

The stories of people who cannot maintain their new weight after dieting and pile the pounds back on, including the struggles of former Big Brother winner Josie Gibson.

ITV2 ITV2 6.00 Emmerdale (R,HD). 6.25 Coronation Street (R,HD). 7.25 Up All Night (R,HD). 7.50 Ben and Kate (R,HD).

8.10 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 8.40 Dinner Date (R,HD). 9.40 The Real Housewives of New York City (R,HD).

10.35 The Real Housewives of Orange County (R,HD). 11.30 Big Rich Texas (R,HD). 12.30 Emmerdale (R,HD). 1.00 Coronation Street (R,HD). 2.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,HD). 4.10 The Real Housewives of Orange County (R,HD). 5.05 Big Rich Texas (R,HD).

The monarch butterfly hatches and makes black splotches on the mini-dome with its wings – turning the larger one correspondingly black until Chester’s Mill is plunged into total darkness. Meanwhile, Big Jim orders the erection of a scaffold after Barbie is sprung from jail.

E4 E4 6.00 Switched (R). 6.25 90210 (R,HD). 7.10 Ugly Betty (R,HD). 8.00 Charmed (R). 9.00 Glee 10.00 New Girl (R,HD). 10.30 Suburgatory (R,HD). 11.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 11.30 Charmed (R). 12.30 Hollyoaks (R,HD). 1.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 2.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 3.00 New Girl (R,HD). 3.30 Suburgatory (R,HD).

4.00 Rules of Engagement 5.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

Sky1 Sky1 6.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 6.30 Futurama (R,S,HD). 7.00 The Middle (R,S,HD). 8.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 9.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 2.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 3.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 4.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 5.00 The Middle (R,S,HD). 5.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

FILM PICKS

Monday television&radio BEDAZZLED 12.30am, Channel 4

OUT FOR JUSTICE 10.55pm, Channel 5

Fantasy comedy remake, with Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley, Frances O’Connor, Miriam Shor, Orlando Jones, Paul Adelstein and Toby Huss.

Gold GOLD 6.00 2point4 Children 6.30 The Brittas Empire 7.10 2point4 Children 7.50 The Brittas Empire 8.30 Summer Wine 9.50 Keeping Up Appearances 11.10 Porridge 11.50 The Return of the Borrowers 12.30 ‘Allo ‘Allo! 1.05 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 2.05 As Time Goes By 2.45 Jeeves and Wooster 3.55 Summer Wine 5.15 One Foot in the Grave

A tough Brooklyn detective sets out on a one-man quest to avenge the murder of his partner by a vicious drug dealer. Thriller, starring Steven Seagal.

SkySports1 Sky Sports 1 6.30 Football Gold (S). 6.45 Football Gold (S). Newcastle United v Manchester United from 1996/97. 7.00 Darts (HD). The Grand Slam of Darts. 11.00 FL72 Highlights (HD). Reading v Queens Park Rangers. 11.30 Football Special (HD). 1.00 Darts (HD). The Grand Slam of Darts. 5.00 Soccer AM: The Best Bits (HD). Highlights of Saturday’s show.

Peter Andre: My Life, 9pm

Made in Chelsea, 10pm

Arrow, 8pm

Not Going Out, 9pm

Live Darts, 7pm

6.00 Dinner Date (R,HD).

Camelia from Surrey chooses three blind dates. Narrated by Charlotte Hudson.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). The gang celebrates Halloween.

6.00 Yonderland (R,S,HD).

6.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

Mr Burns replaces the power plant employees with robots.

6.00 Harry Hill’s TV Burp.

6.30 Harry Hill’s TV Burp.

Comic view of television.

6.00 FL72 Review. A roundup of recent matches, featuring all the goals from League One and League Two.

7.00 You’ve Been Framed!

(R).

7.30 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). Camcorder clips, including dancing disasters.

7.00 Hollyoaks (HD).

Freddie discovers the truth about Browning’s fate.

7.30 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S).

Homer meets Mel Gibson.

7.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

Homer tries to smuggle drugs into the country.

7.00 ‘Allo ‘Allo! With the British airmen finally out of his cafe, Rene encounters a new problem when Yvette reveals she is pregnant.

8.00 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). Harry Hill comedy capers include a group of workmen messing about.

8.00 New Girl (R,HD). The gang attends a dating convention.

8.30 New Girl (R,HD). The room-mates fight over a parking spot.

8.00 Arrow (S,HD). Oliver and the Canary are attacked by a trained killer from the League of Assassins, and Donner presents Moira with an ultimatum.

8.00 The Two Ronnies Sketchbook. Messrs Corbett and Barker reminisce about sketches including Garlic Breath Party and Swedish Made Simple. Alison Moyet guests.

9.00 Strike Back: Shadow Warfare (S,HD). The team discovers former SAS soldier James Leatherby (guest star Dougray Scott) has joined the enemy, and Dalton’s mistrust of Kamali places Section 20’s mission in jeopardy.

9.00 Not Going Out. Guy’s constant presence in the flat angers Lee. 9.40 Not Going Out. Lucy worries about the age gap between her and Guy when he turns up with his grandson.

10.00 The Fast and the 10.00 Made in Chelsea.

Furious: Tokyo Drift Jamie sulks after falling (HD) (2006). An out with Spencer and American teenager learning that Phoebe living in Japan gets has a boyfriend, while involved in illegal street Stevie does his best to racing, but ends up woo Tiff. owing money to the Yakuza. Action adventure, starring Lucas Black, Bow Wow, Nathalie Kelley, Brian 11.10 Drifters (R,HD). Meg is Tee, Kang Sung, offered an internship.

Leonardo Nam, Brian 11.40 2 Broke Girls (R,HD).

Goodman and Sonny The business is boosted Chiba. Including FYI by a rumour involving a Daily. ●● rock star.

10.00 Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life (R,S,HD). Karl aims to bag himself a vocation, meeting an 85-year-old inventor in Japan and a self-made millionaire in South Africa, before taking part in a fashion show in Los Angeles.

10.20 Outnumbered. A hungover Pete comes up against a rising tide of superstition, astrology and conspiracy theories, while Ben shows a couple of prospective buyers around the house. Comedy, starring Hugh Dennis.

12.10 The Only Way Is Essex (R,HD). Reality programme following a group of people in Essex, with each episode filmed just a few days before transmission.

12.55 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now: Hall of Fame (R). 1.45 The Vampire Diaries (R,HD). 2.30 Teleshopping.

12.00 Spartacus: Vengeance (R,S,HD). The gladiator’s leadership skills are tested. 1.15 Cop Squad (R,S,HD). 2.10 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 3.05 Cop Squad (R,S,HD).

4.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 4.30 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 5.00 Airline (R,S).

5.30 Airline (R,S).

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9.00 Peter Andre: My Life 9.00 Rude Tube: Heroes and (HD). A nervous Emily Villains (R). Alex Zane makes her first public showcases internet appearance with her videos featuring battles baby bump, while Pete between good and evil, stocks up on products for as people are pitched their future arrival. against their sofas, and a monkey declares war on a car.

12.10 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 1.00 Suburgatory (R,HD).

1.30 Happy Endings (R,HD). 2.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD).

2.25 Rude Tube: Heroes and Villains (R). 3.15 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 3.35 Glee (R,HD).

4.20 Life Unexpected (R,HD).

5.00 Ugly Betty (R,HD).

Radio 1 6.30am The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw 10.00 Fearne Cotton 12.45pm Newsbeat 1.00 Scott Mills 4.00 Greg James 7.00 Zane Lowe 9.00 Radio 1’s Stories: Jake Bugg 10.00 Phil Taggart and Alice Levine Midnight Rock Show with Daniel P Carter 2.00 B.Traits Radio 2 5.00am Vanessa Feltz 6.30 Chris Evans 9.30 Ken Bruce Noon Jeremy Vine 2.00 Steve Wright in the Afternoon 5.00 Simon Mayo 7.00 Paul Jones 8.00 Jo Whiley. Including reviews of new albums by Eminem and Midlake.

10.00 Cerys Matthews and the Women of Country 11.00 Jools Holland Midnight Janice Long

7.00 Live Darts (HD). The Grand Slam of Darts.

Coverage of the third day of action from Wolverhampton Civic Hall, as the group matches continue. Last year’s tournament resulted in an all-Dutch final, as Raymond van Barneveld and Michael van Gerwen made it through, with Barney edging a thrilling encounter 16-14 to win the title for the first time.

BBC3 BBC3

7.00 World’s Craziest Fools (R,S).

Internet clips and home video footage.

7.30 Live Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals (S). The final of the season-ending competition from the O2 in London.

10.30 EastEnders (R,S).

David urges Ian to tell the truth about Max’s arrest.

11.00 Family Guy (R,S).

Peter decides to become a member of the paparazzi.

11.25 Family Guy (R,S).

Lois encourages Brian to submit a script for a TV pilot.

11.45 American Dad! (S).

12.10 American Dad! (R,S).

12.30 The Revolution Will Be Televised (R,S). 1.00 Staying In with Greg and Russell (R,S). 1.30 Hotel of Mum and Dad (R,S). 2.30 Sweat the Small Stuff (R,S). 3.00 Unsafe Sex in the City (R,S).

BBC4 BBC4

7.00 World News Today; Weather.

7.30 Great British Railway Journeys (R).

8.00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

(R). The boys go fishing.

8.30 Only Connect Special – Children in Need.

9.00 Climbing Everest with a Mountain on My Back: The Sherpa’s Story (R).

10.00 Storyville: Hotel Folly: Folie a Deux.

11.25 Speeches That Shook the World (R).

12.25 Martin Luther King and the March on Washington (R). 1.25 Only Connect Special – Children in Need (R). 1.55 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (R). 2.25 Great British Railway Journeys (R). 2.55 Climbing Everest with a Mountain on My Back: The Sherpa’s Story (R).

11.00 Harry Hill’s TV Burp.

11.00 A League of Their 11.00 FL72 Review. A roundThe quirky comic takes a Own: Best Bits up of recent matches. surreal look at television, (R,S,HD). Out-takes from subjecting soap sagas series seven of the and celebrities to his comedy quiz. unique brand of scrutiny.

11.30 Harry Hill’s TV Burp.

Radio 3 6.30am Breakfast 9.00 Essential Classics Noon Composer of the Week: Bill Evans 1.00 News 1.02 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2.00 Afternoon on 3 4.30 In Tune 6.15 Composer of the Week: Bill Evans. The life and music of the American jazz pianist and composer. 7.15 Opera on 3: Fidelio 10.00 Free Thinking 10.45 The Essay: The Existential Me. Five people working in different disciplines talk about existentialism. 11.00 Jazz on 3 12.30am Through the Night Radio 4 5.30am News Briefing 5.43 Prayer for the Day 5.45 Farming Today 5.58 Tweet of the Day 6.00 Today 9.00 Start the Week 9.45 (LW) Daily

Service 9.45 (FM) Book of the Week: The Letters of John F Kennedy 10.00 Woman’s Hour 11.00 Armistice Day Silence 11.04 Fan Power 11.30 Ed Reardon’s Week Noon News 12.01 (LW) Shipping Forecast 12.04 You and Yours 12.57 Weather 1.00 The World at One 1.45 London v Paris 2.00 The Archers 2.15 Afternoon Drama: The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. Written and dramatised by Alexander McCall Smith. 3.00 Round Britain Quiz 3.30 The Food Programme 4.00 A Poem for Matisse 4.30 The Digital Human. How technology can allow people to explore their passions. Last in the series. 5.00 PM 5.54 (LW) Shipping Forecast

12.00 Men Behaving Badly Tony sneaks into Deborah’s flat while she is out, and cannot resist a peek in her underwear drawer. 12.40 Not Going Out 1.15 Not Going Out 1.45 Men Behaving Badly 2.15 Just Good Friends Vince rescues Penny from a boring date. 2.45 Cr*pston Villas 5.57 Weather 6.00 Six O’Clock News 6.30 I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue. New series. From the Playhouse Theatre in Weston-super-Mare. 7.00 The Archers 7.15 Front Row 7.45 Children in Need – Holding on to You. New series. By DL Weller. 8.00 Steve Richards Stands Up for Politics 8.30 Analysis 9.00 Shared Planet 9.30 Start the Week 9.59 Weather 10.00 The World Tonight 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Lowland 11.00 Mastertapes 11.30 Today in Parliament Midnight News and Weather 12.30 Book of the Week: The Letters of John F Kennedy 12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 As BBC World Service 5.20 Shipping Forecast

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12.00 SPFL Round-Up (HD). A review of the latest round of fixtures from the Scottish top flight.

12.30 Soccer AM: The Best Bits (HD). Highlights of Saturday’s show.

1.30 Darts (HD). The Grand Slam of Darts. 5.30 SPFL Round-Up (HD). A review of the latest round of fixtures from the Scottish top flight.

Radio 5 Live 5.00am Morning Reports 5.30 Wake Up to Money 6.00 5 Live Breakfast 10.00 The Road to Rio Noon Shelagh Fogarty 2.00 Richard Bacon 4.00 5 Live Drive 7.00 5 Live Sport: The Monday Night Club. Football debate with Mark Chapman. 9.00 5 Live Sport: 5 Live Tennis. Commentary on the closing stages of the final at the ATP World Tour Finals. 10.30 Phil Williams 1.00am Up All Night Classic FM 6.00am More Music Breakfast 9.00 John Suchet 1.00pm Jamie Crick 5.00 Classic FM Drive. With John Brunning. 8.00 The Full Works Concert 10.00 Smooth Classics 2.00am Nick Bailey

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Tuesday television&radio Tuesday’s Television Guide TV PICKS

THE ESCAPE ARTIST 9pm, BBC1

Will and Maggie go to great lengths to win the case, finding themselves ever closer to the cunning and dangerous Liam Foyle.

With Sophie Okonedo and Toby Kebbell.

BBC1 BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.15 Neighbourhood Blues (S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (S,HD). 11.00 Saints and Scroungers (S,HD). 11.45 Escape to the Country (S). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (S,HD). 1.00 BBC News (S,HD). 1.30 Regional News (S). 1.45 Doctors (S,HD).

2.15 Moving On (S,HD). 3.00 Pressure Pad (S,HD). 3.45 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds (S,HD). 4.30 Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (S,HD).

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HEBBURN 10pm, BBC2

The return of Jason Cook’s comedy about a Tyneside family. The Pearsons deal with the aftermath of dad Joe’s stroke, with mum Pauline going back to work as an estate agent.

Son Jack and his partner Sarah have a baby on the way and need to find a place to live.

Starring Jim Moir and Gina McKee.

BBC2 BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.35 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 7.35 Saints and Scroungers (R,S,HD). 8.20 Sign Zone: Real Rescues (R,S). 9.05 Antiques Roadshow (R,S). 10.05 James Martin’s Food Map of Britain (R,S). 10.35 HARDtalk (R,S,HD). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD). 11.30 BBC World News (S,HD). 12.00 Daily Politics (S). 1.00 Rugby League World Cup (R,S). 1.30 Coast (R,S,HD). 2.30 Floyd on Britain and Ireland (R,S).

3.00 Cagney & Lacey (R,S,HD). 3.45 Are You Being Served? (R,S). 4.15 ‘Allo ‘Allo! (R,S). 4.45 Fred Dibnah’s World of Steam, Steel and Stone (R,S). 5.15 Flog It! (R,S).

STRANGE DAYS: COLD WAR BRITAIN 9pm, BBC2

MARTIN LEWIS MONEY SHOW – THE TWELVE SAVES OF CHRISTMAS 8pm, ITV

Dominic Sandbrook charts the effect on the UK of the global superpower stand-off, beginning by looking at the impact it had on culture, politics and society.

ITV1 ITV

6.00 Daybreak (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S).

9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). 1.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

1.55 Regional News (S). 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover (S). 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD).

Features, music and conversation. 3.59 Regional Weather (S). 4.00 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars (R,S,HD). 5.00 The Paul O’Grady Show (S,HD).

Martin Lewis and Saira Khan present tips on how to make money go further during the festive period. Justin Welby advices on how to enjoy a Christmas free of financial worries and Martin offers his predictions for when the major retailers will start slashing prices.

Channel 44

6.00 The Treacle People 6.10 The Hoobs (R,S). 7.05 According to Jim (R,S,HD). 7.30 Will & Grace (R,S). 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 8.55 Frasier (R,S). 10.00 Undercover Boss USA (R,S). 11.00 Beat My Build (S,HD). 12.00 News Summary (S). 12.05 River Cottage Bites (R,S,HD). 12.15 Film: Sea of Sand (S) (1958). ●● 2.10 Phil: Secret Agent Down Under (S,HD). 3.10 Countdown (S,HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (S,HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed (S,HD). 5.30 Come Dine with Me (S,HD).

Channel 55 Channel

6.00 Milkshake! 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 The Hotel Inspector (R,S).

12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD). 12.15 Ben Fogle’s Animal Clinic (R,S,HD). 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S). 3.15 Film: Mystery Woman: In the Shadows (S) (2007).

Whodunit, starring Kellie Martin, Malachi Throne and Nina Siemaszko. ●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

Strictly Come Dancing … 6.30pm

Emmerdale, 7pm

Masters of Sex, 10pm

Cowboy Builders, 8pm

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6.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD). 19/21.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Freddie discovers the truth about Browning’s fate.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Zac tries to rescue Oscar and Evelyn from the lodge.

6.30 NewsTalk Live (S,HD).

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7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Live chat and topical reports.

7.30 EastEnders (S,HD). Carl piles the pressure on Ian as the day of Max’s trial arrives. Followed

by BBC News; Regional News.

6.00 Eggheads (R,S).

6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). Zoe Ball is joined by the couple who narrowly avoided elimination on Sunday.

7.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 7/20. Cold Feet co-stars Hermione Norris and John Thomson compete.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD).

7.30 Aussie Animal Island (S,HD).

4/6. The Tasmanian devils struggle to cope with the hot weather.

7.00 News (S).

7.55 4thought.tv (S). Changing attitudes toward disability since the economic crisis.

7.00 Jungle Babies: Tarsier Tails (S,HD). 6/25. Ardhi has an encounter with a tokay gecko.

7.30 The Dog Rescuers (S,HD).

Followed by 5 News Update.

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Holby City, 8pm

8.00 Holby City (S,HD). 5/52.

Chantelle confronts her attacker just as her relationship with Arthur takes another turn.

Mo faces some bitter home truths when her online boyfriend is admitted with chest pains.

8.00 MasterChef: The Professionals (S,HD). 6/24.

Four of the eight chefs from yesterday’s heat return to face a skills test in which they must each skin a whole Dover sole and cook a portion on the bone in 12 minutes.

8.00 Martin Lewis Money Show – The Twelve Saves of Christmas (S,HD). See Choices Above.

8.00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners (S). 3/8. A man who spends two hours a day cleaning his hob helps a Guildford upholsterer tackle years of clutter, while a cleaningobsessed mum meets a pair of untidy brothers in Coventry.

8.00 Cowboy Builders (S,HD).

Dominic Littlewood and Melinda Messenger revisit a property in Mitcham, southwest London. Followed by 5 News at 9.

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9.00 The Escape Artist (S,HD). 3/3.

See Choices Above.

9.00 Strange Days: Cold War Britain (S,HD). 1/3. See Choices Above.

9.00 Missing Without Trace (S,HD). See Choices Above.

9.00 The Sound of Musicals (S).

1/4. New series. Behind the scenes in London’s West End, beginning with a look at Sam Mendes’ reimagining of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and how to bring a classic tale to life.

9.00 The Mentalist (S,HD). 3/22.

Jane investigates the killing of a wedding guest in Napa Valley, giving him the chance to scrutinise Sheriff McAllister, who is one of the men he believes may be Red John.

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10.00 BBC News (S,HD).

10.25 Regional News (S). Followed

by National Lottery Update.

10.35 Imagine – Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy (S,HD). 3/7. Alan Yentob presents Michael Kantor’s documentary exploring why post-war New York musical theatre has proved to be such a fertile territory for Jewish songwriters and performers.

10.00 Hebburn (S). 1/6. See Choices Above.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Followed

by Weather.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S).

10.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.35 Exposure: Old Soldiers, New Guard (S,HD). 6/8. Current affairs documentaries shedding light on social, political and economic issues.

10.00 Masters of Sex (S,HD). 6/12.

Libby and Masters travel to Miami for a rest following her miscarriage, but the doctor is drawn back into his work by the sexually adventurous couple next door. Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan star.

10.00 Castle (S,HD). 7/24. See Choices Above.

11.20 The Choir: Sing While You Work (R,S,HD). 2/8. Gareth Malone forms a choir at Birmingham City Council, where a traffic warden, a social worker and a gardener all display a talent for singing.

11.30 River Monsters (R,S). 6/7.

Biologist and extreme angler Jeremy Wade investigates reports of attacks by sharks in fresh water, including one that resulted in a man’s death.

11.10 8 Out of 10 Cats Uncut (S,HD). 6/9. An extended edition, with guests including Abbey Clancy.

11.55 Rory Peck Awards 2013 (S).

Film-maker Ben Anderson on his work in Afghanistan.

11.00 Body of Proof (R,S,HD). 7/9.

Megan investigates the murder of a stay-at-home dad.

11.55 Wife Slayer: Countdown to Murder (R,S,HD). 5/6.

12.05 Film: Cabaret (S) (1972). See Choices Above. ●●●●● 2.05 Weatherview (S).

2.10 BBC News (S,HD).

12.20 Sign Zone: Stephen Fry: Out There (R,S). Part one of two. The broadcaster travels to various parts of the world to learn about the lives of gay people, beginning by talking to Elton John and David Furnish. 1.20 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes from BBC Two. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone

12.30 Jackpot247 Viewers get the chance to participate in live interactive gaming from the comfort of their sofas, with a mix of roulette-wheel spins and lively chat from the presenting team. 3.00 Loose Women (R,HD). With singer James Blunt. 3.50 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD).

12.00 Poker (S). Action from the Pokerstars.com & Monte Carlo Casino Grand Final. 1.00 KOTV Boxing Weekly (S). Arash Usmanee v Argenis Mendez. 1.30 Volleyball (S). 2.25 Polar Bear: Inside Nature’s Giants Special (R,S,HD). 3.35 SuperScrimpers’ Challenge (R,S,HD).

4.30 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 5.25 Countdown (R,S,HD).

12.50 SuperCasino Viewers get the chance to take part in live interactive gaming, with a mix of roulette-wheel spins and lively chat from the presenting team.

3.05 Too Fat to Fly (R,S,HD). 3.55 HouseBusters (R,S). 4.20 House Doctor (R,S). 4.45 Great Artists (R,S). 5.10 Michaela’s Wild Challenge (R,S). 5.35 Wildlife SOS (R,S).

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CASTLE 10pm, Channel 5

Beckett and Castle investigate the death of a stripper at a hen party and discover one of his rivals was upset that the victim had been made the headline act at a strip club. Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic star.

ITV2 ITV2 6.00 Emmerdale (R,HD). 6.25 Coronation Street (R,HD). 7.25 Up All Night (R,HD). 7.50 Ben and Kate (R,HD).

8.10 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 8.40 Dinner Date (R,HD). 9.40 The Real Housewives of New York City (R,HD).

10.35 The Real Housewives of Orange County (R,HD). 11.30 Big Rich Texas (R,HD). 12.30 Emmerdale (R,HD). 1.00 Coronation Street (R,HD). 2.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R). 4.10 The Real Housewives of Orange County (R,HD).

5.05 Big Rich Texas (R,HD).

MISSING WITHOUT TRACE 9pm, ITV

Last year, more than 250,000 people disappeared across the UK, often leaving distraught relatives who are desperate for answers. In this one-off programme, Natasha Kaplinsky and Mark Williams-Thomas set out to reunite two families with their missing loved ones.

E4 E4 6.00 Switched (R). 6.25 90210 (R,HD). 7.10 Ugly Betty (R,HD). 8.00 Charmed (R). 9.00 Glee 10.00 New Girl (R,HD). 10.30 Suburgatory (R,HD). 11.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 11.30 Charmed (R). 12.30 Hollyoaks (R,HD). 1.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 2.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).3.00 New Girl (R,HD). 3.30 Suburgatory (R,HD).

4.00 Rules of Engagement 5.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

Sky1 Sky1 6.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 6.30 Futurama (R,S,HD). 7.00 The Middle (R,S,HD). 7.30 The Middle (R,S,HD). 8.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 9.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 2.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 3.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 4.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 5.00 Futurama (R,S). 5.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

FILM PICKS

Tuesday television&radio IN THE LOOP 11pm, BBC4

CABARET 12.05am, BBC1

A witless government minister gets out of his depth in international politics after suggesting a war is imminent.

Satirical comedy, starring Peter Capaldi.

Gold GOLD 6.00 2point4 Children 6.30 The Brittas Empire 7.10 2point4 Children 7.50 The Brittas Empire 8.35 ‘Allo ‘Allo! 9.15 As Time Goes By 9.55 Summer Wine 11.15 One Foot in the Grave 12.00 Green Green Grass 12.40 ‘Allo ‘Allo! 1.20 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 2.20 As Time Goes By 3.00 Only Fools and Horses 3.40 Summer Wine 5.00 ‘Allo ‘Allo!

Oscar-winning musical directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse, starring Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Michael York and Helmut Griem.

SkySports1 Sky Sports 1 6.30 Football Gold (S). 6.45 Football Gold (S). 7.00 Darts (HD). 11.00 SPFL Round-Up (HD).

11.30 FL72 Review. 12.30 Football Gold (HD). Leeds United v Liverpool from 2000/01. 12.45 Football Gold (S). Liverpool v Manchester United from 1999. 1.00 Darts (HD). The Grand Slam of Darts. 5.00 Football. Action from recent matches.

Celebrity Juice, 10pm

The IT Crowd, 10pm

All Aboard: East … 8pm

Miranda, 9.40pm

Live Darts, 7pm

6.00 Dinner Date (R,HD).

David from Gloucestershire chooses three blind dates.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.00 Yonderland (R,S,HD).

6.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

Marge’s driving habits come under scrutiny.

6.00 Harry Hill’s TV Burp.

6.30 Harry Hill’s Christmas TV Burp. The comic casts his eye over the festive TV offerings.

6.00 Revista De La Liga (HD). Scott Minto presents highlights of the latest La Liga matches in Spain.

7.00 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). Featuring beach blunders.

7.30 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). A man takes on a big spider.

7.00 Hollyoaks (HD).

Phoebe asks her mother for consent to marry Vincent.

7.30 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S).

Marge loses all memory of Homer.

7.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

Grampa inherits $100,000.

7.00 You, Me & Them.

7.40 Outnumbered. Ben shows prospective buyers around the house.

8.00 Peter Andre: My Life (R,HD). A nervous Emily makes her first public appearance with her baby bump, while Pete stocks up on products for their future arrival.

8.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). The gang reminisces about The Captain.

8.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Leonard and Sheldon go through an adjustment period.

8.00 All Aboard: East Coast Trains (S,HD). New series. Documentary exploring the work of East Coast rail employees.

8.20 Only Fools and Horses.

The Trotters agree to dog-sit while Boycie and Marlene go on holiday, little suspecting what lies ahead. Comedy, starring David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst.

9.00 The Vampire Diaries (HD). Elena and Katherine both dream that Stefan desperately needs their help, so they convince Damon to help find him, but their plan is halted by the arrival of a woman named Tessa.

9.00 Rules of Engagement (HD). Jeff tries to make last-minute reservations at a restaurant.

9.30 Happy Endings (HD).

Jane is tasked with planning a wedding for her fussy sister Brooke.

Last in the series.

9.00 Revolution (R,S,HD).

Rachel makes a costly discovery after Willoughby is placed on lockdown. Neville manipulates a pair of Patriot power brokers and Aaron experiences a breakthrough.

9.00 Only Fools and Horses.

Del sets Rodney up on a date.

9.40 Miranda. In a bid to make the most of being young, free and single, Miranda spontaneously books herself into a hotel across the road.

7.00 Live Darts (HD). The Grand Slam of Darts.

Coverage of day four at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, featuring the concluding eight matches from the group stage. The top two players in each of the eight groups will progress to the last 16, which is something that Wes Newton, Andy Hamilton, Mervyn King and Michael van Gerwen all managed without losing a match last year.

10.20 Mrs Brown’s Boys.

Agnes ends up at the wrong venue after trying to gatecrash Maria’s hen party. She then tries to impress the bride-to-be’s mother during a dinner date, but the evening ends in chaos.

11.00 The Big Bang Theory 11.50 Deep Blue Sea (HD) (R,HD). Penny and (1999). Thriller, starring Bernadette shop for Saffron Burrows, Samuel bridesmaid dresses L Jackson, Stellan without Amy. Skarsgard, LL Cool J, Thomas Jane, Jacqueline 11.30 The Big Bang Theory McKenzie and Michael (R,HD).

Rapaport. ●●●

11.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). Callen, Sam, Kensi and Deeks work undercover on a case involving the deaths of multiple operatives killed during a raid on a drug lord’s home.

11.00 Harry Hill’s TV Burp.

11.00 Revista De La Liga Comic view of television.

(HD). Scott Minto 11.30 Harry Hill’s Christmas presents highlights of TV Burp. The comic casts the latest La Liga his eye over the festive matches in Spain.

TV offerings.

1.45 The Vampire Diaries (R,HD). 12.00 Misfits (R,HD). Childhood 2.30 Teleshopping Buying goods memories return to haunt Abby. from the comfort of home.

1.05 The Cleveland Show (R,HD).

1.35 2 Broke Girls (R,HD). 2.05 The IT Crowd (R). 2.30 The IT Crowd (R). 2.55 Bob’s Burgers (R,HD). 3.15 Life Unexpected (R,HD). 4.00 Glee (R,HD). 4.40 Ugly Betty (R,HD).

12.00 Road Wars (R,S,HD). Police officers engage in a high-speed pursuit. 1.00 Cop Squad (R,S,HD).

2.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 3.00 Cop Squad (R,S,HD). 4.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). Tracking fugitives. 4.30 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 5.00 Airline (R,S).

5.30 Airline (R,S,HD).

12.00 Men Behaving Badly Gary suspects Dorothy is having an affair.

12.40 Men Behaving Badly Gary tries to ruin Dorothy’s new relationship. 1.15 Rev Adam becomes an accidental hero. 1.45 Men Behaving Badly 2.15 Men Behaving Badly 2.45 Cr*pston Villas.

RADIO

10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles 10.00 Celebrity Juice (R,HD). 10.00 The IT Crowd (R). Jen (R,S,HD). Callen goes acquires an admirer.

10.50 Tricked (R,HD). Former undercover to infiltrate footballer Robbie 10.30 The IT Crowd (R). The a network of Chechen Savage is in for an group ponders what terrorists, posing as a expensive surprise when could lie behind the foreign fighter who magician Ben Hanlin department’s mysterious wants to help them messes with his red door. The Mighty orchestrate their next £150,000 supercar, and Boosh’s Noel Fielding attack. Chris O’Donnell Amy Childs has a shock. guest stars. and Daneila Ruah star.

Radio 1 6.30am The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw 10.00 Fearne Cotton 12.45pm Newsbeat 1.00 Scott Mills 4.00 Greg James 7.00 Zane Lowe 9.00 The Review Show with Edith Bowman 10.00 Phil Taggart and Alice Levine Midnight Punk Show with Mike Davies 2.00 Nihal 4.00 Dev Radio 2 9.30am Ken Bruce Noon Jeremy Vine 2.00 Steve Wright in the Afternoon 5.00 Simon Mayo 7.00 Jamie Cullum. With a session by Sons of Kemet. 8.00 Jo Whiley 10.00 Annie Lennox at the BBC 11.00 Mark Radcliffe’s Music Club Midnight Janice Long 2.00 Alex Lester

Radio 3 6.30am Breakfast 9.00 Essential Classics Noon Composer of the Week: Bill Evans 1.00 News 1.02 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2.00 Afternoon on 3 4.30 In Tune 6.30 Composer of the Week: Bill Evans 7.30 Radio 3 Live in Concert 10.00 Free Thinking 10.45 The Essay: The Existential Me 11.00 Late Junction 12.30am Through the Night Radio 4 5.30am News Briefing 5.43 Prayer for the Day 5.45 Farming Today 5.58 Tweet of the Day 6.00 Today 8.31 (LW) Yesterday in Parliament 9.00 A Brave New World 9.30 15 by 15 9.45 (LW) Daily Service 9.45 (FM) Book of the Week: The Letters of John F

Kennedy 10.00 Woman’s Hour 11.00 Shared Planet 11.30 Tim Key’s Easy USSR Noon News 12.01 (LW) Shipping Forecast 12.04 Call You and Yours 12.57 Weather 1.00 The World at One 1.45 London v Paris 2.00 The Archers 2.15 Afternoon Drama: The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency 3.00 The Kitchen Cabinet 3.30 Mastertapes 4.00 Spin the Globe 4.30 A Good Read 5.00 PM 5.54 (LW) Shipping Forecast 5.57 Weather 6.00 Six O’Clock News 6.30 It’s Your Round 7.00 The Archers 7.15 Front Row 7.45 (LW) Children in Need – Holding on to You 7.45 (FM) Children in Need – Holding on to You 8.00 File on 4 8.40 In Touch 9.00 All in the

Mind 9.30 A Brave New World 9.59 Weather 10.00 The World Tonight 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Lowland.

By Jumpha Lahiri, abridged by Sally Marmion. Subhash tries to create a new life in India. Read by Indira Varma.

11.00 Small Scenes. Sketches of odd stories, including the funniest – and unhappiest – man in the world.

Featuring Daniel Rigby, Sara Pascoe, Mike Wozniak and Henry Paker. Last in the series. 11.30 Today in Parliament Midnight News and Weather 12.30 Book of the Week: The Letters of John F Kennedy 12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 As BBC World Service 5.20 Shipping Forecast

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7.00 Don’t Tell the Bride (R,S).

8.00 Gavin & Stacey (R,S).

8.30 Gavin & Stacey (R,S). The newlyweds begin leading separate lives.

9.00 Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents (S). New series. Teenagers Olly and Jake embark on their first unsupervised skiing trips.

10.00 Sweat the Small Stuff (S). With James Acaster and Chris Ramsey.

10.30 EastEnders (R,S).

Carl piles the pressure on Ian as the day of Max’s trial arrives.

11.00 Family Guy (R,S).

11.45 American Dad! (S).

12.10 Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents 1.10 Sweat the Small Stuff (R,S). 1.40 The Revolution Will Be Televised (R,S).

2.10 Staying In with Greg and Russell (R,S). 2.40 C-Bomb 3.00 Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents

BBC4 BBC4

7.00 World News Today; Weather.

7.30 Great British Railway Journeys (R).

8.00 Lost Cities of the Ancients (R). Hattusha, capital of the ancient Hittite civilisation. Last in the series.

9.00 Cathedrals.

New series.

Richard Alwyn explores the workings of three English cathedrals.

10.00 Mark Lawson Talks to Steve Coogan.

Comedian and producer Steve Coogan talks about his life and career.

11.00 In the Loop (2009). See Choices Above. ●●●● 12.45 Britain on Film: Dedicated Followers of Fashion (R). 1.15 Lost Cities of the Ancients (R).

2.15 Great British Railway Journeys (R).

2.45 Cathedrals (R).

12.00 The Gloves Are Off: Middleweights (HD). Johnny Nelson presents a discussion on the middleweight boxing scene past and present, and is joined in the studio by some of Britain’s finest boxers at this weight class. 1.00 Darts (HD). 5.00 Revista De La Liga (HD).

Radio 5 Live 5.00am Morning Reports 5.30 Wake Up to Money 6.00 5 Live Breakfast 10.00 Tony Livesey Noon Shelagh Fogarty 2.00 Richard Bacon 4.00 5 Live Drive 7.00 5 Live Sport 7.30 5 Live Sport: McCoy – In Other Words. The career and achievements of Tony McCoy. 9.00 The Ashes: The Tuffers and Vaughan Cricket Show. The latest cricket news from England’s winter Ashes tour. 10.30 Phil Williams 1.00am Up All Night Classic FM 6.00am More Music Breakfast 9.00 John Suchet 1.00pm Jamie Crick 5.00 Classic FM Drive 8.00 The Full Works Concert 10.00 Smooth Classics 2.00am Nick Bailey

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TV PICKS

Wednesday television&radio Wednesday’s Television Guide DIY SOS: MILLION POUND BUILD FOR CHILDREN IN NEED 8pm, BBC1

Nick Knowles and the team come to the aid of Little Miracles, reconstructing their Peterborough centre for disabled children.

BBC1 BBC1

6.00 Breakfast 9.15 Neighbourhood Blues 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 11.00 Saints and Scroungers (S,HD). 11.45 Escape to the Country (S).

12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD). 1.30 Regional News (S); Weather. 1.45 Doctors (S,HD).

2.15 Moving On (S,HD). 3.00 Pressure Pad (S,HD). 3.45 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds (S,HD). 4.30 Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (S,HD).

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AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT 8pm, ITV

David Suchet takes on his final case as the Belgian sleuth in the last-ever episode of the long-running drama. Crippled with arthritis, Poirot is now using a wheelchair and has a life-threatening heart condition, but remains as sharp as ever. With Hugh Fraser, Anne Reid, Philip Glenister and Helen Baxendale.

BBC2 BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.30 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 7.30 Saints and Scroungers (R,S,HD). 8.15 Sign Zone: Real Rescues (R,S). 9.00 The Wonder of Dogs (R,S). 10.00 Plan It, Build It (R,S). 10.30 See Hear (S,HD). 11.00 News (S,HD). 11.30 World News (S,HD). 12.00 Film: We Dive at Dawn (S) (1943). ●●● 1.35 Cash in the Attic 2.20 Floyd on France 3.00 Cagney & Lacey (R,S).

3.45 Are You Being Served? (R,S). 4.15 ’Allo ’Allo! (R,S). 4.45 Fred Dibnah’s World of Steam, Steel and Stone 5.15 Flog It! (R,S).

THE CULTURE SHOW: GAGA – THE MOTHER MONSTER 10pm, BBC2

24 HOURS IN A&E 9pm, Channel 4

The King’s College Hospital staff treat patients involved in serious road accidents, including 48-year-old retired soldier Steve, who was found unconscious at the wheel, 11-year-old schoolgirl Scarlett, who has been knocked down by a car, and Pauline, 70, who was hit by a vehicle that mounted the pavement.

Miranda Sawyer chats to Lady Gaga about her longawaited third album Artpop, as well as discussing music, art and the universal need for applause.

ITV1 ITV

6.00 Daybreak (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S).

9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). 1.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

1.55 Regional News (S). 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover (S). 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD).

Features, music and conversation. 3.59 Regional Weather (S). 4.00 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars (R,S,HD). 5.00 The Paul O’Grady Show (S,HD).

Channel 44

6.10 The Hoobs 7.05 According to Jim 7.25 Will & Grace 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond 9.00 Frasier 10.00 Undercover Boss USA (R,S). 11.00 Beat My Build (S,HD). 12.00 News Summary (S). 12.05 Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures (R,S,HD).

12.10 Film: Malta Story (1953). ●●● 2.10 Phil: Secret Agent Down Under (S,HD).

3.10 Countdown (S,HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (S,HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed (S). 5.30 Come Dine with Me (S,HD).

Channel 55 Channel

6.00 Milkshake! 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 The Hotel Inspector (R,S).

12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD). 12.15 Cowboy Builders (R,S). 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD).

2.15 NCIS (R,S). 3.15 Film: Murder 101: Locked Room Mystery (S) (2008).

Whodunit, starring Dick and Barry Van Dyke, with Susan Blakely. ●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

Gem gets off to a bad start at school.

MasterChef … 8pm

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, 8pm

Micky Flanagan… 10.45pm

Robson’s Extreme … 7pm

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6.00 BBC News (S,HD); Weather.

6.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.00 Eggheads (R,S). Quiz show, hosted by Dermot Murnaghan.

6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). Ian Waite analyses the couples’ training.

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD). 20/21.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Phoebe asks her mother for consent to marry Vincent.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD).

Leah agrees to take Oscar to the hospital.

6.30 NewsTalk Live (S,HD).

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7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Hosted

by Matt Baker and Alex Jones.

Followed by BBC News; Regional News.

7.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 8/20. Homes Under the Hammer presenters Lucy Alexander and Martin Roberts take part.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Kerry offers to help Amy with her plan.

7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD).

Carla asks Hayley to make her wedding dress.

7.00 News (S).

7.55 4thought.tv (S).

7.00 Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge (R,S,HD). Robson Green concludes his fishing travelogue in Alaska. Last in the series. Followed by 5 News Update.

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The One Show, 7pm

8.00 DIY SOS: Million Pound Build for Children in Need (S,HD). See Choices Above.

8.00 MasterChef: The Professionals (S,HD). 7/24. The four chefs from Monday’s heat who have yet to face their skills test are challenged to prepare potato gnocchi, before recreating Michel Roux Jr’s dish of roast John Dory.

8.00 Ben Fogle’s Animal Clinic (S,HD). Jo Oultram is called out at midnight to tend a ewe struggling to give birth, and Neil Townsend operates on a champion horse that has a severe blockage in its intestines.

Followed by 5 News at 9.

9.00 Britain on the Fiddle (S,HD).

2/3. Richard Bilton continues his investigation into the world of benefits cheats, pursuing a conman who claimed £32,000 while living the high life in Spain and on the English Riviera.

9.00 Tudor Monastery Farm (S,HD). 1/6. See Choices Above.

8.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot (S,HD). 5/5. David Suchet takes on his final case as the Belgian sleuth in the last-ever episode of the long-running drama.

Crippled with arthritis, Poirot is now using a wheelchair and has a life-threatening heart condition, but remains as sharp as ever. Calling on old friend Captain Hastings for assistance, he returns to Styles, where the pair first met 30 years earlier on a murder investigation.

With Hugh Fraser, Anne Reid, Philip Glenister and Helen Baxendale. Last in the series.

Being Poirot is on tonight at 10.35pm. See Choices Above.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S).

10.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.35 Being Poirot (S,HD). David Suchet embarks on a personal journey to explore the appeal of Agatha Christie’s enduring character, having played the role on screen since 1989, and prepares for his final days’ filming on set.

8.00 Grand Designs (S,HD). 11/11.

Kevin McCloud revisits Lucie Fairweather, who decided to carry on with a project to build an eco-friendly family home in Suffolk after the death of her partner. Last in the series.

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9.00 24 Hours in A&E (S). 1/6.

See Choices Above.

9.00 JFK’s Secret Killer: The Evidence (S,HD). See Choices Above.

10.00 Gogglebox (S). 8/13. Weekly TV review programme.

10.45 Micky Flanagan: The Out Out Tour (R,S,HD). A performance by the cockney comedian from his nationwide tour, featuring recollections of his upbringing in London’s East End and observations about the British class system.

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10.00 The Culture Show: Gaga – The Mother Monster (S,HD).

21/32. See Choices Above.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Followed

by Weather.

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10.00 BBC News (S,HD).

10.25 Regional News (S). Followed

by National Lottery Update.

10.35 A Question of Sport (S,HD).

4/36. With Welsh rugby star Alun Wyn Jones, Australian cricketer Dirk Nannes, golfer Simon Dyson and former footballer Robbie Savage.

11.05 Film 2013 (S,HD). 2/7. Reviews of Dom Hemingway and The Counselor.

11.35 Rounders (S,HD) (1998). See Choices Above. ●●●

11.20 Strange Days: Cold War Britain (R,S,HD). 1/3. Dominic Sandbrook charts the effect on the UK of the global superpower stand-off, beginning by looking at the impact it had on culture, politics and society.

11.35 River Monsters (R,S,HD). 4/7.

Biologist and extreme angler Jeremy Wade travels to the heart of Africa journeying along the Congo, a river shrouded in mystery and steeped in legend.

11.45 Drifters (S,HD). 1/6. Comedy about three female graduates who are struggling to find jobs and boyfriends in Leeds, while also searching for a place to live. Starring Jessica Knappett and Lydia Rose Bewley.

1.30 Weatherview (S). 1.35 BBC News (S,HD).

12.20 Sign Zone: See Hear (R,S,HD).

Memnos Costi celebrates 20 years of presenting See Hear by taking a trip down memory lane with Clive Mason, and there is a profile of deaf rugby player Mat Gilbert.

With voiceover. 12.50 This Is BBC Two (S).

3.50 BBC Learning Zone: Schools – Empire. 4.50 Schools – Vikings 5.30 Schools – Voices of Roman Britain

12.05 Jackpot247. 2.30 Film: The Alamo (S) (1960). A small Texan volunteer force is charged with holding off a 7,000-strong invading Mexican army. Western based on the historical battle, directed by and starring John Wayne. With Richard Widmark and Laurence Harvey. ●●●● 5.00 ITV Nightscreen (HD). 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S).

12.15 Drifters (S,HD). 12.40 Rory Peck Awards 2013 (S). Ahmed Farah on his shortlisted feature about a man convicted of murder. 12.45 Bouncers (R,S,HD). 1.45 Film: If (S,HD) (1968). Satirical drama, starring Malcolm McDowell. ●●●●● 3.35 Shapes (R). 3.40 SuperScrimpers’ Challenge (R,S,HD). 4.35 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 5.30 Countdown (R,S,HD).

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10.00 Dirty Harry (S,HD) (1971).

Maverick San Francisco detective ‘Dirty’ Harry Callahan sets out to capture a deranged sniper picking off victims at random. Although his own tactics barely stay within the confines of the law, he is determined the killer will face his particular brand of justice, regardless of his superiors’ disapproval. Don Siegel’s thriller, starring Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino and Andy Robinson. See Choices Above. ●●●●●

12.10 The Big Game (S,HD). Poker game in which amateurs compete against worldclass professionals. 1.05 SuperCasino 3.05 Benidorm ER (R,S,HD). A Lancashire pensioner is admitted after falling off a toilet. 3.55 House Doctor (R,S). 4.20 House Doctor (R,S). 4.45 Great Artists (R,S). 5.10 Michaela’s Wild Challenge (R,S). 5.35 Wildlife SOS (R,S).

JFK’S SECRET KILLER: THE EVIDENCE 9pm, Channel 5

TUDOR MONASTERY FARM 9pm, BBC2

Documentary investigating the events during and directly after the shooting of US president John F Kennedy, revealing a new theory as to the identity of the assassin.

ITV2 ITV2 6.00 Emmerdale 6.25 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now: Hall of Fame (R). 7.25 Up All Night (R,HD). 7.50 Ben and Kate (R,HD). 8.10 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 8.40 Dinner Date 9.40 The Real Housewives of New York City 10.35 Real Housewives of Orange County 11.30 Big Rich Texas 12.30 Emmerdale 1.00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now: Hall of Fame (R).

2.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 4.10 The Real Housewives of Orange County (R,HD). 5.05 Big Rich Texas (R,HD).

Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold turn back the clock to run a farm at the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum in West Sussex as it would have been done in 1500 under the reign of Henry VII. The team also celebrates Palm Sunday, with Peter dressing up to play the role of a prophet.

E4 E4 6.00 Switched 6.25 90210 7.10 Ugly Betty 8.00 Charmed (R). 9.00 Glee (R,HD). 10.00 New Girl (R,HD).

10.30 Suburgatory (R,HD). 11.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 11.30 Charmed (R). 12.30 Hollyoaks (R,HD). 1.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 2.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 3.00 New Girl (R,HD).

3.30 Suburgatory (R,HD). 4.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 5.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

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FILM PICKS

Wednesday television&radio ROUNDERS 11.35pm, BBC1

DIRTY HARRY 10pm, Channel 5

A gifted young poker player gives up gambling when he loses all his savings and turns his attention to studying the law. Drama, with Matt Damon.

Gold GOLD

6.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 6.30 Futurama (R,S). 7.00 The Middle (R,S,HD). 8.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 12.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 2.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 3.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 4.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 5.00 Futurama (R,S). 5.30 The Middle (R,S,HD).

6.00 2point4 Children 6.30 Brittas Empire 7.10 2point4 Children 7.50 The Brittas Empire 8.30 ’Allo ’Allo!

9.10 Green Green Grass 9.50 As Time Goes By 10.30 Last of the Summer Wine 11.50 Green Green Grass 12.30 ’Allo ’Allo! 1.10 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 1.40 Harry Hill’s Christmas TV Burp 2.10 As Time Goes By 2.50 Jeeves and Wooster 4.00 Last of the Summer Wine 5.20 Only Fools and Horses

A maverick San Francisco detective vows to hand out his own brand of justice and end a deranged sniper’s reign of terror. Thriller, starring Clint Eastwood.

SkySports1 Sky Sports 1 6.30 Football Gold (S) 6.45 Football Gold (S,HD). 7.00 Darts (HD). 11.00 Football Gold (S).

11.15 Football Gold (S). 11.30 Football Asia (S). 12.00 The Gloves Are Off: Middleweights (HD). 1.00 Darts (HD). The Grand Slam of Darts. 5.00 Total Rugby.

5.30 Football Gold (S). 5.45 Football Gold (S). Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur.

Coyote Ugly, 8pm

Crocodile Dundee, 8pm

A League of Their Own, 8pm

The Vicar of Dibley, 7.40pm

Live Darts, 7pm

6.00 Dinner Date (R,HD).

Alan from London chooses three blind dates. Narrated by Charlotte Hudson.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Stuart asks Amy out on a date.

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.00 The Middle (R,S,HD).

Axl is horrified to discover his best mate Darrin fancies Sue. 6.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

6.00 Harry Hill’s TV Burp A surreal look at the soaps.

6.30 Harry Hill’s TV Burp A comic view of Celebrity Big Brother.

6.00 The Gloves Are Off: Middleweights (HD).

A discussion on the middleweight boxing scene past and present.

7.00 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). Including footage of a sheep trying to outrun a car.

7.30 You’ve Been Framed!

(R).

7.00 Hollyoaks (HD).

7.30 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

Marshall and Lily’s news has a profound effect on the gang.

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S).

Homer fears he has only 24 hours to live.

7.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

With the voices of Lucy Lawless and Tom Arnold.

7.00 Porridge Fletcher yearns for peace and quiet.

7.40 The Vicar of Dibley Geraldine tries her hand at fundraising.

8.00 Coyote Ugly (HD) (2000). A shy would-be songwriter leaves her rural home and heads for the big city, where she takes a job in a bustling New York bar – but musical success could be just around the corner. Comedy drama, starring Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, Maria Bello, Izabella Miko and John Goodman.

Including FYI Daily. ●●

8.00 Crocodile Dundee (HD) (1986). A New York reporter searches the Australian Outback for a maverick hunter with a legendary reputation, and invites the adventurer back to America. But the diehard Aussie needs to draw on all his survival skills to adjust to life in the urban jungle.

Comedy adventure starring Paul Hogan, with Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon and Mark Blum. ●●●●

8.00 A League of Their Own (R,S,HD). With Sam Allardyce, Sarah Storey and David Walliams.

8.20 Miranda In a bid to make the most of being young, free and single, Miranda spontaneously books herself into a hotel across the road.

Starring Miranda Hart and Luke Pasqualino.

7.00 Live Darts (HD). The Grand Slam of Darts.

Coverage of day five at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, featuring the opening four secondround matches. Phil Taylor has won this event on four occasions and was the defending champion in 2012, but his tournament ended at this stage in a 10-5 defeat to eventual runner-up Michael van Gerwen.

9.00 Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life (R,S,HD). Karl aims to bag himself a vocation, meeting an 85-year-old inventor in Japan and a self-made millionaire in South Africa, before taking part in a fashion show in Los Angeles.

9.00 You, Me & Them Ed and Lauren attend a funeral for the first time as a couple, and have to deal with a lecherous mourner and a bitter widow.

9.40 Mrs Brown’s Boys Agnes tries to gatecrash Maria’s hen party.

BBC3 BBC3

7.00 Pop’s Greatest Dance Crazes (R,S).

7.15 Atlantis (R,S).

8.00 Don’t Tell the Bride (R,S). A tattoo artist plans his wedding.

9.00 Comedy Fest Live 2013 (R,S).

Part one of two.

Kevin Bridges showcases performances from the Festival Fringe.

10.00 Staying In with Greg and Russell (S). With boy band McFly and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Last in the series.

10.30 Russell Howard’s Good News (R,S).

11.00 Family Guy (R,S).

11.25 Family Guy (R,S).

11.45 American Dad! (S).

12.10 American Dad! 12.30 Sweat the Small Stuff 1.00 Staying In with Greg and Russell 1.30 Russell Howard’s Good News 2.00 Comedy Fest Live 2013 3.00 Hotel of Mum and Dad

BBC4 BBC4

7.00 World News Today; Weather 7.30 Great British Railway Journeys (R).

8.00 Britain by Bike (R).

8.30 What Do Artists Do All Day? Documentary following painter Shani Rhys James.

9.00 Bouffants, Beehives and Bobs: The Hairstyles That Shaped Britain.

Haircuts people have flirted with over the past 60 years.

10.00 Harlots, Housewives & Heroines: A 17th Century History for Girls (R).

11.00 Frozen Planet (R).

12.00 Stories from the Dark Earth: Meet the Ancestors Revisited (R).

1.00 Requiem (R). 2.30 What Do Artists Do All Day? (R). 3.00 Bouffants, Beehives and Bobs: The Hairstyles That Shaped Britain (R).

10.20 Blackadder Goes Forth 10.00 Strike Back: Shadow 10.00 The Only Way Is Essex 10.00 Misfits (HD). Rudy’s Capt Blackadder applies Warfare (R,S,HD). The (HD). Reality alter ego becomes more to join the Royal Flying team discovers former programme following a of his own person after Corps, seeing it as a SAS soldier James group of people in attending the great way of getting out Leatherby (guest star Essex. Last in the series. superpower support of the trenches and into Dougray Scott) has group, and the gang 10.50 The Sweetest Thing a classroom. Comedy, joined the enemy, and comes across an old man (HD) (2002). A woman guest starring Rik Mayall Dalton’s mistrust of who turns out to be chases the man of her and Adrian Edmondson, Kamali places Section more than he seems. dreams across America with Rowan Atkinson.

20’s mission in jeopardy. in a bid to prevent him from marrying someone else. Romantic comedy, 11.05 Made in Chelsea (R).

11.00 Harry Hill’s TV Burp A 11.00 The Gloves Are Off: 11.00 Road Wars (R,S,HD). starring Cameron Diaz, surreal look at the soaps.

Jamie sulks after falling Police officers in Reading Middleweights (HD). A Christina Applegate and out with Spencer and engage in a high-speed 11.30 Harry Hill’s TV Burp A discussion on the Selma Blair. Including learning that Phoebe pursuit of a stolen comic view of Celebrity middleweight boxing FYI Daily. ●●● has a boyfriend, while vehicle, and in Big Brother. scene past and present.

Stevie does his best to Aylesbury, a stake-out is woo Tiff. set up to catch drug dealers.

RADIO

12.40 Lemon La Vida Loca (R,HD). Keith decides to learn a martial art, and later discovers that an intimate recording he owns has emerged online. Featuring guest stars Jenny Powell and Joe Swash.

1.20 The Vampire Diaries (R,HD).

2.05 Life’s Funniest Moments (R). 2.30 Teleshopping.

12.10 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 12.40 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 1.10 Suburgatory (R,HD). 1.40 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 2.00 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 2.25 Bob’s Burgers (R,HD).

2.45 Life Unexpected (R,HD).

3.30 Glee (R,HD). 4.15 Ugly Betty (R,HD).

Radio 1 6.30am The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw 10.00 Fearne Cotton 12.45pm Newsbeat 1.00 Scott Mills 3.30 The Official Chart Update 4.00 Greg James 7.00 Zane Lowe. Ground-breaking tunes and live music from the Maida Vale studios. 9.00 My Playlist.

Comedian Chris Ramsey picks the music as he takes over the Radio 1 playlist.

10.00 Phil Taggart and Alice Levine Midnight Huw Stephens 2.00 Benji B Radio 2 5.00am Vanessa Feltz 6.30 Chris Evans 9.30 Ken Bruce Noon Jeremy Vine 2.00 Steve Wright in the Afternoon 5.00 Simon Mayo 7.00 The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe

12.00 Road Wars (R,S,HD). Police officers combat vehicle crime. 1.00 Cop Squad (R,S,HD). The work of police officers in Cambridgeshire.

2.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 3.00 Cop Squad (R,S,HD). 4.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 4.30 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 5.00 Airline (R,S,HD). 5.30 Airline (R,S).

8.00 Jo Whiley. Music from the Children in Need Rocks concert, featuring performances by Robbie Williams, Ellie Goulding, Bastille and Passenger. 10.00 The People’s Songs 11.00 Trevor Nelson’s Soul Show Midnight Janice Long Radio 3 9.00am Essential Classics Noon Composer of the Week: Bill Evans 1.00 News 1.02 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2.00 Afternoon on 3 3.30 Choral Evensong 4.30 In Tune 6.30 Composer of the Week: Bill Evans 7.30 Radio 3 Live in Concert 10.00 Free Thinking 10.45 The Essay: The Existential Me 11.00 Late Junction 12.30am Through the Night

Radio 4 5.30am News Briefing 5.43 Prayer for the Day 5.45 Farming Today 5.58 Tweet of the Day 6.00 Today 8.31 (LW) Yesterday in Parliament 9.00 Midweek 9.45 (LW) Daily Service 9.45 (FM) Book of the Week: The Letters of John F Kennedy 10.00 Woman’s Hour 11.00 Bright, Black and Looking for Work 11.30 Hard to Tell Noon News 12.01 (LW) Shipping Forecast 12.04 You and Yours 12.57 News and Weather 1.00 The World at One 1.45 London v Paris 2.00 The Archers 2.15 Afternoon Drama: The Icelandic Journals 3.00 Money Box Live 3.30 All in the Mind 4.00 Thinking Allowed 4.30 The Media Show 5.00

12.00 Yes, Prime Minister Sir Humphrey’s pro-Euro scheme seems to have failed, but some embarrassing expenses claims may provide a means to salvage his plan. 12.40 Rev 1.15 Rev 1.45 Men Behaving Badly Gary celebrates his reunion with Dorothy. 2.15 Just Good Friends 2.45 Cr*pston Villas PM 5.54 (LW) Shipping Forecast 5.57 Weather 6.00 Six O’Clock News 6.30 Tom Wrigglesworth’s Hang-Ups 7.00 The Archers 7.15 Front Row 7.45 Children in Need – Holding on to You 8.00 The Moral Maze. With Michael Portillo, Claire Fox, Matthew Taylor and Giles Fraser. 8.45 Four Thought 9.00 Frontiers 9.30 Midweek 9.59 Weather 10.00 The World Tonight 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Lowland 11.00 Before They Were Famous 11.15 Irish Micks and Legends 11.30 Who Sold the Soul?

Midnight News and Weather 12.30 Book of the Week: The Letters of John F Kennedy 12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 As BBC World Service 5.20 Shipping

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12.00 Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Football (HD). Fleetwood Town v Carlisle United. 1.00 Darts (HD).

The Grand Slam of Darts. 5.00 FIFA Futbol Mundial. International football magazine. 5.30 Football Gold (S). Manchester City v Manchester United from the 1993/94 season. 5.45 Football Gold Radio 5 Live 5.00am Morning Reports 5.30 Wake Up to Money 6.00 5 Live Breakfast 10.00 Victoria Derbyshire Noon Shelagh Fogarty 2.00 Richard Bacon 4.00 5 Live Drive 7.00 5 Live Sport 8.00 5 Live Sport: Sir Clive Woodward Meets. The former England rugby union coach meets members of the Red Bull Racing team.

9.00 5 Live Sport: 5 Live Golf 10.00 5 Live Sport 10.30 Phil Williams 1.00am Up All Night Classic FM 6.00am More Music Breakfast 9.00 John Suchet 1.00pm Jamie Crick 5.00 Classic FM Drive 8.00 The Full Works Concert 10.00 Smooth Classics 2.00am Nick Bailey

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Thursday television&radio Thursday’s Television Guide TV PICKS

CHILDREN IN NEED ROCKS 8pm, BBC1

Robbie Williams, Kings of Leon, Barry Manilow, Nicole Scherzinger, Ellie Goulding, Rizzle Kicks and Bastille perform in this charity concert.

BBC1 BBC1

6.00 Breakfast 9.15 Neighbourhood Blues (S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (S,HD). 11.00 Saints and Scroungers (S,HD). 11.45 Escape to the Country (S). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD).

1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD). 1.30 Regional News (S); Weather. 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Moving On (S,HD). 3.00 Pressure Pad (HD). 3.45 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds (S,HD). 4.30 Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (S,HD).

FILM RATINGS ●●●●● Excellent ●●●● Very good ●●● Good ●● Average ● Poor

THE SCIENCE OF DOCTOR WHO 9pm, BBC2

Brian Cox takes an audience at the Royal Institution of Great Britain’s lecture hall on a journey into the universe of sci-fi series Doctor Who, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this month. Brian reveals the science behind the show and explains the physics that allows the Doctor to travel through space and time.

BBC2 BBC2

6.35 Homes Under the Hammer 7.35 Saints and Scroungers (R,S,HD). 8.20 Sign Zone: Real Rescues (R,S). 9.05 Dive WWII: Our Secret History (R,S). 10.05 Tom Kerridge’s Proper Pub Food (R,S). 10.35 HARDtalk (R,S,HD). 11.00 News (S,HD). 11.30 World News (S,HD). 12.00 Film: The War Bride (S) (2001). See Choices Above. ●● 1.45 Cash in the Attic 2.30 Floyd on France 3.00 Cagney & Lacey 3.45 Are You Being Served? 4.15 ’Allo ’Allo! 4.45 Fred Dibnah’s World of Steam, Steel and Stone 5.15 Flog It!

BREATHLESS 9pm, ITV

SLAUGHTER AT THE FARM: COUNTDOWN TO MURDER 9pm, Channel 5

Charlie takes drastic action to deal with Mulligan, unable to trust Otto to handle things his own way, while Elizabeth is burdened by a new discovery. Jack Davenport and Shaun Dingwall star.

ITV1 ITV

6.00 Daybreak (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S).

9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). 1.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

1.55 Regional News (S). 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover (S). 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD).

Features, music and conversation. 3.59 Regional Weather (S). 4.00 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars (R,S,HD). 5.00 The Paul O’Grady Show (S,HD).

In October 1986, Jeremy Bamber was convicted of shooting dead his adoptive mother and father, sister and two nephews.

This programme recreates the events, using witness testimony, crime reports, forensic evidence and expert commentary.

Channel Channel 4

6.10 The Hoobs (R,S). 7.00 According to Jim (R,S,HD). 7.30 Will & Grace (R,S). 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 9.00 Frasier (R,S). 10.00 Undercover Boss USA (R,S). 11.00 Beat My Build (S,HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary (S). 12.05 River Cottage Bites (R,S,HD). 12.15 Film: The Last Frontier (S,HD) (1955). See Choices Above. ●●● 2.10 Phil: Secret Agent Down Under (S). 3.10 Countdown (S,HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (S,HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed (S,HD). 5.30 Come Dine with Me (S,HD).

Channel Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake! 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 The Hotel Inspector (R,S).

12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD). 12.15 Stobart: Trucks, Trains & Planes (R,S,HD).

1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 The Mentalist (R,S). 3.15 Film: By Appointment Only (S) (2007). Thriller, starring Ally Walker, Currie Graham, Marnette Patterson and Jordan Garrett. ●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

Britain’s Secret Treasures, 8.30pm

Bouncers, 10pm

Person of Interest, 10pm

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6.00 BBC News (S,HD); Weather.

6.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.00 Eggheads (R,S). Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine.

6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). A look ahead to the weekend’s action.

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD). 21/21.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). George, Tilly and Esther try to stop Phoebe and Vincent’s wedding.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD).

Ricky pleads with Tamara to help her get Casey motivated.

6.30 NewsTalk Live (S,HD).

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7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Topical stories from around the UK. 7.30 EastEnders (S,HD). Max and Phil plan their revenge on Carl.

Followed by BBC News; Regional News.

7.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 9/20. Frances Barber and Phil Davis team up with Catherine Southon and Thomas Plant on a hunt for antiques around East Sussex.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Val and Eric try to stop Amy boarding a ferry with Kyle.

7.30 Drug Driving: Tonight (S,HD).

Tackling the problem of driving under the influence of drugs.

7.00 News (S).

7.55 4thought.tv (S,HD).

7.00 Police Interceptors (R,S,HD).

Angus and Sean resort to smashing down a door in a desperate attempt to save a man’s life. Followed by 5 News Update.

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8.00 Children in Need Rocks (S,HD). Charity concert led by Gary Barlow, who has brought together a stellar line-up of musical talent including his old Take That mate Robbie Williams and fellow X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger. The US is well represented by Kings of Leon and veteran showman Barry Manilow, while the rest reads like a who’s who of the British charts – Ellie Goulding, Dizzee Rascal, Tom Odell, Rizzle Kicks, Bastille, the Lumineers, Passenger, the Wanted and Little Mix – all doing their bit for Pudsey. See Choices Above.

8.00 MasterChef: The Professionals (S,HD). 8/24. Six chefs battle it out in the quarter-final, preparing a dish of their own invention before four of them go on to cook two courses for a panel of food critics.

8.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). At the docks, Kerry begs everyone to let Amy leave with Kyle.

8.30 Britain’s Secret Treasures (S,HD). 5/8. Roman coins, an Iron Age mirror, a hunting badge and an Elizabethan pendant.

8.00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (S,HD). 4/9. See Choices Above.

8.00 Benidorm ER (S,HD). A pensioner requires surgery after falling down steps at a bar and a 25-year-old comes into casualty after a wound caused by a stingray flares up again.

Last in the series. Followed by 5 News at 9.

9.00 The Science of Doctor Who (S,HD). See Choices Above.

9.00 Breathless (S,HD). 6/6. See Choices Above.

9.00 Bedlam (S,HD). 3/4. A community mental-health team visits patients in their own homes, including a mother-oftwo with persistent delusional disorder and a woman who has paranoid schizophrenia.

9.00 Slaughter at the Farm: Countdown to Murder (S,HD). 6/6. See Choices Above.

10.00 BBC News (S,HD).

10.25 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.35 Question Time (S,HD). 10/38.

David Dimbleby chairs a topical debate from Brighton, with panellists including Ed Davey, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, answering questions from the audience.

10.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks – The Doctor Who Special (R,S).

12/13. David Tennant hosts a special edition of the quiz show, with Bernard Cribbins, Catherine Tate, Jamie Cullum and Jo Whiley joining Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Followed

by Weather.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S).

10.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.35 The Day Kennedy Died (S,HD). Fifty years after the assassination of US president John F Kennedy, this documentary tells the story of the events of November 22, 1963, through the eyes of those who were there.

10.00 Bouncers (S,HD). 2/3. At a club in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, doormen Ryder and Andy face a constant battle to keep drugs off the premises, while in Colchester, no-nonsense bouncer Curtis deals with violent behaviour on New Year’s Eve when a young woman is attacked.

10.00 Person of Interest (S,HD).

4/22. Reese has his work cut out trying to protect mob enforcer Riley Cavanaugh and his girlfriend after the hitman’s boss takes out a million-dollar contract on them – but the task is complicated by Cavanaugh’s tendency to shoot any pursuer.

11.35 This Week (S). Andrew Neil introduces a round-table chat, in which he, Michael Portillo and Alan Johnson take a lighthearted romp through the political and parliamentary developments of the past seven days.

11.20 Tudor Monastery Farm (R,S,HD). 1/6. Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold run a farm as it would have been done in 1500, building a pigsty with no nails and making tallow lights out of rushes and fat.

11.50 The Jonathan Ross Show (R,S,HD). 5/10. Tennis champion Andy Murray talks about his career successes and Celine Dion discusses her new album.

Plus, interviews with Johnny Vegas and John Barrowman.

11.05 North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State – Channel 4 Dispatches (S). Documentary showing how the digital revolution has helped shed light on the reality of life under Kim Jong Un.

11.00 Fred West: Born to Kill? (R,S).

1/5. Psychologists and criminology experts analyse the personality of the serial killer, who was charged with 12 murders in 1994 after nine bodies were discovered at his home.

12.20 Holiday Weatherview (S). 12.25 BBC News (S,HD).

12.20 Review Show 1.20 Sign Zone: The Great House Price Bubble? – Panorama 1.55 This Is BBC Two 4.00 BBC Learning Zone: Schools – Welcome to the World 4.30 Schools – Same but Different 5.25 Schools – Seeking Refuge 5.50 Schools – What Makes Me, Me: Why Should I Be Good? 5.55 Schools – What Makes Me, Me: What’s Fair? (S,HD).

12.40 Jackpot247 Viewers get the chance to participate in live interactive gaming from the comfort of their sofas, with a mix of roulette-wheel spins and lively chat from the presenting team. 3.00 Drug Driving: Tonight (R,S,HD). Tackling the problem of driving under the influence of drugs. 3.25 ITV Nightscreen (HD). 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S).

12.05 Rory Peck Awards 2013 (S). 12.10 999: What’s Your Emergency? (R,S,HD).

1.05 24 Hours in A&E (R,S). 2.00 One Born: What Happened Next? (S,HD).

2.55 Can You Trust Your Surgeon?: Channel 4 Dispatches (R,S). 3.25 Unreported World 3.50 Health Freaks (R,S). 4.20 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 5.15 Countdown 5.55 River Cottage Bites

12.00 SuperCasino 3.05 Bomb Patrol (S,HD). Tensions rise between Ricky Thibeault, Matt Rayl and Sam Durham. 3.55 House Doctor (R,S). A Victorian property in Camden, north London. 4.20 House Doctor (R,S). A country cottage in Worcestershire. 4.45 Great Artists (R,S).

5.10 Michaela’s Wild Challenge (R,S).

5.35 Wildlife SOS (R,S).

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The Science of Doctor Who, 9pm

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Question Time, 10.35pm

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GEORGE CLARKE’S AMAZING SPACES 8pm, Channel 4

MOONE BOY 9pm, Sky1

The architect meets a woman who wants to build a shop and a mobile home out of an old horsebox on a budget of just £500, and a couple creating a holiday let from a 1960s milk float.

Chris O’Dowd’s semi-autobiographical comedy depicting his childhood in Ireland, following the adventures of a 12-year-old who survives life with his chaotic family by conjuring up an imaginary friend. In the opening episode, Martin is given a new bike for his birthday – but bullies soon get their hands on it.

ITV2 ITV2

E4 E4

6.00 Emmerdale 6.25 Coronation Street 6.55 You’ve Been Framed! (R).

7.25 Up All Night (R,HD). 7.50 Ben and Kate (R,HD). 8.10 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). 8.40 Dinner Date (R,HD). 9.40 Real Housewives of New York City (R,HD).

10.35 Real Housewives of Orange County (R,HD). 11.30 Big Rich Texas (R,HD). 12.30 Emmerdale (R,HD). 1.00 Coronation Street (R,HD). 1.30 You’ve Been Framed! 2.00 Jeremy Kyle Show 4.10 Real Housewives of Orange County 5.05 Big Rich Texas (R,HD).

6.00 Switched 6.25 90210 7.10 Ugly Betty 8.00 Charmed 9.00 Glee (R,HD). 10.00 New Girl (R,HD). 10.30 The Mindy Project (R,HD). 11.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 11.30 Charmed (R). 12.30 Hollyoaks (R,HD). 1.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 2.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 3.00 New Girl (R,HD).

3.30 The Mindy Project (R,HD). 4.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 5.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

Sky1 Sky1 6.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter 6.30 Futurama (R,S). 7.00 The Middle (R,S,HD). 8.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 11.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 12.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 1.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 2.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 3.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 5.00 Futurama (R,S). 5.30 The Middle (R,S,HD).

FILM PICKS

Thursday television&radio THE WAR BRIDE 12pm, BBC2

THE LAST FRONTIER 12.15pm, Channel 4

A cockney seamstress marries a Canadian serviceman after a whirlwind romance in London during the Second World War. Drama, with Anna Friel.

Gold GOLD 6.00 2point4 Children 6.30 Brittas Empire 7.00 Last of the Summer Wine 7.40 Brittas Empire 8.20 Green Green Grass 9.00 ’Allo ’Allo!

9.40 As Time Goes By 10.20 Last of the Summer Wine 11.40 Porridge 12.20 Green Green Grass 1.00 ’Allo ’Allo! 1.40 Harry Hill’s TV Burp 2.40 As Time Goes By 3.20 Vicar of Dibley 4.00 Last of the Summer Wine 5.20 One Foot in the Grave

A backwoods trapper becomes a scout for the cavalry and tries to stop a reckless officer leading his men to certain death. Western, starring Victor Mature.

SkySports1 Sky Sports 1 6.30 Football Gold (S). 6.45 Football Gold (S). 7.00 Darts (HD).

11.00 Sporting Heroes (HD). 12.00 Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Football (HD). 1.00 Darts (HD). The Grand Slam of Darts. Action from day five at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall. 5.00 Football Gold (S). 5.15 Football Gold (S). Chelsea v Arsenal from 1997/98. 5.30 Premier League World (HD).

The Fast and … 10.50pm

The Big Bang Theory, 6pm

Moone Boy, 9pm

Yes, Prime Minister, 8.20pm

Live Boxing, 8pm

6.00 Dinner Date (R,HD).

Londoner Ro chooses three blind dates.

Narrated by Charlotte Hudson. Last in the series.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Starring Johnny Galecki.

6.00 The Middle (R,S,HD).

Janet helps out while sister Frankie studies for her dental exams.

6.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

6.00 Harry Hill’s TV Burp The quirky comic gives his take on Wild at Heart.

6.30 Harry Hill’s TV Burp

6.00 FL72 Preview A look ahead to the latest round of fixtures in League One and League Two.

7.00 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). Humorous footage, including an out-ofcontrol rally car.

7.30 You’ve Been Framed!

(R).

7.00 Hollyoaks (HD). Tony finds out the truth about Sinead’s prostitution.

7.30 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S).

With the guest voice of Britney Spears.

7.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

Homer prevents a nuclear meltdown.

7.00 Porridge Fletch goes into hospital.

7.40 Blackadder Goes Forth Capt Blackadder joins the Royal Flying Corps.

7.00 Ringside (HD). Boxing magazine, including highlights of recent bouts and interviews with the stars currently causing a stir in the ring.

8.00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! Top Trials (R). A look back at the funniest and most freaky Bush Tucker Trials over the past 12 series.

8.00 Suburgatory (HD).

George offers Noah a place to stay.

8.30 The Big Bang Theory (HD). The friends compete in a scavenger hunt.

8.00 Going Wild with the Joneses (R,S,HD). TV presenter Steve Jones embarks on a week-long adventure in the Kalahari Desert with his willing brothers and their reluctant dad.

8.20 Yes, Prime Minister Jim must make some unusual arrangements to secure the loan from Kumranistan. Comedy, starring David Haig and Henry Goodman.

9.00 Tricked (HD). TOWIE stars James ‘Arg’ Argent and James ‘Diags’ Bennewith take a terrifying taxi ride, and Olympic boxer Luke Campbell gets his gold medal messed with. Last in the series.

9.00 2 Broke Girls (HD).

Caroline decides to use an online fundraising website.

9.30 Drifters (HD). The girls are shocked when they discover how long it has been since Meg has had sex.

9.00 Moone Boy (R,S,HD).

See Choices Above.

9.30 Trollied (R,S,HD).

Comedy set in a budget supermarket in northwest England. Starring Jane Horrocks.

9.00 Only Fools and Horses Del sees a chance to make a quick profit involving Denzil’s redundancy money. Comedy, with David Jason.

9.40 Gavin & Stacey Pete and Dawn renew their wedding vows.

8.00 Live Prizefighter Boxing (HD). Coverage of a UK v USA heavyweight staging of the eight-man boxing elimination tournament from York Hall in Bethnal Green, London. Former three-weight world champion James Toney was among those set to be involved, as well as Sam Sexton, Sherman Williams and Larry Olubamiwo. Plus, Olympic super heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s third professional bout.

BBC3 BBC3

BBC4 BBC4

12.15 American Dad! (R,S). 12.35 Staying In with Greg and Russell (R,S). 1.05 The Revolution Will Be Televised (R,S).

1.35 Sweat the Small Stuff (R,S). 2.05 Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents (R,S). 3.05 Staying In with Greg and Russell (R,S). 3.35 Fuzzbox (R,S).

12.00 Cathedrals (R). 1.00 Survivors: Nature’s Indestructible Creatures (R). 2.00 Top of the Pops: 1978 (R). 2.40 Fabric of Britain (R).

7.00 Pop’s Greatest Dance Crazes (R,S).

7.10 Great TV Mistakes (R,S).

7.40 Armageddon (S) (1998). Sci-fi thriller, starring Bruce Willis. ●●● 10.00 The Revolution Will Be Televised (R,S).

Comedy sketch show. Dale Maily visits an EDL march.

10.30 EastEnders (R,S).

Max and Phil plan their revenge on Carl.

11.00 Family Guy (R,S).

The residents of Quahog try to solve a murder mystery.

11.50 American Dad! (S).

7.00 World News Today; Weather.

7.30 Top of the Pops: 1978 (R).

8.00 Survivors: Nature’s Indestructible Creatures (R).

How some species managed to survive the last ice age. Last in the series.

9.00 Britten’s Endgame John Bridcut explores the creativity of British composer Benjamin Britten, who raced to finish his final opera Death in Venice while battling ill health.

11.00 Mark Lawson Talks to Anthony Caro (R). The late sculptor talks to Mark Lawson about his life and career in art.

10.00 Trollied (R,S,HD). Julie is 10.20 You, Me & Them Ed 10.00 Celebrity Juice (HD).

10.00 Educating Essex (R). and Lauren attend a unimpressed when With guests Harry Judd GCSE exams loom and funeral for the first time highly popular Leanne and Dougie Poynter. staff try to handle as a couple, and have to visits the store during difficult situations, 10.50 The Fast and the deal with a lecherous her maternity leave. including two pupils Furious: Tokyo Drift mourner and a bitter Starring Jane Horrocks. dealing with pregnancy, (HD) (2006). An widow. Debs tries to and a student wanting 10.30 A League of Their American teenager make her love life more time off to write a Own (R,S,HD). With Sam living in Japan gets exciting. novel.

Allardyce, Sarah Storey involved in illegal street and David Walliams. racing, but ends up owing money to the Yakuza. Action 11.05 How I Met Your 11.30 Gravity Movie Special 11.00 Harry Hill’s TV Burp adventure, starring The quirky comic gives Mother (R,HD).

(R,S,HD). Behind the Lucas Black and Nathalie 11.35 The Big Bang Theory his take on Wild at scenes of Gravity, Kelley. Including FYI Heart.

Alfonso Cuarón’s sci-fi(R,HD). Sheldon is Daily. ●● thriller starring George 11.30 Harry Hill’s TV Burp encouraged to feign Clooney and Sandra Comic view of Nick interest in Amy’s career.

Bullock.

Baker’s Weird Creatures.

RADIO

12.50 The Only Way Is Essex (R,HD). Reality programme following a group of people in Essex, with each episode filmed just a few days before transmission.

Last in the series. 1.35 Tricked (R,HD). TOWIE stars take a terrifying taxi ride. Last in the series. 2.30 Teleshopping

12.05 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). Leonard and Penny try to give their relationship another chance. 12.35 Happy Endings (R,HD). 1.05 Misfits (R,HD). 2.05 Educating Essex (R). 3.00 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 3.20 The Cleveland Show (R,HD). 3.45 Glee (R,HD). 4.25 Ugly Betty (R,HD).

Radio 1 6.30am The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw 10.00 Sara Cox 12.45pm Newsbeat 1.00 Scott Mills 4.00 Greg James 7.00 Zane Lowe 9.00 In New DJs We Trust 10.00 Phil Taggart and Alice Levine Midnight The Residency: Heidi 2.00 Toddla T 4.00 Dev Radio 2 5.00am Vanessa Feltz 6.30 Chris Evans 9.30 Ken Bruce Noon Jeremy Vine 2.00 Steve Wright in the Afternoon 5.00 Simon Mayo 7.00 Bob Harris Country 8.00 Jo Whiley 10.00 Beatles at the BBC 11.00 Nigel Ogden: The Organist Entertains 11.30 Listen to the Band Midnight Janice Long 2.00 Alex Lester

12.00 The Counsellor: Sky Movies Special (S,HD). 12.30 Road Wars (R,S). 1.00 Cop Squad (R,S,HD). 2.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 3.00 Cop Squad (R,S,HD).

4.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 4.30 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R,S). 5.00 Airline (R,S).

5.30 Airline (R,S).

Radio 3 Noon Composer of the Week: Bill Evans 1.00 News 1.02 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2.00 Afternoon on 3 4.30 In Tune 6.30 Composer of the Week: Bill Evans 7.30 Radio 3 Live in Concert. Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in Mahler’s Seventh Symphony. 10.00 Free Thinking. Depictions of the powerless in fiction and factual reporting. 10.45 The Essay: The Existential Me 11.00 Late Junction 12.30am Through the Night Radio 4 5.30am News Briefing 5.43 Prayer for the Day 5.45 Farming Today 5.58 Tweet of the Day 6.00 Today 9.00 In Our Time 9.45 (LW) Daily

12.00 Men Behaving Badly Gary gets a visit from his father, which jeopardises his hopes of seducing one of Tony’s three girlfriends.

12.40 Men Behaving Badly Gary celebrates his reunion with Dorothy. 1.15 Rev 1.45 Men Behaving Badly 2.15 Just Good Friends 2.45 Cr*pston Villas

Service 9.45 (FM) Book of the Week: The Letters of John F Kennedy 10.00 Woman’s Hour 11.00 From Our Own Correspondent 11.30 Creative Forces Noon News 12.01 (LW) Shipping Forecast 12.04 You and Yours 12.57 Weather 1.00 The World at One 1.45 London v Paris 2.00 The Archers 2.15 Afternoon Drama: Sorry Boys You Failed the Audition 3.00 Open Country 3.27 Radio 4 Appeal 3.30 Open Book 4.00 The Film Programme 4.30 Inside Science 5.00 PM 5.54 (LW) Shipping Forecast 5.57 Weather 6.00 Six O’Clock News 6.30 Clare in the Community 7.00 The Archers 7.15 Front Row 7.45 Children in Need –

Holding on to You 8.00 The Report 8.30 The Bottom Line. Business issues that matter. 9.00 Inside Science.

Presented by Adam Rutherford. 9.30 In Our Time. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare’s drama The Tempest, one of the playwright’s later works and which contains many poetic and memorable passages. 9.59 Weather 10.00 The World Tonight 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Lowland.

By Jumpha Lahiri, abridged by Sally Marmion. 11.00 Andrew Maxwell’s Public Enemies 11.30 Who Sold the Soul? Midnight News and Weather 12.30 Book of the Week: The Letters of John F Kennedy 12.48 Shipping

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12.00 NFL – A Football Life (HD).

1.00 Live NFL (HD). Tennessee Titans v Indianapolis Colts (Kick-off 1.25am). All the action from the match between the AFC South sides at LP Field. 4.30 FL72 Preview. A look ahead to the latest round of fixtures. 5.30 Premier League World (HD).

Forecast 1.00 As BBC World Service 5.20 Shipping Forecast Radio 5 Live 5.30am Wake Up to Money 6.00 5 Live Breakfast 10.00 Victoria Derbyshire Noon Shelagh Fogarty 2.00 Richard Bacon 4.00 5 Live Drive 7.00 5 Live Sport 7.30 5 Live Sport: Fighting Fit 8.30 5 Live Sport: 5 Live Rugby 9.30 5 Live Formula 1 10.00 Question Time Extra Time 1.00am Up All Night Classic FM 6.00am More Music Breakfast 9.00 John Suchet 1.00pm Jamie Crick 5.00 Classic FM Drive 8.00 The Full Works Concert. Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Hummel. 10.00 Smooth Classics 2.00am Nick Bailey

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Fr iday Television television&radio Friday’s Guide TV PICKS

COLD WAR, HOT JETS 9pm, BBC2

James Holland examines the role of Britain’s V-force nuclear bombers as tensions between East and West escalated during the 1950s and 60s.

BBC1 BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.15 Neighbourhood Blues (S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 11.00 Saints and Scroungers (S,HD). 11.45 Escape to the Country (S). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD). 1.30 Regional News (S); Weather. 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Moving On (S,HD). 3.00 Pressure Pad (S,HD).

3.45 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds (S,HD).

4.30 Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless Celebrities: Children in Need Special (S,HD).

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CHILDREN IN NEED 2013 7.30pm, BBC1

Terry Wogan and Tess Daly present another bumper evening of fundraising fun, featuring Torvill and Dean, the EastEnders cast, Harry Hill, One Direction, Frank Skinner, JLS and Ellie Goulding singing, dancing or acting plain daft in support of disadvantaged children across the UK.

BBC2 BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.30 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 7.30 Saints and Scroungers (R,S,HD). 8.15 Sign Zone: Real Rescues (R,S). 9.00 Sign Zone: Flog It! Trade Secrets (R,S). 10.00 Question Time (R,S,HD). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD).

11.30 BBC World News (S,HD). 12.00 Film: Two Rode Together (S) (1961). Western, starring James Stewart. ●●● 1.45 Cash in the Attic (R,S). 2.30 Floyd on France (R,S). 3.00 Cagney & Lacey (R,S).

3.45 Are You Being Served? (R,S). 4.15 ‘Allo ‘Allo! (R,S). 4.45 Fred Dibnah’s World of Steam, Steel and Stone (R,S). 5.15 Flog It! (R,S).

MARVEL’S AGENTS OF SHIELD 8pm, Channel 4

With dangerous secrets being kept from the team, Coulson works the system to save Ward and Fitz when they are sent on a classified mission that could end in tragedy.

ITV1 ITV

6.00 Daybreak. 8.30 Lorraine (S). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD).

1.30 ITV News and Weather (S). 1.55 Regional News (S). 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover (S). 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show. Features, music and conversation, with Alan Titchmarsh. Last in the series. 3.59 Regional Weather (S). 4.00 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars. 5.00 The Paul O’Grady Show (S,HD).

LIVE INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL 7.30pm, ITV

England v Chile (Kick-off 8.00pm). Coverage of this evening’s friendly match at Wembley Stadium, as both nations continue their preparations for the 2014 World Cup. Chile finished third in the South American qualifiers to progress to the finals in Brazil, but lost half of their eight away fixtures in the process.

Channel 4

6.10 The Hoobs. 7.05 According to Jim. 7.30 Will & Grace. 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 9.00 Frasier (R,S). 10.00 Undercover Boss USA (R,S). 11.00 Beat My Build. 12.00 News (S).

12.05 Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures (R,S,HD).

12.25 Phil: Secret Agent Down Under (S). 1.30 Channel 4 Racing (S). Nick Luck presents coverage of day one of The Open at Cheltenham, known as Countryside Day, as the three-day festival commences with six races scheduled to take place.

3.30 Countdown. 4.15 Deal or No Deal. 5.00 Four in a Bed (S). 5.30 Come Dine with Me.

Channel 55

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 The Hotel Inspector (R,S).

12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD). 12.15 Construction Squad: Operation Homefront (R,S,HD). 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD).

2.15 The Mentalist (R,S). 3.15 Film: Nightmare at the End of the Hall (S,HD) (2008). Mystery, starring Sara Rue. ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

Live International Football, 7.30pm

Man Down, 9.30pm

Stobart: Trucks, Trains … 8pm

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6.00 BBC News (S,HD); Weather.

6.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.00 Eggheads (R,S). Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine.

6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). A look ahead to tomorrow’s live show.

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.30 ITV News and Weather (S).

6.00 The Simpsons (S,HD). 1/23.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Tony finds out the truth about Sinead’s prostitution.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD).

Winston decides to leave after admitting defeat over Marilyn.

6.30 NewsTalk Live (S,HD).

7.00 The One Show: Children in Need Special (S,HD).

7.30 Children in Need 2013 (S,HD).

Terry Wogan and Tess Daly present another bumper evening of fundraising fun, which sees a massive line-up of stars singing, dancing or acting plain daft in support of disadvantaged children across the UK. The fun kicks off with the cast of West End smash Matilda singing a medley of songs from the show, boy band JLS performing some of their greatest hits in Albert Square and a treat for Doctor Who fans with an exclusive clip from the long-awaited 50th anniversary episode, which is being shown in just over a week, on Saturday, November 23. See Choices Above.

7.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 10/20. With Eve Pollard and Edwina Currie.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Victoria gives Val and Andy letters from Amy. 7.30 Live International Football (S,HD). England v Chile (Kickoff 8.00pm). Adrian Chiles presents coverage of this evening’s friendly match at Wembley Stadium, as both nations continue their preparations for the 2014 World Cup. Chile finished third in the South American qualifiers to progress to the finals in Brazil, but lost half of their eight away fixtures in the process, and Roy Hodgson will expect his in-form side to continue where they left off against Montenegro and Poland. Commentary by Clive Tyldesley and Andy Townsend.

See Choices Above.

7.00 News (S).

7.30 Unreported World (S). 7/8.

Seyi Rhodes follows the work of a midwife in the jungles of the Central African Republic.

7.55 4thought.tv (S).

7.00 Chris Tarrant Goes Fishing (S). See Choices Above.

8.00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (S,HD). 7/22. See Choices Above.

8.00 Stobart: Trucks, Trains & Planes (S,HD). Ian Wilson takes a 15-ton rail repair machine to Sunderland. Followed by 5 News at 9.

9.00 8 Out of 10 Cats (S,HD). 7/9.

With guests including Danny Dyer and Lorraine Kelly.

9.30 Man Down (S,HD). 5/6. Dan prepares for a date.

9.00 On Benefits & Proud (R, S,HD). People living off the state who are not currently seeking employment, including a mother-of-11 who receives benefits equivalent to three times the typical UK family income.

10.00 BBC News (S,HD).

10.25 Regional News (S). Followed

by National Lottery Update.

10.35 Children in Need 2013 (S,HD).

Terry Wogan returns for the fundraising marathon, joined

by Zoe Ball. First up to entertain is last year’s X Factor winner James Arthur, before Catherine Tate revives her Nan character in a special edition of Holby City which sees the feisty pensioner causing trouble on the wards.

10.00 Children in Need 2013 (S,HD).

One Direction co-host with Fearne Cotton as the charity entertainment extravaganza continues, with music by Tinie Tempah and performances from the Children in Need Rocks concerts.

10.35 Newsnight (S,HD). Followed

by Weather.

10.10 ITV News and Weather (S).

10.40 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.45 International Football Highlights (S,HD). England v Chile. A look back at the key moments from the friendly encounter at Wembley Stadium, featuring two nations who will be lining up at next year’s World Cup finals.

10.00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man (S,HD). 12/18. Russell Brand discusses his new DVD and Adam Hills tells Alan about his debut stand-up show. The Wanted provide the music.

10.00 Rambo (S,HD) (2008). See Choices Above. ●●●

11.10 Up in the Air (S,HD) (2009).

See Choices Above. ●●●●●

11.45 The Dales (R,S,HD). 8/12.

Adrian Edmondson catches up with the Wildmans in Kirkby Malham.

11.05 Stand Up for the Week (S,HD). 3/8. Paul Chowdhry hosts the satirical comedy show.

11.50 Was It Something I Said?

(S,HD). 6/8. Extended edition, with Reginald D Hunter and Sally Phillips.

11.40 Campus PD (S,HD). 8/10.

Officer Dimmit investigates a rowdy Halloween party.

2.00 Weatherview (S). 2.05 BBC News (S,HD).

12.55 Sign Zone: Question Time David Dimbleby chairs a topical debate from Brighton, with panellists including Ed Davey, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, answering questions from the audience. (R,S). 1.55 Sign Zone: The Paradise Denise realises it is lonely at the top. (R,S). 2.55 This Is BBC Two Preview of upcoming programmes. (S).

12.15 Jackpot247. 3.00 Film: 633 Squadron (S,HD) (1964). RAF pilots are sent to bomb a German rocket-fuel plant, but the capture of a resistance fighter threatens the plan. Second World War drama, starring Cliff Robertson, George Chakiris, Donald Houston and Harry Andrews. ●●● 4.35 ITV Nightscreen (HD).

12.40 Gogglebox (R,S). 1.25 Film: All Tomorrow’s Parties (S,HD) (2009).

Documentary about the music festival. ●●● 2.55 The Big C (S,HD). 3.20 2 Broke Girls (S,HD). 3.45 Don’t Trust the B**** in Apartment 23 (S,HD). 4.05 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 5.00 Countdown (R,S,HD).

5.45 River Cottage Bites (R,S,HD).

12.10 SuperCasino. Viewers get the chance to take part in live interactive gaming, with a mix of roulette-wheel spins and lively chat from the presenting team.

3.00 Jaws: The True Story (R,S). 3.50 Motorsport Mundial (HD). 4.20 House Doctor (R,S). 4.50 Great Artists (R,S). 5.10 Michaela’s Wild Challenge (R,S). 5.35 Wildlife SOS (R,S).

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Pointless Celebrities … 5.15pm

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8.00 Mastermind (S,HD). 13/31.

Specialist subjects include the Pogues and the novels of Jonathan Coe. 8.30 Gardeners’ World (S,HD).

31/31. Rachel de Thame visits Julian Clary’s garden. Last in the series.

9.00 Cold War, Hot Jets (S,HD). 2/2.

See Choices Above.

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CHRIS TARRANT GOES FISHING 7pm, Channel 5

YONDERLAND 8pm, Sky1

The broadcaster heads to Wellesley Lake in Canada’s Yukon territory with professional angler John Horsey to fish for char, which can reach weights of more than 50lbs.

ITV2 ITV2 6.00 Emmerdale. 6.55 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 7.25 Up All Night. 7.50 Ben and Kate (R,HD). 8.10 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 8.40 Dinner Date (R,HD). 9.40 The Real Housewives of New York City (R,HD). 10.35 The Real Housewives of Orange County (R,HD).

11.30 Big Rich Texas (R,HD). 12.30 Emmerdale (R,HD). 1.30 You’ve Been Framed! (R). 2.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R). 4.10 The Real Housewives of New Jersey. 5.05 Big Rich Texas.

Married mother-of-two Debbie Maddox is convinced her empty suburban existence has driven her mad when she finds an elf hiding in her kitchen cupboard. Accompanying the creature back to its home land, she discovers she is actually the Chosen One, a hero destined to save the realm from doom.

E4 E4 6.00 Switched (R). 6.25 90210 (R,HD).

7.05 Ugly Betty (R,HD). 7.55 Charmed (R). 8.55 Glee (R,HD). 10.05 New Girl (R,HD). 10.35 The Mindy Project (R,HD). 11.05 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 11.30 Charmed (R). 12.30 Hollyoaks (R,HD). 1.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD). 2.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). 3.00 New Girl (R,HD).

3.30 The Mindy Project (R,HD). 4.00 Rules of Engagement (R,HD). 5.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

Sky1 Sky1 6.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R).

7.00 The Middle (R,S,HD). 7.30 The Middle (R,S,HD). 8.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 11.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 12.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 1.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 2.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 3.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S,HD). 5.00 Futurama (R,S). 5.30 The Middle.

FILM PICKS

Friday television&radio UP IN THE AIR 11.10pm, BBC2

RAMBO 10pm, Channel 5

A corporate downsizing expert finds his lifestyle under threat from an executive with revolutionary ideas.

Comedy drama, with George Clooney.

Gold GOLD 6.20 Last of the Summer Wine.

6.50 The Brittas Empire. 7.30 Last of the Summer Wine. 8.50 ‘Allo ‘Allo!. 9.30 As Time Goes By. 10.10 Last of the Summer Wine. 11.35 One Foot in the Grave. 12.20 Porridge.

1.00 ‘Allo ‘Allo!. 1.40 Harry Hill’s TV Burp. 2.40 As Time Goes By. 3.20 The Comedy Genius of John Sullivan. 4.00 Last of the Summer Wine. 5.20 Only Fools and Horses.

The one-man army travels to Burma to rescue a party of missionaries. Action sequel, directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone.

SkySports1 Sky Sports 1 6.30 Football Gold (S). 6.45 Football Gold (S). 7.00 Darts (HD). The Grand Slam of Darts.

11.00 FL72 Preview. A look ahead to the latest round of fixtures.

12.00 Darts (HD). The Grand Slam of Darts. 4.00 Football Gold. 4.15 Football Gold. Chelsea v Arsenal from 1997/98. 4.30 Premier League World (S). 5.00 FL72 Preview

Two Weeks Notice, 8pm

2 Broke Girls, 8.30pm

Karl Pilkington … 9pm

Gavin & Stacey, 7pm

Live Darts, 7pm

6.00 Dinner Date (R,HD).

Rachel from Derby looks for love. Narrated by Charlotte Hudson.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD).

6.00 The Middle (R,S,HD).

6.30 The Simpsons (R,S).

Homer tackles a biker gang.

6.00 Harry Hill’s TV Burp.

6.30 Harry Hill’s TV Burp.

The comic reviews Holby City and Dancing on Ice.

6.00 NFL (HD). Tennessee Titans v Indianapolis Colts.

7.00 You’ve Been Framed!

(R).

7.30 You’ve Been Framed!

(R). Comical clips, featuring an exploding beanbag.

7.00 Hollyoaks (HD).

7.30 How I Met Your Mother (R,HD).

Marshall is upset when he remembers his father’s last words.

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S).

Blood-curdling tales of terror.

7.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

Marge and Homer make plans for the future.

7.00 Gavin & Stacey. Pete and Dawn renew their wedding vows.

7.40 You, Me & Them. Ed and Lauren attend a funeral.

8.00 Two Weeks Notice (HD) (2002). A lawyer catches the attention of a real-estate tycoon, who offers her a job.

However, she quickly tires of running the selfabsorbed millionaire’s life for him and quits – forcing him to pull out all the stops to win her back. Romantic comedy, starring Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, Alicia Witt, Dana Ivey, Robert Klein, Heather Burns, David Haig and Dorian Missick Including FYI Daily. ●●

8.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,HD). The friends compete in a scavenger hunt.

8.30 2 Broke Girls (R,HD).

Caroline decides to use an online fundraising website.

8.00 Yonderland (R,S,HD).

See Choices Above.

8.30 Yonderland (R,S,HD).

Debbie seeks the aid of a wayward wizard.

8.20 Porridge. Godber takes up boxing and enters the prison championships. He is hot favourite to win until Fletcher is given the task of fixing the contest and nobbling his cell-mate.

9.00 The Wedding Date (HD) (2005). A single woman is horrified by the thought of attending her sister’s wedding alone and hires a male escort. Romantic comedy, with Debra Messing. ●●

9.00 Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life (R,S,HD). Karl aims to bag himself a vocation, meeting an 85-year-old inventor in Japan and a self-made millionaire in South Africa, before taking part in a fashion show in Los Angeles.

9.00 The Royle Family: The Queen of Sheba. Oneoff episode. Almost seven years have passed since Baby David’s christening, but Jim is still setting the world to rights from his armchair and Denise is pregnant again.

7.00 Live Darts (HD). The Grand Slam of Darts.

Coverage from Wolverhampton Civic Hall, as the knockout stage of the competition continues with the opening two quarterfinals. Michael van Gerwen was in devastating form in his last-eight match here last year, recording the highest three-dart average of the round to defeat Scott Waites 16-12 and book a semifinal meeting with Dean Winstanley.

10.05 The Sweetest Thing 10.45 The Big Bang Theory (HD) (2002). A woman (R,HD). Leonard and chases the man of her Penny continue testing dreams across America their rekindled in a bid to prevent him relationship, and Raj from marrying someone starts treating his new else. Romantic comedy, phone like a person, starring Cameron Diaz while Sheldon and Amy and Christina try to achieve internet Applegate. ●●● fame.

10.00 Cop Squad (R,S,HD).

Documentary following the work of Cambridgeshire police officers as they tackle crime in a county renowned for its university, tourism and picture-postcard appearance.

2.00 Life’s Funniest Moments Video clips of hilariously candid moments captured on camera. (R).

2.25 Teleshopping. Buying goods from the comfort of home. 5.55 ITV2 Nightscreen Text-based information service. (HD).

12.00 Men Behaving Badly. Gary dedicates himself to nursing girlfriend Dorothy back to health.

12.40 The Royle Family: The Queen of Sheba. 1.45 Come Fly with Me. 2.15 Men Behaving Badly. 2.45 Cr*pston Villas.

Sophie and Jonathan dream about life with other people.

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11.00 Champions League The quirky comic gives Weekly (HD). his surreal opinion on 11.30 Football Gold (S).

Holby City and EastEnders. Primeval and 11.45 Football Gold (S).

Manchester City v Dancing on Ice also Tottenham Hotspur. come under Harry’s unique brand of scrutiny.

Radio 1 6.30am The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw 10.00 Sara Cox 12.45pm Newsbeat 1.00 Scott Mills 4.00 Greg James 6.00 Radio 1’s Dance Anthems with Greg James 7.00 Annie Mac 9.00 Pete Tong 11.00 Skream and Benga 1.00am Radio 1’s Essential Mix Radio 2 5.00am Vanessa Feltz 6.30 Chris Evans 9.30 Ken Bruce Noon Jeremy Vine 2.00 Steve Wright in the Afternoon 5.00 Simon Mayo 7.00 Desmond Carrington: The Music Goes Round 8.00 Friday Night Is Music Night 10.00 The Radio 2 Arts Show with Claudia Winkleman Midnight Huey Morgan 3.00 Richard Allinson

12.00 Trollied (R,S,HD). 12.30 The Counsellor: Sky Movies Special (R,S,HD). 1.00 Futurama: Welcome to the World of Tomorrow (R,S,HD). 1.15 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 2.15 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 3.10 Cop Squad (R,S,HD). 4.00 Dog the Bounty Hunter (R). 5.00 Airline (R,S).

Radio 3 9.00am Essential Classics Noon Composer of the Week: Bill Evans 1.00 News 1.02 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2.00 Afternoon on 3 4.30 In Tune 6.30 Composer of the Week: Bill Evans 7.30 London Jazz Festival: Jazz Voice 10.00 The Verb 10.45 The Essay: The Existential Me 11.00 Jazz on 3: London Jazz Festival Launch 1.00am Through the Night Radio 4 5.30am News 5.43 Prayer for the Day 5.45 Farming Today 5.58 Tweet of the Day 6.00 Today 9.00 Desert Island Discs 9.45 (LW) Act of Worship 9.45 (FM) Book of the Week 10.00 Woman’s Hour 11.00 In Britten’s Footsteps 11.30 The

7.00 Great Movie Mistakes 2: The Sequel (R,S).

7.05 Doctor Who: Greatest Monsters and Villains Weekend (S).

10.30 Russell Howard’s Good News (R,S).

11.00 Family Guy (R,S).

Stewie tries to save a recalled teddy bear.

11.25 Family Guy (R,S).

Bonnie and Lois visit Paris.

11.45 American Dad! (R,S). Stan joins Roger and Steve’s fictional detective agency.

12.05 American Dad! (R,S). 12.25 American Dad! (R,S). 12.50 American Dad! (R,S). 1.10 Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents Teenagers Olly and Jake embark on their first unsupervised skiing trips.

(R,S). 2.10 Staying In with Greg and Russell (R,S).

2.40 Sweat the Small Stuff (R,S). 3.10 Russell Howard’s Good News (R,S). 3.40 C-Bomb (R,S).

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7.00 World News Today; Weather.

7.30 Britten at the Proms. New series. A performance of Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto.

9.30 Paul McCartney in Concert. The musician performs at the BBC’s Maida Vale studios.

10.30 Wings Over the World (R).

Documentary featuring footage from the band’s triumphant tour of 1975/76.

11.45 The Beatles’ Please Please Me – Remaking a Classic (R).

Artists including Stereophonics and Joss Stone recreate the 12-hour recording session for the Beatles’ first LP. 12.45 Paul McCartney in Concert 1.45 Wings Over the World 3.00 The Beatles’ Please Please Me – Remaking a Classic

10.15 Come Fly with Me. 10.30 Spanish Football Gold.

Penny gets a visit from a Real Madrid v Barcelona. member of the royal 10.45 Spanish Football Gold. household.

Real Madrid v Barcelona.

10.55 Harry Hill’s TV Burp. A Brief highlights of the La quirky review of smallLiga match at the screen highlights.

Bernabeu during the 2008/09 season.

11.55 Deep Blue Sea (HD) 11.15 The Big Bang Theory 11.00 Moone Boy (R,S,HD).

(1999). Thriller, starring (R,HD). Leonard breaks Comedy, starring Chris Saffron Burrows, his and Sheldon’s roomO’Dowd and David Thomas Jane, Stellan mate agreement.

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Skarsgard, LL Cool J and 11.45 Drifters (R). Meg shocks 11.30 Trollied (R,S,HD).

Samuel L Jackson. the girls.

Comedy set in a budget Including FYI Daily. ●●● supermarket.

12.15 PhoneShop The staff grow tired of Super Sales Wednesday.

(R). 12.50 Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy Little Chrissie and Spoon Snake visit the Jelly Fox. (R,HD).

1.25 Chris Moyles’ Quiz Night (R,HD). 2.10 Meet the Parents (R,HD). 3.00 Show and Tell (R).

3.40 Glee (R,HD). 4.40 Ugly Betty

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Wouldn’t He? 9.59 Weather 10.00 The World Tonight 10.45 Book at Bedtime: The Lowland 11.00 A Good Read 11.30 Who Sold the Soul? 11.55 The Listening Project Midnight News and Weather 12.30 Book of the Week: The Letters of John F Kennedy 12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 As BBC World Service 5.20 Shipping Forecast Radio 5 Live 5.00am Morning Reports 5.30 Wake Up to Money 6.00 5 Live Breakfast 10.00 Victoria Derbyshire Noon Shelagh Fogarty 2.00 Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review 4.00 5 Live Drive 7.00 5 Live Sport.

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5.00 Football Gold (S). 5.15 Football Gold (S). 5.30 Football Gold (S). The 2001/02 Premiership clash between Leeds United and Manchester United. 5.45 Football Gold (S). off 8.00pm). 10.00 5 Live Sport: Final Whistle 10.30 Stephen Nolan. News and debate, including a chance for listeners to phone in and discuss the latest stories. 1.00am Up All Night Classic FM 6.00am More Music Breakfast. 9.00 John Suchet. Classical hits, featuring the Hall of Fame Hour, plus the Album of the Week at 10.15.

1.00pm Jamie Crick. The host invites listeners to phone in and request their personal favourites. Plus, Artist of the Week at 4.15. 5.00 Classic FM Drive.

With John Brunning. 8.00 The Full Works Concert. Holst, Purcell, Reade, Tallis, Ireland. 10.00 Smooth Classics 2.00am Bob Jones

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Puzzles and poetry

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ON FOREIGN FIELDS On foreign fields, the grass has grown To bandage evidential scars, The days have long resumed their calm And silence greets the evening stars.

And if a voice should ask how long, Arouse them from their shrouded sleep And point across the waves to say, As long as wives and mothers weep.

Like gentle seas beyond a storm That bask beneath a summer haze, There is within the aftermath No mention made of yesterdays.

On foreign sands, the flag of peace Lies, tattered, ’neath the cannons’ roar, ’Til mankind finds another way, Remembrance is for evermore.

Where nature leads, so humankind Moves on within its own concerns With scant regard for freedom’s price Or those bequests on which it turns.

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ACROSS 1 I hear you were at the sports 1 I hear you were the sports centre in out centre in atSidmouth working Sidmouth working when youafellstate into a of when you out fell into state of near-unconsciousness (6) (6) near-unconsciousness 5 The church at West Polberro is 5 The church at West Polberro built on a(5) built on a small plotis of land small plot of land (5) 9 Mel and Ed are leaving Maidenwell in Maidenwell order to go 9 Mel and Ed are leaving in and visit one of their relatives (2-3) order to go and visit one of their relatives (23)10 My mum lives in a house right by the riverside, about three from (7)the 10 My miles mum lives in aAxminster house right by 11 Thisabout revered Cornishman lives riverside, three miles from Axminster (7) in a surprisingly small street in Par (2,5) 1112 This revered liveswas in a surMy firstCornishman girlfriend from prisingly small–street Par split (2,5) up it was Ridge wheninwe awful (4) 1214 My On firstMonday girlfriend was fromofRidge when three my –mates we split up it was awful (4) got rather drunk – by the end of night they 14 On the Monday three of mywere mates staggering got rather their drunkall – by around the end of the nightvillage they werenear Clawton (5,8)their village near staggering all around 17 I was Clawton (5,8) a little bit surprised when I bumped into Les from Alstone 17 I was a littlelost bit surprised when (4) I bumped – he's four stone! into from Alstone four stone!

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chess Bob Jones Nc5 14.Nxc5 dxc5 15.0–0 c4 16.Ra4 c3 17.Bb6 Bc5+ 18.Kh1 Bxb6 19.axb6 Qxb6 20.bxc3 Qd6 21.c4 Rab8 22.Qa1 Nd7 23.Rb1 Nc5 24.Rab4 b6 25.Qb2 Piling the pressure on. 25...Nd7 26.Bd3 f5 27.Qa3 a5 28.R4b3 Nc5 29.Rb5 e4 30.Be2 Rf6 31.fxe4 Rh6 Black seeks activity on the kingside with a mating threat. 32.g3 Only the protection of the queen on the other side of the board makes this playable. 32…Qe5 White now sacrifices the exchange in the hope that his central pawns will compensate. 33.Rxc5 bxc5 34.Rxb8+ Qxb8 35.Qxc5 f4 36.gxf4 Qxf4 Mate is threatened again, but White has a manoeuvre to deny this. 37.Qc8+ Kf7 38.Qf5+ Qxf5 39.exf5 Rh4 40.c5 a4 41.c6 Ke7 42.c7 Kd7 43.d6 Re4 44.Bb5+ 1–0 Black is unable to prevent White queening, eg, If 44...Kxd6 45.c8Q or 44… Kc8 45.Ba6+ Kd7 46.c8=Q+.

It’s certainly a busy time of year for chess, with the Guernsey Chess Festival taking place last week, which regularly attracts a number of West Country players. Then followed the Bournemouth Congress last weekend and the Seniors Congress in Exmouth on Monday.

Prizewinners at the recent Harambee RapidPlay in Bristol were as follows: 1st= Gareth Morris (Horfield) and Chris Timmins (5/6).

Grading Prizes: 180–151: Jody Johnson (Clifton).

150–126: Neil Derrick (Cabot).

U-126: Richard Porter (University).

In last week’s position, White had a 3 move knockout blow. 1. Bxh7+ KxB (Black could prolong the agony with 1…Kh8, but at suicidal cost.) 2.Qh4+ Kg8 3.Ne7 mate.

In this ending from a Bristol Congress earlier this year, how did Dave Collier (B) finish in style?

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An e2e4 tournament is being held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Gatwick this week with a number of strong juniors competing against more experienced opponents in the masters’ section. Having lost in Rd. 1 to the Russian Grandmaster, Alex Cherniaev, 13- year-old Matthew Wadsworth might reasonably have expected a slightly easier game in Rd. 2 against 12-year- old Theo Slade from Marhamchurch. This is how it went.

White: Theo Slade (162). Matthew Wadsworth (206).

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Your home life comes under the spotlight and you are left asking yourself what you really value. You’ve changed and it’s imperative you acknowledge this.

Money can be made by tapping into talents you had given up. Give me a call to make the best of life.

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Don’t tell tales on friends or family or it will come back on you. You’re talking for the sake of it and if you’d talk to the person who’s really on your mind, you’d save a lot of wasted time and energy. News of an ex gives you reason to think about the past.

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You get the urge to go to new places, seeking fresh inspiration. You’re slowly closing one chapter of your life and starting a new one. Don’t be emotionally blackmailed into social arrangements which make you miserable. Ring now to take control of life and love.

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A perfect week to push for more in your career. The stars cast you in a knowledgeable light and you can achieve things which last month were not even a possibility. Travel plans make for a fun week. Ring now to hear who can’t stop thinking about you.

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Be nice to new faces and try to avoid falling out over petty differences. You may not realise it but the stars are making you more emotional than usual. New attractions must be taken slowly. Ring now for a peek at what is to come.

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You’ve been dreaming of and yearning for change for a long time and it is finally hear. Nerves have set in, but slow your pace and don’t be rushed. This is the time you’ve been waiting for. Ring me to find out why it’s worth giving out compliments in the days ahead.

Challenges may seem scary but they’re the key to you taking your life to a whole new level. Be very careful of mixing friends and business. Something you have experience in can help boost funds and reputation.

Give me a call to hear about long-haul travel I see.

You’re finally seeing someone in their true light and you’re in shock. I’m glad because by the end of this week you work out what you need to do to make you happy for a change, instead of thinking about everyone else. Ring now for an in-depth reading.

You’ve got change in your life but is it the kind of change you’ve been working towards? Try to remember that this is simply a part of the journey.

Good news on Friday confirms you’re on the right path. Ring me to hear how foreign contacts are lucky.

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You’re still working out what happened over the last year. You’re certainly older and wiser. New attractions and strengthened existing ones mark the beginning of a better time in your life where you’re no longer watching the past. Ring now for the full story.

You must not worry so much what other people think.

It’s time you learnt that experience is what makes you wise. Trips you make for personal reasons are becoming a habit, and a good one. Ring now so we can talk about the future.

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Down 2 Tulip, 3 Pyworthy, 4 Roman Catholic, 5 Puma, 6 Tourist, 7 Hayle, 8 Lipson, 13 Sellable, 15 Rattery, 16 Nonage, 17 Icomb, 19 Trial, 20 Tarr.

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Across: 9 In-ch-arge, 10 Tar, 11 Erased, 12 He-arts (and flowers), 13 Op-poser, 14 Head, 15 Straight up, 17 Cash-mere, 18 Dispose, 19 Spar (rev), 21 I-nside, 24 Going to any lengths, 27 Asse-R-t, 29 Shot, 30 M-emoir-S, 33 Ap-pro-a-ch, 35 Concerning, 36 Down, 37 Ro-O-ster, 38 Ho-V-ers, 40 Sta-I-rs, 41 G-a-P, 42 Tend-erly.

Down: 1 Un-settling, 2 Char, 3 Pres-age-s, 4 Reports, 5 Dress circle, 6 Depression, 7 Fathom, 8 Re-paired, 10 To-p-up, 16 A-pp-rise, 20 Pi-nto, 22 Se-t do-wn, 23 Goes through, 25 Gets a-cross, 26 Spring roll, 28 Supports, 31 E-leph-ant, 32 Unt-Ruth, 34 Ran-c-id, 35 Cut up,. 39 View.

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Across: 9 Luscious, 10 Per, 11 Rascal , 12 Spouse, 13 Hounded, 14 Lobe, 15 On the house, 17 Sycamore, 18 Penalty, 19 Aria, 21 Insect, 24 Set the world on fire, 27 Kennel, 29 Tale, 30 Disrobe, 33 Backlash, 35 Tablespoon, 36 Open, 37 Oloroso, 38 Impede, 40 Debate, 41 Run, 42 Electors.

Down: 1 Suspenders, 2 Ecru , 3 Somewhat, 4 Isthmus, 5 Bridesmaids, 6 Prediction, 7 Asylum, 8 Barbaric, 10 Prune, 16 Hearten, 20 Rural, 22 Stirrup , 23 Switchboard, 25 Half a dozen, 26 Embroidery, 28 Examples, 31 Itemised, 32 Abdomen, 34 Kansas, 35 Thorn, 39 Path.

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