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The weekend is here. But what are you going to do? Head to the cinema to see the big superhero showdown? Check out the delicious treats at the Taste Chocolate festival? Or take the kids for a fun Easter day out? Here are a few ideas to get you started for the weekend and the week ahead.

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People see a little bit of themselves and their friends up there The UK tour of Mamma Mia! premieres in Bristol next week. Natalie Banyard caught up with the show’s creator Judy Craymer and Bristol-based writer Catherine Johnson to talk about the enduring tale of friendship – on and off stage.

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t the heart of Mamma Mia’s storyline is the enduring friendship of three women, all told movingly and cleverly through the memorable sing-along catalogue of timeless songs by Seventies Swedish pop sensation ABBA. And, like the plot, Mamma Mia!’s outstanding success was the result of an unprecedented collaboration between three women.

Londoner Judy Craymer had the idea for Mamma Mia! almost 20 years ago. She was working as executive producer on the West End production of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ first post-ABBA project, Chess, when she started trying to persuade them to do something based on their greatest hits.

She asked Bristol playwright Catherine Johnson to pen the musical’s plot, brought in director Phyllida Lloyd and together these three women created one of the most successful musicals ever.

While Chess was a musical about politics with a new score and songbook written by Benny and Bjorn, it was Craymer’s genius to spot the theatrical potential of ABBA’s back catalogue. Now she had to find a story strong enough to carry them.

“I knew from the outset that Mamma Mia! had to be much more than just an ABBA compilation or tribute show,” she says. “The story had to be as infectious as the music and provide a strong feel-good factor. That’s when I approached Catherine.”

Catherine’s brief was that the lyrics could not change and the story should be a contemporary, ironic, romantic comedy. Driving her Bristol neighbours to despair, she listened to ABBA’s catchy songs night after night until she had finally completed the first draft of a script. “It was a real journey at times,” admits Catherine, who was a talented writer struggling to support her young family when she first started penning the feel-good script. “There were times when I just thought ‘I can’t do this – this is a ridiculous idea’. But I persevered and got there in the end.”

Inspired by ABBA classics such as Dancing Queen, I Have A Dream, Voulez-Vous, and Take A Chance On Me, Catherine’s tale of family and friendship unfolds on a Greek island paradise.

On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother’s past back to the island they last visited 20 years before.

It is a universal tale of friendship, love and life in an idyllic setting.

With the compelling story in place, Benny and Bjorn gave the project the green light. It then fell to Craymer to find a director.

Phyllida Lloyd, known for her work in opera, had never directed a musical before, but Craymer instinctively felt she would be right for the project.

Though they were brought together for their strengths and skills rather than their gender, this was an unprecedented collaboration of three women whose working relationship and resulting friendship made for a dream partnership.

“I’m delighted that Mamma Mia!’s success was the result of a collaboration of three women,” says Judy.

“It was very serendipitous how we came together and how wonderfully we worked together. There were

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➤➤➤ never any pretensions or jealousies. Catherine’s story is about friendship and we became very good friends.”

The on-stage relationships of the three best friends – Donna and the Dynamos – at the centre of the piece mirrors that of their feisty creators. Judy says: “We all see ourselves as those three women on the stage. Catherine is the slightly chaotic single mom, I’m the high-maintenance one, and the pragmatic one is Phyllida.”

The secret of the show’s success, however, is that it’s not just its creators who see themselves on stage, but the audiences do, too.

“The story is universal and the characters are very real,” says Judy. “I think people see a little bit of themselves and their friends up there.

“I think people feel that they get more out of the show than they think they will. It’s very unpretentious, very romantic and nostalgic, a universal story about hope and second chances and, like the ABBA songs themselves, it takes you on a rollercoaster of mixed emotions making you both laugh and cry.

“This isn’t a show just for women,” adds Judy.

“David Beckham is a fan – in the early days he and Victoria came several times. It definitely appeals to the guys, even if they see it as a guilty pleasure.

“I think this is a show that brings joy. In a world in which we are constantly battered by bad news, this show really takes you on a music-filled, nostalgic trip and makes you think of better things.”

On April 6, 1999, Mamma Mia! had its world premiere and the audience was immediately charmed and uplifted. “It became a bit of a Mardi Gras with people leaving the theatre in a very joyous spirit,” says Judy. “It was then that we had a hint that it was going to be successful.

“I think it was the combination of the good story and the great songs that just took off and grabbed people. It’s a great show to visit with family and friends and a great night out. I’ve

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seen audience members turning to other audience members to say ‘How many times have you seen this?’ – it’s like a community now!”

Then came talk of the big screen adaptation.

Judy showed loyalty to Catherine and Phyllida, insisting that they work on the movie, even though none of them had any experience of working on a film set.

The 2008 film, starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Julie Walters, became the highest-grossing live-action musical film of all time, with a staggering one in four households in this country owning the DVD, making it the biggest-selling DVD ever.

From West End to global phenomenon, the London production of Mamma Mia! has now been seen by more than ten per cent of the entire UK population and is one of only five musicals to have run for more than ten years

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both on Broadway and in the West End. Now the show finally embarks on an official UK tour, premiering in Bristol.

“It has taken 17 years to go out on an official UK tour – we wanted to see if it would work first,” laughs Judy. “It’s highly exciting to be premiering the tour in Bristol – in Catherine’s home town.

“I’ll be there at the Hippodrome – I do love a good premiere! And we’ll be supporting Children’s Hospice South West on opening night. My cousin, a paediatric nurse, works there and the charity does a wonderful job.”

Local girl Catherine, who has recently become a grandmother for the first time, will of course be there too: “I can’t wait for the show to return to Bristol,” she says. “I’ll be bringing some great friends along with me – people who have been with me since the beginning of this amazing journey.

“The Hippodrome is a beautiful theatre and I can’t wait to see Mamma Mia! back on its stage.”

Judy and Catherine say that they never get bored of the show, which for them represents a real labour of love.

“Just when I think it’s time to hang up the platform boots, something else comes long like this UK tour that I really want to be a part of,” says Judy. “For me, Mamma Mia! has become a business and a family. I still love it. I feel very blessed.”

And how about the much-rumoured sequel?

“Well, there’s always the dream,” smiles Judy.

“Mamma Mia! started as a dream in the first place so never say never. It’s something that is always discussed amongst us, and yes, I’d hope that one day it could happen.”

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Sizzling summer of festivals heading our way Festivals One of the things that makes Bristol so great is our superb line-up of fantastic festivals, writes Craig Jones. Get these dates in your diary and you won’t have to miss a thing.

■ Bristol Harbour Festival Thousands will flock to Bristol for the annual free family event. Taking place from July 15 to 17, the event will boast lots of music and dance activities as well as giving visiting a chance to get out on the water. For more details visit www.bristolharbourfestival.co.uk.

■ Bristol International Balloon Fiesta The quintessential Bristol event is back at Ashton Court Estate and will see balloons of all shapes and sizes occupy our skies as part of the hugely popular annual festival. This year the fiesta will be held from August 11 to 14. To find out more visit www.bristolballoonfiesta.co.uk.

■ Love Saves The Day With appearances from Dizzee Rascal, Hot Chip and Everything Everything, this year’s Love Saves The Day looks set to be the biggest one to date. The festival will take place at Eastville Park on May 28 and 29 and will also feature performances by Stormzy and Bristol’s own Roni Size, as well as a special Arcadia show. For ticket information visit www.lovesavestheday.org.

■ Upfest Europe’s largest street art and graffiti festival will see Bedminster taken over by a fine array of colour from July 23 to 25. Last year, 30,000 people visited the event to enjoy work by 300 artists. To find out more about the programme visit www.upfest.co.uk.

■ Grillstock Combining music and the finest barbecue food, Grillstock continues to grow in popularity year after year. There will be food competitions and workshops as well as musical performances. Punk legends The Stranglers will playing at the festival, running at the Harbourside on July 2 and 3, with more acts yet to be announced. For further details visit www.grillstock.co.uk.

■ Let’s Rock Bristol The ever popular Eighties music festival returns

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to Ashton Court Estate, from June 3 to 5, with a nostalgic line-up consisting of Jason Donovan, UB40, Shalamar and Midge Urge among many other favourites. For ticket information visit www.letsrockbristol.com.

■ Dot to Dot The annual one-day festival is renowned for showcasing the best up-and-coming talent. The festival will take place at many venues all over the city on May 28. This year’s line-up features new stars Rat Boy and The Sherlocks as well as established acts such as Mystery Jets and The Temper Trap. To see the full bill visit www.dottodotfestival.co.uk.

■ Bristol Comedy Garden The whole city is set to have a giggle when a host of top comic talent comes to Bristol. Last year’s event, which took place in Queen Square, welcomed acts such as Sean Lock, Mark Watson and Stewart Lee. The 2016 Bristol Comedy Garden is scheduled to run from June 28 to July 3. To find out more visit www.bristolcomedygarden.co.uk.

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■ Encounters Film fanatics should enjoy Encounters which will be running across Bristol from September 20 to 25.

The short film and animation festival welcomes huge names from the industry as well as showcasing emerging talent.

■ Bristol Shakespeare Festival Taking place at a range of venues, between June 8 and July 31, the great playwright will be honoured with many of his works being celebrated through immersive and innovative performances. To find out more visit www.bristolshakespearefestival.org.uk.

■ Bristol Summer Series Huge acts James Bay, The Last Shadow Puppets, Sigur Rós and Catfish and The Bottlemen will be headlining concerts running at Lloyds Amphitheatre from June 22 to 25. For ticket details visit www.metropolismusic.com.

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‘The music will never go in or out of fashion, it’s timeless’ Festival After a great opening last year, the Bristol Ska & Mod Festival returns with an even better line-up for 2016, writes Mark Taylor

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fter the success of last year’s inaugural Bristol Ska & Mod Festival at Motion, the all-day event returns on Sunday with an equally strong line-up for the bank holiday weekend.

With highlights including appearances from Jam tribute band From The Jam, original late Seventies ska/mod bands The Lambrettas and The Beat, Small Faces tribute The Small Fakers and a set from 2Rude featuring special guest Roddy Radiation of The Specials, it’s a line-up that covers all bases.

Festival programmer Michael Jones says the one-day festival was launched last year simply as a way of bringing together two big subcultures under one roof with plenty of bands and attractions for all ages.

“The scene for both sets of music in Bristol is thriving and really we wanted to just create a single flagship event for people who enjoy that music on one big day out.

“Last year’s festival was fantastic, we were incredibly surprised by how well received it all was. It was a completely new concept for that venue but it just really worked.”

Michael’s roots are very much in the ska and punk scene through his days promoting shows as a teenager at the legendary club TJs in Newport, and they are genres that have stayed with him throughout his career.

“It’s really nice to go back to where it all started and keep doing this sort of show. This year’s sales are already about 50 per cent up on the final sales from last year so obviously lots of other people feel the same.”

As well as the music, there will be food on sale and a bar serving a range of guest beers and ciders, which makes the event ideal for enjoying a long Sunday prior to a lazy Bank Holiday Monday.

Michael says he expects people to be particularly drawn by The Lambrettas, who are one of the original mod bands from the late 1970s and 1980s. They enjoyed three hit singles, the best known of which was Poison Ivy, which reached number seven in the charts and went on to

become one of the mod movement’s anthems.

Also on the bill is The Beat featuring singer Ranking Roger. Like The Lambrettas, The Beat were one of the biggest bands of the ska and new wave scene in the early 1980s, with a string of hits like Hands Off – She’s Mine, Mirror in The Bathroom, Too Nice To Talk To and Can’t Get Used to Losing You. “Most people will be drawn to the big names a bit later on, but 2Rude with Roddy Radiation from The Specials a bit earlier in the day will be really special.

“And then there are acts like Big Boss Man, who have that really authentic soulful sound nailed down. I’ll certainly be getting there early to see both sets.”

With the ska and mod scene thriving in the region, Michael says that many of the original fans of the Seventies and Eighties are now taking their children, and even their grandchildren, to events.

“That’s something we noticed last year, a lot of mums and dads bringing their sons and daughters along to see the bands that they in turn would have seen as youngsters, which was really lovely to see.

“This sort of music will never really go in or out of fashion, it’s just a timeless music that’s become imprinted on British musical culture and for that reason it’ll always be thriving in its own way.”

And it’s not just about the music. The movement also has a strong sense of style through clothes and vintage scooters, all of which will be evident at the festival.

Michael says: “To quote the iconic mod film Quadrophenia, it really is a way of life. It’s not just the music, it’s everything.

“It’s about being part of your own special subculture and having that identity that matches up with other like-minded people. It has always been here in the past and I think it’ll stay here for the foreseeable future, too, thanks to events like this.”

■ The Bristol Ska & Mod Festival 2016 is at Motion on Sunday, March 27. See listings for details.

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can still remember the day, in 2003, when brothers-in-law Tristan Hogg and Jon Simon baked an early prototype of one of their Pieminister pies, put it in a taxi and had it delivered to my desk.

AlothashappenedforPieministerinthose13 years. It may still have its HQ on Stokes Croft but the pies are now eaten all over the country, sold in supermarkets and enjoyed via a growing collection of restaurants.

Thelatesttoopenisbackinthecitywhereitall began, with a new Pieminister pie shop now slap bang on the centre, opposite the fountains.

This Broad Quay site has been various businesses in recent years, including the short-lived My Burrito and the even shorter- lived Fuego, two Latin American eateries that never really took off.

A clever design from the Pieminister team has made this space feel twice the size it was, with an industrial look of caged strip lights, frosted glass panels, tiled bar and neon signage flashing slogans like Live and Eat Pie. The staff are as cool as the refurbishment, each one sporting Converse trainers and jeans so skinny that they can’t possibly eat many of the pies themselves.

Next to the bar, there is an open kitchen with white butchers tiles and, on this visit, a chef who just might win a beard of the year competition.

If you don’t count the stall in St Nicholas Market, this is the second bricks and mortar Pieminister restaurant in Bristol and it is similar

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in style to its Stokes Croft sibling.

Most of the food is served on blue-rimmed white enamel Falcon camping plates but you canalsotakeyourfoodawayinbrowncardboard boxes – perfect for those who want to eat their pies with their legs dangling over the edge of the nearby docks this summer.

And it’s not just pies on offer here. There are hot pots (“slow-cooked with a potato top”), salads and “super sides” of macaroni cheese, salt-and-pepper onion rings and courgette fries.

Visiting during the recent National Pie Week, it would have been rude not to order pies and there are 16 to choose from, with five vegetarian versions including the spicy new Saag Pie-Neer (Indian-style pea, paneer, spinach, potato, chilli and mango served with lime pickle).

The pies are £5 with gravy (or salsa), but you can pimp them up with various sides (all £2.20), including mash, skin-on chips and minted mushy peas.

I went for the Tipsy Chick, one of several “open top” pies, with a side of superfood slaw, a crunchy, tangy slaw of red cabbage, beetroot, chilli, lime, pomegranate and chopped flat-leaf parsley.

Within the crisp, thin pastry case, the pie’s filling was a creamy, herby combination of pieces of chicken (free range and British), chopped leeks, peas and flecks of mint, with the addition of Orchard Pig cider adding a fruity sweetness to the rich béchamel sauce.

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on the cards for one of the ice cream pies – the newly-created Glastonbury Mud pie (rich chocolate and vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce and toasted flaked almonds) already has my name on it.

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he Canteen has become such an integral part of Bristol’s cultural fabric that it’s hard to believe it is only just entering its seventh year.

Housed in a former Sixties office block in the middle of Stokes Croft, the building used to be most famous for being located next to Banksy’s famous Mild, Mild West mural.

Derelict for years after a large finance company moved out of Hamilton House, its current inhabitants are some of the city’s most creative artists and musicians, who rent out the building’s highly-prized studios, workshops and offices.

Occupying the ground floor, and with a leafy decked terrace area overlooking the notorious “Turbo Island” and the newly opened MeatLiquor restaurant, it’s a lively location.

The Canteen itself is a light and airy room with well spaced tables, squishy leather sofas and a stage area that becomes the focal point for free live music every night.

By day, the place has a decidedly more sleepy, almost hungover, vibe. It’s as if most of the clientele are on a go-slow having been there until the early hours the night before.

Over the years, there have been plenty of changes of personnel in the open kitchen next to the bar but the food philosophy remains exactly the same in that it’s all about local and seasonal food served at a fair price.

The menu is still blackboard-only and it’s as concise as it always has been, with just six dishes and a daily soup chalked up when I visited.

In one corner of the room, there is a list of suppliers used by the kitchen and they include some of the best in the region, including Severn Project (for leaves), meat from Powells of Olveston butchers and Wing of St Mawes for fish.

There is a similarly hyper-local approach at the bar, where Bristol breweries Arbor, Bristol Beer Factory, Beerd, Moor and Butcombe are among those showcased on draught and in bottles.

Another thing that hasn’t altered is the generous touch of serving a small bowl of complimentary soup and bread with every main course you order.

My bowl of leek and potato was a tad underseasoned but tasted intensely leeky and was accompanied by a hunk of good sourdough bread – presumably baked by The Canteen’s own bakery in Old Market.

Main courses here rarely stray beyond the £8 mark and the majority of dishes feature fish or are suitable for vegetarians and vegans.

Among the dishes I didn’t order this time, there was a Goan fish curry and a panzanella salad of roasted Jerusalem artichokes, wilted spinach, sprouts, onion, watercress, croutons and herbs.

At £8, my ham hock broth was fantastic value.

The huge, seemingly bottomless bowl was filled to the brim with a rich, mustardy broth spiked with star anise and black peppercorns, and packed with large, shredded pieces of ham hock, diced carrot, greens and celery.

From a selection of cakes on the counter, a seasonal rhubarb frangipane tart (£2.50) boasted the crispest bottom layer of pastry with a moist, almondy centre and candy-pink rhubarb lattice on top.

THE CANTEEN

80 Stokes Croft, Bristol BS1 3QY. Tel: 0117 923 2017.

VERDICT:

■ TASTE CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL

Waterfront Square, Harbourside, Bristol Taste Chocolate Festival returns to Bristol Harbourside for a second year with over 40 exhibitors showcasing indulgent, beautifully crafted chocolates, cakes, patisserie, fudge, churros, wine, donuts, beer, liqueurs, hot chocolate and much more. The two-day festival will also feature a food and drink court with some of the city’s finest street

food, a Prosecco bar and craft ale bar as well as a History of Chocolate exhibition. It runs from 10am to 5pm. Entry is £4 on the day (subject to availability), £3 in advance via the Taste Chocolate website (plus a 25p booking fee). Free entry for children under 13. See www.tastechocolate.co.uk.

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Raleigh Road, Southville, Bristol

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■ TASTE CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL

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Sensational cooking surely deserves a second Michelin star

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ilks opened in 2012 and achieved a Michelin star almost immediately. Since then, it has quietly gone about its business, never shouting too loudly about itself or letting success overshadow the food.

Unlikemanychefswhoprobablywouldn’tlast one shift in the high-pressure Wilks kitchen, chef-patronJamesWilkinsisn’toneofthoseguys who runs the risk of getting RSI from constantly tweeting about himself.

Along with his partner, Christine Vayssade, he worked in Michelin-star restaurants around the world for years before he opened his own place in Bristol.

He worked mostly in France and Japan for the legendary French chef Michel Bras, but he also earned his stripes in the London kitchens of Gordon Ramsay (when the sweary chef was still cooking and not on TV) and under the watchful eye of such culinary luminaries as the Galvin brothers and Richard Neat. He worked in some of the world’s most demanding kitchens and it shows in every single detail at Wilks.

After my lunch there last week, I bumped into a top Bristol chef who told me he considered Wilkins “hands down the most grown-up chef in Bristol”.

“He’s a complete pro – no gimmicks, just absolutely perfect cooking, which can only be learnt from years and years of hard graft.” After the meal I’d just experienced at Wilks, I couldn’t have put it better myself.

A sleek restaurant with polished wooden boards, grey walls, black window blinds and well-spaced tables, this tucked away Redland restaurant looks the part. Black-clad waiting staff, mostly French, work the room with effortless grace and efficiency, whilst sommelier Lidon Ludovic explains each wine with infectious passion and exuberance.

There are tasting menus and a set menu, but I was more drawn to the a la carte, which is concise with just four choices per course.

Wilkins’cookingmaybeunderpinnedbyclassic French technique but he has a light, playful touch and uses the best seasonal produce avail-

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able, whether it’s local or imported from Paris.

After impeccable amuse-bouches of a beefy, deep-flavoured oxtail consomme and a delicate, Lilliputian crab tart, a starter of Scottish langoustinetails(£18)wasborderingontheethereal for any seafood lover.

The langoustines had been treated three ways and their fresh sweetness was allowed to shine in each. What looked like a giant sprout was in fact a cabbage leaf-wrapped dumpling with langoustine meat inside, whilst a pink-hued ball resembling minced crab sticks turned out to be raw langoustine tartare. A firm, spankingly-fresh sautéed langoustine tail, with dabs of zesty lemon purée and tiny, crunchy florets of romanesco broccoli completed a sensational starter.

With certain main courses nudging the £30 mark, I’m not going to pretend this is a cheap option.TheseareLondonpricesforpeoplewho can afford them, but then there are a lot of peopleinthiscitywhocanandtherearealsoalot of lesser establishments and chefs charging that for food a fraction as good.

A main of Brecon Beacons lamb saddle (£27) was quite possibly the best lamb dish I’ve ever eaten. Cooked slowly for a couple of hours in a water bath before being finished off on the heat, the pink, juicy meat was softer than butter and coated with a fine green dusting of wild garlic and flat parsley crust.

To the side, a small mound of bulgur wheat (again with wild garlic and flat leaf parsley mixed through it) was topped with meaty slices of pan-fried cep mushrooms, with a sweet, baked Roscoff onion and a tangle of in-season wild garlic leaves. It was a dish I really didn’t want to end and just writing about it makes me want to go back for more.

To finish, Yorkshire rhubarb tart (£7) was a stunning dessert, both visually and flavour-wise.

The crumbly pastry base was layered with fluffy Tahitian vanilla mousse, pink rhubarb and a scoop of tart rhubarb sorbet with a razor-thin slice of dried blood orange. Blobs of blood orange and yuzu (Wilkins is mildly obsessed with this eye-wateringly expensive Asian citrus fruit) coulis transformed the plate into an edible versiononeofDamienHirst’svibrantandcolourful spotty paintings.

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WILKS

1-3 Chandos Road, Redland, Bristol, BS6 6PG. Tel: 0117 9737 999.

VERDICT:

Precise, technically perfect cooking of the best available ingredients, backed by the slickest service, Wilks continues to improve with each visit and a second Michelin star must surely be within reach now.

Food ★★★★★ Service ★★★★★ Ambience ★★★★★

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Right, James Wilkins and Christine Vayssade

PUB OF THE WEEK HOPE & ANCHOR

ver the next few days, the Hope & Anchor in Hotwells and its sibling pub, The Volunteer Tavern near Cabot Circus, both hold their own Easter beer festivals.

At The Volunteer Tavern in New Street, there will be over 30 craft beers and ciders on offer throughout the bank holiday weekend, with an outside bar takeover from Bristol brewery Wiper & True, a barbecue, Sunday roasts, a goat curry on Monday and live music every night.

The Hope & Anchor Easter beer festival starts on Thursday, March 31 and runs through to Monday, April 4, with an equally impressive range of ales and ciders available.

Both pubs are run by Peter Gibbs and both benefit from having large, secluded gardens.

They also pride themselves on the quality and range of ales and ciders on offer, whether there is a festival or not.

When I visited the Hope & Anchor last week, there were six cask ales available from all over the UK – Abbeydale Moonshine from Yorkshire, Twisted Oak Dodger from Wrington, Prescott Chequered Flag from Cheltenham, RCH Pitchfork from Weston-super-Mare, Urban Huntsman Over and Under from the West Midlands, Nottingham-brewed Black Iris Better The Devil You Know.

Cider drinkers were equally spoiled for choice with Lilleys and Symonds on draught.

For keg beer and lager drinkers, the range included Bristol Beer Factory Milk Stout, Amstel, Grolsch, Blue Moon and Birra Moretti.

There was also a guest beer from Wiper & True.

Food is served lunchtimes and evenings, with a range of burgers and pub classics such as steak and chips or fish and chips. More restaurant-style dishes were roast chicken, mushroom, tarragon and truffle oil pie with nutmeg-infused mash and buttered vegetables or roasted winter vegetable filo parcel with salad, tomato and red pepper sauce and a balsamic glaze.

A specials board offered such temptations as celeriac and leek pie; homemade lasagne and chips; or mushroom burger, and there were also cheap and cheerful bar snacks of sausage rolls and slices of quiche for £1.50 each.

With a Monday night curry and pint deal for £5 and two-for-one burgers on Tuesdays, this is a pub that likes to reel in the drinkers even on the quieter nights and the Sunday roasts are so popular that booking is pretty much essential.

■ 38 Jacob’s Wells Road, Hotwells, Bristol, BS8 1DR. Tel: 0117 9292987.

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Sisters focus on simple, tasty and healthy dishes

T

he follow-up to the international bestseller, The Art of Eating Well, Good + Simple is for anyone who wants easy, affordable everyday eating that is both nutritious and

delicious.

The second book from sisters Melissa and Jasmine Hemsley is about enjoying real home cooking. No frills and no fad dieting, this beautifully-illustrated cookbook shows readers how simple, achievable and tasty eating well can be.

The sisters have taken the health and wellness industry by storm since launching their family-run business in 2010 for people who want to live healthier, happier lives.

Accessible and practical, the book is packed with 140 brand-new, affordable recipes that live up to the Hemsleys’ motto of “good food, good mood, good digestion, good health”.

The sisters’ down-to-earth approach to healthy eating is built around simple methods, well-known ingredients, reworked classics and fast recipes for those short on time.

Part one of the book includes an at-a-glance guide to the Hemsleys’ principles of eating well - ten recipes to get you started (from coconut flour blueberry muffins to ‘no-fry, slow cooker’ chicken curry), basic store cupboard ingredients and a one-week reboot based on their restorative bone broth.

Part two has recipes for breakfast, lunch, salads, vegetarian and vegan mains, meat and fish dishes and plenty of desserts, baking, snacks and sweets.

The third part includes advice on mindful eating, quick lunches that you can enjoy at home, work or while travelling, easy suppers, tips on making the best use of leftovers, how to plan a Sunday cook-off for the week ahead and two weekly meal plans.

The Hemsleys say: “We take a holistic approach towards well-being, because for us it’s not just about healthy eating. Food should be good for you but it should also taste good, make you and your family feel good, be good for the environment and your pocket.”

Picture: Nick Hopper

COURGETTE AND CANNELLINI BEAN LASAGNE SERVES 4

■ Good + Simple by Melissa and Jasmine Hemsley (Ebury Press, £25)

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■ 3 large courgettes For the ‘béchamel’ sauce: ■ 250g ricotta ■ 80g Parmesan or pecorino, finely grated, plus extra for sprinkling ■ 1 egg For the tomato sauce: ■ 1 x 400g tin of cannellini beans, drained and rinsed ■ 2 garlic cloves ■ 120g sundried tomatoes (about 20 pieces) in oil, drained ■ 3 tablespoons tomato purée ■ A pinch of sea salt ■ ¼ teaspoon black pepper

■ Add the ingredients for the ‘béchamel’ sauce to a food processor and blend until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and set aside. Add the ingredients for the tomato sauce to the food processor (no need to clean out the bowl) and blend until smooth.

Using a mandolin or very sharp knife, finely slice the courgettes lengthways into 3mm-thick pieces.

Preheat the oven to fan 180°C/Gas mark 6. Spread about half the tomato sauce over the bottom of a 16cm x 22cm ovenproof dish which is at least 8cm deep, as a thin layer. Top with about a third of the courgette slices in an even layer. Cover the courgettes with about half the ‘béchamel’ sauce, then top with half the remaining courgettes in an even layer. Repeat the layering with the remaining tomato sauce, courgettes and béchamel, then sprinkle over a final layer of Parmesan to finish.

Bake for 45 minutes until golden brown on top. Leave to stand for five to ten minutes before serving.

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the band’s own take on Prince’s Paisley Park records and Prince’s pop alchemy is especially potent for Lasek.

“He was the guy who made me realise that it was okay to sing high,” says The Besnard Lakes frontman.

“He’s not concerned about being super macho. Once I started getting into punk rock in high school, Prince was still there. He didn’t lose relevancy for me. Prince was still there when I started getting into prog rock, too.

We’re just absorbed in music of all sorts.”

ary Spender is a Bristolbased singer/songwriter who has toured across the UK and US over the past few years, with recent highlights including support slots with Gabrielle Aplin and Echo and The Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch.

She has also performed at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, a legendary venue where many country and blues legends started their careers.

Releasing a track a month on Soundcloud every month for a year, Spender is currently working towards the release of her debut album, which is due out in October 2016.

Spender and her band are back on home turf next week to headline the Louisiana. The gig is to be recorded, setting the scene for her Live in Bristol album, digital copies of which will be sent to all ticket-holders to the Louisiana show.

The Americana-infused, blues/folk artist is massively popular in the city and for her growing fan base, this is one home town show not to be missed.

■ Thursday, March 31. See listings for details.

■ Thursday, March 31. See listings for details.

THE BESNARD LAKES THE FLEECE

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ontreal band The Besnard Lakes are unafraid to marry textured sonics to the honeyed pleasure of radio hits past: essentially, their sound captures the rapture of My Bloody Valentine entwined with the romance of Fleetwood Mac. Formed by husband and wife Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas, the band echoes prime Fleetwood Mac with two girl/boy couplings in the line-up.

This melodic yet mountainous sound was sculpted at Breakglass Studios, the Montreal studios co-founded by Lasek a decade ago. It’s

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SHE MAKES WAR THEKLA

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he Makes War is the alt-pop alter ego of Bristol multi-instrumentalist Laura Kidd, who will be launching her third album, Direction Of Travel, at the Thekla.

Produced by Kidd, mixed by Dan Austin (Doves, Pixies) and featuring guest appearances from Tanya Donelly (Belly, Throwing Muses) and Mark Chadwick (The Levellers) on vocals and Clive Deamer (Portishead) on drums, Direction Of Travel was recorded in the winter months of 2014/15 in Bristol, Brighton and London.

The songs reveal widescreen ambition, deep-

ening the glittery, grunge-inflected guitar-driven sound of Kidd’s back catalogue while exploring new worlds of cinematic orchestration and heartfelt, confessional songwriting.

Tracks like Drown Me Out, In Cold Blood and Alone combine an unabashed love of Nineties alt-rock with the gothic undertones of Sisters Of Mercy and early Echo & The Bunnymen, whilst Time To Be Unkind (featuring Mark Chadwick) blends melancholy ukulele, cello and piano with a tearstained lead vocal and killer harmonies.

■ Saturday, March 26. See listings for details.

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●●●●● HEAR IT 27

Music Listings FRIDAY, MARCH 25 ■ CARMINA

Be-Bop Club, 8.30pm, £8, www.thebebopclub.co.uk

Celtic jazz crossover band Carmina began their career in Bristol in the early 1990s and since then have toured internationally, appearing at festivals such as the Edinburgh Fringe, Cork Jazz, Glastonbury and Sydney St Patrick’s Day Parade. They have released five albums to date, two produced by Irish music legend Donal Lunny, and their music blends folk and Celtic themes with jazz improvisation in powerful original songs and instrumentals. The line-up for the evening features award-winning songwriters Pippa Marland (vocals, alto and soprano sax, Irish whistles) and Rob King (acoustic guitar, bodhran), with London-based jazz pianist Geoff Castle (Ian Carr’s Nucleus, Paz), virtuoso fiddle player Gina Griffin (Moonflowers, Scoville Units) and Irish guitarist and vocalist Paul Bradley (Three Cane Whale, Organelles). The band will be playing material destined for their forthcoming sixth album as well as songs from their extensive back catalogue, including pieces inspired over the years by the richness of the Bristol jazz scene.

■ STEREO MC’S

Fleece, 7.30pm, £15, www.thefleece.co.uk

See right.

■ SHAM 69

Louisiana, 7.30pm, £10, www.thelouisiana.net

Not to be confused with the Sham 69 featuring founding frontman Jimmy Pursey and the 1977 line-up, this is singer Tim V’s splinter version of the punk rock veterans featuring no original members but the same classic hits.

■ JOHNNY CLARKE

Kuumba Centre, Hepburn Road, St Paul’s, 10pm, £10

This Dub Encounters Showcase from Bristol Roots Syndicate features a live performances from reggae legend Johnny Clarke and rising star Idren Natural, plus sound systems from Blood and Fire, and Pappa Roots.

■ SMIF-N-WESSUN

Thekla, 7pm, £12, www.theklabristol.co.uk

Dynamic New York hip hop duo comprising rappers Tek and Steele of the influential Brooklyn hip hop supergroup Boot Camp Clik.

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■ THE BUZZ YARD

Exchange, 7.30pm, £5, www.exchangebristol.com

SATURDAY, MARCH 26 ■ MUSHROOMHEAD / AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE

The aim of The Buzz Yard is to create a platform for up-and-coming talent based around Bristol and the South West, bringing together artists and fans through a live atmosphere, radio and online pages. This first event features live performances from Megs Emrys Band, Skiver and the Absentees, Tom Forbes, Them Dead Beats and The Inexplicables, plus DJ sets from FlutterByOne and The Nod DJs.

From Cleveland, Ohio, Mushroomhead are known for their avant-garde heavy metal meets electro-industrial sound and their imagery, which features masks and costumes. Support from Minneapolis heavy metal band American Head Charge, who have just released their new album, Tango Umbrella.

■ TAIL FEATHER

■ LORD VICAR

Old Market Assembly, 9pm, free, www.oldmarketassembly.co.uk

There’s a corner of Reading where 1970s transatlantic rock never died, it just kept on quietly adding harmony vocals to riffing grooves and letting that guitar solo float free. That’s the place where Tail Feather comes from, a bunch of young longhairs with well-worn copies of Fleetwood Mac, Camel and even Yes in their record collection, inspiring a ‘psych/Americana/blues’ sound that takes you back while definitely looking forward.

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Marble Factory, 6.30pm, £17.50, www.motionbristol.com

Exchange, 7.30pm, £8, www.exchangebristol.com

Firmly walking in the footsteps of Saint Vitus, Trouble, Witchfinder General, Pentagram and The Obsessed, Lord Vicar brings together an international line-up of four devoted metalheads, who have experience from a long list of doom metal bands including Saint Vitus, Reverend Bizarre and Count Raven.

■ SHE MAKES WAR

Thekla, 6.30pm, £8, www.theklabristol.co.uk See page 27.

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Old Market Assembly, 9pm, free, www.oldmarketassembly.co.uk

It’s hard to pin down the Weatherstorms sound – those folksy harmony vocals shouldn’t go with big electronic surges, should they? And do carefully written lyrics sit well in dance music? But it all fits nicely together in the folktronic hands of James Cameron and pals.

Shanty-minded acoustic piracy with a whiff of klezmer in the sweeping clarinet, fiddle and accordion, this Bath six-piece comes somewhere between The Pogues and The Specials.

■ KIRRIS RIVIERE BLUES BAND

■ NEW2

Canteen, 9pm, free, www.canteenbristol.co.uk

A big man with an even bigger voice, Kirris Riviere is soaked in the blues of B.B.King, Buddy Guy and other greats of the Chicago style. He’s got a rocking band, too, and they’re not afraid to let it rip in the time-honoured style.

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The Tunnels, 7.30pm, £10, www.thetunnelsbristol.co.uk

U2 tribute band New2 recently supported Bob Geldof in Malta, where they played to more than 6,000 fans, and are regulars on the Fake Festival tours.

■ THE INEXPLICABLES

No.1 Harbourside, 11pm, free, www.no1harbourside.co.uk

of hip-hop, soul, indie-jazz and spoken word into something altogether glittering and memorable.

■ BROCKLEY FOREST / LUKE RASCAL

The Old Bookshop, North Street, Bedminster, 9pm, free, www.theoldbookshop.co.uk ■ SOULVILLE EXPRESS

The George, Wells Road, Knowle, 9pm, free ■ PARTY SHOWBAND SHAZAM

St Annes Board Mills Social Club, Avonvale Road, Redfield, 8pm, £2.50/£3.50 ■ MAMA NICE

Old Duke, 9pm, free, www.theoldduke.co.uk ■ PAUL BOOKER

Pavillion Club, Longwell Green Community Centre, Shellards Rd, Longwell Green, Bristol, 7.30pm, members £4/guests £6, 0117 932 2989 SUNDAY, MARCH 27 ■ DAISY CHAPMAN

Tobacco Factory, 8pm, free, www.tobaccofactory.com

Almost a decade since going it alone, Daisy Chapman has proved herself as a talented songwriter in demand. Two albums have been recorded by renowned producer Ali Chant at Toybox Studios (PJ Harvey, Gruff Rhys, Giant Sand, Seasick Steve) including her latest release, Shameless Winter, and she is currently crowdfunding the new album, Good Luck Songs. Chapman tours frequently throughout Europe, both as a member of the International Songbirds Collective and UK post-rock supergroup Crippled Black Phoenix, and her powerful vocals have been used by the likes of PJ Harvey collaborator John Parish and Howe Gelb.

Sultry sax, gospel harmonies and full-speed lyrics are just some of the strands of this thoroughly groovy Bristolian fusion of folk, soul, jazz, reggae and beatbox hip-hoppery.

■ THE BRISTOL SKA AND MOD FESTIVAL 2016

■ NORMANTON STREET

■ ANTIMATTER

There’s a brilliant alchemy about this trio from Brighton that turns an unlikely mix

Melancholic, progressive electro-rock band Antimatter is the project of

Canteen, 9pm, free, www.canteenbristol.co.uk

Marble Factory, 1pm, £20, www.motionbristol.com

See pages 14 & 15.

Exchange, 7.30pm, £12, www.exchangebristol.com

STEREO MC’S THE FLEECE

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orn out of the mid-Eighties hip hop scene and the DIY UK acid house/ club scene, Stereo MC’s started out running an underground dance label, releasing diverse artists from Richie Rich to the Jungle Brothers, as well as their own records before being picked up by Island Records.

Vocalist Rob Birch and DJ/producer Nick Hallam went on to perform live and supported groups such as De La Soul, A Certain Ratio, EMF and U2, as well as appearing on US and UK tours with The Happy Mondays.

After early chart success in America for their second album, Supernatural, they recorded the

long-term member and singer-songwriter Mick Moss. From 1998 to 2005, Antimatter was the joint work of both Moss and ex-member/co-songwriter Duncan Patterson. The pair released three albums and one live album before Patterson left in 2005 to form Ion and Alternative 4 respectively. Moss continued and has released a string of albums including The Judas Table.

■ THE WURZELS

Fleece, 7.30pm, £17.50, www.thefleece.co.uk

What better way to enjoy a Bank Holiday weekend than in the company of legendary West Country band The Wurzels? Celebrating four decades carrying forward the songs of founder Adge Cutler, who died in 1974, the cider-guzzling band, which features

album Connected, which became an international success, spawned hit singles like Step It Up and led to memorable appearances at Glastonbury and many other festivals worldwide.

This period culminated with a Mercury Prize nomination and two Brit awards for Best Album and Best Live Act. Aside from following on with their remix activity with mixes for the likes of Tricky and Madonna, a period of relative silence followed.

They emerged eight years later with the album DJ-Kicks and then the Top 20 album and single, Deep Down and Dirty.

A return to independent labels in 2005 rejuvenated the band and has seen them

original members Pete Budd and Tommy Banner, return to The Fleece for a night of ‘scrumpy and western’ classics including Combine Harvester and I Am a Cider Drinker (Paloma Blanca).

■ ASHER ROTH

O2 Academy, 8pm, £13, www.o2academybristol.co.uk

From Morrisville, Pennsylvania, rapper Asher Roth cites Jay-Z and Eminem among his influences but albums such as his top five US hit Asleep in The Bread Aisle have shown that he has established his own distinct voice on the hip hop scene.

■ FLAMENCO LOCO

No.1 Harbourside, 7pm, free, www.no1harbourside.co.uk

Every fourth Sunday of the month, No.1

making new music and performing live regularly.

2014 saw a return to their roots, releasing underground dance music and collaborations including Terranova’s classic Tell Me Why, which became a firm fixture in the club charts in 2015.

This has led to a joint venture label with Terranova and a new Stereo Mc’s record is due this year. A flurry of recent live shows from Stereo MC’s have demonstrated a bolder electronic slant to brilliant effect and this intimate show at the Fleece is sure to sell out.

■ Friday, March 25. See listings for details.

Harbourside hosts an evening of flamenco music and dance. From 7pm, dancer Noemi Garcia will guide you through some steps followed by a performance by live band Flamenco Loco.

Duel flamenco guitars, percussion and traditional song will certainly get you joining in.

■ BONFIRE RADICALS

Canteen, 4pm, free, www.canteenbristol.co.uk

Three deft female instrumentalists face off a trio of hard-hitting rhythmic blokes with a mission to refresh your ideas about traditional acoustic folk music.

Mediaeval echoes resound over tight world-rocking beats, jigs are re-jigged, and polkas glow red-hot.

■ LIONFACE / SAM BROCKINGTON /

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MICHAEL VICKERS / BLITZKRIEG CITY / DELLAVEGA / TYPE” / RISHI SALUJA / JASPER STOREY / ELEA CALVET

Louisiana, 7.30pm, £5, www.thelouisiana.net

Across three floors of the Louisiana, the launch of new night Electric City showcases some of the the very best in local indie, rock and pop acts.

■ LAST RESORT

The George, Wells Road, Knowle, 9pm, free ■ THE BLUE NOTES

Old Duke, 1pm, free, www.theoldduke.co.uk

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Old Duke, 9pm, free, www.theoldduke.co.uk ■ THE SICKNOTES

The Horseshoe, Downend, 9pm, free MONDAY, MARCH 28 ■ OLD MARKET JAZZ SESSION

Old Market Assembly, 9pm, free, www.oldmarketassembly.co.uk

Bristol’s busiest pianist, George Cooper, leads this top-notch fortnightly jazz session, joined by powerhouse drummer Matt Brown and a host of other local jazz musicians. Seasoned players will be invited to sit in with the house band during the course of the evening to explore a whole host of jazz tunes.

■ HENRY SLIM BLUES SESSION

Canteen, 9pm, free, www.canteenbristol.co.uk

When harmonica guru Henry ‘Slimline’ Slim blows that mean ol’ harp, you can be sure some of the best roots blues merchants in these here parts will come running to join him at The Canteen.

■ CAPE CUB

Louisiana, 7.30pm, £6, www.thelouisiana.net ■ SEVERN JAZZMEN

Old Duke, 9pm, free, www.theoldduke.co.uk TUESDAY, MARCH 29 ■ BILLY LOCKETT

Louisiana, 7.30pm, £7, www.thelouisiana.net

This fast-rising Northampton singersongwriter has already supported Lana Del Rey, Nina Nesbitt, KT Tunstall, Birdy, Lucy Rose and others, and his flair for piano and guitar has landed him a distinctive style, aided by a soulful voice and charming lyrics. Lockett has built up a loyal fan base since his debut single, Balance, was championed by Radio 1 in 2012. His music often features samples and keyboards, complemented by loop pedals and unique sounds; a tribute to Massive Attack and Radiohead, both of whom the singer has acknowledged as

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influences. He’s back on the road to promote new EP Burn It Down.

■ POISON IDEA

Fleece, 7.30pm, £12, www.thefleece.co.uk

Formed in 1980 by vocalist Jerry A, Portland, Oregan, band Poison Idea were inspired by hardcore acts like Black Flag, as well Los Angeles band The Germs.

They returned to the scene last year with Confuse & Conquer – their first studio album in nine years.

■ MICHAEL KIWANUKA

The Lantern, 7pm, SOLD OUT, www.colstonhall.org

Michael Kiwanuka gained widespread critical acclaim with his 2012 debut album, Home Again, and in the same year won the BBC’s Sound of 2012 poll.

Kiwanuka’s smooth and soulful voice led to comparisons to artists like Bill Withers and Otis Redding. Since the album’s release, he has toured the globe extensively, guested for friends Mumford & Sons, and toured alongside the likes of Alabama Shakes, Adele, Stevie Wonder, and Jake Bugg.

■ BEN JORDAN & JOE MANSFIELD

Canteen, 9pm, free, www.canteenbristol.co.uk

Since smoky-voiced troubadour Ben Jordan drifted into Bristol with a sackful of soulful country tunes and his jazzy acoustic guitar he’s become a regular favourite here. He honed his skills as a Cornish busker but there’s a Tennessee twang underpinning his alt-Nashville approach, too. Tonight he is joined by violinist Joe Mansfield.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30 ■ SWING NIGHT WITH BARTOUNE

Old Market Assembly, 9pm, free, www.oldmarketassembly.co.uk

Spinning off from the irrepressible Zen Hussies, this lot build a uniquely jaunty swing sound around Charlotte Ostafew’s baritone sax, Seb Gutiez’ guitar, Tom Allen’s bass and John Blakeley’s all-important swing-beat drumming.

Blending originality with a fine sense of musical heritage, the results are great entertainment. Professional swing dance teacher Sophie Sheldrake will lead the dancing, coaxing out those swing steps to get Old Market Assembly hoppin’ on a Wednesday night.

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■ LEWIS CLARK

No.1 Harbourside, 9pm, free, www.no1harbourside.co.uk

Bristolian singer-songwriter Lewis Clark’s voice was road tested all over the world, from the chai tents of India to the street festivals of Calabria, before he returned to his home city with a grab bag of self-penned songs.

■ JP3

Canteen, 9pm, free, www.canteenbristol.co.uk

No Go Stop’s hard-funking tenor sax man calls the shots in his very own organ trio, with Hammond-meister Jonny Henderson providing the key ingredient and the tightest of drumming from the indefatigable Matt Brown. Expect hot grooves and plenty of showing off in the classic Sixties style.

■ KNUCKLEPUNK

Fleece, 7.30pm, £9, www.thefleece.co.uk

Chicago emo band Knucklepunk stop off on their UK tour to perform tracks from their 2015 album Copacetic. This show has been upgraded from the Exchange and all original tickets remain valid.

■ GEORGE COOPER & THE DEFENDERS

Fringe Jazz, Bristol Fringe, 32 Princess Victoria Street, Clifton Village, 8pm, £9, www.fringejazz.com

The weekly sessions at Fringe Jazz continue with Nick Malcolm (trumpet), Nick Dover (tenor sax), George Cooper (piano), Will Harris (double bass) and Matt Brown (drums).

■ THE MONTGOMERYS

Old Duke, 9pm, free, www.theoldduke.co.uk THURSDAY, MARCH 31 ■ DENNY ILETT

Jazz at Future Inn, 8pm, £5, www.jazzatfutureinn.co.uk

Denny Ilett is a rare commodity – a virtuoso British guitarist and a talented writer/arranger who has honed his chops not on the UK scene but rather by playing and touring with some of New Orleans’ finest including Lillian Boutte and members of such notable bands as The Meters, Dr John and the Harry Connick Jnr Big Band. The evening will feature original compositions alongside

blues and swing classics by Kenny Burrell, Joe Newman, Duke Ellington, Stanley Turrentine and Clark Terry.

■ MATT WOOSEY

Grain Barge, 8pm, £5 advance/ £7 on the door, www.grainbarge.co.uk

Matt Woosey’s eighth studio album, Desiderata, captures the most daring and progressive music of his career. His acclaimed solo shows dart between folk, roots, ambient and electronica. He’s a trailblazer and a performer who drags the acoustic guitar kicking and screaming into fresh relevance.

■ THE BESNARD LAKES

Fleece, 7.30pm, £10, www.thefleece.co.uk See page 27.

■ THREE LONDON PLANES

Old Market Assembly, 9pm, free, www.oldmarketassembly.co.uk

Add jangling guitars and close harmony vocals to psychedelically folkish songs and what have you got? Either a time-warp back to The Byrds circa 1967 or Bristol folk-rock five-piece Three London Planes.

■ MARY SPENDER

Louisiana, 7.30pm, £8, www.thelouisiana.net

See page 27.

■ BUCUCRASU

No.1 Harbourside, 9pm, free, www.no1harbourside.co.uk

In the parlance of good old New Orleans, it means ‘plenty filthy’ and that applies nicely, whether it’s Kesty Morrison’s sleazy vocals, Eric Arthur’s barrel-house piano or Bucucrasu’s whole backstreet boogie sound.

■ JAZZ REGGAE SESSION

Canteen, 9pm, free, www.canteenbristol.co.uk

Following in the footsteps of Ernest Ranglin, Tommy McCook and other great Jamaican jazz players who contributed to the origins of ska and reggae, this classy gathering of players keep the rhythms easy and the playing hard.

■ MEDICINE CREEK

Old Duke, 9pm, free, www.theoldduke.co.uk

By Paul Riley

Classical BATH CAMERATA: THE GOOD FRIDAY CONCERT WELLS CATHEDRAL

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t’s hard to believe that 30 years have passed since ex King’s Singer Nigel Perrin founded Bath Camerata – a small-scale choir with large-scale ambitions and a refreshingly unblinkered approach to program-

ming.

There’ve been major landmarks along the way of course. In 2002 the Camerata won the national ‘Choir of the Year’ competition, and it’s performed with the likes of Brian Eno and Paco Pena, not to mention Peter Phillips’ Rolls Royce Tallis Scholars, and a broadcast of Tallis’ monumental surround-sound 40-part motet Spem in alium alongside I Fagiolini.

Last year Perrin stepped down, and he’s been replaced

by Benjamin Goodson – currently Director of Chapel Music at Somerville Chapel Oxford and, from next year, Chorus Master at Nederlands Reisopera.

Ever since 1987 there’s been a free Good Friday concert at Wells Cathedral with a retiring collection in aid of the Cathedral’s music. Goodson continues the tradition, opting for a programme headlined by Handel’s exhilarating Dixit Dominus – the work of a young-composer-about-Rome with choral charisma to spare.

It’s accompanied by the period instruments of Medici, and Goodson also adds Passiontide performances of James MacMillan’s eight-part Miserere – with, along the way, its nod to Allegri’s famous setting and haunting Celtic embellishments – plus JS Bach’s double choir motet Jesu, meine Freude. Out of this world!

■ Friday, March 25. See listings for details.

CHRIST CHURCH CHOIR

Fri Mar 25, Christ Church, Broad St, Bristol, 7.30pm. www.christchurchcitybristol.org Fiona Hunt, Nicholas Sherwood and Jeremy Watkins join the Christ Church Choir under Jonathan Price for a special Good Friday performance of Harold Moore’s oratorio The Darkest Hour. The organist is David Bednall.

BATH CAMERATA

Fri Mar 25, Wells Cathedral, 7.30pm, retiring collection.

01749 672773, www.wellscathedral.org.uk See above.

VOX8

Fri Mar 25, St John the Baptist Church, Bathwick, 7.30pm, £5.

01225 463362, www.bathboxoffice.org.uk

The vocal octet performs music for Good Friday including one of Lotti’s Crucifixus settings, the Lamentations by Tallis, and motets by Byrd, Goss, Stainer and others.

ROYAL OPERA HOUSE: BORIS GODUNOV ENCORE

Sun Mar 27, Cinema De Lux, Broadmead, Bristol, 2pm. 0871 220 1000, www.showcasecinemas.co.uk

A second chance to catch Richard Jones’ much-acclaimed new production of Mussorgsky’s masterpiece in its original seven-scene version. Bryn Terfel is the murderous Tsar, John Tomlinson vacates his one-time throne to sing Varlaam, and John Graham-Hall is Prince Shuisky.

Antonio Pappano conducts.

MAWS CONCERT

Wed Mar 30, Colston Hall, Colston St, Bristol, 7.30pm.

0844 887 1500, www.colstonhall.org

Music from a mass choir of some 350 children drawn from schools across North Somerset.

WEST OF ENGLAND YOUTH ORCHESTRA

Fri Apr 1, Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon, 7.30pm, £15/concs £9. 01225 860100, www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk

Under Timothy Redmond the orchestra

plays Laura Rossi’s The Battle of the Somme, a soundtrack commissioned by the Imperial War Museum as a live accompaniment to the 1916 film The Battle of the Somme. It’s paired with the Dvorak Cello Concerto performed by Matthew Sharp.

CONCERT MATINEE

Sat Apr 2, All Saints Church, Pembroke Rd Clifton, 4pm, retiring collection. 0117 974 1355, www.allsaintsclifton.org The Testore String Quartet plays works by Mozart and Elgar.

LIVE FROM THE MET: MADAM BUTTERFLY

Sat Apr 2, Cinema De Lux, Broadmead, Bristol, 5.55pm.

0871 220 1000, www.showcasecinemas.co.uk

Anthony Minghella’s 2006 production of Puccini’s Butterfly returns to the Met with Kristine Opolais in the title role and Roberto Alagna as Pinkerton. Karel Mark Chichon conducts.

BRISTOL ENSEMBLE

Sat Apr 2, Badminton House,

from Friday, March 25, 2016

6.30pm, £35. www.fundingneuro.com

Bristol Ensemble gives a charity concert in aid of Funding Neuro – including Mozart’s effervescent Divertimento in D, Holst’s St Paul’s Suite, Summer from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, and Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.

MINERVA CHOIR: MASTERPIECES OF THE ITALIAN BAROQUE

Sat Apr 2, St Swithin’s Church, The Paragon, Bath, 7.30pm, £7.50-£15. 01225 463362, www.bathboxoffice.org.uk

Gavin Carr conducts Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and the St Cecilia Mass by Scarlatti (with the Pachelbel Canon thrown in for good measure). Southern Sinfonia Baroque lends instrumental support.

BRISTOL ENSEMBLE: TEATIME CONCERT

Sun Apr 3, Christ Church, Nailsworth, 3pm, £10 on the door. www.bristolensemble.com Chamber versions of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 throw the spotlight on pianist Viv Maclean.

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The Dark Knight strikes the Man of Tomorrow and it’s all a bit of a blur

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eroes rise and fall in Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, a superpowered smackdown involving two of DC Comics’ most popular characters that neatly tees up a blitzkrieg of Justice League features and blockbuster spin-offs.

With Zack Snyder, director of Man Of Steel, at the helm, every frame is crammed to bursting with artfully composed destruction.

Gun barrels unleash spinning cylinders of hot metal in lustrous slow motion, a female victim tumbles to the floor amidst a cascade of milky white pearls from her broken necklace, exploding vehicles pirouette through the nighttime air during a high-velocity chase.

While visuals stage a full-scale assault on the eyes, Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer cranks up the volume in collaboration with Dutch producer Junkie XL. If nothing else, Batman V Superman delivers a cacophony of slam and bang.

Screenwriters Chris Terrio and David S Goyer haven’t scrimped on character development or

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narrative, knitting together sinewy subplots with flashbacks and dream sequences involving Thomas Wayne (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Jonathan Kent (Kevin Costner) to embellish the origin stories of the titular combatants.

Unquestionably, there is a leaner two-hour film lurking within this bloated beast, but brevity has never been one of Snyder’s virtues.

The world struggles to come to terms with the arrival of Metropolis’ modern-day messiah, Superman (Henry Cavill).

A committee led by Senator June Finch (Holly Hunter) asks uncomfortable questions about the god-like protector and his ability to crush humanity.

Martha Kent (Diane Lane) tells her son that he doesn’t owe the human race anything but Clark’s heart belongs to Daily Planet co-worker Lois Lane (Amy Adams).

Unfortunately, tortured vigilante Batman (Ben Affleck) holds Superman accountable for the deaths of the innocent and declares war.

“Maybe it’s just Gotham City and me – we have a bad history with freaks dressed as

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clowns,” snarls the orphaned philanthropist, who is aided by his sardonic butler Alfred (Jeremy Irons).

While the two crimefighters are locked in battle, inflamed by the scheming of Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg), a new threat arises. When all hope seems lost, Amazonian warrior Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) enters the fray...

Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice aims for a similarly downbeat tone to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy, replete with explosions of bone-crunching violence.

Action sequences are robust but the miasma of digital effects sometimes reduces skirmishes to a blur. Snappy dialogue sounds like it has been torn from the pages of comic books and Affleck and Cavill engage in a battle of topless posturing and chisel-jawed stoicism.

Eisenberg’s twitchy, psychotic archnemesis stays the right side of pantomime – just.

“Nobody cares about Clark Kent taking on the Batman,” screams Daily Planet editor Perry White (Laurence Fishburne).

I beg to differ.

ZOOTROPOLIS PG, 108 MINS

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ootropolis is 108 minutes of unadulterated joy, rendered in exquisitely detailed animation.

The beautifully crafted parable elegantly combines a noir detective thriller, buddy cop comedy and coming-of-age story and continues Disney’s winning streak under the creative leadership of John Lasseter.

It’s a tour de force of uproarious laughter and tears, accompanied by a gorgeous genre-melding orchestral score that tugs the heartstrings.

Vocal performances are flawless, particularly Goodwin as the dreamer with a

BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE

12A, 151 mins. Starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter, Gal Gadot, Scoot McNairy, Kevin Costner, Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

VERDICT:

Chisel-jawed posturing and snappy comic book dialogue meet overwhelming action carnage in this slightly over-long assault on the senses.

Score ★★★★✩

big heart. Bunnyburrow carrot farmer Stu Hopps (voiced by Don Lake) and wife Bonnie (Bonnie Hunt) try to dissuade their daughter Judy (Ginnifer Goodwin) from pursuing her dream of becoming the first serving rabbit police officer in Zootropolis.

Judy earns her police badge but when her abilities are doubted by Chief Bogo (Idris Elba), she vows to prove herself by cracking the case of a missing resident.

Even if it means teaming up with con artist fox Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman).

Score ★★★★✩

MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 12A, 94 MINS

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ottering down the aisle 14 years after My Big Fat Greek Wedding became the most successful romantic comedy of all time, Kirk Jones’ sequel is like a batch of homemade baklava that has been left out too long and gone stale.

Dry, flaky yet undeniably sweet, the story finds Fotoula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos) still happily married to Ian Miller (John Corbett) raising a rebellious 17-year-old daughter, Paris (Elena Kampouris), who is applying to colleges on the other side of the country so she can wriggle free of her overly protective parents.

Meanwhile Toula’s father Gus (Michael Constantine) starts researching his family

tree and discovers his marriage certificate to Maria (Lainie Kazan) wasn’t signed by the priest so in the eyes of the law, they aren’t husband and wife.

Toula, her brother Nick (Louis Mandylor), cousins Nikki (Gia Carides) and Angelo (Joey Fatone), and interfering Aunt Voula (Andrea Martin) pledge their support to organising a wedding at short notice so Gus and Maria can tie the knot properly.

Jones’ film goes through the motions with a depressing lack of urgency or purpose. Even besotted fans of the original will struggle to say, “I do”.

Score ★★✩✩✩

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Film listings ARNOLFINI 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, www.arnolfini.org.uk FAMILY FILM: FINDING NEMO Sat 11.00 CINEMA DE LUX Lower Castle Street, Bristol. Tel 0871 220 1000. www.showcasecinemas.co.uk ZOOTROPOLIS (PG) Daily 10.00, 12.40, 3.15, 6.00 DISORDER (15) Daily 8.35, 10.55 LONDON HAS FALLEN (15) Daily 10.00, 12.25, 2.55, 5.15, 7.40, 10.15 KUNG FU PANDA 3 (PG) Fri/Sat/Sun 10.00 (s/t Sun), 12.30, 3.00, Mon-Thurs 10.00, 12.25 THE FOREST (15) Fri/Sat/Sun 10.00am, Mon-Thurs 10.40pm BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (12A) Daily 12.30, 4.00, 7.30, 10.45 ZOOTROPOLIS 3D (PG) Daily 11.40, 2.45, 5.30 BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE 3D (12A) Daily 8.00, Fri/Sat lates 11.15pm MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 (12A) Daily 10.00, 12.20, 2.40, 5.00, 7.25, 9.55 GRIMSBY (15) Fri/Sat lates 12.10am THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT (12A) Daily 11.00, 1.45, 4.50, 7.45, 10.30 EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Mon-Thurs 11.30, 2.05, 4.40, 9.45 HAIL, CAESAR! (12A) Fri/Sat/Sun 5.25, 7.55, Mon-Thurs 2.50, 7.45 HIGH-RISE (15) Fri/Sat/Sun 10.25pm, Mon-Thurs 10.40pm Fri/Sat 12.50am 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE (12A) Daily 11.30, 2.00, 4.35, 7.15 (s/t Mon), 9.45, Fri/Sat lates 12.15am DEADPOOL (15) Daily 11.05, 1.50, 4.40, 7.25, 10.05, Fri/Sat lates 12.45am KUNG FU PANDA 3 (PG) Daily 10.30, 1.00, 3.30, 6.00 THE WITCH (15) Daily 8.20, 10.40, Fri/Sat lates 12.55am BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (3D X PLUS) (12A) Daily 12.00, 3.30, 7.00, 10.15 BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE 3D DH (12A) Daily 11.00, 2.30, 6.30, 9.45 THE BOY DH (15) Fri/Sat/Sun 10.00, 12.20, 2.55, 5.20, 7.45, 10.10, Fri/Sat lates 12.35am THE BOY DH (15) Mon-Thurs 10.00, 12.20, 5.20, 10.20

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CINEWORLD Hengrove, Bristol. Tel 0871 200 2000. www1.cineworld.co.uk MAN OF STEEL/BATMAN V SUPERMAN DOUBLE-BILL (12A) Fri 9.15 EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Mon-Thurs 1.00, 3.30, 6.00, 8.30 WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY: ZOOTROPOLIS (PG) Tues 2.00 BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE 3D (12A) Fri-Thurs 1.00, 4.20, 5.40, 7.45, 9.00, (10.20 Fri/Sat) BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (12A) Fri-Thurs 10.30, 11.10, 1.50, 2.30, 5.10, 6.10, 7.10, 8.30, 9.30, (10.30 Fri/Sat) ZOOTROPOLIS 3D (PG) Fri-Thurs 10.10, 11.40, 12.50, 2.20, 3.30, 5.00, 6.50 ZOOTROPOLIS (PG) Fri-Thurs 11.00, 12.15, 1.40, 2.50, 4.20, 5.30, 8.15 MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 (12A) Fri-Thurs 10.45, 1.15, 3.45, 6.15, (8.40 Fri-Sun) 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE (12A) Fri/Sat 10.50, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 9.10, Sun 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 9.10, Mon 12.30, 6.30, 9.10, Tues-Thurs 4.00, 6.30, 9.10 THE BOY (15) Fri-Thurs 8.10 NORM OF THE NORTH (U) Fri-Sun 10.45, Mon 10.20, Tues-Thurs 10.45 KUNG FU PANDA 3 3D (PG) Fri-Mon/Wed/Thurs 12.40 KUNG FU PANDA 3 (PG) Fri-Sun 11.40, 2.00, 3.10, 4.30, 5.50, Mon 11.40, 3.10, 3.30, 5.50, Tues 11.40, 2.00, 4.30, 5.50, Wed/Thurs 11.40, 2.00, 3.10, 4.30, 5.50 THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT (12A) Fri-Sun 1.00, 3.45, Mon 10.20, Tues-Thurs 10.20, 1.15 LONDON HAS FALLEN (15) Fri-Sun 6.30, 8.50, Mon-Thurs 9.20 DEADPOOL (15) Fri-Sun 9.20 BOLLYWOOD: KAPOOR AND SONS (12A) Fri-Thurs 7.30 JUNIORS: CAPTURE THE FLAG (PG) Fri-Thurs 10.40 JUNIORS: SNOOPY AND CHARLIE BROWN: THE PEANUTS MOVIE (U) Fri-Thurs 10.00am JUNIORS: THE GOOD DINOSAUR (PG) Fri-Thurs 10.10 THE CUBE Dove St South, Kingsdown. Tel 0117 907

from Friday, March 25, 2016

Listings correct at the time of going to press. Please check individual venues for the most up-to-date schedule

4190. www.cubecinema.com THE LAST WAVE Fri 8.00 THE SURVIVALIST Sun 5.30, Mon 8.00 THE BIRDS Sun 8.00 NEXT TO HER Mon 6.00, Tues 8.00 KILLER CONSTABLE Thurs 8.00

CURZON Old Church Road, Clevedon. Tel 01275 871000. www.curzon.org.uk ZOOTROPOLIS (PG) Fri/Sat 10.00, 1.10, Sun 10.15, 4.30 BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (12A) Fri/Sat 4.20, 8.10, Sun 8.10, Mon 7.30, Tues/Thurs 3.50, 7.30, Wed 1.00, 7.30 EASTER WORKSHOPS: ZOONIMATION! Sat 10.30-12.30 (7-11s), 1.30-3.30 (12-15s) THE SOUND OF SILENTS: THE MANXMAN (U) Sun 2.00 CINEMA & BABY: ZOOTROPOLIS (PG) Mon 10.30am THEATRE ENCORE: THE RAILWAY CHILDREN (U) Mon 3.00 ODEON Union St, Bristol. Tel 0117 929 0884. www.odeon.co.uk BATMAN VS SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE 3D (12A) Fri-Thurs (00.01 Fri), 7.00, (10.30 Fri/Sat/Sun) BATMAN VS SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (12A) Fri-Thurs (00.01 Fri), 12.00, 3.30 (s/t Thurs), 8.30 ZOOTROPOLIS (PG) Fri-Thurs 12.30, 3.10, 5.50 (s/t Wed) CAPTURE THE FLAG (PG) Fri-Thurs 10.00 KUNG FU PANDA 3 (12A) Fri-Sun 1.10, 3.40, Mon-Wed 10.40, 1.10, 3.40, Thurs 9.45, 1.10, 3.40 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE (PG) Fri-Mon 6.00, 8.40, Tues-Thurs 8.40 (s/t Tues) THE WITCH (15) Fri-Sun 11.10pm EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Mon-Thurs 6.00 THE LADY IN THE VAN (PG) Thurs 11.00am ORPHEUS Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol. Tel 0845 166 2381. bristol.scottcinemas.co.uk ZOOTROPOLIS: 2D & 3D (PG)

Daily exc. Mon 11.30:2D, 2.10:3D, (5.00:2D), Mon 1.05:3D, 5.00:2D BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE 2D & 3D (12A) Daily exc. Mon 1.25:2D, 4.50:3D, 7.45:2D, Mon 1.25:2D, 5.10:2D, 7.45:2D MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 (12A) Fri-Sun/Tues/Thurs 5.50, 8.20, Mon 8.20, Tues 5.50 MARGUERITE (15) Daily 8.10 KUNG FU PANDA 3 (PG) Fri-Sun 1.00, 3.30, Mon 12.30, Tues-Thurs 1.00 EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Mon 2.45, Tues-Thurs 3.25 THE RAILWAY CHILDREN (LIVE) (U) Mon doors 3.45pm for 4.00pm start DAVAR PRESENTS: PEGGY GUGGENHEIM ART ADDICT (15) Weds 8.00 KIDS CLUB: THE GOOD DINOSAUR (PG) Sat 10.00 KIDS CLUB: SNOOPY AND CHARLIE BROWN: THE PEANUTS MOVIE (U) Sat 10.00 SILVER: THE LADY IN THE VAN (12A) Tues 10.30

SHOWCASE Avonmeads, St Philip’s Causeway, Bristol.

Tel 0871 220 1000. www.showcasecinemas.co.uk ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE ROAD CHIP (U) Daily 10.10, 12.25 GRIMSBY (15) Daily 2.45, 5.15 (not Thurs), 7.35, 9.40, Fri/Sat lates 11.50 HOW TO BE SINGLE (15) Mon/Thurs 5.00, Fri/Sat 10.00, 3.45, 9.30 LONDON HAS FALLEN (15) Daily 11.00, 2.00, 5.00, 7.25, 10.05 THE REVENANT (15) Fri/Sat 12.30, 6.15, Fri/Sat lates 12.00, Mon-Thurs 9.45 EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Mon-Thurs 10.05, 12.35, 3.00, 5.30, 7.55, 10.20 NORM OF THE NORTH (U) Daily 10.05, 12.15 THE BOY (15) Daily 2.40, 5.10, 7.35, 10.00, Fri/Sat lates 12.15 (s/t) DEADPOOL (15) Daily 11.25, 2.05, 4.35, 7.20, 9.50, Fri/Sat lates 12.25 KUNG FU PANDA 3 (PG) Daily 12.00, 2.30, 4.55, 7.15 (Mon s/t), 9.45 (not Thurs), Fri/Sat lates 12.00 BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (12A) Daily 12.30, 4.00, 7.30, 10.45 GOOSEBUMPS (PG)

Daily 11.35, 2.15 HAIL, CAESAR! (12A) Daily 4.40, 7.05, 9.30 Fri/Sat lates 12.00 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE (12A) Daily 11.50, 2.20, 4.50, 7.25, 9.55, Fri/Sat lates 12.20 ZOOTROPOLIS (PG) Daily 11.35, 2.10, 4.45, 7.20 THE FOREST (15) Daily 10.00, Fri/Sat lates 12.15 THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT (12A) Daily 11.30, 2.05, 4.40, 7.15, 9.55, Fri/Sat lates 12.30 MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 (XLR) (12A) Daily 10.10, 12.25, 2.40, 4.55, 7.10, 9.25, Fri/Sat lates 11.50 BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE 3D (XLR) (12A) Daily 10.00, 1.15, 4.30, 6.30, 8.00, 9.45, Fri/Sat lates 11.15 ZOOTROPOLIS 3D (PG) Daily 11.00, 1.30, 4.00

VUE Cribbs Causeway, Bristol. Tel 0871 224 0240. www.myvue.com ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE ROAD CHIP (U) Fri 9.00, Sat 11.30, Sun 00.15, Mon 00.05, 9.05, Tues 9.00, 11.20, 4.10, Wed 12.35, Thurs 1.35 BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (12A) Fri 00.01, 00.01, 10.55, 11.45, 1.00, 2.00, 2.15, 3.15, 4.40, 5.40, 6.40, 8.00, 9.00, 9.30, 10.10, 11.30, Sat 10.55, 1.10, 2.15, 3.00, 5.10, 5.40, 8.00, 9.00, 9.30, 10.20, 11.25, Sun 10.55, 11.25 s/t, 1.25, 2.15, 3.00, 3.30, 5.05, 5.40, 6.10, 8.00, 9.00, 9.35, 11.15, 11.20, Mon 11.10, 1.10, 2.40, 3.20, 4.45, 5.30, 6.05, 7.15, 8.10, 9.30, 10.20, 10.50, 11.30, Tues 11.20, 1.00, 2.05, 3.05, 4.05, 4.25, 6.40, 8.00, 9.00, 10.20, 10.40, 11.30, Wed 10.35, 11.15, 2.00, 2.45, 3.55, 5.05, 6.50, 8.00, 9.00, 10.10, 11.00, 11.30, Thurs 10.45, 1.55, 2.35, 3.55, 5.55, 7.10, 8.00, 9.00, 10.30, 10.50 BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE 3D (12A) Fri 00.01, 9.15, 12.35, 4.00, 7.30, 8.30, 11.00, Sat 9.15, 12.35, 4.00, 7.30, 8.40, 11.00, Sun 9.15, 12.35, 4.00, 7.30, 8.15, 11.00, Mon 11.45, 6.55, 9.10, Tues 11.50, 5.55, 9.20, Wed 12.40, 6.00, 9.20, Thurs 11.55, 4.40, 8.40 CAPTURE THE FLAG (PG) Daily 10.30 DAD’S ARMY (PG) Sun 00.00, 9.10pm, Mon 00.10, Wed 00.00 DEADPOOL (15) Fri 9.10, Sat 9.55, Sun 7.40, 10.50, Mon 10.20, Tues 9.10, 11.10, Wed 8.10, 10.45, Thurs 9.30

EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Mon 2.25, 3.55, 5.35, 8.00, Tues 11.45, 1.15, 2.40, 4.00, 5.45, 7.30, 8.30, Wed 11.30, 1.40, 3.10, 4.35, 5.35, 7.30, 8.30, 9.20, Thurs 11.00, 12.40, 2.20, 3.20, 4.30, 6.30, 7.40, 8.25 FIFTY SHADES OF BLACK (15) Fri 11.15, Sat 11.30, Sun 11.45, Mon 10.40, Tues 10.10, Wed 00.15, 11.15, Thurs 11.40 GOOSEBUMPS (PG) Daily 10.00 GRIMSBY (15) Fri 9.00am, 11.45pm, Sat 6.25, Sun/Wed 10.15pm, Mon 9.00am, Tues 11.05am, 11.45pm HAIL, CAESAR! (12A) Sat 10.10, Sun 9.35, Mon 10.15am, Wed 9.10am, Thurs 11.00pm HIGH-RISE (15) Sat 11.45am, Sun 6.50, Thurs 10.45pm HOW TO BE SINGLE (15) Fri 7.10, Sat 7.40, Sun 9.35, Tues 7.50, Thurs 11.00 KUNG FU PANDA 3 (PG) Fri 10.20, 11.20, 1.35, 2.35, 3.45, 5.15, 6.15, Sat 9.10, 11.15, 1.55, 2.45, 3.45, 5.30, Sun 11.15, 12.05, 1.20, 2.35, Mon 10.40, 12.15, 1.30, 2.40, 3.35, 6.05, Tues 9.40, 11.35, 1.40, 2.30, 3.15, 4.40, 6.45 s/t, Wed 9.35, 11.25, 11.55, 1.30, 2.10, 3.00, 4.25, 5.40, Thurs 9.50, 10.50, 12.50, 1.45, 2.55, 3.45, 5.20 KUNG FU PANDA 3 3D (PG) Fri 12.55, Sat 12.40, Sun 9.00, Mon 9.40, Tues 12.35, Wed 7.00, Thurs 6.10 LONDON HAS FALLEN (15) Fri 8.40, 11.45, Sat 6.10, 8.10, 11.15, Sun 6.40, 8.45, Mon 9.20, 8.20, Tues 5.35, 9.15, Wed 5.30, 9.50, Thurs 5.30, 9.20, 11.25 MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 (12A) Fri 9.25, 1.25, 6.10, 7.45, 10.05, Sat 10.05, 1.20, 6.35, 8.30, Sun 9.05, 3.45, 6.25, 8.25, Mon 9.45, 2.55, 5.05, 5.25, 8.30, 9.15, Tues 9.15, 1.40, 5.10, 7.10, 9.35, Wed 9.45, 11.45, 6.15, 8.20, Thurs 9.35, 2.10, 6.15, 8.15 NORM OF THE NORTH (U) Fri 11.10, Sat/Sun/Wed 9.00, Mon 9.05, Tues 9.30, Thurs 9.15 ROCK THE KASBAH (15) Fri 11.15, Sun/Tues 11.40, Mon 11.30, Wed 10.40 SNOOPY AND CHARLIES BROWN: THE PEANUTS MOVIE (U) Sat 9.20, Sun 10.00, Tues 9.00, Wed 9.05 STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (12A) Fri 3.10, Sat 4.20, Sun 10.20, 11.00, Mon 11.20, Tues 11.00, Wed 10.40, Thurs 10.55 THE BOY (15) Fri 9.45, Sat 9.05, 11.20, Sun 8.35, Mon 00.15, 9.05, 11.05, Tues 11.00, Wed 11.55, Thurs 9.10 THE CHOICE (12A) Thurs 00.15 THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT (12A) Fri 10.45, 4.25, 8.10, Sat 9.10, 2.35, 3.40,

4.35, 7.00, Sun 12.25, 3.05, 4.50, Mon 12.05, 1.05, Tues 8.10, Wed 2.35, 7.50, Thurs 11.30, 7.50 THE RAILWAY CHILDREN (U) Mon 3.00, 6.00, Tues 6.30 THE REVENANT (15) Fri 11.00, Sat 10.45, Mon/tues 10.50, Wed 11.10, Thurs 10.35 THE WITCH (15) Mon 2.00, Wed 9.10 ZOOTROPOLIS (PG) Fri 9.00, 11.35, 12.50, 1.50, 2.20, 3.30, 4.10, 5.00, 6.50, Sat 9.00, 10.40, 11.35, 12.05, 1.05, 1.40, 2.20, 3.20, 4.20, 5.00, 6.20, 7.20, Sun 9.00, 10.45, 11.35, 12.20, 12.50, 1.40, 2.20, 2.50, 3.30, 4.20, 5.00, 6.00, 7.00, Mon 9.35, 10.50, 11.35, 12.50, 2.40, 4.00, 5.20, 6.35, 7.40, Tues 10.15, 10.50, 12.00, 12.50, 2.00, 3.00, 3.30, 5.20, 6.20, Wed 10.50, 12.20, 12.50, 1.50, 2.20, 3.30, 4.15, 5.10, 6.20, 7.15, Thurs 9.15, 11.20, 12.15, 1.15, 2.00, 3.15, 4.05, 4.45, 6.00, 6.45 ZOOTROPOLIS 3D (PG) Fri 10.15, 11.05, 5.30, Sat 9.35, Sun 9.45, Mon 12.00, Tues 9.10, Wed 9.55, Thurs 10.35 VARIOUS PERFORMANCES ARE AUDIO DESCRIBED - SEE THE WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS

VUE Longwell Green, Bristol. Tel. 0871 224 0240. www.myvue.com 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE (12A) Fri/Sat/Sun 10.10, 12.50, 3.30, 6.20, 8.50, 11.10, Mon-Thurs 10.10, 12.50, 3.30, 8.50 BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (12A) Fri 10.50, 11.30, 2.15, 3.00, 5.40, 6.45, 8.00, 9.00, 10.15, 11.30, Sat/Sun 10.50, 11.30, 2.15, 3.00, 5.40, 6.45, 8.00, 9.00, 10.15, 11.30, Mon-Thurs 10.50 11.30, 2.15, 3.00, 5.40, 6.45, 8.00, 9.00, 10.15 BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE 3D (12A) Daily 9.15, 12.40, 1.30, 4.00, 5.00, 6.00, 7.30, 8.30, 9.30, 11.00 MINI MORNINGS: CAPTURE THE FLAG (PG) Daily 10.00 DEADPOOL (15) Fri/Sat/Sun 8.40, 11.30, Mon-Thurs 10.20 EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Mon-Weds 11.10, 2.00, 4.50, 6.15, 7.30, 10.30, Thurs 11.10, 2.00, 4.50, 6.15, 6.30 (autism), 7.30, 10.30 MINI MORNINGS: GOOSEBUMPS (PG) Daily 10.30 KUNG FU PANDA 3 (PG) Daily (exc. Mon/Thurs) 9.20, 10.20, 12.00, 1.10, 2.30 (Sun s/t), 3.40, 5.10, 6.10, 7.50 (Tues s/t), Mon 9.20, 10.20, 12.00, 1.10, 3.40, 6.10, 7.50, Thurs 9.20, 10.20, 12.00, 1.10, 2.30, 3.40, 5.10, 7.50 LONDON HAS FALLEN (15)

from Friday, March 25, 2016

Fri-Sun 9.50, 12.20, 3.10, 5.50, 8.20, 10.30, Mon-Thurs 6.20, 8.40, 10.30 MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 (12A) Daily 9.40, 12.10, 2.50, 5.30, 8.10, 10.40 NORM OF THE NORTH (U) Daily (exc. Sun) 11.00, Sun 10.15 SNOOPY AND CHARLIE BROWN: THE PEANUTS MOVIE (U) Sun 10.00 (autism) THE BOY (15) Fri-sun 6.55, 9.20, 11.20, Mon-Thurs 9.10 THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT (12A) Fri/Sat 9.30, 1.00, 3.50, Sun 1.00, 3.50, Mon-Thurs 9.10, 12.15, 3.15 SENIORS: THE FINEST HOURS (12A) Mon 1.00 EVENT CINEMA: THE RAILWAY CHILDREN (U) Mon 3.00 ZOOTROPOLIS (PG) Fri-Sun 9.00, 11.40, 1.40, 2.30, 4.20, 5.20, 7.10, 9.50, Mon-Thurs 9.00, 11.40, 1.40, 2.30, 4.20, 5.20, 7.40 ZOOTROPOLIS 3D (PG) Daily (exc. Mon) 12.30, 3.20, Mon 3.20

WATERSHED Canon’s Rd, Bristol. Tel 0117 927 5100. www.watershed.co.uk WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT (U) Daily (exc. Sun) 12.00, Sun 12.10 IONA (15) Fri-Mon 3.20, 6.10, Tues/Thurs 6.10, Weds 11.00, 6.10 ANOMALISA (15) Fri/Mon/Weds/Thurs 3.40, 6.00, Sat 12.50, 6.00, Sun 6.00, Tues 3.30, 6.00 THE CLUB (18) Daily 8.30 HIGH-RISE (15) Daily 2.50, 5.40, 8.40 THE PEARL BUTTON (12A) Fri/Sat/Mon 12.30, Sun 12.40 DISORDER (15) Fri/Mon-Thurs 8.20, Sat/Sun 3.30, 8.20 CRIME: SUNDAY BRUNCH; THAT DEMON WITHIN (18) Sun 12.00 CINIBABIES: HIGH-RISE (15) Mon 11.00 WOTTON ELECTRIC PICTURE HOUSE 18a Market Street, Wotton under Edge. Tel 01453 844401. www.wottoncinema.com DEADPOOL (15) Fri/Thurs 7.30, Mon 8.15 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE ROAD CHIP (U) Sat/Tues/Wed/Thurs 2.00, Sun 3.00 HOW TO BE SINGLE (15) Sat/Sun/Tues 7.30, Wed 8.30 THE RAILWAY CHILDREN (U) Mon 3.00

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Theatre Don’t Miss A L L’ S W E L L T H AT E N D S W E L L TOBACCO FACTORY THEATRES

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s Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory’s Hamlet continues to play to packed and appreciative audiences, the company gears up for its second production.

All’s Well that Ends Well follows a young woman who, using skills bequeathed to her by her father, saves the French King’s life and is rewarded with the right to choose her own husband. But what if the chosen one won’t play the game?

A romantic comedy, yet with echoes of the much darker Measure for Measure, All’s Well that Ends Well belongs to its women; to its central character, Helena, and to her guardian and mother of her object of desire, the extraordinary Countess of Rossillion.

Class, unrequited love and disingenuous passion all play their part against the backdrop of an Italian civil war, which Helena’s chosen one joins in order to escape her.

But when he fights like a hero he encounters the sexual temptations that celebrity so often brings…

How can Helena win him to her? How can she get him into bed?

Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory founder and artistic director Andrew Hilton says: “All’s Well That Ends Well is a play brimming with the kind of ambiguity of tone that I relish, as well as offering terrific parts for women, to whom the play really belongs, and some fine comedy.”

All’s Well That Ends Well will appear at Tobacco Factory Theatres from Thursday, March 31 before touring the UK with Hamlet in May and June, for the first time fulfilling a Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory ambition to tour its full ensemble season.

■ Thursday, March 31 to Saturday, April 30. See listings for details.

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COMING SOON GHOST

it musical Ghost returns to The Bristol Hippodrome in September after having audiences in tears when it toured to the city last year.

A timeless story of love, despair and hope, Ghost – The Musical is an innovative reimagining of the double Academy Award winning movie starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg.

Walking back to their apartment late one night a tragic encounter sees Sam murdered and his beloved girlfriend Molly alone, in despair and utterly lost.

But with the help of a phony storefront psychic, Sam, trapped between this world and the next, tries to communicate with Molly in the hope of saving her from grave danger…

The stage show is a rollercoaster ride of romance and comedy with some dazzling state-of-the-art staging that will take your breath away.

■ Ghost is at The Bristol Hippodrome, September 12 to17.

Visit www.atgtickets.com/venues/bristol-hippodrome.

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from Friday, March 25, 2016

what’son fri 1 apr

maddy prior sat 2 apr

record and cd fair

sat 2 apr

freedom project launch tue 5 apr

luke jackson, greg russell and ciaran algar wed 6 apr

gregory porter fri 8 apr

ycat lunchtime concert: alexander ullman (piano) sat 9 apr

the best in uk stand up: stephen grant & michael fabbri

wed 4 may

mon 16 may

thu 2 jun

thu 5 may

tue 17 may

thu 2 jun

vanessa carlton

sat 16 apr

nerina pallot

bournemouth symphony orchestra: titans

mon 18 apr

fri 6 may

giant sand and jason lytle tue 19 apr

ought

fri 22 apr

criolo

sat 23 apr

explosions in the sky

craig campbell: don’t look down

sat 7 may

tindersticks: the waiting room cine-concert sat 7 may

onra – live sun 8 may

sat 23 apr

max and ivan: the end

the last train track presents john metcalfe & daniel bachman

sun 24 apr

mon 9 may

national children’s orchestras of great britain

bristol ensemble: a night at the musicals

patrick wolf

sun 10 apr

tue 26 apr

breakin’ convention

the necks & james mcvinnie: the secret life of organs sun 10 apr

pig records launch featuring kevin figes mon 11 apr

newton faulkner tue 12 apr

michael bolton wed 13 apr

*calls cost 5p per minute, plus your phone company’s access charge

fri 15 apr

damien jurado wed 13 & sat 16 apr

bellowhead thu 14 apr

treacherous orchestra fri 15 apr

charles bradley & his extraordinaires

martin speake and bobo stenson

tue 10 may

wed 11 may

the fureys in concert father john misty tue 17 may

teddy thompson with kelly jones & sunny ozell wed 18 may

travis

wed 18 may

cory henry thu 19 may

bristol ensemble: mozart 260 celebration fri 20 may

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julia biel

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three trapped tigers stephen johnson insight and english piano trio wed 4 may

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kronos quartet laura cantrell max richter ensemble immix ensemble & vessel sun 15 may

brian wilson presents pet sounds

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beverley knight mon 6 jun

ben watt band feat. bernard butler

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cate le bon

frances

chris cornell

averys summer of wine

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jack pack

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mayoral hustings

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sean lock: keep it light

the alternative comedy trio with kevin eldon, josie long and simon munnery

the best in uk stand up: carey marx & zoe lyons

moscow state symphony orchestra: russian rhapsody

thu 28 apr

bonnie raitt

black lips

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gary delaney

martha tilston matmos royal philharmonic orchestra: the planets – an hd odyssey sun 12 jun

julian arguelles tetra

tue 14 jun

sara pascoe: animal wed 15 jun

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adam ant

martin simpson, andy cutting and nancy kerr

thu 26 may

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owiny sigoma band gordon lightfoot dar williams tue 31 may

greg foot: caution – safety goggles required!

sarah millican: outsider kernow king bristol ensemble: the virtuoso piano sun 26 jun

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Theatre Listings STARTING THIS WEEK ■ MAMMA MIA!

Fri Mar 25 to Sat May 7, The Bristol Hippodrome, St Augustine’s Parade, Bristol, 7.30pm, 2.30pm mats, £19.50 to £59.50. 0844 871 3012, www.bristolhippodrome.org.uk See pages 4, 5 & 6.

■ RISE YOUTH DANCE

Sat Mar 26, Circomedia, Portland Square, St Paul’s, Bristol, 7.30pm, £9, £5.50 concs.

0117 947 7288, www.circomedia.com

An impressive performance from Bristol’s RISE Youth Dance; a company that provides young people with dance training, cultural experiences and life skills.

■ MUCH ADO ABOUT PUFFIN

Sat Mar 26 to Sat Apr 2, The Wardrobe Theatre, West Street, Old Market, Bristol, 11am & 2pm, £7. 0117 902 0344, www.tobaccofactory theatres.com

Using skilful puppetry, beautiful music and good old-fashioned storytelling, Much Ado About Puffin is a wonder-filled production for children aged four and up.

■ CAPTAIN MORGAN: THE SANDS OF TIME / CAPTAIN MORGAN: THE SEA OF SOULS

Tue Mar 29 to Sat Apr 2, The Wardrobe Theatre, West Street, Old Market, Bristol, 8pm, £8 or £12 for both. 0117 902 0344, www.tobaccofactory theatres.com

Captain Morgan and First Mate Hammond quest for the secrets of time-travel in two rip-roaring comedy adventures.

■ A WEEK OF ROYAL COURT WRITERS: BREATHING CORPSES

Tue Mar 29 to Sat April 2, Alma Tavern Theatre, Alma Vale Road, Clifton, Bristol, 8pm, £10. 0117 973 5171, www.almataverntheatre.co.uk

Amy’s found another body, there’s a funny smell coming from Jim’s storage unit and Kate spent the day with the police. The theme of mortality casts a long shadow across this tense play as the audience are left to piece together the clues.

■ REHEARSAL FOR MURDER

Tue Mar 29 to Sat Apr 2, Theatre Royal Bath, Sawclose, Bath, Mon-Wed 7.30pm, Thur-Sat 8pm, mats Wed & Sat 2.30pm, £17.50-£33.50. 01225 448844, www.theatreroyal.org.uk.

Playwright Alex Dennison is left heartbroken when his fiancée and leading lady Monica Welles is found dead from an apparent suicide after the opening night of her stage debut. On the anniversary of that ill-fated night, Alex assembles the same cast and crew in the same theatre to uncover her killer... From the legendary writing team behind Murder, She Wrote and Columbo.

■ KISS ME KATE

Tue Mar 29 to Sat Apr 2, The Redgrave Theatre, Clifton College, Percival Road, 7.30pm, 2.30pm mat, £12.50. 0117 315 7000, www.cliftoncollege.com

St Mary’s Players present the much-loved musical Kiss Me, Kate, about a touring company performing a musical version of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew and the conflict on and off-stage between the show’s director and his ex-wife and leading lady. This is one of Cole Porter’s finest scores and his most successful Broadway show.

■ A WEEK OF ROYAL COURT WRITERS: TUSK TUSK

Wed Mar 30 and Sat Apr 2, Alma Tavern Theatre, Alma Vale Road, Clifton, Bristol, 8pm, 2.30pm mat, £10. 0117 973 5171, www.almataverntheatre.co.uk The piece tells the story of Elliot, Maggie and Finn who have been abandoned by their mother and the choices they make to survive. As hilarious as it is heart breaking, this is a tale of family ties as an uncertain future circles.

■ IPHIGENIA IN SPLOTT

Wed Mar 30 to Sat Apr 2, Bristol Old Vic Studio, King Street, Bristol, 8pm, 3pm mat, £15, £12 concs. 0117 987 7877, www.bristololdvic.org.uk

Effie’s life spirals through a mess of drink, drugs and drama every night, and a hangover the next day – until one night gives her the chance to be something more. Gary Owen’s award-winning drama drives home the high price people pay for society’s shortcomings.

■ LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL

Wed Mar 30 to Sat Apr 2, The Playhouse Theatre, High Street, Weston-super-Mare, 7.30pm, 2.30pm mats, £17. 01934 645544, www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk

Weston Operatic Society presents the hit musical Legally Blonde, telling the story of Elle Woods, a perennial good time girl who is actually a lot smarter than she seems.

■ ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL

Thur Mar 31 to Sat Apr 30, Tobacco Factory Theatres, Raleigh Road, Southville, Bristol, various times (see website for details), £18/£12 concs. 0117 902 0344, www.tobaccofactory theatres.com See page 36.

ON NOW ■ WEST SIDE STORY

To Sat Mar 26, Theatre Royal Bath, Sawclose, Bath, 7.30pm, 2.30pm mats, £10-£32. 01225 448844, www.theatreroyal.org.uk.

To Sat Mar 26, The Wardrobe Theatre, West Street, Old Market, Bristol, 8pm, 2pm mats, £8/£7 concs. 0117 902 0344, www.tobaccofactory theatres.com

It’s 1972. An era of possibility, polyester and pubic hair. The Wardrobe Ensemble take us on a brisk romp through the ins and outs of those excellently awkward first sexual encounters.

■ SHARP TEETH

To Sun May 29, The Wardrobe Theatre, West Street, Old Market, Bristol, 8pm, pay what you decide. thewardrobetheatre.com

For over a year-and-a-half, Sharp Teeth Theatre have been running monthly events in Bristol which bring together theatre, storytelling, poetry and music.

■ LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT

To Sat Apr 23, Bristol Old Vic, King Street, Bristol, 7.30pm, 2pm mats, £7.50-£37.50, 0117 987 7877, www.bristololdvic.org.uk

Bath Operatic and Dramatic Society present this classic musical filled with terrific characters, breathtaking dance numbers and fantastic songs including Maria, Something’s Coming, Tonight, America and I Feel Pretty.

Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer prize-winning masterpiece captures one fateful summer’s day in the life of the Tyrones, a family tied together by a lifetime of secrets. Directed by Sir Richard Eyre and starring Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville.

■ RAINBOW GALAXY

■ HAMLET

To Sat Mar 26, The Redgrave Theatre, Clifton College, Percival Road, Clifton, Bristol, 7.30pm, £10. 0117 315 7000, www.cliftoncollege.com

Whitchurch Dance Studio presents a show featuring ballet, tap, jazz, song, drama and more from students from children and adults. Proceeds will go towards Mind, the mental health charity.

■ THREE FOR TWO

To Sat Mar 26, Alma Tavern Theatre, Alma Vale Road, Clifton, Bristol, 8pm, £10, £8 concs. 0117 973 5171, www.almataverntheatre.co.uk

In this hard-hitting and truthful production, three short linked plays for two actors explore what happens when sex, power and money collide.

■ 1972: THE FUTURE OF SEX

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To Sat April 30, Tobacco Factory Theatres, Raleigh Road, Southville, Bristol, various times (see website for details), £18/£12 concs. 0117 902 0344, www.tobaccofactory theatres.com Hamlet is tormented by his father’s death and his murderous uncle’s marriage to his mother, all against the backdrop of a looming war.

■ CLOSER EACH DAY: THE IMPROVISED SOAP OPERA

To Mon Jun 20, The Wardrobe Theatre, West Street, Old Market, Bristol, 8pm, pay what you decide. thewardrobetheatre.com

Unplanned, unscripted and unconventional; Closer Each Day is Bristol’s only live improvised soap opera, performed every other Monday.

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Comedy Don’t miss and listings FRIDAY, MARCH 25 ■ COMEDY GLADIATORS

Riproar Comedy Club, 15 Union Gate, Union Street, Bristol, 8.30pm/doors open 6.30pm, £10/£20 meal deal, 0117 985 6767, www.riproarcomedy.co.uk

Joining Sal Monello tonight is Danny Buckler, who combines stand-up, improvisation and the odd bit of magic, plus more comics to be confirmed.

■ CAFE BAR COMEDY

Riproar Comedy Club, 15 Union Gate, Union Street, Bristol, 8.30pm/doors open 6.30pm, £12/£20 meal deal, 0117 985 6767, www.riproarcomedy.co.uk

Up tonight are President Obonjo creator Benjamin Bello, Danny Buckler (see above), fast and punchy former teacher Jo Darcy, and Gerry K, whose act is anecdotal, observational and refreshingly honest.

SATURDAY, MARCH 26 ■ ADAM HILLS: CLOWN HEART

The Playhouse, High St, Weston-super-Mare, 8pm, £23. 01934 645544, www.theplayhouse.co.uk See left.

■ JONGLEURS COMEDY CLUB

Pryzm, Canons Road, Bristol, 8pm, doors 6pm, from £13, 08700 111 960, www.jongleurs.com

There are sets tonight from Rich Wilson, an amiable, laddish Home Counties stand-up, comic and actor Tom Lucy, Funmbi Omotayo, who has some hilarious stories, and charming Irish comic Keith Farnan.

■ STAND UP AND BOOGIE

Riproar Comedy Club, 15 Union Gate, Union Street, Bristol, 8.30pm/doors open 6.30pm, £12/£20 meal deal, 0117 985 6767, www.riproarcomedy.co.uk

Up tonight are Chris Norton Walker, a big man with a teasing, tongue-in-cheek, style, Danny Buckler (see Friday), confident and engaging storyteller Luke Honnoraty, and character comedian Milo McCabe.

SUNDAY, MARCH 27 ■ OPPO COMEDY PRESENTS WILL DUGGAN

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ADAM HILLS: CLOWN HEART THE PLAYHOUSE omic Adam Hills may still call his native Australia home, but he has managed to establish himself as a firm favourite on the UK comedy

circuit.

Widely referred to as “the nicest man in comedy”, Adam is one of the most popular comedians on the UK circuit.

The host of Channel 4’s The Last Leg, Adam has toured 15 solo shows internationally. He is known for a combination of positive, uplifting comedy and rampant spontaneity, which has seen him receive numerous awards, glowing reviews and a legion of fans.

Adam won Best Breakthrough Act and was nominated for Best Entertainment Personality at the British Comedy Awards in 2013.

Last year Adam returned to The Last Leg for its sixth series, as well as three Election Specials with another series commissioned for later this summer.

Adam’s brand of humour is unashamedly upbeat. “I think that’s what comedy – what my comedy’s about – people coming along and losing themselves in laughter for about an hour and a half and feeling happier,” he says.

■ Saturday, March 26. See listings for details.

The Portcullis, Wellington Terrace, Clifton, Bristol, 7.30pm, £3/£2 students, www.facebook.com/OppoComedy Will Duggan, one of the stars of the Edinburgh comedy award-winning Funz & Gamez, is taking his debut hour to Edinburgh this year, titled A Man Gathering Fish, and Oppo has a sneak peak. Joining Will is Luke Honnoraty, Alice Matthews and Chris Fay.

THURSDAY, MARCH 31 ■ BRISTOL UNDERGROUND COMEDY

The Loco Klub, Bristol Temple Meads Station, 8pm, £8 advance/£10 on door, www.facebook.com/bristolunderground comedy/

The Loco Klub hosts inventive comic Tom Price, who supported Stephen Merchant on his European tour, and the slick, yet subversive, Tez Ilyas. Plus Saskia Preston, Maggy Whitehouse and MC Peter Dobbing.

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Gardens come alive with fantastic creations Art Grand ceramic bird houses and the head of a Trojan horse are among the sculptural delights to be found at Bristol Botanic Garden this Easter, writes Tara Pardo

Jo Whitel

Babruysk birdhouse by Peter Garrard; right, Oak Leaves by Willa Ashworth

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alatial ceramic bird houses fit for a king, aristocratic Trojan horses’ heads, captivating fountains and shimmering stained glass creations are just a few of the show-stoppers at this year’s Sculpture Festival.

The annual festival has become a favourite for families, art enthusiasts, and plant-lovers too, as it coincides with the garden beginning to stir, flowers starting to bloom and leaves beginning to burst on trees and shrubs.

The decorative qualities of the Moorish buildings of the Alhambra and of Cordoba, and the ancient Chinese brass vessels at the Ashmolean have inspired sculptor Peter Gar-

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rard to create his incredible bird houses.

Regal war horse heads will stand guard at the Moon Gate entrance to the Traditional Chinese Medicinal Herb Garden. Sculptor Philip Thompson chooses stainless steel for its reflective and contemporary qualities and bronze for its patination effects.

Once again visitors can see the ceramic garden sculptures of Karen Edwards, the stone sculptures of Jitka Palmer, and the ever-popular rusty steel garden sculptures of Willa Ashworth.

There are glass creations using a variety of techniques and forms. Lynda Radford of the Glass Collective uses recycled glass to make the discarded beautiful. There is impressive

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stained glass from Jude Goss and Aurora Pozniakow, and 3D glass displays from Adele Christensen.

The garden’s glasshouses this year will become an aviary with a kaleidoscope of birds taking up residence. Zoe Cameron has invited 20 artists and designers to use their ingenuity to create birds from materials as diverse as recycled plastic, bike parts, wood, steel and clay, to adorn the tropical paradise. A special bird spotter’s guide will aid identification.

Visitors can even buy and “rehome” a starling with all proceeds going to charities working in the current refugee crisis.

An exhibition of paintings of rare plants growing in the Avon Gorge and other sites in

land

Philip Thompson

Jitka Palmer

Jude Goss

Above, Tilted Yin-Yang by Karen Edwards; right, Joanna Williams at her forge

the South West, including a collection of 13 different species of Sorbus Trees, one of which is the Bristol Whitebeam, will be on display.

The botanical artists participating are Annie Morris, Andrea Pomroy, Erica Thomas, Jenny Brooks, Anne Girling and Fiona Williams.

Each day one of the artists will be demonstrating and will have cards and prints for sale in the café area.

This year there will lots more demonstrations and visitors will even have the chance to get hands-on. Blacksmith, sculptor and designer Joanna Willliams of Fire Iron Art based at the Underfall Yard will be bringing her forge to the garden to show visitors how to make curves and twists in hot metal, so characteristic

of her garden features. Artist Martyna Zoltaszek will be giving a demonstration of her highly imaginative creative processes.

Jo Whiteland will be demonstrating the Malaysian technique of batik, where hot wax and dye are used to create beautiful designs on cloth. Jo is inspired by the natural world and her colourful work reflects this.

On Sunday and Monday, willow weaver Maya Wolfe will inspire visitors to create a wide array of magical sculptures, including damsel flies and butterflies, to take home with them. Maya is a Bath-based artist whose work spans many forms, from sculpture and site specific installation to carnival costume, structures, puppetry and more.

Visitors will also be able to try their hand at throwing pots, as ceramicist Tez Roberts brings her potter’s wheel to the garden for the first time. Tez, who set up community arts group Labyrinth Arts, now has a studio in the Forest of Dean and uses a variety of firing methods, preferring Raku and stoneware.

Tours of the garden will also be on offer and refreshments will be available.

Admission costs £4.50 for adults, free for children under 16. Entry is also free to Friends of the garden, University staff and students.

■ Easter Sculpture Festival, University of Bristol Botanic Garden, Friday, March 25 to Monday, March 28. See listings for details.

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Art Don’t miss and listings SPRING EXHIBITION COLDHARBOUR GALLERY

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t may have felt like a long time coming this year, but spring has finally arrived.

And with it comes this colourful, cheering exhibition at Coldharbour Gallery on the border between Redland and Westburyon-Trym.

The exhibition, starting on Easter Sunday, features bold, bright botanicals, and includes the first showing of a new set of prints from one of Bristol’s best-known and best-loved local artist’s, Abigail McDougall.

The paintings make the most of Abigail’s extraordinary skill with reflections on water –

STARTING THIS WEEK EASTER SCULPTURE FESTIVAL

Fri Mar 25 to Mon Mar 28, University of Bristol Botanic Garden, Stoke Park Road, Stoke Bishop, Bristol, 10am-5pm, 0117 331 4906, www.bristol.ac.uk/ botanic-garden/ See pages 42 & 43.

SPRING EXHIBITION

Sun Mar 27 to Sat May 21, Coldharbour Gallery, Oldharbour Rd, Westbury Park, Bristol, Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm/Sat 10am-5pm. 0117 944 6244, www.coldharbourgallery.co.uk See above.

ON NOW FOUR FIVE

To Sat Mar 26, 123 Space, Stokes Croft, Bristol, Sun 11am-6pm, Mon-Wed 10am-6pm, Thu-Sat 10am-9pm, www.facebook.com/ spaceonetwothree From portraiture to graphic design and from graffiti to illustration, this exciting exhibition showcases a wide range of creative talent, as 17 Bristol-based artists come together to exhibit as a group for the first time.

MICHAEL SIMPSON

To Sun Mar 27, Spike Island, Cumberland Rd, Bristol, Tue-Sun noon-5pm. 0117 929 2266,

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some feature exotic plants reflected in the water at Jardin Majorelle in Marrakech (a favourite place of Abigail’s), while others were inspired closer to home, in the glasshouses at Kew Gardens.

Also included in the show is a set of paintings

by Izumi Omori, who grew up in Japan but has spent many years living in Cornwall. Her work is a celebration of flowers, nature and life, moving with light and wind.

■ Sunday, March 27 to Tuesday, May 31. See listings for details.

www.spikeisland.org.uk

Michael Simpson makes large scale paintings in ongoing series that repeat and rework a number of key elements.

This exhibition includes works from his Bench Painting series (1989-2009).

RUAIDHRI RYAN: BELT CRAFT STUDIOS

To Sun Mar 27, Spike Island, Cumberland Rd, Bristol, Tue-Sun noon-5pm. 0117 929 2266, www.spikeisland.org.uk

Ruaidhri Ryan’s semi-staged documentary considers the fetish of a supposed authenticity.

MARIA LOVELL

To Wed Mar 30, Grain Barge, Hotwell Rd, Bristol, 0117 929 9347, www.grainbarge.co.uk

Originally from Siberia, Maria now lives in Bristol. Much of her work is inspired by the sea where she spent her childhood.

WHAT MODERN WAS: VINTAGE DESIGN 1935-1975

To Wed Mar 30, The Ken Stradling Collection, 48 Park Row, Bristol, Weds 10am-4pm, Sats Feb 13, 27, Mar 12 11am-3pm, or by appt. 0117 329 0566, http://stradlingcollection.org/ Focusing on the period 1935 to 1975, this exhibition features 50-plus examples of ceramics, furniture, glass, metalwork and wood, which our parents, grandparents and great grandparents would have considered the cutting edge of modernity.

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FLAVIA TERZIAN: 108 DEGREES

To Wed Mar 30, Paper Arts, Merchant Street, Broadmead, Bristol, Mon-Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 11am-5pm. 0117 925 8601, paperarts.org.uk A geometric frenzy, 180 Degrees is an installation from Flavia Terzian that deconstructs pentagonal shapes through recycled timber structures.

2ND RECURSION

To Wed Mar 30, Centrespace, Leonard Lane, Bristol, Mon-Sat noon-7pm. 0117 929 1234, www.centrespacegallery.com

An intriguing installation inviting the viewer to enter an interactive light and sound space in which our perception of reality is teasingly undermined.

REMEMBERING WILD

To Wed Mar 30, Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, Bristol, 0117 924 9599, www.hamiltonhouse.orgb

Emma Sampson’s paintings are bold and colourful; she is interested in discovering the textures of our hidden wild selves.

STEPHEN QUICK

To Thu Mar 31, Tobacco Factory café/bar, Raleigh Rd, Bristol.

0117 902 0344, www.tobaccofactory.com

This eye-catching exhibition of pop art features bright, bold canvases full of colour and humour. The artist is also known as a live painter and YouTuber. His

art addresses contemporary culture and often satirises our materialistic nature.

RUTH BROADWAY: SPECTRUM

To Thu Mar 31, Paper Plane gift shop, 196 Gloucester Rd, Bristol, Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm, www.paperplanebristol.co.uk

Spectrum falls loosely into two parts. The first sees Ruth explore the controlled and careful placement of repeated shapes, while in the second she works in a more organic manner, using paper stencils and transparent inks in multiple layers.

SALVATION

To Thu Mar 31, Bristol Cathedral, College Green, Bristol, bristol-cathedral.co.uk This is an installation of six poignant wooden sculptures by Iranian artist Saloomeh Asgary.

STOKE

To Fri Apr 1, Gallery TwentyTwo, 22 Stokes Croft, Bristol, Thur to Sun, noon-6pm, www.gallerytwentytwo.co.uk

Stoke is curated by Phil King, co-editor of iconic art magazine Turps Banana, and features Phil’s work alongside that of Charley Peters and Pascal-Michel Dubois.

LEE FOWLER, TOM RAWLES, GAVIN LEE

To Fri Apr 1, The Farm, Hopetoun Rd, St Werburghs, Bristol, 0117 944 2384, www.thefarmpub.co.uk

Mirrored Palms, Majorelle by Abigail McDougall

The Farm is showing a series of portraits, prints and mixed medium pieces by local artists Lee Fowler, Tom Rawles and Gavin Lee. The works comment on contemporary culture via realism, humour, surrealism and fantasy.

ADDRESSING THE SITUATION

To Sat Apr 2, Grant Bradley Gallery, Bedminster Parade, Bristol, Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

0117 963 7673, www.grantbradleygallery.co.uk An exhibition by Mandy Webb using a variety of techniques and materials to respond to issues in the artist’s life.

PEOPLE, PLANTS AND PLACES

To Sat Apr 2, Grant Bradley Gallery, Bedminster Parade, Bristol, Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

0117 963 7673, www.grantbradleygallery.co.uk

Group exhibition by four artists; Caroline Palmer, Louise Bassett-Watts, Maddie Brannigan and Rosemary Burton, brought together by a love of art and creativity.

MASKS AND MANIA

To Sat Apr 2, Grant Bradley Gallery, Bedminster Parade, Bristol, Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

0117 963 7673, www.grantbradleygallery.co.uk

This solo exhibition by London-based artist David Shackleton asks questions of choice; the influences on our choices and the extent to which we can be independent in thought.

WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2015

To Sun Apr 10, M Shed, Princes Wharf, Bristol, Tue-Fri 10am-5pm/Sat-Sun 10am-6pm, £5/conc £4/under-16s free, 0117 352 6600, www.bristolmuseums. org.uk/m-shed/ The Natural History Museum’s prestigious exhibition makes its annual pilgrimage to Bristol from London.

JOHN AKOMFRAH: VERTIGO SEA

To Sun Apr 10, Arnolfini, Narrow Quay, Bristol, Tue-Sun (and Bank Hol Mons) 11am-6pm. 0117 917 2300, www.arnolfini.org.uk John Akomfrah’s acclaimed video installation is a meditation on man’s relationship with the sea and the history of slavery, migration, and conflict.

SPRING EXHIBITION

To Tue Apr 12, Lime Tree Gallery, 84 Hotwell Rd, Bristol, Tue-Sat 10am-5pm or by appt. 0117 929 2527, www.limetreegallery.com

A mixed exhibition of new work by James Bland NEAC, Ed Hunter, Phil Johns, Jane Kite, Robert Newton, Sylvia Paul, Philip Richardson and Emma Williams.

BRAIN ART COMPETITION

To Sun Apr 17, Royal West of England Academy, Queens Rd, Bristol, Tue-Sat 10am-6pm/Sun 11am-5pm. 0117 973 5129, www.rwa.org.uk

This wonderful collection of work by local

schoolchildren includes the winners and commended entrants into the RWA and Bristol Neuroscience Festival’s Brain Art competition.

TEN CENTURIES OF RECORDS

To Fri Jul 15, Bristol Record Office, Smeaton Rd, Bristol, Tue-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm/first two Thurs of month 9.30am-7pm/ first two Sats of month 10am-4pm, free. 0117 922 4224, www.bristolmuseums. org.uk/bristol-record-office/

This exhibition highlights the breadth and significance of the collections at Bristol Record Office spanning ten centuries.

A LOQUACIOUS MIND

To Tue Apr 19, The Snug, Tobacco Factory café/bar, Raleigh Rd, Bristol. 0117 902 0344, www.tobaccofactory.com

INQUISITIVE EYES: SLADE PAINTERS IN EDWARDIAN WESSEX

To Sun Jun 12, Royal West of England Academy, Queens Rd, Bristol, Tue-Sat 10am-6pm/Sun 11am-5pm, £6.95/conc £4.95 (inc all concurrent exhibitions)/ under-16s and students free.

0117 973 5129, www.rwa.org.uk

The rolling hills and dramatic coastline of Wessex are the focus of this exhibition of early 20th century works, featuring artists including Augustus John, William Orpen, Philip Wilson Steer and Vanessa Bell.

IMAGINED LANDSCAPES

To Sun Jun 12, Royal West of England Academy, Queens Rd, Bristol, Tue-Sat 10am-6pm/Sun 11am-5pm, £6.95/conc £4.95 (inc all concurrent exhibitions)/ under-16s and students free.

0117 973 5129, www.rwa.org.uk

This collaborative exhibition features contemporary photographer Joanna Ritchie, make-up artist Lisa-Maria Thomas, fashion stylist Lucy Heather, and illustrator Ollie Gooch.

This exhibition explores an alternative understanding of place in contemporary art and the role of the artist as spatial narrator, cartographer and geographer.

STILL

To Sun Jun 12, Royal West of England Academy, Queens Rd, Bristol, Tue-Sat 10am-6pm/Sun 11am-5pm, £6.95/conc £4.95 (inc all concurrent exhibitions)/ under-16s and students free.

0117 973 5129, www.rwa.org.uk

To Sat May 28, Rainmaker Gallery, 123 Coldharbour Road, Bristol, Tue-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm, 0117 944 3101, www.rainmakerart.co.uk

Cara Romero heads a line-up of five indigenous American fine art photographers, who eloquently address environmental and cultural topics.

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SIMON QUADRAT PPRWA

Simon Quadrat RWA evokes visions of the past that are at once nostalgic and full of narrative possibility.

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Backstage at Bristol Fashion Week Fashion Bristol Fashion Week presenters Mark Heyes and Denise Van Outen give us the low-down on this season’s hottest trends and why shopping in your lunch break can get dangerous

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atching the natural on-stage chemistry between Mark and Denise at last season’s Bristol Fashion Week shows, anyone would be forgiven for thinking that these two had known each other all their lives.

In fact, they’d only met a handful of times before they came together for the South West’s biggest fashion show, but quickly became firm friends.

The pair will be back in Bristol from April 6-10 to host the spring/summer shows, but before that, we put their fashion skills to the test and find out exactly how well they know each other.

MARK Q: What’s it like working with Denise?

A: Denise and I had a proper laugh together.

Before Bristol Fashion Week we didn’t know each other very well, but by the time we were on stage together, everyone thought we had known each other for years because we just get on so well.

Q: Did you do much shopping when you were last here?

A: I’m always shopping, it’s my job! When Denise was here last we did do a little turn around The Mall once or twice. She’s great to shop with – she’s got an eagle eye for trends.

Q: What would you say is the hottest trend for spring/summer 2016?

A: Stripes are the new black this season. If you see anything stripy in the shops, buy it right now because you’ll definitely get the wear out of it.

Ruffles are also big news. We saw them on the catwalk at Gucci and they really are the designer of the moment.

Q: Can you guess which one Denise will pick as her hottest trend?

A: Denise loves shoes so I can imagine she’ll pick a shoe trend! We know mules are coming back in a big way, but Denise loves a really high heel, so I bet that’s what she chooses.

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DENISE Q: What’s it like working with Mark?

A: Mark and I got on like a house on fire! He’s such great fun and you can talk to him about anything. I can’t wait to get back to Bristol now so we can have a proper catch-up and gossip!

Q: Did you do much shopping when you were last here?

A: Yes, I love shopping! I actually spent a lot of my lunch breaks in the shops.

It’s dangerous… you can buy a lot in an hour! Mark and I went to Topshop last time for a rummage. He is such a shopping enabler – he loves to shop as much as I do, so I probably buy more with him!

Q: What would you say is the hottest trend for spring/summer 2016?

A: For me, it’s all the off-the-shoulder styles that are coming in. I also like to glam up with very high heels and I know there are a few of those coming in, so that’s good news for me.

Q: Can you guess which one Mark will pick as his hottest trend?

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A: Did Mark say stripes? I bet he said stripes!

I’m going to have to get the magazine now to find out if I was right!

■ Bristol Fashion Week features 17 catwalk shows, showcasing the latest trends from the high street. It features fashion to suit every age, budget and size.

Tickets are available online now starting from £8.95 for a standard ticket, £9.95 for a second row ticket and £13.95 for a front row ticket. To book, visit mallcribbs.com.

Pale and interesting hues for spring Spring has sprung and pretty pink, powder blue and citrus lemon are back on trend. Suiting all hair colours and skin tones, this selection of gorgeous pastel pieces captures the spirit of the season perfectly.

1 Light Blue Shirt. TK Maxx £24.99 2 Rochelle Humes Pastel Pink Sleeveless Coat, very.co.uk £69 3 Pale Blue Sling Backs, New Look £18.99 4 Yellow circular mini bag, New Look £12.99 5 Jacques Vert Lace Petal Blouse, John Lewis £89

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Four signs you need a new knee Health Is a bad knee getting in the way of the things you love? Jonathan Webb, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital, The Chesterfield, reveals four signs you may need a new one

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nee osteoarthritis develops over time and can sneak up on you.

When you do begin to experience symptoms, much of the damage may already be done. Here are some signs you shouldn’t ignore.

1. Pain points Pain with activity: Knee pain manifests in many ways. Pain that comes on with activity and limits what you can do is a clear signal to seek help.

Delayed pain: Pain doesn’t have to stop you in your tracks to be serious. Pain that comes on after activity, also known as ‘payback pain’, can be a warning that your knee isn’t performing as it should.

Pain that interrupts sleep: If you find knee pain prevents you from falling asleep, or you wake up because of pain caused by your movements during sleep – talk to someone about it.

2. Visual changes The way your knee looks can be just as important as the way it feels. Changes in the appearance of your knee can be a sign of inflammation. If your leg swells, or looks markedly different from the other then it may be time to speak with a specialist.

3. Limited movement Difficulty sitting down in a low seat such as in a car or cinema because your knee refuses to bend is a common sign of osteoarthritis.

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4. Lifestyle limitations It doesn’t matter if you want to climb a mountain or simply prune the garden – any symptom that prevents or limits your ability to do the things you love is cause for concern.

However, with a little help, a bad knee doesn’t have to adversely impact your quality of life.

Practising at Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital,

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The Chesterfield, Mr Webb is a leading consultant orthopaedic knee surgeon, who specialises in all aspects of knee treatment, including soft tissue injury, such as ligament damage, ACL rupture, medial ligament injury, cartilage (meniscus) tears and damage to the lining (chondral surface) of the knee.

■ For more information or to book a consultation, contact the hospital on 01174058659, or visit www.nuffieldhealth.com/consultants/ mr-jonathan-webb

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Check in and win at Bristol Shopping Quarter Easter offers Head to Bristol Shopping Quarter for some fabulous competitions and children’s activities this Easter

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eekend breaks to European cities and overnight stays in UK hotels will be up for grabs at Bristol Shopping Quarter’s “Check-In Desk” on Saturday, April 2 and Sunday, April 3.

Visit Bristol Shopping Quarter’s “flight attendants” who will be in Broadmead from 10am until 4pm handing out “boarding passes” giving shoppers the opportunity to visit the Check-In Desk outside M&S to win some fantastic prizes.

On Saturday, April 2, a trip to Paris will be up for grabs and on Sunday, April 3, shoppers could win a trip to Barcelona.

In addition, each day there will be the chance to win three overnight stays in the UK and a host of other prizes ranging from luggage to chocolate eggs, including prescription sunglasses from Specsavers in Merchant Street – every entrant will win a prize.

Jo Hawkins, Broadmead BID manager, says: “We’re looking forward to making some Bristol shoppers very happy when they take part in our Check In and Win activity; the prizes are fabulous and everyone’s a winner!”

Following the success of last year’s Easter Lion Trail, the Broadmead BID team is happy to have teamed up once again with the Methodist Church’s Ark team and The New Room/John Wesley’s Chapel for an Easter Zebra Trail celebrating individuality and uniqueness.

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be found in shop windows around Bristol Shopping Quarter.

Maps showing the zebra locations can be collected from Specsavers and John Wesley’s Chapel and children who complete the trail and collect the names of each zebra will receive a chocolate gift.

Free children’s activities will also be available with the Ark Bus team on Saturday, March 26, outside M&S and Saturday, April 2, outside St James Arcade. Children are invited to come along and draw a self-portrait which will be put up in the courtyard of John Wesley’s Chapel to create a Wall of Awesomeness.

This spring will see a whole host of new names opening within The Galleries; having welcomed Pavers Shoes, Pep&Co, No.1 Currency, Eurochange and Caffè Nero in recent

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months, a number of other popular retailers will soon be opening their doors including The Fragrance Shop, Slaters Menswear, The Entertainer, Bonmarché, Shaw Trust, Wed2B, Ice Cream & Dreams, Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Boswells Coffee Shop.

Colin Lang, Centre Manager of The Galleries, says: “It’s an exciting time for us at the moment; these new shops will really enhance our customer offer.

“The recent improvements to the centre have been very successful in encouraging these great retailers to invest in Broadmead.”

As well as the favourites like M&S, Debenhams, Primark and BHS in Broadmead and the fantastic collection of shops in Cabot Circus including Harvey Nichols, House of Fraser, Apple and the newly-opened Victoria’s

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Secret, Bristol Shopping Quarter is also home to almost 100 independent retailers.

Many of these can be found in St James Arcade where Speck Brothers’ Alpen Deli; tailors Needle & Thread; Maya’s Eyebrows & Beauty and Crowned Barber Shop are recent arrivals and soon to be joined by Baker’s Dolphin.

Bond Street, Union Street, Nelson Street and Fairfax Street are all also worth a visit for many hidden gems.

Once visitors have shopped until they’ve dropped, they will find plenty more to keep them entertained including a great choice of movies at the Odeon Cinema in Union Street and Showcase Cinema De Lux in Cabot Circus.

There’s also Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf

and a number of gyms for those looking for something more active.

Bristol Shopping Quarter offers a huge variety of places to eat and drink too, including the award-winning Second Floor Restaurant at Harvey Nichols and other stylish restaurants such as Brasserie Blanc and Carluccio’s. Family-friendly chains include Bella Italia, Giraffe, Frankie and Benny’s and Chimichanga and there’s also upmarket burger joints Five Guys and Gourmet Burger Kitchen; fast-food favourites like McDonalds, KFC, Subway, and Burger King; popular coffee shops, Soho, Starbucks and Costa; and a whole host of friendly independents including The Crazy Fox in St James Arcade and Soup ‘n’ Sandwich in Fairfax Street, where the “full English” is particularly popular.

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■ Affordable parking is located at The Galleries and Cabot Circus and Bristol city centre is easily accessible by car, bus, and park and ride. Temple Meads Railway Station is around 20 minutes on foot and served by regular buses to and from the city centre.

Bristol Shopmobility at Cabot Circus provides daily or long-term hire of scooters and wheelchairs and users of this service may take advantage of up to five hours free parking in the Cabot Circus car park when they hire equipment.

For further details of the Easter holiday activities as well as the latest offers from retailers and useful information such as opening hours, maps, and A-Z guides of shops and places to eat, visit bristolshoppingquarter.co.uk and @bristolshopping.

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Eggs, arts, shows and more for all the family Easter Bristol is the birthplace of the first chocolate Easter egg and the first Creme Egg (thanks J.S Fry & Sons), and it’s no surprise that the selection of family days out is pretty good as well, with something to do whatever the weather. Here are a few ideas to help you make the most of the Easter break.

Taste Chocolate, Waterfront Square, March 26-27, 10am-5pm Indulge yourself and discover Bristol’s rich chocolate history, feast on delicious street food and wash the experience down with a glass or two of bubbly.

Taste Chocolate is a family friendly event that will showcase chocolate producers and artisans from the Bristol and South West region, selling pastries, chocolate desserts and cakes, sugar free, vegan and dairy free chocolate; and of course, Easter eggs. Entry cost £4, with children under 13 free.

Visit www.tastechocolate.co.uk Easter Zebra Trail at Bristol Shopping Quarter, to April 3 Bristol Shopping Quarter has teamed up with The Ark Bus again this year, for the fifth annual Easter trail, which celebrates individuality. Visitors will be able to spot 38 zebras who are hiding in the shops.

Trail maps are available from Specsavers in Merchant Street and from the New Room/ John Wesley’s Chapel. Children who find all the zebras, and collect the names of each one, will be able to claim a chocolate gift.

The Ark Bus team will be outside M&S on Saturday, March 26 hosting free craft activities and inviting children to create a self-portrait.

Bristol Sculpture Festival, University of Bristol Botanic Gardens, March 25-28 There will be musical fountains, grand ceramic bird houses and even the head of a Trojan horse among this year’s sculptural delights. There will be stainless steel, bronze, ceramic, stone, glass and wood, and visitors will be able to try their hand at throwing pots with ceramicist Tez Roberts.

A kaleidoscope of birds created from diverse materials will be taking up residence in the tropical glasshouses, while an exhibition of paintings of rare plants growing in the Avon Gorge and other sites will be on display.

Adults £4.50/children under 16 free.

Aquariam Eggstravaganza at Bristol Aquarium, from March 25, 10am-5pm This Easter holiday you can meet the latest

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babies in The Nursery zone at Bristol Aquarium, see what has recently hatched in their Sunken Shipwreck area and follow an eggcellent trail quiz to discover what sea creature lays hundreds of thousands of eggs.

Tickets cost £14.50 for 13 years+/£9.75 for three to 12 years)/ £13 concessions (NUS, 60+, disabled).

Victorian Explorers Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt, Tyntesfield, from March 25, 10am-3pm Tyntesfield has always been a pretty adventurous place, the Gibbs family loved to travel and collect exotic objects. Set off to uncover the stories and solve the clues on the Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt around the estate to claim your yummy chocolaty reward!

Price £2.50 per hunt (normal admission applies). Call 01275 461900.

Easter Egg Hunt at Bristol Cathedral, College Green, March 28-April 10 Throughout the Easter holidays Bristol Cathedral is offering egg-cellent free activities for children and families to do together.

Eggs will be hidden around the building.

Find all 12 to reveal a hidden Easter message.

All sorts of prizes are up for grabs, including a Real Easter Egg, kindly donated by The Cathedral Shop. Families can download the free Cracking Egg Hunt on the Cathedral website or pick one up on the door.

Mamma Mia! The Bristol Hippodrome, March 25-May 7 There’s plenty of fun to be had in Bristol’s theatres over Easter. Join the ultimate feel-good party as Mamma Mia!, the world’s sunniest and most exhilarating smash-hit musical, returns to The Bristol Hippodrome.

Set on a Greek island paradise, Bristol playwright Catherine Johnson’s story of love, friendship and identity is cleverly told through the timeless songs of ABBA. Visit atgtickets.com/bristol.

Much Ado About Puffin, The Wardrobe Theatre, March 26-April 2 Using skilful puppetry, beautiful music, and

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good old-fashioned storytelling, Bristol’s very own Open Attic present Much Ado About Puffin, a gorgeous family friendly show for ages four and up. On a small island, in the middle of the big sea, a man meets a bird... Join Open Attic as they traverse stormy seas and reckless tides to bring you this funny tale about a man all alone, a friendly puffin, and a whole lot of fuss over nothing.

Visit thewardrobetheatre.com.

The Tap Dancing Mermaid, Circomedia, April 5-6 Marina creeps out of her house every night to dance on the boardwalk to the sounds of the sea. She can’t tap dance at home any more since her evil Auntie banned it. But then, one moonlit night, Marina meets a mysterious, watery boy swimming in the sea and her life is never the same again.

Featuring stunning puppets, original live music and magical dance, The Tap Dancing Mermaid is the perfect example of a show where the adults are just as enthralled as the kids. Visit www.circomedia.com.

Easter Extravaganza at Spike Island, March 26, 1-3pm If you love arts and crafts, there are loads of fun things to do, with something for all ages.

Baby Art Hour is opening its doors to adults and children of all ages for an Easter Special.

Visitors can have a go at making Easter-themed baskets, bunnies, bonnets and eggs. £3 adults, £2 children under ten. Booking is essential.

See www.spikeisland.org.uk.

Make your own Easter character with Aardman, Watershed, March 30, 10.30am, 2pm, and 3.30pm Aardman’s expert model makers will be on hand to help you and your family make your own Aardman characters out of clay. The workshops offer a unique experience and the opportunity to learn how to make world-famous Aardman characters from the experts themselves. You can take your models home and have a go at animating them using Aardman’s easy to use Animate It! software, which they’ll show you how to access and use. £6.50 adults, £4.50 children. For ages five and up.

Puppetry at Tobacco Factory Theatres, March 30, 10am to 3.30pm Aimed especially at those aged 10-13 years, children can work with a professional puppeteer who will introduce the ways of bringing puppets and objects to life. By exploring essentials like breath, impulse, focus, animation, and looking at solo and multiple manipulation of puppets, it’s a great way to develop your skills and have a lot of fun! £15.

Holiday family Fun at M Shed, Tuesday, March 29 and Tuesday, April 5, 11am-3pm Explore M Shed’s fabulous collections and exhibitions through creative and hands-on activities. Holiday Family Fun is suitable for three to ten-year-olds with accompanying adult.

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An inspiring jaunt through the lives of past writers and heroes Selborne

Travel Tim Davey takes a literary tour through the delightful villages of rural East Hampshire.

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ooking at the maps produced by your sat-nav or the internet you are presented with two choices to travel from our neck of the woods to the town of Liphook in Hampshire.

Both suggested using the motorway network heading east out of Bristol.

We chose neither. Opting instead for the route which climbs out and around one side of Bath before heading along the road towards Salisbury then hooking north up the A303.

Slower, yes, but altogether more pleasing, providing the opportunity to stop off en route in the small but perfectly formed city of Winchester.

This was not as random a stop as it initially seemed. For the wonderful cathedral here is the last resting place of that immense literary figure, Jane Austen. Actually, literature in various guises permeated every minute of every hour of our foray into deepest East Hampshire, using the superbly equipped Old Thorns Hotel on the outskirts of Liphook as our base.

I confess this inland area of what is the vast county of Hampshire was somewhere I had never ventured before and, as we drove through numerous charming villages, we realised a little gem of a micro-region was unfolding before us.

More of Jane Austen and her life and times would come later.

First, though, we had to track down one of the “godfathers” of natural history, otherwise known as the Reverend Gilbert White, former 18th century curate of the charming village of Selborne. Here, in what was once his former rectory and family home, just across the road from the village green and church, is a mu-

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seum dedicated to this intriguing fellow.

His tome on such matters, The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, was first published in 1789 and has been in continual print ever since. Its status in the world of natural history cannot be over-stated but don’t run away with the idea his museum’s a stuffy place.

It’s not big but it unfolds the story of Gilbert White in an easy way as you wander through his old home. White was also a passionate gardener, and outside the house are some wonderful grounds and gardens created by him. It’s hard to resist buying some of the plants grown there that are on sale – and we didn’t!

Now the curious thing about this museum is that it is actually two museums in one. For upstairs is another intriguing set of rooms with displays dealing with another famous fellow whose last words have become enshrined in our utterances.

It’s dedicated to one Captain Lawrence Oates who, famously, as a member of the ill-fated 1910-12 expedition led by Captain Scott to the Antarctic, accepted his dire plight and stepped out into the blizzard saying “I am just going outside and may be some time.” Also on display are artefacts from his relative, Frank Oates, who funded purchase of this property and was himself an acclaimed 19th century explorer.

There are loads of lovely walks here, by the way, and the council has created a special pack of literary themed ones, including two which focus on Gilbert’s place (www.gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk) and our next destination, Chawton.

Chawton, a few miles along the road out of Selborne, is equally picturesque and is a place

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Gilbert White’s house and gardens

of homage for any serious admirer of Jane Austen. Here in the heart of the village is a lovely old farmhouse where Jane, her mother, sister Cassandra and a family friend, Martha Lloyd, settled after the death of Jane’s father.

One of her brothers, fortunately, had been adopted by exceedingly rich relatives and came to the women’s rescue with regards accommodation.

Make no mistake, this house is the real deal.

This is Jane’s last home where she lived from 1809 until her death in 1817. Here she was at her most productive, penning Mansfield Park, Emma and Persuasion and revising earlier manuscripts of Sense and Sensibility and Pride And Prejudice. It is now known as Jane Austen’s House Museum (www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk).

Once again, it’s easy to walk around and you are not shepherded or corralled by its curators.

There are many fascinating items on show, from jewellery to letters, furniture to paintings… but the most striking of all is where Jane actually sat and wrote. It’s a small, plain round table and chair, replete with inkwell and quill pen, positioned by the living room window which looks out across the village. It holds your attention as you contemplate the famous works of literature which emanated from this unassuming scenario.

What was so delightful about this trip was it really was one of discovery, visiting a part of the world we didn’t know and two/three exquisite museums which do exactly what they should do – inform, educate and entertain.

Old Thorns Golf and Country Estate

OLD THORNS GOLF AND COUNTRY ESTATE ■ The word hotel doesn’t really do the Old Thorns justice. It’s much, much more than that. Which is why it’s best to give it its full name – Old Thorns Golf and Country Estate. Its full title gives the game away; golf is king here. Though, to be fair, even if you don’t play, the facilities are superb – an up-to-the-minute spa and new medi-spa with the latest treatments and therapies as well as a new state-of-the-art health and fitness club. Combine this with an array of bars – we liked the champagne one – and decent restaurants (superb rare roast beef!) and a large, comfortable en suite room and you don’t really want for more.

Unless, of course, you are playing golf in the vast 400-acre grounds with views across the South Downs National Park.

Jane Austen’s writing desk, and her house, left

■ For more details check out the website www.oldthorns.com. It is located in Longmoor Road, Griggs Green, Liphook, Hampshire GU30 7PE and is well signposted.

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Victorian town house makes a stylish, modern statement

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e think that anyone who loves 19th century homes will love this one. Not only is it beautifully finished, but the understated decoration reflects its period, while adding a contemporary twist.

The three-storey, five-bedroom terraced house is stuffed with period features like stripped floorboards, sash windows, fireplaces, stained glass and cast iron radiators.

Meanwhile, modern touches of luxury include a new shower room cleverly tucked under the stairs, a striking bathroom where a free-standing tub takes centre stage, and a fab kitchen with granite topped island, range cooker and integrated appliances including a wine cooler.

In the comfortable living room, features have been made of the central fireplace and the large sash bay window and a second reception room makes an ideal formal dining space.

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Three bedrooms and a bathroom occupy the first floor, with two further bedrooms on the top floor.

Finally, the garden is landscaped with an area of stone chippings, paving, planted borders and established shrubs, plus a brick storage shed/workshop.

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Modern flair with 1930s roots

Interiors Bristol designer Gill Richardson works contemporary style into a renovation of a 1930s house

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t was important to retain the features of this lovely Bristol house so that character and architecture remained intact. In a prominent position and set in natural surroundings, this building echoed themes of Arts & Crafts and the fashions of the 1920s and 1930s through its pitched roofs and metal casement windows.

We worked on the whole house to reconfigure rooms and create a better family space that reflected modern lifestyle.

The formal living area shown is a good example of the detailed level of design and decoration that was employed throughout the property.

Our aim was to make the most of the architectural elements of the building to ensure we didn’t lose character and warmth.

Therefore, the windows – both the bay and French doors with the small additions either side – are highlighted and framed with painted timber mouldings and architrave.

The built-in seat is a good example of how to treat a bay window. It hides a radiator below and the sumptuous, deep, buttoned velvet upholstery makes full use of the curved space, while scatter cushions break up the formality.

A significant change that transformed this room was moving the door to allow for better furniture layout. Previously, the family had found that the entrance divided the room in two and it was difficult to accommodate seating and audio visual equipment. The new layout improved flow and made the room far more usable and cosy, allowing for a hidden TV screen and plenty of seating for entertaining.

We used oak blocks of parquet for the flooring instead of the existing carpet to restore a sense of period style and make the room feel more spacious.

Parquet is a fabulous way to introduce

pattern and a historical context. It reflects the age of the building, too. We also used a sumptuous rug in a Deco-style pattern to tie the sofa and chairs together as well as making the room feel soft and inviting underfoot.

The decoration and finishes are based on a palette of soft browns and turquoise – a strong look with jewel-like colours working among soft neutrals. Farrow & Ball’s Mouse’s Back works well on the woodwork and frames the windows. It ties in with the glorious Cole & Son Roseberry floral motif flock wallpaper, providing a warm backdrop to the room. Using traditional methods, this made-to-order quality paper also softens the acoustics, thereby adding to the comfort levels.

Using a specialist supplier, Hayles & Howe of Bristol, the new ornamental plaster cornice has a simple Deco-style stepped pattern echoing the architrave and skirting that we also specified throughout the building.

The ceiling light is made from individual pieces of fine porcelain to create a draped Deco-style fitting and diffused soft light. It suits the ambience of the room, adding a modern twist to a classic shape. Meanwhile, the quirky 1950s-style table lamp adds a dash of unexpected pattern and the green works very well with the brown and turquoise palette.

Turquoise raw silk curtains were specified from Sofa Library in Bristol. We wanted a classic and beautifully simple look. French

pleating gives them an architectural shape and formality that frames the window seat and French doors. Scatter cushions on the bamboo and silk velvet seat are in tones of blue and turquoise and also brown tones of bronze and neutrals to break up the formal appearance and make the room feel contemporary.

This combination of high-quality material and attention to detail makes the room a real pleasure to look at.

■ Gill Richardson and Paul Goodchild, of Goodchild Interiors, are an award-winning husband and wife team who renovate residential properties, commercial interiors and architectural spaces. For more information, visit goodchildinteriors.net

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Rowan gets serious for Maigret role

He’s cast a sarcastic eye over various periods of history as Edmund Blackadder, made the world laugh as the childlike Mr Bean and tickled the nation’s funnybone in Not the Nine O’Clock News. But can Rowan Atkinson play it straight as Maigret?

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enowned as he is for his comedy performances in Not The Nine O’Clock News, Blackadder and Mr Bean, success hasn’t shielded Rowan Atkinson from the deep-rooted snobbery levelled at comic actors within showbiz circles.

Now 61, Atkinson is trying a different tack with his leading role in ITV’s new detective drama Maigret, as the eponymous “self-contained” police officer. It’s a more serious role, but one he insists he accepted because it was “interesting”, and not because it might gain him kudos.

“One thing I would never wish it to be thought is that you play serious roles in order to achieve some kind of respectability, which it’s more difficult to get if you’re playing comedy roles,” explains the actor, smartly kitted out today in a suit, chatting at a screening for the upcoming two-part series.

Although “slightly different muscles” are flexed in a dramatic performance, essentially, Atkinson says he’s using “exactly the same skills, whatever they are” in Maigret, which is

based on the novels by the late Belgian author Georges Simenon.

For French detective Jules Maigret, a role previously played by Michael Gambon and Richard Harris, that meant putting to bed his physical comedy and affectations – something he admits he was initially doubtful he could do.

Long associated with Mr Bean and the sly but inept Edmund Blackadder, his comic alter egos are firmly embedded in British TV history, with even his brief appearances as a bumbling vicar in Four Weddings And A Funeral, and as an overly attentive shop assistant in Love Actually, proving to be scene-stealing.

“What directors in television drama constantly tell you is, ‘Don’t act it; don’t try; don’t emphasise that word’, whereas someone like Blackadder, he’s a reasonably low-key character, but he did relish the lines he had and the words he was given – so lots of inflection. It’s sort of inflection-free acting [with Maigret]. I really wasn’t sure if I could do it.

“When we were shooting, it was a couple of

weeks before I settled into not worrying, to finding a way of delivering those lines.”

The first of the two standalone films, set in the Fifties, sees Paris gripped with terror as four women are murdered on the streets of Montmartre in a seemingly unconnected attack.

Chief Inspector Maigret, who is under huge public and professional pressure to find the killer before he strikes again, sets a trap which ultimately leads to a thrilling climax.

“Maigret hasn’t got a limp and he hasn’t got a lisp and he hasn’t got a French accent and he hasn’t got a particular love of opera, or all those other things that people tend to attach to many fictional detectives,” notes Atkinson.

“He’s just an ordinary guy doing an extraordinary job in a very interesting time.”

Fiona Shaw, Aiden McCardle, Shaun Dingwall and Lucy Cohu are among the supporting cast.

■ Maigret Sets A Trap airs on ITV on Monday, March 28.

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TV PICKS

BOOMERS 9pm, BBC1

TRAVEL MAN: 48 HOURS IN SEVILLE 8.30pm, Channel 4

New series. In the company of comedian Rob Delaney, Richard Ayoade packs his carry-on case and sets off to enjoy an optimal two-day mini city break in Seville, southern Spain. On arrival, the duo soon learn to dance flamenco and eat tapas and churros. They also explore Metropol Parasol.

New series. The friends head to a campsite to celebrate Trevor’s birthday, where thanks to Alan, the boys get into trouble on a charity bike ride.

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.00 In the Footsteps of Judas (S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 11.00 Call the Council (S,HD). 11.45 Caught Red Handed (S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (S,HD).

1.00 BBC News at One; Weather (S,HD).

1.20 Regional News (S). 1.30 Doctors (S,HD). 2.00 The Doctor Blake Mysteries (R,S,HD). 2.55 Think Tank (S,HD). 3.40 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 4.25 The TV That Made Me (S,HD). 5.10 Flog It! (R,S,HD). 5.45 Pointless (R,S,HD).

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BBC2

7.30 Film: Short Circuit (S,HD) (1986). ●●● 9.00 Heir Hunters (R,S). 10.00 Meerkats: Secrets of an Animal Superstar – Natural World (R,S,HD). 11.00 Musicals: Talking Pictures (R,S). 11.45 Film: Kismet (S,HD) (1955). ●●● 1.35 Film: Singin’ in the Rain (S) (1952). ●●●●● 3.15 Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones (R,S,HD). 4.15 The Best Dishes Ever (S,HD). 4.45 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip (R,S,HD). 5.15 Eggheads (S,HD).

5.45 Antiques Road Trip (R,S,HD).

THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW 10.25pm, BBC1

New series. A Batman special in which the host meets Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill and Amy Adams, stars of the big-screen release Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

ITV

6.00 CITV. 7.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S,HD). 9.25 Thunderbirds Are Go (R,S,HD). 10.20 Film: Overboard (S,HD) (1987). Comedy, starring Goldie Hawn. ●●●● 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). 1.25 ITV Lunchtime News (S). 1.35 Regional News (S). 1.40 Celebrity Squares (R,S,HD). 2.20 Judge Rinder (S,HD). 3.25 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). 4.20 Tipping Point (S,HD). 5.25 The Chase (S,HD).

THE LAST LEG 10pm, Channel 4

Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker are joined by celebrity guests for a comic review of the past seven days. The trio offer their own unique insight into some of the most difficult and delicate issues in modern Britain, and answer that most important of questions: is it OK?

Channel 4

6.00 Countdown (R,S,HD). 6.45 The Goldbergs (S,HD). 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 9.00 Frasier (R,S). 10.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 11.25 The Simpsons (R,S). 12.25 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (R,S,HD). Finding a home in north Tenerife. 1.30 Channel 4 Racing (S,HD). Live coverage from Lingfield Park and Musselburgh. 4.00 A New Life in the Sun (S,HD). 5.00 Couples Come Dine with Me (S,HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.25 Funniest Fails, Falls & Flops (R,S,HD). 11.55 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD).

12.00 Home and Away (S,HD). 12.30 Neighbours (S,HD). 1.00 Film: Anzio (S) (1968). Second World War drama, starring Robert Mitchum. ●● 3.10 Film: Operation: Daybreak (S) (1975). Fact-based Second World War drama, starring Timothy Bottoms and Martin Shaw. ●●● 5.25 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

Emmerdale, 7pm

Travel Man: 48 Hours in... 8.30pm

Aircrash: The Miracle … 11.20pm

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6.30 Too Much TV (S,HD). 20/25.

News, reviews and previews of the latest programmes.

6.25 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.45 ITV News (S); Weather.

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 10/22.

Homer discovers Grampa may not be his father.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD).

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD).

6.30 Police Interceptors: Takedown with Vinnie Jones (S,HD). 1/10. See Choices Above.

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7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Hosted

by Alex Jones.

7.30 A Question of Sport (R,S,HD).

With Mark Foster, Ali Williams, Chris Powell and Sophie Hitchon.

7.00 Mary Berry’s Easter Feast (R,S,HD). 2/2. Mary explores the foods that bring each different community together on Easter Sunday, as well as sharing her own family favourites.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Holly’s “boyfriend” Dean turns up in the village to collect a debt.

7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD).

Carla is horrified by Tracy’s news.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S,HD).

7.30 Unreported World (S,HD). The shortage of drugs and medical equipment in Venezuela.

7.00 Concorde Air Disaster (S,HD).

Events leading to the crash of Air France Flight 4590. Followed by 5 News Update.

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8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). Janet goes missing during the Easter egg hunt.

8.30 MasterChef (S,HD). 3/25. The first quarter-final.

8.00 Mastermind (S,HD). 30/31. The last semi-final.

8.30 Gardeners’ World (S,HD).

4/31. Joe Swift visits a major bedding plans grower.

8.00 Britain’s Whales (S,HD). 1/2.

See Choices Above.

8.30 Coronation Street (S,HD).

Carla is worried that Tracy will tell all to Nick.

8.00 Food Unwrapped (S,HD). 1/9.

New series. Jimmy Doherty visits a subterranean saltprocessing plant.

8.30 Travel Man: 48 Hours in Seville (S,HD). 1/4. See Choices Above.

8.00 All New Super Scary Plane Landings (S,HD). A visit to the Caribbean Islands, home to some of the world’s most difficult runways. Followed by 5 News Update.

9.00 Boomers (S,HD). 1/6. See Choices Above.

9.30 Mrs Brown’s Boys (R,S,HD).

5/6. Agnes’s children suspect one of them is adopted.

9.00 Springwatch at Easter (S,HD). Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan present from Stackpole, Pembrokeshire, where they launch the Springwatch: Do Something Great campaign, designed to help the UK’s wildlife.

9.00 Britain’s Sharks (S,HD). 2/2.

Part two of two. As the body of the humpback whale is returned to the sea, Ben Fogle and Ellie Harrison witness how the death of the marine giant triggers a massive feeding event.

9.00 Gogglebox (S,HD). Capturing the households’ instant reactions to what they are watching on TV from the comfort of their own sofas.

9.00 Air Force One (S,HD) (1997).

The American president takes on Russian terrorists who have hijacked his plane and are threatening his family. Action thriller, with Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman and Glenn Close.

Includes 5 News Update at 10pm. ●●●●

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Spingwatch at Easter, 9pm

6.30 BBC News; Weather (S,HD).

6.45 Regional News (S).

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10.00 BBC News at Ten (S,HD).

10.15 Regional News (S). Followed

by Regional Programme.

10.25 The Graham Norton Show (S,HD). See Choices Above.

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A Question of Sport, 7.30pm

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(R) repeat (S) subtitles (HD) highdefinition

11.10 Room 101 – Extra Storage (R,S,HD). 6/8.

11.50 The Celebrity Apprentice USA (S,HD). 13/14. The finalists have to produce and host a charity variety show.

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after

12

1.15 The Celebrity Apprentice USA (S,HD). The winner is announced. Last in the series. 2.40 Weather for the Week Ahead (S,HD). 2.45 BBC News (S,HD).

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10.00 QI (S,HD). 18/18. The second of two shows in which Stephen Fry looks back over the M series. Last in the series.

10.30 Night Train to Lisbon (S,HD) (2013). See Choices Above. ●●●

12.15 Film: The Tempest (S,HD) (2010).

Shakespearean fantasy, starring Helen Mirren. ●●● 1.55 Sign Zone: Dunblane: Our Story (R,S). 2.55 Sign Zone: Land of Hope and Glory – British Country Life (R,S). 3.55 Caribbean with Simon Reeve (R,S,HD). 4.55 A Very British Renaissance (R,S,HD). 5.55 This Is BBC Two (S,HD).

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10.00 ITV News at Ten (S); Weather.

10.10 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.15 Benidorm (R,S). 5/6. The Garveys attempt to win a pub quiz.

10.45 Octopussy (S,HD) (1983).

James Bond spy adventure, starring Roger Moore and Maud Adams. ●●

1.05 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming. 3.00 Murder, She Wrote (R,S,HD). A veteran Broadway star finds her life in danger. 3.50 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service.

10.00 The Last Leg (S,HD). 7/8. See Choices Above.

11.05 First Dates (R,S,HD). A selfconfessed ladette is on the hunt for the love of a good woman.

11.20 Aircrash: The Miracle of Flight 32 (R,S,HD). The Airbus A-380 that suffered engine failure over Singapore in November 2010.

12.10 Raised by Wolves (R,S,HD). 12.40 Virtually Famous (S,HD). 1.20 Film: The French Connection (S,HD) (1971). See Choices Above. ●●●●● 3.05 Kirstie’s Fill Your House for Free (R,S,HD). 4.00 Location, Location, Location (R,S). 5.00 Jamie’s Money Saving Meals (R,S,HD).

5.25 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD).

12.15 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 Police Interceptors (R,S,HD). Dog handler Andy Hunt is called to a violent domestic disturbance. 4.00 Left for Dead: Weather Terror (R,S,HD).

Accounts of Brits caught in perilous weather abroad. 4.45 House Doctor (R,S).

5.10 House Doctor (R,S). 5.35 House Doctor (R,S). A Brixton flat.

POLICE INTERCEPTORS: TAKEDOWN WITH VINNIE JONES 6.30pm, Channel 5

Part one of two. Off the coast of Ireland, Ben Fogle comes face to face with a pod of humpbacks and witnesses dolphins working with the whales to hunt down their prey.

ITV2

8.00 Emmerdale 9.00 You’ve Been Framed! Gold Calendar (R,S). 10.00 Catchphrase (R,S,HD).

10.45 Film: Nim’s Island (S,HD) (2008). ●●● 12.45 Emmerdale (R,S,HD). 1.45 Film: Ella Enchanted (S,HD) (2004). ●●● 3.40 Film: Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (S,HD) (2010). ●● 5.25 Film: Despicable Me (S,HD) (2010). ●●●●

Hansel & Gretel … 9pm

7.15 Liar Liar (S,HD) (1997).

Comedy, with Jim Carrey and Maura Tierney.

Including FYI Daily. ●●●●

New series. Documentary series following the work of high-speed police interception units. In Northumberland, the former footballer joins a hand-picked specialist traffic cop unit, which is quickly in pursuit of a driver who has crashed into a bus.

E4

Sky1

FILM PICKS

BRITAIN’S WHALES 8pm, ITV

NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON 10.30pm, BBC2

Premiere. An academic pieces together the life story of a philosopher whose work has inspired him. Drama, starring Jeremy Irons.

GOLD

6.00 Charmed (R,S). 7.35 Hollyoaks (R,S,HD). 8.05 Rules of Engagement (R,S,HD). 9.00 New Girl (R,S,HD). 10.00 Baby Daddy (R,S,HD). 11.00 Charmed (R,S).

1.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD). 2.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 3.00 Baby Daddy (R,S,HD). 4.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD). 5.00 New Girl (R,S,HD).

6.00 Sunrise (HD). 9.00 Futurama (R,S,HD). 10.00 Supergirl (R,S,HD).

11.00 Supergirl (R,S,HD). 12.00 Supergirl (R,S,HD). 1.00 Supergirl (R,S,HD). 2.00 Supergirl (R,S,HD).

3.00 Supergirl (R,S,HD). Kara’s anger flares during a routine training exercise with Red Tornado.

4.00 Supergirl (R,S,HD). An earthquake hits the city. 5.00 Supergirl (R,S,HD).

The Big Bang Theory, 8pm

Stan Lee’s Lucky Man, 9pm

Mickey Blue Eyes, 9.40pm

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 24/24.

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 1/24.

6.00 Futurama (R,S,HD).

2/13. Fry and the gang are made genderless.

6.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

8/22.

6.35 The Vicar of Dibley (S).

5/8. Election fever hits the village.

7.00 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Holly drives to the airport to find Robbie.

7.30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (R,S,HD). 14/23.

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

9/22. Homer gets a little too drunk on Christmas Eve. 7.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

10/22.

7.10 The Vicar of Dibley (S).

6/8. Geraldine conducts a radical Sunday service.

7.50 Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out (S).

8.00 Dogs Might Fly (R,S,HD). 4/6. The search for a canine capable of flying a plane continues as the dogs’ problemsolving and reasoning skills are tested. Jamie Theakston presents.

8.20 Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (S).

The animated duo fall foul of a villainous penguin.

9.00 Stan Lee’s Lucky Man (S,HD). 10/10. Harry struggles to find a way to save Anna and Daisy from Golding as he has been told the only way to spare them is to make the ultimate personal sacrifice. Last in the series.

9.00 Miranda (S). 2/6. Gary decides to join the dating scene.

9.40 Mickey Blue Eyes (1999). Romantic comedy, starring Hugh Grant and Jeanne Tripplehorn. ●●●

8.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 16/24. Howard is offered the chance to go back into space.

8.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 17/24. Amy tries to find Raj a date.

9.00 Hansel & Gretel: Witch 9.00 Max Payne (S,HD) (2008). A tormented cop Hunters (S,HD) (2013). searches for his wife’s The fairytale brother and killer while investigating sister grow up to battle a a series of murders powerful sorceress who connected to a is stealing children for an hallucinatory drug. arcane ritual. Fantasy Action thriller, starring adventure, with Gemma Mark Wahlberg and Mila Arterton and Jeremy Kunis. ●● Renner. ●●

THE FRENCH CONNECTION 1.20am, Channel 4

7.00 Sorry!. Timothy’s rich aunt comes to visit. 7.30 Cheers (S).

9.30 The Tommy Cooper Hour.

Magic, mirth and music. 10.20 Film: Corpse Bride (2005). Stopmotion animated fantasy, with the voice of Johnny Depp. ●●●● 12.00 The Interviews (S). Profile of Barry Humphries. 1.00 Only Fools and Horses (S). 4.00 The Vicar of Dibley (S).

Two New York cops use unorthodox methods to break a drug ring.

Oscar-winning factbased thriller, with Gene Hackman.

Sky Sports 1

6.30 Football Gold (S,HD). 7.00 WWE Main Event (HD). 8.00 Premier League 100 Club (S,HD).

8.30 Barclays Premier League World (S,HD). 9.00 Premier League Darts (HD). 12.30 Live First Utility Super League (HD).

3.00 Live First Utility Super League (HD). 5.30 FL72 Live (HD).

Swindon Town v Wigan Athletic (Kick-off 5.30pm).

FL72 Live, 7.30pm

7.30 FL72 Live (HD).

Peterborough United v Coventry City (Kick-off 7.45pm). Coverage of the League One match at London Road.

10.00 The Fantasy Football Club (HD). Paul Merson and Max Rushden host a light-hearted discussion on fantasy football issues and the weekend’s Premier League matches, with guests from the worlds of sport and showbiz.

11.20 Family Guy (R,S,HD).

19/21. Meg and Peter are sued.

11.50 American Dad! (R,S).

8/19. Roger and Steve seek fame and fortune in New York City.

11.40 The Mighty Boosh (S).

11.00 The Big Bang Theory 11.00 Duck Quacks Don’t 3/6. Vince and Howard (R,S,HD). 17/24. Sheldon Echo (R,S,HD). 8/8. hold a seance. applies for a one-way Highlights of the mission to colonise Mars. comedy panel game, hosted by Lee Mack. Last 11.30 The Big Bang Theory in the series.

(R,S,HD). 18/24.

11.00 A League of Their Own – Best Bits (S,HD). 10/10.

Highlights from the latest run of the comedy quiz.

12.15 American Dad! (R,S). 12.40 Two and a Half Men (R,S,HD).

Charlie writes a successful children’s song. 1.10 The Cleveland Show (R,S,HD). 1.40 The Cleveland Show (R,S,HD).

2.05 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records (R,S,HD). 2.30 Teleshopping. Home shopping.

12.00 Tattoo Fixers (R,S). 1.00 The Goldbergs (R,S). 1.30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (R,S,HD).

2.00 2 Broke Girls (R,S,HD). 2.25 Don’t Trust the B**** in Apartment 23 (R,S,HD). 2.45 Don’t Trust the B**** in Apartment 23 (R,S,HD). 3.10 Tattoo Fixers (R,S).

12.00 Barclays Premier League World (S,HD). 12.30 First Utility Super League Highlights (HD).

12.45 Sporting Triumphs (S,HD).

1.00 Premier League 100 Club (S,HD). 1.30 Barclays Premier League World (S,HD). 2.00 First Utility Super League Highlights (HD).

12.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). The director of the tsunami warning centre is abducted. 1.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 2.00 MacIntyre: World’s Toughest Towns (R,S).

3.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S). 4.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S). 5.00 Sky News on the Hour (HD). 5.30 Week in Review (HD).

12.20 Nighty Night (S). Cath finally stands up to Jill. 1.00 15 Storeys High (S). Errol makes a discovery. 1.40 Film: Bill Hicks: Sane Man (1989). Stand-up performance recorded in Texas in 1989. ●●● 3.20 The Mighty Boosh (S). Vince and Howard hold a seance. 3.50 Close

6.50 Fantastic Four (HD) (2005). ●● 9.00 Paul (HD) (2011).

A captive alien escapes from a secret military base and seeks the help of two comic-book geeks in getting to his spaceship. Sci-fi comedy, with Simon Pegg. ●●●● 11.05 Fast & Furious 5 (HD) (2011). A fugitive assembles a team of criminals for a heist in Rio, but the FBI’s top manhunter is on their trail. Action adventure, starring Vin Diesel. ●●●●

1.40 Return of the OneArmed Swordsman (HD) (1969). ●●●●

10.00 A League of Their Own (R,S,HD). 7/10.

Sports-based comedy quiz, hosted by James Corden, with funnymen David Walliams and Richard Ayoade, and Olympic boxing champion Nicola Adams.

10.50 Family Guy (R,S,HD).

4/22. The Drunken Clam is turned into an English pub.

Film4

11.00 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (HD) (2009). ●●● 1.10 Ice Age: Continental Drift (HD) (2012). ●●● 2.50 The Golden Compass (HD) (2007). ●●● 5.00 Thunderbirds (HD) (2004). ●●

BBC4

7.00 Top of the Pops: 1981 (R).

Featuring Spandau Ballet, Saxon and Dexys Midnight Runners.

7.30 The Good Old Days (R). A 1977 edition featuring Ken Dodd.

8.15 The Good Old Days (R). A 1977 edition featuring Frankie Vaughan.

9.00 Janis: Little Girl Blue (HD) (2015).

Premiere.

Documentary about the 1960s blues singer. ●●●● 10.30 Girls in Bands at the BBC (R).

Performances by some of the best female musicians in rock.

11.30 Girl in a Band: Tales from the Rock ’n’ Roll Front Line (R,HD).

12.30 Top of the Pops: 1981 (R). 1.05 Film: Janis: Little Girl Blue (HD) (2015). ●●●● 2.35 Girls in Bands at the BBC (R).

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TV PICKS

CAN’T TOUCH THIS 6.10pm, BBC1

Zoe Ball and Ashley Banjo present the game show in which 16 contestants battle their way through an obstacle course filled with prizes they must touch to claim.

BBC1

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6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 10.00 Saturday Kitchen Live (S,HD). 11.30 MasterChef (R,S,HD). 12.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD). 12.10 Football Focus (S,HD). 12.50 Saturday Sportsday (S,HD). 1.00 Can Seb Coe Save Athletics? (S,HD). 1.30 Live Athletics (S,HD). The World Half Marathon Championships. 3.30 Film: The Princess and the Frog (S,HD) (2009). ●●●● 5.00 BBC News (S,HD). 5.10 Regional News (S,HD). 5.20 Pointless Celebrities (S,HD).

NCIS 8pm, Channel 5

The team investigates the murder of a Navy commander’s wife, determining whether it is linked to her role as a therapist, or an act of terrorism since her husband’s name has appeared on a Jihadist’s target list. Elsewhere, the group discusses Halloween costumes, as well as Tony’s recent dating habits.

BBC2

8.05 Film: The Captive Heart (S) (1946). ●●●● 9.40 The Women’s Football Show (R,S,HD). 10.10 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 11.10 Natural World: Polar Bears and Grizzlies – Bears on Top of the World (R,S). 12.00 Rick Stein: From Venice to Istanbul (R,S,HD). 1.00 War Films, Talking Pictures (S). 1.45 Film: The Heroes of Telemark (S) (1965). ●●●● 3.50 Flog It! (R,S). 4.15 Big Dreams Small Spaces (R,S,HD). 5.15 Gardeners’ World (R,S,HD). 5.45 Easter from King’s (S,HD).

THE VOICE UK 7pm, BBC1

The remaining contestants conquer their nerves and take to the stage in the first live show of the series, with viewers at home deciding which acts will progress to the semi-finals.

ITV

6.00 CITV. 7.30 Scrambled! 9.25 Thunderbirds Are Go (R,S,HD). 10.15 Murder, She Wrote (R,S,HD). 11.10 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). 12.15 ITV News and Weather (S). 12.20 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). 1.25 Judge Rinder (R,S,HD). 2.25 The Chase (R,S,HD). 3.25 Planet’s Got Talent (R,S,HD). 3.55 Film: Free Willy 3: The Rescue (S,HD) (1997). ●●● 5.35 Regional News (S). 5.45 ITV News and Weather (S).

SHAKESPEARE’S TOMB 8pm, Channel 4

Documentary charting a two-year-long archeological investigation of William Shakespeare’s grave at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon. For the first time since Shakespeare’s death 400 years ago, the church has authorised archaeologists to conduct a study on the site.

Channel 4

6.15 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD).

7.05 Mountain Biking: The Pioneer (S,HD). 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 9.00 The Morning Line (S,HD). 10.00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (S,HD). 11.00 The Superhumans Show (S,HD). 11.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 12.25 The Simpsons (R,S). 1.30 Channel 4 Racing (S,HD). 4.00 Channel 4 Racing: Dubai World Cup (S,HD). 5.30 Speed with Guy Martin (R,S,HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 8.55 The Fairly OddParents (S). 9.30 The Saturday Show: Easter Special (S,HD). 11.30 Police Interceptors (R,S,HD). 12.30 Film: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (S,HD) (1989). ●● 2.35 Film: Columbo: By Dawn’s Early Light (S) (1974). Crime drama, starring Peter Falk and Patrick McGoohan. ●●● 4.30 Film: Columbo: Murder, Smoke and Shadows (S,HD) (1989). Crime drama, starring Peter Falk. ●●●

(R) repeat (S) subtitles (HD) highdefinition

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7.00 The World’s Weirdest Weather (S,HD). The influence of strange weather on the natural world.

7.05 NCIS: New Orleans (S,HD).

6/24. A dead petty officer’s demise is linked to a new drug sweeping through New Orleans.

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7.30 Live International Football (S,HD). Germany v England (Kick-off 7.45pm). Mark Pougatch presents coverage of the friendly encounter between the old rivals.

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6.20 NCIS: Los Angeles (S,HD).

18/24. Sam traces the leader of a Yemeni terrorist group.

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Live Boxing, 9.40pm

6.30 Channel 4 News (S,HD).

8.55 The National Lottery Live (S,HD). Aled Jones joins Gaby Roslin to push the Lotto button.

8.00 Perry and Croft: Made in Britain (R,S). 3/4. How the duo’s sitcoms chronicled British people’s attitudes to love and sex.

8.30 Dad’s Army (R,S). 7/13. A bomb lands on the bank.

8.00 Shakespeare’s Tomb (S,HD).

See Choices Above.

8.00 NCIS (S,HD). 6/24. See Choices Above.

8.55 5 News Weekend (S,HD).

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The Change-Up, 11.25pm

6.00 Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (S,HD). 6/7. With Mark Hamill and the cast of the West End musical Billy Elliot.

7.00 Tribes, Predators & Me (R,S,HD). 1/3. Gordon Buchanan learns how tribal cultures hunt and live alongside dangerous animals.

9.05 The Voice UK (S,HD). 12/14.

The results of the first public vote of the series are announced.

9.35 Casualty (S,HD). 28/43. A convicted murderer’s plans to make use of a trip to A&E to escape from prison.

9.00 Being the Brontës (S,HD). See Choices Above.

9.00 The Heat (S,HD) (2013). See Choices Above. ●●●

9.00 Goal Rush: Football League Tonight (S,HD). See Choices Above.

9.40 Live Championship Boxing (S,HD). Nick Blackwell v Chris Eubank Jr. Coverage of the bout for the British Middleweight title, which takes place at SSE Arena in London.

10.25 BBC News; Weather (S,HD).

Followed by National Lottery Update.

10.45 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (S,HD) (2008). See Choices Above. ●●●

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Live International Football, 7.30pm

7.00 The Voice UK (S,HD). 12/14.

See Choices Above.

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Flog It!, 3.50pm

6.10 Can’t Touch This (S,HD). 1/10.

See Choices Above.

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Casualty, 9.35pm

12.40 Film: Biker Boyz (S,HD) (2003).

Motorcycling action drama, starring Laurence Fishburne. ●● 3.25 (BST) Weather for the Week Ahead (S,HD).

3.30 BBC News (S,HD).

10.00 Jane Eyre (S,HD) (2011). A governess falls in love with her mysterious employer, only to discover he is concealing a terrible secret. Period drama, with Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender and Jamie Bell. ●●●

10.00 The Jonathan Ross Show (S,HD). 12/13. Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher, comedian Russell Howard and soprano Katherine Jenkins join Jonathan in the studio for a chat.

11.50 Passion (S,HD) (2012).

Premiere. Brian De Palma’s thriller, with Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace. ●●●

11.05 ITV News and Weather (S); Weather.

11.20 International Football Highlights (S,HD). Germany v England.

11.25 The Change-Up (S,HD) (2011).

Comedy, starring Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds. ●●●

2.25 (BST) Monteverdi in Mantua: The Genius of the Vespers (R,S,HD). 3.25 The World’s Most Expensive Stolen Paintings (R,S,HD). 4.25 Mozart in Prague: Rolando Villazon on Don Giovanni (R,S,HD). 5.25 This Is BBC Two (S,HD). 5.55 Great British Garden Revival (R,S,HD).

12.15 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming.

4.00 (BST) Murder, She Wrote (R,S,HD).

Jessica overhears a murder plot. 4.50 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service.

2.30 (BST) Hollyoaks (R,S,HD). Omnibus.

Ste and Harry are thrown out of the McQueens. 4.40 Sarah Beeny’s How to Sell Your Home (R,S,HD). The property guru meets people selling their homes online. 5.05 Location, Location, Location (R,S,HD). A £1million home for an entrepreneur.

12.15 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 4.10 (BST) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R,S,HD). A woman with multiple sclerosis is found beaten and raped in her home. 5.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R,S,HD). A journalist is found dead with an X carved into her cheek. 5.45 Chinese Food in Minutes (R,S).

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Martha Kearney, Helen Oyeyemi and Lucy Mangan mark the 200th anniversary of Charlotte Brontë’s birth by immersing themselves in the lives of the author and her sisters.

ITV2

8.40 Coronation Street 11.10 Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (R,S,HD). 12.40 The Almost Impossible Gameshow (R,S,HD). 1.40 Scorpion (R,S,HD).

2.40 Film: Evan Almighty (S,HD) (2007). ●●● 3.40 FYI Daily (HD).

3.45 Film: Evan Almighty (S,HD) (2007). ●●● 4.35 Britain’s Got More Talent: Top Ten Surprises (S,HD). 5.40 Film: The Mummy (S,HD) (1999). ●●●

Kelly Cates and George Riley present a round-up of all the goals and talking points from League One and League Two, with fixtures including Burton Albion v Oldham Athletic, and Bristol Rovers v Cambridge United.

E4

7.10 Suburgatory (R,S,HD). 8.05 Rules of Engagement (R,S,HD).

9.00 Jane the Virgin (R,S,HD).

10.00 Baby Daddy (R,S,HD).

11.00 Melissa & Joey (R,S,HD).

12.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD). 1.00 Brooklyn NineNine (R,S,HD). 2.00 The Goldbergs (R,S,HD). 3.30 Film: Hairspray (S,HD) (2007). ●●●● 5.45 Rude(ish) Tube Shorts (R,S).

Sky1

8.30 Duck Quacks Don’t Echo (R,S,HD). 9.00 The Fantasy Football Club (R,HD). 10.00 Soccer AM (HD). 12.00 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: Special (HD). 12.30 Modern Family (R,S,HD). 2.30 Futurama (R,S,HD). 3.30 Zootropolis: Special (HD). 3.45 Film: Spy Kids (HD) (2001). ●●●● 5.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

FILM PICKS

BEING THE BRONTËS 9pm, BBC2

THE HEAT 9pm, Channel 4

INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL 10.45pm, BBC1

Premiere. An ambitious FBI agent and an unconventional cop are forced to work together to bring a drug kingpin to justice. Comedy, with Sandra Bullock.

GOLD

7.00 Only Fools and Horses (S).

8.20 The Two Ronnies (S). 9.15 Film: I’m No Angel (1933).

Romantic comedy, starring Mae West and Cary Grant. ●●● 11.05 The Vicar of Dibley (S). 2.45 Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out (S). 3.20 Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (S). 3.55 Only Fools and Horses (S). 5.30 The Vicar of Dibley (S).

The Back-up Plan, 8pm

Terminator Salvation, 9pm

Hawaii Five-0, 8pm

The Naked Gun … 9.20pm

6.40 FYI Daily (HD).

6.45 The Mummy (S,HD) (1999). Concluded. ●●●

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 7/24.

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 8/24.

6.00 The Flash (R,S,HD).

13/23. Barry, Cisco and Wells attempt to rescue Jesse.

6.25 The Vicar of Dibley (S).

1/4. Geraldine plays Cupid in the Christmas edition from 1997.

7.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 9/24. Leonard announces he has to have surgery.

7.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 10/24.

7.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,HD). 13/24. The team investigates the murder of a venture capitalist.

7.20 The Vicar of Dibley (S).

2/4. The villagers set up a radio station.

7.55 The Vicar of Dibley (S).

3/4. Geraldine shoots to stardom.

8.00 The Back-up Plan (S,HD) (2010). Romantic comedy, with Jennifer Lopez and Alex O’Loughlin. ●●●

8.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 11/24.

8.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 12/24. Raj worries that a probe he designed will not work in space.

8.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,HD).

13/22. Grover heads to Chicago to extract a confession from an old friend suspected of murdering his wife.

8.35 The Vicar of Dibley (S).

4/4. Alice shocks Geraldine with a prewedding revelation.

9.00 FYI Daily (HD).

9.05 The Back-up Plan (S,HD) (2010).

Concluded. ●●●

9.00 Terminator Salvation (S,HD) (2009). In the future, resistance fighter John Connor leads a war against the deadly robots that have taken over the world. Sci-fi thriller sequel, with Christian Bale and Sam Worthington. ●●

9.00 Limitless (R,S,HD). 7/22.

Brian gets caught in a dangerous and unpredictable situation when the CIA abducts him for a black ops mission and ends up in the hands of a gang of mercenaries.

9.20 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988). A disaster-prone detective uncovers a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II during a visit to Los Angeles. Comedy, starring Leslie Nielsen. ●●●●●

Action adventure sequel, starring Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett and Shia LaBeouf.

Sky Sports 1

6.00 Game Changers (HD). 6.30 Kell Brook v Kevin Bizier Preview Show (HD). 7.00 Barclays Premier League World (S,HD).

7.30 Kell Brook v Kevin Bizier Preview Show (HD). 8.00 Game Changers (HD). 8.30 Nick Kicks (S,HD). 9.00 The Fantasy Football Club (HD). 10.00 Soccer AM (HD).

12.00 FL72 Live (HD). 2.45 Live PRO12 Rugby Union (HD).

6.55 Morning Glory (HD) (2010). ●●● 9.00 The Family (HD) (2013). A gangster and his family go into witness protection in rural France, but cannot resist returning to crime. Comedy thriller, with Robert De Niro. ●● Live Fight Night, 7.30pm 11.10 The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (HD) (2013). Premiere.

A family moves to a rural farmhouse only to find it haunted by angry 7.30 Live Fight Night (HD). spirits from the Kell Brook v Kevin Bizier. building’s sinister Coverage of the bout for past. Horror, the IBF Welterweight starring Abigail world title, which takes Spencer and Emily place at Sheffield Arena.

Alyn Lind. ●● 2.10 (BST) The Last Exorcism (HD) (2010). ●●●

11.20 Family Guy (R,S,HD).

20/21. Peter and his friends tour a local brewery.

11.50 Family Guy (R,S,HD).

21/21.

11.15 Gogglebox (R,S,HD).

8/15. The households’ opinions on TV in October, 2015.

11.00 A League of Their Own (R,S,HD). 9/12.

11.30 A League of Their Own (R,S,HD). 10/12.

Further highlights from series nine of the comedy quiz.

11.05 Bottom. A 1997 stage show of the comedy.

11.30 Sporting Triumphs (HD). Ricky Hatton reflects on winning the IBF Light Welterweight title in June 2005.

11.45 Sporting Triumphs (HD).

12.20 American Dad! (R,S). 12.50 Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands (R,S,HD). The future of Rheda’s realm rests in her hands.

Last in the series. 2.40 (BST) Kylie Minogue: The Hot Desk (R,S,HD).

2.50 Teleshopping. Home shopping. 5.50 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD).

12.20 Gogglebox (R,S,HD). 2.25 (BST) Scheiffer Bates: I Con (R,S,HD). 2.55 Tattoo Fixers (R,S,HD). 3.50 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD). 4.15 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD). 4.40 Revenge (R,S,HD). Jack and Amanda’s wedding reminds Emily of what might have been.

12.00 Arrow (R,S,HD). 2.00 (BST) DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (R,S,HD). 3.00 Strike Back: Project Dawn (R,S,HD). 4.00 Nothing to Declare (R,S,HD). 4.30 Nothing to Declare (R,S,HD). 5.00 Emergency Abroad (R,S,HD).

2.15 (BST) The League of Gentlemen (S). A new road is planned for Royston Vasey. 2.55 Not the Nine O’Clock News (S).

Highlights from the sketch show.

3.25 Saxondale (S). Tommy defends himself in court. 4.00 Close

12.00 Sporting Triumphs (S,HD).

12.30 Sporting Rivalries (S,HD).

2.00 (BST) Sporting Triumphs (HD). 3.00 Sporting Greats (S).

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7.00 Treasures of the Indus (R,HD). The history of the Indian subcontinent through its people, places and dynasties.

8.00 Human Planet How people survive living at high altitudes.

9.00 Follow the Money (HD).

Claudia attends an important energy conference.

10.00 Follow the Money (HD).

Mads and Alf interrogate Energreen CFO Ulrik. In Danish.

11.00 Hello Quo (2012).

Documentary about rock band Status Quo. ●●●●

12.20 Status Quo: Live and Acoustic (R,HD). 2.20 (BST) Top of the Pops: 1981 (R). 2.55 Top of the Pops: 1981 (R). 3.25 Film: Hello Quo (2012). ●●●● 4.45 Sounds of the Sixties (R).

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10.00 An Idiot Abroad 3 (R,S,HD). 2/3. Karl Pilkington and Warwick Davis’s trip continues via India, where they land roles in a Bollywood movie, watch the sun set over the River Ganges and clown around at the circus.

10.05 Celebrity Juice: Easter Special (R,S,HD). With Johnny Vegas and Rylan Clark-Neal.

10.50 Family Guy (R,S,HD).

5/22. Meg tries to get friendly with the in-crowd.

Film4

11.00 The Phantom (HD) (1996). ●●● 1.00 Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World (HD) (2011). ●● 2.50 Epic (HD) (2013). ●●● 4.55 Freaky Friday (HD) (2003). ●●●

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TV PICKS

OUR QUEEN AT 90 8pm, ITV

Members of the royal family pay tribute to Elizabeth II, and politicians, celebrities and people from all over the world talk about their experiences of meeting her.

BBC1

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6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.00 BBC News (S,HD). 10.00 Easter Worship 2016 (S,HD).

11.00 Urbi et Orbi (S,HD). 11.25 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 12.10 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD). 1.00 BBC News (S,HD). 1.15 Father Brown (R,S,HD). 2.00 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 2.25 Rowing: The Boat Races (S,HD). Live coverage of the men’s and women’s University Boat Races. 5.00 A Question of Sport (R,S,HD). 5.30 Songs of Praise (S,HD).

NATURAL BORN WINNERS 8pm, BBC2

Athletes Donovan Bailey, James Toseland, Gareth Thomas and Iwan Thomas travel around the world to compete in various countries’ unusual sporting events. The tour begins in the Welsh village of Llanwrtyd Wells, where they enter in local fell running event Man Versus Horse.

BBC2

6.55 This Farming Life (R,S,HD). 7.55 Gardeners’ World (R,S,HD). 8.25 An Island Parish (R,S,HD). 8.55 Countryfile (R,S,HD). 9.55 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites (S). 11.25 The Best Dishes Ever (R,S,HD). 12.25 Film: King of Kings (S,HD) (1961). ●●●● 3.00 Flog It! (R,S). 3.30 Tim Rice – A Life in Song (R,S,HD). 5.00 The Secret History of My Family (R,S,HD).

Rival street gangs in 1890s Salford and the magistrate determined to stamp them out.

THE NIGHT MANAGER 9pm, BBC1

Pine fears his cover will be blown when he is forced to return to the hotel where he first became aware of Roper. Burr faces the consequences of her mission. Last in the series.

ITV

6.00 CITV. 7.30 Scrambled! 9.25 Thunderbirds Are Go (R,S,HD). 10.20 Murder, She Wrote (R,S,HD). 11.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). 12.25 ITV News and Weather (S). 12.35 Film: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (S,HD) (1971). Musical fantasy, with Gene Wilder. ●●●● 2.35 Big Star’s Little Star (R,S,HD).

3.35 Off Their Rockers (R,S,HD). 4.10 Film: A View to a Kill (S,HD) (1985). James Bond adventure, starring Roger Moore. ●●

GREAT CANAL JOURNEYS 8pm, Channel 4

Timothy West and Prunella Scales follow the ancient routes of the Vikings and travel to Stockholm, where they navigate the city’s canals. They later head out into the far-flung islands of the archipelago, before paying a visit to Drottningholm Palace Theatre, where they meet Wallander actor Krister Henriksson.

Channel 4

6.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD).

6.45 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S).

8.00 Frasier (R,S). 9.30 Sunday Brunch (S,HD). 12.30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (R,S,HD). 1.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 2.50 Film: The Great Mouse Detective (S,HD) (1986). Premiere.

Animated adventure, with the voice of Vincent Price. ●●● 4.25 Film: Hop (S,HD) (2011). Part-animated comedy, starring James Marsden. ●●

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 8.55 Film: Thomas & Friends: Sodor’s Legend of the Lost Treasure (S,HD) (2015). ●●●● 10.05 The Fairly OddParents (S,HD). 10.40 Goal Rush: Football League Tonight (R,S,HD).

11.20 Now That’s Funny! (R,S,HD). 12.25 Pets Make You Laugh Out Loud (R,S,HD).

1.25 Dogs Make You Laugh Out Loud (R,S,HD). 2.25 Film: Watership Down (S,HD) (1978). ●●● 4.10 Greatest Animated Movies (S,HD).

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6.15 Ice Age: The Great EggScapade (S,HD).

6.40 Channel 4 News (S,HD).

7.00 Countryfile (S,HD). Rural developments in Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. Including Weather For The Week Ahead.

7.00 Gareth Malone’s Great Choir Reunion (R,S,HD). 2/2. Gareth tracks down more singers before rehearsals for the reunion concert begin.

7.00 The Chase Celebrity Special (S,HD). New series. With Hayley Tamaddon, Geoff Hurst, Rob Beckett and Gaby Roslin.

7.00 The Secret Life of the Zoo (R,S,HD). 4/6. See Choices Above.

7.00 Now That’s Funny! (S,HD).

4/20. Cats battle it out with dogs and a man displays a talent for summoning animals.

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Indian Summers, 9pm

6.35 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.45 ITV News and Weather (S).

8.00 Antiques Roadshow (S,HD).

20/26. Fiona Bruce and the team head to the Royal Hall in Harrogate, with Alastair Dickenson giving his highest valuation in 20 years on the show.

8.00 Natural Born Winners (S,HD).

1/4. See Choices Above.

8.00 Our Queen at 90 (S,HD). See Choices Above.

8.00 Great Canal Journeys (S,HD).

2/3. See Choices Above.

8.00 Penn & Teller: Fool Us in Vegas (S,HD). 4/13. Featuring card tricks set to music.

8.55 5 News Weekend (S,HD).

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The Chase Celebrity Special, 7pm

6.00 Springwatch at Easter 2016 (S,HD). Wildlife series, with Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin HughesGames.

9.00 The Night Manager (S,HD).

6/6. See Choices Above.

9.00 Tribes, Predators & Me (S,HD). 2/3. Gordon Buchanan joins a group of Bushmen in Botswana’s Kalahari Desert to learn their ancient secrets for surviving on foot among wild lions.

9.00 Indian Summers (S,HD). 3/10.

Ralph tries to befriend a Maharjah to advance his standing, but Cynthia is thrown by an encounter with the ruler’s mistress. The Dalal family are drawn into Aafrin’s secrets.

9.00 Due Date (S) (2010). Premiere.

An uptight architect trying to get home before his wife gives birth makes a disastrous journey with an oddball actor.

Comedy, with Robert Downey Jr and Zach Galifianakis. ●●●

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Tribes, Predators & Me, 9pm

6.05 Paul O’Grady: The Sally Army and Me (S,HD). 1/6. See Choices Above.

6.35 BBC News (S,HD).

6.50 Regional News (S).

10.00 BBC News (S,HD).

10.20 Regional News (S).

10.30 Would I Lie to You? (R,S,HD).

4/9. With Rhod Gilbert, Sally Phillips, Des O’Connor and Tess Daly.

10.00 Thirteen (S,HD). 4/5. Ivy is arrested after her DNA is found in the cellar. Christina begs the police to be allowed to speak to her, and finally discovers the shocking truth behind her disappearance.

10.00 ITV News and Weather (S); Weather.

10.15 The Road to Coronation Street (R,S,HD). Drama telling the story of how the longrunning soap was born as creator Tony Warren (David Dawson) faced opposition from ITV bosses. Jane Horrocks and Jessie Wallace co-star.

10.00 Gogglebox (R,S,HD).

Capturing the households’ instant reactions to what they are watching on TV from the comfort of their own sofas.

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Antiques Roadshow, 8pm

11.00 Little Fockers (S,HD) (2010).

See Choices Above. ●●

11.00 The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story (R,S,HD). 6/10.

11.50 Youth Without Youth (S,HD) (2007). Drama, starring Tim Roth. ●●

11.55 Premiership Rugby Union (S,HD). Highlights of a topflight fixture.

11.00 Inglourious Basterds (S,HD) (2009). Second World War adventure, starring Brad Pitt. ●●●●

11.00 The Bounty Hunter (S,HD) (2010). See Choices Above. ●●●

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12.30 Weather for the Week Ahead (S,HD). 12.35 BBC News (S,HD).

1.50 Sign Zone: Countryfile (R,S). Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison explore Ashdown Forest in East Sussex. 2.45 Sign Zone: Holby City (R,S). A life-changing birthday gift leaves Morven reeling. 3.35 Film: Hockney (S,HD) (2014). Documentary about artist David Hockney. ●●● 5.30 This Is BBC Two (S,HD). Preview of upcoming programmes.

12.45 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming.

3.00 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). Guests air their differences.

1.45 Embarrassing Bodies Down Under (R,S,HD). Addressing men’s health issues in Melbourne. 2.40 Come Dine with Me (R,S,HD). 3.10 Come Dine with Me (R,S,HD). 3.40 Come Dine with Me (R,S,HD). 4.05 Come Dine with Me (R,S,HD). 4.35 Come Dine with Me (R,S,HD). 5.05 Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb (R,S,HD).

1.05 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 The Tube: Going Underground (R,S,HD). Documentary going behind the scenes on the London transport network. 4.00 Wildlife SOS (R,S).

4.25 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 4.50 Great Artists (R,S). 5.20 Divine Designs (R,S).

5.45 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.50 Angels of Jarm (R,S).

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Penn & Teller: Fool Us in … 8pm

THE SECRET LIFE OF THE ZOO 7pm, Channel 4

New series. The presenter works alongside the Salvation Army’s volunteers in a variety of roles, and reflects on how the charity has always been a part of his life.

ITV2

9.40 Coronation Street (R,S,HD).

12.05 Take Me Out (R,S,HD). 1.20 Film: Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (S,HD) (2010). ●● 2.20 FYI Daily (HD). 2.25 Film: Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (S,HD) (2010). ●● 3.00 Film: Ella Enchanted (S,HD) (2004). ●●● 4.00 FYI Daily (HD).

4.05 Film: Ella Enchanted (S,HD) (2004). ●●● 4.55 Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway

The Hi Way elephant family have been hit with a potentially deadly virus affecting animals in captivity and in the wild. With the youngest members of the family most at risk, the keepers and Chester Zoo’s veterinary team do all they can to combat the mysterious illness.

E4

6.00 Rude(ish) Tube (R,S,HD).

6.45 Suburgatory (R,S,HD). 7.30 Baby Daddy (R,S,HD). 8.30 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD). 9.30 Hollyoaks (R,S,HD). 12.00 Melissa & Joey (R,S,HD). 1.00 Film: 17 Again (S,HD) (2009).

Comedy, starring Matthew Perry and Zac Efron. ●●● 3.00 The Goldbergs (R,S,HD). 4.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD).

Sky1

7.00 Monkey Life (R,S). 8.00 Zootropolis: Special (R,HD). 8.15 Film: Spy Kids (HD) (2001). Family adventure, starring Antonio Banderas. ●●●● 10.00 The Flash (R,S,HD). 11.00 WWE: Raw (R,S,HD). 12.00 Futurama (R,S,HD).

3.00 Modern Family (R,S,HD).

5.00 The Great Disney Easter Egg Hunt 2 (HD). 5.30 The Muppets (R,S,HD).

FILM PICKS

PAUL O’GRADY: THE SALLY ARMY AND ME 6.05pm, BBC1

THE BOUNTY HUNTER 11pm, Channel 5

A bail enforcement agent is assigned to track down his own ex-wife. Action comedy, starring Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston.

GOLD

7.00 Only Fools and Horses (S).

8.30 The Two Ronnies (S). 9.25 Creature Comforts. 9.35 The Vicar of Dibley (S). 1.15 Creature Comforts. 1.30 Only Fools and Horses (S). 3.12 Creature Comforts. 3.25 Film: Open Season (2006). Animated comedy, with the voice of Martin Lawrence. ●●● 5.15 The Vicar of Dibley (S).

Geraldine receives a surprise visitor.

The Mummy … 6.30pm

Marvel’s Agents of … 9pm

Hawaii Five-0, 9pm

Wallace & Gromit … 8.30pm

6.30 The Mummy Returns (S,HD) (2001). Fantasy adventure sequel, starring Brendan Fraser. ●●

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 14/24.

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 15/24. Howard receives shocking news.

6.00 Modern Family (R,S,HD). 11/24.

6.30 The Simpsons (HD).

Lisa decides she wants to be a vet.

6.10 The Vicar of Dibley (S).

2/4. Alice suggests an unconventional nativity play.

7.30 FYI Daily (HD).

7.35 The Mummy Returns (S,HD) (2001).

Concluded. ●●

7.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 16/24. Howard and Bernadette run into trouble at the airport.

7.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 17/24.

7.00 Dogs Might Fly (S,HD).

5/6. The experts choose which of the dogs will go forward to flight school and enter the cockpit for the first time.

7.05 The Vicar of Dibley (S).

3/4. Alice and Hugo’s baby is christened.

7.50 Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave (S).

8.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 18/24. Leonard is upset when a magazine fails to mention him in an article.

8.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 12/24.

8.00 A League of Their Own (R,S,HD). 8/10.

With Alan Shearer, Jason Manford and Frankie Sandford.

8.30 Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (S). The duo open their own bakery.

9.00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (S,HD). 12/22.

Coulson is forced to work with Talbot to discover whether Malick has planted a spy in a worldwide symposium on Inhumans.

9.00 Hawaii Five-0 (S,HD).

14/22. McGarrett and the team investigate a double murder involving unfaithful spouses and each member of Five-0 also reminisces about Valentine’s Day disasters.

9.10 The Royle Family (S).

2/6. Jim is surprised by the wedding costs.

9.50 I’m Alan Partridge (S).

6/6. Lynn invites Alan to her baptism.

9.00 Ibiza Weekender (S,HD). 8/8. The summer draws to a close, as Craig’s advances toward Amelia creating tension and Deano coming to terms with his responsibilities as the new head rep. Last in the series.

LITTLE FOCKERS 11pm, BBC1

A father of twins invites his family to his kids’ birthday party and tries to finally prove his worth to his father-inlaw. Comedy sequel, with Ben Stiller.

10.00 Family Guy (R,S,HD).

Peter and his friends film their own horror movie.

10.30 Bordertown (R,S,HD).

4/13. Bud becomes the new high-school football coach.

10.30 The Office (S). 6/6.

10.00 Tattoo Fixers (R,S,HD). 10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles David Brent shares his (HD). 14/24. Kensi 14/15. The artists deal management announces she and with a client’s tattoo of philosophy.

Deeks are moving in a lewd and lengthy together just as they are leprechaun that his wife assigned the task of wants him to be rid of, protecting a witness, and a pitiful pop who happens to be her portrait that looks more ex-fiance Jack. like a famous footballer.

11.00 Family Guy (R,S,HD).

6/22. Peter arranges a macabre date.

11.30 Family Guy (R,S,HD).

1/22. Part one of two.

Brian becomes a sniffer dog.

11.00 Tattoo Fixers (R,S,HD).

1/9. Three tattoo artists try to fix inked catastrophes.

11.00 Ross Kemp’s Britain (R,S,HD). 1/3. The actor explores challenging issues facing Britain, beginning with immigration.

11.10 The Life of Rock with Brian Pern. 1/3. Spoof rock documentary.

11.50 The Thick of It (S). 1/7.

Peter Mannion takes charge at DoSAC.

12.00 Family Guy (R,S,HD). 12.30 American Dad! (R,S). 12.55 American Dad! (R,S). 1.25 The Cleveland Show (R,S,HD). 1.50 The Cleveland Show (R,S,HD).

2.15 Teleshopping. Home shopping. 5.45 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD).

12.00 The Aliens (R,S,HD). Lilyhot tries to persuade Antoine to start a gang war with Fabien. 1.10 Virtually Famous (R,S,HD). 1.55 The 100 (R,S,HD). 2.40 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (R,S,HD). 3.25 Hollyoaks (R,S,HD). Omnibus. Ste and Harry are thrown out of the McQueens.

12.00 Stop, Search, Seize (R,HD).

1.00 The Force: Manchester (R,S,HD). 2.00 Strike Back: Project Dawn (R,S,HD). 3.00 Motorway Patrol (R,S). 3.30 Motorway Patrol (R,S). 4.00 Emergency Abroad (R,S,HD). 5.00 Nothing to Declare (R,S). 5.30 Nothing to Declare (R,S).

12.25 The Thick of It (S). Nicola Murray struggles to cope with life in opposition. 1.05 Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle. 1.45 The League of Gentlemen (S). 2.25 I’m Alan Partridge (S). 3.00 The Office (S). 3.30 Saxondale (S).

4.00 Close

Sky Sports 1

6.00 Live Super Rugby (HD). 7.50 Football Gold (S,HD). 8.00 Barclays Premier League Legends (S,HD). 9.00 The Sunday Supplement (HD). 10.30 Goals on Sunday (HD). 11.30 Major League Soccer (HD). 1.30 The Sunday Supplement (HD). 3.00 ATP Masters Tennis (HD). 4.00 Live ATP Masters Tennis (HD). The Miami Open.

Film4

11.00 Catch That Kid (HD) (2004). ●●● 1.00 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (HD) (2010). ●●● 3.10 Marmaduke (HD) (2010). ●● 4.55 Sister Act (HD) (1992). ●●●●

6.55 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (HD) (2011).

Sci-fi thriller, starring James Franco. ●●●● 9.00 Fast & Furious 6 (HD) (2013). A gang of fugitives reunites to take down a criminal syndicate that is aided by a friend they thought was Goals on Sunday, 10.30am dead. Action thriller sequel, 6.00 Live ATP Masters with Vin Diesel.

Tennis (HD). Continued. ●●● The Miami Open.

11.35 Machete Kills Coverage of the fifth day (HD) (2013). at the Tennis Centre at Action thriller Crandon Park. sequel, starring Danny Trejo. ●● 1.40 The Raid (HD) (2011).

A Swat team infiltrates a drug lord’s lair in a tenement building, only to walk into a trap and find they must fight their way out. Action thriller, with Iko Uwais. ●●●●

BBC4

7.00 The Passion (HD). Street theatre performance based on Bach’s St Matthew Passion.

8.00 The Brontes at the BBC. How the Bronte sisters’ characters have been portrayed on TV. 9.00 How to Make a Number One Record (R,HD).

10.00 Love Is All You Need (HD) (2012).

Premiere. A Danish woman recovering from treatment for cancer falls in love with the widowed father of her daughter’s fiance. Drama, with Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm. ●●● 11.50 One-Hit Wonders at the BBC (R).

12.50 Len Goodman’s Dancing Feet: The British Ballroom Story (R,HD).

1.50 The Brontes at the BBC (R). 2.50 The Story of British Pathe (R).

SUNDAY MAR 27 4.00 The Mavericks (S,HD). A profile of former Manchester United footballer George Best. 4.30 The Mavericks (S,HD). A look at the career of golfer John Daly. 5.00 The Mavericks (HD). A look at the career of skier Alberto Tomba. 5.30 The Mavericks (S,HD).

from Friday, March 25, 2016

WEEKEND 71

TV PICKS

MAIGRET 9pm, ITV

Rowan Atkinson stars as the detective in the first of a new run of adaptations. Maigret comes under pressure to trap the killer of four women before he strikes again.

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.00 Heir Hunters (R,S,HD). 9.45 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 10.45 Call the Council (S,HD).

11.30 Caught Red Handed (R,S,HD). 12.00 Bargain Hunt (R,S). 1.00 BBC News at One; Weather (S,HD). 1.20 Regional News (S). 1.30 Doctors (S,HD). 2.00 Father Brown (R,S,HD). 2.50 Think Tank (S,HD).

3.35 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 4.20 The TV That Made Me (S,HD). 5.05 Flog It! (R,S,HD). 5.45 Pointless (R,S,HD).

FILM RATINGS

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EASTENDERS 8pm, BBC1

Everyone is outraged by Phil’s drunken behaviour, and Ben realises he is in no fit state to run his businesses, so he turns to Ronnie for help. But then Kathy arrives with bad news – Abi has been to hospital after her fall. Kush tells Stacey and Martin he doesn’t want to be part of Arthur’s life.

BBC2

6.10 Film: The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (S) (1947). ●●●● 8.00 Film: The Amazing Mr Blunden (S) (1972). ●●● 9.35 Film: Secretariat (S,HD) (2010). ●●● 11.30 Natural World: Meet the Monkeys (R,S,HD). 12.30 Film: The Fall of the Roman Empire (S) (1964). Historical drama, starring Alec Guinness. ●●●● 3.20 Coast Australia (R,S,HD). 4.15 Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones (R,S,HD). 5.15 Eggheads (S,HD). 5.45 Antiques Road Trip (R,S,HD).

FRESH MEAT 10pm, Channel 4

The housemates graduate in the last-ever episode of the comedy and there are revelations galore, while Vod has an idea for their alternative ball. Last in the series.

ITV

6.00 CITV. 7.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S,HD). 9.25 Thunderbirds Are Go (S,HD). 10.20 Film: The Railway Children (S,HD) (1970). ●●●●● 12.30 Gok’s Lunchbox (S,HD).

1.25 ITV Lunchtime News (S). 1.35 Regional News (S). 1.40 All Star Family Fortunes (R,S,HD). 2.25 Judge Rinder (S,HD). 3.25 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD).

4.25 Tipping Point (S,HD). 5.25 The Chase (S,HD).

AN ISLAND PARISH 8.30pm, BBC2

Frank and Jem Roberts prepare their Shetland ponies for a prestigious assessment, while Eastern Orthodox nun Mother Mary gives a local youngster a lesson in history.

The Rev David Cooper reminisces about his time in Ghana and Unst welcomes some unlikely visitors.

Channel 4

6.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD).

6.25 The Goldbergs (S,HD). 7.40 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 8.40 Frasier (R,S). 9.40 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 10.40 The Simpsons (R,S). 11.40 Film: A Goofy Movie (S) (1995). ●● 1.10 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (R,S,HD).

2.10 Deal or No Deal (S,HD). 3.10 Countdown (S,HD). 4.00 A New Life in the Sun (S,HD). 5.00 Couples Come Dine with Me (S,HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff: Easter Special (HD). 11.30 Funniest Fails, Falls & Flops (R,S,HD). 12.00 Cowboy Builders (R,S,HD). 12.55 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD). 1.00 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.30 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.00 NCIS: New Orleans (R,S,HD). Pride and his team clash with an investigator from the Royal Australian Navy. 2.55 Film: The Dirty Dozen (S) (1967). See Choices Above. ●●●● 5.45 5 News (S,HD).

The People v OJ Simpson … 9pm

Emmerdale, 7pm

8 Out of 10 Cats Does … 10.50pm

Gotham: Wrath of the Villains, 10pm

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6.30 BBC News (S,HD).

6.45 Regional News (S).

6.30 Too Much TV (S,HD). 21/25.

Hosted by Aled Jones and Sara Cox.

6.25 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.40 ITV News (S); Weather.

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 11/22.

Marge is arrested.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Holly drives to the airport to find Robbie.

6.00 Neighbours (R,S,HD). Sonya discovers someone has broken into the house.

6.30 Home and Away (R,S,HD).

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7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Hosted

by Alex Jones and Matt Baker.

7.30 Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (R,S,HD). The animated duo fall foul of a villainous penguin.

7.00 This Farming Life (S,HD).

10/12. Sybil prepares for George’s 50th birthday and the arrival of relatives from England.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Holly prepares to carry out her plan.

7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD).

Carla slaps Tracy.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S,HD).

7.15 Guy Martin’s Wall of Death: Live (S,HD). Guy attempts to build and ride on the world’s largest Wall of Death.

7.00 Inside Buckingham Palace (R,S,HD). Documentary going behind-the-scenes at Buckingham Palace. Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). See Choices Above.

8.30 Avengers Assemble (S,HD) (2012). See Choices Above. ●●●●●

8.00 University Challenge (S,HD).

34/37. The quarter-final matches conclude.

8.30 An Island Parish (S,HD). 2/6.

See Choices Above.

8.00 Further Tales from Northumberland with Robson Green (S,HD). 5/8.

8.30 Coronation Street (S,HD).

Tracy is stunned when Robert explains he would never cheat on her.

9.00 The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story (S,HD).

7/10. Robert Shapiro triggers divisions in the defence team.

9.40 Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man for Sport Relief (S,HD). The comedian’s epic challenge for the charity.

9.00 Maigret (S,HD). See Choices Above.

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Cuckoo, 11.05pm

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(R) repeat (S) subtitles (HD) highdefinition

10.00 Fresh Meat (S,HD). 6/6. See Choices Above.

10.50 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (R,S,HD). Kevin Bridges and Rebecca Front join team captains Jon Richardson and Sean Lock for another round of light-hearted wordsand-numbers fun, with Joe Lycett in Dictionary Corner.

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9.00 The Island with Bear Grylls (S,HD). See Choices Above.

10.40 BBC News (S,HD).

10.55 Regional News (S).

10.40 QI XL (S,HD). 16/16. Extended edition. With Chris Addison, Sara Cox and Sue Perkins.

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8.00 Inside Buckingham Palace (R,S,HD). Despite being closed and secretive, Buckingham Palace has become a symbol of everything British. This edition reflects on previous monarchs’ accomplishments during their reign.

11.05 Cuckoo (S,HD). 6/7. Dale struggles with his feelings about Ling.

11.35 Regional Programme (R,S,HD).

11.25 Natural Born Winners (R,S,HD). 1/4. Athletes compete in sports from around the world.

11.00 ITV News (S); Weather.

11.14 Regional Programme (S).

11.15 The Jonathan Ross Show (R,S,HD). 12/13. With guests Carrie Fisher, Russell Howard and Katherine Jenkins.

11.50 One Born Every Minute (R,S,HD). A self-proclaimed family man looks forward to the arrival of his fifth child.

12.20 Weather for the Week Ahead (S,HD). 12.25 BBC News (S,HD).

12.25 Sign Zone: Behind Closed Doors (R,S). 1.25 Sign Zone: The Celebrity Apprentice USA (R,S). The teams have to create two original characters for an improv comedy sketch. 3.00 Frankenstein and the Vampyre – A Dark and Stormy Night (R,S,HD). 4.00 Copacabana Palace (R,S,HD). 5.00 This Is BBC Two (S,HD).

12.15 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming.

3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD).

Guests air their differences. 3.55 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). Guests air their differences.

12.50 Alan Carr: Chatty Man (R,S,HD).

With The Voice UK coaches and the cast of Fresh Meat. 1.50 Undercover Boss USA (R,S,HD). 2.40 Sarah Beeny’s How to Sell Your Home (R,S,HD). 3.10 Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb (R,S,HD). 4.05 Location, Location, Location (R,S,HD).

5.05 Kirstie’s Fill Your House for Free (R,S,HD). 5.10 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD).

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9.00 The Tube: Going Underground (S,HD). 2/8. See Choices Above.

10.00 Gotham: Wrath of the Villains (S,HD). 12/22.

Cobblepot is sent to Arkham.

10.55 Goal Rush: Football League Tonight (S). A round-up of all the goals and talking points from League One and League Two.

12.00 Person of Interest (S,HD).

Samaritan launches a cyber-attack on the stock exchange. 12.50 True Crimes: The First 72 Hours (R,S). 1.15 SuperCasino.

Live interactive gaming. 3.10 Castle (R,S,HD). 4.00 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 4.20 Great Artists (R,S). 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 House Doctor (R,S). 5.35 House Doctor (R,S).

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from Friday, March 25, 2016

New series. The survival challenge returns as 16 new contestants try to live on an uninhabited island armed with just the clothes they stand up in and a few basic tools.

ITV2

7.45 Emmerdale 8.15 Coronation Street 9.20 You’ve Been Framed!

Gold 10.20 Film: Peter Pan (2003). ●●● 11.20 FYI Daily 11.25 Film: Peter Pan (2003). ●●● 12.35 Emmerdale 1.05 Coronation Street 2.00 The Nation’s Favourite Disney Song 3.05 Film: Happy Feet (2006). ●●●● 4.05 FYI Daily 4.10 Film: Happy Feet (2006). ●●●● 5.10 Film: Despicable Me (2010). ●●●●

The closure of the ticket office at Victoria station creates problems as all passengers requiring a ticket or a top-up have to use just four machines, while at Greenford station a new multimillion-pound prototype lift that travels sideways as well as vertically is being installed.

E4

6.00 Charmed (R,S). 7.35 Hollyoaks (R,S,HD). 8.05 Rules of Engagement (R,S,HD). 9.00 Film: Fantastic Mr Fox (S,HD) (2009). ●●●● 10.45 Rude(ish) Tube Shorts (R,S). 11.00 Charmed (R,S).

1.00 Film: Toy Story OF TERROR! (S,HD) (2013). ●●●● 1.25 Toy Story Toons (R,S,HD). 2.00 The Big Bang Theory: Nerds & Music (R,S,HD).

Sky1

8.00 Monkey Life (R,S). 10.30 Big Cats: An Amazing Animal Family (R,S,HD). 12.30 David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive (R,S,HD). 2.00 Futurama (R,S,HD). 3.00 Film: Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (S,HD) (2002). Family adventure sequel, starring Antonio Banderas. ●●●● 5.00 The Simpsons (R,S).

5.30 Futurama (R,S,HD).

FILM PICKS

THE TUBE: GOING UNDERGROUND 9pm, Channel 5

THE ISLAND WITH BEAR GRYLLS 9pm, Channel 4

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE 8.30pm, BBC1

THE DIRTY DOZEN 2.55pm, Channel 5

Twelve convicts are sent on a mission to destroy a French chateau being used as a German military base. Second World War adventure, starring Lee Marvin.

Action adventure uniting the Marvel comic-book characters, starring Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth.

GOLD

7.00 Only Fools and Horses (S).

8.28 Creature Comforts. 8.50 The Vicar of Dibley (S). 12.10 Film: Corpse Bride (2005). ●●●● 1.45 Film: Open Season (2006).

Animated comedy, with the voice of Martin Lawrence. ●●● 3.30 Film: Harvey (1950). Comedy, starring James Stewart. ●●●●● 5.40 Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave (S).

Despicable Me, 5.10pm

Tattoo Fixers, 9pm

Modern Family, 8.30pm

Bad Boys, 9pm

6.10 FYI Daily (HD).

6.15 Despicable Me (S,HD) (2010). Concluded. ●●●●

6.00 The Big Bang Theory: Nerds & Music 3/24.

6.30 The Big Bang Theory: Nerds & Music 4/24.

6.00 Futurama (R,S,HD).

4/13. Fry joins the police force.

6.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

7/25. Bart falls in love.

6.20 Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (S). The duo open their own bakery.

7.05 Evan Almighty (S,HD) (2007). Comedy sequel to Bruce Almighty, starring Steve Carell and Morgan Freeman. ●●●

7.00 Hollyoaks (S,HD).

7.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 19/24. Leonard and Sheldon try to meet one of their idols.

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

12/22. A billionaire inventor comes to town.

7.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

13/22.

7.00 Mickey Blue Eyes (1999). Romantic comedy, starring Hugh Grant and Jeanne Tripplehorn. ●●●

8.05 FYI Daily (HD).

8.10 Evan Almighty (S,HD) (2007). Concluded. ●●●

8.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 11/17. Penny volunteers to nurse Sheldon.

8.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 14/23. Sheldon lends Penny money to pay her rent.

8.00 The Muppets (S,HD).

13/16. Miss Piggy tries to make new friends.

8.30 Modern Family (S,HD).

12/24. Gloria tries her hand at golf.

9.00 Family Guy (S,HD).

Peter realises that none of his childhood dreams have come true.

9.30 Bordertown (S,HD).

5/13. The population of Mexifornia becomes a majority Latino town.

9.00 Tattoo Fixers (S,HD).

15/15. A bride-to-be’s cartoon tattoo is threatening to derail her wedding plans, while Jay deals with Steve’s embarrassing collection of stick men on his leg.

Last in the series.

9.00 An Idiot Abroad 3 (R,S,HD). 3/3. Karl Pilkington and Warwick Davis arrive in China, where highlights include a cruise along the Yangtze, bonding with pandas and a surprise from Ricky Gervais. Last in the series.

Sky Sports 1

6.00 Football Gold (S,HD). 7.00 WWE: Raw (HD). 8.00 Goals on Sunday (HD). 9.00 Soccer AM: The Best Bits (S,HD). 10.00 Football Gold (S,HD). 10.30 Game Changers (HD). 11.00 Fantasy Football Club – The Highlights (S,HD). 11.30 Soccer AM: The Best Bits (S,HD). 12.30 FL72 Live (HD).

2.45 Live First Utility Super League (HD).

Live Super League, 2.45pm

7.30 FL72 Live (HD). Millwall v Burton Albion (Kick-off 7.45pm). Coverage of the League One encounter at the Den.

6.45 Home Alone 3 (HD) (1997). ●●● 9.00 Bad Teacher (HD) (2011). A cynical, harddrinking teacher hopes to seduce a wealthy substitute, making an enemy of a squeakyclean colleague in the process.

Comedy, with Cameron Diaz. ●●● 10.45 Man on Fire (HD) (2004). A former US government operative exacts revenge on the kidnappers who have abducted the girl he was hired to guard.

Action thriller, with Denzel Washington. ●●●

1.35 Grand Central (HD) (2013). ●●●●

9.00 Bad Boys (1995). Two detectives are forced to swap identities as they hunt for a heroin consignment stolen by a drug kingpin. Michael Bay’s action thriller, starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. ●●●●

10.00 Ross Kemp’s Britain (R,S,HD). 1/3. The actor explores some of the most challenging issues facing Britain, beginning by setting out to separate the reality from the rhetoric on the subject of immigration.

10.00 Family Guy (R,S,HD).

7/22. Lois gets to grips with martial arts.

10.30 American Dad! (R,S).

10/19. Stan meets his hero – George W Bush.

10.00 Rich Kids Go Shopping (R,S,HD).

Documentary exploring the lives of five 18 to 21-year-olds, and their desire to make and spend money.

11.00 American Dad! (R,S).

11/19.

11.30 The Cleveland Show (R,S,HD). 13/21.

11.55 The Cleveland Show (R,S,HD). 14/21.

11.00 The Big Bang Theory 11.00 Limitless (R,S,HD). 7/22. 11.20 Absolutely Fabulous 11.00 Fantasy Football Club (S). 6/8. Elton John guest (R,S,HD). 20/24. Howard The CIA abducts Brian – The Highlights (S,HD). stars. finds out that he has a for a black ops mission.

Max Rushden and Paul half-brother.

Merson look back on highlights of the show.

11.35 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 21/24.

11.30 Soccer AM: The Best Bits (S,HD).

12.30 Two and a Half Men (R,S,HD). 12.55 Two and a Half Men (R,S,HD). 1.20 Celebrity Juice: Easter Special (R,S,HD).

With Johnny Vegas and Rylan Clark-Neal. 2.05 @elevenish (R,S,HD). 2.30 Teleshopping.

Home shopping.

12.00 Gogglebox (R,S,HD). 1.05 Tattoo Fixers (R,S,HD). 2.10 Rich Kids Go Shopping (R,S,HD). 3.05 Gogglebox (R,S,HD). 4.00 New Girl (R,S,HD). 4.20 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (R,S,HD). 4.45 Rules of Engagement (R,S,HD). 5.05 Rules of Engagement (R,S,HD).

12.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD).

Twelve students are allegedly kidnapped by pirates. 1.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 2.00 Danny Dyer’s Deadliest Men: Living Dangerously (R,S). 3.00 MacIntyre: World’s Toughest Towns (R,S). 4.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S). 5.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S).

Film4

11.00 Stuart Little (HD) (1999). ●●●● 12.45 Stuart Little 2 (HD) (2002). ●●● 2.20 Home Alone (HD) (1990). ●●● 4.25 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (HD) (1992). ●●●

10.00 The Mavericks (S,HD). A profile of former Manchester United footballer George Best.

10.30 The Mavericks (S,HD). A profile of Sweden stiker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

12.00 Cheers (S). 12.30 Shooting Stars (S). With Clement Freud and Myleene Klass. 1.10 Men Behaving Badly (S). 1.45 Men Behaving Badly (S). Gary gets rid of his sofa. 2.25 dinnerladies (S).

3.00 Ever Decreasing Circles (S).

3.38 Creature Comforts. 3.49 Creature Comforts. 4.00 Close

BBC4

7.00 The World’s Most Beautiful Eggs: The Genius of Carl Faberge (R,HD).

Stephen Smith explores the life of the jeweller.

8.00 Digging for Britain (R,HD).

Archaeological finds across the North of Britain.

9.00 The Art of Scandinavia (HD). Sweden’s tradition in furniture design.

Last in the series.

10.00 1916: The Irish Rebellion (HD).

The events surrounding the Easter Rising.

11.25 Treasures of the Indus (R,HD).

12.25 Timeshift: Looking for Mr Bond: 007 at the BBC (R,HD). The BBC reveals forgotten files on the world’s most famous secret agent. 1.25 Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet (R,HD). 2.20 The Art of Scandinavia (R). 3.20 Goya Exposed with Jake Chapman (R,HD).

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TV PICKS

BAKE OFF: CREME DE LA CREME 8pm, BBC2

EMMERDALE 7pm, ITV

Tom Kerridge welcomes chefs to the first heat of this contest. They are challenged to make more than 100 perfect pastries.

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.15 Heir Hunters (S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (S,HD). 11.00 Call the Council (S,HD).

11.45 Caught Red Handed (R,S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD). 1.00 BBC News at One; Weather (S,HD). 1.30 Regional News (S). 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Think Tank (S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (S,HD). 3.45 The TV That Made Me (S,HD).

4.30 Flog It! (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

FILM RATINGS

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David persuades Pollard to see a doctor about his symptoms by agreeing to go for a check-up himself. However, while Pollard turns out to only have a minor infection, David may have a more serious condition, which he keeps from his father. Meanwhile, Holly is put to work to pay her debts.

BBC2

7.30 Flog It! Trade Secrets (R,S,HD). 8.00 Sign Zone: Gardeners’ World (R,S). 8.30 Sign Zone: Great British Railway Journeys (R,S,HD). 9.00 Victoria Derbyshire (S,HD). 11.00 BBC Newsroom Live (S,HD). 12.00 The A to Z of TV Cooking (R,S). 12.05 The Super League Show (S). 12.50 Wogan: The Best Of (R,S).

1.35 Film: Triple Cross (S) (1966). ●● 3.40 The Indian Doctor (R,S,HD). 4.25 Coast Australia (R,S,HD). 5.15 Antiques Road Trip (R,S,HD).

THE A WORD 9pm, BBC1

Following Joe’s autism diagnosis Paul, Alison and Rebecca clash over how best to deal with his first weeks at school. Drama, starring Christopher Eccleston.

ITV

6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S,HD). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S,HD). 12.30 Gok’s Lunchbox (S,HD). 1.30 ITV Lunchtime News (S). 1.55 Regional News (S). 2.00 Judge Rinder (S,HD). 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Tipping Point (S,HD). Game show, hosted by Ben Shephard. 5.00 The Chase (S,HD). Quiz show, hosted by Bradley Walsh.

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE CLEANERS 8pm, Channel 4

Specialist crime scene cleaner Mick not only cleans up after murders and suicides, but also spends up to four hours a day keeping his one bedroom flat spotless. He helps Rosemary and Julian with their cluttered and chaotic home in Northamptonshire.

Channel 4

6.00 Countdown (R,S,HD). With Mark Foster in Dictionary Corner. 6.45 The Goldbergs (S,HD). 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 9.00 Frasier (R,S). 10.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 11.00 Shipping Wars (S,HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary (S,HD). 12.05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (R,S,HD). 2.10 Deal or No Deal (S,HD). 3.10 Countdown (S,HD). 4.00 A New Life in the Sun (S,HD).

5.00 Couples Come Dine with Me (S,HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.15 Cowboy Builders (R,S). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD). 12.15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (R,S,HD). A dispute between a landlord and a tenant who refuses to leave. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD).

2.15 NCIS (R,S,HD). 3.15 Film: While I Was Gone (S) (2004). See Choices Above. ●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

(R) repeat (S) subtitles (HD) highdefinition

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Zac and Leah struggle to understand Hunter’s motives.

6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD).

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). See Choices Above.

7.30 Live International Football (S). England v Netherlands (Kick-off 8.00pm).

7.00 Channel 4 News (S,HD).

7.00 Police Interceptors (R,S,HD).

The team stop a coach-load of cage fighters. Followed by 5 News Update.

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Britain’s Horror Homes, 8pm

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 12/22.

Groundskeeper Willie is forced to move in with the family.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD).

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First Dates, 10pm

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.30 ITV News (S); Weather.

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Emmerdale, 7pm

6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 28/100. Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine.

6.30 Too Much TV (S,HD). 22/25.

News and previews of the latest programmes with Aled Jones and Emma Bunton.

7.00 This Farming Life (S,HD).

11/12. Martin prepares two bulls for the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh.

7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Live chat and topical report.

7.30 EastEnders (S,HD). Phil destroys the car lot – unaware someone is inside. Followed by Regional News.

8.00 Holby City (S,HD). 25/52.

Arthur receives some shattering news during his engagement party, and Adele makes a startling decision when an old friend is re-admitted to Darwin.

8.00 Bake Off: Creme de la Creme (S,HD). 1/8. See Choices Above.

8.00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners (S,HD). 3/5. See Choices Above.

8.00 Britain’s Horror Homes (S,HD). See Choices Above.

9.00 The A Word (S,HD). 2/6. See Choices Above.

9.00 Inside Obama’s White House (S,HD). 3/4. See Choices Above.

9.00 One Born Every Minute (S,HD). The midwives at Liverpool Women’s Hospital have to deal with new arrivals including Sarah and her devoted fiancé Chris who turn up eight weeks earlier than expected.

9.00 Benefits by the Sea: Jaywick (S,HD). 4/7. JP and partner Sarah find they have been burgled, while landlord Barry and council officer Nigel are upset when the travellers arrive back in town.

10.00 First Dates (S,HD). In a first for the restaurant, mum and daughter Maria and Charlotte arrive for a double date, and academic Dan is matched with biologist Jemma from north London.

10.00 Most Shocking Moments in Pop (R,S). A countdown of outrageous events and scandals from the pop world, including Miley Cyrus’s performance at the 2013 VMAs and Britney Spears shaving her head.

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10.00 BBC News at Ten (S,HD).

10.30 Regional News (S). Followed

by Regional Programme.

10.45 Life in Debt Valley (S,HD).

Documentary looking at lives lived on a shoestring in the Welsh Valleys. Among those featured are Maria, a single mum with a mountain of debt.

10.00 Scrappers – Back in the Yard (S,HD). 5/6. The Walkers plan a shopping trip to Italy.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD).

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6.00 BBC News at Six; Weather (S,HD).

6.30 Regional News (S).

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Holby City, 8pm

11.45 Facelifts and Fillers (S,HD).

Documentary going behind the scenes at a clinic in Glasgow.

11.10 Weather (S,HD).

11.15 The Women’s Football Show (S,HD). A look back at the Easter fixtures in the WSL. 11.45 Horizon (R,S,HD).

12.45 Weather for the Week Ahead (S,HD). 12.50 BBC News (S,HD).

12.45 Sign Zone: Jo Brand’s Hell of a Walk for Sport Relief (R,S). The comedian’s 135-mile cross-country trek from east to west. 1.45 Sign Zone: This Farming Life (R,S). 2.45 Australia with Simon Reeve (R,S,HD). 3.45 Italy Unpacked (R,S,HD). 4.45 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes.

5.55 Show Me the Monet (R,S).

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10.15 ITV News (S); Weather.

10.45 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.55 International Football Highlights (S,HD). England v Netherlands. Mark Pougatch presents the best of the action from the friendly match at Wembley Stadium, as Roy Hodgson’s side continued their preparations for Euro 2016.

11.05 24 Hours in A&E (R,S,HD). A 13-year-old boy is rushed to A&E after crashing his bike into a parked car.

12.05 The Cube: Celebrity Special (R,S,HD). Joey Essex and Kym Marsh play for charity. 12.55 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming. 3.00 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Textbased information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). Guests air their differences.

12.10 Poker (S,HD). 1.05 KOTV Boxing Weekly (S). 1.30 Gillette World Sport (S).

2.00 Mountain Biking: The Pioneer (R,S,HD). 2.55 The Superhumans Show (R,S,HD). 3.20 Kirstie’s Fill Your House for Free (R,S,HD). 4.15 Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb (R,S,HD). 5.10 Location, Location, Location (R,S,HD).

12.50 Lip Sync Battle: David Walliams v Alesha Dixon (R,S,HD). 1.15 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming.

3.10 Castle (R,S,HD). Beckett and Castle investigate the death of a psychic. 4.00 Nick’s Quest (R,S). 4.25 Great Artists (R,S). 4.50 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 House Doctor (R,S). 5.35 House Doctor (R,S).

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In Bracknell, parents Lucy and Ben face a battle against mould and insects, while South Wales newlyweds Richie and Siobhan return from honeymoon to find their home ruined by a flood. Meanwhile, a family house in Durham is victim to a lightning storm..

Examining how Barack Obama set out to end George Bush’s wars in the Middle East and reset relations with the rest of the world.

ITV2

7.00 You’ve Been Framed! Gold (R,S). 8.00 Emmerdale (R,S,HD).

8.30 Coronation Street (R,S,HD).

9.35 Catchphrase (R,S,HD). 10.15 Dinner Date (R,S). 11.15 Royal Pains (R,S,HD). 12.10 Emmerdale (R,S,HD). 12.45 Coronation Street (R,S,HD). 1.45 The Ellen DeGeneres Show (S,HD). 2.35 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD).

5.50 Take Me Out (R,S,HD).

E4

6.00 Charmed (R,S). 7.35 Hollyoaks (R,S,HD). 8.05 Rules of Engagement (R,S,HD). 9.00 New Girl (R,S,HD). 10.00 Baby Daddy (R,S,HD). 11.00 Charmed (R,S).

1.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD). 2.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 3.00 Baby Daddy (R,S,HD). 4.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD). 5.00 New Girl (R,S,HD).

Sky1

6.00 Glee (R,S,HD). 8.00 Futurama (R,S,HD). 9.00 Monkey Life (R,S,HD). 10.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 11.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 12.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 2.00 Supergirl (R,S,HD).

4.00 Yonderland (R,S,HD). 5.00 The Simpsons (R,S). Homer asks Patty and Selma for help. 5.30 Futurama (R,S,HD). Bender testifies against the robot mafia.

FILM PICKS

BRITAIN’S HORROR HOMES 8pm, Channel 5

INSIDE OBAMA’S WHITE HOUSE 9pm, BBC2

WHILE I WAS GONE 3.15pm, Channel 5

TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN 9pm, Film4

An unhappily married vet is thrown into further emotional turmoil by an encounter with an old friend.

Drama, with Kirstie Alley and Peter Horton.

GOLD

7.00 Ever Decreasing Circles (S).

7.30 Sorry!. 8.00 As Time Goes By (S). 8.40 To the Manor Born (S). 9.20 Creature Comforts. 9.30 Last of the Summer Wine (S).

11.40 Going Straight (S). 12.20 Sorry!. 1.00 One Foot in the Grave (S). 2.30 As Time Goes By (S). 3.10 To the Manor Born (S).

3.50 Last of the Summer Wine (S).

Practical Magic, 9pm

The Aliens, 9pm

The Flash, 8pm

Absolutely … 10.40pm

6.50 Little Mix: The Hot Desk (R,S,HD). With X Factor winners Little Mix.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 2/24.

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 3/24.

6.00 Futurama (R,S,HD).

6/13.

6.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

12/22.

6.00 The Best of Tommy Cooper. 7/11. Comedy highlights.

6.30 Police Squad! (S). 3/6.

An heiress is abducted.

7.00 You’ve Been Framed!

Gold (R,S). A selection of camcorder calamities.

7.00 Hollyoaks (S,HD).

Freddie asks Ellie on a date.

7.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 22/24.

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

15/22.

7.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

16/22. Chief Wiggum gets his hands on a military jet pack.

7.00 The Interviews (S). 2/6.

Profile of Barry Humphries, one of Australia’s most successful comedians.

8.00 Two and a Half Men (R,S,HD). 11/19. Charlie offers Alan advice on ending his relationship.

8.30 Two and a Half Men (R,S,HD). 12/19. Rose returns from England.

8.00 The Goldbergs (S).

17/24. Erica suggests Dirty Dancing as the theme for the school dance.

8.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 12/24.

8.00 The Flash (S,HD). 14/23.

Barry and Jesse try to escape Zoom’s clutches and get back to Earth-1.

8.00 Only Fools and Horses (S). 2/6. Del cashes in on a miracle.

8.40 Only Fools and Horses (S). 3/6. The Trotters are caught up in an attempted robbery.

9.00 Practical Magic (S,HD) (1998). Two sisters descended from a long line of witches try to lift a curse that causes any man who falls in love with them to die.

Fantasy, starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. ●●

9.00 Ross Kemp’s Britain 9.00 The Aliens (S,HD). 4/6.

(S,HD). 2/3. The actor Truss discovers that Lewis explores the disturbing is half alien when he extent of child abuse in follows him into Troy, the UK, meeting but Truss is spotted by someone who was the Alien League, a encouraged from the age movement that fights of 12 to perform explicit for extra-terrestrial sex acts on camera to be equality. viewed online.

Sci-fi adventure sequel, starring Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson.

Sky Sports 1

9.45 Football Gold (S,HD). 10.00 Barclays Premier League Legends (S,HD). 11.00 Soccer AM: The Best Bits (S,HD). 12.00 Premier League 100 Club (S,HD). 12.30 Barclays Premier League Legends (S,HD).

1.00 Soccer AM: The Best Bits (S,HD). 2.00 Premier League Years (S). 4.00 Football Gold (S,HD). 4.30 Football League Gold (S,HD). 4.45 Football Gold (S,HD). 5.00 Premier League Years (S,HD).

Live Football, 7.30pm

7.00 Football’s Greatest International Teams 7.30 Live International Football (HD). Scotland v Denmark (Kick-off 8.00pm).

9.00 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (HD) (2009). See Choices Above. ●● 11.50 The Birds (HD) (1963). The residents of a Californian coastal community are menaced by sinister flocks of birds. Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller, starring Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor and Suzanne Pleshette. ●●●●●

2.10 The Breed (HD) (2006). ●●

9.20 Only Fools and Horses (S). 4/6. The Trotters fall for the same girl.

10.00 Mrs Brown’s Boys (S). 10.15 20 Years of Super 3/6. Dermot announces League (HD). A look his choice of best man back at two decades of for the wedding. action.

10.40 Absolutely Fabulous 10.45 Football League Gold (S). 6/8. Elton John guest (S,HD). Wolverhampton stars.

Wanderers v Burnley from the 2007/08 season.

10.00 FYI Daily (HD).

10.05 Practical Magic (S,HD) (1998). Concluded. ●●

10.00 Tattoo Fixers (R,S,HD).

2/9. Coronation Street super-fan Martyn visits artists Sketch, Lou and Jay in the hope of paying the ultimate tribute to his favourite soap legend.

10.00 Childhood’s End (R,S,HD). 2/3. Despite living in a golden age of peace, some humans begin to notice changes in their children that lead them to question the aliens’ motivations.

11.10 Family Guy (R,S,HD).

8/22. Meg’s first kiss is broadcast on TV. 11.40 Family Guy (R,S,HD).

6/22. Peter arranges a macabre date.

11.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 15/23.

Leonard’s mother visits.

Guest starring Christine Baranski.

11.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 1/23.

11.20 Early Doors (S). 6/6. Mel 11.00 MLS Round-Up Show 11.50 NCIS: Los Angeles celebrates her 21st (R,S,HD). 16/24. A DEA (HD). A review of the birthday. agent is seconded to the latest round of Major team.

League Soccer fixtures.

11.30 La Liga World (HD). A round-up of recent action.

12.10 American Dad! (R,S). 12.35 American Dad! (R,S). Francine wants to have another child. 1.05 Two and a Half Men (R,S,HD).

1.30 Ibiza Weekender (R,S,HD).

The summer draws to a close. Last in the series. 2.25 Teleshopping.

Home shopping. 5.55 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD).

12.00 The Goldbergs (R,S). 12.35 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (R,S,HD).

1.00 The 100 (R,S,HD). 2.00 Tattoo Fixers (R,S,HD). 2.55 Rules of Engagement (R,S,HD). 3.15 Rules of Engagement (R,S,HD).

3.35 New Girl (R,S,HD). 4.00 2 Broke Girls (R,S,HD). 4.20 Rules of Engagement (R,S,HD).

12.50 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 1.45 Hawaii Five-0 (R,HD). 2.35 MacIntyre: World’s Toughest Towns (R,S). 3.30 Nothing to Declare (R,S,HD). 4.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S). Daniel’s friend is abducted by slave traders. 5.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S). The team searches for missing soldiers.

12.00 Cheers (S). 12.30 Shooting Stars. With Clement Freud and Myleene Klass. 1.10 Absolutely Fabulous (S). 1.45 The Royle Family Special (S). The clan gathers for another uneventful Christmas Day. 3.00 Early Doors (S). 3.30 Shooting Stars (S). 4.00 Close

Film4

11.00 Epic (HD) (2013). ●●● 1.05 The Day the Earth Stood Still (HD) (2008). ●● 3.10 The Legend of Zorro (HD) (2005). ●● 5.45 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (HD) (2008). A baby is born with the physique of a geriatric – and over a long and eventful life, grows younger with each passing year. Fantasy drama, starring Brad Pitt. ●●●●

BBC4

7.00 World News Today (HD); Weather.

7.30 Pagans and Pilgrims: Britain’s Holiest Places (R,HD).

8.00 Battle for The Himalayas: The Fight to Film Everest (R,HD).

How film-makers used the Himalayan mountains for propaganda.

9.00 The Beginning and End of the Universe (HD).

10.00 Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams (R,HD).

11.00 Timeshift: The Last Days of Steam (R).

12.00 The Story of British Pathe (R). 1.00 How to Get Ahead: At Renaissance Court (R,HD).

2.00 Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams (R,HD). 3.00 The Beginning and End of the Universe (R).

TUESDAY MAR 29

12.00 International Football (HD). 1.00 20 Years of Super League (HD). 1.30 La Liga World (HD). 2.00 Premier League Years (S,HD). 4.00 International Football (HD). 5.00 Premier League 100 Club (S,HD). 5.30 Premier League 100 Club (S,HD).

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WEEKEND 75

TV PICKS

GRANTCHESTER 9pm, ITV

SECRET BRITAIN 9pm, BBC1

Ellie Harrison, Chris Hollins and Denise Lewis explore the Lake District, one of England’s most popular national parks, where they discover a long forgotten part of the Cumbrian landscape, and find out about the area’s dark and illicit past. Plus, Chris witnesses a spectacular view after scaling a sheer cliff face.

Sidney finds Geordie at the station with bruised knuckles and a suspect dead, and although the vicar leaps to his friend’s defence, no one can verify his whereabouts.

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.15 Heir Hunters (R,S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 11.00 Call the Council (S,HD). 11.45 Caught Red Handed (R,S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD).

1.00 BBC News at One; Weather (S,HD).

1.30 Regional News (S). 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Think Tank (S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 3.45 The TV That Made Me (S,HD). 4.30 Flog It! (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

FILM RATINGS

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BBC2

7.30 Flog It! Trade Secrets (R,S,HD). 8.00 Sign Zone: Caught Red Handed (R,S). 8.30 Sign Zone: Great British Menu (R,S). 9.00 Victoria Derbyshire (S,HD). 11.00 BBC Newsroom Live (S,HD). 12.00 The Chef’s Protege (R,S,HD). 12.30 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip (R,S,HD). 1.00 Wogan: The Best Of (R,S). 1.45 Film: Odette (S) (1950). ●●● 3.40 The Indian Doctor (R,S,HD). 4.25 Coast Australia (R,S,HD). 5.15 Antiques Road Trip (R,S,HD).

EMPLOYABLE ME 9pm, BBC2

Twenty-seven-year-old Tom, who suffers from Tourette’s Syndrome, and 29-year-old Ashley, who has Asperger Syndrome, try to prove they have strengths that would benefit employers.

ITV

6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S,HD). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S,HD). 12.30 Gok’s Lunchbox (S,HD). A construction manager, a mum of four, and a beauty manager compete. 1.30 ITV Lunchtime News (S). 1.55 Regional News (S). 2.00 Judge Rinder (S,HD). 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Tipping Point (S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).

THE SUPERVET 8pm, Channel 4

Professor Noel Fitzpatrick fears the worst when a young cockapoo is hit by a lawnmower. Meanwhile, a seven-year-old labrador struggles with pain in its elbows, and a German Shepherd-Collie cross is suffering with a bulging disk in his spin and hip dysplasia.

Channel 4

6.00 Countdown (R,S,HD). 6.45 The Goldbergs (S,HD). 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 9.00 Frasier (R,S). 10.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 11.00 Shipping Wars (S,HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary (S,HD). 12.05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (R,S,HD). 2.10 Deal or No Deal (S,HD). Beat-the-banker game show. 3.10 Countdown (S,HD). 4.00 A New Life in the Sun (S,HD). 5.00 Couples Come Dine with Me (S,HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.15 Cowboy Builders (R,S,HD).

12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD). 12.15 The Gadget Show (R,S,HD). Ortis Deley and Jason Bradbury gaze into the future of the military. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD).

1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 3.15 Film: Broken Trust (S) (2012). Thriller, starring Laura Vandervoort. ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

Live From the BBC, 10pm

Big Star’s Little Star, 8pm

Raised by Wolves, 10pm

GPs: Behind Closed Doors, 8pm

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6.00 BBC News at Six; Weather (S,HD).

6.30 Regional News (S).

6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 29/100. Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine.

6.30 Too Much TV (S,HD). 23/25.

With Emma Bunton and Sara Cox.

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.30 ITV News (S); Weather.

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 13/22.

Homer gets trapped in a cave.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Freddie asks Ellie on a date.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD).

Dylan reluctantly lets Irene go, but tells her not to leave town.

6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD).

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7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Matt Baker and Alex Jones present the live magazine show featuring topical reports from around the UK. Followed by Regional News.

7.00 This Farming Life (S,HD).

12/12. The farmers gives their reflections on what each season means to them. Last in the series.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Belle tries to stop Rishi from buying the Dingle house.

7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD).

Tracy is furious at Carla and Nick’s happiness.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S,HD).

7.00 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies (R,S,HD). A 10-year-old lhasa apso is discovered with matted fur and poor skin.

Followed by 5 News Update.

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MasterChef, 8pm

8.00 MasterChef (S,HD). 4/25. Five more amateur cooks try to impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace, beginning by preparing a dish that represents them and showcases their talent.

8.00 Horizon (S,HD). See Choices Above.

8.00 Big Star’s Little Star (S,HD).

Playing to win thousands of pounds for charity are TV presenter Jamie Theakston, comedian Shappi Khorsandi and cricketer James Anderson.

Presented by Stephen Mulhern.

8.00 The Supervet (S,HD). See Choices Above.

8.00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors (S,HD). In this edition, the GPs treat patients with problems below the waist. Followed by 5 News Update.

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(R) repeat (S) subtitles (HD) highdefinition

9.00 Secret Britain (S,HD). See Choices Above.

9.00 Employable Me (S,HD). 2/3.

See Choices Above.

9.00 Grantchester (S,HD). 5/6. See Choices Above.

9.00 President Trump: Can He Really Win? (S,HD). With Donald Trump now emerging as the clear frontrunner for the Republican Presidential nomination, Matt Frei asks whether the billionaire tycoon could actually become President.

9.00 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords (S,HD). 4/13. See Choices Above.

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10.00 Live From the BBC (S,HD). 6/6.

Dane Baptiste performs alongside Adam Hess at the Radio Theatre. Last in the series.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD).

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S); Weather.

10.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.40 Bear Grylls: Mission Survive (R,S,HD). 4/6. The celebrities move from the bush to the coastal forest, where Bear teaches them to extract fluid from an unusual source, before they cross a canyon below a powerful waterfall.

10.00 Raised by Wolves (S,HD). 5/6.

Germaine becomes cousin Cathy’s unwilling assistant.

10.35 Gogglebox (R,S,HD).

Capturing the households’ instant reactions to what they are watching on TV from the comfort of their own sofas.

10.00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (R,S,HD). 4/13. Agents Paul and Phil head to Kent for an eviction and discover a fullscale cannabis factory upstairs.

Plus, Brian and Delroy chase a debt of nearly £3,000 in Hampshire.

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10.00 BBC News at Ten (S,HD).

10.30 Regional News (S). Followed

by Regional Programme.

10.45 A Question of Sport (S,HD).

With Nico Hulkenburg, Helen Glover, Hal Robson-Kanu and John Higgins.

11.15 Boomers (R,S,HD). 1/6. The friends head to a campsite to celebrate Trevor’s birthday.

11.45 Snake Eyes (S,HD) (1998). See Choices Above. ●●●

11.10 Weather (S,HD).

11.15 Inside Obama’s White House (R,S,HD). 3/4. Examining how Barack Obama set out to end George Bush’s wars in the Middle East.

11.45 Richard Wilson on the Road (R,S,HD). 4/6. The actor follows the 1968 guidebook to Essex.

11.35 The Island with Bear Grylls (R,S,HD). The survival challenge returns, with 16 new contestants.

11.00 The Tube: Going Underground (R,S,HD). 2/8.

The closure of the ticket office at Victoria station creates problems.

1.20 Weather for the Week Ahead (S,HD). 1.25 BBC News (S,HD).

12.15 Being the Brontës (R,S,HD). An in-depth exploration of the personal lives of the Brontë sisters. 1.15 Sign Zone: Famous, Rich and Homeless (R,S). 2.15 Sign Zone: The Secret History of My Family (R,S). 3.15 Australia with Simon Reeve (R,S,HD). 4.15 Italy Unpacked (R,S,HD). 5.15 This Is BBC Two (S,HD).

12.10 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming.

3.00 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). Guests air their differences.

12.35 Music on 4: Live from Abbey Road Classics (S,HD). 1.05 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (R,S). 1.55 Film: French Connection II (S,HD) (1975).

See Choices Above. ●●●● 4.00 Kirstie’s Fill Your House for Free (R,S,HD). 4.20 Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb (R,S,HD). 5.10 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD).

12.00 Benefits by the Sea: Jaywick (R,S,HD). JP and partner Sarah return home to find they have been burgled. 12.55 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming.

3.10 Weather Terror: Lightning Strike (S,HD). 4.00 Nick’s Quest (R,S). 4.25 Great Artists (R,S). 4.50 House Doctor (R,S).

5.10 House Doctor (R,S). 5.35 House Doctor (R,S).

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Examining Dark Energy, the mysterious force that is causing the universe’s expansion to speed up, and is calling into question Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity.

ITV2

8.00 Emmerdale (R,S,HD). 8.30 You’ve Been Framed! Gold (R,S).

9.35 Catchphrase (R,S,HD). 10.15 Dinner Date (R,S). 11.15 Royal Pains (R,S,HD). 12.10 Emmerdale (R,S,HD). 12.45 You’ve Been Framed! Gold (R,S). 1.45 The Ellen DeGeneres Show (S,HD).

2.35 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). 5.50 Take Me Out (R,S,HD).

In North Wales, landlady Rachel gets a shock when she gains access to her property. On a tip off, Peterborough Council finds lifethreatening house electrics and damp, mouldy condition in a potentially overcrowded slum.

E4

6.00 Charmed (R,S). 7.35 Hollyoaks (R,S,HD). 8.05 Rules of Engagement (R,S,HD). 9.00 New Girl (R,S,HD). 10.00 Baby Daddy (R,S,HD). 11.00 Charmed (R,S).

1.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD). 2.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 3.00 Baby Daddy (R,S,HD). 4.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD). 5.00 New Girl (R,S,HD).

Sky1

6.00 Glee (R,S,HD). 8.00 Futurama (R,S,HD). 9.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 11.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 12.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 2.00 Supergirl (R,S,HD).

4.00 Yonderland (R,S,HD). 5.00 The Simpsons (R,S). Lisa has her fortune told. 5.30 Futurama (R,S,HD). The Planet Express crew embarks on a time-travelling adventure.

FILM PICKS

NIGHTMARE TENANTS, SLUM LANDLORDS 9pm, Channel 5

HORIZON 8pm, BBC2

SNAKE EYES 11.45pm, BBC1

FRENCH CONNECTION II 1.55am, Channel 4

A corrupt cop seals all the exits in a casino as he searches for the assassin of a US government official.

Thriller, starring Nicolas Cage and Gary Sinise.

GOLD

7.00 Ever Decreasing Circles (S).

7.30 Sorry!. 8.00 As Time Goes By (S). 8.40 To the Manor Born (S). 9.20 Last of the Summer Wine (S). 11.20 My Family (S).

12.00 dinnerladies (S). 12.40 Sorry!. 1.20 Only Fools and Horses (S). 2.40 As Time Goes By (S). 3.20 To the Manor Born (S).

4.00 Last of the Summer Wine (S).

New York cop Popeye Doyle is captured and subjected to a cruel revenge by a drug dealer. Thriller sequel, with Gene Hackman.

Sky Sports 1

10.00 Fantasy Football Club – The Highlights 10.30 Premier League 100 Club 11.00 Soccer AM: The Best Bits 12.00 20 Years of Super League 12.30 Fantasy Football Club – The Highlights (S,HD). 1.00 International Football (HD). 2.00 Soccer AM: The Best Bits (S,HD).

3.00 International Football (HD).

4.00 La Liga World (HD). 4.30 Soccer AM: The Best Bits (S,HD).

5.30 Sporting Triumphs (HD).

The 100, 9pm

Arrow, 8pm

The Interviews, 10pm

FL72 Live, 7.30pm

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 4/24. Penny arranges a date for Raj. 6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 5/24.

6.00 Futurama (R,S,HD).

8/13.

6.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

17/22.

6.00 My Family (S). 8/11.

6.40 dinnerladies (S). 4/10.

A convict escapes near the factory.

6.00 Football Gold (S,HD).

6.15 Football League Gold (S,HD).

6.30 Football Gold (S,HD).

6.45 Football Gold (S,HD).

7.00 You’ve Been Framed!

Gold (R,S). 23/26. Harry Hill narrates a selection of the best celebrity lookalike clips sent in by viewers.

7.00 Hollyoaks (S,HD).

Lindsey is concerned about Esther’s visits to Kim and Kath.

7.30 Jane the Virgin (S).

2/22.

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

18/22.

7.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

19/22. Flashback episode telling the story of Bart and Lisa’s first fight.

7.20 Open All Hours (S). 1/6.

Arkwright decides Granville needs toughening up.

7.00 20 Years of Super League (HD).

7.30 FL72 Live (HD).

Southend United v Sheffield United (Kick-off 7.45pm).

8.00 Two and a Half Men (R,S,HD). 13/19. Alan dates one of Judith’s friends.

8.30 Two and a Half Men (R,S,HD). 14/19.

8.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 8/23. Leonard, Raj and Howard go camping.

8.00 Arrow (S,HD). 14/23.

Oliver and the crew takes on the Demolition Team after uncovering a Hive plot to destroy them.

8.00 Only Fools and Horses (S). 5/6. Rodney becomes a film-maker.

8.40 Only Fools and Horses (S). 6/6. A millionaire offers Del a partnership.

9.00 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (S,HD) (2013).

Fantasy adventure, with Gemma Arterton and Jeremy Renner. ●●

9.00 The 100 (S). 7/16. While Lexa tries to maintain peace and order within the angry and vengeful clans, Clarke uncovers a strange and gamechanging truth.

9.00 Limitless (S,HD). 8/22.

Naz is accused of aiding a known terrorist and Brian sets out to get to the bottom of the allegations, uncovering a family secret that she had been hiding from the FBI.

9.20 Mrs Brown’s Boys (S).

3/6. Dermot announces his choice of best man for the wedding.

Hansel & Gretel … 9pm

10.00 FYI Daily (HD).

10.05 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (S,HD) (2013). Concluded. ●● 10.45 Family Guy (R,S,HD).

9/22. Peter decides to become a knight.

12.00 Tattoo Fixers (R,S,HD). 1.00 The Aliens (R,S,HD). 2.05 The 100 (R,S). 2.50 Tattoo Fixers (R,S,HD).

3.45 2 Broke Girls (R,S,HD). 4.05 Don’t Trust the B**** in Apartment 23 (R,S,HD). 4.25 Rules of Engagement (R,S,HD).

4.50 Rules of Engagement (R,S,HD). Adam’0s mother visits.

6.35 Beautiful Creatures (HD) (2013). ●●● 9.00 Lincoln (HD) (2012). Steven Spielberg’s biopic of Abraham Lincoln, following his struggle to end the Civil War and abolish slavery. With an Oscar-winning Daniel Day-Lewis. ●●●● 11.55 Beverly Hills Cop II (HD) (1987).

Wisecracking Detroit detective Axel Foley returns to Los Angeles to investigate the shooting of an old friend.

Comedy thriller sequel, starring Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold. ●●

2.00 The Duellists (HD) (1977). ●●●●

10.00 The Interviews (S). 3/6. 10.00 20 Years of Super 10.00 Ascension (R,S,HD).

10.00 The Big Bang Theory Profile of Frankie 3&4/6. Aaron League (HD). A look (R,S,HD). 23/24. Sheldon Howerd, using archive investigates an explosion back at two decades of and Leonard’s mothers interviews he gave to on the ship as Captain action. finally meet. various TV chat show Denninger takes steps to 10.30 Sporting Triumphs 10.30 The Big Bang Theory hosts during the 1970s cover up its cause.

(HD). Mo Farah relives (R,S,HD). 24/24. Sheldon and 1980s. Narrated by Viondra suspects there is his double gold win at presses Leonard and Tamsin Greig. a traitor within her London 2012.

Penny to choose a date ranks. for their wedding.

10.45 Sporting Triumphs (HD).

BBC4

7.00 World News Today (HD); Weather.

7.30 Welsh Railways: Beating Beeching (R).

8.00 Dan Cruickshank: Resurrecting History – Warsaw (R,HD).

The presenter returns to his childhood home of Warsaw.

9.00 Storyville: My Nazi Legacy (HD). Following three men as they travel across Europe.

10.30 Return to Larkinland (R,HD). AN Wilson presents a tribute to Philip Larkin.

11.30 Al Murray’s Great British War Movies (R,HD).

12.30 Battle for The Himalayas: The Fight to Film Everest (R,HD). 1.30 Tales of Winter: The Art of Snow and Ice (R,HD).

3.00 Dan Cruickshank: Resurrecting History – Warsaw (R,HD).

WEDNESDAY MAR 30

11.00 Up Pompeii (1971).

11.00 Sporting Triumphs Comedy based on the TV 11.15 Sporting Triumphs series, starring Frankie 11.30 Sporting Triumphs Howerd. ●● 11.45 Sporting Triumphs

11.00 Tattoo Fixers (R,S,HD).

11.15 Family Guy (R,S,HD).

3/9. A fashion designer 3/22. Peter’s toy wants his creepy tattoo company is bought by a amended. tobacco firm.

11.45 American Dad! (R,S).

13/19. Steve uncovers a conspiracy.

12.15 American Dad! (R,S).

Francine discovers Stan’.0s love of figure-skating. 12.40 Two and a Half Men (R,S,HD). 1.05 Two and a Half Men (R,S,HD). 1.30 Scorpion (R,S,HD). The agents help Nasa with a top-secret rocket launch. 2.30 Teleshopping. Home shopping.

Film4

11.00 Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World (HD) (2011). ●● 12.45 Marmaduke (HD) (2010). ●● 2.30 Captain Ron (HD) (1992). ●● 4.30 Inkheart (HD) (2008). ●●●

12.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD).

The murder of an undercover agent is posted online. 1.00 Hawaii Five0 (R,S,HD). Guest starring rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs. 2.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 3.00 MacIntyre: World’s Toughest Towns (R,S).

4.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S). 5.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S).

12.45 Legends of Stand-Up & Bernard Righton (S). Expose of the world’s greatest comedians. 1.45 Shooting Stars (S). With Eddie Grant, Victoria Silvstedt and Sabrina Washington. 2.25 Absolutely Fabulous (S). Edina undergoes regressional therapy. 3.25 Cheers (S). 4.00 Close

12.00 Sporting Triumphs (HD).

1.00 Fantasy Football Club – The Highlights (S,HD). 1.30 Premier League 100 Club (S,HD). 2.00 Live ATP Masters Tennis (HD). The Miami Open. 4.00 Premier League Years (S).

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TV PICKS

THE SECRET HISTORY OF MY FAMILY 8pm, BBC2

MASTERCHEF 8pm, BBC1

Five more amateurs compete for a place in the quarter-final, preparing food that represents who they are. One cook is shown the door, and then the remaining four face the daunting task of preparing dinner for 2012 MasterChef winner Shelina Permalloo, and 2011 finalists Jackie Kearney and Sara Danesin Medio.

The documentary charting social history tells the story of an Edwardian mother who relied on welfare.

BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD). 9.15 Heir Hunters (R,S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 11.00 Call the Council (S,HD). 11.45 Caught Red Handed (R,S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD).

1.00 BBC News at One; Weather (S,HD).

1.30 Regional News (S). 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Think Tank (S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (S,HD). 3.45 The TV That Made Me (S,HD). 4.30 Flog It! (R,S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

FILM RATINGS

●●●●● Excellent ●●●● Very good ●●● Good ●● Average ● Poor

BBC2

7.30 Flog It! Trade Secrets (R,S,HD). 8.00 Sign Zone: The Great Interior Design Challenge (R,S). 9.00 Victoria Derbyshire (S,HD). 11.00 BBC Newsroom Live (S,HD).

12.00 The Chef’s Protege (R,S,HD). 12.30 James Martin’s Food Map of Britain (R,S,HD). 1.00 Wogan: The Best Of (R,S).

1.45 Film: The First of the Few (S,HD) (1942). See Choices Above. ●●● 3.40 The Indian Doctor (R,S,HD). 4.25 Coast Australia (R,S,HD). 5.15 Antiques Road Trip (R,S,HD).

LINE OF DUTY 9pm, BBC2

The armed-response team close ranks after the drugs house shooting, so undercover Kate tries to expose cracks in their story, while Steve makes a shocking discovery about Danny.

ITV

6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S,HD). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S,HD). 12.30 Gok’s Lunchbox (S,HD). A dental hygienist and an IT business owner cook with beef steak. 1.30 ITV Lunchtime News (S). 1.55 Regional News (S). 2.00 Judge Rinder (S,HD). 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Tipping Point (S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).

8 OUT OF 10 CATS DOES COUNTDOWN 9pm, Channel 4 Jimmy Carr hosts another round of light-hearted words-and-numbers fun, with Sean Lock and Katherine Ryan taking on Jon Richardson and David Mitchell. Nick Helm is in Dictionary Corner with Susie Dent, while Rachel Riley does the adding up.

Channel 4

6.00 Countdown (R,S,HD). 6.45 The Goldbergs (S,HD). 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 9.00 Frasier (R,S). 10.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 11.00 Shipping Wars (S,HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary (S,HD). 12.05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (R,S,HD). 2.10 Deal or No Deal (S,HD). Another contestant hopes to win big money. 3.10 Countdown (S,HD). 4.00 A New Life in the Sun (S,HD).

5.00 Couples Come Dine with Me (S,HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.15 Cowboy Builders (R,S,HD).

12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD). 12.15 Dogs Make You Laugh Out Loud (R,S,HD).

The internet’s most popular videos featuring dogs. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S). 3.15 Film: Jodi Picoult’s Salem Falls (S,HD) (2011). Crime drama, starring James Van Der Beek. ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD). 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

Big Dreams Small Spaces, 7pm

The Cruise, 8.30pm

Alan Carr: Chatty Man, 10pm

Trauma Doctors: Every … 9pm

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6.00 BBC News at Six; Weather (S,HD).

6.30 Regional News (S).

6.00 Eggheads (R,S,HD). Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine.

6.30 Too Much TV (S,HD). 24/25.

News, reviews and previews of the latest programmes.

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather.

6.30 ITV News (S); Weather.

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 14/22.

Bart is kidnapped by a chimpanzee.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD).

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Roo rents Charlotte’s old apartment and asks Matt and Maddy to move in with her.

6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD).

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7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Topical stories from around the UK. 7.30 EastEnders (S,HD). The Carters hope for answers when Ollie’s health visitor arrives. Followed

by BBC News: Regional News.

7.00 Big Dreams Small Spaces (S,HD). 6/6. Three sisters create an Italian-style garden in memory of their parents. Last in the series.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Cain comes up with a plan to solve Holly’s problems.

7.30 Food Fraud – How Safe Are We?: Tonight (S,HD).

7.00 Channel 4 News (S,HD).

7.00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild UK (R,S,HD). A Huddersfield woman who became a hill shepherdess in the Yorkshire Dales. Followed by 5 News Update.

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DIY SOS: The Big Build, 9pm

8.00 MasterChef (S,HD). 5/25. See Choices Above.

8.00 The Secret History of My Family (S,HD). 4/4. See Choices Above.

8.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Cain tries to get rid of Holly.

8.30 The Cruise (S,HD). 5/6. The staff and passengers celebrate the ship’s first birthday.

8.00 The Restoration Man (S,HD).

George Clarke checks on the progress of North Yorkshire couple Carol and Majid Nadry, who embarked on an ambitious midlife adventure – turning a water tower into a five-storey home.

8.00 Medical Mysteries: The Extraordinary Swollen Woman & Other Medical Mysteries (S,HD). See Choices Above.

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9.00 DIY SOS: The Big Build (R,S,HD). 3/7. Nick Knowles and the team help a couple in Cumbria who live in a halffinished renovation project, which had to be put on hold when their son was born with spina bifida.

9.00 Line of Duty (S,HD). 2/6. See Choices Above.

9.00 Bear Grylls: Mission Survive (S,HD). 5/6. See Choices Above.

9.00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (S,HD). See Choices Above.

9.00 Trauma Doctors: Every Second Counts (S,HD). 4/6.

The medics rush to the aid of a 57-year-old who has a serious head injury after falling down the stairs in a pub, and a 45-year-old caterer who has been stabbed in the back.

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10.00 BBC News at Ten (S,HD).

10.30 Regional News (S).

10.45 Pretty Woman (S,HD) (1990).

See Choices Above. ●●●●

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12.40 Weather for the Week Ahead (S,HD). 12.45 BBC News (S,HD).

10.00 Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle (S,HD). 5/6. The comedian explores the migrant crisis.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD).

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S); Weather.

10.30 Regional News (S); Weather.

10.40 Benidorm (R,S). 6/6. Mick falls victim to a con.

10.00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man (S,HD). 5/10. The host is joined by fellow stand-up Jimmy Carr, talking about his Netflix comedy show Funny Business, with music by Izzy Bizu.

10.00 Botched Up Bodies (R,S,HD).

3/4. Patients include mum of four Melanie, who went for liposuction and a tummy tuck in Turkey, but the procedure left her with a gaping hole in her belly.

11.10 Weather (S,HD).

11.15 Can Seb Coe Save Athletics?

(R,S,HD). Sebastian Coe outlines his plans to clean up the IAAF, and athletics in general.

11.45 Employable Me (R,S,HD). 2/3.

11.10 Britain’s Sharks (R,S,HD). 2/2.

Part two of two. The body of the humpback whale is returned to the sea.

11.05 Tattoo Fixers (S,HD). 14/15. A pitiful pop portrait that looks more like a famous footballer.

11.00 World’s Biggest Hips (R,S,HD).

Documentary about four plussize women.

12.45 The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story (R,S,HD). 1.25 Sign Zone: Panorama (R,S). Current affairs report. 2.25 Sign Zone: Let’s Play Darts for Sport Relief 2016 (R,S). The final of the celebrity darts challenge. 3.25 Australia with Simon Reeve (R,S,HD).

4.25 Italy Unpacked (R,S,HD). 5.25 This Is BBC Two (S,HD).

12.10 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming.

3.00 Food Fraud – How Safe Are We?: Tonight (R,HD). The tightening of food controls since the horsemeat scandal. 3.25 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). Guests air their differences.

12.10 The Last Leg (R,S,HD). 1.05 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (R,S).

2.00 Unreported World (R,S,HD). 2.25 Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb (R,S,HD). 3.25 Location, Location, Location (R,S,HD). 4.20 Sarah Beeny’s How to Sell Your Home (R,S,HD). 4.55 Kirstie’s Fill Your House for Free (S,HD).

5.10 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD).

12.00 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 GPs: Behind Closed Doors (R,S,HD). A doctor sees a smoker who has developed a chronic lung condition. 4.00 Wildlife SOS (R,S). The work of volunteers at an animal sanctuary. 4.25 Great Artists (R,S). 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 House Doctor (R,S). 5.35 House Doctor (R,S).

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The last four celebrities build rafts to get across a sharkinfested estuary, build their own shelters and are shown how to stay hydrated when there is no clean water available.

ITV2

8.00 Emmerdale 8.30 Coronation Street 9.00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records (R,S,HD).

9.35 Catchphrase (R,S,HD). 10.15 Dinner Date (R,S). 11.15 Royal Pains (R,S,HD). 12.10 Emmerdale (R,S,HD). 12.45 Coronation Street (R,S,HD). 1.15 You’ve Been Framed! (R,S). 1.45 The Ellen DeGeneres Show (S,HD). 2.35 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). 5.50 Take Me Out (R,S,HD).

MEDICAL MYSTERIES: THE EXTRAORDINARY SWOLLEN WOMAN & OTHER MEDICAL MYSTERIES 8pm, Channel 5

Patients in search of answers for their mysterious conditions, including a 33-yearold with swellings on her face and body and an 11-year-old boy who feels his blood boiling.

E4

7.35 Hollyoaks (R,S,HD). 8.05 Rules of Engagement (R,S,HD).

9.00 New Girl (R,S,HD). 10.00 Baby Daddy (R,S,HD). 11.00 Charmed (R,S). 1.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD). 2.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 3.00 Baby Daddy (R,S,HD). 4.00 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD). 5.00 New Girl (R,S,HD). 5.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD).

Sky1

6.00 Glee (R,S,HD). 8.00 Futurama (R,S,HD). 9.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 11.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 12.00 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 2.00 Supergirl (R,S,HD).

4.00 Yonderland (R,S,HD). 5.00 The Simpsons (R,S). Santa’s Little Helper sires puppies. 5.30 Futurama (R,S,HD). Fry unleashes an acid-spewing monster on the world.

FILM PICKS

BEAR GRYLLS: MISSION SURVIVE 9pm, ITV

PRETTY WOMAN 10.45pm, BBC1

THE FIRST OF THE FEW 1.45pm, BBC2

A millionaire businessman hires a prostitute for a week, and falls in love with her despite their many differences. Comedy, starring Julia Roberts.

GOLD

7.00 Ever Decreasing Circles (S).

7.30 Sorry!. 8.05 As Time Goes By (S). 8.45 The Brittas Empire (S). 9.20 Last of the Summer Wine (S). 11.20 My Family (S).

12.00 dinnerladies (S). 12.40 Open All Hours (S). 1.20 Only Fools and Horses (S). 2.40 As Time Goes By (S). 3.20 The Brittas Empire (S). 4.00 Last of the Summer Wine (S).

Wartime biopic, directed by and starring Leslie Howard, with David Niven, Rosamund John, Roland Culver and Rosalyn Boulter.

Sky Sports 1

9.00 Football League Gold (S,HD).

9.15 Football Gold (S,HD). 10.00 Premier League Years (S,HD).

12.00 Football League Gold (S,HD). 12.15 Football Gold (S,HD).

1.00 Premier League 100 Club (S,HD). 2.00 Premier League Years (S,HD). 4.00 Premier League 100 Club (S,HD). 5.00 Sporting Triumphs (HD). 5.30 Barclays Premier League World (S,HD).

The Big Bang Theory, 8.30pm

DC’s Legends of … 8pm

Only Fools and Horses, 8pm

Live Darts, 7pm

6.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 6/24. Sheldon’s mother comes to visit.

6.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 7/24.

6.00 Futurama (R,S,HD).

10/13.

6.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

20/22.

6.00 My Family (S). 9/11.

Ben is invited to join the local darts team.

6.40 dinnerladies (S). 5/10.

6.00 Barclays Premier League Legends (S,HD).

6.30 Darts Gold (HD). Dennis Priestley v Jocky Wilson.

6.45 Darts Gold (HD).

7.00 You’ve Been Framed!

Gold (R,S). Harry Hill narrates a selection of home-video howlers with a sporting theme.

7.00 Hollyoaks (S,HD).

Mercedes returns to see Joe and Lindsey looking loved up.

7.30 The Goldbergs (R,S).

17/24.

7.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

21/22. Homer gets arrested for bullying Ned Flanders.

7.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

22/22.

7.20 Open All Hours (S). 2/6.

Arkwright tries to shift an overstocked commodity.

7.00 Live Premier League Darts (HD). Coverage of the ninth round from the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff.

8.00 Two and a Half Men (R,S,HD). 15/19. Alan worries Charlie’s womanising is getting out of control.

8.30 Two and a Half Men (R,S,HD). 16/19. Alan plans Evelyn’s wedding.

8.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 12/24. Leonard meets a psychiatrist on Penny’s behalf.

8.30 The Big Bang Theory (S,HD). 13/24. The gang treat themselves to a Sheldon-free weekend.

8.00 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (S,HD). 5/16.

Rip gives Sara a secret assignment.

8.00 Only Fools and Horses (S). Rodney dates the daughter of the Duke of Maylebury, and Del sees the chance for the family to marry into the aristocracy.

9.00 Scorpion (S,HD). 16/24.

A major earthquake hits the Los Angeles area, leaving the team working against the clock with limited resources to prevent a broken gas main under Koreatown from exploding.

9.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (S,HD). 15/23. Boyle becomes jealous of Peralta’s old partner.

9.30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (R,S,HD). 11/23. Peralta and Boyle go on an eight-day stakeout.

9.00 Childhood’s End (S,HD).

3/3. A new era begins for the world as children from all nations start to display supernatural abilities, but the older generations worry about the repercussions. Last in the series.

9.20 Come Fly with Me (S).

6/6. Omar Baba deals with a staff mutiny.

Celebrity Juice, 10pm

10.45 Stan Lee’s Lucky Man 10.00 Big School (S). 3/6. Mr 10.00 Celebrity Juice (S,HD). 10.00 The Inbetweeners Gunn discovers one of (R,HD). 10/10. Harry With Ferne McCann, (R,S,HD). 5/6. Will helps the pupils could be his struggles to find a way Paddy McGuinness and co-ordinate the school’s son. to save Anna and Daisy Shayne Ward.

Duke of Edinburgh from Golding as he has award scheme.

10.40 Miranda (S). 3/6. The 10.50 @elevenish (S,HD). been told the only way shop owner’s friends 3/11. Topical comedy 10.35 The Inbetweeners to spare them is to make accuse her of being series.

(R,S,HD). 6/6. The friends the ultimate personal immature. prepare for their exams. sacrifice. Last in the series.

7.00 Hero (HD) (2002).

A warrior arrives at the court of a warlord in ancient China to announce he has defeated the ruler’s enemies.

Martial arts adventure, starring Jet Li. ●●●●● 9.00 Lockout (HD) (2012). Sci-fi thriller, starring Guy Pearce. ●●● 10.50 Starred Up (HD) (2013). A young offender is transferred to an adult prison, where he is reunited with his father and must learn to control his rage. Drama, with Jack O’Connell and Rupert Friend. ●●●●

12.55 Escape from Alcatraz (HD) (1979). ●●●●

10.30 Darts Gold (HD). John Part v Rod Harrington.

10.45 Barclays Premier League World (S,HD). A round-up of the latest news.

11.15 The Big Bang Theory 11.20 Family Guy (R,S,HD).

(R,S,HD). 1/17. Pilot 10/22. Lois shows Meg episode of the comedy, how to have fun. starring Jim Parsons.

11.50 Family Guy (R,S,HD).

4/22. The Drunken Clam 11.45 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 2/17. is turned into an English pub.

11.45 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 18/24. A computer game turns nasty for Eric.

11.20 Absolutely Fabulous 11.15 La Liga Show (HD). A (S). 6/7. Edina and Patsy look ahead to face up to the “change”. forthcoming fixtures.

11.45 Darts Gold (HD). John Part v Rod Harrington.

12.20 American Dad! (R,S). 12.45 American Dad! (R,S). Roger and Steve seek fame and fortune in New York City. 1.15 @elevenish (R,S,HD). Topical comedy series.

1.45 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records (R,S,HD). 2.10 Teleshopping. Home shopping.

5.40 ITV2 Nightscreen (HD).

12.45 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S). Danny is exposed to a lethal neurological agent. 1.45 Hawaii Five-0 (R,S,HD). 2.40 MacIntyre: World’s Toughest Towns (R,S). 3.35 Nothing to Declare (R,S,HD). 4.05 Stargate SG-1 (R,S). 5.00 Stargate SG-1 (R,S).

12.00 Cheers (S). 12.30 Shooting Stars (S). With Nick Moran and Tess Daly. 1.10 Absolutely Fabulous (S). Patsy is rushed to hospital. 2.00 Come Fly with Me (S). 2.30 Big School (S). 3.00 Absolutely Fabulous (S). 3.30 Shooting Stars (S). 4.00 Close

12.15 Rude Tube (R,S,HD). 1.20 The Inbetweeners (R,S,HD). 1.55 The Inbetweeners (R,S,HD). 2.20 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD).

2.45 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD). 3.10 Rude Tube (R,S,HD).

4.05 Don’t Trust the B**** in Apartment 23 (R,S,HD). 4.25 Rules of Engagement (R,S,HD).

Film4

11.00 Home Alone 3 (HD) (1997). ●●● 1.05 Ice Age: Continental Drift (HD) (2012). ●●● 2.45 Thunderbirds (HD) (2004). ●● 4.35 Hugo (HD) (2011). ●●●●●

BBC4

7.00 World News Today (HD); Weather.

7.30 Top of the Pops: 1981 (R).

8.00 Timeshift: The Golden Age of Coach Travel (R).

The history of coach transport.

9.00 Ireland’s Treasures Uncovered (HD).

Artefacts that have helped to shape modern Ireland.

10.00 Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons (R). The Franks Casket and the Lindisfarne Gospels.

11.00 The Beginning and End of the Universe (R,HD).

Professor Jim Al-Khalili considers how the universe will end.

12.00 Top of the Pops: 1981 (R). 12.35 Girls in Bands at the BBC (R). 1.35 Girl in a Band: Tales from the Rock ’n’ Roll Front Line (R,HD). 2.35 From Scotland with Love (R,HD).

THURSDAY MAR 31

12.00 Sporting Triumphs (S,HD).

12.15 Football Gold (S,HD). 12.30 Football Gold (S,HD). 12.45 Football Gold (S,HD). 1.00 La Liga Show (HD). 1.30 Barclays Premier League World (S,HD). 2.00 PL Years: Arsenal’s Invincibles (S).

4.00 La Liga Show (HD).

For ProFessional service & Peace oF Mind

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from Friday, March 25, 2016

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