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Joanna Lumley is the first act to take to the imaginary stage for a series of sketches and monologues written by the intelligent and funny Michael Frayn. Ian Mckellen, George Blagden, Stephen Fry, Alfred Molina, Alex Jennings and Martin Jarvis are also among the talented team in this first of a repeat series, which is full of charm and wit.
BRITAIN IN TEN OPERAS
9AM, RADIO 4 HHHH
British operas are thin on the ground. There are many reasons for this, including the fact that English, unlike Italian, can make for a cumbersome libretto, and that British audiences often find opera a bit over the top. In this first of a three-part series, British
BBC RADIO 4
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5.30am News Briefing
5.43 Prayer for the Day
5.45 Farming Today
5.58 Tweet of the Day
6.00 Today
8.30 (LW) Yesterday in
Parliament
9.00 PICK Britain in 10 Operas 9.30 Four Thought
9.45 (LW) Daily Service
9.45 (FM) An Unknown Warrior How an unknown warrior became a symbol of a nation’s grief and gratitude.
10.00 Woman’s Hour Including at 10.45 Drama: Part three of Eleanor Rising.
10.59 Armistice Day Silence 11.04 East Meets West
11.30 Rich Hall’s (US Election) Breakdown 2020 Part two of two. Comical look at the US presidential race.
12noon (LW) Shipping Forecast 12noon (FM) News
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5am Adele Roberts. 7.00 Greg James. 10.30 Clara Amfo. 12.45pm Newsbeat. 1.00 Scott Mills. 3.30 Nick Grimshaw. 5.45 Newsbeat. 6.00 Annie Mac. 8.00 Rickie, Melvin and Charlie. 10.00 Jack Saunders. 12midnight Benji B. 2.00 The Radio 1 Interview.
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6.30am Breakfast. 9.00 Essential Classics. 12noon Composer of the Week: James Price Johnson. 1.00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert. Sam Haywood is joined by cellist Guy Johnston to perform Schubert’s popular Arpeggione Sonata. 2.00 Afternoon Concert. 3.30 Choral Evensong. 4.30 New Generation Artists. 5.00 In Tune. 7.00 In Tune Mixtape. An eclectic non-stop mix of music. 7.30 Radio 3 in Concert. The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, live from the Lighthouse, Poole. 10.00 Free Thinking.
Anne Mcelvoy and guests discuss what is means to make art to commemorate war. 10.45 The Essay: Yorkshire. 11.00 Night Tracks. 12.30am Through the Night.
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Roderick Williams (9am, R4) baritone Roderick Williams plays music by Purcell and Handel, and hears how British audiences of the time reacted to their first taste of this fancy foreign art form.
THE COMPASS: CAN GERMANY SAVE THE WORLD?
9AM, WORLD SERVICE HHH Angela Merkel, who grew up in East
12.04 The Nickel Boys
By Colson Whitehead.
You and Yours
The World at One
Mayday The story of
White Helmets co-founder James Le Mesurier.
The Archers
PICK Drama:
Keeping the Wolf Out Money Box Live Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on personal finance.
All in the Mind
Thinking Allowed
The Media Show
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Six O’clock News
The Wilsons Save the World The Wilsons resume their efforts to live their best ethical life.
The Archers Jennifer admits her concerns. 12.18 1.00 1.45
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5am Vanessa Feltz. 6.30 Zoe Ball. 9.30 Ken Bruce. 12noon Jeremy Vine. 2.00 Gary Davies. 5.05 Sara Cox. 6.30 Sara Cox’s Half Wower. 7.00 Jo Whiley. 9.00 Mark Radcliffe. 10.00 Trevor Nelson. 12midnight O.J. Borg. 3.00 Sounds of the 90s with Fearne Cotton.
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5am Wake Up to Money. 6.00
5 Live Breakfast. 9.00 Your Call. 10.00 The Emma Barnett Show. 1pm Nihal Arthanayake. 4.00
5 Live Drive. 7.00 5 Live Sport. Mark Chapman previews the weekend international football fixtures. 9.00 5 Live Golf. Masters preview. 10.30 Colin Murray. 1am Dotun Adebayo.
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6am More Music Breakfast. 9.00 Alexander Armstrong. 12noon Anne-marie Minhall. 4.00 John Brunning. 7.00 Smooth Classics at Seven. 8.00 The Classic FM Concert with John Suchet. Music by Rossini, Grieg, Rodrigo, Dvorák and Pleyel. 10.00 Smooth Classics. 7.15 Front Row Arts programme.
7.45 Eleanor Rising
8.00 The Moral Maze
8.45 Four Thought
9.00 Costing the Earth
The implications of the US presidential election for the environment.
9.30 The Media Show
10.00 The World Tonight
10.45 Book at Bedtime:
The Nickel Boys
By Colson Whitehead.
11.00 Sarah Keyworth – Are You a Boy or a Girl? New series. Stand-up series with comedian Sarah Keyworth.
Bunk Bed
Today in Parliament
The day’s developments.
12midnight News; Weather
12.30 An Unknown Warrior
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1.00 As BBC World Service
5.20 Shipping Forecast 11.15 11.30
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6am Proof. 6.30 Hercule Poirot: Taken at the Flood. 7.00 PICK Michael Frayn’s Pocket Playhouse.
7.30 The Wilsons Save the World. 8.00 Hancock’s Half Hour. 8.30 After Henry. 9.00 The Motion
Show. 9.30 North East of Eden. 10.00 Persuasion. 10.50 Inheritance Tracks. 11.00 The Sondheim Archive. 12noon Hancock’s Half Hour. 12.30 After Henry. 1.00 Proof. 1.30 Hercule Poirot: Taken at the Flood. 2.00 Vinegar Girl. 2.15 Modesty Blaise – The Silver Mistress. 2.30 Always the Bridesmaid. 3.00 Persuasion. 3.50 Inheritance Tracks. 4.00 The Motion Show. 4.30 North East of Eden. 5.00 Michael Frayn’s Pocket Playhouse. 5.30 The Wilsons Save the World. 6.00 Night Terrace. 6.30 Short Cuts. 7.00 Hancock’s Half Hour. Comedy, with Tony Hancock, Bill Kerr and Hugh Morton. 7.30 After Henry. 8.00 Proof. 8.30 Hercule Poirot: Taken at the Flood. 9.00 The Sondheim Archive. 10.00 Comedy Club: The Wilsons Save the World. 10.30 Goodness Gracious Me. 11.00 Rubbish. 11.30 Party.
12midnight Night Terrace.
DIY SOS: CHILDREN IN NEED SPECIAL 8PM In Caswell Bay, Swansea, the team turn a disused bus shelter into a surf centre
BBC 1
6am Breakfast (HD)
9.15 Morning Live (HD)
10.00 Homes Under the Hammer The progress of properties in Stoke, Northampton and
Blaenau Gwent. (HD)(AD)
A convict claims he had an accident in the prison gym. (HD)(AD)
A man braves a fire at home to search for his dogs. (HD)(AD)
Christina Trevanion oversees proceedings in Liverpool. (R)(HD)(AD) (HD)
Al decides to learn a new skill. (HD)(AD)
Impossible Quiz show, hosted by Rick Edwards. (HD)
I Escaped to the Country Jonnie Irwin revisits two sets of buyers now living in Devon. (HD)
Sarah Moore rescues a green chair, a display cabinet and a pair of school chairs. (HD)
James Braxton and Charles Hanson seek treasure in Kent. (HD)
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Alex Jones and Michael Ball get the final live update from Matt Baker and Team Rickshaw before the big finish from Goodwood on tomorrow’s Children on Need. (HD)
Kat and Phil head out for a cleaning job at the insurance company, Tina asks Ian to give Mick a job behind the bar and Jack and Denise take Raymond to his family church. (HD)(AD) PICK DIY SOS: Children in Need Special Building a centre for a Children in Need-funded charity in south Wales.
See Pick of the Day. (HD)(AD)
The first quarter-finalists create a dish making the most of a variety of spices and cook two courses for restaurant critics William Sitwell and Jimi Famurewa. (HD)(AD)
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Fiona Bruce chairs the topical debate, inviting a panel of politicians and other guests to answer questions from a virtual audience. (HD)
Political chat, with Laura Kuenssberg, Adam Fleming and Chris Mason. (HD)
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THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020 7.30PM
A profile of this year’s six short-listed authors, including Tsitsi Dangarembga
BBC 2
Catching up with past househunters in Dorset. (R)(HD)
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Updates from Westminster and beyond. (HD)
Culinary clips from the BBC archive linked by the letter E. (R)(HD)
Janet Ellis relives a 1963 holiday in the New Forest. (R)(HD)(AD)
George’s house is even more full of waifs and strays than usual. (R)(HD)(AD)
The six remaining potters make a garden sculpture out of slabs of clay. (R)(HD)(AD)
Tigers About the House – What Happened Next Part 1/2. Catching up with Giles Clark and the Sumatran tiger cubs he was hand-rearing. (R)(HD)(AD)
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With Steve Backshall, Catherine Bohart, Ranj Singh and Meera Syal. (HD)
Rylan Clark-neal dishes more backstage gossip. (HD)
Football discussion presented by Jermaine Jenas. (HD)
Kit de Waal presents this programme profiling the six authors shortlisted for the literary award. (HD)
PICK Saving Britain’s
Pubs with Tom Kerridge
New series. The chef and publican helps four struggling pubs.
See Pick of the Day. (HD)(AD)
Exploring a brutal but often overlooked chapter of the Second World War. (R)(HD)(AD) PICK
Celebrity teams from BBC and ITV compete in this fundraising special. See Pick of the Day. (HD)
Satirical news show, presented by Nish Kumar. (R)(HD)
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Action from the first day of the Major. (HD)
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LIVE INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL 7.30PM Harry Kane leads England against the Republic of Ireland at Wembley Stadium
ITV
6am
Good Morning Britain Morning magazine featuring a lively mix of news and current affairs, plus health, entertainment and lifestyle features. (HD)
Entertainment, current affairs, fashion news, showbiz stories and celebrity gossip. Presented by Lorraine Kelly. (HD)
Daily magazine, featuring a mix of celebrity chat, showbusiness news, lifestyle features, topical discussion, health and beauty advice and more. (HD) Loose Women The women put the world to rights once more and invite a celebrity guest to chat about what they are up to. (HD)
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David Dickinson and the experts set up shop in Llangollen, Denbighshire. (HD)
Tenable Five friends take part. Quiz, hosted by Warwick Davis. (R)(HD); Local Weather
Tipping Point Quiz, hosted by Ben Shephard. (HD)
Contestants Nigel, Kristie, CJ and Paul take on today’s Chaser. (HD) (HD)
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Meena confronts David, and Harriet despairs at being cut out of her own family. (HD)(AD) (Repeated tomorrow at 8am on ITV2)
Live International Football England v Republic of Ireland (Kick-off 8pm). Mark Pougatch presents all the action from the friendly at Wembley Stadium. The last five completed matches between the sides have ended in draws, spanning back to a World Cup meeting in 1990, with the most recent of those meetings a goalless draw at Aviva Stadium in 2015. With analysis from with Ian Wright, Roy Keane and Ashley Cole, commentary by Sam Matterface and Lee Dixon, and reports from Gabriel Clarke. (HD)
(HD) (HD) Simon Harris is joined by a panel of local MPS for a discussion on the latest news and events at Westminster. (HD)
Action from this evening’s football, including Scotland v Serbia and Northern Ireland v Belfast in the Euro 2020 play-off finals. (HD)
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THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF: AN EXTRA SLICE
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SAVING BRITAIN’S PUBS WITH TOM KERRIDGE
8PM, BBC2 ★★★★
Even before lockdown created turmoil for our hospitality industry, pubs in Britain were closing at a rate of 12 a week. Hoping he can help struggling boozers, chef Tom (right) – whose own pub has two Michelin stars – tours the UK to offer advice on everything from food to decor in this new, three-part series. First, he visits a 300-year-old pub in Cornwall; the owners are just getting by, and their marriage has suffered. He also heads to a one-time hub for the Caribbean community in south London, where numbers have dwindled.
DIY SOS: CHILDREN IN NEED SPECIAL
8PM, BBC1 ★★★★
Surfing can be a very beneficial exercise, but barely accessible to people with disabilities. This is where Surfability UK comes in, and Nick Knowles and his team are in Swansea to build the world’s first fully adapted surf centre for the charity – from an old bus shelter. It’s an amazing feat.
UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE: CHILDREN IN NEED SPECIAL
10PM, BBC2 ★★★★
Hosted by Kirsty Wark for a fundraising special, the tough quiz sees famous faces from the BBC and ITV battling it out. Team BBC has Dara O Briain, Anita Rani, Steve Pemberton and Dane Baptiste, while Team ITV is made up of Fay Ripley, Iain Stirling, Charlene White and Joel Dommett.
THE WORLD’S MOST LUXURIOUS PRISON
10PM, CH5 ★★★
Ann Widdecombe steps inside Halden Prison, Norway, where inmates enjoy sushi, share fancy flats – and even record music. Ann, once a Minister for Prisons, wants to find out how Norway has such low reoffending rates, and what the UK can learn from jails such as Halden. TESSA JONES
RIVIERA
9PM, SKY ATLANTIC ★★★
‘I’ve been kidnapped, tortured and shot.’ Gabriel is reaching the end of his tether with Georgina (Julia Stiles, left) in this new episode, and no wonder – surely, the poor man must think she’s completely unhinged.
Her globetrotting quest for revenge is good fun for us to watch, at least…
WORLD’S GREATEST CARS
9PM, QUEST ★★★
Wheeler Dealers’ Mike Brewer is the calm centre of this new series, in which experts – including Ant Anstead,
Drew Pritchard and Helen Stanley (left) – engage in heated debate about which car is best. These fiery exchanges are organised over six weeks by type, starting with sports cars.
THE QUEEN MARY: GREATEST OCEAN LINER
9.35PM, BBC4 ★★★★
Not only was the Cunard liner great and luxurious, she also had a heroic history ferrying troops across the Atlantic during the Second World War – Hitler offered $250,000 to anyone who could sink her. That’s just one story in a film that’s bursting at the seams.
I AM STEVE MCQUEEN
10PM, SKY ARTS ★★★★
Ultimate leading man Steve Mcqueen (left) is celebrated by some modern leading men – Robert Downey Jr,
Gary Oldman and Pierce Brosnan – in this profile, which has the pace of an action movie. Mcqueen’s first wife, Neile, and their son, Chad, provide a more intimate perspective. RW
SKY COMEDY
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8.15am Howard...a New Breed of
Hero (1986) PG ● See 11pm. 10.10 Little (2019) 12 u See 7pm. (S)
12.05pm American Pie: Reunion
(2012) 15 See 9pm. (S)
2.00 Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) PG ● Private eye Bob Hoskins tries to prove the innocence of a cartoon rabbit accused of murder. 3.50 Holmes & Watson (2018) 12 u
Detective duo Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly attempt to foil an assassination plot. (S) 5.25 Happy Gilmore (1996) 12 u
Failed ice-hockey player
Adam Sandler has a gift for golf, and decides to enter a prestigious tournament. (S) 7.00 Little (2019) 12 Tech mogul Regina Hall wakes up one morning to find herself back in her 13-year-old body. (S)
9.00 American Pie: Reunion
(2012) 15 Friends attending a reunion make attempt to relive their teens. (S)
Howard...a New Breed of Hero (1986) PG ● A wisecracking alien duck who sets out to save the Earth.
1am-2.45 Holmes & Watson (2018)
12 See 3.50pm. (S)
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6.15PM, SKY FAMILY HHH Rowan Atkinson reprises his successful TV role as the hopelessly inept Mr Bean, who somehow finds himself travelling to America as an art expert, only to cause chaos.
SKY DISNEY
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6.30am The Lion King (2019) PG ●
See 8.40pm. (S)
8.40 Toy Story 4 (2019) U n
See 5.05pm. (S)
10.35 Beauty and the Beast (1991)
See 7pm. (S)
12.15pm The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
(1977) U (S)
1.45 The Haunted Mansion
(2003) PG ● (S)
3.30 A Goofy Movie (1995) U n
The cartoon dog goes on a fishing trip in an attempt to bond with his son. (S)
5.05 Toy Story 4 (2019) U A toy joins Woody and the gang, leading a road trip alongside old and new friends. (S)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
A woman becomes the prisoner of a monster. (S)
The Lion King (2019) PG ●
A young lion prince flees his kingdom, only to learn the true meaning of bravery. (S)
10.45 Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning (2008) U
The underwater princess and her friends try to rescue her mother from pirates. (S)
12.15am-1.55 The Haunted
Mansion (2003) PG ● (S)
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live music comes from Glasgow’s City Halls this evening with a programme of music full of solemnity by Benjamin Britten. His Nocturne and Death In
Venice Suite are on the bill.
THE KNEEBONE BONANZA
11PM, RADIO 4 EXTRA HHHH Much more praise and many awards should have been heaped on this eccentric, funny sitcom, set in the world of scrap metal in the West Country. The cast, which includes Michael Shelford as Slick Kneebone, follows the fortunes of the Kneebone siblings, who have inherited debts, a crumbling house and the promise of a legacy from their father, Jed Kneebone. The cast play the whole thing straight, letting the mad, funny script – by Cornish writer Carl Grose – supply the laughs. SJ