HOTLIST
The 28 best shows on TV this week
Saturday 14 Ninja Warrior UK
ENTERTAINMENT ITV HD, 6.30pm
Hosts Ben Shephard, Rochelle Humes and Chris Kamara return with a new series as they oversee competitors prepared to push themselves to the limit by taking on jaw-dropping challenges.
Britain’s Got Talent
TALENT SHOW ITV HD, 8pm
David Walliams, Alesha Dixon, Simon Cowell and Amanda Holden are back to judge the brilliant, bad and downright baffling acts at the audition stage of the new series. See feature, page 15
Salamander
CRIME DRAMA BBC4 HD, 9pm
The Belgian crime drama returns for a second series, with chief inspector Paul Gerardi’s investigation into the murder of a political refugee leading him to a blood diamond network.
The Keith and Paddy Picture Show
COMEDY ITV HD, 9.25pm
Keith Lemon and Paddy Mcguinness spoof more films, with Emma Willis, Fearne Cotton, Stacey Solomon and Emily Atack as Grease’s Pink Ladies.
Full listings start on P33
Sunday 15 The Crystal Maze
GAME SHOW C4 HD, 8pm
Host Richard Ayoade guides the Hauxwell family through the Maze as the action game show returns for a new series, with contestants tackling skill, mystery, physical and mental challenges.
The Durrells
DRAMA ITV HD, 8pm
Louisa (Keeley Hawes) is jealous when Spiro spends time with a glamorous Italian family who have recently arrived on the island. Is there something suspicious about the new neighbours?
My Year with the Tribe
DOCUMENTARY BBC2 HD, 9pm
Writer and adventurer Will Millard travels to the jungles of West Papua, Indonesia, to visit the traditional hunter-gatherer Korowai tribe to see how they are adapting to the modern world.
Lifeline
THRILLER C4 HD, 10.05pm
In this Spanish thriller from Walter Presents, a surgeon’s life is saved by having a heart transplant. However, after he has nightmares, he decides to investigate just how the donor died.
Full listings start on P43
Monday 16 Give It a Year
BUSINESS ITV HD, 8pm (Wal, 11.15pm)
A new series sees The Apprentice’s
Karren Brady in a mentoring role as she sets tough targets for new businesses before returning after one year to see if her advice has led to success or failure.
Jane Goodall: Saving Paradise
DOCUMENTARY Nat Geo Wild HD, 8pm
World-renowned conservationist Jane Goodall highlights some remarkable projects, including coral protection, on three islands off the coast of Tanzania.
The Queen’s Green Planet
DOCUMENTARY ITV HD, 9pm
The Queen and David Attenborough feature in a new documentary which follows an ambitious project to create forests across Britain and the Commonwealth. See feature, page 16
The Walking Dead
ZOMBIE DRAMA FOX HD, 9pm
Who will emerge victorious from the war between Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and the Saviors as series eight draws to a close? See feature, page 12
Full listings start on P53
Tuesday17 Tate Britain’s Great Art Walks
DOCUMENTARY Sky Arts HD, 9pm
Comedian Billy Connolly travels to the village of Cookham in Berkshire to explore and enthuse about the work of the visionary artist Stanley Spencer.
Stephen: The Murder that Changed a Nation
DOCUMENTARY BBC1 HD, 9pm
A new documentary looks at the killing of Stephen Lawrence 25 years ago, and explains how the case changed Britain’s justice system. Continues tomorrow.
Legion
SCI-FI FOX HD, 9pm
Downton Abbey’s Dan Stevens returns as the Marvel Comics character David Haller, the most powerful mutant the world has seen, in series two of the superhero drama. See feature, page 12
Paradise Hunters
DOCUMENTARY C4 HD, 9pm
Cameras follow young people who make life-changing decisions to tackle new jobs in very different locations. Katie moves to a ranch in Mexico, while Charlie becomes a salmon farmer on a Scottish loch.
Full listings start on P63
Wednesday18
The Secret Life of the Zoo
DOCUMENTARY C4 HD, 8pm
The birth of a baby Sumatran orangutan causes some confusion among the keepers as the cameras return to Chester Zoo for a new series of the behind-the-scenes documentary.
Rich Kids Go Skint
DOCUMENTARY 5Star HD, 9pm
Six rich kids experience the lives of those struggling on the breadline, starting with 23-year-old Fergus, who gives up the high life in Chelsea to spend the weekend with mother-of-four Anna in Croydon.
Runaways
SCI-FI Syfy HD, 9pm
Six teenagers discover their parents are evil villains and join forces against them in a new offering from Marvel. See feature, page 6
Station 19
DRAMA Sky Living HD, 10pm
The Grey’s Anatomy spin-off centres on the personal and professional lives of firefighters at a Seattle firehouse. Jaina Lee Ortiz and Jason George head the cast. See feature, page 8
Full listings start on P73
Thursday19
The Alienist
CRIME DRAMA Netflix
A criminal psychologist hunts for a ritualistic serial killer in 1890s New York. Daniel Brühl, Luke Evans and Dakota Fanning star. See feature, page 4
Urban Myths
COMEDY DRAMA Sky Arts HD, 9pm
Line of Duty’s Martin Compston stars as Midge Ure and David Avery plays Freddie Mercury in this account of what might have gone on backstage at the Live Aid concert in 1985.
True Horror – Hellfire Farm
DOCU-DRAMA C4 HD, 10pm
A drama based on a real horror story sees an artist and his family move to an idyllic farmhouse in Wales. But then things take a demonic turn...
20 Years on Death Row
DOCUMENTARY Really, 10pm
An investigation into the case of Keith Doolin, a long-distance lorry driver who has now spent 20 years on death row in San Francisco for killing two women, but has always maintained his innocence.
Full listings start on P83
Friday 20
Mercury 13
DOCUMENTARY Netflix
In 1961, 13 women took secret mental and physical tests at NASA to see if they had the right stuff to go into space. But their dreams were dashed when only men were chosen to be astronauts.
The Dark Tower
FANTASY Sky Premiere HD, 12.55pm & 8pm
Idris Elba is a gunslinger locked in battle with a sinister sorcerer, played by Matthew Mcconaughey, in an adaptation of a Stephen King story. See review, page 18
Portillo’s Hidden History of Britain
DOCUMENTARY Channel 5 HD, 9pm
In the first of a new series, Michael Portillo visits the Royal London Hospital, whose most famous resident was Joseph Merrick, aka the Elephant Man.
Home from Home
COMEDY BBC1 HD, 9.30pm
A married couple (Johnny Vegas and Niky Wardley) achieve their dream of moving to the Lake District. Then they meet their neighbours (Emilia Fox and Adam James). See feature, page 11
Full listings start on P93