- Staff Notice
?TUESDAY
29 September
?↔️RANKIN’S 2020
?Sky Arts, 8pm
↔️NOMADS OF THE SERENGETI (UHD)
A trip through the Serengeti with migrating wildebeest.
?Virgin Ultra HD, 8.10pm
TOP PICK!
?↔️LIFE?
The residents of a large house which has been divided into flats lead complicated lives which interact with each other. Belle’s life on her own is interrupted when her difficult to handle niece arrives needing a place to stay; Gail is preparing for her 70th birthday and now re-evaluates her life; and a married English teacher is seduced by a student. This is said to be a drama that would appeal to fans of Dr Foster!
?BBC1, 9pm
??OPEN 24 HOURS?
After attacking her boyfriend, a paranoid woman lands a job at an all-night gas station. You really don’t want to fill up there....
?Sky Cinema Premiere, 10pm
?SECRETS OF THE ROYAL
TREASURES
This will get the anti-monarchists going!
?Channel 5, 10pm
?↔️GOLD RUSH QUARANTINE
?Discovery, 10pm
?THE FIXING CHALLENGE
Two brothers are on a mission to improve their father’s health.
?BBC2, 11.30pm
?WEDNESDAY
30 September
?↔️INDIA FROM ABOVE
Starting with rather large religious events.
?National Geographic, 8pm
?↔️FORBIDDEN HISTORY (SD)
Looking for treasure buried by retreating Japanese forces at the end of the Second World War.
?Yesterday, 8pm
?↔️THE SAVOY
Documentary about those who work at the hotel and the guests they serve.
?ITV, 9pm
?LAWRENCE OF ARABIA: BRITAIN’S GREAT ADVENTURER
He may have united the tribes of Arabia against the Turks, but this military officer was a very troubled man.
?Channel 5, 9pm
?THE IMITATION GAME (2014)?
Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Alan Turing, who is famous for having broken Nazi codes but was also a homosexual at a time when gay sex was a crime.
?More4, 9pm
TOP PICK!
?↔️THE COMEY RULE?
Drama about the relationship between FBI Director James Comey and President Trump. In the first episode, Barack Obama is still in office and invites bad feeling from Democrats when he re-opens investigations into Hillary Clinton’s emails just 11 days before the election.
?Sky Atlantic, 9pm
??3022 (2019)?
Well into their decade long space mission, an explosion causes damage and severs contact with Earth.
?Sky Cinema Premiere, 10pm
?↔️LOVE LIFE
Comedy. A college graduate working as a New York tour guide has a number of romantic encounters.
?BBC1, 10.45pm
?THURSDAY
1 October
?COME INSIDE MY MIND (2018)
A portrait of Robin Williams.
?Sky Arts, 9pm
?THE APPRENTICE BEST BITS
A new programme made up of repeated clips!
?BBC1, 9pm
?↔️SEWERMEN (SD on Sky)
?Paramount Network, 9pm
??THE QUARRY (2020)?
A criminal fugitive kills the priest who gives him a lift in this suspenseful but slow-moving drama.
?Sky Cinema Premiere, 10pm
?↔️FIRST DATES
?Channel 4, 10pm
?MOURINHO vs PEP: THE FEUD
This documentary explores how their differing styles of football and personalities clashed.
?Channel 5, 11.05pm
?FRIDAY
2 October
TOP PICK!
??JUST MERCY (2019)?
Having graduated from Harvard, a young lawyer opens a law practice to help death row inmates. This real-life drama is a fierce indictment of the whole criminal justice system in the US.
?Sky Cinema Premiere, 8pm
?↔️MOUNTAIN VETS
?BBC2, 8pm
?↔️TOP OF THE POPS: BIG HITS 1990
A look at the changing musical diversity during the decade. This evening is devoted to music programmes from 7.30pm until close down, including music by The Smiths and Toots and the Maytals, as well as a programme with former Spice Girl Geri Horner (Ginger Spice) recalling the social and political moments of the decade.
?BBC4, 8pm
TOP PICK!
?↔️BRAVE NEW WORLD ?
In a future city of New London, a seemingly perfect existence is not all it seems. A visit to the dangerous and poor Savage Lands are a revelation to Lab Worker Lenina and her counsellor Bernard.
?Sky One, 9pm
?↔️HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU
Satirical quiz.
?BBC1, 9pm
?JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE
Rep John Lewis fights for Civil Rights, voting rights, gun control and health care reform.
?Sky Documentaries, 9pm
?GRETA (2018)?
No, not that Greta! This one gets more than she bargained for when she returns a lost handbag.
?Sky Cinema Thriller, 9pm
?JOHN WICK - CHAPTER 2 (2017)?
Action thriller in which John Wick embarks on another murderous episode.
?Channel 5, 10pm
?LIMMY’S OTHER STUFF
A compilation of the comedian’s non-TV material.
?BBC Scotland, 10pm
?↔️THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW
With Dolly Parton, Rupert Everett, Lolly Adefope and Riz Ahmed.
?BBC1, 10.45pm