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Opening of inquest into the tragedy. Seven
people died and a further 51 were
injured in the derailment on
November 9, 2016.
CHARITY RUN
Saturday / Virtual
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For The 96 takes
place virtually to
celebrate the lives
of the Liverpool
fans who died at
Hillsborough in
April 1989.

CHAMPIONSHIP
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Tomorrow and
Saturday /
Sky Sports
The race for the
Premier League hots up
with a place in the play-off
final at stake over two legs.
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Bournemouth v Brentford.
GOLF: US PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Thursday to
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Island in South Carolina. The last time the PGA
Championship was held at the same course
back in 2012, Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy
won by eight shots.

TERMINAL V FESTIVAL SUMMER SERIES
August / Numerous venues, Scotland
Tickets on sale now for UK’s biggest electronic
music event, taking place at a number
of venues throughout August.
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goes online with a
livestream event.
Performers include
Coldplay, Damon
Albarn, Haim and
Jorja Smith.

THE PACT
Tomorrow / 9pm,
BBC One
There’s a mystery
death and five friends
are bound by a pact of
silence in new series with
Julie Hesmondhalgh.
THE PSYCHEDELIC DRUG
TRIAL Wednesday / 9pm, BBC Two
Documentary on a groundbreaking trial to
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EUROVISION SONG CONTEST Tuesday,
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Catch the midweek semi-finals of the brilliantly
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PLASTIC BAG CHARGE
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TO RE-FORM
‘New Home Guard laughable’
A NEW “Home Guard” of ■ by ISOBEL DICKINSON
volunteer soldiers is to be isobel.dickinson@dailystar.co.uk
recruited to be ready in
is nothing more than a Home
case of war.
The “Strategic Reserve” will be
“held at low readiness and largely
dormant, but will hold periodic
exercises”.
Military chiefs claim it will be “a
key component” of the UK’s
reserve forces.
But a former senior Army
Reserve officer has branded it a
Dad’s Army who will be wheeled
out a couple of times a year to
make sure they can still march.
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ing the reorganisation
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of the Army General
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RAINING
CHAMP:
Amir shows off
his Porsche.
Below, video

BOXER SPLASHES £2K
WATERPROOFING CAR
HE DRIVES IN DESERT!
BOXER Amir Khan has ■ by MATT ACTON
spent £2,000 waterproof- sunday@dailystar.co.uk
ing a supercar he drives
off his latest automotive
in a desert.
The ring king splashed out
£160,000 on a Porsche he
keeps at his luxury bolthole in
dry Dubai.
And he has had it wrapped
in a coating that repels water.
The former world champ
shared a video of a garage
worker demonstrating how
water beads off it.
Astonished Khan said in an
Instagram video: “Wow, it just
pours right off.”
But it could be money down
the drain as Dubai’s annual
rainfall is just 4in a year. His
home town of Bolton, Lancs,
gets 10 times as much.
The boxer-turned-reality TV
star has been happy to show

purchases on Instagram in
recent months.
Khan, who has not boxed
since July 2019, has an impressive collection of cars including a £271,000 Lamborghini
Aventador, a £233,000 RollsRoyce Phantom and a £65,000
Range Rover.
Last year, it was reported he
was seeking to add a RollsRoyce Cullinan SUV to his
collection – with a starting
price of £264,000.
Khan recently starred in
BBC reality TV show Meet The
Khans: Big In Bolton.
It followed the boxer’s home
life with wife Faryal Makhdoom
and their three children.
SEE
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21

‘The wildness of Jerry Lee Lewis’
BEAUTIFUL Barbi keeps
her curves looking ace by
playing tennis.
She caused quite a
racquet after revealing she
loves batting balls back

undies for Daily Star
Sunday readers.
and forth to keep fit. And
Barbi, 21, said: “I’m
the Barnsley beauty served loving tennis – and it’s
up a treat by stripping
good exercise… better
down to her racy red
than the gym.”

■ by ISOBEL DICKINSON

Bridgerton spins off A big screen reunion
on young Charlotte for Travolta and Willis
SAUCY period drama Bridgerton
is getting a spin-off series.
Netflix will focus on the
origins of Queen Charlotte –
played by Golda Rosheuvel,
right – and her love life before
she wed King George III.

HOLLYWOOD legends Bruce Willis and John
Travolta are reuniting on the big screen for
the first time in nearly 30 years.
Travolta, 67, and Willis, 66, who appeared
together in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 cult hit
Pulp Fiction, start filming crime action thriller
Paradise City in Hawaii tomorrow.

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CORONA CRISIS
■

CUDDLE
UP: Starsky
& Hutch actor
Antonio hugs
in New York

The end
for High
St giant
DEBENHAMS has
closed its doors for
the final time in its
243-year history.
The department
store shut its final 28
shops across the UK,
including Newcastle,
above, for good last
night after the
company collapsed.
The retailer has
suffered slumping
sales in recent years.
However, the
enforced closure of
sites during lockdown
was the final straw,
resulting in the
company falling into
administration within
weeks of the virus
hitting the UK.
The company then
started its liquidation
process at the start
of this year after
failing to secure a
rescue sale.
Debenhams, which
employed more than
20,000 people before
the pandemic, sold its
brand and website to
online giant Boohoo
for £55million in
January but
confirmed that its
bricks and mortar
business would close
for good.

Racers’
trial run
THOUSANDS of
runners did the hard
miles for a study into
how sports events
can be held again.
They took part in
socially distanced
and non-socially
distanced races to
compare data, with
crowds also split
along the same lines.
The 1,000 runners
in each of three 5K
events at Kempton
Park, Surrey, yesterday will help provide
information on Covid
transmission levels.
Sports minister
Nigel Huddleston
said it “will feed into
decisions and
hopefully see things
like the great London
Marathon return with
crowds”.

ANIMALS
EMBRACE
END OF RULE
SEE PAGES 18 & 19

HUGGY BEAR:
Many of us have
been lonely...it’s
more about who
you hug than how

■ by MIKE PARKER
sunday@dailystar.co.uk

AS millions of us brace to embrace loved
ones again, we found the perfect star to
show us hugsactly how to get to grips
with each other tomorrow.
Veteran Hollywood actor Antonio Fargas is best
known to fans round the world as Huggy Bear – his
iconic character from the classic 70s telly cop show
Starsky & Hutch.
Antonio loves the role so much, he’s been known
to leave tourists and locals feeling hugstatic with
cuddles, clinches, clasps and canoodles in New
York’s Times Square.
Few can resist the charms of the flamboyantly
dressed streetwise informant who became as
popular as main stars David Soul and Paul Michael
Glaser in the series.
Even at 74 he is still the world’s unofficial
hugster-in-chief, as you can see from our pictures.
Today he sends out a hug-hard-but-stay-safe
message to the whole country via his manager and
friend John Castonia. John told the Daily Star
Sunday: “He loves Britain and is grateful to have so
many fans there.
“It’s so sad that Covid has robbed
so many people of that human
touch that makes all the difference
in life. So many people have been
lonely that it’s not so much about
how you hug as who you hug.
“Antonio wouldn’t want
anyone to break their
‘bubbles’ or ignore local
restrictions. But where
it’s deemed OK to have
that first hug in a long
time, he’s happy people
will be reconnecting
at last.”
DAILY STAR SUNDAY
SAYS – PAGE 6

...BUT WHEN YOU CAN, EMBRACE HUGGY’S TOP TECHNIQUES*
The full
bear hug

ARMS outstretched,
then fully wrapped
around the upper
torso in a tight
embrace, this is the
one that says: “I’ve
missed you and I
never want to let you
go again.”

The
bear-ly
there
This is the “lighter”
version where you are
barely touching or
even “air-hugging” to
completely minimise
contact.

The good, The sneaky
the bad and snuggle
the snuggly
Where you can’t quite
get the hugging angle
right or bump arms
before locking into a
comfortable embrace.

Not for the faint of
heart, this is where
you “surprise” your
hugging partner by
sneaking up on them
from behind before
squeezing them.

*CHOOSE
WISELY:
FAMILY, OR
VACCINATED
PALS

Hug me
tender
Only for romantic
partners who have
been separated by
quarantine or for
some other reason.

The sweet
squeeze
A tame version of the
bear hug in which
you wrap your arms
only briefly around
your hugged one with
a quick firm-butgentle squeeze.
Perfect for distant
aunts, cousins and
in-laws.

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CORONA CRISIS

■

YOUR
LANDLORD
NEEDS YOU:
Pubs expect a
stampede

Easing of
lockdown
‘a worry’
MINISTERS are pushing
on with easing Covid
restrictions tomorrow,
despite concerns over
the Indian variant.
Scientists warned it
could be 50% more
transmissible than the
Kent variety.
Health minister
Edward Argar, top, said
yesterday the Government was acting “coolly”
and “calmly” in forging
ahead with step three of
ending lockdown.
The British Medical
Association said it is a
“real worry” while many
still await vaccination.
Prof Anthony Harnden
of the Joint Committee
on Vaccination and
Immunisation said our
jabs are “almost
certainly less effective”
against the variant.
Indian variant cases
rose from 520 to 1,313
this week in the UK.
Sir Mark Walport, of
Government scientific
advisors Sage, said the
race between the virus
and the vaccination
“has just intensified”.
The over-50s and
clinically vulnerable will
have their second jab
brought forward.

SEVEN
more people
have died after a
Covid-19 infection,
taking the total to
127,675 deaths.
There were also 2,027
new positive cases,
making the total
4,448,851.
■ by ISOBEL DICKINSON
isobel.dickinson@dailystar.co.uk

THIRSTY punters will drink
enough beer to fill Wembley
Stadium this summer, and pubs
are ready for a stampede when
they reopen indoors tomorrow.
Drinkers will shrug off showers to
stay warm inside and down 50million
pints a week in bars.
Adding in home boozing, Brits will
sup the 1,900million pints needed to
fill Wembley by the end of September.
Tomorrow will see millions of us
reunite indoors after weeks shivering
in beer gardens. A “grey army” of older
customers will also rush to pubs and

Do your duty tomorrow..
& support your local pub

restaurants after refusing to go earlier
because it was too cold to sit outside.
Seven million pints are set to be
downed tomorrow alone as landlords
toast a £200m spending spree.
Many bars will allow walk-in
customers, including Wetherspoon,

which is reopening 860 venues. Nick
Mackenzie, chief executive of Greene
King, said: “We’re really happy to have
people back and it’s an important step
towards rebuilding our business.”
UKHospitality’s Kate Nicholls said
reopening indoors is “a landmark”.

Restaurants, cinemas, theatres and
hotels will also reopen, while tourists
will head to green-list Portugal as
foreign travel restarts. Drinkers in
Northern Ireland will have to wait a bit
longer to sup inside – restrictions there
remain for another week.

Portugal
opens up
PORTUGAL’S tourism
minister Rita Marques
says “everything is
open” to UK tourists.
The country will
reopen its borders to
Brits tomorrow.
Ms Marques pledged
that “the experience will
be great”.

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Palace gets
a trunk call
Says

Grab that
moment...
IT’S now only a few hours to go
before we have official sanction to
hug our loved ones.
Thanks, Boris.
We get the feeling a lot of “illegal”
hugging has been going on out there.
But it’s good to know we finally have
ministerial permission from tomorrow.
And who better to give us a quick,
fun guide on how to do it than the great
Huggy Bear?
The Starsky & Hutch legend knows
how we’ve missed the human touch.
But you don’t have to be a Hollywood
superstar to get Huggy.
It was one of the cruellest everyday
restrictions of the lockdown.
The end of the ban is among the
most eagerly awaited changes.
As ever, there is a health warning.
There’s a danger we’ll all go a bit nuts
as old freedoms are restored.
Expect the cafés and pubs to be
packed as we get to drink indoors.
It might be sensible to restrict the
hugs to close family and friends who
have had their jabs.
Don’t be afraid to keep your distance
from strangers, and wear a mask if you
feel at all at risk.
The Indian variant is a concern and
other versions of the virus are sure to
raise their ugly heads.
We’ve nearly got the beating of
Covid, so why risk it all now?
In the meantime, try this: spread your
arms wide, approach your loved one,
and squeeze!
Now doesn’t that feel good?

UFOs truth
is coming
THE claims that UFOs actually exist
are growing louder.
Today we reveal that a former US
Navy pilot has given evidence that he
saw them almost daily for two years.
This isn’t some swivel-eyed loon from
the badlands of Dakota – he’s a highly
trained officer serving his country.
We have heard similar stories from
the likes of Nasa in the past.
And let’s not forget Paula from
Yorkshire, who told last week how she
has been abducted by aliens 52 times.
It’s obvious something is going on
and someone knows what it is.
For now, the truth is not out there.

Fan in flap
A WILDLIFE fan claims charts that
show female birds smaller than their
male counterparts are “sexist”.
That’s bound to ruffle a few feathers.

TUSK MASTER:
Sculptures

Pictures: PA / REUTERS / AVALON

■ by ISOBEL DICKINSON

THAT’S one jumbo traffic
jam! A herd of life-sized
elephant sculptures has
gone on display in front
of Buckingham Palace.
The 100 elephants on
CAMPAIGN:
the Mall were designed to
Joanna
promote humans and animals
living in harmony, a campaign
backed by Joanna Lumley.
Ruth Ganesh, of the Elephant
Family organisation, said we must
“co-exist with all the other beings
that make our world magical”.

LET’S TURN BACK TIME
WITH GODDESS OF POP

POP
er
goddess Cher
turns 75 this week
di It’s In
hits including
and still looks amazing.
His Kiss.
a truck driver with
Having chalked up a string
Cher
has sold
Armenian heritage.
of hits and movie roles, she
more than
Her mum Georgia,
now campaigns tirelessly for
100million records,
who is now 94, had
animals and you can see her TV
chalking up four UK
Cherokee Native
documentary Cher And The
No1s. Her 1998 hit
American ancestry.
Loneliest Elephant tonight at
Believe pioneered
Her mum divorced
7pm on Channel 5.
the
use of Auto-Tune
and married several
JAMES MOORE has 15
to distort her vocals.
times and moved
amazing facts about the
But she admits
around the country.
If I Could Turn Back
hating some of
Cher recalls having to
Time star...
her own music.
keep her shoes together
Her Oscarwith rubber bands and was
winning
briefly in an orphanage.
movie
career
has
She worked as a TV extra as a
included
roles
in flicks
child and left home aged 16,
such as The Witches Of
moving to Los Angeles in
Eastwick, Mask,
search of stardom.
Moonstruck, Mermaids,
After meeting Sonny
Mamma Mia! Here We
Bono she worked as
Go Again, and Burlesque.
a backing singer for
Since divorcing her second
his boss, producer Phil
husband Gregg Allman in 1979,
Spector, and released
Cher has dated a string of celebs
her first song Ringo, I
including Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise.
Love You under the
Famed for her natural beauty – and
name Bonnie Jo Mason.
later her cosmetic surgery – Cher
Many radio stations refused to
also has multiple tattoos. She
play it because of Cher’s deep
was diagnosed as dyslexic
voice and the track flopped.
as an adult and
But she found success after
suffered from chronic
teaming up with Sonny to sing
fatigue syndrome in
as Ceaser and Cleo, and later
the 90s.
as Sonny and Cher.
Cher owns a
She became Sonny’s lover
mansion in
and they enjoyed hits
Malibu
and is worth an
together like I Got You Babe.
estimated
£266million.
The pair officially wed in 1969.
She is mum to singer
They landed their own comedy
Elijah and Chaz, who
show in the 70s, best known for
came out as lesbian as a
Cher’s banter and wacky outfits.
teenager and has since
It continued to air after their
transitioned from female
rocky marriage ended in divorce in
to
male.
1975. Sonny tragically died in a
An animal lover,
1998 skiing accident.
Cher found her
A 1976 Cher doll was a huge
favourite cat – called Mr
hit, outselling Barbie. After
Big – under a truck. She
splitting from Sonny, Cher
founded the charity
landed a Las Vegas
Free The Wild to help
concert residency and
creatures in captivity.
went on to have solo

Born Cherilyn Sarkisian
in California on May 20,
11946,
her dad John was

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LUXURY TRIP: Johnson

Boris hols
price row

BORIS Johnson’s Caribbean break may have been
worth more than double
the £15,000 he declared.
The PM and fiancée
Carrie Symonds flew to
Mustique following the
Tories’ 2019 election win.
But a row erupted over
how exactly the trip to the
private isle was funded.
Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards
Kathryn Stone reportedly
believes the break was
worth more than twice the
declared amount.
She also said the bill was
not met by Tory donor
David Ross as the Prime
Minister has insisted.
No10 insists he “transparently declared the benefit
in kind”, and that Mr Ross
confirmed the declaration
is “correct”. Mr Johnson
also faces a probe into the
refurbishment of his flat.

SLEAZEE
PROBE

NAVY PILOT ‘SAW
UFOS EVERY
DAY’
(for TWO years!)
NAVY fighter pilots had ■ by MIKE PARKER
close
encounters
with sunday@dailystar.co.uk
UFOs “almost every day”
the release of the first official refor two years.
Lieutenant Ryan Graves, above,
says they all witnessed hundreds
of the strange objects in restricted
airspace.
The US Navy pilot makes his
bombshell revelation tonight in a
TV documentary, in which he
describes the objects seen between 2015 and 2017 as a threat
to US national security.
He said: “If these were tactical
jets from another country that
were hanging out up there, it
would be a massive issue.
“But because it looks slightly
different, we’re not willing to look
the problem in the face.
“We’re happy to just ignore the
fact that these are out there,
watching us every day.”
He warns of the sightings, over
Virginia Beach, Virginia, on the
CBS network’s show 60 Minutes.
It comes less than a month before

2

ACCUSED: Priti Patel

Patel PPE
‘pressure’

PRITI Patel has been
accused of breaching the
ministerial code by lobbying a minister over access
to a £20million PPE deal.
Labour has urged the
Cabinet Secretary to investigate the Home Secretary
over alleged efforts to sway
the awarding of a contract
after being approached by
a Tory activist.
Ms Patel reportedly tried
to pressure fellow minister
Michael Gove during
efforts to secure the contract for Pharmaceuticals
Direct Limited.
Health Secretary Matt
Hancock said the masks
were “not suitable for the
NHS”, according to disclosures in a legal case. But
PDL won a £102.7m contract to provide a different
type of mask soon after.
Ms Patel’s spokesman
said: “The Home Secretary
rightly followed up representations made to her
about vital supply of PPE.”

DAILY STAR SUNDAY, May 16, 2021

Demi wants
us to believe

POP superstar Demi Lovato is planning to prove to
the planet that we are not alone.
The 29-year-old alien “true believer” is
determined to find proof that Earth has not only
been visited by ET but that aliens also live here.
American singer Lovato has a documentary film
crew following her steps and aiding her collection
of evidence for a new unscripted series.
Publicity for the show Unidentified promises Demi
will “investigate eyewitness encounters, uncover
secret government reports and conduct tests at
known UFO hot spots”.

port on what the Pentagon calls
“unidentified aerial phenomena”.
That probe was sparked by
footage of a “swarm” of pyramidshaped objects flying above four
Navy destroyers near San Diego,
California, in 2019.
Luis Elizondo, a former US
Department of Defense official,
tells 60 Minutes that the Virginia
Beach UFOs appear to have “far
superior technology” to anything
known to America or hostile
nations like China and Russia.
He claimed: “Imagine a technology that can fly 13,000 miles
an hour, that can evade radar and
can fly through air and water.
“And has no obvious signs of
propulsion, no wings – and yet
can still defy... the Earth’s gravity.
That’s what we’re seeing.”
DAILY STAR SUNDAY SAYS
– PAGE 6

China lands on Mars

CHINA yesterday managed
to land a spacecraft on
Mars for the first time.
A rover vehicle will stay in
the lander for several days
of tests before rolling down
a ramp to explore an area of
the Red Planet known as
Utopia Planitia.
The official Xinhua News

■ by FELICITY CROSS

Agency said: “China has left
a footprint on Mars for the
first time, an important step
for our country’s space
exploration.”
The rover joins a Nasa
probe that landed on Mars
in February.

7

8

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DAILY STAR SUNDAY, May 16, 2021

No.1 FOR TELLY + No.1 FOR TELLY

SHAUN QUESTIONS TV’S
‘BIG BOSOM’ FIXATION

WHIFF: Recording studio

Not Abbey
with pongs
and songs
THE famous Abbey Road
Studios were plagued by a
foul smell for a year while a
Beatles album was being
worked on.
Giles Martin – son of Fab
Four producer Sir George
– said at first he thought it
was because his dog had
pooped on the floor.
But after 12 months of
the stench, he realised his
room was linked to the airconditioning coming from
the toilets in the recording
facility in north London.
Giles was following in
his father’s footsteps by
working on 2006 Beatles
remix album Love.
He told the Rockonteurs
podcast his dog Stanley
“unfortunately did a massive dump on the studio
floor just as I moved in”.
He added: “There was
this terrible smell and I felt
so bad about it because I
thought it was Stan.
“But my room had the
air-conditioning feed from
the gentlemen’s bog.
“So whenever anyone
had a heavy movement
next door it would appear
in the studio.”

Justice is
so sweet
■ by SARA NICHOL

A DRUG dealer “rippedoff” partygoers by selling
them sugar instead of
ecstasy.
Joshua Kanda, 26, twice
tricked clubbers into thinking the sucrose was the
class A drug.
He made £60 from the
scam. But he was rumbled
when the powder was tested by police, who had been
watching him. They also
spotted him supplying
cannabis to two people.
Kanda admitted two
counts of fraud and two of
supplying a class B drug in
Newcastle in 2018. He was
given a 12-month community order and two-month
curfew by city magistrates.
Michael Crowe, defending, said: “Essentially, he’s
ripped-off some partygoers by getting them to buy
MDMA and then he’s
handed them sugar.”

1,000 CATS V RATS

AN animal shelter has let
more than 1,000 feral cats
run loose on the streets to
tackle a huge rat infestation in Chicago, USA.

■

FEARS:
Shaun is
concerned for
mental health
of reality stars

fame goes off, they spend a
QUIZZER Shaun Wallace has
■ by ED GLEAVE
lifetime trying to switch it back
claimed TV bosses are too
on. That’s when they feel they
Island have taken their own
obsessed with boobs.
have been used and discarded.
lives after struggling to cope
The star of The Chase, 60,
“Sadly, you see one or two
with the downsides of fame.
is fed up that they don’t focus
Shaun said: “You have the old people taking their own life
on finding people with talent
because of it.”
adage that everybody has 15
instead.
He added: “I am all for people
minutes of fame.
He said: “TV executives… all
having an opportunity. It’s a
“Some people on the reality
they are interested in is trying to
make a very popular show, very TV gravy train think the lights of fantastic opportunity to be in
the public eye. But some
quickly. They are only interested fame and fortune are going to
people let it go to their heads
in people who look pretty, have last forever. When the light of
and think it’s going to
pearly white teeth, big
last forever.
bosoms, you name it.
“When it doesn’t,
“The people they
it’s devastating when
want might not have
they try to recapture
the necessary talent,
something.”
but they have the
Shaun has been
following which the
on The Chase for 12
media executives
years and is a TV
hope will attract
regular, but insists
viewers.”
he won’t be doing
Shaun fears reality
lots of reality shows.
TV is too dangerous
He said: “I’m not
for many of the
really a reality type of
wannabes who are
guy. I would never go on
picked by execs.
I’m A Celebrity because
In recent years, two
I still practise law.”
contestants from Love
TALENT: Bradley Walsh and the Chasers

Ant fires back
in pest rumpus

■ by NATASHA RIGLER
sunday@dailystar.co.uk

TELLY tough guy Ant Middleton
has spoken out about claims
he made “lewd and suggestive
comments” to women on the set
of SAS: Who Dares Wins.
Ant, 40, has insisted it is “not in his
nature” to behave in an inappropriate
way towards females – even when he is
“drunk as a skunk”.
The former special forces sniper has
also hit out at what he sees as a “victim
mentality”.
Speaking on a podcast, Ant said: “I
can get as drunk as a skunk and that’s
not in my nature, that’s not who I am.
“My family knows that and my wife
knows that. I’m more of a boys’ boy –
let’s f*** off the chicks and go and have a
drink with the lads.
“It makes me realise how this victim
mentality is really taking over.
“My career could be cancelled if I
wasn’t who I am. I’m too far gone and
too long in the tooth now to be completely cancelled.” In March, reports

‘I’M ALWAYS SUPER
NICE.. EVEN IF I’M
DRUNK AS SKUNK’

claimed that as many as four women
had raised formal concerns about Ant’s
alleged conduct on set.
One female contestant from a past
series has even claimed he told her in
jest that he wanted to have sex with her.
Channel 4 axed him from the show
and said it “will not be working with him
again” after the reports surfaced.
The dad of five has strenuously
denied the allegations. But his wife
Emilie has grilled him about them.
Ant added: “It’s like, ‘Who did you
make a suggestive comment to?’ I’m
like, ‘Emilie, go back to who I am. When

you first met me and I was drunk, have I
ever been sleazy?’ No. Am I super
polite? Yes, I am.”
Ant, who says he is moving to
Australia to escape the “pretentious”
UK, added: “When all this came up, I
just took it with a pinch of salt because
it’s, ‘He said, she said’.
“I’m like, ‘Who’s made these complaints?’ ‘Well, they heard you
saying…’ ‘Has it come direct
from the complainant?’ ‘No,
no, no, it’s come from a
crew member’. I’m just like,
‘Get over yourself’.”

■

DENIAL:
Ant insists
he has not been
inappropriate
towards women

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DAILY STAR SUNDAY, May 16, 2021

9

No.1 FOR TELLY + No.1 FOR TELLY

HYACINTH
BUCKET’S
GAY SLUR
WARNING
30yrs after show first aired
GENTLE comedy Keeping Up
Appearances has been hit with a
content warning over a gay joke.

W E L L,
HOW DARE
THEY!
■

BUCKET
TWIST:
Show has been
given a content
warning

Viewers tuning in to watch are told the
family programme “contains language and
attitudes of the era that may offend”.
The popular BBC series ran for five
seasons in the 1990s.
It followed the lives of snooty Hyacinth
Bucket, played by Patricia Routledge, and
her downtrodden husband Richard – actor
Clive Swift.
In one episode, Hyacinth and Richard
spend a weekend at her rich sister and
brother-in-law’s country cottage.
When they encounter a posh local,
Hyacinth tells Richard the man is “quent” – a
word for people who speak well, short for
eloquent – and as “quent as a £4 note”.
In another episode, several characters
make fun of a Polish person’s name and
question his right to live in the UK.
The series is being re-run on BritBox, the
BBC’s streaming service for classic shows.
A spokesman for the channel said: “We
review and refresh BritBox’s programme
catalogue on an ongoing basis.
“Programming on the service that
contains potentially sensitive language or
attitudes of their era has carried appropriate
warnings since our launch in November
2019, to ensure the right guidance is in place
for viewers who are choosing to watch on
demand.” Last week it was revealed that The

EXCLUSIVE
■ by MATT ACTON sunday@dailystar.co.uk

Good Life has also been hit with a BritBox
warning – over an apron.
The tame comedy, which ran for four
series in the 70s, followed the fortunes of
Tom and Barbara Good – played by Richard
Briers and Felicity Kendal – as they attempted a self-sufficient life in suburbia.
BritBox chiefs slapped a warning on an
episode in season four called Away From It
All. The action shows the Goods’ neighbour
Margo Leadbetter – Penelope Keith – and
husband Jerry, played by Paul Eddington,
taking over Tom and Barbara’s chores after
sending them away on a break.
One scene shows Margo preparing food
wearing an apron featuring Golly from
marmalade and jam firm Robertson’s.
Viewers using the service are told the
episode “contains offensive racial imagery”.
Robertson’s customers used to be able to
collect tokens on jars of fruit preserves for
Golly merchandise, and 20million Golly
dolls were sent out.
But in 1983, the now-defunct Greater
London Council voted to boycott
Robertson’s products, saying they were
offensive. Five years later, Golly disappeared
from TV advertising.

Saucy version of Midwife? Be rude not to
CALL The Midwife’s creator
says she might write some
saucy “fan fiction” based on
the show.
Screenwriter Heidi
Thomas, 58, said she had
read some of the X-rated
versions of the genteel
series that amateur writers
have shared online.
They even include her
husband, actor Stephen
McGann, 58, who plays Dr
Turner in the BBC period

■ EXCLUSIVE
by FELICITY CROSS

drama. And she joked the
raunchy stories were so
good that she might have to
add her own.
Heidi said: “There is Call
The Midwife fan fiction and
my husband is in it.
“I think I might have
become the sort of person
who writes fan fiction, as
there are these whole

worlds on the internet
now where people who
really love a television
programme create
fantasy spin-off stories
and exchange them.”
The long-running show
follows a group of midwives
working in London.
The first series was set in
1957 and the storyline has
moved through the years,
taking in cultural and social
changes. Series 10, which is

being screened on Sunday
nights, is set in 1966.
Viewers will see Helen
George’s character Trixie
begin work at a posh clinic
as the midwives are drawn
into private healthcare.
But Heidi said she will not
necessarily include sex
scenes to reflect more
progressive times.
She said: “We operate
within the bounds of taste
and decency.”

BOOK CLUB: Marcus

Rashford’s
booked for
home run

MARCUS Rashford has
launched an initiative to
ensure every child has
access to their own book
at home.
WHSmith shops will act
as donation points, with
funds going to the National
Literacy Trust reading
charity.
The National Literacy
Trust will distribute the
books to “tackle literacy
issues in communities at a
local level across the UK”.
Rashford said: “Enjoying
reading can’t just be a privilege – all children should
be able to access books, no
matter their background.
“Having good literacy
skills supports children to
succeed in life and everyone should have the
opportunity to discover a
love of reading.
“This last year has shown
us just what we can achieve
when we work together.
“By joining forces with
WHSmith and the National
Literacy Trust we are
giving everyone the best
opportunity to get involved
in supporting getting every
child reading.”

Spacey sex
case halted
KEVIN Spacey’s sexual
assault lawsuit is set to be
dismissed after his anonymous accuser refused to
reveal his identity.
Earlier this month, US
District
Judge
Lewis
Kaplan ruled that the male
source known as “CD”
must publicly confirm his
identity for the case to proceed. On Thursday, his
lawyers said he would not.
He accused Spacey of
sexually assaulting him
when he was 14 and filed
his lawsuit against the
actor in September alongside Anthony Rapp.
His attorneys wrote: “CD
believes he is unable to
withstand the scrutiny and
intrusion into his life if his
identity is revealed.”
But the judge ruled: “CD
seeks
$40million
in
damages.
He
makes
serious charges and, as a
result, has put his
credibility in issue.”

SHARK SHOCKS
POSH JOB: Helen George

SCIENTISTS tracking a 6ft
shark were shocked to see it
on a main road, until they
realised a beach visitor in
Australia had its GPS tag.

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FOOTIE HOST: Scott

Focus now
on Alex in
historic job

ALEX Scott has been
named as the new host of
the BBC’s Football Focus –
the show’s first permanent
female anchor in its 47year history.
The former Arsenal and
England star will take over
from Dan Walker, who is
stepping down after 12
years at the helm.
The 36-year-old fullback made more than 200
club appearances during
her playing career, earned
140 caps for her country
and represented Great
Britain at the 2012 London
Olympics.
Announcing her new
appointment in a column
for BBC Sport, she wrote:
“When I was a kid, I would
never have thought someone like me could be presenting a programme
like Football Focus.
“For the BBC to trust
me and allow me to
be my true, authentic
self means a lot.”
She said she had
received
“amazing
messages” from fans and
former Football Focus
presenter Bob Wilson.

SNAP!
Brother & sister redo
family pics 40 years on

Watch out ■
for anxiety
CHECK your watch tomorrow if you’re feeling the
Monday morning stress –
chances are it will be close
to 11.14am.
Researchers found this is
the time on the first day of
the week when people feel
most wound up by the
pressures of life.
A poll found people in
the West Midlands and
North West feel the most
stressed.
And those in the North
East are the most chilled.
Many frazzled workers
say they find exercise helps
them unwind, but one in
six admit turning to booze.
Dr Miriam Ferrer of
FutureYou Cambridge, behind the poll, said: “Feelings of stress come and go
and are a part of day-today life, but for some it can
be much more severe. It’s
important that if this is the
case people know where to
get help such as helplines.”

NOOKIE BEARS

BROWN bears that jig
about and rub against trees
have more sex and produce larger families, says a
study in Alberta, Canada.

MIMICS:
Louise and
Ben, and the
painstakingly
recreated shots

Louise Summers donned
pigtails and Ben Wheeler
smeared his face in ice cream
to mimic childhood snaps as a
60th birthday surprise for their
mum Helen Wheeler.
They scoured eBay and
charity stores to find the props
and costumes needed.
Louise, 44, said: “Our
budget was less than £30,

including printing. For the
brown background [pictured
top], I found a brown tablecloth and pinned it behind us.
“We had a month to get
everything, then take all the
photos in one day – changing
in and out of different clothes.
“When we gave it to Mum,
she cried tears of laughter.”
Mechanic Ben, 42, added:

“For the re-creations I even
wore one of my sister’s
T-shirts, to make it look small
and tight.”
Louise recently shared
the whole photoshoot on her
Facebook page.
Mum Helen said: “It’s a
present I will really treasure.”
The family, from Bristol,
have now inspired a host of
copycats as Facebook users
pledge to create versions of
their own snaps.

Pictures:
PA REAL LIFE

THESE siblings turned ■ by ROSS KANIUK
back time to recreate sunday@dailystar.co.uk
40-year-old family snaps.

SS1ST

MISSING: Madeleine

Fresh fears
for Maddie
POLICE say they are convinced Madeleine McCann
was killed in Portugal.
Officers had thought
suspect Christian Brueckner may have taken her to
his native Germany from
Praia da Luz, where she
vanished on May 3, 2007.
But German prosecutor
Hans Christian Wolters
says his country’s police
believe Maddie, who would
now be 18, died in Portugal.
Asked where he thought
she was killed, he said: “In
Portugal. I am optimistic
we will solve this case.”
Paedophile Brueckner,
44, is serving seven years
for the rape of a woman in
the Algarve in 2005.
German authorities say
he is the prime suspect in
Maddie’s case, but he
denies involvement.
British police consider
Maddie a missing person.

JOE EXOTIC: I’VE
GOT CANCER SO
LET
ME
GO
FREE
Sick Tiger King star in new plea for a pardon

‘DON’T PITY ME’: Joe. Below, tweet

JAILED Tiger King Joe Exotic has
revealed he has prostate cancer
and wants to be freed to fight it.
The Netflix star, 58, tweeted his
diagnosis from behind bars and said he
was waiting for further tests.
He told fans: “My body is tired, I have
lost a tremendous amount of weight, the
mouth sores are out of control, I throw up
more than I eat.”
He pleaded with US officials to work
with his lawyer John Phillips to release
him so he can fight the cancer.
The former zoo owner, who shot to
fame in the 2020 Netflix
docu-

BAGPIPES have
been labelled an
instrument of war.
In 1746, England
beat the Jacobites
at the Battle of
Culloden then put a
handful of prisoners
of war on trial.
Scotsman James
Reid argued his
innocence based
on him carrying
bagpipes, not arms.
But the judge said
a Highland regiment
always marched with
a piper, so they’re an
instrument of war.

POLICE took three hours
to catch a Taser-dodging
zebra which escaped from
a livestock auction in
Cookeville, Tennessee.

■ by JACK WEATHERILL
sunday@dailystar.co.uk

mentary series, claims that he was wrongly convicted and is the victim of “a conspiracy”. He failed in a previous plea for a
pardon to then-president Donald Trump.
In his latest tweet Exotic said: “I don’t
want anyone’s pity, what I need is when
John Phillips gets the evidence he is
working on, I need the world to
help him get President Biden,
VP Harris and the Attorney
General to listen to the evidence and see that it’s not just
city cops out of control with

corruption, but his very own Department
of Justice. And make this right, and sign
that pardon that Trump left behind, so I
can go home and get proper medical care
and proper food.”
Exotic thanked his supporters and finished his tweets with “wish me luck” and
the hashtag “justice for Joe Exotic”.
The controversial TV star – whose real
name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage – is

serving a 22-year sentence in Texas for
plotting to kill big cat rival Carole Baskin.
He was also convicted of falsifying
wildlife records and violating the
Endangered Species Act by killing five tigers and selling others across state lines.
He is due for release in 2037.
Exotic said he intended to use his “new
platform to speak for justice and prison
reform and speak for the thousands of
men and women in this
country who have been
wrongfully convicted or
over-sentenced in this
country for simply no reason other than for profit”.

Twitchers in flap over
‘sexist’ RSPB posters

BAGPIPES
CLASSED
AS WAR
WEAPON

COPS’ TASER EVADER

DAILY STAR SUNDAY, May 16, 2021 11

fair point and we must
A CHARITY has vowed to
■ by ISOBEL DICKINSON
do better.
change its posters after
“We’re pleased Myaeagle-eyed birders claimed often posters up to help
you with bird ID.
Rose brought this to our
they were sexist.
“But why are the female
attention and will be
The Royal Society for the
birds always shown as a
reviewing these posters
Protection of Birds has
smaller picture insert?
with our team internally.”
said it will update the
#sexisminbirding? We need
Mya-Rose’s comment on
illustrations given out to
a
revolution.”
Twitter attracted hundreds
ornithologists.
The Daily Star Sunday
of comments from fellow
The RSPB was dragged
contacted the RSPB –
enthusiasts.
into the sexism row
which has now promised
One said: “This is such a
yesterday after one
to address the issue
great point to raise.”
birdwatcher questioned
and “do better”. A spokes- DAILY STAR SUNDAY SAYS
why they used smaller
man told us: “It is a
pictures to identify
– PAGE 6
female birds.
Their posters are
given out in hides so
that ornithologists,
nicknamed twitchers,
A PEREGRINE falcon is thought to
can identify the species
have been shot dead near the Prime
they are looking at.
Minister’s home in Downing Street,
But one birdwatcher
prompting an investigation.
and naturalist, who
The Metropolitan Police’s wildlife
goes by the name Dr
crime unit are looking into its death as
Mya-Rose Birdgirl
wild birds are protected by law.
Craig, said: “If you
The bird of prey was found with a
aren’t into nature, you
blood spot on its abdomen, leading
won’t know that when
officers to believe it may have been
you go into bird watchshot with an air rifle.
ing hides there are

BIRD KILLER HUNTED

■

UNFAIR:
Mya-Rose
Craig hit out at
way female birds
were sidelined

12

SS1ST

DAILY STAR SUNDAY, May 16, 2021

NAME GAME: Gallagher

Why rocker
Noel never
liked Oasis
NOEL Gallagher says he
never liked his band being
called Oasis.
The music star told how
they were almost called
The Sons Of The Stage –
after a song his brother
Liam later ended up
covering.
Noel, 53, said: “Right at
the very beginning, I think
before Supersonic came
out, there was a point for
about a week where we
were going to have to
change our name
because somebody
thought the name
was already taken.
“I think we
were going to call
ourselves
The
Sons Of The
Stage, after a
song by World Of
Twist.”
On his friend
Matt Morgan’s podcast, Gallagher said he
didn’t like the name Oasis
– but the band already had
the moniker before he
joined them.
But he added: “A name’s
a name and they’re all s**t
at the end of the day.”

Sandwich
beats sex
WOMEN would prefer to
tuck into a tasty sandwich
than have sex.
In a survey, almost half
of Brits said they couldn’t
live without sarnies.
And women are the biggest fans, with 15% preferring a butty to a bonk.
Just 7% of men said they
would give up nookie for a
sarnie, but a quarter would
quit the pub.
And 20% of Millennials
said they would shun going
on a date in favour of a
good sandwich.
The survey was carried
out for National Sandwich
Week – which starts today
– by the condiments
company Vadasz.
Jim Winship, of The
British Sandwich & Food
To Go Association, said:
“While I was aware that
sandwiches were Britain’s
favourite food by some
way, I was not aware that
they were so orgasmic.”

HERE OF THE DOG
A SUSPECT in an £870,000
German fraud case faked
her death but was nabbed
in Majorca after cops tailed
a man walking her poodle.

Garden
treads
fashion
failure

FASHION firm Dolce &
Gabbana may be finding
its latest summer sandals
really turf to shift.
A pair of sliders covered
in fake grass and blooms
were originally £911 on
one website.
But the retailer had
shovelled them into the
bargain bin at “just” £367.
A similar pair of sandals
on the site were reduced
from £799 to £359.
An industry insider said:
“Fashion designers love to
be first with a new look or
something that hasn’t

■ by ISOBEL DICKINSON

been seen before. But
we’re not sure people will
be green with envy when
they see you in these.”
It is the latest lockdown
crime against fashion.
We have already told
how double denim is
making a comeback.
The 90s fashion faux
pas was loved by celebs
like George Michael
and the band
B*Witched.
And
huge

80s-style shoulder-pad
jackets have returned,
along with the fashion
crime of wearing socks
under sandals.
Flares are making a
return too, along with a
string of other dodgy
looks including the mullet
hairstyle and the
so-called Farrah fringe.
It was sported by
Charlie’s Angels actress
Farrah Fawcett
back in
the 70s.
MOW NO: Advert for grass shoes

DELIVER-OW!
Takeaway couriers thumped,
robbed & groped on the job
DELIVEROO workers have ■ by MATT DAVIS
faced shocking abuse while sunday@dailystar.co.uk
dropping off takeaways.
They have been robbed, assaulted, racially abused and subjected
to sexual harassment.
Police files also revealed other
incidents where riders were threatened with knives, robbed of bikes
and had bags snatched.
The survey uncovered more
than 250 crimes reported by
Deliveroo workers in the last year.
It is feared the true tally could be
even worse as some police forces
were unable to locate crime data
requested under Freedom of
Information laws.
Dorset police had a case where a
Deliveroo driver was attacked by a
motorist following a heated row
about parking.
In another incident a knife was

used to threaten a rider into handing over their bicycle.
In West Yorkshire, a fight broke
out between a Deliveroo courier
and a restaurant worker in a row
over delays to orders. It ended with
punches being thrown.
In Surrey, a Deliveroo driver had
a motorist pull alongside before
making a gun gesture at him while
saying: “Immigrants like you
should be dead”.
Officers in the City of London recorded an incident where a rider
was set upon by youths who stole
his bike. In a separate attack a delivery bag was cut off a bike and
then stolen.
Warwickshire police had a case
where a customer grabbed a

Deliveroo driver’s bag and refused
to give it back, threatening to throw
drinks on the employee as well as
subjecting them to racist abuse.
While Cheshire police had a report of a Deliveroo employee who
had to fend off unwanted sexual
advances from a customer.
The driver was told he “smelled
nice” and was asked “What aftershave do you use?” as the householder tried to cuddle them.
Police also revealed a string of
incidents where orders were made
using stolen bank cards.
One crook in North Yorkshire
even demanded a refund, claiming
their meal was “ not edible”.
A Deliveroo spokesman said:
“The safety of riders is our absolute
priority and we take our responsibility to rider safety extremely
seriously.”

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BINMENS’
TRASHY
NOVELS
PEOPLE are just
amazing, aren’t they?
And so creative.
I read about some
binmen in Turkey who
set up their own library
with more than 6,000
books salvaged from
the rubbish.
I hope they cleaned
them before they hit
the shelves.
Sounds like they did,
as the library has a
lounge for readers and
even a chessboard.
Some of the books’
final pages are missing,
so readers must draw
their own conclusions!
Even more important
than cleanliness in a
library is silence.
I once asked for a
burger and chips in my
local one.
The librarian said:
“This is a library!”
So I whispered: “Can
I have a burger and
chips?”

LEGO IS
OH TOE
PAINFUL
LEGO slippers are a
thing! Who knew?
I’m all for anything
that saves your
tootsies from those
plastic torture
instruments.
If only it was like
being online and I
could just block them.
My issues with LEGO
began when I was a
kid and stood on a
piece – I ended up
needing plastic
surgery.
But when I turned
40 I thought I’d relive
my youth, so I bought
a Star Wars kit which
said +3 years on
the box.
I had the last laugh
when I finished it in just
18 months.
I noticed that
Captain America, The
Hulk, Thor and Iron
Man all got LEGO sets
recently. Avengers,
assemble!

Pat Sharp

DAILY STAR SUNDAY, May 16, 2021 13

@mrpatsharp

CUT OUT THE DOOM AND GLOOM

Today’s kids are
just bird brains

THEY say you know you’re old that’s not for me as I actually had a little radio station jingles on various cassettes. I
a ays say it p
alw
always
paid off, though, as
when you have no idea what the bump when I was a train driver.
w n I eventually
whe
e
when
became a
ord.
I was left with a bad track record.
youth are up to.

But all things considered, I don’t
So it was a real boost to hear these days
they’re stamp-collecting, birdwatching and think I’d be that cool these days.
Don’t laugh, but my hobby as a
trainspotting.
teenager was collecting differentt
Your bifocals don’t deceive you!
A study found six in 10 of our 16 to
29-year-olds have swapped their
phones and computers to focus on
hobbies of yesteryear.
So I feel this is now a safe space to
ask: Did you know that the study of
postage stamps is actually called
philately?
Which reminds me, I really must
call my old friend as I haven’t seen
Phil lately.
I’ve never been birdwatching
myself, but I hear it’s fun to do with a
friend as toucan play that game. As
for trainspotters, I already know

Gym freaks
are really
in the pink

PINK drinks can help
h l yo
you run faster
and further.
It’s true! The boffins have found the
added colouring boosts performance
by more than 4% thanks to the
“feelgood” effect.
This is just what I need as an
incentive to get me back into training.
It might also prove handy for the
gym users who try to park closest to
the entrance so they don’t have to
walk so far!
I actually called a new gym
yesterday and asked if they could
teach me gymnastics so I could
learn some cool moves.
The girl asked if I was flexible.
I said: “Yes, fairly, but I can’t do
Thursdays.”
The reason I quit my old
place was because I forgot to
post my selfie on Facebook,
so that whole workout was a
complete waste of time.
But I have been getting out
and pounding the pavements
instead. I ran three miles this
morning!
I thought that ice-cream
van would never stop.

D it meant
m
DJ
it all felt totally
n u
nat
natural.
A
Another
totally
na
natural
lad is Jack
W
Whitehall,
left, whose
sk
skilful
hosting of the
BR
BRITs
we all enjoyed
th
h week.
this
H also got an odd
He’s
hob – did you know
ho
hobby
he can reel off fact after
he
fac about
abou emus?
fact
So I don’t think it’s too much
of a leap to say I’d love to see The
Wurzels make a comeback for next
year so they can win a BRIT.
I reckon Jack would love that.
And I’m sure you’ll remember they
were outstanding in their field.

Phil’s in
the hair
tonight
I WAS excited to hear
Phil Collins is due to
play various venues
this September.
I once sat on a
bench and had a chat
with Phil and the
Genesis boys at the
Montreux Pop
Festival back in ’86.
They were clearly
only there for the hits
and giggles.
I can’t judge really
– I’m no singer.
When I sang in
church, 200 people
changed religion.
I haven’t even been
able to win over
Monica. I thought she
was joking when she
said she’d leave me if
I didn’t stop singing
I’m A Believer. Then I
saw her face.
But I carry on
regardless... Against
All Odds!

Mullet

IT was moving
enough seeing all the
amazing key workers in the
crowd at the BRITs, but I felt
especially emotional as I was
fresh from my second jab.
What an incredible job these
people have done for us.
I had to laugh, though; the chap
who gave me my injection said:
“Just a sharp prick.”
I replied: “Ah, you’ve read my
column then!”

Wed alert
for stags

I KNOW one of the
areas hit hardest by
lockdown restrictions
has been weddings.
It will be nice to see
Facebook full of snaps of
happy days and hen parties again.
I always find it funny how these
bachelor bashes for men and
women differ.
For the girls it’s pampering,
precious memories and pressies.
For the stag it’s more a case of,
“I suggest we have a drink before
we go out drinking” and, “All you
need to bring is your passport,
toothbrush and flameproof boxers”.
And for both it’s, “May all your
regrettable activities occur off
camera”.

over...

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DAILY STAR SUNDAY, May 16, 2021

Not fun-Pact for Ed

★

EDDIE Marsan didn’t see much of
Wales while making The Pact.
The Hollywood star was confined to
his hotel room when he wasn’t filming.
He said: “It was during lockdown so
we had very strict Covid rules. I really
didn’t get to see much of Cardiff.
“I wasn’t allowed out of my room
[or] to go to restaurants. I could only
order takeaway. The countryside that
we filmed in was beautiful.
eautiful.
It’s a lovely place.”
It still sounds more
re
exciting than what
most of us did
during lockdown!
Eddie plays Arwell
in the BBC One
drama, starting
tomorrow at 9pm.

SOFA SQUIRM FOR INNOCENT LOVERS
JAMIE Bamber and
Priyanga Burford
★
could be hiding behind
the sofa when the new
series of Innocent airs
this week.
They shot a sex scene
for the drama and are
already cringing at the
thought of watching it
with their loved ones.
Priyanga said: “I’d be
lying if I said it was
totally cool.
“When you watch this
sort of thing with your
nearest and dearest, it is
a bit weird. But it’s part

of the job.” Jamie added:
“I have three teenage
daughters, so whenever
anything like this airs
it does inevitably
get awkward.
“It ends up with
pillows being thrown
at me.
“But it’s not done for
the sake of it. This sex
scene is serving a
purpose. It moves the
story along and tells you
something about the
characters.”
Innocent starts
tomorrow at 9pm on ITV.

Worried Ranj ready
to Singh heart out

★

RANJ Singh is terrified about swapping the surgery for the stage. The TV
doctor will be treading the boards in the
West End with his own show next month.
And he is hoping he can belt out the
tunes as well as he does in the shower.
Ranj said: “I have loved singing since I
was a kid, and it’s something I’ve done
quite a lot socially.
“I’ve been in choirs in the past, but
singing at home or in the shower or with
your mates at karaoke is very different to
singing on stage. I am pushing myself out
of my comfort zone.”
Ranj got in some practice earlier
this year when he sang a track
from Moulin Rouge on ITV’s All
Star Musicals.
He said: “It was a big deal
for me. But I did it and I loved
it, it was the best
experience.”
The doc’s show Scrubs
To Sparkles, which is
raising cash for the
Make A Difference
Trust, is at the Garrick
Theatre on June 15.
Special guests will
include Janette
Manrara from Strictly,
The Chase’s Jenny Ryan
and Steps’ Faye Tozer.

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DAILY STAR SUNDAY, May 16, 2021 15

ALL THE TOP
TELLY NEWS
edward.gleave@dailystar.co.uk

Deirdre &
Mike fling
top of Corr
blimey list

FANS RATE TV MEMORIES

DEIRDRE Barlow and Mike Bald- in 1989, and Bet Lynch’s return to the
win’s affair has been voted the street in 2002.
And some recent storylines also made
best Corrie storyline ever.

Mega Maura has
eyes on the prize
★

MAURA Higgins is on track to be one of Love
Island’s biggest success stories.
The newly single Irish minx has become a household
name since her villa stint in 2019.
Maura has chalked up a string of high-profile TV
appearances including Dancing On Ice and The Wheel.
And she signed a big-money deal to front a beauty line
for Inglot Cosmetics.
If they make you look this gorgeous, even I might
give them a try.
An industry insider said: “Maura’s career is going
from strength to strength. Her ballsy persona has
struck a chord with the public.
“Lots of people come away from Love Island
and try to carve out a career in showbiz, but
most of them disappear within months.”
Check out the Inglot x Maura
Elements Collection at inglot.
co.uk and boots.com.

Thousands of fans still remember it, 38
years after it aired.
The saga ran for months and had the
whole nation gripped.
When their fling was finally exposed
and Deirdre picked Ken (William Roach),
the show enjoyed bumper ratings.
The twist was even announced at a
Manchester United match, with the news
greeted by cheers from the crowd.
Anne Kirkbride, who played Deirdre,
died in 2015. Johnny Briggs, who was
Mike, passed away earlier this year.
But the poll, by experts at 72point,
proves the pair are still favourites among
Corrie viewers.
Other memorable moments that
racked up votes include
Alan Bradley’s death
under a Blackpool tram

the top 10.
They include the heartbreaking death
of terminally ill Hayley Cropper (Julie
Hesmondhalgh) in 2014.
Fans wept as the much-loved character
ended her own life with the help of doting
husband Roy (David Neilson).
Another recent plot that pulled in votes
was Pat Phelan’s reign of terror.
The villain, played by Connor McIntyre,
committed a string of murders before
being killed off in 2018.
Corrie has kept the nation entertained
for more than six decades.
At its peak, each episode was pulling in
more than 26.9million viewers.
Even now, it is still TV’s top soap and
regularly racks up six million viewers –
far more than rivals Emmerdale and
EastEnders.

TOP 10 TIMES SOAP
GOT US IN A LATHER

1. Deirdre Barlow and Mike
Baldwin’s affair exposed
2. Alan Bradley killed by a
tram in Blackpool
3. Brian Tilsley stabbed to
death outside a nightclub
4. Tram crash during live
episode for 50th anniversary
5. Richard Hillman drives into
the canal
6. Bet Lynch returns
7. Deirdre jailed
8. Roy Cropper helps his wife
Hayley to die
9. Pat Phelan’s reign of terror
10. Vera Duckworth catches
hubby Jack signing up for a
dating agency

16

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DAILY STAR SUNDAY, May 16, 2021

A hole lot Surf hot shots make
of thefts... a splash with judges

A BAKERY burglar was
caught after owners Karen
and Eric Krieg made biscuits showing him in CCTV
snaps in Milwaukee, US.

■ by ISOBEL DICKINSON
isobel.dickinson@dailystar.co.uk

over him. Piotr Parzybok’s
stunning aerial shot titled
Electric shows a single
surfer paddling through
the waves.
It was taken off Main
Beach on Stradbroke
Island, Queensland.
Eden Pogonoski’s shot
The Sinking Feeling shows
an apparently tiny surfer
jumping over the waves
in Wollongong, New
South Wales.

MEDIA
DRUM

CROOKIE COOKIES

THESE incredible snaps
have been making waves
in a global photography
competition.
The stunning shots were
all featured in the 2021
Nikon Surf Photo of the
Year Awards.
Stu Gibson’s winning
image Free Fall was taken
off the coast of Shipstern
Bluff in Southern
Tasmania, Australia.
He captured Tyler
Hollmer-Cross cruising
through the steel-blue
waters as waves curled

EYE OF THE
STORM: Stu’s
image Free Fall;
below left, Eden’s
image; right Piotr’s

Pictures:

A POLICE investigation is
under way after almost 30
metal manhole covers
were stolen.
The thefts took place
from Tuesday to Thursday
last week in Ashford.
Sergeant Jason Bushell
of Kent Police said the
thieves may have looked
like “highways workers”.

■

TEAM THAT
TURNS ITS
FANS
BALD
Magpies No1 for slapheads
RELEGATION worries had New- ■ by DAVID JARVIS
sunday@dailystar.co.uk
castle fans pulling their hair out.
The club has the most slaphead
supporters in the Premier League.
Almost half of men, or 49%, who follow
the Magpies are bald or losing locks.
Researchers blame it on the
stress of seeing their side battling to stay in the top flight.
The research was done
for BuzzBingo.com, whose
spokesman Rich Kearns
said: “It seems Newcastle’s
season-long battle to avoid
relegation has taken an even
greater toll on its fans.”
Jonjo Shelvey, inset, and his
side have been close to the relegation
zone all season but managed to avoid it.
Some 30% of Premier League fans lose
their hair early, with many claiming that
following their team is the most stressful
part of their life.
While 5% said they had treatment to

save their locks, 20% went for the “Full
Kojak” look at the first sign of going thin
on top. Another 10% grew a beard to
compensate.
After Newcastle, Liverpool
had the second most baldies
with 47% admitting to
having a thinning dome.
Chelsea came third on
42%, followed by Tottenham
on 41%.
Manchester United fans
came eighth with a 36% slaphead rating. Champions Man
City were 10th on 27%.
The followers of Leicester City and
Wolverhampton Wanderers are the least
likely to be balding.
They were at the foot of the table in joint
16th place, with just 16% of their fans
reporting thinning hair.

SS1ST

BLOCK SHOCK: 50g bar

Choc horror
- it’s £350!
LUXURY store Harrods
has unveiled a budgetbusting chocolate bar that
costs £350.
The tiny 50g treat from
makers To’ak is thought to
be the world’s priciest.
It is made with the
rare Ecuadorian Nacional
cacao beans using a
“barrel-ageing” process.
The bar will be available
in
the
store’s
new
Chocolate Hall, which has
taken four years to finish.
Harrods’ André Lewis
said: “It’s not just about
the showmanship. The
beauty of live chocolate
production is also in the
taste, so much of which
is down to its freshness.”

DAILY STAR SUNDAY, May 16, 2021 17

Gurkhas beat jihadis
just with knife threat

PET
OF THE

WEEK

■

FIERCE:
Gurkhas
are famed for
their bravery
and fitness

ISIS THUGS’ MASS SURRENDER

pretty fed-up because, under their code,
GURKHAS in an SAS unit took ■ EXCLUSIVE by ISOBEL DICKINSON
when a Gurkha draws his knife he must
Islamic State gunmen captive Chief reporter isobel.dickinson@dailystar.co.uk
draw blood.
by threatening to behead them
“Being able to use their kukri in
defence source said the windows in one
with their famous knives.

CAN you give Paddy
a new home?
The nine-year-old
Akita is looking to
spend his twilight
years with loving
owners.
Dogs Trust say just
5% of prospective
owners want a dog
aged over eight, but
older animals still
make great pets.
Paddy loves to go
on walks and is
always excited to
see his two-legged
friends when it’s time
to head out.
Although he is
laidback, the team
say he has got a
lovely silly side too
and would be best
suited to an adultsonly home where he
can be the centre
of attention.

Up to 12 gunmen are believed to have
been captured when a British special
forces team raided a terrorist “safe
house” in Syria.
The team, which contained just four
Gurkha soldiers, had been briefed to
capture the Isis fighters alive.
After approaching their hideout, an
interpreter ordered the men inside to
surrender.
When they refused, the Gurkhas
emerged and brandished their fearsome kukri blades.
The interpreter then shouted: “These
four men are members of the Gurkhas.
They come from the hills of Nepal.
“They are famous warriors who
do not fear death. If they have to
come in to get you they will
behead you with their curved knives.” A

combat is a greater honour for a Gurkha
than receiving a gallantry medal.”
Up to 12 members of the Gurkhas are
believed to be serving in the SAS, with a
slightly smaller number in the SBS.
The troops, who are recruited from the
Nepalese highlands, must serve at least
three years in the Brigade of Gurkhas
before applying for the special forces.
Gurkhas are renowned for their
supreme fitness and bravery.
As well as being capable soldiers, those
applying to serve in the special forces
must also have excellent English.
The SAS have been trying to encourage
more Gurkhas to attempt special forces
selection because of their exceptional
mountain warfare skills.
The Ministry of Defence does not
comment on special forces matters.

TRIP WAS A Tanks for lovely day out! LOLLY LAD LICKED
THE RECORD
DEAD LOSS

For more information
please head to Dogs Trust
at dogstrust.org.uk.

PAY OR WE SPRAY

BUNGLING bandits failed
to pull off an £18.3million
heist using a transparent
water pistol at a Hong Kong
money lender’s office.

of the buildings soon opened and the
gunmen hurled out their weapons.
They said of the encounter, last
February: “After about five minutes the
terrorists began to emerge looking terrified. They were holding their hands as if
in prayer. Some of them were crying.
“They were told to strip naked to
ensure they were unarmed and not
rigged with explosives.
“They couldn’t take their eyes off the
four Gurkhas, who stared at them with
blank expressions and with their knives
drawn looking as though they were itching to use them.
“The fighters were convinced the
Gurkhas were going to behead them.
“All the way back to the SAS base the
prisoners kept pleading for their lives to
be spared. The Gurkhas were actually

BY JOHN
WARD

DYING for a holiday?
One group of OAPs paid
for a sightseeing tour
with lunch at a “scenic
spot” – to end up in a
cemetery listening to a
grave plots sales pitch in
Chongqing, China.

IF you fancy some
fish and trips, check
this out. A portable
tank which allows
pet owners to take
their finned friends
on walks is being
developed by
Japanese inventors.

ERIC Klabel, 12, spent a
month using 2lb of glue
to join 1,750 lollipop
sticks together to build a
record-breaking 20.2ft
tower in Chicago, US.

Seen something weird?
Email john.ward@dailystar.co.uk

Prue’s
kitchen
keeps
her fit

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DAILY STAR SUNDAY, May 16, 2021

PRUE
Leith’s
new ■ by FELICITY CROSS
kitchen is so big it felicity.cross@dailystar.co.uk
helps her stay in shape.
The Bake Off star now has
her dream set-up to create
cakes and treats.
But rather than piling on the
pounds, the professional chef
says she is fitter than ever.
The canary yellow kitchen’s
“huge central island” is so
large that the 81-year-old
said she is hitting
14,000 steps a day.
Prue,
inset,
said: “OK, so it all
looks good, but
does it work?
“I’m glad to
say it really does.
“One does walk
a fair bit, round the
huge central island –
it took six men to carry in
the single slab of worktop.
“From the cooking area to
the wash-up to the prep area
where the mixing machines
are, to the larder and back to
the sink.
“Yesterday I cooked all day
and my Fitbit told me I’d done
14,000 steps.”
Prue has four ovens, a
£2,000
grill,
a
boiling
water tap and a huge double

wine fridge alongside regular
appliances, cupboards and
drawers in bright yellow.
Experts say the appliances
alone could cost £50,000.
In the past, Prue has spoken
of her wish to keep fit as she
turned 80, following a fall three
years earlier.
She said at the time:
“All my life I have
wanted to lose a
stone but I could
never lose it. But
I do exercise.
“I have a personal
trainer
who comes once
or twice a week.
“My main worry is
falling over. I fell at our
train station and it’s taken me
two years to recover.”
The mum of two has put in a
two-feet tall “lazy Susan” turntable to hold all her spices,
ingredients and tools.
Prue added: “Planning a
kitchen for the way you live is
vital. I’m a social cook.
“I like to have friends – glass
in hand, chatting or helping –
while I cook.”

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But luxury Lexus is
DAILY STAR SUNDAY, May 16, 2021

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Boris says we
can hug, fellas
■■by ISOBEL DICKINSON

THERE’S nothing like a
hug with your beast
mate, as these cuddly
creatures show.
As we prepare to
embrace friends and
family from tomorrow, they
prove you don’t have to be
human to appreciate a
nice snuggle.
Our heart-warming
snaps feature everything
from matey meerkats
to cuddly kangaroos
and koalas.
A mother leopard was
clearly fe-line good after
her cub pounced on top
of her.
Two bear cubs could
hardly keep their paws off
each other, while a gorilla
parent and child shared a
tender moment too.
Even a dog cuddled up
to a monkey she had
seemingly adopted.

THE Renault Mégane is ■■by MATT DAVIS
the car most likely to fail sunday@dailystar.co.uk
its first MoT.

Fellow
French-owned
brands Citroën and Dacia also
fared badly, with five cars between them in the bottom 10.
But Japanese firm Lexus
came out on top for passing.
The MoT has to be taken
three years after a vehicle is
first registered.
Test centre records showed
that almost 23% of Méganes
flunked their initial MoT.
Visibility problems – such as
cracked windscreens – were
the main cause of failures.
The Renault Clio did almost
as badly with an 18.5% failure
rate. But under 5% of Lexus
NXs tested failed to pass. The

Japanese luxury arm of Toyota
also saw its five-door CT hatchback in the top 10 performers.
Meanwhile other popular
models that often failed their
first MoT were the Citroën C4,
Ford Galaxy and VW Passat.
James Ruppert, author of
Bangernomics, said: “Cheap
and cheaply made cars fail
more often but so do hardused vehicles. That explains
why the medium and larger
sized people carriers like the
Volkswagen Touran, Seat
Alhambra and Ford Galaxy
show up as early failures.”
Renault declined to offer a
comment on the report.

TV James goes into top
gear as a ‘metrosexual’

HOBBIES: May

FORMER Top Gear star James May
reckons he’s a metrosexual.
But he said he wasn’t “100%
sure” what that meant.
He added: “If it means I’m as
happy building a motorbike as
reading some modern British
poetry or going to an art gallery,
then that’s what I am.”
James, 58, added that lockdown
had left him “virtually perfect”.

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Sales boom in lockdown
BUTCHERS have been enjoying ■■by ISOBEL DICKINSON Chief Reporter
bumper sales in lockdown.
isobel.dickinson@dailystar.co.uk

Over the past year, customers have
spent almost double what they used to.
And 630,000 more households visited an independent butcher in Britain
compared to the previous 12 months.
The most popular items have been
chops, roasting joints and sausages.
One butcher in London saw sales
soar from £6,000 to £1.6million.
Parson’s Nose has traditional shops
in Fulham, Putney and South
Kensington and also went online at the
beginning of the pandemic.
Boss Tony Hindhaugh said Covid restrictions transformed people’s shop-

Take-out
bug grips
in Covid

ping habits. He said: “Many have now
discovered the ease and convenience of
ordering online and home delivery,
having tried it for the first time in 2020.
“This is combined with a renewed interest in cooking and sourcing quality
produce.”
In Wales, 50% of those polled told
Meat Promotion Wales that traditional
butchers were their big weekly splurge.
Its market development officer
Kirstie Jones said: “People really do
appreciate the quality and service their
local butcher shops offer.”

BRITS have gone nuts
for takeaways during
the Covid crisis.
We ordered 42%
more deliveries in the
past 12 months, and
look set to continue.
Ardian Mula of app
Foodhub said: “Order-

ing a takeaway rather
than choosing to cook
at home has become
something of a
national pastime.
“Even with the
reopening of restaurants, that doesn’t
look set to change.”

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DAILY STAR SUNDAY, May 16, 2021

It’s Fanny
old world

Dua Lipa, right, The
Brits – hotter than a
Scotch bonnet bikini…
Gods Of Snooker…
Domina (SkyAt)…
mean machine
Melvyn Downes.
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DO we need another costume
drama about posh berks with
stately homes and shaky
morals?
Yes, if it means Dominic West
thundering around as domestic
tyrant Lord Matthew Alconleigh.
In The Pursuit Of Love, he
slagged off “the Hun”, told
niece Fanny she had “thighs
like goalposts” and dismissed
the very notion of female
education.
The feudal throwback
frequently recalled using his
entrenching tool to kill eight
Germans in World War One.
Daughter Linda shared baths
and beds with cousin Fanny,
hid in cupboards and married
unwisely.
That entrenching tool could
still come in handy.
● AT one point, Linda said
“Don’t pity me, Fanny” – just
one comma away from a
Davina McCall documentary.

Contestant Lorna was
answering a Carry On question on
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KAT? Splat! To mark
Mental Health Week on
■
EastEnders, Whitney ran over

Kat Slater and left her for
dead. Along with anger
management, Valium and
couples therapy, what Walford
needs most is CCTV and
speed bumps.

Dominic West as Uncle
Matthew, The Pursuit Of
Love. Jupiter’s Legacy
(Netflix). Secrets Of The
Krays (BritBox). Billy
Connolly’s Route 66
(Blaze).

ALASTAIR Campbell on
GMB made Dan Walker
■
look like he has a personality.

By the time he’d finished,
AC-12 stood for the number of
viewers still watching.

21

Blown away
by Hurricane

THERE was more rock’n’roll baby daughter. The wheel-tapper’s
spirit in Gods Of Snooker than son had gone from teenage snooker
hustler to world champion.
a whole night at the BRITs.

Alex “Hurricane” Higgins had the
wildness of Jerry Lee Lewis – a mix of
hunger, arrogance and raw charisma.
He played snooker like his life
depended on it – and to an extent it
did. Pot Black was on TV before him,
but Higgins galvanised the sport with
his talent and lightning speed.
Richard Osman called him
snooker’s “gateway drug”.
Vintage footage showed the
Ulster boy setting the baize
ablaze with his skill.
He delivered drama – and
viewers by the million.
And when the cocky upstart
beat pillar of respectability
Ray “Dracula” Reardon in
1982, the whole country went
snooker loopy.
Higgins won the last frame of
the final with a breathtaking 135
clearance, and then tearfully
embraced wife Lynn and their

Reardon won that title more often,
but Higgins brought the pizzazz. He
was the maverick rebel to ex-cop Ray’s
saloon-bar conservatism.
This excellent three-part BBC Two
documentary roped in giants of the
game, including Steve “The Nugget”
Davis and Jimmy “Whirlwind” White,

Alastair Campbell,
left, Good Morning
Britain – bad mornings for viewers …
Danny Boy painting
discredited lawyer Phil
Shiner as a crusader.

Joker Jack
in a Mix-up

JACK Whitehall’s gag-writers
worked hard to pump laughs into
The Brits script.
He introduced Olivia Rodrigo’s
song saying, “In the words of Tiger
Woods, ‘Drivers License – take it
away’.”
And quipped that Korupt FM
“was more corrupt than the feng
shui at Number 10”.
The funniest moment? Little Mix
winning Best Group.
With Covid restrictions, the floor
another hellraiser. Like that other of the O2 looked sparser than a
Belfast-born sporting god, George Jonathan King fan rally.
The speeches were grim – long
Best, Higgins succumbed to multiple
temptations – booze, cocaine, women lists of thanks with bucketloads of
the
tiresome virtue signalling that
– and died too young.
Snooker officials moaned about his passes for rebellion these days.
At least Headie One brought it
drunken antics. Ex-pro Rex Williams
called him “a complete loose cannon” back to the old bump and grind…
The real losers were London’s
who “could cause a riot in 30 seconds”.
Yet, as player-turned-commentator drug dealers. It’s usually their best
John Virgo argued, Higgins kept the night of the year.
● COLDPLAY performed on a
game in the headlines.
As Gary Lineker acknowl- barge in front of coloured smoke
edged, snooker became as bursts. It looked like an explosion
popular as football, providing in Gwyneth’s vagina-candle factory.
another route out of poverty for
talented working-class kids.
Barry Hearn put it bluntly.
“Alex was dangerous,” he said.
“But that’s what made him
exciting.”
● SNOOKER was on TV before
colour, leading to the classic
Ted Lowe comment: “For
those watching in black-andwhite, the pink is next to the
green.”

No.9 gets a
10 out of 10

INSIDE No. 9 had more old gags
than a Christmas cracker –
antique groaners like “Chicago?”
“No, she was a passenger.”
And, “Get me a cheese
sandwich.” “Caerphilly?” “Yes,
use the blunt knife.”
The always inventive show
crossed an old-school heist with
an older-school Italian masked
comedy.
It worked best
sending up TV
cliches. Ticked off
for speaking
directly to viewers,
Collie protested:
“I wasn’t
Fleabagging, I was
Miranda-ing.”

The depressing dimness
of Celebrity Mastermind
contestants. Channel 4
deliberately sabotaging
SAS: Who Dares Wins
on the altar of
wokeness.
JOHN Barrowman has
been cut from a
■
Doctor Who experience for his
alleged flashing. In a related
story, the Barrowman
pay-per-view booth at Pride
is expected to clean up.

RANDOM questions: If
Holly wins SAS: Who Dares
Wins, will she change her
name to Mandy McNab?
If Beyoncé married Andrew
Castle would she hire herself
out for children’s parties?
And shouldn’t the BBC
schedule The Pursuit Of Love
to run before Call The Midwife?

Hear my latest radio show at
Email me at: garry.bushell@dailystar.co.uk 11pm
Tuesday on 2nd City Radio

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Pink in ‘be Chilli-eating champ asks...
kind’ plea ■

missing mum

I WAS listening to a podcast this week, a
five-part series called The Motherless,
where five women discuss motherhood
without their own mothers.
They are powerful conversations, which
manage to be both sad and uplifting.
I was at the park watching the swans
when it struck me that we really are never
too old to want, or need, our mums.
The journey is far less treacherous for
those with cygnets swimming behind them
if she herself is following in the wake of a
bigger swan.

SINGER Pink is urging
young girls to “be really
kind” to each other.
The star, 41, said that’s
how she viewed girl power.
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really kind to other girls,
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A SMOKER, 30, was taken
to hospital after a 6ft 5in
stranger asked him for a
light, then shot him in the
genitals in Arkansas, US.

Can you
take the
Britain’s chilli-eating champ
has thrown down the gauntlet
to Daily Star Sunday readers.

Shahina “Chilli Queen” Waseem,
51, will be scoffing super-hot peppers
at Foodies Festivals this summer and
is looking for challengers.
She is hoping to score 100 consecutive competition wins to put her in the
chilli-eating hall of fame.
Shahina said: “The pressure
to win is immense. I’ve
come up against some
very strong opponents,
men and women.
“That’s what I love
about chilli-eating –
it’s a form of extreme
competitive sport not
affected by age or
gender.”
The west Londoner
added: “I’ve witnessed
some really funny moments
and entertaining reactions from those
taking part.
“Competitors go from showing off
and enjoying themselves to extreme
sweating, tears, cramps and running
for the nearest sick bin or bucket of
iced water.”
Shahina, who has an unbeaten record of 78 wins, went on: “I have eaten

■■by JOHN WARD
john.ward@dailystar.co.uk

the official hottest chilli, the Carolina
reaper, which ranges from 1.5million
Scoville Heat Units to 2.2million SHU.
“It’s about 200 times hotter than a
jalapeño, which is 2500 to 8000 SHU.”
And she has eaten even hotter
peppers which aren’t yet recognised
by record keepers.
Shahina, from Uxbridge,
beat BBC Radio 1 DJ
Jordan North in a
chilli challenge on
Vernon Kay’s Game Of
Talents last month.
The Chilli Queen
joins a line-up of celebrity chefs and music
acts at Foodies Festivals
this summer, including
MasterChef winner Tom
Rhodes and Bake Off champion
Candice Brown.
There are 10 Foodies Festivals,
dubbed
“gastro-Glastonburys”,
planned across Britain this summer.
If you want to take part in the chillieating competition, over-18s can register at the front desk on arrival.
Tickets are on sale online now at
foodiesfestival.com.

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with

Isobel
Dickinson
isobel.dickinson@dailystar.co.uk

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bus collection has
us both on board

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ALL FARE:
Geoff with
a model bus as
Linda dusts.
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Wife dusts his 1,500 models
two Linda, 65, of Walsall, West
Geoff Price has a ticket ■■by LUCY NOTARANTONIO
Mids, said: “I didn’t mind cleaning
to pride after spending 60 sunday@dailystar.co.uk
the buses – they all tell a story.
years amassing a collection
“They are all different sizes and
of nearly 1,500 model buses. 1970. We’ve never been smokers or

The 70-year-old and his wife
Linda have had to move home
three times to store the Guinness
World Record haul, thought to be
worth £80,000.
It now takes up three bedrooms, the attic and the
shed – but at least Geoff
doesn’t have to keep
them clean. That’s
because Linda is
happy to get to
work with her
duster.
Geoff said:
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buses when I
met Linda in

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buses. We’d have nothing left to
show for years of drinking and
smoking, but we do through this.”
He added: “The collection has
brought us together as it is
something we are both
passionate about.
“Linda has adapted to
it. Some collectors
have to hide how
much they have
spent from their
wife, but she
knows
as
much about
it as I do.”
Mum-of-

colours so it wasn’t like I was seeing
double every few seconds.
“Some are vibrant, some are dull,
big and small, so it wasn’t boring at
all. Each one required a different
amount of care. Some are intricate
and I needed to use a toothbrush.
“Others, like the miniature
coaches, needed polishing.”
She added: “Geoff and I have
travelled all over Europe, to Italy,
Portugal and Malta to name a few,
along with Hong Kong, Sri Lanka
and America to buy buses.
“As we have so many, it is easy for
us to forget about some, but cleaning them was like a trip down
memory lane.”

ROOM ON TOP: Buses in the attic and in the shed

Joker Rod left chauffeur out on a limo
PRANK: Singer Stewart

SIR Rod Stewart used to
pinch limos for a “laugh”
– leaving the chauffeur
having to get a taxi home.
His guitarist Jim Cregan,
75, said they used to play
tricks on limousine drivers
when on tour.
Speaking on the Stars

■■by STIAN ALEXANDER

Cars Guitars podcast, Jim
said: “If the driver stopped
to pick up some water or
something and was silly
enough to leave the keys in
it, we would steal the car.
“We were just waiting for

him to leave the engine
running – we’d drive it off.
“Sometimes we’d only go
round the corner and park.
“But other times we’d go
back to the hotel and the
limo driver would have to
get a cab back.” He added:
“The motto was ‘Cruel but

Fair’. We would do pretty
much do whatever needed
to be done in order to
amuse ourselves.
“That’s the whole thing
about touring. You’ve got to
keep having a laugh.
“The longer the tour goes
on, the sillier it gets.”

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Eagles hit
heartbeat
EAGLES’ Hotel California
is the car tune that really
sets pulses racing.
The 1977 hit song was
found to raise our heart
rates by 84%.
A study of Brits showed
the average resting heart
rate was 80 beats per minute. But when they drove
listening
to
Hotel
California it sent tickers
soaring to 148bpm.
Meanwhile Chris de
Burgh’s The Lady In Red
lowered heart rates by 13%,
to just 70bpm.
A spokesman for the fuel
additives company Redex,
which commissioned the
study, said: “We love listening to songs that remind us
of the open road.”

B

Life’s a
party!
■

I’M ON A
ROLL-ER:
Olivia getting
ready for another
glam event

Mags: “We are
organising to get a
big birthday present
for my mother.
“Do you want
to put money into
the kitty?”
Murph: “No, I only
put cat food and milk
into the moggy.”
ROB BRENNAN
via email
You’re riding a
horse at full speed;
there’s a giraffe next
to you and a lion
chasing you. What
do you do?
Get your ass off
the carousel.
BRISEY
Torquay
WhoSE idea was it
to sing Happy
Birthday while
washing your hands?
Every time I go to
the bathroom, my
kids expect me to
walk out with a cake.
EMILY KELLEHER
via email
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■■by ISOBEL DICKINSON Chief Reporter
sunday@dailystar.co.uk

OLIVIA Attwood has vowed she won’t
quit partying now that she has hit 30.

The telly favourite has moved from a trendy
flat to a family home.
And the Love Island star is set to tie the
knot with her footballer fiancé Bradley Dack
later this year.
But the self-confessed wildchild says
despite marriage and babies being on the
cards, she will not be “staying at home baking”
any time soon.
Olivia, who celebrated her big birthday this
month, said: “We’ve got the country house
now, and a dog, and we’re really happy.
“I was a bit apprehensive about the move.
“I’ve always considered myself to be a city
girl but we’re loving life in Cheshire.
“I don’t see life slowing down for us just yet
if I’m honest – I think things will be pretty
crazy for a while.”
She added: “We’re one of those couples
and we have one of those lives that even
when we have got kids I think it will still be a

star’s
loving
being 30

madhouse. It’s never gonna be everyone
sitting around on a Sunday and baking.
“I just don’t think we’ll be that kind of
family.”
The former motorsport track girl is known
for being outspoken and is always up for
a party.
She once praised her Love Island 2017 ex
Chris Hughes by saying: “He puts up with this
wild child like a hero.” The pair split just a few

months after leaving the villa. Olivia got
engaged to Blackburn Rovers player Bradley
in October 2019.
The second series of her show Olivia
Meets Her Match kicks off next week on
ITVBe and will feature her recent birthday
celebrations.
Olivia said: “We did some bits at home,
which was lovely, and we’ve filmed it all
for the show.
“I’m planning on having a big
party at the end of summer if
Boris lifts all the restrictions.
“I’d love a big bash
and I would rather do it
later and do it the way
we want to do it.”
She added: “My
30s are definitely
going to be a
new chapter.
“I loved my
20s – they
were amazing.
There were ups and
downs and a lot of
positives.
“But I’m really excited to
see what this next decade is
going to have in store.” Fans will

be able to watch Olivia
continue to plan their
postponed last year du
Olivia said: “Right off
about the wedding.
“We’ve had to make
in the last couple of w

■

TOAST OF
TV: Olivia is
now a regular
on box. Right,
with Bradley

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25

BE WILD FOREVER
■

PARTY: With Geordie
Shore’s Chloe Ferry;
left, Amber Davies and,
below left, Montana Brown
WASHER: Tony

Bellew’s a
knockout
at dishes
EX-BOXER Tony Bellew
says he is now a world
champ at doing the dishes.
He has even bragged
about his technique for
loading the dishwasher.
Tony, 38, said: “I can
stack a dishwasher like no
other f***er on the planet.
“My top technique is a
space between each dish.
So don’t just fill every
compartment.
“You can’t put 10 plates
in 10 spaces – if there’s 10
spaces you’ve got to put
five plates. That way they
all get washed back to front
properly. The knives and
forks the same.
“I put a space between
everything so I utilise a
dishwasher perfectly.”
The former world champ
told the Lockdown Parenting Hell podcast that since
retiring he has become a
domestic god.
He added: “I have no say
in the finances that are going on in my house – what
gets bought, what comes in
and what goes out.
“All I’ve got control of is
the f***ing cooker because
I cook the food.”

‘I don’t see life slowing
down for us just yet...
it’ll still be a madhouse’

a and Bradley as they decisions are still being made in some ways
wedding. It had to be with the lockdown, but you will see us
ue to the Covid crisis.
debating what to do.”
off the bat, there’s a lot
But Olivia revealed that her fellow
Love Islander stars Amber Davies, Georgia
ke some big decisions Harrison and Montana Brown have all
weeks. A lot of those been invited to celebrate the big day

with her and Bradley. She said: “I speak to
them all pretty much every day.
“I don’t know how I would have coped
without them in lockdown.”
You can catch up with her when Olivia
Meets Her Match returns on Wednesday at
9pm on ITVBe and ITV Hub.

Brummies
on the veg
BRUMMIES are the biggest
vegetarians in Britain,
despite being known for
scoffing Birmingham Balti
and meaty faggots.
One-third of folk from
the city said they were
veggies or vegans, a study
has found.
Although some admitted “falling off the veggie
wagon”, 33% of residents
there said they had been
veggie for at least the past
six months.
Pedro Zuim, spokesman
for plant-based firm Future
Farm which did the study,
said: “Birmingham has the
most vegetarians and
vegans of any UK city
according to our study.
“We’re transforming our
relationship with food and
nature – it’s a revolution.”
Around 10% of the UK
are either vegetarians or
vegans, making about
6.5million Britons nonmeat eaters.

FUNERAL HORROR

A WOMAN barred from
her ex’s funeral was arrested after trying to mow
down graveside mourners
in Fargo, North Dakota, US.

GAMES
JAMES
NEWS

How to watch
this year’s E3

The Entertainment
Software Association
has confirmed how it
intends to hold this
year’s E3 2021 digital
showcase, announcing some new ways
to watch.
According to the
ESA, E3 2021 will
have an
online
portal and
app and
will be a
“key hub
for the
duration
of the
show”.
Those
wishing to
access the E3 portal
will be able to
register later this
month for free.
Beginning June 12,
the public version of
the online portal will
give access to a
number of features

for attendees. The
official E3 live
broadcast will also
be included on the
online portal and
app, hosted by Alex
“Goldenboy”
Mendez, Jacki Jing
and Greg Miller,
pictured above.
Viewers can
expect some
“major
publisher
showcases,
press
conferences,
industry
panels,
extended livestreams and special
guest appearances”.
The digital showcase will run from
June 12 to 15 and
can be watched
on the official
E3 Twitch and
YouTube channel.

Sony’s colour control

Sony has unveiled
two PlayStation 5
DualSense wireless
controller colours, due to hit
shelves next month – Midnight Black
and Cosmic Red.
The fact Sony has so far only offered a PS5
in a rather divisive white shell could suggest
the company is preparing to release more
consoles in different shades. Or, better still,
individually sold interchangeable faceplates.
At this stage I’ll take anything over the fear
of my kids drawing on that rather inviting £450
white canvas.

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STAR RATINGS

★★★★★ Excellent
★★★★ Good
★★★ Worth a look
★★ Poor
★ Don’t bother

With
Andy
Lea
BUNNY
CREW
The rabbits
return –
but Peter
is much less
annoying

burnout
Jolie’s fire-fighter
helps a boy
in danger

Those Who Wish Me Dead
Cert 15 ★★★

In cinemas tomorrow

g
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i
p
p
o
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n
o
i
t
c
a
into

Peter Rabbit 2

‘‘

asks our now surprisingly
next book. Rabbit sisters Flopsy,
introspective hero.
Mopsy and Cottontail (voiced by
And it’s not only the rabbit
Margot Robbie, Elizabeth Debicki
In cinemas from tomorrow
who seems to have learned a
and Aimee Horne) will be the
The crime
lesson. Returning director Will
plot serves up heroines and Peter the “bad seed”.
f you’ve been looking forward to the
Gluck has realised that a more
So a miffed Peter runs away to
slapstick with
cinemas reopening tomorrow, I would
London where he falls in with a
sharp lines
like to apologise in advance for my next toned-down hero makes for a
far superior sequel.
and anarchic gang of animal hoodlums who are
sentence. When you return to your
When his surrogate mum Bea humour
planning “the greatest farmers’
favourite picture palace, you’ll be greeted
market heist in history”.
(Rose Byrne) marries his former
by a giant poster of James Corden’s smarmy
nemesis Thomas (Domhnall
The crime plot serves up the
bunny Peter Rabbit.
requisite slapstick for kids but this time it is
Gleeson), best rabbit Peter resists the urge
To lovers of Beatrix Potter’s classic books, to cause mayhem at the wedding. But his
laced with sharp lines (a Scouse rat is a
Peter Rabbit 2 may be the least welcome
hoot) and anarchic humour about classic
resentment grows when his efforts to
comeback since the pandemic’s second
change his ways go unnoticed by Bea’s flash stories ruined by commercial interests.
wave. Thankfully, this much-delayed
Now we can root for the hairy hero as he
new publisher Nigel (David Oyelowo).
family adventure finds Peter a muchAt Nigel’s persuasion, Bea agrees to make struggles to put his selfish ways behind him.
His voice, though, is definitely still annoying.
changed bunny. “Is my voice annoying?”
Peter a more villainous character in her
Cert U ★★★

I

Maya The Bee 3: The Golden Orb
Cert U ★★★

In cinemas tomorrow
It was one film too many for both The Godfather and The
Hangover series but plucky Maya produces a buzz in her
third big screen adventure.
The sweet-natured bee (again voiced by Coco Jack
Gillies) and her nervous best pal Willie (Benson Jack
Anthony) are in hot water after unleashing a stampede of
glow-worms into the hive.
When they overhear the Queen (Justine Clarke) planning
to split them up unless something “very special” happens,
the panicked pair head out into the wilderness.
There, Maya senses a chance to prove herself when she
helps local ants by flying a mysterious golden orb to a
remote colony with a gang of nasty beetles in hot pursuit.
On the way, there are songs, bright and breezy animation
(much improved from the last instalment) and mildly
perilous chase scenes that should only upset the most
sensitive of little flowers. There’s nothing here for parents
but young children will learn lessons about courage,
compassion and teamwork.

BAD BEE-HAVIOUR
Can Maya and friend
Willie save the day?

The title is taken from Michael Koryta’s 2014 novel
which he has adapted for Wind River director Taylor
Sheridan. But, as it’s released on the day when the
picture houses reopen, it’s tempting to read it as a
riposte to those who have been cheerily predicting the
death of an art form.
With dramatic forest blazes and Angelina Jolie back
in action heroine mode, this cinema-only release (in the
UK at least) wears its big screen credentials on its fireresistant sleeves.
Jolie plays loose cannon Hannah who has been
transferred to a remote lookout tower deep in the
forests of Montana, presumably after failing a psych
evaluation.
While her fellow specialist firefighters enjoy macho
banter on the front line, haunted Hannah has been
left alone with flashbacks of the day she “misread
the wind” and watched three kids burn to death in a
raging inferno.
She gets a shot at redemption when she crosses
paths with 12-year-old Connor (Finn Little) who is on the
run from ruthless hit men (Aidan Gillen and Nicholas
Hoult) who killed his accountant dad before he could
expose a web of corruption.
When the assassins try to cover up their
incompetence by starting a forest fire, the chase scenes
have a suitably cinematic backdrop.
Sheridan and Koryta don’t fully develop the bond
between the frightened boy and the traumatised
Hannah, spending too much time on a subplot involving
Jon Bernthal’s cop and his pregnant wife (Medina
Senhorne).
So the pacing is off but the shootouts are tense, the
scenery is spectacular and Jolie makes the most of her
first action role since 2010’s Salt.
It’s a solid action thriller, rather than a great one, but
it may just reignite your love of the silver screen.

Servants

No rating ★★★★
On Curzon Home
Cinema and BFI
Player now

Shot in gorgeous
black and white,
this atmospheric
drama takes us into PRIESTS
the bizarre world of Juraj and
a Soviet-controlled Michal enrol
Catholic seminary. as trainees
It’s 1980 and trainee priests cloistered in the former
Czechoslovakia are being forced to choose between powerful
masters. Do they follow the diktats of the Catholic church or
the communist party?
A moody opening scene shows us what is at stake as we
watch a body being dumped under a bridge in the dead of
night. Jumping back “143 days”, we follow best pals Juraj
(Samuel Skyva) and Michal (Samuel Polakovic) as they enrol
at the seminary, unaware that their teachers are colluding
with the murderous state.
While it’s styled like a film noir, the pace is way too slow for
a thriller. Still, this stylish, thoughtful film is quietly gripping.

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That was Who
we really are!

DAILY STAR SUNDAY, May 16, 2021

DJ
legend Carl
Cox has gone back to
his roots and signed an
album deal with BMG records.
The Ibiza favourite joins a roster
that includes The Prodigy, Maya
Jane Coles and Roísín Murphy.
Carl said: “I had my first single out
with BMG many years ago. I couldn’t
be more pleased to be now signed
as a recording artist – being in the
studio all year and digging deep.”
Carl’s autobiography,
Oh Yes, Oh Yes! is due
to go on sale this
August.

JAMES CABOOTER’s

Modfather’s
on the move
@Caboots

THE Who are set to release a new
live album. The band, whose Live At
★
Leeds from 1970 is considered one of the
greatest live albums of all time, will soon
release their orchestra-backed 2019
Wembley concert.
Roger Daltrey said: “The music we
were doing with this orchestra was my
dream of how to really present Pete
Townshend’s music in the way I
particularly hear it.
“I was just having the time of my life on
stage. It was wonderful to be in the
middle of that noise every other night.
“We only did Wembley in the UK and
we’re thinking about bringing that out
as a live album because it was such a
good show.”

Movies
a new
Norm!

ANYTHING Camila
Cabello does
Normani can do
better, possibly.
Her former Fifth Harmony pal
shared pics from her movie debut
in Cinderella this week, and the
word in Tinsel Town is Normani is
lined up for two films too.
All this, and her debut album is yet
to drop.

GENE (almost)
ready to rock
LIAM Gallagher’s son Gene is
struggling to find his own image in
the music business.
The keen musician said: “There are so
many things that can go wrong when
making a band.
“I didn’t really realise that at
first, but there’s so much, right
down to the people in it. There
are so many moving parts.
“Being in the situation I’m
in (with Dad), I feel the best
path for me is to take my time
and wait for the right moment.
Things need to be ready, perfect
even, before I make a move.”
Liam said he wanted Gene to be a
drummer but he has other ideas: “Guitar
is my number one, 100%. It used to be
drums growing up. My dad wanted me to
play drums, but guitar is my main thing.”
Just like his uncle!

★

27

weller just can’t look back

FOREVER being labelled the
Modfather is only forcing
Paul Weller further away
from nostalgia.
time and what I’m doing next, that contemporary pop songs (Cosmic as I have can be difficult. So for me,

The evergreen star returns with
brilliant album Fat Pop Vol 1 this
week, a collection that sometimes
hints at his varied past but ultimately focuses on the future.
And his refusal to reunite The
Jam or The Style Council is
absolute.
Weller explained: “I couldn’t do
that heritage route easily, not with
any sort of conviction at all.
“I’m just not cut out for that sort
of thing. I’ve always been more
interested in what I’m doing at the

goes right back to The Jam days.
“My attitude has always been,
‘That was a good record, let’s crack
on with the next one and try and
make something a bit different’.
“But I think the older I get, the
less cautious I am about trying different things or seeing what works.
“There was a similar ethos in The
Style Council, I just don’t think I
had the chops to bring it off
successfully at times, either vocally
or as a musician.”
The new LP boasts some great

Fringes) alongside
reflective
ballads (In Better Times)
and forays into raw blues
(Failed).
Talking about the
music, Paul said: “I
just wanted every
song to be strong on its
own – like each one
could be a single.
“I’m always just trying
to keep my own interest and
not repeat myself, which when you
have been recording music as long

ASH collab
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ASHNIKKO may have
finally met her match
★
when it comes to “out-

there” style.
The singer has teamed up
with New York rapper
Princess Nokia for new
single Slumber Party, and
the duo look like they
have rinsed the hair dye
department in Boots.
Ashnikko says that
Slumber Party is “a sexy
song I wrote about a girl I
had a crush on. It seems to
be a recurring theme that I
always fall for girls who are
dating someone else”.

having two or three moments on
each record that I’ve managed to do that, then it’s
successful for me.”
But that doesn’t
mean we will never
hear the classics.
Weller said: “There’s
also loads of old songs
that I play live. Whether
it’s the ones that people
want to hear, I don’t know.
“The new record will always be
most important to me.”

LITTLE Mix will follow up their BRITs
success with various collabs planned
★
for this year.

The first is Heartbreak Anthem, a tune by
dance music legends Galantis and David
Guetta. It’s out on May 20.

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Captain Sir Tom Moore’s remarkable spirit
lives on only a few steps away from the
garden where he marched into our hearts.
On the outskirts of the Bedfordshire
village where he heroically raised millions
for the NHS while approaching his 100th
birthday, another intrepid adventurer has
been strutting its way into the record books.
Bar-tailed godwits have long legs and
banana-shaped bills – perfect for wading
through coastal mudflats to winkle out juicy
worms and clams.
For several glorious spring days, one of
these striking shorebirds drew admiring
glances by taking up temporary residence at
an inland nature reserve about as far from
the sea as you can get in the UK.
Watching the godwit tip-toe through the
boggy meadows of Marston Vale Millennium
Country Park proved they are as elegant on
the ground as they are on the wing.
No birds on the planet perform such
astonishing flights as
the barwit, to use its
popular nickname
No birds on among the
birdwatching
the planet
community.
perform
One was recorded
such
the longest
astonishing making
non-stop flight by any
flights
bird, having set off
from Alaska last
September and arriving 11 days later in
New Zealand.
At times during the 7,500-mile epic flight,
the satellite-tracked godwit reached speeds
of 55mph as it powered over the unforgiving
waters of the Pacific.
But the bird left high and dry in the
wilds of Bedfordshire had been on a very
different migratory journey, travelling from
tropical West Africa for its remote breeding
grounds amid the Arctic tundra wastes
of Scandinavia.
Most years, flocks of godwits pass
fleetingly over the UK to refuel on the
intertidal mudflats of Western Europe’s
Wadden Sea, but this spring’s incessant
period of northerly winds has meant
unprecedented numbers of birds touching
down to feed inland.
The British Trust for Ornithology’s
BirdTrack project has received hundreds of
reports of godwits, with one flock of 1,800
birds counted in Gloucestershire.
Captain Tom reminded us tomorrow will
be a good day. To my mind, as long as there
are fascinating birds to watch, the future will
always be bright.

CARPET
Wild mix
brings
variety
and colour

‘‘

Follow STUART on twitter:
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DEMURE
Viola
odorata
– the
‘shrinking’
violet

A natural approach has
many benefits and it’s
a trend that’s growing

L

ast week I was down in
Hampshire working on a
new television gardening
show. For part of the
project we laid out some
wildflower turf.
This is a relatively new
landscaping product which
you install like a carpet, in
much the same way as laying a
new lawn.
Different mixes are available
for various situations such as
shady areas. The plants are
already established in the turf
containing a number of native

and naturalised species. It is
grown on moisture retentive,
biodegradable, recycled fibre
matting which acts as a barrier
to suppress any problematic
weeds and grasses.
Ideally it should be laid on
nutrient-low soil as grasses
quickly take over rich soils.
The wildflowers reminded
me of creating my first garden
at the Chelsea Flower Show in
1995. The late Marney Hall
supplied lovely plants which
we draped through mossy
stones at the front of our ‘wild’

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with

DIARMUID GAVIN

Call of the
wildflower

Jobs for the week
■■Unless frost is forecast, and
the weather has been a bit
bumpy recently, there are a
number of jobs you can get on
with. Your pots and hanging
baskets can go outside
permanently if you have been
gradually acclimatising in the
last few weeks. If not, start to
leave them outside
during the day so
they can adjust
gradually.
■■If you’re further
south, you can plant
cannas and dahlias
outside now and sow
tender annuals
outdoors too. It’s
summer bedding
time so if you fancy
some colour, plant some
pelargoniums, begonias, lobelias
and antirrhinums into your pots
and beds. If you’re nervous
about frost, keep some
horticultural fleece handy for
warmth at night.
■■In the veg garden, you can

PLANT

sow seeds directly outdoors that
had to be done indoors until now
such as pumpkins, courgettes,
squash, French beans and
sweetcorn. If you haven’t
planted potatoes yet, get them
in this month. Earth up potato
plants – draw soil up to the
stems to create ridges of soil.
■■Keep successional
sowing of quick-tocrop veg such as
salad, beetroot
and radish.
■■Lightly hoe
borders to remove
weed seedlings
which will dry out on
the soil surface.
■■Open vents and
doors in glasshouses
on warm days to improve air
circulation.
■■Overcrowded spring bulbs can
be lifted and divided once they
start to die down.
■■Hang pheromone traps in
apple trees to reduce codling
moth damage to your fruit.

of the week

Geranium phaeum
‘Samobor’ Dusky cranesbill

I’m always happy
to extol the virtues
of a hardy
geranium – they’re
such hard-working
plants that flower
their socks off
without being
overly demanding
of attention.
For dry or moist
shade you can
try the dusky
cranesbill which
flowers in May and June, and sometimes again if you cut them back
after flowering. The foliage is handsome with purple blotches and
the flowers are a dusky purple. ‘Wendy’s Wish’ is a relatively new
variety which has beautiful white flowers with a lilac centre. Lift and
divide in spring to rejuvenate congested clumps and to propagate.

plot. Marney
was an awardwinning garden
PIONEER
expert who did
The late
much to bring
Marney Hall
wildflowers to the
forefront. Her interest in them developed
from her work as an ecologist, researching ways to improve the management of
nature reserves, in particular for rare
species of butterflies.
She won many gold medals for her
gardens at Chelsea and was a lover of life
who deserves more recognition.
One of the many pretty plants in the
wildflower turf was Viola ‘Heartsease’.
Also known as the wild pansy, Heartsease
is a charming flower, bearing lots of small
blooms with purple, yellow and white
petals throughout summer. It’s a native
perennial and will self-seed freely so
could be a good option to allow to run
native through a border or wild garden.
Equally it is a lovely choice for hanging

possibility for under
baskets and containers.
deciduous trees.
It’s quite subtle
Marney Hall was
compared to the
ahead of her time, as
bigger and bolder
MAGNET
now more and more
pansies that we rely Bees love
people are becoming
so heavily on for our patches of
aware of the beauty
winter and spring
wildflowers
and importance of
containers.
wildflowers. As
You can direct sow
pollinator plants they
it now and throughout
provide valuable nectar
the summer, and keep
to the insect population
deadheading to encoursuch as bees.
age continuous flowering.
You don’t even need to plant
I stumbled upon another
wildflowers – by adopting a
wild violet when walking in the Just adopt
more relaxed attitude and
woods – Viola odorata. This is
a relaxed
a sweet little beauty, all the
attitude and leaving a little bit of your garden
the weeds (or
petals are pale mauve and it
wildflowers uncultivated,
wildflowers!) will colonise
was peeping out from underwill
colonise
quickly. For example, nettles are
neath the flowering wild garlic.
a wonderful breeding ground
Its demure qualities inspired quickly
for the larvae of butterflies, as
the term “shrinking violet” to
are thistles, docks, sorrel weed and
describe a shy, retiring person. It’s also
meadow grasses.
scented and is a good ground cover

‘‘

you ask

Hello Diarmuid
Please can you
identify this exoticlooking plant/weed?
It has grown
completely at
random this year in a
quiet spot adjacent
to my neighbour’s
fence. It stands about
50cm high.
It’s a strange
looking thing and I
have no idea what it
is or where it has
come from.
Hopefully you can help.
Thanks in anticipation.
Mike Andrews
Weymouth, Dorset

Hi Mike
This is Euphorbia lathyris, a
member of the spurge family.
It’s a biennial that
has self-seeded itself
in your garden.
It is sometimes
known as the caper
spurge because the
little cluster of fruits
turn brown and look
similar to capers.
However don’t be
tempted as the plant is
toxic and, like all
euphorbias, has a
milky latex that can
burn the skin, so
handle with caution.
It’s also sometimes referred to
as the mole plant because it is
thought to deter moles, which
don’t like the scent.

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For holidays in the new normal...

Birds of a feather

Britain’s nature parks and wetland centres offer a
window on the natural world while encouraging
future generations to protect it. Diverse, unique
and family-friendly, they also provide a safe
haven to fill your lungs with fresh air, stretch
your legs and meet with loved ones.
By Vicky Lissaman

Slimbridge Wetland Centre,
Gloucestershire

Slimbridge is one of nine wetland centres
across the UK founded by Sir Peter Scott,
son of Scott of the Antarctic. Set up in 1946,
the 120-acre area in Dursley is world-renowned
for waterbirds.
Home to the world’s largest
collection of swans, geese and
ducks, it is also the only place
where you can see all six
species of flamingo. Visitors
can download the new
Wetlands Heroes’ familyfriendly app, created by
Aardman Studios.
The app encourages
guests to explore the full
extent of Slimbridge
Wetland Centre, particularly
the lesser-known areas
through fact-finding
missions and fun challenges
for the whole family. In time

for May half term the centre will be opening its
new Mission Impossible attraction where you
can hand-feed the nene, the world’s rarest
goose, go behind the scenes at the duckeries
and discover how WWT saves endangered
species around the world using all sorts of
innovative techniques.
July will see the opening of its new open-air
Living Wetland Theatre and Waterscapes
aviary. The 380-seat theatre will host freeflying bird demonstrations, a summer science
programme, films and talks.
In the aviary, visitors can immerse
themselves in the sights and sounds of a UK
wetland.
■■ Tickets: Adults from £14.50, children from
£8.40, wwt.org.uk

Cruise news
by NIGEL THOMPSON

Take That hitmaker Gary Barlow
will provide the soundtrack as
P&O’s sparkling new ship Iona is
named today in Southampton
in a ceremony long delayed by the
pandemic.
A bottle of Britpop cider created
by ex-Blur bassist Alex James will
be smashed against the side of her

hull by travel industry legend
Dame Irene Hays, the godmother
to the ship, watched by an invited
virtual audience. The 5,200

passenger, 184,700 gross tonnage
Iona will be the largest cruise ship
ever built for the UK market and is
the first British cruise ship to be

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powered by liquefied natural
gas (LNG).
Ahead of the event, here’s
a first look at Iona’s dazzling
interiors – from the
spectacular three-deck
atrium and light-drenched
SkyDome pool and
entertainment venue to the
Keel & Cow gastropub.
Her inaugural voyage is to her
namesake Scottish island on
August 7. pocruises.com

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■■Algarve from
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■■Madeira from £459pp: depart East
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at the three-star Hotel Dorisol Florasol
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transfers. jet2holidays.com
■■Lisbon from £339pp: four nights on
B&B at the five-star Hotel Eurostars Das
Letras departs from Edinburgh on
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■■Madeira from
£929pp: save
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■■Algarve from £995pp: seven nights for
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The Welsh Wildlife
Centre, Cilgerran,
Pembrokeshire

You may be lucky enough to spy a
colourful kingfisher from one of the many
bird observation hides or witness otters
playing in the Teifi River while enjoying a
family picnic at this scenic wildlife centre.
Families also love exploring the nature
trails on foot or two wheels, playing in the
adventure playground, discovering the
willow maze, meeting the resident water
buffalo and friendly giant willow badger.
The Explorer Backpacks provide a
variety of fun-filled activities. There’s also
a geocaching trail.
Relax in the Glasshouse Cafe while
soaking up the panoramic views of the
Teifi Marshes Nature Reserve, and enjoy
the sweet surroundings after-hours with a
stay at the cosy on-site Oak Tree Cottage,
also known as the Cwtch.
■■ Entry is free to the reserve and
visitor centre, welshwildlife.org

GIBRALTAR

■■From £269pp: three nights at the
three-star Bristol hotel comes with
breakfast, flights from Gatwick on
August 30 and 23kg luggage.
easyjet.com/en/holidays
■■From £409pp: fly
from Heathrow on
selected dates
between June 14-29
for a three-night B&B
stay at the five-star
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floating hotel. Includes 23kg luggage,
book by May 19. ba.com/gibraltar

ICELAND

● 3 nights’ standard en-suite chalet

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Marty
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Hermits, The Team featuring Angelo Starr brother of the late Edwin Starr, Memories
of the Four Tops, From The Gap, Chris Nott - ‘Stars In
Their Eyes’ David Essex, Little Eagle, Nancy Ann Lee
as Little Miss Sixties and Sounds Imperial will rock
this exclusive weekend for over 40s only.

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■■Arctic coast fly-drive from £1,395pp:
includes six nights’ B&B, car hire and
whale watching. Depart Heathrow on
selected dates to October 31,
Manchester and Glasgow also available.
regent-holidays.co.uk
■■Reykjavik from
£270pp: jet away
from Luton on
July 20 for a
three-night B&B
break at four-star
CenterHotel
Laugavegur.
Comes with 23kg luggage and transfers.
easyjet.com/en/holidays
*Prices correct at time of publication
and based on two sharing unless
stated otherwise.

Rye Harbour
Discovery Centre,
Sussex

A mosaic of saltmarshes, saline
lagoons, freshwater gravel pits and
reedbeds, the 1,110-acre Rye Harbour
reserve is one of the most biodiverse
places in Britain. It has 4,200 plant and
animal species recorded, including
more than 200 rare or endangered
birds and mammals as well as a range
of historic buildings including Henry
VIII’s Camber Castle and the Mary
Stanford Lifeboat House.
The new centre will offer an exciting
programme of activities, conservation
projects and weekend festivals. The
centre will also house exhibitions,
viewing platforms, a shop and cafe.
Outside will be the new Community
Wildlife Garden containing rare and
endangered species found on the
reserve, amphitheatre-style seating
and views over the River Rother.
■■ Entry is free, ryeharbourdiscovery
centre.org.uk/discovery-centreproject

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River Lee Country Park,
Greater London/
Hertfordshire/Essex

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RSPB
Minsmere,
Saxmundham,
Suffolk

Get your binoculars at the
ready for some of the UK’s
rarest wildlife at this scenic
coastal nature reserve.
The “Disneyland” of bird
reserves, due to its diverse habitats, the
reedbeds, lowlands and shingle vegetation
provide a safe haven for our feathered friends.
Drop into the Wildlife Lookout, choose one of the
peaceful walks or head to the coastal lagoons.
■■ Tickets: Adults, £9, children, £5, or free
entrance for first child or children under five.
rspb.org.uk

Attenborough Nature
Centre, Nottingham

Just four miles west of Nottingham city centre, a
complex of flooded former gravel pits and islands
was transformed into this nature reserve in 1966
and opened by Sir David Attenborough, below.
Best known for its birds, the 226 hectares of lakes,
wetland, grassland and
scrub are an important site
for winter wildfowl. There
are four bird hides as well as
nature trails including the
wheelchair-friendly
Kingfisher route.
■■ A £3 donation for
all-day parking.
nottinghamshirewildlife.
org

Pensthorpe
Natural Park,
Fakenham,
Norfolk

The former home of BBC’s
Springwatch offers a fully
immersive day out for families,
birdwatchers, wildlife enthusiasts
and garden lovers.
Located along the river
Wensum, visitors can explore its
700 acres dotted with woodland
walks, nature trails and wetlands
and discover its conservation
projects of breeding endangered
species and habitat restoration.
There are five stunning
gardens, including the Millennium
Garden by Dutch garden designer
Piet Oudolf. You can also meet
Pensthorpe’s popular flamingo
flock and ducks that will feed from
the palm of your hand. Jump
aboard the Pensthorpe Explorer
truck to discover the secret side of

Just over 50 years ago, much of this 10,000acre site north of the M25 was a derelict
home to redundant industry, sewage works,
gravel pits, dumps and railway sidings.
The Lee Valley Regional Park Authority
transformed it into a tranquil green space
with world-class sporting facilities.
Its impressive new Wildlife Discovery
Centre overlooks the Seventy Acres lake. Get
a bird’s eye view from the two-tier gallery, or
the CCTV in the Discovery Room allows you
to zoom right into the buzz of nature. Book
free tickets in advance.
There’s also outdoor activities including
white-water rafting, mountain biking, tennis,
horse riding and golf. Visitors can also use the
state-of-the-art gym at the Lee Valley
Athletics Centre, meet furry friends at the
children’s Animal Adventure Park and enjoy
the walking, running and cycling routes.
■■ Lee Valley Caravan Park, Dobbs Weir,
opened its luxury lodges last month. Lee
Valley Regional Park’s campsites – Lee
Valley Campsite in Sewardstone, Lee Valley
Almost Wild Campsite in Broxbourne and
Lee Valley Camping and Caravan Park,
Edmonton – are open from
May 17. visit
leevalleypark.
org.uk

Martin Mere
Wetland Centre,
Burscough,
Lancashire

the Wensum Valley. Kids will love
the play areas of WildRootz and
Hootz House. Plus there are
plenty of hands-on activities such
as den-building and wildlife
spotting to inspire visitors to get
closer to nature.
■■ Tickets: Adults, £12.95,
seniors, £11.95, children, £11.95,
pensthorpe.com

Home to thousands of rare
birds, a cheeky family of otters
and an all-star cast of pink
flamingos and white storks,
there are 800 acres of
adventures to be had at this
family-friendly site.
Go all-out with a day of
splashing, dipping, playing,
feeding and paddling.
There’s a full programme
of activities including bird
watching, guided walks,
workshops and a canoe safari.
Enjoy a snack before heading to
the stepping stones or outdoor play
area with a zip wire and treehouse.
■■ Tickets: Adults from £13.40,
children from £7.18, wwt.org.uk

Scottish Seabird Centre,
North Berwick
Delve into the diverse marine life of
Scotland’s seas and you’ll learn about
everything from deep sea corals and
kelp forests to playful marine
mammals and giant seabird cities.
At the centre’s Discovery
Experience, there are all-new
exhibits, games as well as the

upgraded interactive
live cameras on the world’s
largest northern gannet colony, the
Bass Rock.
You can also soak up the coastal views
from the Seabird Cafe, browse the gift
COVID
shop and get up close to the local wildlife
AWARE
on a range of seasonal boat trips.
Restrictions may
apply, check with
■■ Tickets: Adults, £11.95, children,
individual sites
£7.95, under threes free. Boat trips
before travelling.
extra, seabird.org

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Very special Ferrari
Ferrari has launched the 211mph 812 Competizione, a limitededition special that’s based on the 812 Superfast.
And pictured is another new limited-model called the
Competizione A which is a targa-roofed car.
Both are powered by the monster 6.5-litre V12 engine from
the Superfast but tuned for 830bhp and
which rev to 9,500rpm.
Old man Ferrari used to say that you
paid for the engine and the car was
chucked in for free. That might well
apply to the Competizione because that
V12, bristling with F1 technology, sounds
like it’s a heck of a motor.
Even if you have very deep pockets
though – prices start at £431,000 – all of
the cars have already been spoken for.

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BRING ON
BUMPER
WAR!

Derek Pringle
Peter Hayter
James Wallace
and Adam Collins

£2
Only
Y
R
EVE
y
a
d
Sun
Confrontation:
Joffra Archer,
left, and Steve
Smith will renew
hositilities today
Inset: Smith is
felled by Archer
bouncer at Lord’s
PICTURES: PA Images

Aussie star Smith
is ‘not scared’ of
England’s pace duo

Now Smith can expect
unArcher and Wood to
leash fire at him. They
have been bowling consisper
miles
90
above
tently
hour.
Mitchell
Smith missed the ODI
Australia’s
series opener at Old Traf- Marsh said: “The Steve
ford after he was struck Smith I know will ask
a
by a throwdown from
guys in the nets to bump
member of Australia’s the hell out of him, he
coaching staff. But he has loves the contest. Anyfor
been cleared to return
one that bowls 90mph,
games
two
so
ing
remain
the
he loves the challenge
in Manchester, starting certainly there will be no
today.
backing down. I know that
Australia’s star bats- 100 per cent for sure.”
by
man was concussed
Smith did not face a sinArcher during a brutal gle delivery from Archer
the
spell of fast bowling in
and just four from Wood
second Test at Lord’s last during the T20 series.
summer.

AUSTRALIA’S Steve
Smith is braced for
a bouncer bombardment from Jofra Archer and Mark Wood.

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CS is
a gas,
price
isn’t
W

hen we tested the new
Toyota Mirai fuel cell vehicle
last week we reckoned it
offered a view into the future
of transport. Today we’re turning the
telescope the other way round and
looking at a car that couldn’t be more
different. It’s the BMW M2 CS.
I wouldn’t be surprised if I never
drive a car like this again, certainly
not a Beemer like this.
And that would be a bad thing
because if I get my tick list out this car
has pretty much everything I like in a
high performance vehicle. Manual

gearbox: tick. Small physical dimensions: tick. No complicated systems
to distract you: tick.
The M2 CS is a more extreme
version of the BMW M2 Competition
which in itself is an improved version
of the original M2.
The CS is also £25,000 dearer than
the regular M2 Competition.
So what do you get for your extra
wedge? Power has been increased
from 404bhp to 444bhp, but surprisingly the 3.0-litre turbo straight-six
(which is out of the last generation
M4) has no more torque. Added sex

new qashqai PRICED UP
Nissan has announced
prices for its new
Qashqai which is on sale
now with deliveries
starting early summer.
The range starts with
the Visia at £23,535
which is a two-wheeldrive model with a 140PS petrol engine
and manual gearbox, and climbs up

through Acenta Premium,
N-Connecta, Tekna and
Tekna+ trims. The higher
spec models have the
option of a more powerful
158PS engine, automatic
gearbox and 4wd.
The flagship, which has
all of those features, is the Tekna+ 158
4WD Xtronic at £37,835.

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Seat performance brand Cupra
is expanding its range. The
latest Formentor is the
e-HYBRID 204PS at £35,770 in
V1 trim combining a 1.4-litre TSI
engine with a 116PS electric
motor to produce 204PS. Other
Formentor newcomers include

190 and 245PS versions with a
2.0-litre petrol engine and fourwheel drive that cost £32,000
and £33,830 respectively.
A new Cupra Leon estate uses
the same 310PS engine and DSG
gearbox as the hatchback and
costs from £38,475.

COST TOO HIGH FOR
THIS BMW BRUTE
appeal comes from a new carbon
fibre bonnet with funky air intakes, a
carbon front splitter, carbon rear
wing on the boot lid and a special
pattern on the roof (carbon of
course). Add to that a set of stunning
forged alloy wheels which are blingy
gold on our car and wrapped in
Michelin Cup tyres.
Plenty more carbon and a liberal
smattering of M badges. You lose a
centre console armrest which is a bit
pointless as the CS isn’t significantly
lighter than the Competition
anyway. Finished in black, the CS

test car costs £75,355 without all the
options this model boasts. That
compares to £52,405 for the regular
M2 Competition.
The CS always fires up in the same
default mode settings and they’re
not the ones I’d choose.
They’re Efficient engine, Sport
suspension and Sport steering. The
suspension in this setting is stiffer
than it needs to be and the steering
is too much like hard work.
Fortunately you can program in
your own settings and select them
via the M1 and M2 buttons on the

A Bentley to brake records
Here’s a good car bore quiz
question: which passenger car has
the largest diameter brake discs in
the world? The answer is the new
Bentley Continental GT Speed with
whopping 440mm rotors.
They’re carbon ceramic so their
price probably sets a record too.
The new GT Speed, available to

order now in coupe and convertible
body styles, is capable of 208mph
and does 0-60mph in 3.5sec.
The car also features a fourwheel steering system that Bentley
says improves agility and stability.
Other features are an electronic
limited-slip differential and
re-calibrated active air suspension.

steering wheel which is refreshingly
clear of other buttons and switches.
The engine sounds earthy and
rough in a good way. Just the sort of
engine enthusiasts will yearn for
when we’re all driving electric cars.
An automatic gearbox is an
option, but the six-speed manual
suits the personality of this car and
allows you to get the best noises
from the engine.
Considering the amount of power
under the bonnet, the M2 CS has a
lot of grip even in the wet. Impressive
considering it also has track-focused

Michelin tyres. Turning off the
traction control system is not very
wise, but even if you do the M2 is
more surefooted than the M4 we
tested recently.
As wonderful as this car is, it’s not
worth £25k more than the regular
M2 Competition. So much of what
there is to love about the CS is on its
cheaper brother anyway.
The extra 40bhp isn’t noticeable in
the real world. But investment-wise,
although the CS costs a lot more
than the M2 Competition, it could
turn out to be a very valuable classic.

BATTERY BABY

The facts

BMW M2 CS
Price: £75,355
Engine: 2,979cc,
six-cylinder, petrol
Power: 450PS Torque:
550Nm Top speed: 174mph
0-62mph: 4.2secs
Economy: 27.2mpg
combined CO2: 238g/km
For: Simple performance
and lots of it.
Against: The standard car is
great but for a lot less cash.
Sum Up: The end of an era.

Remember the dinky little Citroen AMI two-seat
electric city car? Now we have a commercial
version called the AMI Cargo.
The passenger seat has been removed and
replaced with a seven-part cargo module giving a
400-litre load capacity. The battery range is 47
miles and charging from a domestic socket takes
only three hours.
The AMI Cargo costs €6,490 in France which
with today’s exhange rate is about £5,600.

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starts with racing
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS
BANGOR-ON-DEE

1.10: 1, CHUVELO (B Hughes evens
fav); 2, Astroman (10-1); 3, Edinburgh
Castle (9-2). 7l, 11/4l. 9 ran. D McCain.
Tote: £1.90; pl £1.10, £1.70, £1.40.
Exacta: £11.10. Trifecta: £38.80. CSF:
£12.23. NR: Castel Gandolfo.
1.40: 1, LOCH GARMAN ARIS (S
Bowen 2-1 fav); 2, Furius De Ciergues
(11-4); 3, Seemingly So (3-1). 51/2l, 43/4l.
6 ran. G Hanmer. Tote: £2.50; pl £1.70,
£1.80. Exacta: £7.80. Trifecta: £18.40.
CSF: £8.03.
2.15: 1, CADDYHILL (C Gethings
11-4); 2, The Some Dance Kid (6-4 fav);
3, Dave And Bernie (15-8). 11l, 38l. 4
ran. A Ralph. Tote: £3.30; Exacta:
£6.70. Trifecta: £10.60. CSF: £7.46. NR:
Borak, El Borracho, River Frost.
2.50: 1, CORRI LINDO (B Godfrey
11-4); 2, Outcrop (7-2); 3, Voix D’Eau
(5-1). 11-8 fav Rebel Royal. 11/2l, 33/4l. 4
ran. Henry Oliver. Tote: £2.90; Exacta:
£8.90. Trifecta: £25.80. CSF: £11.58.
NR: Armattiekan, Generation Gap,
Pass Rusher.
3.25: 1, JUGE ET PARTI (A
Coleman 3-1); 2, Miss Jeanne Moon
(11-8 fav); 3, Franks Fancy (15-2). 20l,
1
4 /4l. 4 ran. A Watson. Tote: £2.60;
Exacta: £6.70. Trifecta: £17.40. CSF:
£7.66. NR: No No Maestro.
4.00: 1, CHIVES (J Bowen 5-1); 2,
Bird On The Wire (15-2); 3, Global
Agreement (8-1). 10-3 fav Say The
Word. shd, 5l. 9 ran. N Henderson.
Tote: £3.40; pl £1.80, £2.00, £2.50.
Exacta: £35.80. Tricast: £290.57.
Trifecta: £240.80. CSF: £40.31. NR:
Dynamic Kate, Special Brute,
Valentine’s Turf.
4.35: 1, ON THE PLATFORM (L
Edwards 13-2); 2, Balranald (9-4 fav);
3, Latino Fling (18-1). 11/2l, 8l. 9 ran. J
Groucott. Tote: £7.60; pl £2.20, £1.40,
£2.40. Exacta: £32.30. Tricast: £256.10.
Trifecta: £252.50. CSF: £22.53. NR:
Cosheston, Kilchreest Moon.
5.05: 1, DO YOU THINK (T Bellamy
17-2); 2, Durragh (4-1); 3, Parisienne
Gold (12-1). 7-4 fav Fairy Rose. 41/2l,
3
1 /4l. 10 ran. E Lavelle. Tote: £9.30; pl
£2.20, £1.70, £3.60. Exacta: £58.30.
Trifecta: £482.70. CSF: £43.10. NR: All
The Glory, First Glance, Malaita,
Ultimate Fame.
QUADPOT: £135.00
PLACEPOT: £532.60

NEWBURY

1.15: 1, DUKEBOX (R L Moore
8-1); 2, Dairerin (11-2); 3, Al Shibli
(7-4 fav). ns, 11/2l. 6 ran. R Hannon.
Tote: £5.30; pl £3.20, £2.30. Exacta:
£29.80. Trifecta: £105.60. CSF: £47.04.
1.50: 1, CREATIVE FORCE (James
Doyle 9-4); 2, Spycatcher (9-1); 3,
Tactical (6-4 fav). 3l, 2l. 7 ran. C
Appleby. Tote: £3.00; pl £1.80, £2.50.
Exacta: £15.20. Trifecta: £38.90. CSF:
£21.65.
2.25: 1, AL AASY (J Crowley 10-11
fav); 2, Thunderous (17-2); 3, Logician
(15-8). 4l, 11/2l. 5 ran. W Haggas. Tote:
£1.60; pl £1.10, £2.50. Exacta: £5.80.
Trifecta: £13.10. CSF: £8.68. NR: Asiaaf.
3.00: 1, BAY BRIDGE (R L Moore
11-4 fav); 2, King Frankel (7-1); 3, River
Alwen (12-1). 4l, 41/4l. 10 ran. Sir M
Stoute. Tote: £2.80; pl £1.50, £2.20, £4.10.
Exacta: £24.10. Tricast: £195.98. Trifecta:
£312.70. CSF: £21.45. NR: Dingle.

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RIPON

3.35: 1, PALACE PIER (L Dettori
1-2 fav); 2, Lady Bowthorpe (22-1); 3,
Top Rank (11-1). 11/2l, 51/2l. 11 ran. J &
T Gosden. Tote: £1.30; pl £1.02, £5.30,
£3.40. Exacta: £15.60. Tricast: £69.83.
Trifecta: £104.90. CSF: £21.47. NR:
Bless Him.
4.10: 1, ESHAADA (J Crowley
18-1); 2, Gloria Mundi (16-1); 3,
Aristia (9-1). 7-4 fav Sea Empress. nk,
2l. 9 ran. R Varian. Tote: £21.00; pl
£4.90, £3.00, £2.70. Exacta: £301.80.
Trifecta: £1459.80. CSF: £269.30.
4.45: 1, ASCENSION (A Atzeni
14-1); 2, Path Of Thunder (5-2 fav); 3,
King Ottokar (10-3). 2l, hd. 12 ran. R
Varian. Tote: £14.40; pl £2.90, £1.70,
£1.90. Exacta: £74.90. Tricast: £147.78.
Trifecta: £267.80. CSF: £48.53.
QUADPOT: £38.80
PLACEPOT: £251.80

NEWMARKET

1.30: 1, CACHET (N Currie 4-1); 2,
Before Dawn (9-4); 3, Anadora (15-2).
2-1 fav Safety First. 51/2l, 3/4l. 7 ran. G
Boughey. Tote: £5.80; pl £3.00, £1.40.
Exacta: £19.30. Trifecta: £77.90. CSF:
£13.38. NR: Dulcet Spirit, Flotus.
2.05: 1, JOHN LEEPER (W Buick
6-4 fav); 2, Tasman Bay (5-1); 3, Fancy
Man (7-4). 13/4l, 41/4l. 5 ran. E Dunlop.
Tote: £2.20; pl £1.40, £2.20. Exacta:
£8.10. Trifecta: £13.20. CSF: £8.94. NR:
Via Sistina.
2.40: 1, BELLOSA (R Kingscote 6-4
fav); 2, Fundamental (4-1); 3, Bellissime
(25-1). 2l, 23/4l. 6 ran. J Chapple-Hyam.
Tote: £2.20; pl £1.50, £2.10. Exacta: £7.50.
Trifecta: £60.70. CSF: £7.27.
3.15: 1, JUMBY (W Buick 11-4 fav);
2, Jadwal (18-1); 3, Rebel At Dawn (401). 3/4l, 3l. 14 ran. E J-Houghton. Tote:
£3.00; pl £1.70, £4.30, £10.40. Exacta:
£38.40. Tricast: £1652.11. Trifecta:
£2233.90. CSF: £53.48. NR: Desert
Gulf, Operatic, Tanfantic.
3.50: 1, AMETIST (W Buick evens
fav); 2, Corvair (66-1); 3, Dazzling Dan
(15-2). ns, 1l. 11 ran. W Haggas. Tote:
£1.50; pl £1.10, £12.30, £2.50. Exacta:
£45.20. Tricast: £371.38. Trifecta:
£506.00. CSF: £114.95.
4.25: 1, SAYYIDA (W Buick 4-1); 2,
Mellow Magic (5-6 fav); 3, Golden
Bugle (16-1). 21/2l, 1l. 8 ran. C Appleby.
Tote: £4.20; pl £1.60, £1.10, £3.10. Exacta:
£9.30. Trifecta: £47.80. CSF: £7.81.
5.00: 1, BENEFIT STREET (Rossa
Ryan 4-1); 2, Araifjan (6-1); 3, Yimou
(7-2). 10-3 fav Saaheq. shd, 11/4l. 7 ran.
R Cowell. Tote: £5.30; pl £2.80, £3.60.
Exacta: £23.90. Tricast: £90.35.
Trifecta: £122.70. CSF: £27.19. NR:
Nibras Again, Royal Birth.
Not won (rollover £63,668.00). @
Results pot:SCOOP SIX: Place £72.40.
Bonus Not won (£22,212.00 rollover).
JACKPOT: £1,757.50
QUADPOT: £5.80
PLACEPOT: £18.00

THIRSK

12.30: 1, CHOUX (S W Kelly 10-3);
2, Qwicken (125-1); 3, Zwift (18-1). 6-4
fav El Hadeeyah. 13/4l, 1/2l. 11 ran. P
Evans. Tote: £4.60; pl £1.70, £17.80,
£4.20. Exacta: £742.70. Trifecta:
£3606.30. CSF: £394.64.
1.00: 1, SOPHIE’S STAR (H Shaw
9-2); 2, Cardiff (9-2); 3, Bondi Girl (111). 5-2 fav Diamond Pearl. ns, 23/4l. 11
ran. K Burke. Tote: £5.90; pl £2.00,
£2.10, £3.30. Exacta: £35.60. Trifecta:
£252.40. CSF: £25.65.
1.35: 1, GOOD LUCK FOX (L
Morris 7-2); 2, Boundless Power (6-5
fav); 3, Lezardrieux (11-1). hd, 13/4l. 9
ran. P Midgley. Tote: £5.20; pl £1.70,
£1.10, £3.00. Exacta: £10.30. Tricast:
£40.09. Trifecta: £54.50. CSF: £8.03.
NR: Duke Of Firenze.
2.10: 1, LITTLE JO (Gemma Tutty
15-2); 2, Ventura Rascal (10-1); 3,
Frankelio (20-1); 4, Mabre (11-2 jtfav).
11-2 jtfav Rum Runner. 21/4l, 3/4l, 3/4l. 16
ran. K Tutty. Tote: £9.20; pl £5.30, £2.20,

£2.70, £2.50. Exacta: £97.80. Tricast:
£958.63. Trifecta: £1622.40. CSF: £78.63.
2.45: 1, ANOTHER BATT (C
Beasley 10-3 fav); 2, Azano (16-1); 3,
Flying Pursuit (17-2). 21/4l, 11/4l. 8 ran.
T D Barron. Tote: £4.70; pl £1.70, £4.20,
£2.70. Exacta: £38.80. Tricast: £423.58.
Trifecta: £262.00. CSF: £55.93.
3.20: 1, SKYTREE (H Doyle 11-4);
2, Auriferous (2-1 fav); 3, Dirham
Emirati (10-3). 3/4l, 3l. 8 ran. W Haggas.
Tote: £4.10; pl £1.40, £1.10, £1.70.
Exacta: £11.00. Trifecta: £27.30. CSF:
£8.43. NR: Fight For It.
3.55: 1, RATHBONE (Megan
Nicholls 17-2); 2, Cold Stare (6-1); 3,
Endowed (10-1). 15-8 fav Commanche
Falls. 21/4l, 11/4l. 8 ran. K Ryan. Tote:
£8.70; pl £2.50, £1.60, £2.70. Exacta:
£49.20. Tricast: £519.25. Trifecta:
£329.00. CSF: £58.34.
4.30: 1, HIGHJACKED (H Doyle
7-4 fav); 2, Leo Davinci (15-2); 3, Lady
Monica (9-1); 4, Peachey Carnehan
(8-1). 11/4l, 13/4l, 1/2l. 18 ran. J J Davies.
Tote: £2.10; pl £1.30, £1.90, £1.90,
£2.30. Exacta: £14.80. Tricast: £105.42.
Trifecta: £112.50. CSF: £12.78. NR:
Carlovian, Redzone.
QUADPOT: £8.10
PLACEPOT: £550.70

NAVAN

1.55: 1, THE ENTERTAINER (J A
Heffernan 9-4 jtfav); 2, Albion Square
(11-1); 3, She’s Trouble (6-1). 9-4 jtfav
Geodesic. 11/2l, 31/2l. 10 ran. A P
O’Brien. Tote: €2.50; pl €1.40, €2.80,
€1.50. Exacta: €24.60. Trifecta:
€159.10. CSF: €30.73.
2.30: 1, WHITE LAVENDER (G F
Carroll 33-1); 2, Swift Flight (7-1); 3,
Anna Strada (6-1); 4, Notoriously
Risky (11-10 fav). ns, 3/4l, 1/2l. 21 ran.
Joseph G Murphy. Tote: €87.30; pl
€14.40, €2.70, €2.10. Exacta: €584.80.
Trifecta: €1575.40. CSF: €260.99.
3.05: 1, ONLY SPOOFING (G F
Carroll 11-1); 2, Sounds Of Spring (3-1
fav); 3, Tide Of Time (9-2). 3l, shd. 11
ran. Kevin Coleman. Tote: €19.30; pl
€2.90, €1.50, €2.20. Exacta: €55.40.
Tricast: €179.90. Trifecta: €331.30.
CSF: €42.37. NR: Ola Bonita.
3.40: 1, ART OF UNITY (G Halpin
16-1); 2, Eleuthera (28-1); 3, Fool Proof
(20-1); 4, Born Invincible (40-1). 5-1
fav Misterio. 3l, nk, 21/4l. 20 ran. J
Feane. Tote: €25.20; pl €6.70, €8.90,
€6.10, €7.20. Exacta: €701.80. Tricast:
€4470.56. Trifecta: €886.60. CSF:
€416.09. NR: Adams Barbour, Bambari,
Brave Display, Celtic Manor, Ever
Rock, Slade Runner.
4.15: 1, SIR LUCAN (W M Lordan
11-2); 2, Wordsworth (8-15 fav); 3,
Party House (10-3). nk, 31/2l. 6 ran. A P
O’Brien. Tote: €4.80; pl €1.70, €1.10.
Exacta: €10.30. Trifecta: €18.70. CSF:
€8.87.
4.50: 1, PARK ROW (R Coakley
10-1); 2, Banjo (50-1); 3, Eastern
Tornado (5-2 fav); 4, Anyonecanhaveitall
(16-1). 3/4l, 13/4l, 1/2l. 16 ran. D P
Coakley. Tote: €14.40; pl €2.90, €10.70,
€1.60, €3.90. Exacta: €1230.60. Tricast:
€1652.69. Trifecta: Not won. CSF:
€465.96. NR: Final Endeavour, Future
Romance, High Lake.
5.25: 1, SANTORINI SUN (Siobhan
Rutledge 50-1); 2, Carried (40-1); 3,
Swelltime (5-4 fav). 41/2l, 51/2l. 15 ran.
F G Hand. Tote: €69.90; pl €5.50, €5.00,
€1.50. Exacta: €1186.30. Tricast:
€4394.74. Trifecta: Not won. CSF:
€1371.08. NR: Aunty Audrey, Dusty
Winds, Hurricane Sky, Reflectionist,
Wish Me.
5.55: 1, MODUS OPERANDI (J A
Heffernan 5-2 fav); 2, Safari Quest (6-1);
3, Entropy (7-2); 4, Mcpherson (4-1). 11l,
11/2l, 21/4l. 18 ran. A P O’Brien. Tote:
€3.30; pl €1.50, €2.20, €2.20. Exacta:
€18.10. Trifecta: €108.70. CSF: €19.40.
QUADPOT: €223.50
PLACEPOT: €6,169.50

09097 400 060 GREYHOUND RESULTS

DONCASTER

5.35: 1, TYPICAL MAN (David
Egan 9-1); 2, Lead Story (6-1); 3,
Pockley (18-1). 7-4 fav Eloquent
Arthur. 4l, 3/4l. 13 ran. I Williams. Tote:
£9.80; pl £3.00, £1.60, £5.90. Exacta:
£72.70. Tricast: £995.27. Trifecta:
£933.80. CSF: £60.87.
6.05: 1, EBRO RIVER (David Egan
13-8); 2, Kyber Crystal (20-1); 3, Koda
Legend (5-4 fav). 1l, 6l. 8 ran. H
Palmer. Tote: £2.70; pl £1.30, £4.40,
£1.10. Exacta: £34.60. Trifecta: £86.40.
CSF: £35.58.
6.35: 1, ABU MALEK (B Garritty
16-1); 2, General Sago (5-1); 3, Rogue
Bear (5-2). 11-8 fav Hello Zabeel. 1/2l,
11/2l. 12 ran. R Fahey. Tote: £18.50; pl
£3.70, £1.70, £1.40. Exacta: £104.30.
Trifecta: £412.70. CSF: £91.22. NR:
Skyrunner.
7.05: 1, INVITE (J F Egan 6-1); 2,
Miss Mulligan (3-1 fav); 3, Mere Green
(14-1). 10l, 2l. 7 ran. M Botti. Tote:
£4.90; pl £1.60, £2.20. Exacta: £18.00.
Trifecta: £175.50. CSF: £22.58.
7.35: 1, ISLA KAI (R Scott 17-2); 2,
Beau Jardine (2-1); 3, Double Dealing
(9-1). 6-4 fav Third Kingdom. 4l, 21/2l.
6 ran. N Tinkler. Tote: £6.70; pl £3.10,
£1.50. Exacta: £30.10. Trifecta:
£118.40. CSF: £25.31.
8.05: 1, ROUNDHAY PARK (F
McManoman 11-2); 2, Music Society
(4-1 fav); 3, True Mason (15-2). 11/4l,
11/4l. 11 ran. N Tinkler. Tote: £5.40; pl
£1.50, £2.10, £2.40. Exacta: £29.30.
Tricast: £168.49. Trifecta: £195.60.
CSF: £27.99. NR: Triggered.
8.35: 1, GALIDERMES (Joanna
Mason 16-1); 2, Dance King (18-1); 3,
Idilico (5-1). 4-1 fav Licit. 23/4l, 11/4l. 12
ran. W Bethell. Tote: £16.40; pl £4.30,
£4.30, £2.30. Exacta: £214.50. Tricast:
£1650.44. Trifecta: £2470.30. CSF:
£269.12. NR: Ice Canyon, Red Derek.
QUADPOT: £19.30
PLACEPOT: £111.50

UTTOXETER

5.15: 1, INISHBIGGLE (D Jacob
2-9 fav); 2, That Ships Sailed (20-1); 3,
Big Bad Buzz (7-2). 15l, 23l. 4 ran. B
Leavy. Tote: £1.10; Exacta: £5.10.
Trifecta: £6.00. CSF: £5.69. NR: Cascova.
5.45: 1, KRUJERS GIRL (K Brogan
16-1); 2, Mackie Dee (22-1); 3, Going
Mobile (5-1). 7-2 fav Le Pogues Storm.
1
6 /2l, 91/2l. 13 ran. J Farrelly. Tote:
£16.60; pl £5.20, £6.60, £1.50. Exacta:
£284.90. Tricast: £2020.40. Trifecta:
£1673.00. CSF: £318.33. NR: Daranova.
6.20: 1, LORD ACCORD (B J Powell
10-3); 2, South Terrace (11-4 fav); 3,
Perfect Man (18-1). hd, 3l. 7 ran. N
Mulholland. Tote: £5.30; pl £2.30,
£1.80. Exacta: £14.30. Trifecta: £98.00.
CSF: £12.84.
6.50: 1, FLORAL BOUQUET (G
Sheehan 11-2); 2, Madera Mist (10-3);
3, Dolly Dancer (6-5 fav). 11/4l, 41/4l. 5
ran. J Snowden. Tote: £7.50; pl £2.50,
£1.70. Exacta: £22.10. Trifecta: £51.50.
CSF: £23.18.
7.20: 1, PROFILE PICTURE (R
Dingle 15-2); 2, Cheer’s Delboy (22-1);
3, Billy Ray (5-2 fav). 2l, 1/2l. 12 ran. G
Harris. Tote: £8.70; pl £2.80, £6.10,
£1.90. Exacta: £152.00. Tricast:
£531.87. Trifecta: £550.30. CSF:
£157.13. NR: Capricia, Lemon Shoulder.
7.50: 1, EVER SO COOL (H Skelton
11-4 fav); 2, Alramz (8-1); 3,
Missesgeejay (66-1). 21/4l, 11/4l. 13 ran.
D Skelton. Tote: £3.10; pl £1.50, £3.10,
£14.80. Exacta: £33.90. Tricast: £1192.31.
Trifecta: £1170.10. CSF: £23.62.
8.20: 1, HELLO SUNSHINE (R
Dingle 7-1); 2, Badness Backfires (10-3
fav); 3, Abington Park (14-1). 31/4l, 13l.
12 ran. P Webber. Tote: £7.90; pl £2.20,
£2.00, £4.00. Exacta: £37.90. Tricast:
£323.29. Trifecta: £343.90. CSF: £30.51.
NR: Olympic Honour.
QUADPOT: £53.10
PLACEPOT: £326.30

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CRAYFORD

10.17: Go Penny (3) 7-4 fav, Deecees
Jager (6) 6-1, bf: £14.28, tri: (3-6-1)
£41.51. 10.37: Glenbowen Ruby (1) 11-8
fav, Cloncunny Tyrur (6) 9-4, bf: £5.32,
tri: (1-6-5) £14.56. 10.53: Daithis Belle
(4) 11-4, Howya Tom (1) 5-2 fav, bf:
£12.17, tri: (4-1-6) £34.01. 11.09: Stophers
Flash (4) 9-2, Rocksteady Eddy (5) 5-1,
bf: £33.38, tri: (4-5-1) £60.64. 11.24:
Maglass Matt (3) 15-8 fav, Absolute
Legend (1) 8-1, bf: £17.56, tri: (3-1-2)
£64.79. 11.39: Limerick Jet (5) 9-2, Blue
Daddy Two (3) 5-2, bf: £23.97, tri: (5-3-4)
£64.84. 11.54: Woodcocks Joshua (6) 7-1,
Year of The Best (2) 11-4, bf: £37.27, tri:
(6-2-1) £124.39. 12.09: Kippers Model (6)
9-4 fav, Ossy Wink (5) 4-1, bf: £12.07, tri:
(6-5-1) £41.50. 12.24: Agadoo (5) 3-1,
Ashgrove Jo (1) 5-2 fav, bf: £14.20, tri:
(5-1-4) £47.66. 12.39: Swift Jaguar (5) 5-6
fav, Masontigermac (4) 11-2, bf: £7.79,
tri: (5-4-6) £43.27. 12.54: Dece Orange (4)
11-4 jt-fav, Killeacle Serena (5) 9-2, bf:
£18.14, tri: (4-5-1) £45.63. 1.09: Kelva
Williams (6) 10-3, Emmas Ace (5) 3-1, bf:
£15.30, tri: (6-5-3) £55.96. 1.24: Freffans
Ciara (6) 10-3, Hitthelids Harry (3) 6-1,
NR: Shes Pure Magic (res), bf: £30.05,
tri: (6-3-1) £75.84. 1.39: Only Maloney
(5) 2-1 fav, Fire Spark (4) 11-4, bf: £9.73,
tri: (5-4-6) £22.00.

DONCASTER

1.49: Catunda Tom (6) 10-1, Rural
Reward (2) 5-4 fav, bf: £35.67, tri: (6-2-1)
£74.23. 2.07: Sparta Coco (2) 2-1 fav,
Gaffers Mackey (3) 5-1, bf: £13.87, tri:
(2-3-4) £45.61. 2.23: Glaise Babe (2) 4-1,
Jetstream Spring (1) 4-1, bf: £21.53, tri:
(2-1-6) £29.24. 2.42: Nolas Biggie (1) 6-4
fav, Luttons Kyle (2) 7-2, bf: £7.65, tri:
(1-2-3) £17.10. 3.02: Ponfeigh Hannah (5)

2-1 fav, Swift Lampoon (1) 7-1, bf:
£19.09, tri: (5-1-6) £76.53. 3.18: Toems
Blake (2) 3-1, Midas Drumsna (3) 2-1
fav, bf: £12.43, tri: (2-3-6) £45.66. 3.38:
Devon Ranger (2) 8-1, Granite Nd Grass
(6) 9-2, NR: Wanted Stacey (res), bf:
£63.81, tri: (2-6-5) £177.42. 3.58:
Russanda Brandon (1) 6-4 fav, Fane
Enya (4) 4-1, NR: Paradise Kia (res), bf:
£9.27, tri: (1-4-2) £0.00. 4.18: Santro
Matto (3) 5-4 fav, Mudross Mark (5) 5-1,
bf: £9.90, tri: (3-5-1) £19.17. 4.38:
Granada Blaze (1) 9-2, Midas Sammy (5)
7-4 fav, NR: Bright Storm (res), bf:
£18.04, tri: (1-5-4) £86.76. 4.58: Tobergal
Jet (4) 5-2, Tidy Up Jane (1) 5-4 fav, NR:
Washing Belle (res), bf: £7.20, tri: (4-1-2)
£16.33. 5.18: Eden Bolt (4) 10-1, Moss
Turbo (2) 4-1, bf: £68.24, tri: (4-2-1)
£197.41. 5.37: Ballymac Odessa (1) 5-4
fav, Mill Zuri (4) 10-1, bf: £16.92, tri:
(1-4-6) £59.62. 5.54: Ballymac Doyle (3)
7-1, Granada Glow (2) 5-4 jt-fav, bf:
£27.32, tri: (3-2-4) £100.71.

PERRY BARR

11.06: Castell Doreen (1) 7-2, Matties
Tipper (6) 4-1, bf: £21.69, tri: (1-6-2)
£55.36. 11.21: Mister Milch (2) 11-4, You
Have It (3) 8-1, NR: Catunda Tilley (res),
bf: £27.43, tri: (2-3-4) £133.48. 11.36:
Binny The Belly (2) 4-1, Harwell Trixie
(5) 6-1, bf: £45.60, tri: (2-5-1) £98.42.
11.51: Joyful John (6) 11-4, Parsnip
Nellie (4) 7-2, NR: Bainy Boy (res), bf:
£15.72, tri: (6-4-1) £54.44. 12.06: Swift
Launch (1) 9-4 jt-fav, Aghaburren Flyer
(4) 5-1, bf: £16.20, tri: (1-4-5) £68.03.
12.21: Annadown Linda (3) 7-1, Mo Cara
Breeze (4) 6-1, bf: £55.26, tri: (3-4-2)
£157.19. 12.36: Longwood Mayo (6)
Evens fav, Double Top Beau (1) 5-2, bf:
£4.47, tri: (6-1-4) £16.49. 12.51:

Skywalker Annie (1) 11-4, Bay City
Lacey (6) 6-1, bf: £22.86, tri: (1-6-2)
£33.87. 1.06: Curiosity (5) 7-1, Barrack
Sadie (6) 6-1, bf: £48.66, tri: (5-6-2)
£154.78. 1.21: Swift Bedlam (6) 5-2,
Westway Lark (1) 2-1 fav, bf: £9.30, tri:
(6-1-4) £24.59. 1.36: Chaddesley Daley
(5) 6-1, Bakers Dozen (1) 8-1, bf: £60.22,
tri: (5-1-6) £301.72. 1.51: Parsnip Dobbie
(2) 11-4, Lissan Kels (6) 3-1, bf: £15.19,
tri: (2-6-5) £28.48.

ROMFORD

10.12: Gosh Owen (4) 6-1, Newlawn
News (5) 6-5 fav, bf: £19.38, tri: (4-5-3)
£54.61. 10.31: Waikiki Mystic (6) 13-8
fav, Marziaslittlegem (5) 3-1, bf: £7.80,
tri: (6-5-2) £29.35. 10.46: Tommos
Rocket (2) 3-1, Mallogs Darcy (3) 6-1, bf:
£24.36, tri: (2-3-4) £60.48. 11.01: Phoenix
Lou (5) 9-2, Boynepark Farloe (6) 4-1, bf:
£25.78, tri: (5-6-3) £87.08. 11.16:
Signature Dancer (3) 8-1, Macash
Dream (4) 3-1, bf: £42.04, tri: (3-4-6)
£101.88. 11.31: One For Andy (1) 6-4 fav,
Lady In Blue (2) 7-1, bf: £12.70, tri: (1-23) £45.09. 11.46: Made To Order (6) 10-11
fav, Baba Ganush (1) 6-1, bf: £8.10, tri:
(6-1-5) £24.12. 12.01: Tagged (5) 5-2 jtfav, Westlake Ben (6) 4-1, bf: £14.09, tri:
(5-6-1) £48.92. 12.16: Kingdom Fire (3)
11-4 jt-fav, Droopys Should (6) 6-1, bf:
£22.78, tri: (3-6-1) £71.60. 12.31: Rhapsody
Angel (3) 6-1, Westlake Genie (5) 7-1, bf:
£60.28, tri: (3-5-4) £178.39. 12.46: To Tone
Mars (4) 5-2 jt-fav, Earls Magical (2) 5-2
jt-fav, bf: £11.18, tri: (4-2-1) £32.79. 1.02:
Fortune Maker (3) 6-1, Bang On Gemma
(5) 9-4 fav, bf: £27.95, tri: (3-5-6) £89.84.
1.17: Droopys Tycoon (5) 11-4 fav, Errill
Sky (2) 4-1, bf: £18.11, tri: (5-2-6) £54.26.
1.33: Gunpowder (5) 6-1, Mayses Maudie
(6) 4-1, bf: £34.23, tri: (5-6-1) £76.30.

JASON HEAVEY
My Dubawi
Kidyounot (nb)
Mehmo
Golden Dove (nap)
Benadalid (nb)
Zim Baby
Charging Thunder
Yolo Again

1.33

MOORESTYLE
1.33
2.05
2.35
3.05
3.35
4.05
4.35
5.05

My Dubawi
Mr Trevor (e/w)
Tamaska
Golden Dove
Hayadh
Credible
Zoom Tiger
Hard Solution

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS NOVICE STAKES

Class 4 2YO 6f (8 runners)£3,726

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

(8)
4 BOLTON ABBEY (29) G Boughey 9 5..... M Crehan (5)
69
(2)
EVER GIVEN T Dascombe 9 5...................... D Tudhope
—
(4)
3 MY DUBAWI (14) M Johnston 9 5...................F Norton ★78
(6)
NEAT AND DANDY R Fahey 9 5..................T Hamilton
—
(3)
PRODIGIOUS BLUE N Tinkler 9 5...................... R Scott
—
(7)
ZIMMERMAN T Easterby 9 5...............................D Allan
—
(5)
LETHALLY LOVELY Adrian Nicholls 9 0.....D Fentiman
—
(1)
MISS WORLD Stef Keniry 9 0............................. H Shaw
—
Star Betting: 11-8 My Dubawi, 7-2 Neat And Dandy,
7 Ever Given, 8 Bolton Abbey, Zimmerman, 12 Prodigious
Blue, 14 Lethally Lovely, 33 Miss World.
2020: No corresponding race.

RACING HANDICAP (DIV 1)
2.05 TITANIUM
Class 6 3YO 6f (13 run) £2,538

1 (4)
2 (9)
3 (5)
4 (3)
5 (13)
6 (10)
7 (11)
8 (1)
9 (2)
10 (12)
11 (7)
12 (6)
13 (8)

KEVIN THE MINION (17) I Furtado 9 9........Elle-may Croot (7)
74
KIDYOUNOT (17)(D,S)(P*) T Easterby 9 7.........D Allan ★77
GINATO (25) R Fell 9 7........................ B Sanderson (3)
75
COMETH THE MAN (22)(BF)(P*) D O’Meara 9 6... D Tudhope
74
MR TREVOR (215) Mrs A Duffield 9 5....S Osborne (7)
72
UNASHAMED (18)(D,A) G Tuer 9 4................. S James
73
HOOFS HAPPY NOW (21) M W Easterby 9 4.N Evans
71
POP FAVORITE (50) D Brown 9 1......................K Stott
72
BETTER BY FAR (17)(D,A) S Bowring 8 12.....L Edmunds
73
CAMERILY JOE (26)(A) N Tinkler 8 11....F McManoman (3)
74
VELOCISTAR (22)(D2,A) Steph Hollinshead 8 10......Josephine Gordon
71
LADY ARTELA (244) A Whillans 8 3...............A Mullen
69
COOL DANDY (175) K Dalgleish 8 2.............J Fanning
57
LONG HANDICAP: Cool Dandy 8-1.
Star Betting: 11-4 Cometh The Man, 7-2 Unashamed, 7
Camerily Joe, 8 Ginato, 10 Kevin The Minion, 12 Mr Trevor,
Velocistar, 14 Hoofs Happy Now, Pop Favorite, 16 others.
2020: No corresponding race.
2664
L-L0
4-05
-223
24045-1
62-0
3440
5-10
3-01
1-06
040060-

RACING HANDICAP (DIV 2)
2.35 TITANIUM
Class 6 3YO 6f (12 run) £2,538

1 (12) 00-6 FOOTSTEPSTOTHEHART (18)(B*) J J Quinn 9 8.... J Hart
74
2 (9) 0-33 THORNABY PEARL (18) Adrian Nicholls 9 7.... T Hamilton
74
3 (6) -LL5 KATS BOB (8)(H) I Jardine 9 6.........................A Mullen
73
4 (2) 4-55 ELEGANT ELLEN (15) T Easterby 9 6...............D Allan
72
5 (3) 330- CANTERBURY TALES (191) R Fahey 9 5.....C Murtagh (3)
68
6 (7) 00-0 CAMMY (15) P Kirby 9 4........................... P Mulrennan ★76
7 (11) 6552 MEHMO (13)(P) M Appleby 9 2..................T Marquand
73
8 (4) 4051 TAMASKA (20)(D,G)(P*) D O’Meara 9 0...... D Tudhope
75
9 (8) 6-05 IRIS DANCER (17) R M Smith 8 11..............P Mathers
65
10 (1) -L12 TOM MIX (20)(A)(P) I Furtado 8 10..................F Norton
74
11 (10) 400 COLINTON (49) R Menzies 8 8........................C Hardie
72
12 (5) L000 LOCKDOWN LASS (26) G Hanmer 8 2........ T Ladd (3)
72
Star Betting: 3 Tamaska, 7-2 Mehmo, 6 Elegant Ellen, 7
Tom Mix, 10 Canterbury Tales, Footstepstothehart, Kats
Bob, 12 Thornaby Pearl, 16 others.
2020: No corresponding race.

RIPON-RACES.CO.UK HANDICAP
3.05 VISIT
Class 4 3YO 1m 2f (7 run) £4,563
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

(3) 51-4 HEIGHTS OF ABRAHAM (43)(S) K Dalgleish 9 7.S Gray 87
(7) 3-23 THREE PLATOON (15)(BF) R Varian 9 4... David Egan
89
(5) 01-1 CONTACT (34)(D,G) T D Barron 9 3.................N Evans
89
(6) 41-2 RICH DREAM (34)(BF,S) E Bethell 9 3........ D Tudhope ★91
(2) 1-2L EPIC PASS (48)(A) M Johnston 9 2.................F Norton
90
(4) 15-L BALLYCOMMON (17)(S) D Carroll 9 1.............. H Shaw
88
86
(1) 01-6 GOLDEN DOVE (17)(S) T Easterby 8 12...Megan Nicholls
Star Betting: 5-2 Contact, 3 Three Platoon, 7-2 Heights
Of Abraham, 4 Rich Dream, 10 Epic Pass, 16 Golden Dove,
25 Ballycommon.
2020: No corresponding race.

MEMORIAL HANDICAP
3.35 WILMOT-SMITH
Class 3 1m 2f (7 runners) £6,442

1 (5) -640 HAYADH (15)(A,G,S) Harvey Bastiman 8 9 7.. S James 100
90
2 (3) 5/0L WAARIF (15)(C,D,A,G,S) D O’Meara 8 9 7....S B Kirrane (5)
3 (1) L00- MEMORY DREAM (169) I Furtado 4 9 7....T Hamilton
91
4 (6) 10-L EAGLE COURT (22)(D2,G,S) D O’Meara 4 9 5..............

......................................................................... D Tudhope ★102
89
5 (7) 60-2 DONTASKMEAGAIN (2)(G,S) M Johnston 4 9 4.... F Norton
6 (2) 2252 JEAN BAPTISTE (2)(A) G Boughey 4 9 0......M Crehan (5) 101
7 (4) 63-6 BENADALID (31)(CD2,C,D,A,G,S) C Fairhurst 6 8 13..

..................................................................... P Mulrennan 100
Star Betting: 9-4 Jean Baptiste, 4 Benadalid , 5 Hayadh,
11-2 Eagle Court, 8 Waarif, Dontaskmeagain, 10 Others.

EBF PREMIER FILLIES’ HCAP
4.05 BRITISH
Class 3 6f
(9 runners) £11,596

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

(6)
(9)
(4)
(7)
(5)
(8)
(3)
(2)
(1)

GALE FORCE MAYA (22)(D5,A,G,S)(P) M Dods 5 10 0.....P Mulrennan
91
ZIM BABY (8)(D2,S)(H) M Appleby 4 9 10...... T Marquand
94
RESTLESS ENDEAVOUR (15)(D3,A,S) G Tuer 4 9 1...S James
95
FASHION ADVICE (6)(BF,A,G,S)(P) K Dalgleish 4 8 13...... B Garritty (3)
93
LADY NECTAR (29)(D3,G) Mrs A Duffield 4 8 12.....J Fanning ★96
CREDIBLE (248)(D,S) R Fahey 3 8 6...........P Mathers
88
RUMAYTHAH (14)(D,G) R Varian 3 8 6....... David Egan
86
BRAZEN BELLE (18)(D2,A,G) D O’Meara 3 8 2.. C Hardie
85
LEAD STORY (58)(A) K Burke 3 8 0...........Jane Elliott
80
LONG HANDICAP: Lead Story 7-11.
Star Betting: 5-2 Gale Force Maya, 6 Rumaythah,
Restless Endeavour, 7 Lady Nectar, Zim Baby, 8 others.
L-41
13-0
-112
0143
4L-1
2101-34
4-01
2214

RACING CLUB MAIDEN STAKES
4.35 TITANIUM
Class 5 3YO 1m 2f (8 run) £3,078

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

(1)
6L BLACK CYCLONE (28) D O’Meara 9 5...............S Gray
55
(8)
CHARGING THUNDER D O’Meara 9 5........ D Tudhope
—
(7) 0-2 FIFTYSHADESOFRED (19) R Varian 9 5.... David Egan ★91
(3) 2-3 FIRST LIGHT (16) J & T Gosden 9 5..... P J McDonald
85
35
(2) L-L GURKHA’S SURPRISE (18) D McCain 9 5......Ella McCain (5)
(6)
43 ZOOM TIGER (31) A Balding 9 5...............T Marquand
89
(4) LL- COSMIC STAR (178) J L Eyre 9 0.............. L Edmunds
34
(5)
LL TROPICAL CYCLONE (31) M Johnston 9 0...F Norton
69
Star Betting: 7-4 Fiftyshadesofred, 2 Zoom Tiger, 11-4
First Light, 8 Charging Thunder, 25 Others.

STAINLEY APPRENTICE HCAP
5.05 SOUTH
Class 5 5f
(9 runners) £2,862

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

(9) 40-2 YOLO AGAIN (8)(D4,A,G) K Tutty 5 10 3......Gemma Tutty
74
75
(4) 6124 DAPPER MAN (24)(BF,CD2,D10,A,G,S) R Fell 7 9 13.......B Sanderson
76
(7) 125- TOM TULLIVER (170)(BF,D2,A,S)(P*) J Unett 4 9 12......C Noble
74
(3) L64L ASCOT JUNGLE (18)(T) C Hobson 4 9 6...... S Cherchi (3)
74
(2) 6536 BELLEVARDE (69)(D5,A,G,S) R J Price 7 9 3....A Villiers (3)
77
(5) 5522 HARROGATE (25)(BF,D,G) P Midgley 6 9 0.... B Garritty
(8) 5-41 MOONRAKER (17)(D6,A,G,S) M Appleby 9 8 13.....T Ladd ★78
71
(6) 00L6 HARD SOLUTION (2)(C,D3,A,G,S)(B) D O’Meara 5 8 7..... S B Kirrane (3)
64
(1) 0L-6 CUPPACOCO (29)(D2,A,G) Mrs A Duffield 6 8 7.... S Osborne (5)
LONG HANDICAP: Hard Solution 8-6, Cuppacoco 8-4.
Star Betting: 11-4 Dapper Man, 7-2 Moonraker, 4
Harrogate, 6 Yolo Again, 8 Bellevarde, 12 Others.

STRATFORD
JASON HEAVEY
Ultimate Getaway
Gorcombe’s Rascal
Dolly McQueen
Candy Burg
Une De La Seniere
Shaman Du Berlais
Blue Collar Glory

MOORESTYLE
2.17
2.47
3.17
3.47
4.17
4.47
5.17

Barrowmount
Bardd
Pepper Street
Atlantic Storm (nb)
Madera Mist (trb)
Embole
Dusky Days

TRACKFACTS Sharp left-hand course of one mile two
furlongs in extent with a run-in of 200yds. With eight
easy fences and five hurdles per circuit, a tight fast
track and unsuitable for the galloping type.
TOP TRAINERS (with runners) D Skelton 35 winners,
(21.2% strike rate), -£7.75, D McCain 15, (23.1%),
+£5.00, N Twiston-Davies 15, (18.3%), +£0.50, T R
George 14, (18.9%), +£7.50, F O’Brien 13, (16.5%),
-£2.00, N Mulholland 13, (16.5%), +£14.00, P Bowen 12,
(17.1%), -£0.92, P Hobbs 11, (18.6%), -£3.00, D
Bridgwater 10, (13.7%), -£1.00.

2.17

MENTAL HEALTH WEEK MAIDEN HURDLE

Cl 4 (11 flights) 2m 6f (6 run) £3,159

1 52-3# BARROWMOUNT (7) Seamus Mullins 5 11 4......M G Nolan
—
2 24-2 DRAKES WELL (15)(P) D Bridgwater 8 11 4..... B J Powell ★124
3 00- IGGY IGGINS (42)(P*,T) T R Gretton 5 11 4.............. J Best
25
4 F4L- RUMBLE B (58) S Humphrey 7 11 4................ N Scholfield
—
5
ST ESTEPHE (F667) Mrs L Young 5 11 4.... M Bastyan (3)
—
6 245- ULTIMATE GETAWAY (239)(G)(T*) F O’Brien 7 11 4.....P Brennan 111
Star Betting: 5-4 Drakes Well, 11-4 Ultimate Getaway,
10-3 Barrowmount, 10 Rumble B, 16 St Estephe, 33 Iggy
Iggins.

2.47

NOVICES’ HANDICAP CHASE

Cl 5 (14 fences) 2m 3f (11 run) £2,505

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

LPU- CHEZ HANS (28)(G)(B*) M Scudamore 7 11 12........B J Powell
—
233- BARDD (36)(G) Mrs D O’Neill 9 11 8..................Page Fuller 112
603- NEFYN POINT (29)(S) D McCain 7 11 3........... T Gillard (5)
—
0P3- GO ON BRYCEY LAD (48) T R George 5 10 10.......C Gethings ★113
—
0LF- SAKHEE’S CONQUEST (48) Seamus Mullins 6 10 8........M G Nolan
LP4- BEGOODTOYOURSELF (23)(B,T*) C Kellett 6 10 7.......H Reed 110
63L- GATES PASS (43)(H,T) B Barr 6 10 6........Paul O’Brien (3)
—
0R6- FRENCH KISS (29) A Carroll 6 10 5.................H Bannister 101
/P6- DAWN SUNRISE (67)(T) Mrs F M Shaw 8 10 4......... J Best
78
0P2- GORCOMBE’S RASCAL (56) J Frost 8 10 3. Bryony Frost 109
UL4- ARDBRUCE (30) Seamus Mullins 8 10 1..............D Noonan 107
Star Betting: 3 Gorcombe’s Rascal, 4 Bardd, 5 Nefyn
Point, 7 Begoodtoyourself, 8 Go On Brycey Lad,
10 Ardbruce, French Kiss, 14 Gates Pass, 16 others.

3.17

MARES’ NOVICES’ SELLING HURDLE
Cl 5 (8 flights) 2m (8 run)

£2,342

1 63-1 PEPPER STREET (6)(G)(T) S England 6 11 3...... T Midgley (7) 104
2 L66- DOLLY MCQUEEN (36) F O’Brien 5 10 10.............. C Brace ★105
95
3 P5-5 HAPPY AND CONTENT (12) S Drinkwater 5 10 10..........R T Dunne
4 U0-5 KEEPSCALLING (7)(T*) Katy Price 7 10 10............ B Poste
93
5
RITHA (F1070) Mrs L Young 6 10 10............ M Bastyan (3)
—
6 4L0- SHAW’S DILEMMA (132)(P,T) T R Gretton 7 10 10.. J Best
—
7 LLP- THE THREE WIZARDS (187)(G)(H*,T) J Coulson 7 10 10.....F Gregory (3) 102
8
F- MAZIKEEN (203) J Snowden 4 10 4..................G Sheehan
—
Star Betting: 9-4 Pepper Street, 3 Dolly McQueen,
5 Keepscalling, 6 Happy And Content, 8 Mazikeen, 10 The
Three Wizards, 14 Shaw’s Dilemma, 25 Ritha.

TOP JOCKEYS (with mounts) Harry Skelton 31 winners, (26.1% strike rate), -£6.75, Sam Twiston-Davies
28, (20.0%), +£8.50, Harry Bannister 14, (22.2%), -£0.15,
Sean Bowen 13, (17.6%), -£4.00, Adrian Heskin 13,
(26.0%), +£2.50, Tom Scudamore 11, (10.6%), -£1.50,
David Bass 11, (16.9%), -£5.00, Paddy Brennan 10,
(11.5%), -£4.00, Bryony Frost 10, (19.2%), -£2.00, James
Best 9, (13.8%), -£2.00, Page Fuller 9, (16.7%), -£2.00,
Robbie Dunne 8, (14.5%), -£3.00.

3.47

VISIT RACINGTV.COM HCAP CHASE

Cl 4 (12 fences) 2m 1f (7 run)£3,594

1 42L- LE LIGERIEN (72)(G,S)(T*) P Hobbs 8 12 0.B R Jones (3) 120
2 22-1 AR MEST (12)(G,S) N Mitchell 8 11 13.......... T Scudamore 125
3 5P2- GETARIVER (26)(A,G,S)(T) D Skelton 8 11 9.......H Skelton 126
4 410- CANDY BURG (89)(D2,G,S)(T) P Bowen 8 11 5...S Bowen ★127
5 021- LARCH HILL (24)(D,G,S) N Twiston-Davies 8 11 3

S Twiston-Davies 124
6 532- ATLANTIC STORM (24)(CD2,G,S)(T) B Summers 9 11 1

C Hammond 124
7 L12- RED INCA (F20)(G,S) A Phillips 13 10 12............ C Todd (3) 121
Star Betting: 11-4 Larch Hill, 4 Getariver, 5 Ar Mest, 11-2
Atlantic Storm, 7 Red Inca, 15-2 Le Ligerien, Candy Burg.

4.17

MARES’ HANDICAP HURDLE

Cl 4 (13 flights) 3m 2f (5 run) £3,159

1 4P0- KENTFORD HEIRESS (43)(D,G,S) Seamus Mullins 11 11 12

M G Nolan 119
2 412- UNE DE LA SENIERE (25)(G,S)(T) F O’Brien 6 11 9

P Brennan ★124
3 /LP- THE WICKET CHICKEN (23)(G)(P) N Mulholland 9 11 0

S Twiston-Davies
—
4 30-0 MY LADY GREY (11)(D2,G)(P) C Tizzard 7 10 11

A P Heskin 121
5 1L2- MADERA MIST (31)(S)(T) T Vaughan 7 10 3..........A Johns
—
Star Betting: 6-4 Une De La Seniere, 9-4 Madera Mist,
9-2 The Wicket Chicken, 13-2 Kentford Heiress, 10 My Lady
Grey.

4.47

HANDICAP CHASE

Cl 4 (17 fences) 2m 7f (6 run)£3,594

1 242/ SHAMAN DU BERLAIS (604)(BF) Kerry Lee 8 11 12

R Patrick
—
2 F43- EMBOLE (27)(S)(H,T) D Skelton 7 11 5................H Skelton
—
3 P4-3 SIZING CUSIMANO (12)(G,S)(B*) C Tizzard 8 11 4

B J Powell ★126
4 43-P LIES ABOUT MILAN (13)(B*) F O’Brien 10 11 4

L Harrison (5) 125
5 0U-0 ROMANOR (10)(C,G,S) Seamus Mullins 7 10 11

M G Nolan 124
6 /LL- STEEL WAVE (55)(G,S)(P,T) G Hanmer 11 10 8

T Scudamore
—
Star Betting: 7-4 Embole, 9-4 Shaman Du Berlais,
4 Sizing Cusimano, 7 Lies About Milan, 14 Romanor, 16
Steel Wave.

5.17

BET AT RACINGTV.COM OPEN NH FLAT
Class 5 2m

(6 runners)

£1,906

1 51- TREVADA (76)(G) N Twiston-Davies 5 11 7

S Twiston-Davies 106
2
REGAL PRETENDER M Young 6 11 0................J Dixon (7)
—
3
DUSKY DAYS J Snowden 4 10 8.........................G Sheehan
—
4
FLASH GORCOMBE J Frost 4 10 8................ Bryony Frost
—
5 34- GUIDEDBYTHESCIENCE (47)(T*) F Brennan 5 10 7

D Bass
95
6
3- BLUE COLLAR GLORY (45)(H) O Greenall 4 10 1....R Turner (5) ★120
Star Betting: 11-8 Blue Collar Glory, 2 Trevada, 5 Dusky
Days, 8 Guidedbythescience, 14 Flash Gorcombe, 25 Regal
Pretender.

SS1ST

DAILY STAR SUNDAY, May 16, 2021

37

racing

START OF THE
PIER
SHOW
Sky is the limit for Gosden miler
AFTER Palace Pier left his rivals
floundering in the mud at Newbury
yesterday, Frankie Dettori hailed
the colt as one of the best milers
he has ridden.

And nobody will argue with Dettori’s
opinion, having partnered Barathea,
Dubai Millennium, Mark Of Esteem and
many more, after Palace Pier proved too
strong from Lady Bowthorpe with Top
Rank taking third.
“Whoosh, he just took off as he’s a
serious horse, a beast,” said Dettori after
winning the Group One for the fifth time.
“I was looking for Ryan Moore, on
Lope Y Fernandez – but I saw him
rowing away three furlongs
from home.
“He’s only run eight times
and is a wonderful athlete
and can only
get better.”
Successful trainer John
Gosden
backed
up
Dettori’s assessment.
He said: “He’s a
lovely horse. It’s pretty
obvious at this stage
that we will go to the
Queen Anne at Royal
Ascot and we will
think about stepping

PEERLESS:
Palace Pier
and Frankie
Dettori (right)

■■by CHRIS GOULDING

up in trip after that. Something like the
Juddmonte International.”
William Haggas was also justifiably
purring after Al Aasy’s silky smooth victory
in the Al Rayyan Stakes under a motionless
Jim Crowley.
“He’s talented and is in everything we
could possibly put him in,” said Haggas.
“We’ll put him in the Arc but there’s a
long way to go before then. He’s won two
Group Threes but he’s a good horse.
“He’s very enthusiastic but the good
thing is in both races this year, he’s dropped
the bridle. Jim is getting his confidence
in him now.”
Crowley said: “He’s a monster of a
horse – I just had a double handful
throughout.
“You don’t get many horses that
give you that sort of feel.
“He appreciated the cut in the
ground, but hopefully he hasn’t
stopped improving.”
Before Haggas searches
out his passport for that
trip to the Arc at
Longchamp in October,
Al Aaasy will head to
Epsom next month
for the Coronation
Cup.

NAAS
JASON HEAVEY
Blazing Star
Visualisation
Roca Roma
Cadamosto
Indigo Balance
Contarelli Chapel
Pale Iris
Admiral Nelson

1.40

MOORESTYLE
1.40
2.10
2.40
3.10
3.40
4.10
4.40
5.10

Espouse
Khartoum (nap)
Casanova (e/w)
Cadamosto
Make A Challenge
Contarelli Chapel
Law Of Indices
Sindhia

IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF FILLIES MAIDEN
3YO

1m (16 runners)

€7,500

1 (16)
52 BLAZING STAR (23)(BF) G M Lyons 9 2........................ C T Keane 89
2 (1) 523- BOYNE RIVER (239) J P O’Brien 9 2..........................D McDonogh ★93
3 (6) 0-0 CHACHA DANCER (32) Thomas Coyle 9 2....................... R Colgan 75
4 (4)
0- ESPOUSE (241)(H*) J Harrington 9 2............................... T Madden 73
5 (15)
0 FINAL PAYMENTS (12) Patrick Turley 9 2..................Mark Enright —
6 (9) 5-60 FRILL (7) A P O’Brien 9 2............................................J A Heffernan 83
7 (11)
00 ITSNOTEASYHI (2) G Keane 9 2.....................................S Ewing (5) 63
8 (12)
LYRA BELACQUA D K Weld 9 2......................................... Oisin Orr —
9 (7)
5 MOTHEERAH (7) M Fahey 9 2.......................................... R Coakley 65
10 (10)
MOTHER COUNTRY W McCreery 9 2..................................W J Lee —
11 (3) 0-0 NEPALI (11) Joseph G Murphy 9 2..................................G F Carroll 77
12 (5)
RILIYA J McConnell 9 2.........................................C McConnell (10) —
13 (8)
3- SAYWHATYOUWANT (191) J Davison 9 2........................ R Whelan 87
14 (2) 44-0 STARDAYZ (23) J Harrington 9 2........................................... S Foley 90
15 (13)
L TRUSTME IMADOCTOR (32) Colm Murphy 9 2..............B M Coen 33
16 (14)
3 WOODLAND GARDEN (11)(BF) A P O’Brien 9 2............R L Moore 83
Star Betting: 11-4 Blazing Star, 7-2 Boyne River,
5 Saywhatyouwant, 6 Woodland Garden, Frill, 10 others.

2.10

NAAS HANDICAP
3YO

1m (12 runners)

€11,250

1 (5) 44-5 COSMIC VEGA (13)(S) J Harrington 9 12........................ T Madden 93
2 (9) 31-L KHARTOUM (31)(S) A P O’Brien 9 11..............................R L Moore 86
3 (6) 6-02 LAELAPS (38)(D,S)(H) J Harrington 9 11.............................. S Foley 92
4 (11) 3-1 DIDEROT (65)(D,A) G M Lyons 9 9................................. C T Keane 88
5 (1) -311 VISUALISATION (38)(D,A,S) J P O’Brien 9 9................S M Crosse 94
6 (3) 021- HYPE (200)(A) J P O’Brien 9 6...................................J A Heffernan 92
7 (12) -000 THE BLUE PANTHER (20)(S)(T) M Mulvany 9 6............G F Carroll 88
8 (2) 5-L0 ALLEZ BARZA (20)(S)(B) M Halford 9 1........................... R Whelan 97
9 (7) 6-30 SAN AER (32) T Mullins 8 9............................................... Joe Doyle 96
10 (8) -603 KNOCKNAKILLA (12) G O’Leary 8 6...............................C D Hayes 98
11 (10) 060- NO STOPPING HER (196) J Davison 8 6.....................W M Lordan 93
12 (4) 6213 VOCITO (5)(BF,G)(P) J S Bolger 8 6................................. R P Cleary ★99
Star Betting: 3 Visualisation, 9-2 Khartoum, 5 Diderot, 6 Hype,
7 Vocito, 10 Knocknakilla, Laelaps, 14 San Aer, 25 others.

ASCOT TRIALS AT NAAS HANDICAP
2.40 ROYAL
1m
(18 runners)
€8,304
1 (15) L01- ROCA ROMA (269)(D2,S) G M Lyons 4 10 5................. C T Keane 89
2 (2) 204/ BAND OF OUTLAWS (J654)(BF,C,D,G,S) J P O’Brien 6 9 12.....W M Lordan —
3 (18) 000L CASANOVA (9)(D,A,G) A McGuinness 5 9 12...................G M Ryan 84
4 (16) 65-0 PROTAGONIST (56)(G) J Harrington 4 9 11.......................... S Foley 90
5 (14) 6103 PEPPERONI PETE (22)(D2,G,S)(P,T) J Harrington 5 9 8.......S T McCullagh (5) 92
6 (8) L-05 PUNK POET (8)(D,A) E Lynam 4 9 5..............................S M Crosse 94
7 (7) 13-0 ACQUIESCENT (23)(A,G) John Murphy 4 9 4................... R Colgan 93
8 (5) L-34 LONGBOURN (22)(T) R O’Sullivan 5 9 4.................. M A Gallagher ★97
9 (6) 1-15 STARTING MONDAY (43)(D,S) G Scott 4 9 2.....................W J Lee 93
10 (12) 0-30 ICE COLD IN ALEX (23)(A,G)(T) K J Condon 7 9 1......N G McCullagh 95
11 (13) 31-5 THEFAITHFULINDIAN (50)(D,S)(T) A A Howard 6 9 0...C D Hayes 91
12 (17) LL-0 COLFER ME (29)(D,A,G)(B) S Byrne 5 8 13.................... T Madden 93
13 (1) 2-L0 MCCABE (7)(D,G)(P,T) J S Bolger 4 8 13........................ R P Cleary 96
14 (4) 3-35 EL PADRE (13) A Murray 5 8 11................................J A Heffernan 95
15 (10) 0120 DREAM TALE (7)(D,G) A Oliver 5 8 10............................. L F Roche 94
16 (9) 00-6 EASTERN RACER (49)(D2,A,G,S)(B) S Byrne 9 8 10...... N M Crosse (5) 84
17 (11) /446 PERRY SQUARE (9)(P*) F Costello 6 8 10.............. D E Sheehy (3) 90
18 (3) 450- PIRATE LASS (193) R Brabazon 4 8 8....................A J Slattery (3) 92
Star Betting: 9-2 Roca Roma, 5 Band of Outlaws, 7 El Padre,
Pepperoni Pete, 8 Starting Monday, 12 others.

3.10

COOLMORE STUD CALYX RACE
2YO 5f

(6 runners)

€20,089

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6

(4)
1 CADAMOSTO (36)(D,A)(T) A P O’Brien 9 8.....................R L Moore ★92
(1)
44 ANDREAS VESALIUS (8) J P O’Brien 9 5........... D McMonagle (5) 89
(5)
26 CHARLIE DE RIO (9)(T) D Hogan 9 5.................. J M Sheridan (5) 87
(2) 422 SILVER SURFER (8) Donnacha O’Brien 9 5............ P A Harnett (7) 91
(3)
TWILIGHT JET M O’Callaghan 9 5................................... L F Roche —
(6)
0 UNCONQUERABLE KEEN (29) M Halford 9 5................. R Whelan 72
Star Betting: 4-7 Cadamosto, 4 Silver Surfer, 8 Andreas Vesalius,
12 Charlie De Rio, 14 Twilight Jet, 20 Unconquerable Keen.

POWER SPRINT STAKES (LISTED)
3.40 SOLE
Class 1 5f
(12 runners)
€20,089

1 (6) 0362 HARRY’S BAR (20)(D3,A) A McGuinness 6 10 0............. R Whelan 106
2 (11) 4-34 MAKE A CHALLENGE (20)(BF,CD,D3,G,S)(P) D Hogan 6 10 0

Joe Doyle 106
3 (1) 21-5 URBAN BEAT (20)(CD,D2,A,S)(B*) J P Murtagh 6 10 0

B M Coen 106
4 (2) L-10 DOWNFORCE (43)(D,G,S)(B) W McCreery 9 9 11..............W J Lee★109
5 (10) 3-56 GUSTAVUS WESTON (29)(S) Joseph G Murphy 5 9 11.G F Carroll 104
6 (9) 4-21 INDIGO BALANCE (26)(D2,G) J Harrington 5 9 11............. S Foley 107
7 (3) 10-0 A STEP TOO FAR (43)(CD,D4,G,S)(P) K Cotter 5 9 6

D McDonogh 98
8 (4) 0-03 BACK TO BRUSSELS (20)(D,S) J A Stack 4 9 6............C D Hayes 101
9 (5) -221 MI ESPERANZA (8)(CD,D) A Kinsella 5 9 6..................A J Slattery 87
10 (12) 640- ROMANTIC PROPOSAL (213)(G) E Lynam 5 9 6.........S M Crosse 104
11 (7) 055- STEEL BULL (226)(CD,D,G) M O’Callaghan 3 9 6......... L F Roche 98
12 (8) 1212 LOGO HUNTER (21)(D,A)(T) M J Browne 3 9 3.......J A Heffernan 106
Star Betting: 4 Harry’s Bar, 9-2 Make A Challenge, 5 Indigo
Balance, 7 Steel Bull, Logo Hunter, Urban Beat, 12 Downforce,
Romantic Proposal, 14 others.

TRACKFACTS A galloping left handed track of 1m4f with a
run in of 4 furlongs and an uphill finish. Low numbers best in
sprints. Stalls today .
TOP TRAINERS (with runners) A P O’Brien 84 winners,
(22.2% strike rate), -£27.24, G M Lyons 42, (15.7%), -£51.93, J
Harrington 30, (12.3%), -£51.58, J S Bolger 26, (9.2%), -£80.40,
D K Weld 21, (11.4%), -£75.63, J P O’Brien 19, (8.7%), -£60.50,
W McCreery 12, (8.5%), -£52.64, M O’Callaghan 11, (11.3%),
-£40.56, J P Murtagh 11, (6.5%), -£93.50.

4.10

IRISH EBF FILLIES SPRINT STAKES (GROUP 3)
Class 1 2YO 6f (7 runners)

€36,429

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(3)
1 CONTARELLI CHAPEL (20)(CD,G) A P O’Brien 9 2.......R L Moore★101
(5) 331 FREEDOM OF SPEECH (8)(CD) J S Bolger 9 2............ R P Cleary 92
(4)
HERMANA ESTRELLA J A Stack 9 2...............................C D Hayes —
(7)
5 HEYTESBURY LANE (8) K J Condon 9 2............................. S Foley 86
(2)
4 MAMBO BEAUTY (8) K J Condon 9 2..................................W J Lee 87
(1) 133 MISSING MATRON (13) J S Bolger 9 2.......................L T McAteer 95
(6)
21 QUICK SUZY (13)(D) G Cromwell 9 2.............................G F Carroll 94
Star Betting: 10-11 Contarelli Chapel, 9-2 Quick Suzy, 5 Freedom
Of Speech, 6 Missing Matron, 12 Hermana Estrella, 20 Mambo
Beauty, 25 Heytesbury Lane.

LACKEN STAKES (GROUP 3)
4.40 GOFFS
Class 1 3YO 6f (9 runners)

€26,786

1 (7) 03-5 LAWS OF INDICES (35)(D2,S) K J Condon 9 8..................W J Lee 108
2 (9) 1-1L A CASE OF YOU (35)(BF,D2,A,S) A McGuinness 9 5..... R Whelan 112
3 (6) 0L0- GIORGIO VASARI (212)(CD,G)(T*) A P O’Brien 9 5

J A Heffernan 98
4 (4) 14-3 LIPIZZANER (21)(BF,D,S)(T) A P O’Brien 9 5.................R L Moore 110
5 (8) 2-62 MAGNANIMOUS (13)(G) J P O’Brien 9 5.......................S M Crosse 108
6 (2) 1-4 POWER UNDER ME (49)(BF,CD,S) G M Lyons 9 5...... C T Keane 107
7 (1) -321 MOONEISTA (20)(C,G) J Davison 9 2...........................W M Lordan 109
8 (5) 4311 PALE IRIS (8)(CD) Joseph G Murphy 9 2........................G F Carroll★113
9 (3) 10L- SANTOSHA (233)(D2,G) J Harrington 9 2............................ S Foley 109
Star Betting: 9-4 Lipizzaner, 11-2 Mooneista, 6 Santosha,
7 A Case Of You, 8 Magnanimous, Pale Iris, Laws Of Indices,
10 Power Under Me, 14 Giorgio Vasari.

5.10
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OWENSTOWN STUD STAKES (LISTED)
Class 1 7f

(9 runners)

€20,089

(1) 5-20 FISCAL RULES (29)(D,G) J S Bolger 4 9 13................... R P Cleary 102
(5) -543 KOOLASICE (32)(G) R O’Sullivan 4 9 13.............................G Halpin 97
(2) 41-0 NJORD (49)(D,G,S)(T) J Harrington 5 9 13........................... S Foley★110
(8) 1-4L LUSTOWN BABA (29)(CD,S) W McCreery 4 9 11...............W J Lee 109
(6) 33-0 LADY SCATHACH (12)(D,G)(V) T G McCourt 6 9 8....... C T Keane 85
(7) 25-0 SINDHIA (39)(D,A) M Halford 4 9 8................................... R Whelan 86
(4) 0-56 STAR IN THE MAKING (20)(G) W McCreery 4 9 8......W M Lordan 98
(9) 403- ADMIRAL NELSON (226)(G) A P O’Brien 3 9 2..............R L Moore 96
(3) 4-04 SNAPRAETEREA (7)(D,G) J P O’Brien 3 9 2..............D McDonogh 100
Star Betting: 3 Admiral Nelson, 7-2 Njord, 4 Fiscal Rules,
5 Lustown Baba, 7 Snapraeterea, 12 Koolasice, 14 Star In The
Making, 20 Sindhia, 33 Lady Scathach.

Leeper of faith
THE LEGACY of the
late John Dunlop lives
on after John Leeper,
named in honour of
the trainer, became a
worthy player for next
month’s Derby after
winning at Newmarket
yesterday.
For good measure,
the talented colt, who
won in the hands of
William Buick, is
trained by Dunlop’s
son Ed.
“He’s named after
my dad so that is
about as much
pressure as you can
get,” said Dunlop.
“He was a little bit
keen and fresh and
inexperienced but he
can only get better
with more racing.
“I’m sure the owner

(Anamoine Limited,
which represents the
racing interests of
Cristina Patino) will
want to go to Epsom.
“She has had the
dream to do it and as
long as he is okay that
is what we will do.”
John Leeper, is now
7-1 from 16-1 for the
Epsom classic, has a
faultless pedigree.
His sire is the mighty
Frankel and dam
Snow Fairy won the
Oaks for his trainer.
Dunlop, who died in
2018 aged 78, trained
two Derby winners –
Erhaab (1994) and
Shirley Heights (1978)
–in his illustrious
career that was also
responsible for
training 3,600 winners.

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38 DAILY STAR SUNDAY, May 16, 2021

your INSIDE

racing
FLIGHTS OF
FANCY: Madera
Mist can win the
handicap hurdle
at Stratford today

the irish eye
It is easy to forgive a
horse one bad run and
KHARTOUM (2.10)
can prove the point yet
again by landing the
nap in the big threeyear-old handicap at
Naas today.
Thought good
enough to run in the
Craven Stakes at
Newmarket, he
pulled like a
train through
the first half
mile and not
surprisingly
dropped
away like a
stone in the
closing stages to finish
last of 10.
On the back of that,
he has been put on a
mark of just 92 and I
suspect he will have
too much class for the
unexposed Diderot and
the light weight Vocita.
Later on the card,
there is a good turn

Mad for it!

out for the Listed Sole
Power Sprint Stakes
and top of my list
is MAKE A
CHALLENGE (3.40).
The six-year-old has
run two fair races in
similar events this
season and should
now be cherry ripe to
step up here.
CONTARELLI
CHAPEL (4.10)
looks set to
retain her
unbeaten
record in the
feature Group
Three Coolmore
Stud Irish EBF
Fillies Sprint Stakes.
The best wager at
Wexford could be
BOLD ENOUGH (3.55)
in the novices’ chase.
The Henry de
Bromhead (above)
runner can make the
most off the 6lbs he
gets off the penalised
Gold Des Bois.

VAUGHAN HAS MIST OPPORTUNITY
Tim Vaughan’s light weight has been
crying out for a real test of stamina and with
no weight on her back here, she could
prove well treated on ground that is sure to
be hugely testing.
Also at the Warwickshire track, don’t
miss out on the chance of supporting
course and distance winner ATLANTIC
STORM (3.47) in the two-mile handicap
chase.
The ultra-consistent nine-year-old loves
to run through rivals at the back end of a
fast-run race and should get that set-up.
His mark of 109 looks very fair in receipt
of 12lbs from likely market leader Ar Mest.
At Ripon, the soft ground will suit the

today’s best longshot

MAJURCA (3.25) has been dropped 16lbs for his last
two runs and may outrun his big price at Wexford.
WEEK AHEAD
ONE TO SWERVE
MARTINEO (3.40) can
HYPE (2.10) won
land another course
nicely on his last start
and distance win at
on the sand but has
Wolverhampton on
yet to prove as good
Wednesday in the
on turf and can
★
MY
seven-furlong
be opposed at
DUBAWI
(1.33 Ripon) is a
handicap.
Naas.
promising type who
can lose his maiden
tag today at only
the second time
of asking.

ante-post
PUNT
I wouldn’t
lose faith in
TEONA after running
too free at York and
she remains on target
for the Cazoo Oaks.

with Jonathan
Hobbs

TOWCESTER will host a special Greyhound
Derby preview night on Wednesday June 2.
This free-to-enter event will be hosted by
Julie Collier who will be joined by her RPGTV
colleague Ali Brown, champion trainer Patrick
Janssens, Towcester racing manager Andy
Lisemore and Martin Chapman of sponsors
Star Sports.
Anyone wishing to attend should contact
megan.smith@towcester-racecourse.co.uk.
The Northamptonshire track races today
where the fancies are Frank Gray’s Riser (3.11)
and Simon Harms’ Droopys Bird (4.08).
Central Park hosts another open-race card
tonight where the picks are Grand National
second Toolmaker Daddy (7.36), Bubbly
Jubbly (8.54) and Forest Alan (9.12).
■ In association with www.towcester-racecourse.co.
uk - home of the Star Sports and TRC Events &
Leisure English Greyhound Derby

Five-time Naps Table champ

Moorestyle’s best bets…
Pivotal filly CREDIBLE (4.05) down to the
ground in the feature six-furlong handicap.
It is worth remembering that this will be
only her fifth career start and the forecast
showers will hold no terrors for her.
Richard Fahey’s charge can see off the
more experienced Zim Baby and fellow
three-year-old Rumaythah.
There are a handful of three-year-olds
that remain unexposed for the mile and a
quarter handicap and GOLDEN DOVE
(3.05) could be the pick off her light weight.
The bay filly found the ground a tad too

quick at Redcar first time up and will be
much more at home on this terrain getting
3lbs and upwards from her six rivals.
In-form handler David O’Meara has two
strong hands in the all-aged mile and a
quarter handicap but may have to give best
to the top weight HAYADH (3.35).
The eight-year-old has been given a real
chance by the handicapper to record his
first win since September off just a 3lbs
higher mark. He is taken to successfully
give 12lbs away to the George Bougheytrained Jean Baptiste.
There is a bundle of early pace on in the
speed finale and that could favour a hold
up horse like HARD SOLUTION (5.05).
The chestnut gelding never really showed
on his comeback run at Wetherby but gets a
chance to run off his lowest ever handicap
mark here.

WEXFORD
JASON HEAVEY

BEST
EACH-WAY
LAW OF
INDICES (4.40)
may have needed his
run first time up and
will be keen to
impress at Naas.

hot dogs

jacobs’

MADERA MIST (4.17) has the
staying power to succeed at
Stratford this afternoon in the
mares’ staying handicap hurdle.

Cassidys Girl
Act Of God
Master Cornwall
Million Percent
Hewick
Bold Enough
Glorious Galway
Ashroe Diamond

1.25

MOORESTYLE
1.25
1.55
2.25
2.55
3.25
3.55
4.25
4.55

Presenting Bonnie
Dew Reward (e/w)
Datsdacraic
Broken Ice (e/w)
Majurca (e/w)
Bold Enough (nb)
Well Joey
Monteip

WEXFORD MARES MAIDEN HURDLE
(13 flights)

2m 4f (15 runners)

€5,357

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00-0 BLOSSOMFORT BAY (10)(P) E O’Sullivan 6 11 9....... S FitzGerald (7) 68
450- BUTTERFLYVESPIERE (24) Peter Fahey 5 11 9..................... K Sexton 109
P5-0 CASSIDYS GIRL (8) J F O’Shea 5 11 9.......................B P Kennedy (7) 91
0L0- CLASSIC STORM (27) S Fahey 5 11 9..............................H Morgan (5) 46
605- DIASPORA (31) D M O’Brien 6 11 9.................................S W Flanagan 86
B0-0 IT’S TIME AGAIN (6) David Barry 5 11 9..............................S O’Keeffe 88
650- LE FOU’S KEEP (49)(T) S Slevin 6 11 9.................................J J Slevin 80
50-0 MILLIES MITE (10)(T) E Doyle 5 11 9.......................................R Treacy 69
/0D- MOONLIT WINGS (70)(S) T James 7 11 9................J P O’Sullivan (5)★113
0-F1 PRESENTING BONNIE (2)(G) J P Ryan 6 11 9...................D E Mullins 99
0P-0 RED FINCH (8) T Doyle 7 11 9.................................................. D Meyler 93
540- WAT UA DOIN (180) M J Smith 5 11 9.......................... K M Donoghue 85
060- ICEE M B A (31) M Hourigan 6 11 9....................................... RESERVE 63
0-00 JUDY’S GIRL (2) Ms M Gannon 6 11 9.................................... RESERVE 87
60-0# SULA WARRIOR (9) S Crawford 5 11 9................................... RESERVE —
Star Betting: 9-4 Moonlit Wings, 3 Butterflyvespiere, 6 Presenting
Bonnie, 10 Red Finch, 12 Diaspora, Millies Mite, 14 Wat Ua Doin,
Cassidys Girl, Le Fou’s Keep, 16 others.
2020: No corresponding meeting.

1.55

SHAMROCK ENTERPRISES LTD RATED HURDLE
(10 flights)

2m 1f (9 runners) €8,571

1 000- DUE REWARD (42)(G)(B*,T) H De Bromhead 8 11 13

M P O’Connor (7) 125
2 34-3 GREAT BEAR (19) T Gibney 5 11 11................................. D J O’Keeffe 134
3 16F- HUMANISTE (30)(G)(P*) E J O’Grady 6 11 11......................S O’Keeffe 135
4 L/1- ACT OF GOD (296)(G) E J O’Grady 6 11 10.........Rachael Blackmore 133
5 135- CLONDAW SECRET (101)(S)(T*) Mrs D Foster 6 11 9..J Gainford (7) 131
6 35F- TAKE ALL (67)(S)(H) S Fahey 6 11 5..................................A M King (7) 133
7 /P0- AN FRAOCH MOR (71)(C) R O’Sullivan 8 11 4...........C A Landers (5) 118
8 1L-0 BRIDGE NATIVE (16)(D,G,S)(T) Ciaran Murphy 10 11 4..... C J Orr (3)★136
9 4L0- DRUMLEE BREXIT (55) S McParlan 6 11 4........... Mr N McParlan (3) 83
Star Betting: 11-4 Act Of God, 4 Great Bear, 5 Take All, 15-2
Bridge Native, 8 Due Reward, Clondaw Secret, Humaniste, 14 An
Fraoch Mor, 33 Drumlee Brexit.

HOTELS HCAP HURDLE (80-95) (DIV 1)
2.25 NEVILLE
(10 flights)
2m 1f (15 runners) €5,357
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15

0/0- DARKENED (F9)(T) D Hogan 5 12 0.............................S A Mulcahy (7) 54
P0L- SLAINTE AND THANKS (28)(D,G) G Ahern 9 11 13.............J J Slevin ★97
00P- OUTSIDE THE DOOR (215) P Roche 5 11 12................. D J O’Keeffe 85
006- MAGNOR GLORY (66)(H) T O’Brien 5 11 11.......................M Hamill (3) 83
U03- ELITE DES MOTTES (27) E McCarthy 7 11 10................. K J Brouder 90
L03- MASTER CORNWALL (27) J Dullea 4 11 10.............................B Hayes 95
L05- DATSDACRAIC (185) J J Hanlon 5 11 9..............................B J Cooper 71
60P- STOUGHAN CROSS (45)(S)(T) T Gibney 12 11 8.....J P O’Sullivan (5) —
000- BADER (97) C Keegan 5 11 6..............................................A P Kelly (7) 75
503- VISCHIO (75) R Donohoe 4 11 5...........................................D E Mullins 93
000- MISSY ELIOT (117) Peter Maher 7 11 4..........................S W Flanagan 70
405- STILL ALIVE (54)(S) A J McNamara 7 11 1....................... T J Kelly (7) 89
0P0- EDMOND DANTES (54) G Cromwell 5 11 13......................... RESERVE 87
4PL- MONATIERNA (52) Stephen Ryan 9 11 1................................ RESERVE 84
000- MOLLY FANTASY (33) A Mullins 4 11 2.................................. RESERVE 85
Star Betting: 11-4 Master Cornwall, 5 Elite Des Mottes, 13-2 others.

HOTELS HCAP HURDLE (80-95) (DIV 2)
2.55 NEVILLE
(10 flights)
2m 1f (15 runners) €5,357

1 0D6- BROKEN ICE (268) G Cromwell 5 12 0.......................Jonathan Moore 96
2 L00- MUYAM SPIRIT (F25)(G)(T) D Hogan 7 11 13.............S A Mulcahy (7) 91
3 00L- ERIC CARMEN (199) E Doyle 5 11 12..................................... D Meyler 90
4 600- MILLION PERCENT (213) H De Bromhead 5 11 11......Rachael Blackmore 91
5 P50- ALL THE ANGELS (F220)(D,G)(P) E McCarthy 6 11 9..... K J Brouder 95
6 U06- STEALTHY TOM (66) E Bolger 6 11 9............................... D J O’Keeffe 98
7 045- DINNY’S GINNY (238)(H) D Queally 6 11 8............. Mr D L Queally (3) ★99
8 000- FAHRENHEIT DE LECU (63) J J Mangan 6 11 7.................S O’Keeffe 82
9 L00- MULLAGHMORE WAVE (77) J McConnell 6 11 6.....................B Hayes 71
10 06F- STRONG ROOTS (119) R P Rath 9 11 6.................................J J Slevin 91
11 000/ GLOVES ON (770) Donncha Duggan 7 11 5...................... T J Kelly (7) —
12 000- A MERE BAGATELLE (250) J J Hanlon 4 11 1...... Shane Fenelon (7) 76
13 000- NELSON’S POINT (54)(P*) R Tyner 6 11 7............................. RESERVE 75
14 600- KINNEGAD LAD (42)(S) S Crawford 5 12 0............................ RESERVE 77
15 0L0- REBELLE CHAUD (33)(H*,T*) A Donoghue 5 11 3................ RESERVE 73
Star Betting: 7-2 Million Percent, 5 Stealthy Tom, 6 others.

INJURED JOCKEYS FUND HANDICAP HURDLE

3.25 (16 flights)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14

1016/01P2/0-P
24-2
116212316U4520060-U
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3m (15 runners)

€5,893

THUNDEROSA (52)(D2,S)(P,T) D A McLoughlin 9 11 12...P J O’Hanlon (7) 124
BROSNA GEORGE (279)(D2,G)(T) Stephen Gerard Carey 10 11 10..S D Torrens (3) 57
HEWICK (24)(G)(P) J J Hanlon 6 11 10................................B J Cooper 123
MAJURCA (18)(S) A A Howard 7 11 10........................L J Carberry (7) 98
SE MO LAOCH (15)(G,S)(B) B McMahon 10 11 8....... Mr E Mahon (7) 126
ARDAGHS CHOICE (223)(G) E Sheehy 6 11 5....... Shane Fenelon (7) 123
LORD LARIAT (41)(D)(T) D A McLoughlin 6 11 4......... K M Donoghue 124
RUEBEN JAMES (199)(G,S) E Doyle 9 11 2............................R Treacy 104
WALK ME HOME (37)(BF,CD)(P) G Cromwell 6 11 2.......... M P Walsh★129
TRICKEY TRIX (30)(D,S)(T) D A McLoughlin 9 11 1......R McIntyre (7) 127
WHATUCALLHER (7)(T) E Harty 7 11 1.........................N Terrassin (7) 114
THAT’S LIFEBUOY (10)(BF) J P Ryan 6 11 0.............P K Donovan (7) 128
LIVE EVERY DAY (166)(G,S) J J Walsh 8 10 13..................... RESERVE 123
ARTIC PEARL (60)(G)(B*,T) M Brassil 10 10 12.................... RESERVE —

15

06-6 FIZZLESTICK (10) C O’Dwyer 8 10 4...................................... RESERVE 121
Star Betting: 3 Hewick, 4 Lord Lariat, Se Mo Laoch, 5 others.

PRINT AND DESIGN NOVICE CHASE
3.55 THINK
(10 fences) 2m (10 runners)
€6,696
1 30-1 GOLD DES BOIS (12)(G,S)(T) Mrs D Foster 7 11 12...........R M Power★115
2 460- AUTOMATIC (171) W J Burke 7 11 6....................................... D Meyler 95
3 623- BOLD ENOUGH (37) H De Bromhead 6 11 6........................ M P Walsh —
4 00L- FOUR COURTS (42)(T) B Cawley 7 11 6............................P Cawley (7) 108
5 06F- GALLOWAY DU LIA (63) J Halley 5 11 6.................................J J Doyle —
6 0FP- GREENWAY MACHINE (101)(F) Ms Helen P Markham 9 11 6.........Cian Cullinan (7) 60
7 L0-L LE FIGARO FAOUDEL (12)(G)(P) E McCarthy 6 11 6.......Gearoid Brouder (5) 35
8 1L-0 MAHLER OF AUTUMN (10) E McCarthy 8 11 6............... K J Brouder 22
9 P0P- NERO ROCK (42)(G)(T*) M F Morris 6 11 6...................... D J O’Keeffe —
10 L6-6 EFFERNOCK FIZZ (7)(G) K Brown 6 10 13........................... A W Short —
Star Betting: 15-8 Bold Enough, 3 Gold Des Bois, 7-2 others.

ENUF TO EAT BANQUETING HCAP CHASE
4.25 GOOD
(14 fences)
3m 1f (15 runners) €5,893

1 315- GLORIOUS GALWAY (49)(BF,D,S)(T) D McNamara 9 11 13.....S FitzGerald (7) 127
2 000- PARIS TEXAS (92)(H) P Roche 8 11 11............................... L Dempsey 101
3 P0L- AH LITTLELUCK (41)(G,S)(T) T Gibney 11 11 10............ D J O’Keeffe 127
4 31L- ENVOL PIERJI (84)(BF,S)(P*) Miss Liz Doyle 7 11 10......... M P Walsh 121
5 164- CASTLEGRANGE (28)(S) J Dullea 7 11 9............................. C J Orr (3) 119
6 14-0 GETADAY (12)(T) T J Nagle Jr 8 11 9.........................................B Hayes 125
7 304- HOKE COLBURN (33)(G,S) B McMahon 9 11 9.......... Mr E Mahon (7) 123
8 L6-4 WELL JOEY (12)(G,S)(T) P Stafford 10 11 9...............P J O’Hanlon (7) 120
9 01L- SUPER CITIZEN (43)(BF,G,S) E O’Sullivan 7 11 8............ K J Brouder 128
10 L12- WRONG DIRECTION (27)(G,S) Seamus Spillane 11 11 8..... D O’Regan★132
11 P61- SPANCIL HILL (45)(CD,S) M J McDonagh 11 11 7.....C A Landers (5) 122
12 000- TOP OF THE CHARTS (24)(CD,G,S)(T) G Cromwell 7 11 6.......Jonathan Moore 100
13 41-0 CHAMPAGNE BEAUTY (12)(BF,C,G) P D Fitzgerald 7 11 6.RESERVE 123
14 403- THE DABBLER (43) L P Cusack 8 11 5.................................. RESERVE 124
15 200- LA FELINE (23) P Nolan 6 11 3................................................ RESERVE 124
Star Betting: 4 Envol Pierji, 5 Spancil Hill, 6 others.

STALLION FARMS EBF MARES FLAT
4.55 IRISH
2m
(15 runners)
€5,893

1
44/ BANNTOWN GIRL (456)(T*) Stephen Gerard Carey 6 11 11......Mr P Byrnes (7) —
2 00- CATAROCCO (224) P Kiely 5 11 11................................. Mr R Kiely (5) 77
3 66- DENVER CITY (57)(H,T) M P Fitzgerald 5 11 11.......Mr D M Fitzgerald (7) 75
4 03-6# DONTHAVETIME (12) J Harrington 5 11 11...........Mr N Redmond (7) 79
5 33- GAME AND GLORY (56) P J Rothwell 5 11 11.......... Mr B J Walsh (7) ★85
6
6- MONTEIP (54)(H*) Barry J Fitzgerald 5 11 11........Mr K Callaghan (7) 36
7
MRS KINSELLA D P Murphy 5 11 11.....................................Mr J Codd —
8
RAMBLE ON MULLER P A Fahy 5 11 11..................... Mr E Mahon (7) —
9 00- ROISINS CIARA (28) D Queally 5 11 11.................. Mr D L Queally (3) 82
10
ASHROE DIAMOND W P Mullins 4 11 5..................Mr Patrick Mullins —
11
1- NORTH OF NASHVILLE (35) C Bowe 4 11 5.................... Mr B O’Neill —
12
WHISPERING PINES J P O’Brien 4 11 5....................... Mr D O’Connor —
13 PF- MILFORDFOURTHREE (22) W J O’Doherty 5 11 11............. RESERVE —
14
SKITTLES Gerard Quirk 4 11 5................................................. RESERVE —
15 00- CASHELS QUEST (68)(T) R P O’Keeffe 5 11 11.................... RESERVE —
Star Betting: 9-4 Ashroe Diamond, 7-2 North Of Nashville, 4 Mrs
Kinsella, 6 Whispering Pines, 8 Ramble On Muller, 10 others.

SS1ST

DAILY STAR SUNDAY, May 16, 2021

us pga championship

golf exclusive

back
mac
Lynn: Rory’s on his way to
kiawah island

❱

starts thursday

Major glory
R O R Y
McILR O Y
will win
the US
PGA title at Kiawah Island
again this week – and you
can put your house on it.

That’s the prediction of David
Lynn, the runner-up to the
Ulsterman in South Carolina in
2012 and now a property
developer.
McIlroy, 32, won his second
Major title by eight shots after
lapping the field at the time of
the London Olympics nine
years ago.
The world No.7 showed a
return to his old form last
weekend when he triumphed at
the Wells Fargo Championship
– his first title for 18 months.
Lynn (below), who retired in
2014 after McIlroy won his last
Major, is now backing him to
ride the wave to another victory
on the Atlantic Coast.
“You are hard pushed to look
past Rory – he is an obvious
pick,” said the former world
No.34.
“He has obviously got
very fond memories
there – he knows how
to play the place –
and is in form.
“When he is on
his game, Rory is in
the top three in the
world – if not the
top. He has got length,

■■by NEIL McLEMAN

he has got control, he can do
whatever he wants with the golf
ball.
“I think given how it played
last time, certainly if the wind is
up, it suits European players.
“But Rory is world-class – he
can play on any golf course.
“And I think it would be
good for the game if he starts
winning Majors again.”
Strong winds blew McIlroy to
a second-round 75 in 2012 and a
Saturday thunderstorm saw the
third round not completed until
Sunday.
Then the War on the Shore at
the 1991 Ryder Cup venue was
with Mother Nature.
But the Ulsterman, then 23,
played his final two rounds in a
remarkable 11 under par.
“I shot a couple of 68s over
the weekend in challenging
winds and I was still eight shots
behind at the end,” recalled
Lynn. “He played some serious
golf to get that score.”
After playing a season on the
PGA Tour, Lynn, 47, ended his
career at the end of 2014.
“I know it says I retired
because of tendonitis
but I didn’t,” he said.
“I did have
tendonitis but I
just decided to
stop. I’d just fallen
out of love with
the game a long
time before.”

❱

sky sports

3 holes
to fear

The Ocean Course at
Kiawah Island will be the
longest in Major history,
stretching for 7,876 yards
along the Atlantic Coast.
David Lynn recorded his
best finish in a Major by
finishing second – and now
recalls the best holes on the
South Carolina course.
No.11 Par 5 582 yards
This is a snakey
hole and you
have to hit the
fairway off the
tee. I don’t
recall getting
to the green
in two in
any of the
rounds.
No.12
Par 4
466

TOUGH:
The 11th

yards
A strong
par four with
water down the
right. I remember the wind
pumping in off the left – you
cannot miss a shot there.
No.17 Par 3 221 yards
You can’t talk about Kiawah
Island without talking about
17 (below). We saw how
dramatic it can be in the
Ryder Cup all those years
ago with the wind in off the
left towards the water.
Playing the back nine on
Sunday it is one of those
holes on your mind. A great
hole and one where there
will be drama.

BACK IN FULL
SWING: Rory
McIlroy has been
tipped for victory
at Kiawah Island

Golden oldie Bland’s living the dream at last
RICHARD BLAND made “the
dream come true” by becoming
the oldest first-time winner on
the European Tour.
And he revealed fellow pro
David Howell had told him
during the Betfred British

Masters that he had dreamed he
would finally win a tournament.
Bland (left), 48, who turned
pro back in1996, lifted a title at
the 478th attempt by beating
Italian Guido Migliozzi in a
nerve-jangling Belfry play-off.

He said: “It is what I worked for
for 20 years. I am just pleased I
proved to myself that I can do it.
“After the first round, Howler
said, ‘I had a dream you won a
tournament’. So I kept saying to
myself: ‘Just make the dream

come true’. Bland carded a
final-round 66 to finish 13 under.
Playing the 18th in a suddendeath playoff, Migliozzi missed
his par putt from eight feet and
Bland rolled home from two feet.
NEIL McLEMAN

Murray sticks to grass JUST GR-EIGHT FOR VICTOR

ANDY MURRAY has
pulled out of the
French Open to focus
on Wimbledon.
The Scot reported
“a bit of discomfort”
after playing on clay
last week and will now
prepare for the grass
court season.
The double Olympic

■■TENNIS

champion – who
turned 34 yesterday –
had gone to the Rome
Masters for practice
and then played two
doubles matches with
Liam Broady.
He decided to turn
down a late wildcard

to play singles in next
week’s Geneva Open.
Meanwhile, Rafa
Nadal will play Novak
Djokovic in the Men’s
Singles final in Rome.
Nadal beat Reilly
Opelka 6-4 6-4 and
Djokovic saw off
Lorenzo Sonego 6-3
6-7 6-2.

Victor Lafay
claimed his first stage
victory as professional
on stage eight of the
Giro d’Italia.
Caleb Ewan, who
won two stages last
week, was forced to
abandon.
Team Cofidis rider
Lafay, 25, was among

■■CYCLING

a group of nine in the
breakaway on the final
climb of the 170km
stage.
And he held off a
late surge from
Francesco Gavazzi
(Eolo-Kometa), with
Team DSM’s Nikias

Arndt third. Attila
Valter (Groupama-FDJ)
retained the leader’s
pink jersey.
Ewan was leading
the points
classification after
winning stages five
and seven, with the
second win coming on
Friday.

39

Root is
weeded
out short
■■COUNTY CRICKET

Joe Root was out for 99
as Yorkshire took a
first-innings lead on day
three at Glamorgan.
The England skipper
(below) and Steven
Patterson blunted the
Welsh side’s attack, on a
pitch that has been hard
work for batsmen.
Patterson finished
unbeaten on 47 as
Yorkshire were bowled
out for 230 in
reply to the
home
side’s
first
innings
149 all
out.
Michael
Neser
claimed a five-wicket haul
on his home debut for
Glamorgan, who then lost
three quick second
innings wickets before
David Lloyd and Kiran
Carlson took them to 108
for three at the close, a
lead of 27.
The only
disappointment for
Yorkshire was Root
missing out on what
would have been his 32nd
first-class hundred – the
first time he has been
dismissed on 99.

England
quids in
with Jof

■■by RICHARD EDWARDS

He may have missed out
on a mega IPL payday
due to injury but Jofra
Archer’s absence from
the mega-bucks
competition could pay off
handsomely for England.
That’s the view of
Paddy Upton, Archer’s
former coach for the
Rajasthan Royals.
The England pace ace
(below) made his return
to action with Sussex in
the County Championship
at Hove on Thursday.
And he
took two
wickets
in his
first
four
overs
against
Kent.
But with a huge year in
front of him, including the
T20 World Cup and the
Ashes Down Under,
Upton believes he still
needs to be treated with
kid gloves.
“The IPL is incredibly
emotionally and
physically draining,” said
Upton. “You don’t get a
lot of rest and recovery.
“He should be far
fresher than he might
otherwise have been.”

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40 DAILY STAR SUNDAY, May 16, 2021

Forward boxing exclusive
is giving
them Ell Sam shoots
for the moon

MISMATCH: Floyd
Mayweather and
Logan Paul face
off before their
fight next month

■■RUGBY UNION

ENGLAND prop Ellis
Genge muscled over for
a try double to help
Leicester to a 35-29 win
against Harlequins.
Six days before taking
on Montpellier in the
European Challenge Cup
Final, Genge (below) was
at his fiery best in front of
watching national boss
Eddie Jones.
He crossed twice in a
dominant opening half in
which he was also sent to
the sin bin.
And
when the
Tigers
brought
him off
early to
save his
legs for
Twickenham,
Quins rallied from 35-12
down with three late tries.
“If we play like we did in
that second half it won’t
be much of a game next
week,” said Leicester
boss Steve Borthwick.
Ben Morris was sent off
for leading with his head
but Wasps were still able
to claim a 23-19 win
against Worcester. Brad
Shields and Tommy Taylor
scored tries.
ALEX SPINK

Fab can
feel right
at home

■■MOTOGP

FABIO Quartararo
starts his home MotoGP
from pole today after a
dramatic final few
minutes of qualifying at
Le Mans.
The Frenchman, 22,
saved his best until last
yesterday as he powered
his Monster Energy
Yamaha over the line with
a 1min 32.600sec lap to
snatch the top spot from
team-mate Maverick
Vinales.
“This was the
qualifying I
was the
most
nervous
for, not
because
it’s in
France,”
Quartararo
(above) said.
“I saw it was dry and
knew it was time for
slicks, then on that last
lap I was thinking, ‘Okay,
now is my time to send it
and do my best. I either
get front row or I crash.’
“There were some wet
patches in the last sector.
“I was sideways
everywhere but we made
it. The goal was front row,
pole is even better.”
ZOE BURN

Sam Eggington plans to batter
veteran Mexican Carlos Molina
to the moon and back to stake
a world title shot claim.
Egginton takes on Molina,
37, for the vacant WBC silver
middleweight title in
Coventry on Saturday.
Victory will see him push
for a top-five ranked
opponent in his next outing – if
not a title shot – at middleweight
or super-welterweight.
“Molina’s going to be tricky and
experienced, you don’t go through 50
fights not being knocked out for no
reason,” said Eggington, 27. “But at
one point I will get to him.”
Heavily tattooed Eggington will add
to his vast collection after this fight,
although not with a permanent version
of the Henna tattoo he tried based on
those from the film Savages (above).
He added: “The first tattoo I got was
my son’s name, and then it was my
other son’s name, and it just built up.
“I used to read to my kids and at the
end say, ‘Love you to the moon and
back’, and I’ve got that on my back.
“I’m not getting the face one done,
though. I don’t think the missus would
let me get away with that one.”
★ Sam Eggington v Carlos Molina is live and free on
Channel 5 on Saturday, May 22

Ring the Bell
tony wants to end CELEB fights

TONY BELLEW says that it is ■■by MICHAEL HAM and FIAZ RAFIQ
only a matter of time before a
‘celebrity boxer’ gets seriously that while boxing will benefit in the
short term from added exposure, the
hurt in the ring.

The former WBC cruiserweight
world champion knows the sacrifices
needed to reach the top of the game
and the dangers involved in doing so.
Youtube sensations the Paul
brothers, Jake and Logan, have both
stepped into the ring recently with the
former knocking out MMA star Ben
Askren in a bout last month.
And his older brother Logan takes on
Floyd Mayweather in an ‘exhibition’
fight on pay-per-view on June 6.
But Bellew, who had just three losses
in his 34-fight pro career, is worried

think it’s actually good for boxing
because it shows how much these
clowns haven’t got a clue, but at the
same time it is not going to work out.
“Someone is going to get hurt at
long-term impact will be detrimental.
some point, then boxing is going
He said: “Jake Paul, first of all,
to suffer because of that.
he’s not a fighter. He’s not a
“Understand these guys
professional boxer.
are not boxers, they are
“Yes, he might want to
celebrities
trying to box.
state he is, but he has
“It’s like saying every
fought absolutely no one
time you play in Soccer
anyone cares about. It’s a
Aid that everyone is a
crossover celebrity kind
professional.
of fad that will go out at
“Something bad is going to
some point.
happen,
someone will get hurt
“All this is about is money. I’m
and
then
no one will be able to go
not knocking them, I’m not a fan of
them, I don’t have hate towards them. I ahead. For now it’s great for the hype

machine but it’s just not professional
boxing in any way.”
Asked why Mayweather would
entertain being involved with either of
the crossover stars, Bellew (left) says
the answer is simple.
“Floyd is a man all about money,
he is named ‘Money Mayweather’ –
nothing is going to embarrass Floyd,”
he added.
“In the ring he’s going to absolutely
play with this boy. It’s crazy to think
he’s doing it but why not for 20 to 30
million quid for beating up a kid who’s
never really boxed? Money makes the
world go round.”
★ Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get
Punched in the Face, by Tony Bellew, is
available in hardback in bookshops.

A place in the history books is Taylor made
JOSH TAYLOR is itching to
etch his name into the history
books against Jose Ramirez
by becoming Britain’s first
undisputed world champion of
the four-belt era.
Only four other male fighters
from around the world –
Oleksandr Usyk, Bernard
Hopkins, Jermain Taylor and
Terence Crawford – have held

■■by TOM HOPKINSON

the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO
titles consecutively in their
divisions.
And Taylor (left) knows he
will achieve boxing immortality
if he can add American
Ramirez’s WBC and WBO
light-welterweight belts to the
titles he already holds when

they meet in Las Vegas on
Saturday.
The Scot, 30, said: “To be
on the doorstep of achieving it
is crazy.
“This is why I’m so
motivated – my name will have
some kind of greatness
attached to it if I win this fight.
“It’s a really, really special
club to be a member of and

it’s one that puts my name in
the history books.”
Lennox Lewis was the last
undisputed world champion
from Britain after his 1999 win
over Evander Holyfield saw
him hold the WBC, WBA and
IBF titles in the three-belt era.

★ Ramirez v Taylor will stream live and
exclusively in the UK on FITE for £9.99.
Live coverage begins at 1.30am UK time
on Sunday, May 23

SS1ST

DAILY STAR SUNDAY, May 16, 2021

41

rugby league

brown’s a
dare devil

Kev: We’ll fire against big guns
KEVIN BROWN has come out
fighting for struggling Salford
ahead of a nightmare run of games.

The Red Devils have won only once in
Super League and last year’s Wembley
finalists also got knocked out of the
Challenge Cup last weekend.
Lying in wait for them tomorrow are
unbeaten Super League champions St
Helens, followed over the next 10 days by
big-hitters Wigan and Warrington.
But Brown – at 36 the oldest
player in the competition – has
warned doubters to write his
side off at their peril.
The half-back said: “If
results were poor and
performances were getting
worse then I would be really
worried.
“But our performances are
getting better and I am confident results
will come regardless of who we are
playing. Sometimes you
can look at

st helens
v salford
tomorrow ❱ 7.45pm

■■by JULIE STOTT

runs of fixtures and be worried, but I
prefer to think this might be the perfect
time to get some results.”
Salford’s solitary league win came
against bottom side Leigh last month
and they have since pushed
Castleford close in both
competitions.
New coach Richard
Marshall (left) has big boots
to fill following Ian Watson’s
success in taking unfancied
Salford to the Challenge Cup
Final and Grand Final in the last
two years.
But Brown is convinced he’s not far
away from making the Red Devils click,
adding: “The players are fully buying into
what the coach is delivering.
“He’s not the one who drops the ball

and gives away penalties. Everything the
coach is doing is good so we are not using
that as an excuse.”
Salford’s indiscipline has cost them
dearly in several games and Brown
admits it’s a problem they need to solve.
He said: “Sometimes one error leads to
another one because of frustration and it
starts to affect you mentally.
“But we are attacking it in a positive
way from now on. If someone does make
an error then we have get behind them
and stop it snowballing.
“We have quite a senior group of
players. We cannot look for excuses or
start blaming people.”
Meanwhile, Saints boss Kristian Woolf
is convinced the return of fans will make
his side even more dangerous.
He said: “We have got used to empty
grounds and having to create our own
atmosphere.
“But at the end of the day, the players
love playing in front of the fans and love
the roar of the crowd when things go
well.”

fans-tastic

The Government is allowing
some fans back into venues
from tomorrow when up to
10,000 fans or 25 per cent of
a stadium’s capacity are
allowed in. Here’s what
sports are on and when...

Rugby League
Five games being played in front
of crowds tomorrow night.
Football
21,000 were at Wembley yesterday and more can see tomorrow’s
Championship play-offs.
Rugby Union
Tomorrow’s games between
Newcastle and Northampton and
Bristol and Gloucester will allow
fans to watch.
Tennis
Organisers hope Wimbledon will
operate at 25 per cent capacity.
Horse racing
Up to 4,000 racegoers allowed in
racecourses. Owners allowed to
see horses and meet with jockey
in the parade ring.
Snooker
Able to welcome capacity
crowds to the Crucible
last week for the World
Championships.

hull v
catalans
tomorrow ❱ 7.45pm

Sao big
for Brett
UNSUNG Hull forward Ligi
Sao has been backed to
help put the frighteners on
top-four rivals Catalans.
The giant Samoa
international, 28, rarely gets
the headlines but coach
Brett Hodgson is convinced
he’s key to their success.
Hodgson said: “Our
outside backs get the
praise and I was proud of
what Chris Satae did at the
weekend – but he doesn’t
do that without Ligi Sao.
“Ligi has been the rock in
the middle who allows
other people to do what
they do.”
Jake Connor and Brad
Fash return from
suspension for Hull.

Castleford
v Hull KR
tomorrow ❱ 7.45pm

Form on
the Wane
NIALL EVALDS knows he
has ground to make up if
he’s to force his way into
Shaun Wane’s England
World Cup plans.
But the Castleford
full-back, 27, says the
competition from the
likes of Zak Hardaker,
Sam Tomkins and Jake
Connor can only be good
for him.
He said: “It drives me to
reach new standards.
“Good performances
will dictate if I get my
name in front. For the last
few weeks I do not think
I have been up to my
usual high standards.”
Tigers prop Liam
Watts is suspended.

warrington v
huddersfield
tomorrow ❱ 7.45pm

Rob tips
from top

TRY-ING TIMES: Kev
Brown touches down
against Leigh during
Salford’s only victory

Lam ready to cop it again
VOCAL: Adrian Lam

ADRIAN LAM insists Wigan
will revel in the abuse that will
come their way tomorrow.
A home game against the
rugby league giants is the
most anticipated fixture in the
calendar for Super League
newcomers Leigh.
And, with 2,000 home fans
allowed in, the atmosphere

ready for it. We’re looking
forward to people yelling from
the sidelines, whether it’s
will be fiery. But Warriors
abuse or whatever.
boss Lam has urged them to
“Leigh are very vocal and
bring it on because he feels
there is a lot of emotion in this
his men are used to thriving in game for them.
hostile games.
“It is a daunting place to
He said: “We always cop it
travel to. But I welcome the
wherever we go so we will be fans back – the sooner we get

leigh v wigan
tomorrow ❱ 7.45pm

back to normal the better.”
Wigan limped out of the
Challenge Cup last weekend
and Lam said: “We want to
turn it around quickly.”
Leigh are boosted by the
return of half-back Jamie Ellis
but Brendan Elliot, Adam
Sidlow, Joe Mellor and Ben
Flower are still out.

ROBBIE MULHERN says
he’s soaking up as many
front-row lessons as he can
– but admits fans may
never realise it.
The Warrington prop,
who spent the last five
years at Hull KR, is thriving
under the leadership of
veteran stars Chris Hill and
Mike Cooper.
He said: “They are both
international props so it
was always going to be
great for me.
“I pick up things every
game because they have a
wealth of experience.
“It’s little subtle things
that might go unnoticed
because fans love to see
big hits and runs.”

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Jeremy

Pep’s jewels
in the crown

chief sports writer
rory mcilroy

Has spent the week
celebrating his first
PGA Tour win since
2019 to remind us how
good he can be – and is
the favourite heading
into the next Major of
the season, the USPGA
Championship.

jofra archer

The Sussex and
England paceman
announced himself
ready for Test action
against New Zealand
with 2-29 against Kent
followed by an early
second-innings scalp.

roberto
firmino

Striker rediscovered his
mojo to become the
first Liverpool player to
score twice in a league
game at Old Trafford
since Steven Gerrard
back in 2014.

MAN CITY
boss Pep
Guardiola could
be forgiven for spending his
summer doing nothing more
taxing than polishing the
diamond he’s unearthed.

romelu
lukaku

Police raided the
birthday party of the
Inter Milan frontman
and then fined more
than 20 guests for
breaching Covid-19
rules. What a shame
– and what a berk.

mike brown

simona halep

Wimbledon champion
tore a calf muscle
during the Italian Open
and could now miss the
French Open, which
starts at the end of
this month.

@CROSSYDAILYSTAR

star pair can make
champs invincible

good
week
bad
week

England international
saw his 16-year stint
at Harlequins
end in shame after
being handed a
six-week ban for a
stamp in a game
against Wasps.

cross

POINTING THE
WAY: Pep Guardiola
has a clear idea of
how he can take
City to the next level

Most people find it difficult to
see how he can make the gem he’s
created sparkle even more than it
has done this season.
But Guardiola is not like most
people. The man with an addiction to winning and relentless
drive for continued success
knows he cannot sit back and
marvel at his work.
Like many proven winners
before him, Guardiola knows
when rivals look beaten and
broken the next thing to do is
stamp down even harder to
pile even more pain on them.
The Spaniard will also know
that even the best cannot stand
still and have to evolve.
Scaling the mountain is one
thing, but continuing to sit at
the top looking down on the rest
is another challenge altogether.
For evidence of that just look at
Liverpool this season.
To do this Guardiola must avoid
repeating some of the mistakes he
has made in the past.
Even this genius is not perfect,
as he proved in 2019 when
failing to replace Vincent

Kompany. This left City vulnerable in
defence and look what happened next?
Liverpool strode to their first league title
in three decades, having also won the
Champions League.
The hole was eventually filled last
summer by Ruben Dias, who arrived
from Benfica for a club-record fee of
£65million and went on to become the
bedrock of City’s latest title triumph.
But now Guardiola has two more
missing pieces of the jigsaw to find again
if City are to continue their assault on
domestic and European dominance.
Sergio Aguero needs replacing (good
luck with that, Pep) while midfield
maestro Fernandinho, 36, is
also expected to leave The
Etihad this summer.
Guardiola has now won
nine league titles in his last
12 seasons as a boss, but
finding the reasons why is
not rocket science.
The best coach in the
world has worked with
the best players in the
world, because it’s the
law of champions to add
power from a position of strength.
Last week, City owner Sheikh
Mansour told Guardiola he wanted to
see even more trophies arrive in east
Manchester.
Guardiola’s message in return
should be swift and simple: “Fine, sign
me Erling Haaland and Declan Rice
boss, and your wish is my command.”

Guardiola’s legacy is now assured, but
it’s a dynasty he wants to create and to
do this he needs to be working with the
best in the business if he is to keep his
wounded rivals at arm’s length.
If he can persuade Mansour to dip
into his billions again and lure Haaland
and Rice from Dortmund and West
Ham, it’s difficult to see how the status
quo can be changed, no matter how
good Thomas Tuchel proves at Chelsea.

WANTED:
Haaland

MOVE?
Rice

Just saint right to heap praise on Van Dijk
WAIT: Van
Dijk

VIRGIL van Dijk has
been lauded as some sort
of saint for turning his
back on the Euros to
focus on being fit for
Liverpool next season.
The Dutch giant has ruled
out captaining Holland this

summer as he continues his
rehabilitation from the
cruciate ligament injury that
wrecked his campaign.
He said: “I have come to a
decision that I had to make.
“With everything that is
going on, I feel physically it is

the right decision that I’ve
decided not to go to the Euros.
“The full focus will be on
pre-season with the club and
that’s a realistic goal. I am
gutted to miss the Euros but
I’m at peace with it.”
So in an outbreak of

common sense, morality and
priorities, Van Dijk has put his
club before country.
The same club that pays
him £220,000 a week and has
funded his astronomical
medical bills since October.
These are not the actions of

a saint. These are the actions
of someone who has shown
loyalty to those who employ
him.
Van Dijk hasn’t reinvented
the wheel or threatened to
replace Mother Teresa, he’s
just done the right thing.

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43

Ancelotti
has Real
chance

manchester city

■■by TOM HOPKINSON

WRAP UP
YOUR SPOTS:
City stars need
to impress
before the
Euro final

line
of
duty
Guardiola challenges ‘killer’ squad to

show how much they want final spot
month by Thomas Tuchel’s side, losing wake up every morning and try to do
PEP GUARDIOLA reckons his ■■by SIMON MULLOCK
in both the semi-final of the FA Cup the best job they can do.
Manchester City players would
“I admire those kinds of people all
gladly kill him for a place in his me to play. I know that and it’s nice! It and a league clash at The Etihad.
But after adding the title to the through society.
Champions League Final team. will be an incredibly tough decision for

Guardiola insists the battle to start
against Chelsea in Porto on May 29
begins now after they clinched his
No.1 priority by winning the Premier
League in midweek.
The Catalan knows City have the
brilliance to become European
champions for the first time – but has
now challenged them to prove who has
the bottle to make history.
Guardiola said: “I have an idea of my
team because I know exactly how they
all play.
“We have to start to prepare ourselves
to compete in the best possible
condition against Chelsea in the games
we have to play before the final.
“They all want it – and they will kill

me, but I have to analyse the opponent
and then decide.
“It’s tough (telling players) in a
Premier League game, so can you
imagine a Champions League Final?
“I have good relationships with the
players but in the end this is a business.
“This is a job. I’m sorry. Not everyone
can play. I am going to observe the two
games and the training sessions.
“I have to see the way I want to play,
the way I want to defend, the mentality
of the players, the guys who handle the
pressure better than the other ones.
“And in that moment I will try to be
honest with myself and the team and
make the best selection possible.”
City have been beaten twice in a

Carabao Cup, their manager has no
doubts about the quality of his squad.
The Champions League is seen as the
pinnacle by City’s owners but Guardiola
regards domestic dominance as the
true measure of a team.
He said: “We are delighted to be
champions but what makes us
incredibly happy is that we have won
five in 10 years and three in the last four.
“This means more than winning in
one situation.
“Saying that, of course we are going
to try to compete and win the
Champions League.
“These guys are huge competitors
and they want to do it.
“But I admire the human beings who

“Wake up and do your best.
Afterwards you can win or you can lose.
“The Premier League is all about
working hard every day.
“It is about going to Newcastle to win.
It is about going to Crystal Palace to win
– going to Anfield and this season
finally we win.
“But I know the players want to be
the best team in Europe, so how can I
say it is not important?
“But for me, it is more important to
fight for 11 months of the season than
just six or seven games.
“This is what I think. And I have
always thought like that, even when I
was in Barcelona and we won two
Champions Leagues.”

scott’s new face of focus
FIRST LADY: Scott

Alex Scott has been
confirmed as the next host of
Football Focus, replacing Dan
Walker who will step down at
the end of the season.
Scott, 36, will become the
first female presenter of the
BBC Saturday lunchtime
programme which was first
broadcast in 1974. She said:

2012 Olympics before retiring
from playing in 2017.
“When I was a kid, I would
Scott co-presented Match
never have watched television of the Day Kickabout and
and thought someone like me appeared as a BBC pundit at
could present a programme
the 2018 World Cup, as well
like Football Focus.”
as becoming the first female
She made 140 appearances football pundit on Sky Sports.
for England and represented
She added: “Towards the
Great Britain at the London
end of my footballing career,

■■by LIAM SHAW

some were suggesting
coaching and management
but I had such a strong
passion to take this path.
“I was one of the first
female pundits on the BBC
and I clearly remember being
determined to transcend from
being labelled a ‘female
pundit’ to ‘pundit’.”

EVERTON manager Carlo
Ancelotti is among those
being considered by Real
Madrid president Florentino
Perez should boss Zinedine
Zidane leave this summer.
There is a growing belief
around the club that he will
quit for a second time with
Zidane understood to be
ready for another break
from the mental challenge
of leading one of the
world’s biggest clubs.
Former Real striker Raul
is the most likely
candidate
after
enjoying
success
with the
youth
team but
Ancelotti
(above), who
led them to Champions
League glory in 2014, is still
admired at the club while
Max Allegri is under
consideration as well.
Zidane’s exit could be
good news for Gareth Bale
who still has a year left on
his contract in Madrid and
will return this summer after
his loan spell at Tottenham.
The pair had a frosty
relationship with Zidane
desperate to get the
Welshman out of the club.

BLUES eye
kid beyer
■■by CHRIS HATHERALL

Chelsea are scouting a
teenager who the Danish
press are calling “the new
Kevin De Bruyne”.
Attacking midfielder
Mads Beyer is becoming
hot property at Danish
club Brondby, even
though he is only 15 and
plays in the youth team.
Beyer has toured Italy
to see the set-ups at
Juventus, Inter and AC
Milan but sources close
to him say he dreams of
playing in England, giving
Chelsea the edge.

Danny in
demand
■■by JOHN RICHARDSON

Danny Ings is a wanted
man as Southampton
sweat over whether the
England striker will sign a
new improved contract.
Ings, who has 12 months
of his current deal to run,
will become their highest
paid player if he puts pen to
paper at St Mary’s.
But the forward, 28,
knows Manchester City,
Tottenham, Everton and
West Ham are all watching
developments.
Southampton would
demand around £30million.

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FA CUP FINAL

Pogba’s
United
deal hits
the skids
From Back Page
demands are proving a
major stumbling block to
him staying at Old
Trafford.
Talks are believed to
have already started, with
the star’s agent Mino
Raiola wanting in excess
of £400,000 a week for
the French World Cup
winner to sign a new deal.
United are conflicted on
what course to take, with
boss Ole Gunnar
Solskjaer wanting to keep
Pogba on board.
However, the club’s
money-men are said to
be looking at all options
as the impact of the
Covid-19 pandemic
continues to hit finances.
And they have told
Solskjaer they won’t have
a gun held to their head.
Pogba’s market value is
around £55million but that
would be a £34m drop
after United signed the
midfielder, 28, for £89m
from Juventus in 2016.
Spanish giants Real
Madrid and Barcelona
are both struggling
financially, while Pogba’s
former club Juventus
aren’t guaranteed to even
be in the Champions
League next season.
Only Paris SaintGermain could afford
Pogba’s fee and wages.
But it’s believed Pogba
isn’t against staying at
Old Trafford, despite
Raiola claiming last year
he was “unhappy”.
The danger is his agent
may press him to run
down his contract and
leave for free next
summer, enabling him to
pocket a huge signing-on
fee worth up to £20m.
By then he would be 29
and it could be seen as a
calculated gamble.
But United’s top brass
are fearing Raiola again
has the upper hand in
negotiations.

simply
the best
Stepney’s
memories
of united
legend
George

See Result! Pages 10-11

walking

High-flyer Tuchel brought
crashing down to earth
OUT OF LUCK: Chelsea had
the ball in the Foxes net but
it was ruled out for offside

big-match

BIG DEMANDS: Pogba

verdict
by Jeremy Cross

IT’S SAFE to assume Thomas Tuchel
now has his feet firmly back on the
ground.

BIG DECISION:
Referee Michael
Oliver ruled out
equaliser

In the build-up to this FA Cup Final, the
Chelsea boss had joked that he could walk
on air.
And considering the job he’s done since
taking charge at Stamford Bridge, some
people could be forgiven for thinking this
might be the actual truth.
Nothing has seemed beyond him.
Since replacing Frank Lampard barely four
months ago, Tuchel has led Chelsea from
ninth to fourth in the table and to two finals,
including this one and the Champions
League showpiece in Porto on May 29.
In the process he’s beaten Jose Mourinho,
Jurgen Klopp, Carlo Ancelotti, Zinedine
Zidane and both Diego Simeone and the
great Pep Guardiola twice.
He puts his success down to a mixture of
meditation and levitation when he said: “It is
20 minutes or so of breathing in and out and
trying hard to do nothing.
“Normally, I float 20 or 30 centimetres
off the floor and glide around the room!”
Now the German genius has suffered
his first fall as Chelsea boss – and while
the distance might not appear to be too
great, the crash landing is sure to hurt like
hell.
Considering the illustrious names
Tuchel had swatted aside with disdain in
recent weeks, poor old Brendan Rodgers
shouldn’t have stood a chance.
Tuchel even had the cheek to walk out
for the most famous game in club football
in a tracksuit and puffer jacket.
But in the end it was Rodgers, sporting
a smart suit and trendy black pumps, who
proved to be the man dressed for success.
The one with all the gear and full of ideas.
Tuchel has fashioned a reputation for being
a ‘professor’ of the game, someone who has
gone from pulling pints behind a bar to
raising it when it comes to succeeding in
management.
But even someone as studious and
obsessive as him couldn’t have foreseen a
thunderbolt appearing from nowhere to
smack him in the face and help speed up his
return to the old terra firma.
That’s what Youri Tielemans provided with
his sensational second-half strike to seal a
famous triumph for the underdogs from
Leicester.
What Tuchel will realise once the smelling
salts kick in and he awakes from his

nightmare, is that there’s nothing quite as
fickle as football.
And if he still doesn’t get it, there will be the
perfect person waiting to remind him in the
shape of his boss, Chelsea owner Roman
Abramovich.
Tuchel was supposed to have become the
first German manager to win the FA Cup.
But considering the last five bosses to have
lifted the trophy with Chelsea have all been
sacked within 12 months of their triumph, this
result could still prove a blessing in disguise.
The truth is Chelsea dominated for long

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chelsea..........0 leicester.....1

on VAR
❱ tielemans 63

CAN’T LOOK: Kai
Harvertz and Mason
Mount can’t believe it
as a chance is missed

STRUGGLE: Van Dijk

Klopp’s
still not
ruling
Van in
■■by STEVE BATES

BLUE GLOOM:
Chelsea players
show dejection

THOMAS TANKS:
Chelsea boss Tuchel
gets that losing feeling

spells but just couldn’t take their
chances.
And even the most ardent
fan had to admit Tielemans’
goal was worthy of winning
any game.
But there is still the
biggest prize of all up for
grabs in two weeks’ time –
and Tuchel will be back
SEE RESULT!
doing his best dynamo
PAGES
impression again should he
2-3
turn Chelsea into the kings of

MATCH
REPORT

Europe. If that happens then this
experience of utter despair will be
long forgotten.
And the question will have to
be asked of the man who calls all
the shots.
Could Tuchel become the first
manager of Chelsea to break with
tradition and make Abramovich
become bored of his obsession with
his favourite game – Russian roulette?
Since Abramovich took ownership at
Stamford Bridge in 2003, Claudio Ranieri

has been the longest-serving boss – and he
only lasted three years and eight months at
the Bridge!
Yet Tuchel has it in him to take on
Guardiola as well as build a dynasty in west
London.
Abramovich was not at Wembley last
night, but will be in Porto at the end of this
month when the stakes will be higher than
ever.
Not for him, but for the latest man to find
himself in the hottest seat in English
football.

JURGEN KLOPP has
dropped a bombshell by
claiming Virgil van Dijk
might not be fit for
Liverpool’s pre-season.
Van Dijk has been
pictured running again at
Liverpool’s new Kirby
training centre after
suffering serious cruciate
knee ligament damage in
the Merseyside derby
with Everton at Goodison
Park last October.
The Holland star has
ruled out captaining his
country at the Euros this
summer in order to get fit
for the next Premier
League campaign.
But Klopp insists Van
Dijk’s return date is still a
long time away.
“Our new season will
start in the summer with
pre-season and it’s still
not certain the three guys
– Virgil, Joel Matip and
Joe Gomez – will start the
pre-season,” he said.
“Step by step we will
hopefully get the guys
back – but we will need
the other centre-halves in
pre-season.”
Klopp was responding
to the prospect of
stand-in defenders Nat
Phillips, Ozan Kabak and
Reece Williams melting
back into the Anfield
shadows once Klopp’s
big three return.
But the German boss
insists the trio still have a
big future at the club –
and it’s not the end of the
road at Liverpool when
Van Dijk and Co return.
“All the boys who have
come in did incredibly
well,” he added.
“Ozan (Kabak) came in
and played a super part
for us – Nat for weeks
already and Reece mainly
in the Champions League.
“Nat was not on the
Champions League list so
we had to figure that out
to make sure at least one
of the two could play.
“Both will have a proper
career ahead. When you
are at an academy that is
not written in stone.
“But now they have
been able to show how
good they are.”
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UNHAPPY: Thomas Tuchel

Tuch of
bad luck
cost us
chance

■■by HARRY PRATT

Thomas Tuchel was
down but far from out as
he claimed Chelsea were
robbed of FA Cup glory
against Leicester.
After watching his
Blues crash at Wembley
to Youri Tielemans’
sizzling second-half bullet
– and have a late
equaliser ruled out by
VAR – the German was
far from pleased.
But he refused to
criticise his troops
following the club’s
second cup final defeat in
as many seasons.
Tuchel said: “We were
just unlucky – super
unlucky. I don’t see why
we should lose this final
to a shot out of nothing.
“We did not allow any
other chances against us
all game.
“Their keeper made a
big save at the end and
we had a goal a little
offside. This can happen
in a final. You need luck in
key moments.
“We’re disappointed
but we’ve no need to be
unhappy with anybody.
“If that late goal had
counted, we could be
looking at it very
differently.
“We were a little bit
hectic in our decision
making with the many
situations we created.
“Maybe we wanted it
too much but we
dominated the second
half.”
Apart from the
Champions League final
in two weeks’ time
against Manchester City,
Chelsea are also still
chasing a top-four finish.
Next up in the Premier
League is a trip this
Tuesday to Leicester, who
are a point ahead of
them. Tuchel added: “I’ll
tell you what difference
this defeat makes to that
game after we play it.
“I just don’t know.
“We have two more
finals – one against
Leicester and one against
City in the Champions
League.”

man of

stiele!

ALL YOURI’S: Youri
Tielemans hoists the
FA Cup aloft

Superman Youri’s
winner faster than
a speeding bullet
GOOSEBUMPS:
Brendan Rodgers is
thrown in the air after
the Foxes’ cup win

bluesers
no more

LEICESTER City’s losing streak
in FA Cup finals is over.
Up until yesterday, the Foxes
had lost four in a row, dating
back to 1949
1969 Man City.....1 Leicester...0
1963 Man Utd. ...3 Leicester...1
1961 Tottenham. 2 Leicester...0
1949 Wolves........3 Leicester...1

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❱ Tielemans 63

verdict
by Neil Squires

big-match

If Leicester City fans
are at Wembley every
year until 2073 they are
still unlikely to witness
a strike as pure as the
one unleashed by Youri
Tielemans yesterday.
shilling and pence. Glory still has its place

The searing rocket from the brilliant
Belgian which threatened to torch the
net behind Kepa made the 52-year wait
since the club’s last appearance in an FA
Cup Final almost worth the wait.
For the lucky Leicester fans who watched
slack-jawed at their end it was a moment of
pure bliss.
For Tielemans and the Foxes’ players able
to celebrate with them as they bounced in
front of them it was a euphoric reminder of
shared pleasures we have missed this past
year.
Football really isn’t football without fans
and the 21,000 inside Wembley gave the
­final a terrific lift.
The image presented to the 46 countries
screening the grandest of games will have
been of a country rising back to its feet.
The ticket split was 6,250 for each club,
with the remainder made up of local
residents, key workers and various FA
­
guests.
They included Ben Kay, the groundsman
who – along with his staff – slept on the
frosty Chorley pitch, pouring boiling kettles
of water on to the frozen parts, to ensure the
third round tie against Derby could go
ahead back in January.
The final was act one of a two-part drama
that will continue on Tuesday at Stamford
Bridge, a repeat which will have a huge
bearing on who makes it into next s­ eason’s
Champions League.
The club accountants would circle the
midweek clash as the more important,
with £50million or so riding on
­qualification compared to £1.8m for the
winners yesterday.
But the events of the past few weeks
with the abortive Super League project
have underlined that, thankfully, there is
much more to football than pounds,

and the scenes as Michael Oliver blew his
final ­whistle yesterday underlined as much.
Whatever the result in midweek, you will
not see players from both teams prostrate
on the turf at the end, ecstatic and broken in
equal measure.
After so much football with so many
empty spaces, there was a real sense of
­
­occasion about this FA Cup Final, the 140th
in the competition’s history.
The wander down Wembley Way, the
Band of the Coldstream Guards, the singing
of Abide With Me – they were old staples but
the renewal of these traditions felt like a
heartening nudge back towards normality.
The sea of scarves for the Cup final hymn
was a peculiarly emotive picture with it sung
in honour of those lost to the pandemic.
Of course it wasn’t quite the old normal.
Fans had to pass their lateral flow tests to get
in and there were no under-16s allowed but
the new normal still felt raucous, visceral
and alive.
The players were undoubtedly lifted to
have fans back. Jamie Vardy even stuck his
tongue out at the Chelsea contingent after
making a sliding tackle in front of them.
They returned the compliment with a
­ribbing for the Leicester striker when Reece
James outmuscled him.
The loss of Jonny Evans after half-an-hour
silenced the Leicester end. But with Wesley
Fofana rising like a young lion to the
­adversity in the City defence the underdogs
refused to buckle.
As hope rose so did the noise and when
Tielemans struck the Leicester contingent
exploded.
Consternation from the Chelsea end as
Kasper Schmeichel produced two seismic
saves turned to exasperation as Antonio
Rudiger hit and hoped and then resignation
as the final slipped away.

JESTERS FROM
LEICESTER: Fans back
down Wembley way and
in the stadium

5great cup
final goals

PROUD: Brendan Rodgers

SLAM: Gerrard’s
winner in 2006

DOUBLE
WHAMMY:
Owen in
2001 and
Di Matteo
in 1997

BRIGHT-SIDE:
Storming
Norman in ’85

Youri Tielemans’ 25-yard, top-corner screamer
shot straight into the top 10 of the FA Cup final’s
greatest goals.
But where it is placed depends on your personal
viewpoint.
Steven Gerrard’s laser-guided left-foot leveller for
Liverpool against West Ham in 2006 – on the volley
– is always up there, as is Michael Owen’s sprint and
angled left-footed winner against Arsenal in 2001.
Roberto Di Matteo’s stonking strike off the
underside of the crossbar – just 45 seconds in – for
Chelsea against Middlesbrough in 1997 has its
admirers, as does Norman Whiteside’s curling effort
to help 10-man Manchester United beat Everton in
1985.
But few argue with the cup final’s greatest ever
goal coming from the right foot of Ricky Villa for
Spurs in 1981, dipping his shoulder and weaving his
way past five Manchester City players in a mazy
40-yard dribble before slotting the ball past an
outrushing Joe Corrigan.
Fittingly, just like Tielemans’ effort, it was the
winning goal.

DAVID PRENTICE

TOP OF THE SHOP: Ricky Villa’s goal for
Spurs in 1981 after a magical mazy dribble

Rodgers
hails his
historic
heroes
From Back Page
to the owners and the
fans is so special. I’m so
proud for the board, the
players and the
supporters.
“It’s an amazing day for
the city. The success of
this team and club is
getting to positions like
this and competing
against the so-called
bigger clubs.
“They were expected to
win but our success is
competing and always
fighting.
“If we can perform like
today we can go and win
– what a day for everyone
involved with Leicester.”
Rodgers joins Sir Alex
Ferguson as the only
manager to win the cup
north and south of the
border.
The ex-Celtic boss
singled out Tielemans
for his breathtaking goal
and keeper Kasper
Schmeichel for a stunning
save at the death from
Mason Mount.
Rodgers added:
“Youri’s goal was like an
old-school cup-winner
but also Kasper’s save
was world class.
“Those are the special
moments you need in
finals.
“Overall, we were
the better team, super
aggressive. Chelsea
are an amazing team,
that’s why they’re in a
Champions League final
– but we deserved it.”
On what it means to
join Fergie in the record
books, Rodgers said: “It’s
very special.
“I’ve been in six finals
before and won them all
– today is the seventh and
it’s the FA Cup so it’s truly
special.”
Match-winner
Tielemans, 24, paid
tribute to the Leicester
fans inside Wembley to
witness his historic goal.
The Foxes midfielder
added: “It was really
special to have them in
today.
“To score in the final –
and what a goal it was –
makes me very happy.”

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FA CUP FINAL
MATCH
RATINGS
Chelsea
Arrizabalaga

No chance with winning
goal in a stadium
that staged one
of his lowest
moments.

James

6

Made one crucial block
from Vardy and
looked very
comfortable on the
right of back three.

SILVA

7

Youri-ka

A very cool head in his
own penalty area
and a threatening
one in Leicester
City’s.

RUDIGER
Calm and collected,
looked mainly after
Iheanacho and
did a very decent
job of it.

ALONSO

6
6

Made some promising
bursts into the box
but sent one
header straight at
the keeper.

6

Azpilicueta

Frustrated to see what
would have been a
glorious chance
nicked away by
Werner.

Jorginho
Made the odd key
intervention but
not the overall
influence he would
have wanted to be.

KANTE

5

6

Had fitness concerns
going into the
game and did not
have his normal
sort of impact.

ziyech

7

Struggled to get any kind
of foothold in the
game and not
surprised to be
hooked.

MOUNT

5

Started brightly and had a
couple of efforts on
goal but faded a
little in the second
half.

werner
Caused plenty of
problems with his
direct running but
did not always take
the best option.

7

6

subsTITUTES
CHILWELL
(Alonso (68th) 6)
PULISIC
(Ziyech (68th) 6)
HAVERTZ
(Jorginho 76th)
HUDSON-ODOI
(Azpilicueta 76th)
GIROUD
(Werner 82nd)

Ratings by
ANDY DUNN

match
stats
Chelsea
Leicester

3
Shots on target
1
4
Shots off target
3
6
Blocked shots
2
10
Corners
4
13
Fouls
9
2
Offsides
1
1
Yellow cards
1
0
Red cards
0
85.1 Passing success % 74.3
18
Tackles
22
38.9 Tackles won % 54.5
64.1
Possession % 35.9

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THE TIEL DEAL:
Tielemans hits
an absolute cracker
to win the cup

Tielemans crashes home
YOURI TIELEMANS produced one of
the great Wembley strikes to finally end
Leicester’s FA Cup heartache at the fifth
time of asking.

There have been many spectacular moments – and
goals – in the illustrious history of the world’s most
famous domestic cup competition.
But very few can rival the 25-yard rocket from silky
Belgium midfielder Tielemans that ensured four-time
runners-up City finally got their hands on this famous
trophy.
If that fantastic finish was fit to grace any occasion,
the VAR intervention that then ruled out a Chelsea
last-gasp equaliser was equally dramatic.
They appeared to have sent a gripping contest into
extra-time after a goalmouth scramble – only to be

By Harry
Pratt
At Wembley

ruled inches offside. And that sent the Leicester
faithful at the other end of the stadium into pure,
unadulterated ecstasy. Again.
The scenes at the final whistle were simply
astonishing. What a sight to behold. For Brendan
Rodgers’ heroes, that is.
Eight-time cup winners Chelsea and their boss
Thomas Tuchel now have to gather their senses and go
again – in the Champions League Final against

a

Manchester City. Both clubs arrived here, along
with 21,000 supporters, with potentially sensational
campaigns on a knife-edge.
Apart from trying to win here, Leicester were also in
control of their destiny in the Premier League
top-four race.
Only just, mind, after Tuesday’s 3-1 victory at
Manchester United put them into third place – a point
clear of Chelsea.
That Champions League qualification picture
should be clearer come Tuesday night when the Foxes
host the Blues in the Premier League. Talk about two
crunch outings coming at once!
But if the prize of competing with Europe’s elite
is significant, yesterday was all about the glory of
grabbing silverware. The Foxes kicked off at almost full

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BLUE:
Mason Mount
could not get
an equaliser

MATCH
RATINGS
Leicester
Schmeichel

Had an air of confidence
that transmitted to
his defenders. One
ridiculously good
save from Mount.

6

Fofana

Mr Cool. Has slotted into
life at the top of the
Premier League
like a seasoned
veteran.

7

EVANS

Looked in little trouble
until his heel injury
flared up again,
knocking a little
stuffing out of team.

6

Soyuncu

Nervous start but grew in
stature. Vital
interceptions but
very lucky with
VAR call.

Castagne

7

Started out wide and then
moved inside after
Evans departed.
Understated and
underrated.

■

OUTFOXED:
Leicester
boss Brendan
Rodgers gets
one over Chelsea

7

Tielemans
Not as influential as
normal. Troubled
by Kante’s energy
early on but what a
strike.

Ndidi

8

Another who did not show
as they have done
during the Premier
League campaign.
Subdued.

THOMAS
What a week for the
youngster, 19, who
wasn’t overawed
by Azpilicueta or
the occasion.

Perez
Used on left, not his
favoured position.
Decent link-up play
but did not see
enough of the ball.

■

A STEP TOO
VAR: The Blues
thought they had
levelled but the goal
was disallowed

beaut
strength – Jonny Evans had passed a late fitness test –
while the Blues had Kepa Arrizabalaga in goal and
Marcos Alonso replacing Ben Chilwell.
The incredible atmosphere sparked a frenetic
opening period. The adrenaline pumping through the
players was obvious and meant neither side settled.
That showed as it took until the 16th minute for the
first opportunity to arrive.
It fell to Leicester hitman Jamie Vardy when
Timothy Castagne outpaced Alonso and crossed but
the veteran forward’s goal-bound effort was blocked
by Reece James.
Four minutes later, City defender Caglar Soyuncu
flashed a header over as the Midlands men
threatened to take a grip.
Time for irrepressible Mason Mount to wrestle

7
5

Iheanacho

to light up Wembley
some control back for the Blues – and the England ace
almost did that when shooting narrowly wide.
Suddenly Chelsea were enjoying themselves. Timo
Werner blazed over – much to Tuchel’s fury – before
the German striker was a whisker from heading in
Thiago Silva’s cross.
Moments later Evans went down. The ankle injury
had returned and off he went.
A heated conclusion to the half was littered with
fierce challenges. Wesley Fofana was booked for
clattering Werner. The striker was then booked for
returning the compliment.
Werner’s speed was causing problems but,
fortunately for Leicester, his inability to finish
persisted as he slashed off target again.
Rodgers’ men flew out of the blocks after the break,

6

no doubt buoyed by attacking towards their own fans.
And within 18 minutes, those same supporters were
going crazy as they watched Tielemans’ rocket fly into
the far corner.
It was not quite over, though. Firstly, Foxes skipper
Kasper Schmeichel somehow kept out Mount’s low
drive with a truly world-class fingertip stop.
Then Chilwell, on as sub, nipped into to cause
complete chaos in the Foxes six-yard box and in flew
the ball amid a mad scramble.
Yet Chelsea’s joy was short-lived as Stockley Park
ruled the Three Lions star was a shade offside.
STAR MAN: Youri Tielemans
REF: M Oliver
Chelsea’s next game: Leicester, Tues (h)
Leicester’s next game: Chelsea, Tues (a)

Operated on the right –
quiet but picked up
and caused
problems following
a sticky start.

VARDY

6

Persistent menace in his
play but got little
change out of
Thiago Silva.
Worked hard.

5

subsTITUTES
ALBRIGHTON
(Evans (33rd) 6)

MADDISON
(Iheanacho (67th) 6)

Ratings by
NEIL MOXLEY

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Blues boss Emma
is ready for her
date with destiny
EMMA HAYES
admits sadly that
the clairvoyant who
predicted her future lay
at Chelsea gave no
indication about how
they would get on in the
Women’s Champions
League Final tonight.
And the Blues boss
is far too scared to go
back to see her now.
Her former PE
teacher recommended
Hayes have her cards
read when she
agonised over a choice
of three jobs in 2008 –
Arsenal Ladies,
Chicago Red Stars and
St Louis.
The mystic said she
would “build a legacy at
Chelsea”. It was four
more years before she
was asked out of the
blue to go to Stamford
Bridge.
Hayes (below)
accepted instantly.
“My PE teacher
recommended the
reading,” she said.
“It was her
clairvoyant but I’ve
never ever been
back. She
always says
I should.
“I’d be
too afraid
of what
else – I
don’t want
to go any
further into
the future, I’ve
got enough on my
hands.”
After four league
titles and four domestic
cup successes, the
fortune teller can
probably claim that as a
successful reading.
Now, against
Barcelona in
Gothenburg tonight,
Chelsea could become
only the second
English winners of the

By Matthew Dunn

Women’s Champions
League after Arsenal.
But even without that,
the work she has done
to help raise the profile
of the women’s side of
the sport means the
legacy is well and truly
built.
“I left the training
ground the other day as
one car drove in with a
little girl somewhere
between 10 and 12,”
said Hayes, 43.
“She’s in the front of
her car with her dad
and there was just this
huge wave towards me.
“I thought, ‘I’ve been
driving out of this gate
nine years and I didn’t
get that wave before’.
“Then another car
came in, exactly the
same thing happened.
“I got to almost the
exit of Cobham and I
got a third one.
“I remember thinking,
‘My goodness, these
little girls are watching
our game’. They have
role models,
women to
look up to.
“They
sprinted
home to
watch our
game
from
wherever
they were.
And why?
“Because it’s
on the telly every week.
It’s in the papers in
front pages, it’s on BBC
News and even ITV.
“Although, like my
mum said to me on
Monday after we won
the Women’s Super
League, it still wasn’t
enough coverage today.
“And she’s right – so
we’ve still got some
work to do.”

Jenni’s out to block
hotshot Chelsea trio

JENNI HERMOSO
and her Barcelona
team-mates are on a
mission to stop Chelsea
trio Pernille Harder,
Samantha Kerr and
Fran Kirby – and move
another step closer to
the Treble.
The two sides face
off in the Champions
League Final in
Gothenburg tonight.
Hermoso, 31, sits
alongside Kirby as the
tournament’s top
scorer on six goals.
And the Spaniard is
confident that if the La

By TOM HOPKINSON

Liga champs – who are
also in the Copa de la
Reina semi-final – can
cut off the supply line to
the forwards, they have
a very good chance.
She said: “Our
objective is to control
the match, impose our
style and score first.
“Our mission is to
stop Harder, Kerr or
Kirby receiving
comfortable balls.
“If we don’t then we
could have serious
problems.”

premier league

Said Ben’s
Moyes’ euro dream up in
the air despite screamer
■

match
stats
Brighton
West Ham

2
Shots on target
3
2
Shots off target
8
6
Blocked shots
4
3
Corners
3
7
Fouls
5
0
Offsides
2
1
Yellow cards
0
0
Red cards
0
85.5 Passing success % 85.5
9
Tackles
6
44.4 Tackles won % 33.3
51.3
Possession % 48.7

IRON MAN:
Antonio forces
his way through
the Brighton
defence

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The Seagulls
star lifts it over
Fabianksi

❱ Benrahma 88

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DAN’S THE MAN:
Welbeck celebrates
his opener

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European

Shorts

Zlat’s Euro
injury woe
ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC
has been ruled out of
Euro 2020 due to injury.
The striker, 39,
sustained a knee problem
during AC Milan’s 3-0 win
at Juventus last week and
faced a race against time
to recover his fitness.
The Swedish FA wrote
on Twitter: “Today, Zlatan
has informed coach
Janne Andersson that his
injury will stop him from
participating in the
European Championship
this summer.”

RONALD
rattled

■

LATE BEN-DRAMA:
The Hammers ace
curls in a wonder goal

Barcelona coach
Ronald Koeman has
launched an attack on the
Spanish media.
The Catalan giants
practically surrendered their
chances of catching La
Liga leaders Atletico
Madrid after drawing 3-3 at
Levante on Tuesday.
But Koeman, whose side
have won the Copa Del
Rey this season, said: “It’s
not fair that one day
everything seemed perfect
and two weeks later
everything is horrible.”

■

JES THE TICKET:
Lingard continues
to impress in his bid
to earn his place at
Euro 2020

Lew level
with Gerd

David MOYES saw West Ham’s
Champions League hopes suffer
a serious and possibly terminal
setback against Brighton.

A beautifully taken 84th-minute goal
from Danny Welbeck, who chipped
keeper Lukasz Fabianski to score,
looked set to give Graham Potter’s side
victory in a dogged game.
But three minutes later Said
Benrahma curled home from 20 yards –
his first Hammers goal – to level.
But a point does not look enough for
West Ham, who are a point behind
fourth-placed Liverpool, who have a
game in hand.
There was good news for Moyes
in that Declan Rice (right) was back
– great for his club and England.
Gareth Southgate was in
attendance at The Amex and
will have noted
h o w
t h e
midfielder
played like he
had never been
away after six
weeks out injured.
But the Hammers really needed to
win all of their last three matches to

By Hector
Nunns
At the Amex Stadium

have any chance of overhauling
Leicester, Chelsea and Liverpool.
And by failing to win on the south
coast they may even now miss out on
the Europa League places.
Brighton’s safety was confirmed when Fulham lost to
Burnley on Monday – and
it has been both an exhilarating and frustrating
season for the Seagulls.
One of the main culprits for wasted chances
– Neal Maupay – was not
available for selection last
night having been sent off
in the recent defeat at Wolves.
And boss Potter had to
reshuffle at the back, too, to cope without captain Lewis Dunk, who also saw
red at Molineux.
Pascal Gross, deputising as skipper
for Dunk, was deployed in an unusual

right wing-back role for the home side.
And on the overlap after 12 minutes
he sent one cross fizzing in to the
area but no one was there to get on the
end of it.
But West Ham always looked dangerous, with Jesse Lingard finding space in
front of the Brighton back three and
picking out the wide men.
Brighton’s in-demand Mali international midfielder Yves Bissouma escaped a booking and even the award of
a foul for a sturdy tackle on
Lingard.
However he did receive a
yellow card shortly after
for another challenge on
the same player – and
shortly
after
Craig
Dawson just failed to
connect properly with an
Aaron Cresswell corner.
And Cresswell put in another quality delivery that
Michail Antonio could not divert
on target.
On 32 minutes Antonio got it all
wrong trying to head the ball back into
the six-yard box instead of on goal – but
the striker was saved by an offside flag.

Pablo Fornals brilliantly created an
opening for himself but was tackled in
the area. But West Ham looked nailed
on to take the lead in the 41st minute.
Cresswell picked out Fornals, but
from eight yards his effort was blocked
on the line.
And in a blistering five minutes before half-time for the visitors Tomas
Soucek’s 20-yard effort was then saved
by Robert Sanchez.
After the break Antonio fired over and
Jarrod Bowen’s cross was just cleared after a threatening run into the box.
But in a brighter spell the Seagulls
went
close
through
Alireza
Jahanbakhsh’s angled drive.
Then came the goals flurry as Welbeck
then Benrahma struck in the space of
three minutes – but it will feel like a loss
to Moyes.

Brighton: Sanchez 6; White 7, Webster 8, Burn 7;
Gross 7, Bissouma 7, Alzate 6 (Lallana (67th) 6), Moder
7; Jahanbahksh 6 (Tau (73rd) 6), Welbeck 6, Trossard 6
(Zeqiri 83)
West Ham: Fabianski 6; Coufal 6, Ogbonna 7, Dawson 7,
Cresswell 8; Rice 8, Soucek 6; Bowen 6 (Benrahma (64th)
6), Lingard 7, Fornals 6; Antonio 6
STAR MAN: Declan Rice
Ref: A Marrier
Brighton’s next game: Man City, Tues (h)
West Ham’s next game: West Brom, Tues (a)

Bayern Munich striker
Robert Lewandowski has
equalled Gerd Mueller’s
49-year-old German
league goal record.
A 26th-minute penalty
in Bayern’s 2-2 draw at
Freiburg took his season
tally to 40 goals.
He can claim the record
in Bayern’s final game of
the season against
Augsburg next week.
The Pole is second on
the all-time Bundesliga
scorers list, with 276
goals to Mueller’s 365.

heat on
at inter

Inter Milan must cut
their wage bill to keep the
Covid-hit business on
track, says chief executive
Giuseppe Marotta.
The club won their first
Serie A title in 11 years this
season and were part of
the recent failed European
Super League project.
But the Italian media say
players and staff have been
asked to sacrifice two
months’ wages.
Marotta said: “Covid-19
has hit hard a business that
was already difficult to
sustain.”

6

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Result!

Big Dych-isions to Premier League
make at Turf Moor
Sean Dyche is in talks
over a new contract at
Burnley as a summer of
Premier League
managerial changes
looms.
And in most of them
it’s the gravel-voiced
Turf Moor boss who
gets an honourable
mention in the
respective boardrooms.
It’s an open secret
that Crystal Palace
chairman Steve Parish
is an admirer of the
division’s longestserving boss, now well
into his ninth year of
miracle working.
If Steve
Bruce was to
abandon
ship at
Newcastle
then owner
Mike Ashley
wouldn’t be
slow to register
an interest in
Dyche, 46 (above),
universally regarded as
the main reason
Burnley can look
forward to a sixth
consecutive season
among the elite.
There will never be a
shortage of offers for a
man idolised by the
Lancashire club’s fans
and who has a pub near
the ground, The Royal
Dyche, named after

❱ Klich 44, Harrison 60, Rodrigo 77, 79

By JOHN RICHARDSON

him. New owner Alan
Pace is desperate that
it’s not last orders for
his talismanic boss who
has just 12 months of
his contract to run.
That’s why sorting
out a new one – and his
current one is worth
around £70,000 a week
– is the priority.
And while Pace and
his American
consortium are at it
they would do well to
secure funds for a
summer transfer
spree.
Dyche isn’t
asking for a
massive
overhaul but
would like
two or three
signings.
He and the
board also
have a big
decision to make over
defender James
Tarkowski, the subject
of interest last summer
from West Ham and
Leicester.
His contract has just
12 months to run and
he has so far refused to
sign a new one.
England keeper Nick
Pope also has admirers
along with winger
Dwight McNeil.

German fans mad
for Marcelo’s men
Robin Koch has
revealed that the Leeds
United fan base has
now extended to his
native Germany thanks
to their sense of
adventure.
The attackingwithout-fear philosophy
preached by boss
Marcelo Bielsa has
won them many
admirers across the
world of football.
It was the gameplan
that convinced the
German international,
24, to move to Elland
Road from
Freiburg last
summer for a
fee of
£13million.
A central
defender
who has
also featured
in the holding
midfielder role,
Koch (above) said:
“I’ve had a lot of
messages from friends
and other players in
Germany saying how
much they love
watching our games.
“They say they are
fun and are always
good games. I don’t
think you can get a
better compliment than
that.
“I think we showed
what we were about

Burnley....0 Leeds.........4

By JOHN RICHARDSON

from the first game
even though we ended
up losing it 4-3 to
Liverpool.”
Koch, who will
feature in this summer’s
Euros, admits that he
has never felt fitter,
largely as a result of
Bielsa’s ‘Murderball’
sessions where the ball
is constantly in play for
intensive periods.
“My first experience
of it was really hard,” he
said. “I’m getting used
to it now after
almost a
season. At
first I felt
really bad
after
training. My
body was
low. It’s
football
without
stopping.
“It’s why we are able
to push ourselves to
the limit in every game.
It’s been good because
we haven’t had the fear
of relegation hanging
over us.
“I always felt the
Premier League would
be the next step for me.
Working with Marcelo
was one of the main
points in me choosing
Leeds.”

■

JACK THE
GLAD:
Happy Harrison

match
stats
Burnley
Leeds

4
8
4
6
10
2
1
0
76
12
67
48

■

HOT ROD:
Rodrigo
scores Leeds’
fourth goal

Shots on target
Shots off target
Blocked shots
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Yellow cards
Red cards
Passing success %
Tackles
Tackles won %
Possession %

6
5
5
8
10
6
1
0
76
10
60
52

Jack an ace

harrison at heart of rout
This was another four-midable
display from Marcelo Bielsa’s troupe
of entertainers.

Forget them if you fill in the football pools
every week because they haven’t drawn a
single game on their travels.
It’s nine wins and nine defeats – there’s no
safety net with this bunch of buccaneers as
Burnley discovered as this meltdown set an
unwanted club record of nine consecutive
home league games without a victory in topflight football.
Not a happy place for Sean Dyche’s side
but ecstasy for Leeds boss Bielsa as his
players went on the rampage.
It was a slow burner and his team could
have expected a half-time Bielsa blast after
wasting opportunities before Mateusz Klich
struck just before the interval, the Polish
international curling a wonderful strike into
the corner of the net.
“It was a great offensive performance in
the second half,” said Bielsa. “The players
are at a very high level. In the second half
we were more efficient.” Matej Vydra

By John
Richardson
At Turf Moor

squandered a one-on-one with Illan Meslier,
the Leeds keeper sticking out a leg to divert
the effort around the post.
That proved costly as well for Burnley as
an instinctive goal from all-action man Jack
Harrison put the skids under the home side.
A low drive from Ezgjan Alioksi appeared to
be hurtling wide until the Manchester City
loanee took over, glancing it into the net
with the back of his heel.
Harrison was the provider with a
lacerating through ball for Rodrigo to move
into the area and confidently chip over
Bailey Peacock-Farrell to make it 3-0.
And the Spaniard wasn’t done, finishing
off a brilliantly executed passing move
involving Phillips and the electric Harrison.
Bielsa added: “It has taken him time to

find his real form. But he can be a formidable
player and plays for the Spanish side who
are a powerhouse.”
Not only should Leeds make sure they
secure a new contract for their manager they
will be aiming to make Harrison’s loan move
to Elland Road permanent.
For Burnley boss Dyche it’s been a tough
season but they can at least look forward to a
sixth consecutive season in the Premier
League.
He said: “They were more clinical. We
didn’t have the cutting edge that we needed.
It’s hard to ask any more of my players. We
had an emotional game against Fulham on
Monday and it was a big result.”
Burnley: Peacock-Farrell 6; Lowton 6, Tarkowski 6, Mee
6, Taylor 7; Brownhill 6, Cork 6, Westwood 7, McNeil 6
(Gudmundsson (70th) 6); Vydra 7 (Rodriguez (65th) 6), Wood 6
(Barnes (65th) 6)
Leeds United: Meslier 7; Ayling 7, Llorente 7, Struijk 6, Alioski
7; Phillips 7; Raphinha 6 (Poveda 81st), Klich 7 (Roberts (76th)
6), Dallas 6, Harrison 8; Bamford 6 (Rodrigo (58th) 8)
STAR MAN: Jack Harrison
Ref: G Scott
Burnley’s next game: Liverpool, Weds (h)
Leeds’ next game: Southampton, Tues (a)

Alioski is accused of mocking McNeil
Burnley have reported
Leeds United’s Ezgjan Alioski
over a gesture he allegedly
made towards Turf Moor
winger Dwight McNeil.
The North Macedonian (left)
appeared to place his hands
behind his ears and mock the
mixed race McNeil during the
4-0 victory for Leeds. Fourth

official Anthony Taylor alerted
match referee Graham Scott
who brought together both
managers, Burnley’s Sean
Dyche and Leeds’ Marcelo
Bielsa, for a lengthy
discussion.
Afterwards Dyche
confirmed that one of his
players had made a complaint

and wanted the incident
investigated.
He said: “The complaint will
be passed on to the FA. The
player made the report. I was
there and I have witnessed
the report.”
Bielsa said: “If there was a
gesture I didn’t see it.”
John Richardson

SS1ST

Premier League

southampton...3 fulham...........1

the season
to
be
jolly
Saints make a
presence
Christmas might be some
way off but there were gifts
of past, present and future as
Saints secured their second
win in five days to pile more
misery on relegated Fulham.

adams 27, tella 60, walcott 82

7

❱ Carvalho 75

By Tom
Prentki
At St Mary’s

Theo Walcott rolled back the years
by scoring his first Southampton goal goals in the Premier League. It was a
at St Mary’s since 2006 when he netted familiar feeling for Parker.
He said: “It’s probably a snapshot
for the club against MK Dons in a 4-3
of our season, really. At times we
FA Cup win as a 16 year old.
played
well.
Man of the moment Che Adams
“The goals are disappointing – the
bagged the opener, a ninth Premier
League goal of the season for the first one and then the second one was
really disappointing in terms of how
Scotland international.
And Nathan Tella – at 21, Saints’ we conceded that goal.
“We got ourselves back in the game
latest academy hopeful – netted his
and after that I felt we
first senior goal before
had some real
assisting Walcott for his
ascendancy and then
own strike.
obviously we concede
Boss Ralph Hasenhuttl
a third when trying to
was especially pleased
push a little bit to get a
for the ecstatic Tella.
goal.”
He said: “The smile on
Saints went in front
his face is always there
when Adams
Southampton
and that is what I really
c o n v e r t e d Ja m e s
like. He really enjoys
Fulham
Ward-Prowse’s freeplaying football. He’s a
7
Shots
on
target
3
kick from close range
very big talent from our 2
Shots off target
4 in the 27th minute.
academy and a message 2
Blocked shots
3
Top scorer Danny
to the others coming up.
6
Corners
5
“It is time that he 9
Fouls
15 Ings was playing his
Offsides
1 second game since
scores his first goal – I 3
Yellow cards
1 returning
from
a
think he had a few good 0
Red cards
0 hamstring injury with
opportunities. The way 0
85
Passing
success
%
86
his future at the club
he was working for the 19
Tackles
24 still up in the air.
team today he deserved 58
Tackles won %
54
Boss Hasenhuttl
his goal and also the 46
Possession %
54
withdrew the England
assist for Theo.”
striker after an hour on
The Austrian added:
“He’s now on the scorers list in the the instructions of the club’s medical
Premier League and it’s a special staff. And seconds later Tella’s smile
beamed around St Mary’s after he
moment for a young striker.”
There have been times this season slotted in Kyle Walker-Peters’ cross
when injury-hit Saints were barely following a slick Saints move.
Then came Carvalho’s big moment
able to fill the bench but both Tella and
Walcott made crucial impacts after as he latched on to Bobby Decordovacoming on as substitutes to help the Reid’s pass and smashed high into
the net.
hosts notch a deserved win.
But seven minutes later Saints put
It has been a miserable season for
Fulham but they did find a brief way the game to bed as Walcott added the
third
after another fine team move.
back into the game when Fabio
It was started and finished by
Carvalho – just 18 – scored on his first
Premier League start to briefly pull the Walcott with Tella’s cheeky back-heel
teeing up the Everton loanee to fire
score back to 2-1.
Boss Scott Parker said: “If there was beyond Alphonse Areola.
one shining bright light from today, it’s Southampton: McCarthy 6; Walker-Peters 7,
Fabio. He’s got a big future here and we Stephens 7, Vestergaard 7, Salisu 6; Ward-Prowse 7,
7 (Diallo 78th); Minamino 6 (Walcott 78th),
look forward to seeing him more often. Armstrong
Redmond 6; Adams 7, Ings 7 (Tella (58th) 7)
“It didn’t surprise me. He’s in the Fulham: Areola 7; Tete 6, Andersen 7, Adarabioyo 6,
team because we’re searching for Aina 7 (Bryan (63rd) 6); Zambo Anguissa 6 (Lookman
(63rd) 6), Reed 6; Cavaleiro 5, Onomah 5 (Maja 76th),
someone who can score goals.”
The Cottagers had plenty of the ball Carvalho 7; Decordova-Reid 6
MAN: Jack Stephens
at St Mary’s but did little with it and STAR
Ref: C Pawson
only fellow basement dwellers Southampton’s next game: Leeds, Tues (h)
Sheffield United have managed fewer Fulham’s next game: Man United, Tues (a)

Result!

match
stats

MEDAL WINNER: Gerrard

Invincible
men give
Gerro his
moment
Rangers���� 4
aberdeen�� 0
By ANDREW DEAN

Steven Gerrard
insists he will never again
let the chance to savour
the sweet smell of
success pass him by
after soaking up every
second of Rangers’
champagne moment.
The Ibrox boss was
doused with bubbly by
striker Alfredo Morelos as
the Scottish champions
finally got their hands on
the Premiership trophy.
But Gerrard did not
mind one bit as his
lifelong wait to get his
hands on a league
winner’s medal was
finally satisfied.
He has presided over a
Rangers line-up that has
now written their names
into the record books,
with this win over
Aberdeen sealing an
unbeaten campaign.
They took the lead in
the fifth minute via an
own goal by Dons
goalkeeper Joe Lewis.
Kemar Roofe scored
twice, netting in the 34th
and 60th minutes, before
substitute Jermain Defoe
added a fourth goal.
But, while his players
jubilantly tossed the
silverware aloft, the
former Liverpool skipper
stood back and took it all
in. It was the moment
when all the pain of his
repeated Anfield slip-ups
were washed away.
And Gerrard said: “I
wanted to enjoy this
moment because it’s
been a long time since
I’ve smelled this success
and the champagne.
“I absolutely stink right
now. It feels really good
and I want more of it.
“I’m as hungry as
anyone.”

★ Scott
Brown

■

CHE’S DAY:
Adams
celebrates after
scoring the
opening goal

bowed out at Celtic in
a low-key goalless draw
against former club
Hibernian at Easter Road.
The midfielder, who will join
Aberdeen as player/
assistant next season, is
leaving the Hoops
after 14 years.

8

Result!

SS1ST

FA CUP FINAL

SOUVENIR poster

■

FORWARD
THINKING:
Jamie Vardy lifts
the famous trophy

This one’s fo

SS1ST

Result!

chelsea..........0 leicester......1

or Vichai

❱ tielemans 63

■

BOSSING IT: Leicester
chairman Khun Top,
the son of Vichai
Srivaddhanaprabha, with
Brendan Rodgers

■

CAPTION: This
is the caption
style for result ta

■

TRIBUTE:
Youri
Tielemans
after his goal

■

WINNERS:
Leicester
players celebrate
with the trophy

leicester city
2021 fa cup winners

9

10

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Result!

This week’s football
TODAY

Sky Bet League One Play-Offs
Semi-Final First Leg
Lincoln City v Sunderland (6pm)................
THURSDAY
Sky Bet League Two Play-Offs
Semi-Final First Leg
Tranmere v Morecambe (6pm)....................
Scottish League One Play-Off
Final Second Leg
Dumbarton (0) v Edinburgh City (0) (7.35)..
FA Women’s Lge—FA Cup 5th rnd:
Chelsea v Everton (7pm).
FRIDAY
Scottish Championship Play-Off
Final Second Leg
Morton (0) v Airdrieonians (0) (7.35)........
Sky Bet League One Play-Offs
Semi-Final Second Leg
Blackpool (0) v Oxford Utd (0)....................
SATURDAY

(Football 3pm unless stated)

Premier League
Crystal Palace v Aston Villa (12noon)........
Everton v Sheff Utd (7pm)...........................
Tottenham Hotspur v Wolverhampton (2.05)...
West Brom v Liverpool (4.30).....................
Scottish Premiership
Hamilton v Kilmarnock (12noon).................
Motherwell v Ross County (12noon)...........
St Mirren v Dundee Utd (12noon)...............
Vanarama National Lge
Stockport County v Torquay (12.15)............
UEFA Women’s Champions League
Final: Chelsea v Barcelona (8pm).
FA Women’s Lge—FA Cup 5th rnd:
Arsenal v Crystal Palace, Birmingham
City v Southampton (12.30), Blackburn
v Charlton (12pm), Brighton & Hove
Albion v Huddersfield (12pm), Man City
v West Ham (2pm), Man Utd v
Leicester City (12pm), Tottenham
Hotspur v Sheff Utd (2pm).
TOMORROW

(Football 3pm unless stated)

Sky Bet Championship Play-Offs
Semi-Final Second Leg
Brentford (0) v AFC Bournemouth (0) (12.30)..
Swansea (0) v Barnsley (0) (6.30).............
Sky Bet League One Play-Offs
Semi-Final Second Leg
Sunderland (0) v Lincoln City (0) (3.30)...
Scottish Cup Final
St Johnstone v Hibernian (2pm).................
FA Trophy Final
Hereford FC v Hornchurch (4.15)................
Vanarama National Lge
Aldershot v Bromley......................................
Altrincham v Yeovil........................................
Chesterfield v Dag & Red..............................
Eastleigh v Boreham Wood..........................
Maidenhead Utd v FC Halifax.......................
Notts County v Weymouth...........................
Stockport County v Woking.........................
Sutton Utd v Hartlepool................................
Torquay v Barnet............................................
Wealdstone v Solihull Moors........................
Wrexham v King’s Lynn Tn...........................
SUNDAY
Premier League
Arsenal v Brighton (4pm).............................
Aston Villa v Chelsea (4pm).........................
Fulham v Newcastle (4pm)...........................
Leeds v West Brom (4pm)............................
Leicester v Tottenham Hotspur (4pm)......
Liverpool v Crystal Palace (4pm)...............
Man City v Everton (4pm).............................
Sheff Utd v Burnley (4pm)...........................
West Ham v Southampton (4pm)...............
Wolverhampton v Man Utd (4pm)..............
Sky Bet League Two Play-Offs
Semi-Final Second Leg
Forest Green (0) v Newport County (0) (6.30).
Morecambe (0) v Tranmere (0) (12.30).....
Ladbrokes League 2 Play Off Final
Second Leg
Brechin (0) v Kelty Hearts (0).....................

(Football 7.45pm unless stated)

Sky Bet Championship Play-Offs
Semi-Final First Leg
AFC Bournemouth v Brentford (6pm).......
Barnsley v Swansea (8.15)............................
Scottish League One Play-Off
Final First Leg
Edinburgh City v Dumbarton (7.35)............
TUESDAY
Premier League
Brighton v Man City (7pm)...........................
Chelsea v Leicester (8.15).............................
Man Utd v Fulham (6pm)..............................
Southampton v Leeds (6pm).......................
Sky Bet League One Play-Offs
Semi-Final First Leg
Oxford Utd v Blackpool (6pm).....................
Sky Bet League Two Play-Offs
Semi-Final First Leg
Newport County v Forest Green (8.15)......
Scottish Championship Play-Off
Final First Leg
Airdrieonians v Morton (7.35)......................
Scottish League Two Play Off Final
1st Leg
Kelty Hearts v Brechin..................................
Vanarama National Lge
Aldershot v Eastleigh.....................................
Solihull Moors v Barnet.................................
Weymouth v Boreham Wood.......................
Wrexham v Notts County (7pm)..................
Yeovil v Maidenhead Utd..............................
WEDNESDAY
Premier League
Burnley v Liverpool (8.15).............................
Crystal Palace v Arsenal (7pm)...................
Everton v Wolverhampton (6pm)...............
Newcastle v Sheff Utd (6pm).......................
Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa (6pm)...
West Brom v West Ham (8.15).....................

manchester united

beauty
■

ACE MASON:
Greenwood
has scored eight
in last 12 games

■

ED-UCATION:
Cavani is the
perfect role model
for Greenwood

Pools guide
(KO 3pm unless stated)

PREMIER LEAGUE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Greenwood
can Cav it all

(Playing Sunday, 4pm)

LDDLdW........................... Arsenal
LWLDLd....................... Aston Villa
WLLLLL............................. Fulham
LdWDdW............................. Leeds
WLWWWL...................... Leicester
LWWdDW...................... Liverpool
WWLWWL.......................Man City
LWLLWL........................Sheff Utd
WWDWLL.................... West Ham
WLLWLW............ Wolverhampton

1
2
2
1
X
1
X
2
X
2

Brighton................................LWLdLL
Chelsea............................ dWWWDW
Newcastle...........................LdLWDW
West Brom........................... dLWLDL
Tottenham Hotspur.............LWDDLL
Crystal Palace....................WLDLWL
Everton..............................WLdWWd
Burnley............................... LWLLWW
Southampton........................LWLLLL
Man Utd.............................LWWdLW

Sky bet championship play-offs semi final second leg

11 WLLDLW........................ Swansea 1 Barnsley............................WWWLWL
(6:30)

Matches not on the pools: Brentford v AFC Bournemouth (12:30)

Sky bet league one play-offs semi final second leg

12 DWLDLD.................... Sunderland 2 Lincoln City........................LWWWDL

Matches not on the pools: Blackpool v Oxford Utd (Friday 7:45pm)

Sky bet league two play-offs semi final second leg

13 LLWdLW..................Forest Green 1 Newport County..................WLLDdD
(Playing Sunday, 6:30pm)
14 WDWWLW.................Morecambe X Tranmere............................. DLdLWL
(Playing Sunday, 12:30pm)

Scottish cup final

15 LWWLWD............... St Johnstone 2 Hibernian......................... DWLWWW
(2:00)

Vanarama National League

LWLLLD.......................Altrincham X Yeovil....................................LLLWLL
WdLLLW................... Chesterfield X Dag & Red.........................LLWWWD
WDLWLW............... Notts County 1 Weymouth.......................... LLWWLL
DdWDWD......... Stockport County 1 Woking...................................LdLLLL
DLWWWW.................. Sutton Utd X Hartlepool..........................DWDDWL
Matches not on the pools: Aldershot v Bromley, Eastleigh v
Boreham Wood, Maidenhead Utd v FC Halifax, Torquay v Barnet,
Wealdstone v Solihull Moors, Wrexham v King’s Lynn Town
16
17
18
19
20

Spanish la liga
(Playing Sunday, 5pm)

21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

dLLWWW..................... Celta Vigo
DLLLWD................................Eibar
WDDWLL............................. Elche
WLLWLL......................... Granada
LdWLWW.......................... Huesca
DWLLLD........................... Levante
LddWWW........................Osasuna
WWdDWD................. Real Madrid
WWWWLW.........................Sevilla
WDLDDL....................... Valladolid

31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40

WWWWWW.....................Atalanta
WLWDDL.........................Bologna
WLLWWd..........................Cagliari
WLLLLW.......................... Crotone
WWWWWW.................Inter Milan
WWDWDW..........................Napoli
DWLWWD................... Sampdoria
WDWWDL...................... Sassuolo
DDWWDL........................... Spezia
WDWLWL...........................Torino

X
2
2
X
2
X
2
1
1
2

Real Betis........................... WLDdDD
Barcelona........................ WLWWWD
Athletic Bilbao.....................LdDdWL
Getafe...................................LdLWLL
Valencia.................................LLLDLL
Cadiz.................................. DLWDWL
Real Sociedad....................LWDWLL
Villarreal............................WWWLdW
Alaves.................................. LLdDLW
Atletico Madrid.................... LLDLWd

Italian Serie A
(Playing Sunday, 2pm)

X
2
X
2
1
1
1
X
2
1

AC Milan.......................... DWWLWW
Juventus........................... WDLDWW
Genoa................................. LWLLLW
Fiorentina........................... WDLWDd
Udinese.............................. DDLWWL
Verona................................. WLWLLL
Parma................................... DDLLLL
Lazio................................... LLWWLL
Roma....................................WLLLLL
Benevento...........................DWLDLL

German Bundesliga
(Playing Saturday 2:30)

WWLDWW........... Bayern Munich 1 Augsburg..............................WLLLLL
LLWWWW..... Borussia Dortmund X Bayer Leverkusen...............DWLdLd
WDWWWD..... Eintracht Frankfurt 1 Freiburg.............................. WLLLLW
LDDLWL...........................Cologne X Schalke 04............................. LLLLLL
LWLdWW................... Hoffenheim 2 Hertha Berlin...................... DLLDDW
WWWLLW....................... Stuttgart 1 Arminia Bielefeld.................LWDdLd
dDWDWW................. Union Berlin 2 RB Leipzig.......................... LWWLdL
LLLLdd................ Werder Bremen 2 Borussia M’gladbach.......... LLWDLL
WWWLLW.................... Wolfsburg 1 Mainz............................... WdWWWD
Treble Chance: Leicester, Man City, West Ham, Morecambe,
Altrincham, Chesterfield, Sutton Utd, Celta Vigo, Granada, Cologne
Ten Homes: Arsenal, Leeds, Liverpool, Swansea, Forest Green, Notts
County, Stockport County, Real Madrid, Sevilla, Inter Milan
Six Aways: Chelsea, Newcastle, Burnley, Man Utd, Lincoln City,
Hibernian
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Tom
Heaton
is ready to make an
emotional return to
Manchester United as David
de Gea’s replacement. The keeper,
35, began his career as a youngster
at Old Trafford and has rejected a
new contract at Aston Villa – paving
the way to move back to Old Trafford.
De Gea, who has lost his regular
first-team place to Dean
Henderson, is wanted by
Paris Saint-Germain and
former side
Atletico Madrid.

MASON GREENWOOD is
the star benefiting most
from Edinson Cavani’s stay
at Old Trafford – and it
could save Manchester
United £150million.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and
his coaching staff believe
Greenwood has all the tools
to succeed Cavani as an outand-out centre-forward.
And with United being
linked
to
Borussia
Dortmund’s Erling Haaland
and Tottenham striker
Harry Kane – both valued at
£150m – Greenwood’s
conversion to a central
striker is a hot topic at the
club’s training complex.
Solskjaer is said to be
excited at the prospect of
him learning from the
experienced star for another
year after the Uruguayan,
34, recently signed a
one-year contract extension.
And United’s renewed
interest in £90m-rated
Dortmund winger Jadon
Sancho is thought to be
back on the agenda because
of Greenwood’s potential to
be the club’s future No.9.

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Bates
Exclusive

After watching the pair
dovetail during training and
matches, United’s hierarchy
are convinced the youngster
is learning from one of the
very best.
It has emerged that
Greenwood, 19, worked
closely with the former Paris
Saint-Germain forward at
United’s Carrington training
centre during the last
international break after the
young star pulled out of the
England Under-21s squad.
And
the
teenager’s
winning
goal
against
Brighton last month in the
match immediately after
the international break had
all the hallmarks of the
South American forward.
Paul Scholes spotted the
centre-forward potential in
Greenwood 18 months ago,
comparing him to Robin
van Persie. “I think they

both have that stylish way
about them with that left
foot,” said the United legend.
“They’re
both
great
finishers, everything seems
so smooth.
“We talk about United not
having number nines but
he could be a number nine
because of that sheer
composure in front of goal.
“He just calms himself
down and takes a touch.”
And it’s not only on the
pitch
where
Solskjaer
believes Cavani is having a
major
influence
on
Greenwood.
Cavani shows the same
kind of dedication to
looking after his habits and
fitness as former United
icon Cristiano Ronaldo.
And the United boss is
certain Greenwood’s close
proximity to Cavani is
reaping dividends, with the
youngster’s sharper focus –
and eight goals in his last 12
games – since his troubles
with England last year when
he and Phil Foden were sent
home from Iceland for
breaching Covid protocols.

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george best 75th birthday special

& the best
May 22nd, 1946 - November 25th, 2005

Old Trafford hero
ahead of his time
says old pal Alex
GEORGE BEST would have ripped it
up like no other on today’s perfect,
carpet-like pitches.

Indeed, one can only imagine how much
damage the late, great Manchester United
genius might have done to defences in the
modern era.
After all Best, who would have been 75
on Saturday, produced his breathtaking feats
of brilliance for Sir Matt Busby’s
all-conquering United outfit in the 60s on
heavy mudbaths.
Certainly, then-Old Trafford team-mate
and fellow 1968 European Cup winner Alex
Stepney believes Best would have run riot
gliding across the Premier League’s lush
lawns.
The ex-United keeper said: ”There’s no two
ways about it.
“When you think what he would have
been able to show on today’s pitches, he’d be
absolutely incredible to watch.
“And I’m not sure the lads today could
have done what he did on the old pitches we
had.”
Highly unlikely but then Belfast-born Best
was arguably the finest, most skilful player
on the planet during the Swinging Sixties.
From the moment he destroyed Benfica in
a European Cup quarter-final in May 1966,
the Reds forward, just 5ft 8in and 10st 3lbs,
became an iconic global superstar.
This was when Best, often called the fifth
Beatle, served up moments of mercurial
magic which defied belief.
The 1968 European Footballer of the Year
scored 179 times in 470 games for United –
all sorts of stunners, too, courtesy of his
incomparable ability to swerve past
defenders and conjure an out-of-this-world
finish.
Yet, according to Stepney, many of the
seemingly sixth-sense, spontaneous strikes
were actually down to the Northern Ireland
ace relentlessly studying his rivals.
“There were no games on TV so we’d go to

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Pratt
Exclusive

watch Man City, Liverpool, Everton and
Leeds in midweek,” said the ex-England
shot-stopper, with 535 United appearances
between 1966 and 1978.
“George got this idea in his head that he
could see how these teams played at the
back and work out how to exploit them with
his pace and skill.
“Then he’d get me in goal and our
defenders to do what he’d seen these other
teams doing. It was remarkable how much
he thought about the opposition.
“That game in Benfica was the turning
point in his career. The manager just let him
go and play how he wanted after that.
“George was always a prolific scorer – even
as a young winger. But he never dived for a
penalty or free-kick.
“If he was kicked, he’d bounce straight up
like a rubber ball because he wanted to score
so badly. He had this immense courage.”
Once Busby stepped down in 1972, Best,
whose previously supreme fitness was
already waning amid a growing battle
with booze, lost some motivation and
disciplinary problems followed.
“He could see what was happening, it
upset him – Sir Matt was a father to him,”
added Stepney, 78.
After Best left United in 1974, there were
comebacks, including at Fulham and
Hibernian, plus a spell in America. Then
came a successful career as a top Sky TV
pundit during the 90s.
And although his life as an alcoholic
continued to spiral tragically Best, who died
in November 2005, never changed on the
inside.
Stepney said: “He was always this shy guy,
who loved scoring cheeky goals.”

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EURO STAR:
Best scoring
against Benfica
back in 1966

■

GENIUS: Best
would have
been unstoppable
in modern day

Result!

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Lynden’s
got Imps
in sights
By ANDY WILLIAMS

Lynden Gooch says
Sunderland will look to
bounce back from the
disappointment of
missing out on automatic
promotion and win at
Wembley for the second
time this season.
After shaking off their
hoodoo in the capital by
beating Tranmere in the
Papa John’s Trophy in
March, the Black Cats
winger wants to go one
better and help claim
back their Championship
status.
But first they have to
get past the challenge of
a two-legged semi-final
against Lincoln, starting
with a tricky away tie on
Wednesday.
American Gooch, 25,
said: “We’ve put
ourselves in a really good
position after finding
ourselves behind the
pack and then fell
short at the end.
“But we’ve
got a second
chance to put it
right.
“We were in
this situation a
couple of years ago and
hopefully we can get to
the final again.”

Mother of
all games
for Claire
By GRAHAM THOMAS

Proud mum Claire
Collins is definitely off to
see her son play at
Wembley – she just
doesn’t know which one.
It could be Newport
County striker Lewis
Collins, 20, or his
brother Aaron, 23,
the Forest Green
frontman.
One of them
will make it to
the League
Two play-off
final after
their clubs
meet in the
semis, the
first of which
is on Tuesday
at Rodney Parade.
It will be the first
time the brothers have
faced each other and
their mother’s only wish
is that the tie doesn’t go
to penalties.
“That would be awful,”
said Claire, who will be
alongside husband Rod
for their hometown club
County’s first-leg clash.
“We are all from
Newport so I guess we
will be hoping County can
win, but there’s no
favouritism when it
comes to the two boys.”

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tottenham v wolves

premier league

OFF TARGET: Ruben Neves takes a
free-kick against Burnley last month

‘Fantastic’ Ruben
is not the finished
article yet for Nuno
NUNO Espirito Santo has saluted Ruben
Neves’ input as “fantastic” – but teased him
over his failure to hit a free-kick on target.
The Portuguese boss paid tribute to his
compatriot who has been one of the most
steady performers for Wolves this season.
Neves, 24, will be in the reckoning when the
club’s gongs are handed out at the end of what
has been a tricky campaign.
With the Euros coming – and Portugal are
the defending champions – there is scope for
the midfielder to increase his value.
Nuno says that Neves is capable of making a
mark but believes
he still has room for
By NEIL MOXLEY
improvement –
victories at Spurs in
particularly in their
their previous visits
deadball situations.
He said: “What I see and the club’s boss
believes he has a
in Ruben is a player
who is very important special group at
Molineux.
for us. He’s fantastic.
He said: “What we
“Ruben’s one of our
have is unique.
captains, he’s been
Sometimes special
here four years now,
people come together
for a long time
at the same time.
sustaining his
“When we were in
performance levels.
the Championship,
He’s a better player
than when he arrived. there were more
English than
“He’s able and
Portuguese.
capable of doing
“That changed. The
much better.
“The talent is there, number of foreign
the work ethic is there players increased but
that didn’t alter the
– but I believe that
dynamic of the team.
there’s always
“That’s because
something we can
special players came
improve, I truly
together
believe that.
at the
“We look at all
same
aspects of a player.
time.”
“And if you look at
Ruben, he has things
he cannot improve
upon, some things he
can. Recently he’s
had a lot of free-kicks
and he’s not even got
the ball on the goal.
“He’s not tested the
keeper. We all realise
how good he is at
that, how many goals
he’s scored from
free-kicks before.
“But it’s been a
while since he scored
one, hasn’t it?”
Nuno (right) will find
out this week whether
Raul Jimenez will be
given the green light
to resume his duties
up front.
The Mexican has
been training with
Wolves’ first team as
he battles back from
a severe head injury.
Wolves have
recorded two

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*

mason: stats back striker

RYAN MASON reckons Harry Kane
deserves to win the Footballer of the
Year or Players’ Player of the Year
awards – or both – despite Spurs’
disappointing season.

Manchester City stars Ruben Dias, Kevin
De Bruyne and Ilkay Gundogan are the most
likely candidates on the back of their Premier
League title triumph.
But Tottenham’s interim manager is
convinced the England captain has done as
much as, if not more than, any of them and
that he deserves to edge the voting.
Mason said: “In previous seasons, most
recently as well, players have won that prize
having not won the league.
“And Harry has probably been the most
influential player in the Premier League
this season.
“He has the joint-most goals, most assists
as well, so if the trophy or prize is won on
who is the best player in the Premier League,
then Harry has to be in the conversation.”
Like Mo Salah, Kane has 21 Premier
League goals to his name and the Spurs man
is out on his own in terms of assists, with 13.
“Harry, consistently over the last five or six
years, has been one of the best players in the
Premier League and this year has been no

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Hopkinson
Reporting

different for him,” said Mason. “The trophy
isn’t for the team of the league, it’s for the
player of the league, who has been the best
player over the course of the season.
“Harry is one of the best players in the
world and statistically this season he has
probably produced the best numbers.
“So why he is not in that conversation, I
don’t know.”
Another man who has Mason purring is
captain Hugo Lloris.
The Frenchman, a World Cup winner,
used to be Mason’s captain and the
dynamic between them could have been
quite difficult after the former midfielder
was elevated to the hotseat when Jose
Mourinho was sacked last month.
But Mason said: “It hasn’t been
difficult at all and I can’t praise
Hugo enough.
“As a player, I looked up
to him, he was my

captain, he led the football club. He is
incredibly professional and in taking this
role he has been key to helping me.
“The respect he has shown me, as
someone who has won the World Cup and is
one of the best keepers in the world, has
been outstanding.
“Then there is his professionalism, his
performances for the last four games, and
his performances this season, all
outstanding – I can’t speak highly enough of
him.
“We’re lucky to have him. He has been a
joy to work with as a player and a coach.”
This afternoon Mason is up against
the Wolves team of Nuno Espirito Santo,
another candidate for the role as Mourinho’s
long-term successor.
But he insists that is no extra motivation.
Mason added: “The club has a massive
game and there’s no extra incentive to win.
“My attention is on us, we’re at home, we
want to win and we want to put in a
performance that warrants
that.
“And that’s where
my energy and
focus is
going.”

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TIPS:
Kane
and Ryan
Mason in
training

*That’s
player of
the year!

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IT FIGURES:
Harry Kane
has scored 21
Premier League
goals this season

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premier league

LOANEE: Maitland-Niles
(right) against Leicester

Ainsley to
return with
big goal at
Gunners

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difference
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Champs Lge vital
the hawthorns

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FEARS FOR
THE FUTURE:
Reds boss Klopp
is desperate for a
top-four finish

for years ahead

By NEIL MOXLEY

AINSLEY Maitland-Niles
will return to Arsenal with
advice ringing in his ears
– ‘Play where you’re told
and score more goals’.
West Brom chief Sam
Allardyce has paid tribute
to the loanee who came to
help out the Baggies four
months ago.
The Gunners man, 23,
hoped to squeeze into
Gareth Southgate’s squad
for the European
Championships by
catching his eye playing at
The Hawthorns.
Maitland-Niles has
performed impressively
during his stay but
Allardyce believes he and
fellow temporary recruit
Conor Gallagher are
missing one vital
ingredient if they want to
advance their careers.
“Ainsley’s given us
everything he has got,”
said Allardyce.
“He came to join the
fight – you have to admire
that – he knew my idea
was to play him where he
wanted to play and where
he’s always wanted to
play, in midfield.
“He made a big
contribution. But there is
just one thing missing –
those goals that we
ultimately needed.”
Maitland-Niles will return
to The Emirates with
significant Premier League
experience and Allardyce
said that if he wants to nail
down a regular spot in
Mikel Arteta’s side, he may
have to be flexible in his
approach.
He added: “Arsenal have
got many talented midfield
players. If I were him, I’d
play wherever the
manager picked me.
“I’d never turn it down
because if you are able to
play in a number of
positions, you are going to
get more games than if
you had one position and
one position only.”

Result!

JURGEN KLOPP has admitted if
his stars fail to grab a top-four
finish and make the Champions
League it could hit them hard
beyond next season.

The Kop boss takes his stars to
relegated West Brom today for the next
huge game in a win-or-bust end to an
injury-ravaged campaign – with the big
prize of Champions League football still
in their sights.
Liverpool need wins against the
Baggies, Burnley and Crystal Palace in
their last three games of the season to
virtually guarantee themselves a place at
football’s top table next season.
Euro rivals Leicester and Chelsea – set
to meet in the league at Stamford Bridge
on Tuesday – can damage each other
whatever their result and leave the door
open for the Reds to sneak in on the
last day.
But Klopp has confessed if his
deposed Premier League champions
slip up it could cost the club millions.
And falling out of Europe’s elite
competition would limit their financial
buying power in the transfer market this
summer and beyond.
Klopp said: “It always has an impact
on the next season, that is clear.
“Six years in from being here, the first
year I don’t think we had a proper
chance to qualify for the Champions
League.
“But from then on we qualified every
time and it was always the main target so
that says something.
“This season had so many turns, ups

Steve
Bates
Reporting
and downs. For the players it is much
more important from a joy point of view.
“They want to, desperately, they want
to play Champions League next season.
So we have to use that.
“We will not stop playing if we don’t
qualify and we will not buy eight players
if we qualify so that is not the difference.
“But we have to do serious stuff and
we will see how that works out. We will
play and we will see.”
Missing out on the top four could
scupper major signings already in the
pipeline with Liverpool linked with
summer moves for Borussia Dortmund’s
Jadon Sancho, RB Leipzig defender
Ibrahima Konate and Inter striker
Lautaro Martinez.
And if his stars don’t earn a top-four
place, Klopp believes the Champions
League will be a poorer competition
without Liverpool’s presence next
season after winning it in 2019, losing in
the round of 16 a year later and reaching
the quarter-finals this campaign.
“Definitely, but I don’t think they give
us a wild card because of that,” said the
Anfield chief.
“Some other good teams are not in
yet, as well, so imagine a Champions
League without Juventus? It is a tricky
one but that is how it is.”

Don’t mess with Klopp when he’s in the zone!

Not many people can say they’ve felt the
love and the wrath of Jurgen Klopp in equal
measure.
Richie Partridge is one of the select few.
The Dubliner never kicked a ball for the
Liverpool manager – his playing career was
long finished by the time of Klopp’s arrival at
Anfield in 2015 – but became part of his
inner circle at the club at the end of that
first season, when the German
promoted him from the academy to
first-team physiotherapist.
Partridge (right) spent nine years
on the books of the Merseyside
giants from 1996, featuring just once
in a League Cup tie against Stoke

EXCLUSIVE by David SNEYD

City. He suffered a serious knee injury earlier
in his youth team career and that’s why he
cherishes the decade spent as a physio at
the club after he was forced to hang up his
boots at the age of 30.
Even getting on Klopp’s bad side was an
experience to behold.
“He is so intense on the field,” said
Partridge. “He rollicked me on a number
of occasions when I was running on (to
treat a player).
“It’s pure ‘in the zone’, he’s absolutely
in the zone. Get him outside of the
intensity of a game in a normal work or

personal environment and he’s not like that.
As a physio, when you communicate back to
him and use too many medical terms he will
stare at you and then it’s, ‘Will you just speak
f***ing English!’”
It’s knowing the two sides of Klopp that
meant Partridge had no issue explaining to
him why he was opting to leave his dream
job a couple of months before they ended
their 30-year wait for the league title.
An opportunity to join the Qatar national
team and prepare for next year’s World Cup
was too good to turn down.
“This was a chance for a new life
experience,” he added. “I went to see the
manager and he understood and was great.”

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Wilder still
getting the
bottom line
from Paul

keane for
an answer
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Michael not
happy with snub

By ROSS HEPPENSTALL

PAUL HECKINGBOTTOM
is keeping former Sheffield
United boss Chris Wilder
in the loop on life at
Bramall Lane.
Wilder was axed in
March after almost five
years in charge with
Under-23s boss
Heckingbottom placed in
caretaker charge.
“We keep in regular
contact and Chris called
me last Sunday, so we had
a good chat then,” said
Heckingbottom (above).
“We were friends before
I came into the job – he’s
the reason I came here.
“He’s a big Sheffield
United fan so there is a bit
more pressure when he
rings up!
“But we’ve always
spoken about football and
we think similarly about a
lot of things.
“Chris will always have
not only an affection for
the club because he’s a
fan, but also because of
what he did here to be
held in such high regard.
“At the minute, they’re
still his players so he feels
a lot of responsibility
towards them.
“We’ve always phoned
each other up about
players. In terms of
players’ personalities,
we’ve always discussed
that because for me that’s
the most important thing.”
The Blades go to
Everton this evening
bidding to avoid two
unwanted records – most
defeats and fewest goals
scored in a Premier
League campaign.
Heckingbottom, who is
on a five-man shortlist to
succeed Wilder, added:
“Whoever the new
manager is will be
watching, so the players
need to go out and give it
everything for these last
three games.”
Rookie striker Daniel
Jebbison, 17, is in line to
make his second
appearance in eight days.

everton v sheff utd

IT is a sign of the player Michael
Keane has become that when he
was left out of the last England
squad, the first thing he did was
to seek answers from Gareth
Southgate.

The Everton defender didn’t agree with
everything Southgate told him during a
telephone conversation that left him in no
doubt that while the door had not been
closed on his Euro hopes, the Mancunian
still had to boot it open.
So Keane, 28, goes into the final three
games of the season on a double mission
– to help his club qualify for Europe and
in doing so prove to Southgate that he
deserves to be part of his plans for the
summer tournament.
“I was disappointed not to be in the
last squad, so I know I’ve got to finish the
season well and see what happens,” said
the centre-back.
“I was surprised I wasn’t in it. I’d been
in a lot of squads before that and I was
playing really well.
“Also I didn’t get told about it. I only
found out when it got announced on Sky.
“So I called Gareth on the night that it
was announced.
“Obviously I’m going to keep the actual
conversation between ourselves.
“But I thought I was going to be in it and
I hadn’t had an explanation.
“So I wanted to know why, I wanted to
know what I had to work on and what I
had to do to improve.
“There were obviously things I didn’t
agree with – but I think that’s normal
when you’ve not been picked. I’m going
to be frustrated.
“But at
least I

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HE’S NOT
KEANE:
Gareth Southgate
(right) snubbed
Michael Keane in
his last squad

Simon
Mullock
Reporting

know the door is still open. I’ve just got to
keep playing well and see what happens.
“I know what I need to work on, what I
need to do to get myself back in it. That’s
the main thing that I got out of the call.”
It is only a year ago that Keane spoke
so honestly about the mental issues he
suffered during his first season at
Goodison following his £25million arrival
from Burnley.
He played through the pain of a serious
foot injury when it became clear that
Ronald Koeman’s future as Everton boss
was in the balance.
And when the Dutchman was sacked,
he struggled to come to terms with the
feeling of failure.
So when Keane was asked about how
Carlo Ancelotti’s plan to take the
Merseyside club back into Europe has
been undermined by a wretched home
record that threatens to undo all the good
work Everton have done away from
Goodison, he did not dodge the issue.
Everton face relegated Sheffield United
tonight followed by struggling Wolves and
a trip to champions Manchester City.
And Keane said: “We probably need to
win all three games. It is obviously a big
ask but we know we can do it.
“There’s no getting away from the fact
that our home form hasn’t been good
enough this season.
“I think we’ve really missed the fans but
even without the fans we should have
done a lot better than what we have.
“We’ve had one or two bad spells but if
we didn’t finish in Europe at all I think
it would be a disappointing season
for Everton.
“I think we’ve shown a lot of
promise, a lot of improvement
this year.
“I think you can see that
the team is getting better
and we are improving as a
team.
“But with the season
we’ve had and where we’ve
been all season, I think we
have shown we are good
enough to finish in the
European places.”

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Prem team of
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hodgson
expecting
plenty of
fireworks
from fans

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Roy Hodgson insists players won’t
have any excuses for not feeling
motivated once fans provide a
“wonderful explosion” on their
return to stadiums.
The Crystal Palace manager
(right) admitted it has been
difficult to adapt to empty
stadiums and sterilised
matchday environments but it
hasn’t dulled his passion for the
game – or that of his rivals.
Today’s visit of Aston Villa to Selhurst
Park is set to be the Eagles’ last league
fixture without supporters in the stands
because of the pandemic, with 6,500 due to
be in attendance for the derby against

Arsenal on Wednesday. Hodgson, 73,
said: “You will see an explosion
when the fans come back.
“They’ve been starved of what
is so important to them.
“You will see a wonderful
explosion when it opens up
(fully) at the start of next season
and then, if anything, no one will
have any excuse for showing the
right passion, the right enthusiasm
and the right energy.
“Any excuse you may have had will be
taken away as
soon as
those
fans

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return and make it perfectly clear what they
expect from you.”
Hodgson’s reign as Palace boss is
expected to finish once his contract runs
out at the end of this season.
While he says he will be the one to
announce any decision, retirement is not
on the agenda, especially after coming
through these unprecedented times.
He added: “It would be a lie if I didn’t say
it was hard. It’s not been easy to equate
that to the football you know before.
“It’s not been easy to retain the love and
passion, although my colleagues on the
other side still seem to be as pent up as
stressed in their dugout as we do.”
DAVID SNEYD

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Emiliano
Martinez

Vladimir
Coufal

Kevin De
Bruyne
Bruno
Fernandes
N’Golo
Kante
Harry
Kane
Heung-min
Son

HE’S ONE IN
EMI-LLION:
Emi Martinez has
starred for Villa

John
Stones
Ruben
Dias
Luke
Shaw
Phil
Foden

A s-Mart buy

smith thanks lucky stars for no.1
DEAN Smith takes Emiliano
Martinez back to the capital
today – still scratching his
head at how he managed to
get him out in the first place.

Smith signed Martinez from
Arsenal last summer in a deal worth
£20million – and that cash has
proved money well spent.
The Argentine, 28, notched up his
15th clean sheet during Thursday’s
drab stalemate at home to Everton
and Aston Villa’s boss says that he
needs to be put on a pedestal
alongside Manchester City
shot-stopper Ederson.
Sky pundit Jamie
Carragher (right) plumped
for Martinez in goal when
he revealed his team of the
season last week.
And the shut-out against
the Toffees meant that
Martinez has two games in
which to eclipse Brad
Friedel’s record
from the

Neil
Moxley
Reporting

2010-11 campaign – a late save from
Dominic Calvert-Lewin proving his
class and earning Villa a 0-0 draw in
midweek.
Boss Smith said: “I didn’t see
what Jamie had chosen – but I’m
pleased Emi’s getting the
acknowledgement.
“If you look at him last
season, he won the FA
Cup and Community
Shield with Arsenal.
“He
finished
the
season really well with
them and he started this
one the same way.
“We knew what we
were getting.
“I was
surprised

at the time we could get him and I’m
still surprised now that we actually
did get him.
“He’s allowed a progressive team
to progress that much faster, if I’m
being honest.
“Fifteen clean sheets shows you
that progress, not only with Emi but
also of the team.
“We became a tougher team to
beat after Project Restart and we
have continued it this season and
Emi has been a big part of that.”
Although Smith couldn’t help but
have a quick dig at the Scouser.
He said: “Did Jamie pick Jack
Grealish? He should have done!”
Smith has a role on the League
Managers Association board and
wanted to pay tribute to Crystal
Palace boss Roy Hodgson, who
might be standing in the Selhurst
Park dugout for the penultimate
time this afternoon.
He said that the veteran manager
had enjoyed a stellar career and
hopes that his experience will be

tapped into by younger coaches in
years to come.
The Villa chief said: “I believe
there is a Hall of Fame at the LMA –
there’s certainly one to celebrate
those bosses who have reached
1,000 games – Roy’s in that, I’m
sure.
“If he hasn’t been inducted, he
will be because he’s had an
incredible coaching journey and a
very long and successful one.
“I’m sure he will be used by the
LMA as a mentor – if that’s what Roy
wants – because his experience will
be invaluable for younger coaches
and managers coming into the
game.
“I don’t class myself as young any
more – now I’ve reached 50 – but
passing on his knowledge to those
younger than me would be
appreciated I hope.
“As far as I’m aware, it’s not over
yet, but he’s certainly been a great
servant to the game. There’s no
question about that.”

■

HAPPY
SHOPPER:
Dean Smith

16

SS1ST

Result!

play-off semi-finals 1st legs

championship

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stuff
We’re Bourn winners

Christian’s
top target
CHRISTIAN NORGAARD
has already shown Harry
Kane, Raheem Sterling,
Declan Rice and Co what
he is capable of.
He picked up Denmark’s
man-of-the-match award
on his full debut in a 0-0
draw against England in
last September’s Nations
League clash.
Now midfielder Norgaard
hopes to be a great Dane
over two legs of the
play-off semi-finals as his
Brentford side take on
compatriot Philip Billing’s
Bournemouth.
And if he then gets the
chance to put in a dazzling
display at Wembley,
Norgaard and his Bees pals
have a real opportunity to
take on the England big
guns next season.
Norgaard, 27 (below)
said: “We all want to
compete at the
highest
possible level
and now we
have a
good
chance to
be there
next year.”

bournemouth v Brentford

JONATHAN WOODGATE says
Bournemouth have the quality
to grace the Premier League
for years to come – but must
prove it over the next fortnight.

The Cherries were relegated back
into the Championship last term after
five seasons mixing it among the big
boys under Eddie Howe.
Having kept the majority of that
squad together – and added the likes
of Jack Wilshere – they go into their
play-off semi-final against Brentford
seemingly primed to return.
Boss Woodgate, who took over from
Jason Tindall in February, agrees with
that view – to a degree.
The former England centre-back
also insists there is a big difference
between having the talent for the
highest level and showing it over a
sustained period of time.
Ahead of tomorrow’s first leg at
the Vitality, he said: “People say
we have a lot of Premier League
players but you need to have
been there for five or six years
to be called that.
“Guys like Steve Cook and
Adam Smith, they’ve done that.

❱

Alex after
a reunion
BARNSLEY captain Alex
Mowatt is dreaming of
facing his old pal Kalvin
Phillips in the Premier
League next season.
Mowatt (below) joined
Leeds at the age of nine
and came through the
Elland Road academy with
Phillips before being sold to
Barnsley in January 2017.
Midfield maestro Mowatt,
26, said: “Being at Leeds
for so many years definitely
helped to make me the
person I am today.
“They’ve got a great
track record of bringing
young players through.
“To win promotion for
Barnsley and be playing
against Leeds in the
Premier League next
season would be massive
for me.
“Kalvin and I are still
good mates. He has done
so well these past
few seasons
under
Marcelo
Bielsa and
I hope to
watch him
play for
England at
the Euros.”

Harry
Pratt
Reporting

They are
Premier
League
players but some of the others here
haven’t been there for more than a
year. Anyone can do a year in the
Premier League.
“That’s why we need to get them
back up because, no doubt about it,
these players can play in the Premier
League. They are good enough to be
in it for the next five years.”
Woodgate, out of contract at the
end of the campaign, has nothing
but praise for Brentford, who lost to
Fulham in last year’s final at Wembley.
The ex-Middlesbrough boss, 41,
added: “They were the outstanding
team in the division last time but fell
at the final hurdle.
“That makes a difference. They
know what it feels like to lose there –
but both teams are under pressure.”

Barnsley v Swansea

■

WOOD-FIRED:
Jonathan
Woodgate says
his men have
Prem quality

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Vanarama National League

Chelsea (0)............0	Leicester (0)..........1

Aldershot (0).......1	Hartlepool (0).... 3



Boreham W (2)......2 Wrexham (0)......... 3

Tielemans 63

Bettamer 87 (pen)

Att: 21,000

Smith 18
Tshimanga 45

Brighton (0)...........1 West Ham (0)..........1
Welbeck 84

Team

P W D L F A GD Pts

Man City (C).......... 36 26

5 5

76 29 47 83

Man Utd................. 36 20 10 6

70 42 28 70

Leicester............... 36 20

65 44

6 10

21 66

Benrahma 87

Burnley (0)...........0	Leeds Utd (1).........4
Klich 44
Harrison 60
Rodrigo 77, 79

So’ton (1).................3	Fulham (0)..............1

Liverpool............... 35 17

9 9

61 41 20 60

West Ham.............. 36 17

8 11

56 56 10 59

PLAYED FRIDAY

Tottenham............ 35 16

8 11

61 41 20 56

Newcastle (2)......3	Man City (2)...........4

Everton.................. 35 16

8 11

46 42

4 56

Arsenal.................. 36 16

7 13

50 38

12 55

Leeds Utd.............. 36 16

5 15

57 53

4 53

Aston Villa............ 35 14

7 14

49 41

8 49

Wolves................... 35 12

9 14

35 47 -12 45

So’ton..................... 36 12

7 17

47 63 -16 43

Crystal P................ 35 11

8 16

37 59 -22 41

Tottenham v WolveS (2.05PM)

Burnley.................. 36 10

9 17

33 51 -18 39

Newcastle.............. 36 10

9 17

43 62 -19 39

West Brom v Liverpool (4.30pm)

Brighton................ 36 8 14 14

37 42 -5 38

11 19

32 68 -36 26

2 28

18 62 -44 17

1-2-X
CHECK

Adams 27
Tella 60, Walcott 82

Krafth 25
Joelinton 45 (pen)
Willock 62

Carvalho 75

Notts Co (0)...........2 Bromley (1)............2
Ellis 27 (og)
Campbell 75

Solihull M (1).......2 Woking (0)...............1
Rooney 5, Hudlin 83

Collier 79

Weymouth (1).........2	Altrncham (0).......1
Dallas 22, 78

Colclough 50

Yeovil (2)................3	King’s Lynn T (1)....1
Knowles 8, 11
Sonupe 84

PLAYING TODAY

Crystal PAL v Aston Villa (12PM)
Everton v Sheff Utd (7PM)

Top scorers

21
21
18
17
16

P W
Sutton Utd.................. 40 24
Torquay........................39 23
Hartlepool................... 40 21
Stockport County.......39 20
Wrexham......................39 18
Notts Co.......................39 18
Chesterfld................... 40 19
Bromley....................... 40 17
FC Halifax.................... 40 18
Eastleigh......................38 16
Dagenham.................. 40 17
Solihull Moors.............38 16
Boreham W..................39 12
Maidenhead Utd.........38 14
Aldershot.....................39 15
Yeovil............................39 15
Altrncham....................39 11
Weymouth....................39 11
Wealdstone................. 40 9
Woking......................... 40 8
King’s Lynn Town.......39 7
Barnet...........................38 6
Dover..............................0 0

Hibernian (0)........0 Celtic (0)................0
Rangers (2)...........4	Aberdeen (0)........0
Lewis 5 (og), Roofe 34, 60
Defoe 88

St Johnstn (0).....0	Livingston (0)......0
Ajiboye 65
Olaofe 79, John 90

Wootton 53
Rodrigues 62

Joao Cancelo 39
Torres 42, 64, 66

Salah................................... (Liverpool)
Kane..................(Tottenham Hotspur)
Bruno Fernandes.............. (Man Utd)
Son....................(Tottenham Hotspur)
Calvert-Lewin..................... (Everton)

Barnett 9
Tomlinson 72 (pen)
Smart 83

Scottish Premiership

Jackson 23 (pen)
D
9
8
10
12
10
10
6
12
8
11
8
6
16
10
6
6
9
6
7
8
8
6
0

L
7
8
9
7
11
11
15
11
14
11
15
16
11
14
18
18
19
22
24
24
24
26
0

F
69
64
62
65
58
58
56
59
60
44
51
50
48
57
52
55
41
44
44
39
42
31
0

A
34
35
40
29
38
40
41
51
51
36
45
46
42
55
56
63
56
61
93
64
88
85
0

Gd
35
29
22
36
20
18
15
8
9
8
6
4
6
2
-4
-8
-15
-17
-49
-25
-46
-54
0

Pts
81
77
73
72
64
64
63
63
62
59
59
54
52
52
51
51
42
39
34
32
29
24
0

PLAYING TODAY

Hamilton v Kilmarnock (12PM)
Motherwell v Ross County (12PM)
St Mirren v Dundee Utd (12PM)

Welsh Prem
P
Connah’s Quay Nomads.32
The New Saints FC.....32
Bala Town.....................32
Penybont......................32
Barry Town United.....32
Caernarfon Town........32
Newtown......................32
Cardiff Met Uni...........32
Haverfordwest C........32
Aberystwyth T............32
Flint Town United.......32
Cefn Druids..................32

W	D	L	F	A	Gd	Pts
25 4 3 70 20 50 79
24 5 3 84 17 67 77
18 6 8 67 42 25 60
13 7 12 42 40 2 46
13 4 15 42 53 -11 43
10 7 15 43 67 -24 37
12 6 14 57 53 4 42
11 7 14 47 46
1 40
10 7 15 38 56 -18 37
8 9 15 47 53 -6 33
10 2 20 38 58 -20 32
4 4 24 25 95 -70 16

P W D L
Linfield..........................36 23 5 8
Coleraine......................36 20 9 7
Glentoran.....................36 18 11 7
Larne.............................36 18 10 8
Cliftonville....................36 17 8 11
Crusaders.....................36 16 5 15
Glenavon......................36 16 10 10
Ballymena Utd............36 16 7 13
Portadown...................36 9 6 21
Warrenpoint Town......36 8 9 19
Carrick..........................36 5 8 23
Dungannon Swifts......36 4 4 28

LV= County Championship - Group 1—Durham v Worcestershire (Emirates Riverside): Durham 246 (82.2 overs; A Z Lees 99; J C Tongue
5-39) and 389-5dec. (110.5 overs; W A Young
103, J T A Burnham 102no, E J Eckersley 86).
Worcestershire 213 (69.4 overs; C Rushworth
5-56) and 60-0 (14.0 overs).
Essex v Derbyshire (Chelmsford): Essex 4123dec. (76.0 overs; D W Lawrence 152no, T Westley 106, N L J Browne 59, A N A N Cook 58).
Derbyshire 146 (56.5 overs; S R Harmer 9-80)
and 97-1 (32.0 overs; B D Guest 56no). 0
Group 2—Middlesex v Hampshire (Lord’s):
Middlesex 172 (68.1 overs; N R T Gubbins 51; K
J Abbott 6-44) and 101 (29.5 overs; K J Abbott
5-41). Hampshire 208 (73.0 overs; K H D Barker
84, J M Vince 62) and 66-3 (15.3 overs). Hampshire (20pts) beat Middlesex (3pts) by 7 wickets.
Surrey v Somerset (Taunton): Surrey 206-4 (68.0
overs; R J Burns 55) Somerset. 0
Group 3—Glamorgan v Yorkshire (Sophia Gardens): Glamorgan 149 (53.5 overs). and 108-3
(27.0 overs) Yorkshire 230 (75.3 overs; J E Root
99; M G Neser 5-39).
Kent v Sussex (Hove): Kent 145 (54.3 overs; J A
Leaning 63). and 220-3 (68.0 overs; Z Crawley
85, J A Leaning 61no) Sussex 256 (76.3 overs;
S van Zyl 52; M R Quinn 4-54).

Golf

Betfred British Masters, (The Belfry,
Sutton Coldfield, England)—(Gbr & Irl unless
stated, Par 72) 275 R Bland 68 69 72 66
(Bland won play-off at the first extra hole), G
Migliozzi (Ita) 68 72 67 68, 276 M Korhonen
(Fin) 70 71 68 67, A Meronk (Pol) 70 72 65 69,
D Coupland 71 69 68 68, 277 D Burmester
(Rsa) 69 73 65 70, A Sullivan 69 71 68 69.

Rugby Union

N Ireland Prem
F
80
54
62
63
58
61
65
60
44
35
31
19

A
37
33
32
38
39
47
61
42
72
70
83
78

Gd
43
21
30
25
19
14
4
18
-28
-35
-52
-59

Pts
74
69
65
64
59
53
58
55
33
33
23
16

No	ft
1 1
2 L
3 1
4 L
5 L
6 1
7 L
8 L
9 2
10 L
11 1
12 2
13 L
14 1
15 1
16 2
17 1
18 1
19 1
20 3
21 1
22 L
23 L
24 L
25 L
26 L
27 L
28 L
29 L
30 L
31 L
32 L
33 L
34 L
35 1
36 1
37 L
38 L
39 1
40 L
41 1
42 3
43 3
44 1
45 3
46 2
47 L
48 L
49 1

W.B.A. (R).............. 35 5
Sheff Utd (R)........ 35 5

Vilhete 34
McCallum 45, Balanta 55

Maidenhead (0)....0	Sutton Utd (0)..... 3

55 33 22 64

26 50 -24 27

Hall-Johnson 59, 88
Ponticelli 86

Chesterfld (0).....0 Wealdstone (0)...0
Dagenham (2)........3	FC Halifax (0).......0
Eastleigh (1).........3 Barnet (0)..............0

Chelsea.................. 36 18 10 8

Fulham (R)............ 36 5 12 19

Armstrong 59, Oates 77
Featherstone 90 (pen)

Welsh Prem: Barry Tn United 3 Caernarfon Tn 2,
Cardiff Met Uni 2 Flint Tn United 1, Haverfordwest
County 2 Cefn Druids 0, Newtown 0 Aberystwyth Tn 4,
Penybont 0 Connah’s Quay Nomads 2, The New Saints
FC 2 Bala Tn 0.
Danske Bank Premiership: Crusaders 0 Coleraine 1,
Dungannon Swifts 1 Ballymena Utd 3, Glentoran 0
Cliftonville 2, Linfield 1 Larne 2, Portadown 2 Carrick
1.

cricket

Gallagher Premiership
Leicester....................35 Harlequins..................... 29
Wasps.........................23 Worcester..................... 19

	P	 W
Bristol.........................18 14
Sale............................19 14
Exeter.........................18 13
Harlequins..................19 11
North’pton..................18 10
Leicester.....................19 9
Lon Irish.....................18 6
Wasps.........................19 8
Bath............................19 8
Gloucester...................18 6
Newcastle...................18 7
Worcester...................19 3

D
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0

L
3
5
5
7
8
10
10
11
11
12
11
16

B
13
8
11
13
8
6
11
10
10
12
3
10

F	A	Pts
484 327 71
451 357 64
470 296 63
593 460 61
379 355 50
399 418 44
363 431 43
444 520 42
431 536 42
413 451 36
314 360 35
295 525 22

Pro14 Rainbow Cup
Benetton T.................34 Zebre............................... 27
Edinburgh..................24 Glasgow......................... 31
Scarlets.....................28	Cardiff Blues................ 29

Plus!

With all your lifestyle extras
ISSUE 440 MAY 16 2021

JAMES HASKELL
‘I’m still in touch
with Prince Harry
– he’s my mate first
and foremost’
TRUE CRIME
Evil killer
shared pic
of teen’s
body online
WORK IT
Return to
the office
looking the
business

ABBEY
CLANCY

Inside the
luxury home
she shares
with Peter

KATIE
PRICE

‘Everything is
completely different
with Carl – I feel fresh’

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4 Katie Price on her fairy-tale wedding and
how she can’t wait to be Mrs Woods
9 Marnie Simpson gets set for her big day
10 Inside Abbey Clancy’s stunning home
17 James Haskell on his pal Prince Harry
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TV LIFE 3

‘We’ll get married this
year – I can’t wait to
be Katie Woods’
I

As Katie Price and Carl Woods share their romantic
engagement and plans for a fairytale wedding, the
mum-of-five says she intends to change her surname
and make “an entrance and a half” on their big day

t’s been a whirlwind romance for Katie
Price and Carl Woods, who started
dating last July. Not long after their
eyes met at Essex hot spot Sheesh, they
had moved in together. And now they’re
engaged we’re catching up on their news.
We met up with the couple at Braxted Park
Estate, an events venue set within 500 acres
of Essex parkland.
“I knew when I first met her I was going
to propose to her, it was just trying to get it
right,” says Carl. And Katie, who turns 43 this
week, adds, “I knew he was going to do it but
I didn’t know when. He knew I was going
to say yes.”
Businessman Carl, 32,
got down on one knee after
asking Katie’s mum Amy
Price and dad Ray Infield
for their blessing.
Here, Carl and Katie,
who is mum to Harvey, 18,
Junior, 15, Princess, 13, Jett,
seven, and Bunny, six, share
the story of his romantic
proposal and their plans
for the big day.

Were there any tears?

Carl: No. Katie doesn’t cry. She was
just shocked.
Katie: I was so shocked! The ring nearly
blinded me.

Were you nervous, Carl?

Carl: I didn’t think that I was and then when
it was actually happening, I did get really
nervous. I was calm and cool and then as it
was happening, that’s when I s**t myself.
But I knew the ring would do the talking.

Tell us about the ring…

Carl: The ring had to be perfect.
I was recommended Rankins
Jewellers in east London.
I knew what Katie had her
eye on and added my own
touches. Like Katie, it’s
a one-off, a truly stunning
piece. I knew when I went
to pick it up this was more
than special – it left Katie
speechless! The ring is just
under seven carats.
Katie: When I saw the ring,
I couldn’t believe it. I was
always looking at rings on
Congratulations! Can you
Pinterest. He was definitely
tell us about the proposal?
Carl: I had the whole house
looking on my Pinterest for
kitted out with balloons and
ideas. Carl, did you look at
flowers and a big sign inside
my Pinterest?
that said “Mrs Woods” – I was
Carl: Yeah, of course.
assuming she was going to say
I wanted to get
yes! There was a marquee in
something you liked.
The engagement
the garden with loads of flowers
Katie: I knew he
ring left Katie
and candles. I had a sign that
would. And I didn’t
“speechless”
said, “Dolly [Carl’s pet name
have to buy my own
for Katie], will you marry me?”
ring this time! It’s like
a fairytale ring and massive. It’s like
Were you surprised, Katie?
something out of Hollywood. It’s
Katie: Yes. We’d spoken about it a lot, so
more than I could dream of.
I knew he was going to, I just didn’t know
when. It was amazing. Carl asked my mum
How much was the ring?
and dad for permission – and Junior!
Carl: It’s expensive, put it that way.
Carl: Junior gave me a talking to, like he
Katie: I know Carl gets bored of girls
was my dad! He was asking me if I was sure. quick. I obviously passed the tests and
He gave me all the pros and cons about his
now I’m the one who has got a ring.
mum, which was nothing I didn’t know,
and said, “If you’re happy, then I’m happy
What will make this marriage
because I want you to be part of our family.”
different, Katie?
I asked Katie’s dad and he said, “100%.”
Katie: My head’s in the right place.
And her mum was the same.
Not only am I head over heels in love,

‘The ring is
like something
out of Hollywood.
It’s more than
I could
dream of’’

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my kids approve and my family approve. It’s
not a rash decision. And the best thing about
Carl is he doesn’t need me for anything and
I don’t need him for anything. It’s refreshing
to be with a man that if I decided I never
wanted to work again, he’d look after me.

What would you say to people who might
say you’ve said this before?

Katie: People can say what they want. I feel
fresh. Everything is completely different.
Carl is my future. My kids said they didn’t
want to meet someone else unless it was real,
The One – period. And Carl is it!

Have you thought about plans for the
wedding already?

Carl: We’ve got a few ideas – we’re on the
same page.
Katie: Yes, we have lots of options and ideas.
Put it this way, the wedding that I want,
if you Googled it, no one has ever done it
before. I want the focus on Carl as much as
me, this is his special day, too. No wall-towall celeb faces. It’ll be about us, Carl and
our family, coming together as one.
Carl: Great food, lots of laughs – fun, topclass entertainment. Expect the unexpected.
It will certainly be a day to remember. It
will be about our love for each other and
sharing that with our closest friends and
our loved ones.
Katie with her children Junior,
Harvey, Jett, Princess and Bunny

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Katie is looking
forward to
her fourth
marriage

Katie: 2021, the new not-normal/traditional with
a Mr and Mrs Woods twist! The wedding bands
will be designed by Jodie and Daisy Rankin.

When would you like to marry?

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Katie, is your mum’s illness [Amy has a chronic
lung disease] an incentive for you to get
married soon?
Katie: Yes, I want my mum well enough to be
able to attend the wedding.

Do you get on with Carl’s family?

Katie: Yeah. Family is important to Carl. If
I didn’t get on with his family, there’s no way
he’d be with me.

You broke your feet on holiday last year. Are
you worried your injuries could affect your
wedding day?

Katie: I won’t be in heels. I’ll have to wear
trainers – but I’ll make sure they’re glamorous.

Are you still using a walking frame?

Katie: I’ve been using crutches, a Zimmer frame
and hanging on to Carl some days.

Does that worry you when it comes to walking
down the aisle?
Katie: Who said I’ll be walking down the aisle?
I’m not revealing anything but it will be an
entrance and a half!

Will you be inviting your ex-husbands?
Katie: No. They’re exes for a reason.

Will you change your name to Katie Woods?

Katie: Yes. I have never changed my surname for
anyone – but I’m going to change it legally and
be known as Katie Woods. I’m proud of it. It’s
going to be a new me and a new era.

You’ve said you’re trying for a baby. Is that still
on the cards?
Katie: It’s pretty obvious that we’ll be having a
baby. We’ll leave it at that.

You said you’ve always found it hard to trust
men. Did it take a while for you to trust Carl?

Katie: In the early stages of our relationship I
broke my feet and couldn’t walk. So he was my
knight in shining armour. He literally proved he
was going to be there in sickness and in health
before we’ve even said, “I do.”

Finally, we see you’ve been confirmed for
the next series of Celebrity MasterChef…
Katie: I’m not allowed to let secrets out but,
put it this way, I do better than just OK!

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‘I’m no bridezilla
– but my wedding
will be wild!’
Marnie Simpson discusses her big day,
brief split from fiancé Casey Johnson
and plans to expand their family

T

wouldn’t be a wedding
he countdown’s on to
without them.
Marnie Simpson and Casey
Johnson’s wedding – and
there’s a long to-do list. So,
Do you want more children?
to help out, we had Marns
Definitely. We want one more, but
try on an array of bridal frocks.
when it happens, it happens.
But as well as planning her summer
nuptials to Casey, 26, her partner of
Are you trying?
four years, she’s a busy mum to their
I’m not actively trying. I monitor
18-month-old son Rox and is currently
my cycle and I’m not having sex
She wants a
filming the fourth series of MTV
while I’m ovulating, but maybe in
sibling for Rox
reality show Geordie OGs.
a few months…
A second child could also be on the
cards, which is exciting news, as the
You’ve mentioned possibly having your next
former Geordie Shore star has been reluctant
child via surrogate, because of your health
to carry a child again after suffering a chronic
problems after Rox’s birth. Is that still the case?
bladder condition following Rox’s birth.
My bladder has been a lot better and over the
Here, Marnie, 29, opens up about her big day
last few months I’ve been more open to doing
and the Geordie Shore 10-year reunion…
it [giving birth] myself, but I worry the problems
would come back if I was to give birth again.

Hi Marnie! How’s it been trying on dresses?

It’s been so much fun. But I’ve been in lockdown
and I don’t feel that body confident. It’s nice
to get a feel for what kind of wedding dress I
want, as I’m really naive about the whole thing.

Have you put on weight during lockdown?

‘I’m
not a very
dressy-up
person – this
is out of my
comfort
zone’

Yeah, I’ve gone from a size 8-10 to a 12, which
isn’t loads, but I’ve been eating more. The
wedding is not for a few months so I’m
planning on getting back into the gym.

Have you tried on many dresses?

I hadn’t tried on any! I’m not a very dressyup person. Even when I go on a night out
everyone knows me for being really casual.
I’m always in sweats and have my hair in
a bun. This is out of my comfort zone – but
in a good way.

Does the wedding feel more real now?

I don’t think it will feel real until I’m
physically walking down the aisle. I
still can’t believe I’m getting married.

Have you done much of the planning?
My manager has pretty much done
everything. I probably wouldn’t get
married if it wasn’t for him! There’s
so much going on. I’m also filming for
Geordie OGs, so there’s a lot to do.

So you haven’t turned into a bridezilla?

No. I don’t think I’m the bridezilla type.
I’m so chilled.
Marnie with
Rox and Casey

Will the Geordie Shore guys be there?
Yeah. It will get really wild, but it

It seems you’re in a much better place now…

So much better. I had the operation [fulguration]
in October and I’ve been really good. They don’t
really know what caused it and said it could be
hormone related, so that does worry me about
having another baby. But I really want another
sibling for Rox, so I’m going to take the risk.

There were stories in January that you and
Casey had split. Did you sort things out?

Yeah. It was just me. I was lashing out because
I was depressed and the doctors were telling
me that if the operation didn’t work, my
last option would be to remove my bladder.
I thought it hadn’t worked and had made it
worse. They did say it would get worse before
it got better and it did get much worse. I was
really low and felt depressed and pushed him
away, but it was only a two-day thing where
I needed some time out. But it’s sorted now.

The Geordie Shore 10-year reunion is
coming up this summer. Are you involved?
Yeah! I’ve got to do it, definitely. I know
they were planning something, but it all got
scrapped because of Covid. I don’t know
what they’re planning now.

Will everyone come back for it?

As far as I’m aware everyone is coming back
apart from a few of the boys.

And what about Vicky Pattison and Charlotte
Crosby taking part in it?

I think Charlotte’s definitely going to. I don’t
think Vicky will.
Gemma McCartney

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MARNIE WEARS constantina dress by Anna Sorrano at WED2B, Veil by Lace & Favour, Jewellery BY Lara Heems

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PEEK AT THEIR PAD

At home with

Abbey
Clancy &
Peter Crouch
Their Surrey mansion is exactly
what we’d expect from the pair

With four children, there are a lot of bedrooms to design! But Abbey and
Pete have enough creativity to give all the kids their own little havens –
including Libby, whose room is fit for a princess.
No mansion
is truly
complete
without a
swimming
pool. We’re
free anytime
if you want
to invite us
round for a
dip, Abz?

Abbey is the queen of the
barbecue – we look much
more sweaty and stressed
when we take the lead.
Abbey and
Pete’s children
Liberty and
Johnny have a
unique way of
helping to put
the shopping
away. It’s
a good job
Sophia and
Jack weren’t
there to “help”
as well.

10

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FOOD

Naturally delicious

Recipes with a planet-friendly twist that you can enjoy with a completely clear conscience
Classic chicken tikka masala
Preparation: 15 mins
Marinating time: 2 hours
Cooking time: 40 mins
For the tikka:
350g organically
farmed chicken
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp grated ginger
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp garam masala
2 tsp chilli powder
2 tbsp rapeseed oil
4 tbsp soya cream

For the masala:
1 tbsp grated ginger
1 tbsp ground coriander
2 tsp paprika
½ tsp turmeric
3 tbsp rapeseed oil
3 tbsp soya yoghurt
2 tomatoes, chopped
200ml chicken stock
●●To prepare the tikka,
dice the chicken into a
bowl and mix with the salt
and lemon juice.
●● Add the ginger, spices,
oil and cream. Mix and

refrigerate for up to 2 hours.
●● For the masala, fry
the ginger and spices in
rapeseed oil on a medium
heat in a deep frying pan for
2 minutes.
●● Add the yoghurt and stir
until absorbed. Add the
tomatoes, fry until pulped.
●● Pour in the stock
and simmer.
●● Once the sauce has
thickened, add the chicken
and simmer further until the
meat is cooked through.

PORTIONS

4-5

SERVES

2

Homemade honey granola
Preparation: 10 mins
Cooking: 50 mins
6 tbsp coconut oil
150ml organic honey
4 tsp ground cinnamon
The juice of half
an orange
400g organic oats
70g sunflower seeds
50g pumpkin seeds
100g locally sourced,
seasonal dried fruit
3 tbsp plant-based
yoghurt to serve
(optional)
●● Preheat the oven to
180°C/160°C fan/gas
mark 3 and line a large
tray with baking paper.
●● Heat the oil and
honey in the microwave
– it’s less energy
consuming than on the

stove – until melted
(approx 30 seconds),
then add the cinnamon
and a squeeze of
orange juice.
●● With the exception of
the dried fruits, add the
remaining ingredients
into a bowl, followed by
the oil and honey, and
mix well.
●●Then spread the
complete mix evenly
over the tray. Bake for
45 minutes, or until
golden, stirring every
4 to 7 minutes.
●● Once browned,
remove from the oven
and leave to cool. Finally,
add the dried fruit and
store in an airtight jar.
●● Enjoy with plantbased yoghurt (if using).

Haddock fishcakes
Preparation: 10 mins
Cooking: 30 mins
250g peeled potatoes
2 fillets MSC-certified
skinless and boneless
haddock
1 beetroot, peeled and
cubed (optional)
1 tbsp chopped parsley
1 organic egg
1 tbsp wholewheat flour
Salt and pepper
2 tbsp rapeseed oil
60g rocket
½ lemon

●● Chop the potato into
small chunks and boil
until tender (approx
15 minutes).
●● Once ready, drain
and mash to a smooth
consistency, then place
in a large bowl.
●● Poach the fish in
a shallow saucepan
of water for 5 minutes.
Drain and allow
to cool.
●● In another pan,
boil the beetroot
until tender (if using).

Drain and set to
one side.
●● Break the fish into
small pieces using your
hands and add to the
mashed potato.
●● Mix using a wooden
spoon, then stir in the
parsley, egg and flour.
●● Lightly season.
Shape into four patties
and fry in the oil, until
golden on each side.
●● Serve with beetroot
(if using), rocket and a
wedge of lemon.

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TV LIFE 13

The obsessive
who killed a teen
he met online –
then posted
a horrific image
of her body
Bianca Devins found solace in her web
community – but also her tragic end

T

he internet can be a place
of sanctuary for young
people who are struggling
to find their place in the
real world. Whether using
social media or messenger apps,
teenagers can connect and seek out
the like-minded people they lack
the company of in everyday life.
After battling anxiety and
depression, Bianca Devins, 17,
turned to the online community
and found a place where she felt
accepted. As well as chat rooms, she
used TikTok and had an Instagram
account, where she would talk
about popular video games and
emo fashion.
Bianca lived with her mum and
younger sister in Utica, New York,
and had just graduated from high
school. Having overcome her own
troubles, she was about to go to
college to study psychology so she
could learn how to help others.
By 2019, Bianca was in a good
place with her mental health and
was becoming popular online,
building up a small audience. She
would happily chat to followers
– and that was how she met
Brandon Clark.
The 21-year-old messaged her
that April and they struck up a

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friendship. Clark, who came from a
Dollanganger. But Bianca had
broken home and ended up in foster
arranged to meet someone else there
care, had also struggled to fit in and
– a guy called Alex. And during the
found like-minded people online.
event, Clark saw them kissing.
They met in person and he went
After the gig, Clark was driving
to Bianca’s high school graduation
Bianca home when she fell asleep
party. People commented that
in the car.
he was very well-mannered
The next morning, the police
but while Bianca only saw
started to get calls reporting
him as a friend, it was
that there were grisly
clear that Clark
pictures of a dead body
wanted more.
going viral online,
He was searching
as they were being
her social media
shared over and
constantly, saving
over – accompanied
her photos, sending
by messages such
her lots of messages
as, “Sorry, Bianca.”
and also taking
There were
screenshots of all the
also 911 calls from
Bianca had a social
chats they had. Clark
Clark’s family saying
media following
had a habit of getting
he had made some
fixated on things, whether
disturbing claims – then
it was Pokémon or the latest
a call from Clark himself.
online game – and it looked like
“My name is Brandon,” he said. “The
Bianca was his new obsession.
victim is Bianca Michelle Devins. I’m
Even though she wasn’t
not going to stay on the phone for
interested, he told people she
long, because I still need to do the
was his girlfriend – and maybe
suicide part of the murder-suicide.”
he thought that would be the
Murder footage
case eventually, if he could just
Officers rushed to a dead-end road
win her affections.
in woodland in Utica, where they
On 14 July, Clark and Bianca
found Clark and his SUV. Bianca’s
travelled to Queens, New York, to
body was lying under some green
a gig by Canadian singer Nicole

tarpaulin and Clark flung himself
next to her, taking a selfie before
cutting his throat with a knife. He
was rushed to hospital, where he
survived his injuries.
Disturbingly, police discovered
video footage of Bianca’s murder
that had been recorded on Clark’s
phone. He had parked his car, woken
Bianca up and confronted her about
kissing Alex at the gig.
Bianca pointed out that they
were just friends and Clark hit her.
Shocked and angry, she demanded
he drive her home – and threatened
to get out and walk. Clark then
pulled out a knife and slit her throat.
After taking pictures, he uploaded
them to messenger app Discord,
where they were actively shared
across the internet. It was sickening
and there was a race to get them
taken down, as Bianca’s devastated
family started seeing them too.
Clark was charged with seconddegree murder, as investigators
were convinced the killing had been
premeditated. The knife had already
been in his car, as well as ropes and
tools. Clark had also searched on
the internet about how to find the
carotid artery, how to incapacitate
someone and information on choking
and hanging. But his mother said

CrImE
Killer Brandon
clark, left, in court

Bianca had
overcome
depression

‘He took a
selfie before
cutting his
own throat’

they were plans to harm himself
– not Bianca.
After Bianca’s death, the internet
was wild with rumours about her.
Some said Clark was a stalker
who had tracked her to the concert,
while others said he was a huge
online star.
In the wake of her killing, Bianca’s
Instagram account had more than
150,000 followers – but that was
because of the macabre fame her
death brought about.
The falsehoods being peddled
caused her family further distress.
Social media owners were criticised
for their slow response in taking
down the images – and months later
they could still be found. Some vile
trolls even used the images to joke
about Bianca’s death.
Those who loved Bianca held
vigils and her friends from school
were offered counselling. Her
death also forced people to start
having some difficult conversations
about the dangers of online sharing
– and the lack of restrictions that
had allowed Bianca’s family to
have access to the upsetting images
of her body.
At first, Clark pleaded not guilty
– then, in February 2020, he changed
his plea to guilty. His lawyers
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claimed he didn’t want to put
Bianca’s family through the
trauma of seeing the 10-minute
killing video, which everyone
now knew had been found on
his mobile.
But it was more likely that
Clark knew the video was so
damning it could increase any
sentence made via a plea deal.

constant nightmares

Bianca’s family expressed their
relief but were again distressed
when he tried to withdraw the
plea – claiming his legal team had
misled him. The request was denied.
Finally, in March this year, after
delays due to the pandemic, Clark
faced sentencing.
Making a statement in court, he
said, “I think I need to realise what
I did I can’t undo, as much as I want
to. I apologise to all the people that
knew and loved her. I apologise
to everybody affected by this,
to everybody who had to see that
horrific picture of her. I know sorry
is not enough, and it won’t take back
what I did. I wish I had more to give.”
They were empty words for
Bianca’s loved ones. Clark had
shown no compassion as he’d
filmed her final breaths. The

Police at the grim
scene in Utica

judge even interrupted Clark
to note that he’d tried to withdraw
his guilty plea.
“It seemed like in the beginning
you were focused on the family, the
pain that you caused that family,”
the judge said. “But somewhere in
the interim, you started to focus
on yourself. And that was what
was confusing to everyone. You
were more worried about yourself
than Bianca.”
Bianca’s sister Olivia, now
17, talked about the constant
nightmares she suffers and how
she had to delete all of her social
media accounts after being sent
images of Bianca.
“Many random people set their
profile pictures as my sister’s
death photo and went on my page
knowing I would, without a doubt,
see it,” she said tearfully. “I have
to live the rest of my life knowing
I had to say goodbye to my sister
in a funeral home and I don’t even
know if she heard me.”

Bianca’s mum, Kim, begged the
judge to jail Clark for the rest of
his life so he couldn’t cause harm
to anyone else.
She said, “With the death of your
child comes the most unimaginable,
indescribable pain, a pain that
time cannot heal and only seems
to worsen. Life without Bianca
will never be the same, our family
will never again be complete.”
Clark got 25 years to life in
prison. Bianca’s family have
created scholarships in her name
and are now campaigning for
laws around graphic content on
social media.
Bianca had gone online to seek
out a place where she could find
like-minded people and feel like
she belonged. She connected with
so many kind souls who helped
her – but her death is a terrifying
reminder that there are also dangers
lurking on the web. Tragically,
Bianca became an internet sensation
for all the wrong reasons.

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James Haskell opens up about his friendship with the royal,
and renewing his vows with Chloe Madeley

W

ith his no-nonsense Who wears the trousers?
and unfiltered
I think ultimately, I’m in
approach, James
charge. But I’m a
Haskell is always
very benevolent
refreshingly
king. She decides
honest. From his relationship with
everything – it’s
wife Chloe Madeley, to his views
only every now and
on reality stars, the former rugby
then I have to go,
player always says it how it is.
“Come on!” It’s
As we catch up with James, he
tells us he and Chloe, 33, are
hoping to renew their wedding
vows after previously tying
the knot in an intimate
ceremony back in
December 2018. He also
admits the couple have
been keeping busy over
the past few months with a
Bert has
new member of the family
been keeping
– their adorable pup Bert.
James busy
Here, 36-year-old James
also opens up about who
wears the trousers in their
marriage and his royal pals…

Hi, James! How have you
found the past year?

an equal partnership more than
anything. I think there’s this belief
that some men are intimidated
by success, but I want Chloe
to be the most successful
person ever. I have no ego
in that department.

Would you guys renew
your wedding vows?

We will. But because of
Covid-19, everything
has gone back further
which is highly irritating.
I’m trying to wait for
the world to open
up again –

everyone’s catching up on their
weddings. But we do definitely
want to do a proper wedding.

You’re friends with Prince Harry.
Do you still get to stay in touch
with him?

Yeah I still stay in touch with him. It
doesn’t matter who he is and what
he does, he was a mate first and
foremost. I love the royal family.
I was super sad by Prince Philip’s
death. I think they’re one of the best
things about this country. I know
there are miserable people who
want to get rid of them, but I think
they’re fantastic. People forget
they’re a family like everyone else.

Harry seems happy in the US.
How is he finding life over there?

I would never look at someone
from the outside and say whether
they’re happy or not. I hope he’s
happy, but I’d never comment.
I’m sure he is. Who wouldn’t
want to live in LA?

I don’t do very well at just sitting
down and doing nothing, so I just
made sure I had stuff to do. And
then we also got a dog, so we’ve
been training the hell out of him!

Finally, tell us about your work
with The Unbelievable ALT?

How are you and Chloe finding
being dog parents?

Please never refer to us as dog
parents ever again! [Laughs]
It’s like when people describe
themselves as a parent to a fur
baby. I’m a 36-year-old former
rugby player. He’s my dog and I
love him, but he’s not my fur baby.
Chloe went from being anti-dog,
as she didn’t understand them, to
a complete dog mum!

You’re both into your
fitness. Do you ever work
out together?

I take my diet and nutrition
seriously and I’m always keen
to explore new things. Meats
and plant-based proteins and
fibre is the ultimate diet, but I
do believe that variety is really
important and you should try
alternatives. It’s not about trying
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Their alternatives are so tasty.

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No we don’t. We did try and
it was fun, but we have very
different goals. Instagram
has made people believe that
just because you’re a couple,
you work out and do pull ups
and kiss each other on the
bum. You see reality stars do
all this crap on the beach,
but it’s utter b******s.

What’s your favourite thing
about Chloe?

She always puts other people
first and she makes my life
better – and that’s all you can
say really. She’s so loving.

James with his
good friend
Prince Harry

Words: Georgia Trevitt PHOTOS: getty

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CELEBRITY CROSSWORD
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battleships
Find where the fleet of ships shown is hidden in
the grid. The numbers to the right of and below
the grid indicate how many of the squares in that
row are filled in with ships or parts of ships. The
ships do not touch each other, even diagonally.
Some squares have been filled in to start you off.

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ACROSS
1 _ Vincent (pictured),
played Sophie Webster in
Coronation St (6)
4 Luther _, singer who would
recently have turned 70 (8)
10 Mr Harington, Game Of
Thrones star (3)
11 Polo G track featuring Einer
Bankz on ukulele (7)
13 Anthony _, boxer who has
appeared on Strictly (5)
14 Former glamour model,
_ McAndrew (4)
15 British paralympic
wheelchair athlete,
David _ (4)
16 See 30 Down
18 _ Wintour, Vogue’s
editor-in-chief (4)
19 Emmy _, starred in
Shameless US (6)
21 Comedian who was Out
Of Her Mind, Sara _ (6)
22 _ Lewis, has his own
Money Show on ITV (6)
24 Son of Prince Harry and
Meghan Markle (6)

Rearrange the letters in the shaded squares to spell
out the name of the celebrity in the centre of the grid
25 & 2 Down New
entertainment series hosted
by Vernon Kay (4,2,7)
29 Jenna _, portrayed Pam
Beesly in the US version of
The Office (7)
32 _ Richards, pseudonym of
superhero Mr Fantastic (4)
33 See 5 Down
35 What Bananarama’s
summer was like in 1984! (5)
36 See 31 Down
37 _ Faiers, Essex lass and
celebrity mum (3)
38 Fleetwood Mac’s seemingly
endless hit! (3’1,4)
39 The late Bobby Ball’s
comedy partner,
Tommy _ (6)

3 First Enterprise Captain,
James T _ (4)
5 & 33 Across Netflix
comedy-drama starring
Ricky Gervais and
9 Down (5,4)
6 Original Eggheads
question master, _
Murnaghan (6)
7 Radio DJ and TV
presenter, Melvin _ (5)
8 Grace Adams-_, married
her Big Brother colleague
Mikey Dalton in 2009 (5)
9 Jack Dee’s Bad Move
co-star, Kerry _ (8)
12 Brockmire and Dirty John
star, Amanda _ (4)
17 Highly acclaimed
thespian, Sir Derek _ (6)
20 Jason _, founder member
DOWN
of Take That (6)
1 Iconic blues guitarist behind
21 BBC comedy about
The Thrill Is Gone (1,1,4)
teenage parents (8)
2 See 25 Across

23 Louis _, former One
Direction singer and
footballer (9)
26 Stage name of Elon
Musk’s other half,
musician Claire
Boucher (6)
27 Jared _, infamously
played the Joker in
Suicide Squad (4)
28 One of the original New
Tricks cast members,
Amanda _ (6)
30 & 16 Across Oscarnominated movie starring
Riz Ahmed (5,2,5)
31 & 36 Across Late Peaky
Blinders actress who
was married to Damian
Lewis (5,7)
32 The name of Madonna
and Guy Ritchie’s son (5)
34 America’s Top Model
presenter, _ Banks (4)

To hear individual answers or the full solution call 0905 789 4164.

Identify the five celebrities, take
their initials and put them in the
correct places in the numbered
boxes. These letters will spell
the name of a celebrity.

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DOOM
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ROOT
SWEET
GROOM
BLOCK
CAR
CAKE
SHIP
EXECUTIVE
POINT
BURN

WORD SPIRAL
Starting from 1, fill in the grid in a clockwise
direction with four-letter words. The last letter
of each word becomes the first letter of the
next to reveal the seven-letter keyword in the
shaded boxes.
9. Compass point
10. Utensil
11. Endure
12. Rend
13. Back
14. Ridge of coral
15. Unit of length
16. Body powder

1. Forearm bone
2. Soon
3. Standard
4. Repair
5. Far down
6. Cougar
7. First man
8. Manufactured

Keyword clue: A boy’s name

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EVENING
POISON
CUT
WAR
SEA
FINGER
TOOTH
STEP
POLICE
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RED

famous faces
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1 x Battleship

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4

Find a word that can follow the word on the
left and precede the word on the right. When
you have filled in all the answers, the name of a
celebrity can be read from top to bottom in one
of the lines.

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CELEB WORD MATCH

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TV LIFE 19

1 Which Thatcher did Olivia Colman
play in 2011’s The Iron Lady?
2 …and which actor portrayed
Michael Heseltine?
3 Which 1999 number one
by ATB has been remade by
German DJ Topic?
4 Who recently asked Roy to
give her away on her wedding
day in Corrie?
5 Which Carter recently returned
to the Square in EastEnders?

ARROWORD
Jumper

Baseball
hat

6 Filming of Will Smith’s movie
Emancipation was pulled out of
which US state recently?
7 Actress and new mum Sophie Rundle
plays Ada in which BBC drama?
8 Which recent ITV drama starred Emily
Watson as a forensic psychiatrist?
Complete the puzzle, then rearrange
the shaded squares to find the
surname of an actor (6).

COMPLETE the puzzle, then
rearrange the shaded squares to
find the surname of an actor.
360
divided
by 18

Find out how much you know about
style, soaps, TV and pop with our
fantastic quiz. Check your answers
in next week’s Daily Star Sunday.

TV chef
_ Lawson

Produces

As one
(2,5)

Bond
creator,
_ Fleming
Oasis
musician,
_ Gallagher

Tavern

‘_ we
forget’

Boiled or
scrambled
food

SHOWBITZ
QUIZ
9 Which Rick Riordan creation
was played by Logan Lerman in
two films?
10 Who had a number one album
in 1998 with Ray Of Light?

SAMURAI SUDOKU

In Samurai Sudoku, normal sudoku rules apply for all five 9x9 sudokus, but the 9x9 inner sudoku
shares four of its 3x3 boxes with those of the outside sudokus.

6
1
5

Swerve
Argentine
politician,
_ Perón

Meadow

Ripped

Slabs

Vision
organ

Ignited

9 8

Frighten

2

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CROSSWORD
ACROSS
8 East Asian country whose capital is
Ulaanbaatar (8)
9 _ Hurkacz (inset), Polish tennis player
who won the 2021 Miami Open (6)
10 Australian football player who plays for
Chelsea in the English FA Women’s
Super League, Sam _ (4)
11 Winter radish also known as a daikon (5)
12 _ Dastagir, late Indian actor famed for
his appearance in the 1937 film
Elephant Boy (4)
13 Italian region which is the second-largest
island in the Mediterranean Sea (8)
16 British author, _ Hardy (6)
18 Rock supergroup formed in
1981, whose members
include Geoff Downes and
Carl Palmer (4)
20 The Good _, US TV
sitcom starring Kristen Bell
and Ted Danson (5)
21 The nest of a squirrel (4)
22 Variety of brandy (6)
23 Breed of gundog in the Spaniel
family, English _ Spaniel (8)
26 Gemstone consisting of a form of
hydrated silica (4)
28 The SI derived unit of electrical
capacitance (5)
30 The joint between the tarsal bones and
tibia of an animal such as a horse (4)
31 Beth _, British runner who recently ran
the second-fastest road 5km ever by a
female athlete (6)
32 British Crown Dependency in the English
Channel off the coast of Normandy (8)

Mix up the letters in the shaded squares
to reveal the name of a US singer (6,5)
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Starting with the highlighted letter A, follow a
path to find 17 African capital cities. The trail
passes through every letter once (but only
once) and may go up, down, left or right, but
not diagonally.

A C A B A P A B L

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Fill in each series of blank squares using the
numbers 1 to 9. Each series – across and down
– must add up to the number in the shaded box
at the beginning or top of the series. A number
may be repeated in each line but not in a series.

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DOWN
1 Capital city of the state of Kansas (6)
2 Russian composer whose works
include 1913’s The Rite Of Spring, _
Stravinsky (4)
3 Danny _, composer who wrote the
scores for films including Batman and
Men In Black (6)
4 County in the West of Ireland, in the
province of Connacht, County _ (4)
5 Agatha _, British author who created
Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple (8)
6 Group of long-legged wading birds in
the family Threskiornithidae (4)
7 Two-player card game recognisable
by its pegged scoring board (8)
14 The stage name of British
singer-songwriter Damon Gough,
Badly _ Boy (5)
15 Richard _, British author who
wrote Watership Down (5)
17 20th-century US poet famed
for his light verse, _ Nash (5)
19 Predatory arachnid (8)
20 Canadian-American actress whose
career began during the silent film era,
Mary _ (8)
24 Seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean,
which lies between Africa and Asia (3,3)
25 _ cake, small currant-filled pie named
after the Greater Manchester town of
the same name (6)
27 Stringed instrument with a half-egg
shaped body and a long neck (4)
29 The capital and largest city of Latvia (4)
30 1978 play by the British dramatist Willy
Russell, Stags And _ (4)

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Witness

17 Which veteran star won Best Actor
11 Which Scottish band have topped
the album chart with their debut, W.L.? at the 2021 BAFTAs for The Father?
12 Who hosts BBC2’s All That Glitters: 18 Which US singer has been Dancing
With The Devil in the album chart?
Britain’s Next Jewellery Star?
19 Who stars as Fern in the
13 Which US band had their biggest
Oscar-nominated film Nomadland?
hit with 1992’s To Be With You?
20 Which new time-loop comedy stars
14 Who did Jim Broadbent play in the
Andy Samberg as a wedding guest?
Paddington films?
15 We Close Our Eyes was the 1985
IF
you can’t wait until next Sunday for the answers, ring
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Puzzle

SUDOKU

ALPHA PUZZLE

Alphapuzzle® tests your logic and word power. Each grid number
represents a letter. Each letter of the alphabet is used. Use the given
letter or letters – below the main grid – to start. Can you beat the
Target Time? Call for an Extra Letter Clue if you get stuck. Solution
tomorrow. DIFFICULTY: 10/10; TARGET TIME: 30 minutes
CLUE: Speedy flyer.

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Across: Gravity, Daub, Tunic, Affront, Stick, Plan, School, Jinxed, Rash, Puree,
Bequest, Brown, Then, Amnesty (clue).
Down: Stress, Robot, Rang, Physique, Vacation, Thatch, Custom, Sizeable,
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6 Woman with acceptable hairdressing
establishment (5)
10 Sharp end’s purpose (5)
11 One is out making din (5)
12 Cheat with list changing track and field
events (9)
13 For engineers in leading religious group,
it’s highly confidential (3,6)
17 Some of our band living in a city (5)
19 Wet beam taken round at home (5)
20 Father, mostly pleasant, with alarm (5)
21 Fibber left one on a river (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Cool (6)
4 Oily (6)
7 Actor’s part (4)
8 Indecent (8)
9 Violent storm (7)
12 Insect (3)
14 Greatly distressing (6)

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TARGET: 16 mins
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Using only the letters in the
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proper nouns. Each word
must contain the central
letter and at least three
others. Letters can only be
used once in every word.
There is at least one nineletter word in the wheel.

Today’s Solution: 0907 181 2630

*Calls cost 75p plus your telephone company’s
network access charge. SP: Spoke, 0333 202 3390

TWO-WAY TEASER
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
Cool Conservative with hot sick youth
leader (6)
Oily rag? Yes, possibly (6)
Character with bap, say (4)
It’s indecent, making French one appear
with heartless lady (8)
Violent storm upsetting hot pony (7)
Insect caught by mean tourist (3)
Extremely sad US soldier in damaged
cart (6)
Senior clergyman making mistake before
operation (6)
Union leader taken in by engineers
showing regret (3)
Funny repeat about Zambian’s first
acrobat’s swing (7)
Ring found by bachelor, 51, with verse
– one about nothingness (8)
Jetty used by nobleman, say (4)
Unusually green youth leader with
get-up-and-go (6)
Cupboard shut by teacher initially (6)
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Complain and go in with woodworker (9)
Poorly, a flirt is on edge (3,2,4)
Head of year, unfashionable, with hot
youngster (5)
Eccentric got us to show zest (5)

WORDWHEEL

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Extra clues: 0901 322 5604

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Welcome to our
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difference. Not only are
there 18 lost words
hidden in the grid, written
forwards, backwards, up,
down or diagonally, but if
you find them and cross
them out, the letters that
remain will spell out a
further related word. As
usual, we’re not going to
tell you what the lost
words are, but they do all
have a strong connection.
The hidden word can also
be a kind of loaf – and
that’s a clue!

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WORD LADDER
Using the clues provided, fill
in each step of the ladder
with a new word, changing
one letter at a time.
SLOW
Aperture
Chimney
substance

ANSWERS: The lost words are BARN, BULLOCKS, CHICKENS,
CORN, COWS, DUCKS, GEESE, GOATS, GRAIN, HAYSTACK,
HORSES, PENS, PLOUGH, ROOSTER, SHEEPDOG, SILAGE,
STALE, TRACTOR, all things found on a farm.
The hidden word is FARMHOUSE.

LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS:
1 Leonardo DiCaprio; 2 Claire Danes;
3 Montero (Call Me by Your Name);
4 Sharon; 5 Paul; 6 Laura Whitmore;
7 The White Cliffs; 8 Ross Kemp;
9 Arnold Schwarzenegger; 10 U2;
11 Tom Grennan; 12 Rosie Jones;
13 Anita Ward; 14 Gwyneth Paltrow;
15 Coldplay; 16 Paddy McGuinness;
17 Chadwick Boseman; 18 Justice;
19 The Mauritanian; 20 (King) Kong.

Debatable
Majority of
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15 Senior clergyman (6)
16 Regret (3)
18 Acrobat’s swing (7)
22 Nothingness (8)
23 Jetty (4)
24 Vigour (6)
25 Cupboard (6)
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1 Woodworker (9)
2 On edge (3,2,4)
3 Youngster (5)
4 Zest (5)
5 Always (4)
6 Hairdressing
establishment (5)
10 Unit of scoring (5)
11 Sound (5)
12 Track and field events (9)
13 Highly confidential (3,6)
17 Relating to a city (5)
19 Showery (5)
20 Alarm (5)
21 Fibber (4)

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ACROSS: 1 Lavender, 5 Twit, 8 Nine, 9 Overtime, 10 Fishnet,
12 Pitch, 13 Rubber, 15 Appear, 17 Large, 18 Kindred,
22 Conspire, 23 Edge, 24 Lots, 25 Half hour. DOWN: 1 Long for,
2 Venus, 3 Drone, 4 Reed, 6 Whistle, 7 Teeth, 11 Niece, 12 Pop in,
14 Baronet, 16 Red deer, 17 Local, 19 Ideal, 20 Rodeo, 21 With.

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4 Kneels, 5 Embers, 6 Jurors,
7 Arabis, 8 Nooses,
9 Smalls, 10 Struts,
11 Elects, 12 Nieces.
CELEBRITY: Famke Janssen.

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FAMOUS FACES

Emma Roberts, Gemma Collins,
Idris Elba, Liev Schreiber,
Nick Offerman: GILES COREN

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TV GUIDE

Soaper Star!

Liv is still racked with guilt over
Paul’s death and it’s making her
alcohol problem worse. Aaron
begs her to reach out to Vinny. In
an attempt to find more booze,
Liv heads to the pub where she
meets a sleazy stranger called
Max. She takes him home with
her and, even though she starts
to feel uncomfortable, Aaron’s
surprise intervention angers her.
The next morning, Chas decides
to help and, finding Liv in a
state, she puts her troubled
relation under house arrest.
Jamie persuades Noah to
do some digging on Gabby. He
agrees and watches on as Kim
hunts for her secret notebook.
When Gabby helps her find it
he suspects the pair are hiding
something and tells Jamie.
Poor Kim’s troubles don’t
stop there. When Gabby gets
rumbled, she takes advantage of
Kim’s fragile state, claiming her
fuzzy memory is to blame for
a confusion at Home Farm. The
deception prompts Kim to book
herself in for a dementia test.
Elsewhere, Vic realises Ben
still isn’t over Aaron and
persuades Ethan to join a dating
app. Plus, Amy and Matty’s
relationship takes a turn when
Amy blurts out her true feelings.

Brian Conley enters the soap as
Sonia’s long lost dad, Terry Cant –
aka Rocky. Sonia is mortified and
tries to hide when he comes
looking for her in The Vic.
He succeeds in charming
everyone, but Sonia is
unimpressed.
Meanwhile, the days are
ticking down to the trial
and Mick is struggling to
write his victim impact
statement. As Nancy
encourages her dad to read
the statement himself in

Could there be a romance in store
for Jenny – who deserves a bit of
joy? Having clicked with the
charming B&B guest Ronnie,
the pair share an undeniable
spark, but what will become
of their chemistry?
After a romantic road
trip in Ed’s campervan,
things are clearly
heating up between
Jenny and Ronnie.
However, things get
tricky when Johnny
turns up out of the
blue with a bunch of
flowers. Daisy is less than
impressed, but Johnny
assures her he knows his
faults and promises to be
a better husband to Jenny.

court, Frankie remains conflicted
over whether or not she should
give Katy a character reference.
Martin returns to the Square,
but he’s a bit put out when
he finds Zack flirting
with his wife. It turns
out Zack has the hots
for Ruby, driving a
wedge between her
and Martin. Elsewhere,
Bernie opens up about
the Taylors’ financial
situation and her plans
to be a surrogate.

Meanwhile, Aadi discovers Asha’s
plan to try and catch Corey out.
When he sees her trying to
defend her troublesome beau, he
knows something is up. Asha
confides in him, admitting she
loathes Corey and is only
taking his side in the hope
he’ll slip up and confess.
Sharon is also up to
something as she hatches
a plan to find Simon. Her
new strategy involves getting
herself into No7. She hits up
Dev for a bottle of wine and
manages to get hold of his
keys. After letting herself
in, she messages Simon
from Aadi’s games console,
hoping she’ll be able to
track him online.

The McQueens are desperate
to protect John Paul, who it
looks like is going to jail for
George’s murder. Theresa thinks
she’s found the mystery witness
who places John Paul at the
crime scene, but how can they
prove they are lying?
However, this is the McQueens
we’re talking about – soon they’ve
found a way to trap the witness,
while at the same time the net is
closing in on the killer. Plus, the
Deveraux family beg Martine to
change her mind about her
treatment for breast cancer,
and Darren hopes to move out
of the “friend zone” with Nancy.

Toadie and Melanie are enjoying
their affair – maybe too much, as
a near-miss with Terese teaches
them to be more careful. Mackenzie
also notices tension between the
pair. It won’t be long before this
workplace fling is exposed.

Hospital serial killer Lewis has
another victim in mind as he
prepares to inject lethal drugs in
to Dr Christian, who he blames for
the death of his wife Anna and her
baby. Will someone hear the
surgeon’s screams for help?

TV LIFE 23

BBC ONE BBC TWO

Once Were Lions, 11.40pm

Davis v Taylor, 10pm

6.00am Breakfast 7.30 Match of the Day
(R) 8.30 FA Cup Highlights (R) 9.00 The
Andrew Marr Show 10.00 Politics England
10.30 Sunday Morning Stories 11.00
Pilgrimage: The Road to Santiago (R)
12.00noon Bargain Hunt (R) 1.00 BBC
News, Weather 1.15 Songs of Praise
1.50 Points of View 2.05 Escape to the
Country (R) 3.00 FILM Cars 3 (2017, U)
Constantly outraced by a fleet of
hi-tech rookies, former champ Lightning
McQueen must find a new way to win.
Animation, with the voice of Owen Wilson.
★★★ 4.35 Dynasties (R) 5.35 BBC
News 5.50 BBC Local News, Weather

6.25am Gardeners’ World (R) 7.25
Countryfile (R) 8.20 Being Jewish (R) 9.00
Landward (R) 9.30 Beechgrove (R) 10.00
Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11.30 The
Great Northern Garden Build (R) 1.30pm
Great British Menu (R) 2.05 LIVE Diving:
European Aquatics Championships:
Coverage of the final day of diving from
the European Aquatics Championships in
Budapest. 3.35 Dames: Talking Pictures
(R) 4.10 FILM Tea with Mussolini (1999,
PG) English and American women living
in Florence in the tense pre-war years of
the 1930s adopt a boy. Comedy drama,
with Maggie Smith and Judi Dench. ★★★

6.00 Countryfile
Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith
head to the Peak District to
celebrate the 70th anniversary
of the UK’s first National Park.
Matt joins a pioneering scheme
to restore ruined farm buildings
and meets ’legend’ of the Peak
District Gordon Miller, one of
the area’s early rangers and a
last link with those who brought
about the National Park.
7.00 Antiques Roadshow
The Roadshow is at Stonor
Park in Oxfordshire, where finds
include a rare group of Indian
medals, Florence Nightingale’s
toolkit and the story of a
remarkable female pilot from
the Second World War.
8.00 PICK Call the Midwife
Sister Julienne is concerned
when a toddler displays
troubling symptoms, while an
overly protective mother
struggles to cope with her
daughter’s teenage pregnancy.
See Picks of the day.
9.00 PICK The Pursuit of Love
Fanny embraces motherhood
and tries to live up to society’s
image of a good wife, while
Linda throws herself into a
lifestyle of all-night parties
as her marriage falls apart.
See Picks of the day.
10.00 BBC News Headlines.
10.20 BBC Local News, Weather
10.30 Match of the Day 2
Mark Chapman reviews the
day’s Premier League action,
including West Bromwich
Albion v Liverpool at The
Hawthorns. Sam Allardyce’s
men held the Reds to a 1-1
draw when the sides met
at Anfield in December in
what was the start of a
downturn in form for Liverpool.
11.40 Once Were Lions
Documentary following the
rugby league Great Britain
Lions’ tour of New Zealand and
Papua New Guinea, as they
fight for their sporting future. (R)

6.00 Diving: European
Championships 2021
Further live coverage of the final
day of diving from the European
Aquatics Championships in
Budapest, featuring the women’s
3 metre synchro and the
men’s 10 metre platform finals
7.00 This Farming Life
Kirsty tackles her first breach
birth, Stevie’s favourite pygmy
goat Ginger struggles in labour
and Raymond’s cows run amok
on their way to the fields. (R)
8.00 Our Wild Adventures
BBC wildlife presenters reflect
on their visits to the Arctic, with
Liz Bonnin looking back on her
time helping a team of scientists
locate a population of rare
Siberian tigers. Chris Packham
remembers the time he
ventured to Greenland on an
expedition to uncover the
secret life of an iceberg.
9.00 Gods of Snooker
A look at the emergence of
Steve Davis and the rise of
promoter Barry Hearn’s
Matchroom group of players,
which brought lucrative
sponsorships into the game.
10.00 Davis v Taylor: The ’85 Black
Ball Final
Colin Murray presents a look
back at the final of the 1985
World Snooker Championship
between Dennis Taylor and
Steve Davis. The match finished
after midnight, but kept an
estimated 18.5 million viewers
engrossed until the final
black of the 35th frame. (R)
11.00 Snowfall
Franklin’s troubles are affecting
Cissy and Alton in their home,
while Gustavo has sworn
revenge against Fuentes.
11.45 Snowfall
Even though he is now out on
his own, Franklin’s problems
keep landing on Leon’s
doorstep, and he decides to
handle it his own way.

variations

12.50am Weather for the Week Ahead
12.55-6.00am BBC News: Headlines.

12.25am Sign Zone: Question Time:
Topical debate. (R) 1.25 Sign Zone: Holby
City (R) 2.05-6.00am This Is BBC Two

STV 1.05am ITV Nightscreen: Text information
BBC1 N Ireland 10.00am Sunday Politics
Northern Ireland: The latest reports and analysis
BBC1 Scotland 10.00am The Sunday Show
11.00 Reflections at the Quay 11.30 Garden
Rescue 11.40pm Sportscene 1.00am BBC News
BBC1 Wales 10.00am Politics Wales 4.35pm
Iolo: The Last Wilderness of Wales 5.05
Weatherman Walking: The Welsh Coast
BBC2 N Ireland 11.00pm Sunday Politics

ITV

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars, 6.30pm

Channel 4 Channel 5

50 Years of Mr Men, 6pm

6.00am CITV: Dino Dana (R) 6.10 Mr
Magoo (R) 6.35 Robozuna (R) 7.00 Dare
Master (R) 7.05 Mighty Mike (R) 7.20 Mr
Bean: The Animated Series: double bill
(R) 7.45 Ben 10 (R) 8.00 Ninjago: Master
of the Mountain: double bill (R) 8.25 ITV
News 8.30 Martin & Roman’s Weekend
Best! 9.25 Australia with Julia Bradbury
(R) 9.55 Alan Titchmarsh: Spring into
Summer (R) 10.25 John and Lisa’s
Weekend Kitchen (R) 11.25 Game of
Talents (R) 12.30pm ITV News, Weather
12.40 In for a Penny (R) 1.10 Australian
Ninja Warrior 2.50 FILM Peter Pan (2003,
PG) The boy who never grows old whisks
Wendy Darling and her brothers away on
an adventure to the magical world of
Neverland. Fantasy, starring Jeremy
Sumpter and Rachel Hurd-Wood. ★★★
5.00 The Chase Celebrity Special (R)

6.00am Everybody Loves Raymond: four
episodes (R) 7.40 The Big Bang Theory:
double bill (R) 8.30 The Simpsons: double
bill (R) 9.30 Sunday Brunch 12.30pm The
Simpsons: four episodes (R) 2.15 FILM
The Adventures of Tintin (2011, PG) A
reporter goes on a globetrotting quest to
find a sunken ship containing a pirate’s
lost treasure. Animated adventure, with
the voices of Jamie Bell and Andy Serkis.
★★★★ 4.20 FILM Wonder Park (2019,
PG) Premiere. In a magical theme park,
the imagination of a little girl named June
comes to life. Animated family adventure,
featuring the voice of Mila Kunis. ★★★

12.15am Trevor McDonald & Charlene
White: Has George Floyd Changed
Britain? (R) 1.05 Shop: Home Shopping
3.00 FYI Extra 3.15 ITV Nightscreen
5.05-6.00am Tipping Point: Quiz show. (R)

Penelope Cruz. See Picks of the day.
★★★★ 2.30 The Handmaid’s Tale (R)
3.25 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (R)
4.20 Couples Come Dine with Me (R)
5.10-6.00am The £100k Drop (R)

Cruising with Jane McDonald, 9pm
6.00am Milkshake!: Mofy (R) 6.05 Mya Go
(R) 6.10 Peppa Pig: double bill (R) 6.20
Bob the Builder (R) 6.35 Noddy in Toyland
(R) 6.45 Shane the Chef (R) 6.55 Thomas
& Friends (R) 7.10 Fireman Sam (R) 7.20
Ricky Zoom (R) 7.35 Peppa Pig: double
bill (R) 7.45 Milkshake! Bop Box Boogie
(R) 8.00 The Adventures of Paddington (R)
8.20 Paw Patrol (R) 8.35 Pirata & Capitano
(R) 8.50 Butterbean’s Cafe (R) 9.05 Brave
Bunnies (R) 9.15 Little Princess (R)
9.25 The World According to Grandpa
9.40 Floogals (R) 9.50 Ben and Holly’s
Little Kingdom (R) 10.05 SpongeBob
SquarePants 10.15 The Loud House (R)
10.25 Entertainment News on 5 10.30
WWE: Raw Highlights 11.20 Friends:
six episodes (R) 2.10pm The 1984 Mega
Mix 5.05 5 News Weekend 5.10 The
Tutankhamun Mystery with Dan Snow (R)

6.00 50 Years of Mr Men with
Matt Lucas
The actor and comedian charts
the history of the colourful little
characters who found their way
7.00 Cher and the Loneliest
6.00 ITV News, Weather
into the hearts and stories of
Elephant
children around the world.
6.20 Local News, Weather
Documentary following the
7.00 Channel 4 News
6.30 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars
singer and her charity Free the
The Rev Richard Coles, Toyah
7.30 Titanic: Into the Heart
Wild as they help to rescue an
Willcox and Sharron Davies
of the Wreck
Asian elephant from the
take part. Ben Shephard hosts.
Capturing the underwater
Islamabad Zoo and relocate it to
odyssey of the greatest Titanic
7.30 FILM Fantastic Beasts
an animal reserve in Cambodia.
expeditions and the evolution of
and Where to Find Them
8.00 Bargain Loving Brits
the most scrutinised shipwreck
(2016, 12)
by the Sea
in the world. From the epic
British wizard Newt Scamander
Daisy and Matt from Skegness
discovery of the wreck by a
arrives in 1920s New York City
seal sanctuary Natureland try to
French-American team in 1985
with a bagful of magical
boost visitor numbers to help
to the exploratory missions led
creatures as part of a global
fund their work rescuing seal
by James Cameron, who
study of fantastic beasts, but
pups in distress along the
managed to light the wreck
gets caught up in a conflict
Lincolnshire coast.
scene like a Hollywood film set
when some of the creatures in
9.00 Cruising with Jane
and venture inside the ship
his care are released after an
McDonald
thanks to remote-controlled
inadvertent switching of
The singer concludes her
robots, this documentary
suitcases with a baker. With a
journey around the Caribbean,
captures the unequalled thrill
strange, dark force terrorising
visiting Grand Cayman,
of those extreme dives.
the Big Apple, Newt needs to
Roatan off the coast of
9.00 PICK SAS: Who Dares Wins
find some allies to help him
Honduras and finishing on the
After a physically and
round up the beasts, while
Mexican island of Cozumel.
psychologically intense
saving his own skin in the
10.15 Gibraltar: Brits in the Sun
introduction to their selection,
meantime. Harry Potter
Head of ape management Eric
the remaining recruits are sent
prequel, with Eddie Redmayne,
Shaw has trouble capturing a
deeper into the wild and
and Katherine Waterston. ★★★
macaque and bad weather
unforgiving terrain of the Isle of
10.05 ITV News, Weather
threatens the opening of
Raasay. See Picks of the day.
10.20 The Queen and Her Cousins
Gibraltar’s new £65million
10.00 Fargo
with Alexander Armstrong
airport terminal. (R)
The
Smutnys
receive
As the Queen turns 95,
11.05 Britain’s Favourite 90s
unexpected
guests,
Gaetano
Alexander Armstrong embarks
Songs
arrives from the old country,
on a royal road trip of a lifetime.
Revisiting the musical highs of
Josto adjusts to his new role,
He travels across the country to
the decade, counting down the
and Oraetta is caught during
meet Elizabeth II’s cousins, who
official top 30 biggest-selling
her routine ministrations.
share what it means to be part
singles in each year and looking
11.15 Time Is a Killer
of this extraordinary family. (R)
at songs that didn’t make the
French psychological thriller
11.15 Trevor McDonald’s Indian
chart but left a lasting
series, interweaving the
Train Adventure
impression. The first edition
summers of 1994 and 2019
The newsreader continues his
examines 1990, with Chesney
to piece together the events
eight-day journey across India
Hawkes, Shaun Ryder, Jayne
leading up to a tragic car
aboard the Maharajas Express,
Middlemiss, Anthea Turner,
accident on Corsica.
which recreates the heritage of
Bez and other famous faces
12.25am PICK FILM The Counsellor
India’s richest kings. Trevor
guiding viewers through the
(2013, 18) A lawyer becomes involved in
discovers the reasons why India drug trafficking, but quickly finds himself
biggest hits of the year. (R)
is rapidly overtaking Britain as
out of his depth. Ridley Scott’s crime
12.35am Wonderful World of Chocolate:
an economic superpower. (R)
thriller, starring Michael Fassbender and
Documentary. (R) 1.00 The 21.co.uk

Northern Ireland: The latest reports 11.30 Snowfall
12.15am Weather Watchers with Barra Best
BBC2 Wales 3.35pm FILM Tea with Mussolini
(1999, PG) Comedy, starring Maggie Smith ★★★
5.30 Snowdonia 1890 7.00 Scrum V 7.45 Coast
BBC Scotland 12.00noon The Service 12.30
This Is BBC Scotland 7.00 The Seven 7.15
Sportscene 8.30 Sportscene: SWPL Highlights
9.00 David Wilson’s Crime Files 10.00 Still Game
10.30 Two Doors Down 11.00 Seven Days

RTE1 7.50am Holby City 9.00 Casualty 10.00
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in Concert
11.00 Sunday Service 11.45 Creedon’s Atlas of
Ireland 12.00noon The Week in Politics 1.00 RTE
News 1.10 Iarnród Enda 1.40 Open for Business
2.10 Treasure from the Bog 3.10 FILM Lionheart
(1986, PG) ★★ 5.10 Crainn na hÉireann 5.40
Nuacht 6.00 The Angelus 6.01 RTE News 6.30 A
Perfect Planet 7.30 Killinaskully 8.00 Fair City 8.30
Reeling in the Years 9.00 RTE News 9.30 NEW
Back to Barrytown 10.30 Dr Cassidy’s Casebook

Live Casino Show 3.00 Entertainment
News on 5 3.10 Eamonn & Ruth’s 7 Year
Itch (R) 4.00 Now That’s Funny! (R) 4.50
Wildlife SOS (R) 5.15 Divine Designs (R)
5.40-6.00am Peppa Pig: triple bill (R)

11.30 The Week in Politics 12.35am The Split 1.35
The Good Fight 2.35 American Dynasties – The
Bush Years 4.05 Inside Europe: Ten Years of Turmoil
S4C 10.00am Iaith ar Daith 11.00 Dechrau Canu
Dechrau Canmol 11.30 Ffilmiau Ddoe 12.00noon
Yr Wythnos 12.30 Pobol y Cwm 2.00 Seiclo:
Giro d’Italia 4.15 24 Awr 4.30 Chwaraeon y
Dyn Bach 5.00 Ffermio 5.30 Clwb Rygbi 7.15
Newyddion 7.30 Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol
8.00 Cynefin 9.00 Drych 10.00 Gwesty Aduniad
11.00 Seiclo: Giro d’Italia 11.30 Cymru, Dad a Fi

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Best of the rest
6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Brojects in
the House 8.00 American Pickers:
double bill 10.00 Storage Hunters
UK: double bill 11.00 Fast Justice
12.00noon Secrets of the
Supercars 1.00 Top Gear: double
bill 3.00 Would I Lie to You? 3.40
Would I Lie to You? At Christmas
4.20 Would I Lie to You? 5.00
James May’s Cars of the People
6.00 Fast Justice Factual crime.
7.00 Secrets of the Supercars
8.00 QI XL With David Mitchell.
9.00 Have I Got a Bit More Old
News for You Rhod Gilbert hosts.
10.00 Live at the Apollo Stand-up.
11.00 Mock the Week Quiz show.
11.40 Would I Lie to You? Comedy.
12.20am Taskmaster: Champion of
Champions 1.25 Have I Got a Bit
More Old News for You 2.30 Drug
Wars 2.55 Brojects in the House
3.20 Drug Wars 4.00 Teleshopping

ITV3

Freeview 10

YESTERDAY F’view25

6.00am Outside Edge 6.30
Emmerdale 9.20 Wycliffe: double
bill 11.40 A Touch of Frost 1.55pm
Agatha Christie’s Poirot: triple bill
6.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot A
cleaner is found dead in her home
and suspicion immediately falls
upon her lodger, but Superintendent
Spence begins to question the
man’s guilt. Zoe Wanamaker stars.
8.00 Vera Double bill. When a dock
worker plunges from a multi-storey
car park, Vera investigates a work
dispute over a young man’s death
and uncovers a life of secrets and
lies; the detective must complete
a murder victim’s research into
an old criminal case to find out
who may have wanted her dead.
Guest starring Peter Davison.
12.00m’t Coronation Street. Soap.
2.45 Emmerdale 5.10 That’s My
Boy 5.35 ITV3 Nightscreen

Film4

Freeview 14

11.00am Rango (2011, PG) Animated
comedy. ★★★★ 1.10pm Animal
Farm (1954, U) Animated drama.
★★★★ 2.40 Big Stone Gap
(2014, 12) Romantic comedy,
starring Ashley Judd. ★★★ 4.45
Eddie the Eagle (2016, PG) Biopic
of ski jumper Eddie Edwards,
starring Taron Egerton. ★★★★
6.55 Behind Enemy Lines (2001, 12)
Bosnian War drama, starring Gene
Hackman and Owen Wilson. ★★
9.00 Chaos (2005, 15) A veteran cop
and his inexperienced new partner
take on the mysterious criminal
masterminding a series of hi-tech
heists. Crime thriller, starring Jason
Statham and Wesley Snipes. ★★
11.10 Sword of Trust (2019, 15)
Comedy, with Marc Maron. ★★★★
1.00am Entertainment (2015, 15)
Drama, starring Gregg Turkington
and John C Reilly. ★★★

E4

Freeview 13

6.00am Trading History: double bill
8.00 Restoration Workshop: four
episodes 12.00noon Secret
Nazi Bases: four episodes 4.00
Abandoned Engineering: double bill
6.00 Warbird Workshop Double bill.
8.00 ’Allo ’Allo! Triple bill. Von
Klinkerhoffen restarts the town
newspaper; Michelle tries to steal
the Fallen Madonna; Rene decides
to run for the Spanish border but
is stopped before he can across
it – and General Von Klinkerhoffen
gets hold of the painting.
10.00 Bangers and Cash Double bill.
The Mathewsons sell a 1958
Bedford D122 and a 1969 Vanden
Plas Princess; A MG Midget, an
Austin-Healey ‘frogeye’ Sprite and
an RS2000 come up for auction.
12.00m’t Bangers and Cash.
Documentary. 1.00 Trading History:
double bill 3.00 Teleshopping

Call The Midwife
8pm, BBC One

The new pupil midwives are settling in well,
and there is a sense of hope in the air.
With Sister Hilda away on a refresher
course, Sister Julienne takes her mind off
the recent troubles at Nonnatus House
when she steps in to carry out home visits.
However, while examining expectant mother
Vera Sands during a routine visit, Julienne
becomes concerned by her toddler daughter

who is displaying troubling symptoms.
She is determined to find out what’s wrong,
and gets Dr Turner on the case.
Also tonight, an overly protective mother
struggles to cope with her daughter’s
teenage pregnancy. She is insistent
on keeping it low key, something that
frustrates Nancy, who is earning herself
a reputation for being blunt. ★★★★

GOLD

6.00am Teleshopping 7.45 We Have
Been Watching 8.40 Only Fools
and Horses: seven episodes
7.15pm Murder, They Hope A turf
The Pursuit Of Love
war between two bakers leads to
9pm, BBC One
food poisoning at an amateur
dramatic society. Steve Edge stars.
8.20 Dad’s Army Captain Mainwaring Linda and Fanny have both
organises a dance in an attempt to escaped Alconleigh, but
boost platoon morale, but Pike
their lives couldn’t be more
interrupts proceedings to make
different. While Fanny
an important announcement
embraces motherhood and
regarding his girlfriend Violet.
9.00 All Round to Mrs Brown’s
tries to fulfil her role as a
Brendan O’Carroll’s alter ego is
“good” wife to Alfred, her
joined by guests Jerry Springer,
cousin Linda’s marriage
Ray Mears and Boy George, who
is accompanied by his mother.
to Tony quickly begins to
10.20 The Royle Family Triple bill.
disintegrate. And when she
12.20am The Royle Family 1.00
meets an enigmatic stranger,
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
she faces a life-changing
3.00 Johnny Vegas: My Favourite
Sketch 4.00 Teleshopping
decision. ★★★★★

DRAMA Freeview 20

6.00am Teleshopping 7.30 The Bill:
four episodes 11.25 Call the
Midwife: triple bill 3.25pm
Catherine Cookson’s Colour Blind
6.40 Call the Midwife Dr Turner helps
a couple whose daughter was
born without limbs to have her
fitted for prosthetics – but the
experience provokes different
reactions from both her parents.
8.00 Miss Marple Feature-length
episode. An unpopular colonel is
found dead in the vicarage of St
Mary Mead and investigations
reveal no shortage of suspects.
Christmas edition from 1986.
10.05 The Casual Vacancy Drama
based on the novel by JK Rowling.
11.25 The Heart Guy Penny goes
away on her honeymoon.
12.25am The Heart Guy 1.25 The
Inspector Lynley Mysteries 3.05
Taggart 4.00 Teleshopping

SKY ONE

6.00am Hour of Power 7.00 Home:
Adventures with Tip & Oh 7.25
Where’s Wally 7.50 Trolls:
Trollstopia 8.15 All Hail King Julien
8.40 Dawn of the Croods 9.05
Modern Family 11.00 The
Simpsons: double bill 12.00noon
Magnum P.I 1.00 S.W.A.T: triple bill
4.00 The Simpsons: four episodes
6.00 The Simpsons Four episodes.
8.00 There’s Something About
Movies Hosted by Alan Carr.
9.00 Magnum P.I Magnum and
Higgins work a stalking case.
10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles Military
grade technology is stolen
11.00 Bloods Maleek reveals his dream
working for the air ambulance.
11.30 An Idiot Abroad Travelogue.
12.30am SEAL Team. Action drama.
1.30 The Blacklist. Crime thriller.
2.30 S.W.A.T 3.30 Road Wars
4.00 The Real A&E: four episodes

FILM CHOICE

SAS: Who Dares Wins

The Counsellor

9pm, Channel 4

12.25am, Channel 4

After an intense introduction
to their SAS selection last
week, the 17 recruits have to
overcome their fears again in
the unforgiving terrain of the
Isle of Raasay in Scotland.
The recruits are put through
their paces in a forward
abseil, exposed to extreme
cold in a water immersion
exercise, and forced to
channel their aggression
during a “beasting”. ★★★★

Michael Fassbender, Brad
Pitt, Penélope Cruz and
Cameron Diaz are among
the starry cast getting their
hands dirty in this stylish
thriller from director Ridley
Scott. A cartel lawyer finds
himself on the wrong side of
his dangerous clients after
a drug shipment is hijacked.
With gangsters blaming him
for the theft, the counsellor
goes on the run. ★★★★

SKY ATLANTIC

6.00am Elementary 8.45 Boardwalk
Empire: five episodes 2.10pm
The Sopranos: four episodes
6.35 The Sopranos Phil pressures
Tony into having Vito killed, AJ is
placed in a predicament and
Carmela’s trip to Paris with Rosalie
gives her a new outlook on life.
7.40 Mildred Pierce Double bill.
Mildred makes plans to open a
third restaurant; Veda’s operatic
career takes off. Kate Winslet stars.
10.30 Mare of Easttown Colin
presses a local priest about
the vague circumstances that
prompted his transfer to the parish.
11.40 Six Feet Under Nate waits for
Lisa to return from Santa Cruz, and
Ruth finds comfort in a stranger.
12.45am Six Feet Under. Claire
decides to have an abortion. 1.50
The Nevers 3.00 Mare of Easttown
4.05 Storm City: double bill

SKY WITNESS

6.00am Nothing to Declare: six
episodes 9.00 Border Patrol:
double bill 10.00 The Real A&E:
double bill 11.00 Paramedics
12.00noon Sun, Sea and A&E
1.00 UK Border Force 2.00
Nothing to Declare: eight episodes
6.00 Nothing to Declare Double bill.
7.00 Ghost Whisperer Double bill.
9.00 The Good Doctor Lim is
challenged by the unique
circumstances surrounding a
pregnant patient with a tumour.
Claire makes a discovery about
certain practices at the hospital.
10.00 Blue Bloods A stand-up
comedian is suspected of murder.
11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims
Unit A Romany boy goes missing.
12.00m’t Law & Order: Special
Victims Unit: triple bill 2.00
Ghost Whisperer: double bill 4.00
Nothing to Declare: four episodes

TV LIFE|Daily Star Sunday

6.00am Hollyoaks 8.25 Rude(ish)
Tube Shorts 8.40 Supernanny USA
9.40 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
USA 12.40pm Lego Masters USA
1.40 The Goldbergs: triple bill 3.10
The Big Bang Theory: six episodes
6.10 FILM Ice Age: Collision
Course (2016, U) Animation, with
the voice of Ray Romano. ★★
8.00 Batwoman Kane and Moore
ask Batwoman to stealing an
infamous work of art.
9.00 FILM Terminator Genisys
(2015, 12) A time traveller sent on a
rescue mission discovers a plot to
change history beyond recognition.
Sci-fi adventure sequel, starring
Arnold Schwarzenegger. ★★
11.30 Taskmaster Jamali Maddix
gets destructive with some rubble.
12.35am Gogglebox 1.40 The Big
Bang Theory: double bill 2.35
Batwoman 3.25 Hollyoaks

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Picks of the day

May 16

7.00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show
8.40 Secret Crush 11.40 Dress to
Impress 12.40pm Catchphrase
1.25 You’ve Been Framed! Gold
2.00 Funniest Ever You’ve Been
Framed! 3.00 FILM Casper (1995,
PG) Supernatural comedy, starring
Christina Ricci. ★★★★ 5.05 FILM
The Secret Life of Pets (2016, U)
Animated adventure, featuring the
voice of Louis CK. ★★★★
6.55 FILM Bruce Almighty (2003,
12) Comedy, starring Jim Carrey
and Morgan Freeman. ★★★
9.00 Family Guy Double bill
10.00 Celebrity Juice Comedy quiz.
10.45 Family Guy Double bill.
11.45 American Dad! Animation.
12.10am American Dad! 12.40 The
Cleveland Show: double bill 1.40
The Stand Up Sketch Show
2.35 Iain Stirling’s CelebAbility
3.15 FYI Extra 3.30 Teleshopping

Freeview 19

Sunday

ITV2

Freeview6

BBC ONE BBC TWO

EastEnders, 8.05pm
6.00am Breakfast 9.15 NEW Rip Off
Britain: Live: Consumer updates. 10.00
Homes Under the Hammer (R) 11.00
Fraud Squad: The Hunt 11.45 Close
Calls: On Camera (R) 12.15pm Bargain
Hunt 1.00 BBC News at One, Weather
1.30 BBC Local News, Weather 1.45
Doctors 2.15 Unbeatable 3.00 Escape to
the Country 3.45 Money for Nothing
4.30 Antiques Road Trip 5.15 Pointless

Inside No 9, 9.30pm
6.00am Bargain Hunt (R) 6.45 Money for
Nothing (R) 7.30 Sign Zone: Inside the
Zoo (R) 8.30 The Week in Parliament 9.00
BBC News at 9 10.00 BBC News
12.15pm Politics Live 1.00 Letterbox (R)
1.30 Good Morning Dagenham (R) 2.15 A
Place to Call Home (R) 3.00 Best Home
Cook (R) 4.00 Hairy Bikers: Pies & Pasties
(R) 4.15 Blue Planet UK (R) 4.45 Eggheads
(R) 5.15 Flog It! (R)

6.00 BBC News at Six, Weather
6.00 Richard Osman’s
House of Games
6.30 BBC Local News, Weather
Previous winners Hugh Dennis,
7.00 The One Show
Sarah Greene, Nish Kumar
The first visit of the week to the
and Holly Walsh test their
One Show studio, featuring the
general knowledge skills. (R)
usual mix of topical stories and
6.30 NEW Great British Railway
celebrity chat. With Alex Jones
Journeys
and Jermaine Jenas.
Michael Portillo takes a trip
7.35 Panorama
in a Second World War
In-depth current affairs report.
Spitfire above Biggin Hill
8.05 EastEnders
aerodrome, and takes the train
Molly is taken aback to hear
to East Grinstead on the trail
about Bernie’s surrogacy plan,
of Winnie the Pooh.
Denise bumps into a familiar
7.00 Nigellissima
face at the allotments and
Nigella Lawson demonstrates
Nancy helps Mick with his
how to prepare a range of
victim statement.
straightforward Italian dishes,
8.25 Fawlty Towers
including a chocolate olive-oil
A loud-mouthed, abrasive
cake and roast chicken
American comes to stay at the
with saffron orzotto. (R)
hotel and soon exposes Basil’s
7.30 Between the Covers
ignorance of transatlantic
Sara Cox invites a panel of four
cuisine. John Cleese stars. (R)
different famous faces to each
9.00 PICK NEW The Pact
bring with them their favourite
When a young brewery boss is
book of all time to discuss
found dead, a chain of events is
with their fellow guests.
triggered that draws four of his
8.00 Great British Menu:
employees into a fragile pact of
The Finals
silence that will change their
The eight winning chefs from
lives for ever. Starring Laura
the regional heats battle to get
Fraser, Eiry Thomas, Heledd
their starter course to the
Gwynn and Julie
banquet celebrating British
Hesmondhalgh. Continues
invention and innovation.
tomorrow. See Picks of the day.
9.00 Motherland
10.00 BBC News at Ten
Julia panics about which
10.30 BBC Local News, Weather
secondary school catchment
10.45 Starstruck
area she lives in.
Kate receives an invitation to
9.30 Inside No 9
Tom’s premiere and forces a
Obsessive fan Simon
reluctant Jessie to tag along.
Smethurst decides to visit
Tom and Jessie are interrupted
show-runner Spencer Maguire
by an unexpected visitor.
to help put things right after
11.05 Eating with My Ex
being disappointed by the
Did Morgan’s ex Josh want an
ending of TV epic The Ninth
open relationship? What was
Circle. Lindsay Duncan guests.
the reason Dexter ghosted
Tasheeka? And can Daniel and 10.00 Have I Got a Bit
More News for You
Scarlett ever be friends after he
Romesh Ranganathan hosts,
left her to go travelling?
with guest panellists Jo Brand
11.35 RuPaul’s Drag
and Lemn Sissay. (R)
Race Down Under
The Queens are split in two, as 10.45 Newsnight, Weather
11.30 The First Team
they compete in the ultimate
The players are given a
Girl Group sing-off, as the quest
presentation on the rules of
to become Down Under’s first
sexual conduct and consent. (R)
Drag Race Superstar continues.

variations

12.35am I Can See Your Voice: Heather
Small joins the regular panel on the
mystery singing gameshow. Paddy
McGuinness hosts. (R) 1.30 Weather for
the Week Ahead 1.35-6.00am BBC News

12.00m’t The First Team (R) 12.30 Sign
Zone: Countryfile (R) 1.30 Sign Zone:
Muhammad Ali: A Life in Ten Pictures (R)
2.30 Sign Zone: Antiques Roadshow (R)
3.30-6.30am This Is BBC Two

Wales 8.00pm Wales This Week 10.45 Sharp End
11.15 Alan Titchmarsh: Spring into Summer
STV 10.40pm Scotland Tonight 11.05 Britain’s
Biggest Families: 31 Kids and Counting the
Pennies 12.05am Innocent 12.55 ITV Nightscreen
UTV 10.45pm View from Stormont
BBC1 N Ireland 10.45pm True North: Tanorama:
The world of tanning addicts. 11.15 Starstruck
BBC1 Scotland 7.35pm Scotland’s Home of the
Year 10.45 Panorama 11.15 Starstruck

ITV

How to Save a Grand in 24 Hours, 8pm

The Chase, 5pm
6.00am Good Morning Britain 9.00
Lorraine 10.00 This Morning 12.30pm
Loose Women 1.30 ITV Lunchtime News,
Weather 1.55 Local News, Weather 2.00
Dickinson’s Real Deal (R) 3.00 Tenable:
Five pub quizzers from South East
London compete. (R) 3.59 Local Weather
4.00 Tipping Point: Quiz show, hosted
by Ben Shephard. 5.00 The Chase:
Martyn, Cathryn, Richard and Katrina
take part. With Bradley Walsh.

6.00 Local News, Weather
6.30 ITV Evening News, Weather
7.00 Emmerdale
Aaron pleads with Liv to reach
out to Vinny. Jamie’s suspicious.
Ethan makes a decision.
7.30 Coronation Street
Ronnie enlists Jenny’s help with
Ed’s surprise. Audrey minds
Sam while Gail cleans
Natasha’s house. Daisy sets her
sights on Sean’s mate Carol.
8.00 Alan Titchmarsh: Spring into
Summer
Michael Ball joins Alan to talks
about his return to the West
End Stage and his forthcoming
album, while there is advice on
how to make a garden into a
nocturnal wildlife haven.
8.30 Coronation Street
Ed and Jenny are shocked to
meet Ronnie’s wife. Asha
explains her secret plan to Aadi.
Sean refuses to let Daisy sign
up Carol to Double Glammy.
9.00 PICK NEW Innocent
DCI Mike Braithwaite
reinvestigates the murder of
16-year-old schoolboy Matthew
Taylor in the Lake District five
years previously when the
accused is found not guilty and
released from prison. The return
of the crime drama, starring
Shaun Dooley, with Katherine
Kelly and Jamie Bamber.
See Picks of the day.
10.00 ITV News at Ten, Weather
10.30 Local News, Weather
10.45 Britain’s Biggest Families:
31 Kids and Counting the
Pennies
Documentary exploring how
some of Britain’s biggest
families make ends meet,
bringing up their supersized
broods and celebrating all that
family life throws at them.
Cameras reveal how they
manage their growing numbers
on very different budgets.
Narrated by Jim Carter. (R)
11.45 Innocent
DCI Mike Braithwaite
reinvestigates a murder. (R)
12.35am All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite 1.25
Shop: Home Shopping 3.00 FYI Extra
3.15 Lingo (R) 4.05 ITV Nightscreen
5.05-6.00am Tipping Point: Quiz. (R)

11.40 Eating with My Ex 12.10am RuPaul’s
Drag Race Down Under 1.10 The Edit
BBC1 Wales 7.35pm X-Ray 8.25 Rugby – The
Cost of Concussion 10.45 Panorama
11.15 Starstruck 11.35 Eating with My Ex
12.05am RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under
1.05 I Can See Your Voice 1.55 BBC News
BBC2 N Ireland 10.00pm An Focal Scoir
10.30 Barra on the Foyle Shorts 11.30 NIFL
Premiership Highlights 12.00m’t BBC News

Channel 4 Channel 5

A&E After Dark, 9pm

6.00am Countdown (R) 6.40 Cheers:
double bill (R) 7.30 Everybody Loves
Raymond: triple bill (R) 8.55 Frasier: triple
bill (R) 10.25 Escape to the Chateau: DIY
(R) 11.25 Channel 4 News Summary
11.30 Couples Come Dine with Me (R)
12.30pm Steph’s Packed Lunch 2.10
Countdown 3.00 The Answer Trap 4.00
A Place in the Sun 5.00 Four in a Bed (R)
5.30 Beat the Chef: Today’s daredevil
contestant prepares prawn curry.

6.00am Milkshake!: Ben and Holly’s Little
Kingdom (R) 6.10 Peppa Pig: double bill
(R) 6.20 Mya Go (R) 6.25 Blue’s Clues &
You (R) 6.50 Thomas & Friends (R) 7.00
Fireman Sam (R) 7.10 Daisy & Ollie (R)
7.20 The Adventures of Paddington (R)
7.30 Peppa Pig: double bill (R) 7.45 Pip
and Posy (R) 8.00 Milo 8.20 Paw Patrol (R)
8.30 Ricky Zoom (R) 8.45 Floogals (R) 8.55
Wissper (R) 9.00 Peppa Pig (R) 9.05
Sunny Bunnies (R) 9.15 Jeremy Vine
11.15 George Clarke’s Build a New Life in
6.00 The Simpsons
the Country (R) 12.15pm 5 News at
In a crossover with Futurama,
Lunchtime 12.20 NEW Room to Improve
the Planet Express crew turns
1.15 Home and Away (R) 1.45 Neighbours
up in Springfield on a mission to 2.15 FILM A Very Foul Play: An Aurora
prevent the troublesome family Teagarden Mystery (2019, PG) At a true
crime convention, the realism of the
from destroying the future. (R)
mystery dinner theatre proves excessive
6.30 Hollyoaks
when one of the actors is killed. Mystery,
James has a big announcement with Candace Cameron Bure. ★★★★
for the McQueens, but it does
4.00 Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun (R)
not go down well. Toby is angry 5.00 5 News at 5 5.30 Neighbours: Bea
that Martine is not keeping
discovers a massive file on Ned. (R)

her family in the loop. (R)
6.00 Home and Away
7.00 Channel 4 News
Mac’s incident turns out to be
8.00 How to Save a
benign, but she needs mental
Grand in 24 Hours
health aid. Lewis gets into a
The team gives its expert
fateful fight with Christian after
financial, de-cluttering and DIY
losing his temper. (R)
hacks to the Wallace family in
6.30 5 News Tonight
Worcester, whose bank
7.00 Wales’ Most Scenic
statements are not a pretty
Railway Journeys
sight. Last in the series.
Bill Nighy narrates a trip through
9.00 PICK Catching
Wales’ highest peaks and
Paedophiles:
deepest valleys, taking in
Crime and Punishment
locations including Pwllheli,
Film exploring the challenges of
Porthmadog, Portmeirion
investigating and prosecuting
and Aberdovey. (R)
child sexual abuse, and how to
8.00 Traffic Cops
manage predators when they’ve
PC Jason Potts is called to a
been caught. Detective Claire
pub where a distressed woman
Lyons, who works for Hampshire
is convinced her boyfriend has
Constabulary’s Internet Child
fallen into a freezing canal.
Abuse Team, has to prove her
suspicions about a man are
9.00 A&E After Dark
correct. See Picks of the day.
A patient ignores hospital
policy and refuses to leave
10.00 Second Wave:
A&E after his treatment and
Did the Government Get
staff and security end up in
it Wrong? Dispatches
the firing line when he lashes
With two thirds of all British
out aggressively.
Covid deaths coming after
September 2020, Dispatches
10.00 Casualty 24/7:
investigates why, and
Every Second Counts
examines what role the Prime
One of the department’s new
Minister’s decisions of last
junior doctors treats a man with
Autumn played in there being
a suspected case of sepsis,
a massive second surge in
that has been triggered by
infections that saw tens of
the tracheostomy tube he
thousands of people die.
relies on to breathe. (R)
11.05 999: On the Front Line
11.05 Ambulance: Code Red
Paramedic Rob and technician
A West Midlands critical care
Mike rush to a baby who has
team is called to a road traffic
fallen unconscious in
accident in which a 13-year-old
Kidderminster, while two men
boy has been knocked over
collapse in a pub in Coventry. (R)
on the way to school. (R)
12.05am Naked Attraction (R) 1.00
Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (R)
1.50 The Handmaid’s Tale: June is ready
to strike back. (R) 2.45 The Money Maker
(R) 3.40 Couples Come Dine with Me (R)
4.30 The £100k Drop (R) 5.20 Coach
Trip: Road to Tenerife (R) 5.45-6.00am
Kirstie’s Fill Your House for Free (R)

BBC Scotland 1.30-3.00pm Sign Zone 7.00
Beechgrove 7.30 Landward 8.00 Earth from
Space 9.00 The Nine 10.00 River City 11.00 Style
Fixers 11.30 Pretty Single 12.00m’t Close
RTE1 8.05am Today 10.05 The Ellen DeGeneres
Show 11.00 Dr Phil 11.55 Shortland Street 12.25pm
Doctors 1.00 RTE News 1.30 Home and Away
2.00 Neighbours 2.30 Fair City 3.00 EastEnders
3.30 Today 5.40 Nuacht; RTE News 6.00 Angelus
6.01 RTE News 7.00 Nationwide 7.30 How to
Cook Well 8.00 EastEnders 8.30 Building Ireland

12.05am The Baby with a New Face:
Extraordinary People (R) 1.00 The
21.co.uk Live Casino Show 3.00
Entertainment News on 5 3.10 How to
Get a Good Night’s Sleep (R) 4.00 Now
That’s Funny! (R) 4.45 Wildlife SOS (R)
5.10 Divine Designs: Victorian architects.
(R) 5.35-6.00am House Doctor (R)

9.00 RTE News 9.35 Dr Cassidy’s Casebook
10.35 Claire Byrne Live 11.35 The Meaning of Life
12.10am Late Late Show 1.55 Claire Byrne Live
2.50 Nationwide 3.15 Dr Phil 4.00 Doctors
S4C 12.05pm Gwesty Aduniad 1.00 Prynhawn
Da 2.00 Seiclo: Giro d’Italia 4.30 Awr Fawr 5.00
Stwnsh 6.00 Dau Gi Bach 6.30 Welsh Whisperer
– Ni’n Teithio Nawr 7.00 Heno 7.30 Newyddion
S4C 8.00 Pobol y Cwm 8.25 Garddio a Mwy 9.00
Ffermio 9.30 Seiclo: Giro d’Italia 10.00 Trysorau
Cymru: Tir, Tai a Chyfrinachau 10.30 Fferm Ffactor

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Best of the rest
6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 The
Hurting: Even Hurtier: double bill
8.00 American Pickers 9.00
Storage Hunters UK: double bill
10.00 American Pickers: double bill
12.00noon Cop Car Workshop
1.00 QI XL 2.00 James May’s Cars
of the People 3.00 Rick Stein’s
India 4.00 Cop Car Workshop 5.00
Top Gear. A look at Alfa Romeos.
6.00 Taskmaster Iain Stirling devises
an explosive chemistry experiment.
7.00 Would I Lie to You? Comedy.
7.40 Room 101 Double bill.
9.00 QI XL Quirky quiz show.
10.00 Taskmaster: Champion of
Champions Two-part special.
11.00 Mock the Week Panel show.
11.40 Would I Lie to You? Comedy.
12.20am Room 101: double bill
1.40 QI XL. Quiz show. 2.45 Drug
Wars: double bill 3.35 The Hurting:
Even Hurtier 4.00 Teleshopping

ITV3

Freeview 10

YESTERDAY F’view25

6.00am Classic Coronation Street:
double bill 7.00 Classic
Emmerdale: double bill 8.05
Heartbeat 9.15 That’s My Boy 9.50
George and Mildred 10.25 Agatha
Christie’s Poirot 11.30 Wycliffe
12.40pm Heartbeat. Maggie is the
victim of burglaries. 1.45 Classic
Emmerdale: double bill 2.50 Classic
Coronation Street: double bill 3.50
Agatha Christie’s Poirot: double bill
7.00 Wycliffe A policeman is
murdered. Jack Shepherd stars.
8.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot An
actress witnesses a murder.
9.00 Long Lost Family Helping
mother of three Miriam Aragon
search for her Salvadoran father.
10.05 Law & Order: UK A newborn
goes missing. James Wilby guests.
11.10 Agatha Christie’s Poirot
12.10am A Touch of Frost 2.15 ITV3
Nightscreen 2.30 Teleshopping

Film4

Freeview 14

11.00am Midnight Lace (1960, PG)
Thriller, starring Doris Day. ★★★
1.15pm The Red Pony (1949, U)
Drama, starring Robert Mitchum.
★★ 3.00 Texas Lady (1955, U)
Western, starring Claudette
Colbert. ★★ 4.45 Run Wild, Run
Free (1969, U) Children’s drama,
starring John Mills. ★★★★
6.45 The Imitation Game (2014, 12)
Biopic of Alan Turing, starring
Benedict Cumberbatch. ★★★★
9.00 Mission: Impossible – Fallout
(2018, 12) Ethan Hunt, the IMF
team and a CIA assassin try to
prevent a disaster caused by a
group of terrorists. Action thriller,
starring Tom Cruise. ★★★★
11.55 The Florida Project (2017, 15)
Drama, starring Willem Dafoe and
Brooklynn Prince. ★★★★
2.10am Ida (2013, 12) Drama, with
Agata Trzebuchowska. ★★★★

E4

Freeview 13

6.00am Trading History: double bill
NEW SERIES
8.00 Forbidden History 9.00
Impossible Engineering: double bill
11.00 Great Continental Railway
9pm, ITV
Journeys 12.00noon Antiques
Roadshow 1.00 Steam Train Britain When the finale of hit psychological thriller
2.00 Bangers and Cash 3.00
Innocent aired in 2018, it seemed unlikely
Abandoned Engineering 4.00 War
Factories 5.00 Secret Nazi Bases
there would be another series. However, this
6.00 Antiques Roadshow Valuations. standalone second season, broadcasting
7.00 Great Continental Railway
over four consecutive nights, features new
Journeys A trip from the
characters and a new story.
Swiss Alps to Lake Geneva.
8.00 The Buildings That Fought
Katherine Kelly stars as school teacher Sally
Hitler Reigate Fort, which was
Wright, who comes under suspicion after a
repurposed to block the Nazis
teenager, Matthew Taylor, is stabbed to
from getting to London.
9.00 War Factories Double bill.
11.00 Abandoned Engineering How
a power station became a film set.
12.00m’t Abandoned Engineering
1.00 Trading History. Documentary
double bill. 3.00 Teleshopping

Innocent

death with a broken cider bottle. In spite
of having no criminal record, no history of
violence and protesting her innocence, Sally
is convicted of his murder and sentenced
to a minimum of 15 years in jail. The series
opens tonight with Sally in the dock, waiting
for the jury to deliver on her appeal. When
she is pronounced “not guilty”, she sets out
to help the police find the real killer. ★★★★

GOLD

6.00am Teleshopping 7.15 2point4
Children 7.45 Ever Decreasing
Circles 8.20 Hi-de-Hi! 9.00 Only
Fools and Horses 9.40 Last of the
Summer Wine: double bill 11.00
Keeping Up Appearances 11.40
Hold the Sunset 12.20pm Only
Fools and Horses 1.00 Ever
Decreasing Circles 1.40 Hi-de-Hi!
2.20 Dad’s Army 3.00 Keeping Up
Appearances 3.40 Hold the Sunset
4.20 Last of the Summer Wine:
double bill 5.40 Hi-de-Hi!
6.20 Keeping Up Appearances
7.00 Only Fools and Horses
7.40 Dad’s Army Double bill.
9.00 Ghosts Charlotte Ritchie stars.
9.40 Sandylands Comedy drama.
10.20 Blackadder II Double bill.
11.40 Ghosts Charlotte Ritchie stars.
12.20am Peep Show 12.55 As
10.20pm 2.20 Peep Show 2.45
Ghosts 3.15 Marley’s Ghosts

DRAMA Freeview 20

6.00am Teleshopping 7.15 Birds of a
Feather: double bill 8.25 The Bill
9.30 Classic Holby City 10.50
Classic Casualty 12.00noon The
Bill 1.00 Classic EastEnders:
double bill 2.20 Doctor Finlay 3.20
All Creatures Great and Small
4.20 Lovejoy 5.25 French Fields
6.00 Waiting for God Gentle comedy.
6.40 Keeping Up Appearances
Hyacinth attends a christening.
7.20 Last of the Summer Wine
Howard takes up weightlifting.
8.00 The Coroner A man dies shortly
after finding some gold coins.
9.00 Luther The DCI suspects he has
been double-crossed.
10.20 New Tricks The team tracks
vicious criminal Chopper Hadley.
11.40 Silent Witness Sally is involved
in a drink-driving accident.
1.55am The Bill 2.55 All Creatures
Great and Small 4.00 Teleshopping

NEW SERIES

Catching Paedophiles:
Crime and Punishment

Heat

9pm, BBC One

11.10pm, TCM Movies

9pm, Channel 4

Laura Fraser and Julie
Every day, 300 incidents
Hesmondhalgh are among
of child sexual abuse are
the stars of this new six-part
discovered by investigators
drama. After too many drinks
in the UK, and the number
at a work function, a group
of cases referred by internet of women decide to bundle
companies has increased
their bullying boss into a car
by 700% in under 10 years.
and dump him in the woods
We follow Hampshire
as a prank. But soon after,
Constabulary Detective
he is found dead, and the
Claire Lyons, who suspects
group is forced into a pact
a man has been abusing two of silence. Continues
young children. ★★★★
tomorrow. ★★★★

SKY ONE

6.00am Firefighters: double bill 7.00
Futurama: double bill 8.00 Monkey
Life: double bill 9.00 Road Wars
10.00 Highway Cops: double bill
11.00 NCIS: Los Angeles: double
bill 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0: double
bill 3.00 S.W.A.T. 4.00 Modern
Family: double bill 5.00 The
Simpsons 5.30 Futurama
6.30 The Simpsons Triple bill.
8.00 Keeping Up with the
Kardashians Scott is worrying.
9.00 FILM Ghostbusters (1984, 12)
Supernatural comedy, starring Bill
Murray and Dan Aykroyd. ★★★★★
11.00 There’s Something About
Movies Comedy panel show.
12.00m’t A League of Their Own
Road Trip: Loch Ness to London.
Highlights. 1.00 Redknapp’s Big
Night Out 2.00 The Blacklist 3.00
Road Wars 4.00 Highway Cops:
double bill 5.00 S.W.A.T.

FILM CHOICE

The Pact

SKY ATLANTIC

6.00am Richard E Grant’s Hotel
Secrets 7.00 Elementary: double
bill 9.00 The Wire: double bill
11.40 Dexter: double bill 1.50pm
Elementary: double bill 3.30
Boardwalk Empire: double bill 5.40
The Sopranos. Drama series.
6.45 The Sopranos Tony celebrates
his birthday at the lake house.
7.50 Game of Thrones Daenerys
arrives in Slaver’s Bay looking to
form an army. Emilia Clarke stars.
9.00 Mare of Easttown Mare opens
up about her family’s history with
mental health. Kate Winslet stars.
10.10 NEW The Nevers Fantasy
adventure, starring Laura
Donnelly and James Norton.
11.20 Domina Historical drama,
starring Kasia Smutniak.
12.30am Domina 1.40 Deadwood:
double bill 4.00 Richard E Grant’s
Hotel Secrets 5.00 Storm City

This was the first film to
bring Hollywood legends
Robert De Niro and Al
Pacino together on screen
at the same time, and the
scene where they finally
come face-to-face is one of
the high points of Michael
Mann’s crime thriller. De Niro
plays the master thief who is
pursued by Pacino’s angstridden detective on the
streets of LA. ★★★★★

SKY WITNESS

6.00am Nothing to Declare: four
episodes 8.00 Border Patrol:
double bill 9.00 Stop, Search,
Seize 10.00 Law & Order 11.00
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
12.00noon Criminal Minds 1.00
Blue Bloods: double bill 3.00 Sun,
Sea and A&E 4.00 Stop, Search,
Seize 5.00 Nothing to Declare:
six back-to-back episodes
8.00 Ghost Whisperer Eli confesses
his abilities to his neighbour.
9.00 Blue Bloods Anthony is
mistaken for a Mafioso.
10.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
A head of a journalist is found.
11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims
Unit The squad attempt to take
down a human trafficking ring.
12.00m’t Criminal Minds. Crime
drama. 1.00 The Good Doctor 2.00
FBI 3.00 Road Wars: double bill
5.00 Brit Cops: Law & Disorder

TV LIFE|Daily Star Sunday

6.00am Hollyoaks 7.00 Ramsay’s
Kitchen Nightmares USA 8.00
Baby Daddy 9.00 Melissa & Joey
10.00 The Big Bang Theory:
double bill 11.00 The Goldbergs:
double bill 12.00noon Brooklyn
Nine-Nine: double bill 1.00 The Big
Bang Theory: four episodes 3.00
The Goldbergs: double bill 4.00
Black-ish 5.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
6.00 The Big Bang Theory
7.00 Hollyoaks Chester-based soap.
7.30 Ackley Bridge School drama.
8.35 The Big Bang Theory Sitcom.
9.00 Made in Chelsea Reality show.
10.00 Temptation Island Reality.
11.20 Pete & Sam’s Reality News
11.40 The Big Bang Theory Sitcom.
12.35am Gogglebox 1.45 Taskmaster
2.35 Made in Chelsea 3.30 Melissa
& Joey: double bill 4.20 Man with a
Plan: double bill 5.05 Baby Daddy

DAVE

Picks of the day

May 17

7.00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show
8.00 Emmerdale 8.30 Coronation
Street 9.30 Supermarket Sweep
10.30 Secret Crush 11.30 Dress to
Impress 12.30pm Emmerdale 1.00
Coronation Street 2.00 The Ellen
DeGeneres Show 3.00 Ellen’s
Game of Games 4.00 Dress to
Impress 5.00 Love Bites
6.00 Secret Crush Dating gameshow
7.00 You’ve Been Framed! Gold
7.30 Superstore Sitcom.
8.00 Bob’s Burgers Double bill.
9.00 Family Guy Animated fun.
9.30 American Dad! Cartoon capers.
10.00 Family Guy Triple bill.
11.30 American Dad! Cartoon
fun12.00m’t The Cleveland Show:
double bill 12.55 Bob’s Burgers:
double bill 1.55 Superstore 2.20
Don’t Hate the Playaz 3.00 FYI
Extra 3.15 ITV2 Nightscreen

Freeview 19

Monday

ITV2

Freeview6

BBC ONE BBC TWO

The One Show, 7pm
6.00am Breakfast 9.15 Rip Off Britain: Live
10.00 Homes Under the Hammer 11.00
Fraud Squad: The Hunt (R) 11.45 Close
Calls: On Camera (R) 12.15pm Bargain
Hunt (R) 1.00 BBC News at One, Weather
1.30 BBC Local News, Weather 1.45
Doctors 2.15 Unbeatable 3.00 Escape to
the Country 3.45 Money for Nothing (R)
4.30 Antiques Road Trip 5.15 Pointless

All That Glitters…, 8pm
6.30am Money for Nothing (R) 7.15
Antiques Road Trip (R) 8.00 Sign Zone:
Gardeners’ World (R) 9.00 BBC News at 9
10.00 BBC News 12.15pm Politics Live
1.00 Letterbox (R) 1.30 Good Morning
Dagenham (R) 2.15 A Place to Call Home
(R) 3.10 Best Home Cook (R) 4.15 Blue
Planet UK (R) 4.45 Eggheads (R) 5.15 Flog
It!: From Tilbury Docks in Essex. (R)

6.00 BBC News at Six, Weather
6.00 Richard Osman’s House of
Games
6.30 BBC Local News, Weather
Former winners Hugh Dennis,
7.00 The One Show
Sarah Greene, Nish Kumar and
Alex Jones and Jermaine Jenas
Holly Walsh go head to head
present the live magazine show
testing their general knowledge
featuring a mixture of celebrity
skills in a variety of trivia-based
chat and stories of interest.
games across the week. (R)
7.30 EastEnders
6.30 Great British Railway
Frankie feels conflicted when
Journeys
Katy asks her for a character
Michael Portillo arrives in
reference. Martin is annoyed by
Hassocks and the beautiful
Zack’s constant flirting with
Sussex village of Ditchling,
Ruby and a mystery man
before making his way to the
arrives in search of Sonia.
village of Benenden.
7.50 PICK Holby City
7.00 Great British Menu:
Hanssen struggles to cope
The Finals
when a major incident strikes
The eight regional champions
Holby. Kian must choose
cook their fish courses as they
between a patient and surrogate
battle to win a place on the
son Andrei, and Jeong tries to
menu of a banquet celebrating
diagnose a mystery condition.
British innovation. Engineer and
See Picks of the day.
TV presenter Zoe Laughlin joins
8.30 For Love or Money
the judging panel of food critic
Kym Marsh and Ashley
Matthew Fort, restaurateur
John-Baptiste investigate a
Oliver Peyton and food creative
scam in which a woman ended
Rachel Khoo, to decide who
up £20,000 out of pocket after
should make it to the banquet.
beginning an online relationship
8.00 All That Glitters: Britain’s
with a US Navy captain. (R)
Next Jewellery Star
9.00 The Pact
Katherine Ryan presents as the
As the police begin interviewing
finalists compete to be crowned
the brewery workers about
the winner, each making a pair
Jack’s background and his
of pearl earrings and a bridal
behaviour at the party, the
headpiece. Last in the series.
women go to extraordinary
9.00 PICK Hospital
lengths to protect their dark
University Hospital Coventry’s
secret. However, someone else
gynaecological oncology
knows what happened that
department deals with rising
night and is now holding them
to ransom. Drama, starring
referrals, a growing backlog
Laura Fraser and Julie
and complex cases.
Hesmondhalgh.
See Picks of the day.
10.00 BBC News at Ten
10.00 QI XL
Guests Lucy Porter, Frankie
10.30 BBC Local News, Weather
Boyle and Ross Noble join
10.45 Match of the Day
regular panellist Alan Davies
Highlights of the opening
and host Sandi Toksvig to
matches in the penultimate
contemplate the theme ‘next’. (R)
round of Premier League
10.45 Newsnight, Weather
fixtures, including action from
Chelsea v Leicester City.
11.30 Mark Lawson Talks to
Miriam Margolyes
11.45 Glow Up: Britain’s Next
The journalist interviews the
Make-Up Star
renowned actress about her life
The amateur make-up artists
and career, including her
are booked for a photo shoot
award-winning performances in
for online retailer ASOS, before
TV series Little Dorrit and the
creating looks that are ‘out of
film Age of Innocence. (R)
this world’. Maya Jama hosts.

variations

12.45am Bates Motel: Double bill. Norma
turns to Romero for guidance; Emma
grows closer to Dylan when they both go
to Norman’s aid. 2.10 Weather for the
Week Ahead 2.15-6.00am BBC News

12.30am Saved By a Stranger (R) 1.30
Sign Zone: Being Jewish: Documentary.
(R) 2.10 Sign Zone: Being Hindu (R)
2.50 Sign Zone: Rick Stein’s Cornwall (R)
3.20-6.30am This Is BBC Two

STV 10.40pm Scotland Tonight 11.05 AEW:
Dynamite 12.05am Innocent 12.55 Nightscreen
BBC1 N Ireland 10.45pm Spotlight 11.15 Match
of the Day: Highlights. 12.15am Eating with My Ex
BBC1 Wales 11.45am X-Ray: The catch a
fly-tipper. 8.30pm Fawlty Towers: Classic comedy.
BBC2 N Ireland 3.10pm Eggheads 3.40 Live
Irish Cup 6.15 Blue Planet UK 6.45 Richard
Osman’s House of Games 7.15 Great British
Railway Journeys 7.45 Live Irish Cup

ITV

Mediterranean Cookbook, 7.30pm
6.00am Good Morning Britain 9.00
Lorraine 10.00 This Morning 12.30pm
Loose Women 1.30 ITV Lunchtime News,
Weather 1.55 Local News, Weather 2.00
Dickinson’s Real Deal (R) 3.00 Tenable (R)
3.59 Local Weather 4.00 Tipping Point:
Quiz show. 5.00 The Chase: Alan,
Kiera, Sue and Gary take part.

6.00 Local News, Weather
6.30 ITV Evening News, Weather
7.00 Emmerdale
Chas steps in to help Liv, Kim
makes a difficult phone call,
and it remains to be seen
whether Gabby will be rumbled.
7.30 Ainsley’s Mediterranean
Cookbook
The presenter makes his way to
Seville in southern Spain, where
he visits the San Leandro
convent, where nuns have been
selling homemade sweets to
visitors for 400 years.
8.00 PICK The Martin Lewis
Money Show: Live Summer
Special
Martin Lewis returns with a live
one-hour special edition of the
show as we head into summer
with loosening lockdown and
potential holidays abroad.
Joined by Angellica Bell, the
pair look at breaks at home and
away, as well as getting viewers
back up to speed on the latest
personal finance and consumer
news. See Picks of the day.
9.00 Innocent
As Sally begins a confident
return to work, the police
question Anna Stamp as they
attempt to uncover what it is
she is hiding, and more
importantly what are Matthew’s
parents covering up? Karen
grows increasingly paranoid
over Sally and Sam. Starring
Katherine Kelly, Jamie Bamber
and Shuan Dooley.
10.00 ITV News at Ten, Weather
10.30 Local News, Weather
10.45 The Savoy
The staff prepare to let their hair
down at their gala, where they
celebrate their most profitable
year and busiest season. It’s
also where the Front of House
star award will be announced
– and concierge Dean, who has
been nominated, practises his
dance moves in between
dealing with guests. Meanwhile,
Savoy Grill director Thierry
prepares for another visit from
owner Gordon Ramsay. (R)
11.45 Innocent
Anna Stamp is questioned. (R)
12.35am Home Shopping 3.00 FYI Extra:
Entertainment news. 3.15 Winning
Combination (R) 4.05 ITV Nightscreen
5.05-6.00am Tipping Point (R)

10.15 True North: Tanorama 11.30 Hospital
12.30am Mark Lawson Talks to Miriam Margolyes
BBC Scotland 12.00noon This Is BBC Scotland
7.00 Earth from Space 8.00 Paramedics on Scene
9.00 The Nine 10.00 Model Scots 11.00 Wild
Weekends 11.30 Talking Sex with Gran
RTE1 6.00am EuroNews 6.20 Teleshopping 7.55
Today 9.55 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10.50
Dr Phil 11.45 Shortland Street 12.15pm Doctors
12.45 Telly Bingo 1.00 RTE News 1.30 Home and

Channel 4 Channel 5

Naked Attraction’s Best…, 10pm
6.00am Countdown (R) 6.40 Cheers:
double bill (R) 7.30 Everybody Loves
Raymond: triple bill (R) 8.55 Frasier: triple
bill (R) 10.25 Escape to the Chateau: DIY
(R) 11.25 Channel 4 News Summary
11.30 Couples Come Dine with Me (R)
12.30pm Steph’s Packed Lunch 2.10
Countdown: With Richard Madeley in
Dictionary Corner. 3.00 The Answer Trap:
Contestants from Surrey and Birmingham
take part in the fiendish quiz. 4.00 A Place
in the Sun 5.00 Four in a Bed (R) 5.30
Beat the Chef: Sophie Michell and
amateur Darcie Powell dish up cod loin.

Dream Kitchens and Bathrooms, 7pm
6.00am Milkshake!: Ben and Holly’s Little
Kingdom (R) 6.10 Peppa Pig: double bill
(R) 6.20 Mya Go (R) 6.25 Blue’s Clues &
You (R) 6.50 Thomas & Friends (R) 7.00
Fireman Sam (R) 7.10 Daisy & Ollie (R)
7.20 The Adventures of Paddington (R)
7.30 Peppa Pig: double bill (R) 7.45 Pip
and Posy (R) 8.00 Milo 8.20 Paw Patrol (R)
8.30 Ricky Zoom (R) 8.45 Floogals (R) 8.55
Wissper (R) 9.00 Peppa Pig (R) 9.05
Sunny Bunnies (R) 9.15 Jeremy Vine
11.15 George Clarke’s Build a New Life
in the Country (R) 12.15pm 5 News at
Lunchtime 12.20 Room to Improve 1.15
Home and Away (R) 1.45 Neighbours
2.15 FILM Killer Sentence: Hailey Dean
Mysteries (2019, PG) District Attorney
Paulina D’Orazio is accused of murder,
prompting Hailey Dean to set about
proving her innocence. Mystery drama,
starring Kellie Martin. ★★★ 4.00
Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun (R) 5.00
5 News at 5 5.30 Neighbours: Toadie
and Melanie realise they are going
to have to be more secretive. (R)

6.00 The Simpsons
Bart faces a tough test at
school when he gets a new
teacher who seems to want to
crush his spirit, while the family
attends a community festival. (R)
6.30 Hollyoaks
Theresa knows who the false
witness is, but DS Cohen does
not believe her. The Deveraux
6.00 Home and Away
family hold an intervention for
Christian finds himself drugged,
Martine at The Hutch. (R)
strapped to a bed, and faced
7.00 Channel 4 News
with a murderous Lewis. Bella
8.00 The Great Celebrity Bake Off
tries to find a quiet space to
for Stand Up to Cancer
finish her assignment. (R)
Jeremy Paxman, Joe Wilkinson,
6.30 5 News Tonight
Sally Lindsay and Georgia
7.00 Dream Kitchens and
Toffolo take part in the culinary
Bathrooms with Mark Millar
challenge, presented by Sandi
The DIY expert offers his advice
Toksvig and Noel Fielding.
to homeowners in Yorkshire
9.00 The Money Maker
and Walthamstow, helping to
Eric Collins offers advice to
create a bathroom reflecting by
Birmingham-based meal
English heritage, and a
delivery service Winny’s Meals,
Japanese-inspired kitchen.
which has been expanding at
8.00 The Yorkshire Vet
an exponential rate but is
A ewe in labour is rushed into
showing serious problems.
the animal hospital from
10.00 NEW Naked Attraction’s
Cannon Hall Farm, and vet Matt
Best Naughty Bits
prepares to deal with this
A romp through the archive of
urgent case in the car park.
the dating show, beginning with
9.00 Our Yorkshire Farm
assorted ‘oh my god!’
The Owen family try their hand
moments, and catching up with
at self-sufficiency with their first
some of the most famous
dairy cow, and Reuben
participants. They include
accompanies his mum and
Judith, the breast cancer survivor
younger sisters to pick up
from series five who played
Buttercup from a nearby farm.
The Lord Is My Shepherd to
the potential dates and made
10.00 Ben Fogle: New Lives
them a Victoria sponge.
in the Wild
Ben travels to the coastal
11.05 Gogglebox
forests of southern Sweden to
The armchair critics share their
meet 24-year-old Annalisa, a
opinions on what they have
native Italian who left everything
been watching during the
in her home country behind. (R)
week, as cameras capture their
instant reactions prompted by
11.05 Pompeii: The Bodies in the
the week’s biggest and best
Basement
shows, be they entertainment
A new investigation into one of
juggernauts, hard-hitting
the most harrowing gravesites
documentaries, news reports
of the 79AD eruption. (R)
or gritty dramas. (R)
12.05am Killer Weather: Caught On

12.10am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
USA (R) 1.00 SAS: Who Dares Wins (R)
1.55 Taskmaster: With Jamali Maddix. (R)
2.50 Celebrity Crystal Maze (R) 3.45
George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (R)
4.40 The £100k Drop (R) 5.35-6.00am
Coach Trip: Road to Tenerife (R)

Away 2.00 Neighbours 2.30 Daniel and Majella’s
B&B Road Trip 3.00 EastEnders 3.30 Today 5.40
Nuacht. Followed by RTE News 6.00 The Angelus
6.01 RTE News 7.00 It’s a Park’s Life 7.30
EastEnders 8.00 Super Garden 2020 9.00 RTE
News 9.35 Prime Time 10.15 RTÉ Investigates:
Barrister and Conman – The Patrick Russell Story:
A report examining the fraudster’s many scams.
11.15 Back to Barrytown 12.20am Pearson
1.10 Holby City 2.15 Prime Time 2.50 Telly Bingo
3.00 Dr Phil 3.45 Doctors 4.15 EuroNews

Camera: Tornadoes in America. (R) 1.00
The 21.co.uk Live Casino Show 3.00
Entertainment News on 5 3.10 How to
Get a Good Night’s Sleep (R) 4.00 The
Funny Thing About Growing Up (R) 4.45
Wildlife SOS (R) 5.10 Divine Designs (R)
5.35-6.00am House Doctor (R)

S4C 6.00am Cyw 12.00noon Newyddion S4C a’r
Tywydd 12.05 Codi Pac 12.30 Heno 1.00 Crwydro
1.30 Ffermio 2.00 Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd
2.05 Prynhawn Da 3.00 Newyddion S4C a’r
Tywydd 3.05 Terfysg yn y Bae 4.00 Awr Fawr 5.00
Stwnsh 6.00 Caru Siopa 6.30 Rownd a Rownd
6.57 Newyddion S4C 7.00 Heno 7.30 Newyddion
S4C a’r Tywydd 8.00 Pobol y Cwm 8.25 Rownd a
Rownd 8.55 Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd 9.00 Ffit
Cymru 10.00 Egwyddor Pleser 11.05 Welsh
Whisperer – Ni’n Teithio Nawr 11.40 Diwedd

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Best of the rest
6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 The
Hurting: Even Hurtier 8.00
American Pickers 9.00 Storage
Hunters UK 10.00 American
Pickers: double bill 12.00noon Cop
Car Workshop 1.00 QI XL 2.00 Top
Gear 3.00 Rick Stein’s India 4.00
Cop Car Workshop 5.00 Top Gear
6.00 Taskmaster The competitive
nature bubbles to the surface.
7.00 Would I Lie to You? With Fern
Britton, Stephen Mangan, Ken
Livingstone and Reginald D Hunter.
7.40 Room 101 Double bill.
9.00 QI XL With Sue Perkins, Romesh
Ranganathan and Bill Bailey.
10.00 Mock the Week Topical gags.
10.40 Meet the Richardsons
Alex Brooker visits Jon’s pub.
11.20 Would I Lie to You? Comedy.
12.00m’t Room 101 1.20 QI XL 2.30
The Hurting: Even Hurtier 3.20
Drug Wars 4.00 Teleshopping

ITV3

Freeview 10

YESTERDAY F’view25

6.00am Classic Coronation Street:
double bill 7.00 Classic Emmerdale:
double bill 8.05 Heartbeat 9.15
That’s My Boy 9.50 George and
Mildred 10.25 Agatha Christie’s
Poirot 11.30 Wycliffe 12.40pm
Heartbeat 1.45 Classic Emmerdale:
double bill 2.50 Classic Coronation
Street: double bill 3.55 Agatha
Christie’s Poirot: double bill
7.00 Wycliffe An anonymous
enemy tries to ruin Wycliffe.
8.00 Midsomer Murders When a film
director is found beheaded on set,
it transpires he was on poor terms
with several people – leaving
Barnaby a long list of suspects.
10.05 Law & Order: UK Henry
Sharpe’s name heads a hit list.
11.05 Agatha Christie’s Poirot A
dinner party is a prelude to murder.
12.20am A Touch of Frost 2.20 ITV3
Nightscreen 2.30 Teleshopping

Film4

Freeview 14

11.00am Dark Command (1940, U)
Western, starring John Wayne. ★★
12.55pm The Black Tent (1956, U)
Romantic drama, starring Anthony
Steel. ★★ 2.45 Two Thousand
Women (1944, U) Second World
War comedy, with Phyllis Calvert.
★★★ 4.40 The Bridges at Toko-Ri
(1954, U) Korean War adventure,
starring William Holden. ★★★★
6.50 The League of Extraordinary
Gentlemen (2003, 12) Comic-book
fantasy adventure, starring Sean
Connery and Shane West. ★★★
9.00 PICK American Woman (2018,
15) Premiere. Drama, with Sienna
Miller and Christina Hendricks.
See Picks of the day. ★★★★
11.15 Insidious: The Last Key (2018,
15) Horror, with Lin Shaye. ★★★
1.20am Drowning by Numbers (1988,
18) Black comedy, starring Joan
Plowright and Bernard Hill. ★★★★

E4

Freeview 13

6.00am Trading History: double bill
8.00 Forbidden History 9.00
Impossible Engineering: double bill
11.00 Great Continental Railway
Journeys 12.00noon Antiques
Roadshow 1.00 Full Steam Ahead
2.00 Bangers and Cash 3.00
Abandoned Engineering 4.00 War
Factories 5.00 Adolf Hitler’s War
6.00 Antiques Roadshow From
Nymans Gardens near Crawley.
7.00 Great Continental Railway
Journeys Michael Portillo travels
from Tangier to Marrakech.
8.00 Secrets of the Transport
Museum Racing driver Billy
Monger gives a fellow double
amputee a driving lesson.
9.00 Bangers and Cash Double bill.
11.00 dinnerladies Double bill.
12.20am dinnerladies. Bren begins
to fret. 1.00 Trading History:
double bill 3.00 Teleshopping

Holby City

7.50pm, BBC One

It’s been a tough few weeks for Hanssen –
and it hasn’t always been easy for the
viewers either, with many left shocked by
recent scenes of the CEO self-harming.
Sadly, it doesn’t look like things will get
any easier for him tonight, as there’s a major
incident which leaves pupils from his old
school fighting for their lives. Josh realises
that he is struggling, but will Hanssen find

the strength to ask for the help he needs?
The pressure is also building for secret
addict Kian, who finds himself forced to
choose between a patient and Andrei.
Meanwhile, F1 Jeong faces one of his
toughest tests to date when he has to
diagnose a mystery condition while a
bed-bound Dom keeps a close eye on him.
Can he rise to the challenge? ★★★★

GOLD

6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Ever
Decreasing Circles: double bill 8.15
Hi-de-Hi! 9.00 Only Fools and
Horses 9.40 Last of the Summer
Wine: double bill 11.00 Keeping Up
Appearances 11.35 Hold the
Sunset 12.15pm Only Fools and
Horses 1.00 Ever Decreasing
Circles 1.40 Hi-de-Hi! 2.20
Dad’s Army 3.00 Keeping Up
Appearances 3.40 Hold the Sunset
4.20 Last of the Summer Wine:
double bill 5.40 Hi-de-Hi!
6.20 Keeping Up Appearances
7.00 Only Fools and Horses
7.40 Dad’s Army Double bill.
9.00 Ghosts Charlotte Ritchie stars.
9.40 Sandylands Comedy drama.
10.20 Blackadder II Double bill.
11.40 Ghosts Charlotte Ritchie stars.
12.20am Peep Show 12.55 As
10.20pm 2.25 Peep Show 2.55
Ghosts 3.25 Marley’s Ghosts

DRAMA Freeview 20

6.00am Teleshopping 7.15 Birds of a
Feather: double bill 8.25 The Bill
9.25 Classic Holby City 10.55
Classic Casualty 12.00noon
The Bill 1.00 Classic EastEnders:
double bill 2.20 Doctor Finlay 3.20
All Creatures Great and Small
4.20 Lovejoy 5.25 French Fields
6.00 Waiting for God Tom and Diana
expose a fake spiritualist.
6.40 Keeping Up Appearances
Hyacinth spots a strange man in
Elizabeth’s house.
7.20 Last of the Summer Wine
Smiler works as a salesman.
8.00 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
A woman’s body is found in a lake.
10.00 New Tricks The team
encounters witchcraft.
11.20 Taggart A bodybuilding drug
proves deadly. Blythe Duff stars.
2.15am The Bill 3.05 All Creatures
Great and Small 4.00 Teleshopping

FILM CHOICE

The Martin Lewis Money
Show: Live Summer
Special 8pm, ITV
Summer is on its way, along
with loosening lockdown
rules and the possibility of
going on holiday. But if
you’re still having doubts
about whether to risk
booking something, either at
home or abroad, maybe wait
until you’ve seen this edition,
as Angellica Bell and Martin
Lewis bring us the latest
financial news. ★★★★

SKY ONE

6.00am Firefighters: double bill 7.00
Futurama: double bill 8.00 Monkey
Life: double bill 9.00 Road Wars
10.00 Highway Cops: double bill
11.00 NCIS: Los Angeles: double
bill 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0: double
bill 3.00 S.W.A.T. 4.00 Modern
Family: double bill 5.00 The
Simpsons 5.30 Futurama
6.30 The Simpsons Triple bill.
8.00 A League of Their Own Road
Trip: Loch Ness to London
Highlights of the adventure.
9.00 The Blacklist Liz and the Task
Force track new leads in their
investigation of N-13.
10.00 An Idiot Abroad Karl reflects.
11.00 Intergalactic Sci-fi drama.
12.00m’t Bloods 12.30 The Force:
Manchester 1.30 SEAL Team 2.30
Road Wars 3.00 Brit Cops: Rapid
Response 4.00 Highway Cops:
double bill 5.00 S.W.A.T.

Hospital

American Woman

9pm, BBC Two

9pm, Film4

Cameras go behind the
scenes at University Hospital
Coventry’s gynaecological
oncology department,
which is facing a backlog
as women who had been
putting off seeing their GPs
during the pandemic are now
reporting their symptoms.
The team aim to see the
referred patients within two
weeks, but that is proving to
be challenging. ★★★★

Prepare to feel old – Sienna
Miller plays a grandmother
in this drama. Her character
Debra did become a mum
at a young age, as did her
daughter, Bridget (Sky
Ferreira). They still live
together, which seems to
work well – until Bridget goes
missing, leaving Debra to
raise her infant grandson.
Christina Hendricks co-stars
as Debra’s friend. ★★★

SKY ATLANTIC

6.00am Richard E Grant’s Hotel
Secrets 7.00 Elementary: double
bill 9.00 Oz: double bill 11.15
Dexter. Drama double bill. 1.30pm
Elementary: double bill 3.30
Boardwalk Empire: double bill
5.40 The Sopranos. Johnny Sack
deals with devastating news.
6.45 The Sopranos Tony and Paulie
leave town to avoid the FBI.
7.50 Game of Thrones Arya meets
the Brotherhood Without Banners.
9.00 FILM Gia (1998, 18) Factbased drama following the life
of supermodel Gia Marie Carangi,
who died of an Aids-related illness.
Starring Angelina Jolie. ★★★
11.10 Six Feet Under Ruth’s
announcement causes concern.
12.25am Six Feet Under. Nate clashes
with Lisa’s family. 1.40 Ray Donovan:
double bill 4.00 Richard E Grant’s
Hotel Secrets 5.00 Storm City

SKY WITNESS

6.00am Nothing to Declare: four
episodes 8.00 Border Patrol:
double bill 9.00 Stop, Search,
Seize 10.00 The Resident 11.00
Law & Order 12.00noon Criminal
Minds 1.00 Blue Bloods: double
bill 3.00 Sun, Sea and A&E 4.00
999 Frontline: double bill 5.00
Nothing to Declare: double bill
6.00 Nothing to Declare Double bill.
7.00 Border Security: Australia’s
Front Line Double bill.
8.00 Ghost Whisperer Drama.
9.00 The Good Doctor A cyber attack
threatens life-saving machines.
10.00 FBI A senior leader from Egypt
comes to New York for an operation.
11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims
Unit Hard-hitting drama.
12.00m’t Criminal Minds 1.00 Grey’s
Anatomy 2.00 Station 19 3.00
Road Wars: double bill 5.00
Brit Cops: Law & Disorder

TV LIFE|Daily Star Sunday

6.00am Hollyoaks: double bill 7.00
Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA
8.00 Baby Daddy: double bill 9.00
Melissa & Joey: double bill 10.00
The Big Bang Theory: double bill
11.00 The Goldbergs: double bill
12.00noon Brooklyn Nine-Nine:
double bill 1.00 The Big Bang
Theory 3.00 The Goldbergs:
double bill 4.00 Black-ish: double
bill 5.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
6.00 The Big Bang Theory Sitcom.
7.00 Hollyoaks Chester-based soap.
7.30 Ackley Bridge School drama.
8.35 The Big Bang Theory Sitcom
9.00 Lego Masters USA Challenge.
10.00 Gogglebox TV critiques.
11.00 The Big Bang Theory Sitcom.
12.00m’t Taskmaster 1.00 Gogglebox
2.00 First Dates 2.55 Lego Masters
USA 3.45 Melissa & Joey: double
bill 4.35 Man with a Plan

DAVE

Picks of the day

May 18

7.00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show
8.00 Emmerdale 8.30 Coronation
Street 9.30 Supermarket Sweep
10.30 Secret Crush 11.30 Dress to
Impress 12.30pm Emmerdale
1.00 Coronation Street: double bill
2.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
3.00 Ellen’s Game of Games 4.00
Dress to Impress 5.00 Love Bites
6.00 Secret Crush Dating game.
7.00 You’ve Been Framed! Gold
7.30 Superstore Dina takes control
of Glenn’s diet, while everyone
thinks Amy is working too hard.
8.00 Bob’s Burgers Double bill.
9.00 Family Guy Five episodes.
11.30 American Dad! Brian’s son
moves in with the Griffin family.
12.00m’t American Dad! 12.30
Celebrity Juice 1.15 Bob’s Burgers:
double bill 2.10 Superstore 2.35
Don’t Hate the Playaz 3.15 FYI
Extra 3.30 Teleshopping

Freeview 19

Tuesday

ITV2

Freeview6

BBC ONE BBC TWO

Great British Sewing Bee, 9pm
6.00am Breakfast 9.15 Rip Off Britain: Live
10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R)
11.00 Fraud Squad: The Hunt (R) 11.45
Close Calls: On Camera (R) 12.15pm
Bargain Hunt (R) 1.00 BBC News at One
1.30 BBC Local News, Weather 1.45
Doctors 2.15 Unbeatable 3.00 Escape to
the Country (R) 3.45 Money for Nothing
(R) 4.30 Antiques Road Trip 5.15 Pointless:
Quiz, hosted by Alexander Armstrong.

House of Games, 6pm
6.30am Bargain Hunt (R) 7.15 Antiques
Road Trip (R) 8.00 Sign Zone: Dragons’
Den (R) 9.00 News 10.00 News 11.15
Politics Live 1.00pm The Super League
Show (R) 1.45 Good Morning Dagenham
(R) 2.30 A Place to Call Home (R) 3.20
Best Home Cook (R) 4.15 Blue Planet UK
(R) 4.45 Eggheads (R) 5.15 Flog It! (R)

6.00 Richard Osman’s House of
Games
6.00 BBC News at Six, Weather
Former winners Hugh Dennis,
Sarah Greene, Nish Kumar
6.30 BBC Local News, Weather
and Holly Walsh take part. (R)
7.00 The One Show
6.30 Great British Railway
Alex Jones and Jermaine Jenas
Journeys
present the live magazine show
Michael Portillo follows his
featuring a mixture of celebrity
1930s Bradshaw’s guide to the
chat and stories of interest.
unspoilt East Sussex port of
7.30 Hospital Secrets Uncovered
Rye, before boarding the
– Panorama
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch
A report on what happens
railway to Dungeness.
when care goes wrong in
7.00 The Best of RHS Chelsea
hospitals, revealing how some
Flower Show
NHS trusts seemingly keep
Monty Don and Joe Swift reveal
critical reports hidden from
the trendsetters amongst the
the regulator and the public.
designers and growers at the
8.00 The Repair Shop
RHS Chelsea Flower Show, and
Items include a tippling stick –
discover who has influenced
a walking stick with a tube for
our gardening habits. (R)
whisky inside – thought to
8.00 Great British Menu:
have belonged to King George
The Finals
V, a walnut piano stool which
This time, the eight regional
has met with an untimely
champions cook their main
accident and a speedometer
courses in a bid to secure a
from a 1920s motor car. (R)
place on the menu of a banquet
9.00 The Great British
celebrating British innovation.
Sewing Bee
With the most complex dishes
The amateur sewers take part
of the week to prepare, and
in reduce, reuse and recycle
only two spots left on the
week, in which all the fabric in
banquet menu, the chefs are
the haberdashery is replaced
pushed to their limits, and guest
with charity shop clothes and
judge Carol Vorderman joins
soft furnishings. They begin
food critic Matthew Fort,
by following a pattern for
restaurateur Oliver Peyton and
a gentleman’s waistcoat,
broadcaster and cook Rachel
followed by a transformation
Khoo as they pick the dish they
challenge in which they change
want to see at the banquet.
items of army surplus into a
9.00 The Psychedelic Drug Trial
stylish garment for a woman.
Documentary chronicling a
10.00 BBC News at Ten
ground-breaking new trial at
10.30 BBC Local News, Weather
Imperial College London, which
10.45 Match of the Day
sees a psychedelic drug tested
Gary Lineker presents highlights
against an antidepressant as a
of the latest Premier League
treatment for depression.
matches, including Burnley v
10.00 Live at the Apollo
Liverpool at Turf Moor and
Sara Pascoe presents stand-up
Crystal Palace v Arsenal at
comedy from London’s
Selhurst Park. Liverpool were
Hammersmith Apollo,
looking for revenge after
introducing sets by Larry
Burnley ended the Reds’
Dean and Gary Delaney. (R)
68-match unbeaten home
10.45 Newsnight, Weather
run with a 1-0 win in January’s
11.30 Hospital
reverse fixture, while a close
University Hospital Coventry’s
match was anticipated between
gynaecological oncology
the Eagles and Arsenal given
department deals with rising
the last three matches between
referrals and complex cases. (R)
the sides had ended in draws.

variations

12.00m’t Young, Welsh and Bossin’ It: A
man who set up a restaurant-cum-club.
12.30 A Question of Sport: Highlights of
the series so far. (R) 1.00 Weather for the
Week Ahead 1.05-6.00am BBC News

12.30am Sign Zone: Imagine: Kazuo
Ishiguro – Remembering and Forgetting
(R) 1.50 Sign Zone: Beechgrove (R) 2.20
Sign Zone: Rick Stein’s Cornwall (R)
2.50-6.30am This Is BBC Two

STV 10.40pm Scotland Tonight 11.05 Peston
12.05am Out of Their Skin 12.55 ITV Nightscreen
BBC1 N Ireland 7.30pm Home Ground 10.45
Nolan Live 11.45 Match of the Day 1.00am
Young, Welsh and Bossin’ It 1.30 BBC News
BBC1 Scotland 7.00pm River City 12.00m’t
Panorama 12.30 Debate Night 1.35 BBC News
BBC1 Wales 10.35pm BBC Wales Live
11.10 Match of the Day. Football highlights.
12.30am Young, Welsh and Bossin’ It

ITV

Tipping Point, 4pm
6.00am Good Morning Britain 9.00
Lorraine 10.00 This Morning 12.30pm
Loose Women 1.30 ITV Lunchtime News,
Weather 1.55 Local News, Weather 2.00
Dickinson’s Real Deal (R) 3.00 Tenable (R)
3.59 Local Weather 4.00 Tipping Point
5.00 The Chase: Contestants Michael,
Amanda, Lily and Paul take part.

6.00 Local News, Weather
6.30 ITV Evening News, Weather
7.00 Emmerdale
Kim may be in danger, Chas
tries to get through to Liv,
and Matty is taken aback.
7.30 Coronation Street
Jenny asks Ronnie to move out
of the Rovers. Sharon
manipulates Dev in her bid to
contact Simon. Alina resolves
to stay living in the salon flat.
8.00 Martin Lewis’ Extreme
Savers
Martin Lewis meets people who
go to the extremes to save
money. This time, Martin meets
a woman who got out of debt
and saved money for her own
home by living in her sister’s
garage for two years, and
also meets a family who are
saving hundreds of pounds by
foraging for their own food.
8.30 Coronation Street
Johnny is delighted to be back
home. Debbie offers Tyrone first
refusal on the salon flat. Daisy
goes against Sean’s wishes.
9.00 Innocent
As Sally and Sam grow closer,
the police investigation turns to
Gary Walker, but what is his
connection? Meanwhile,
Bethany’s link to Matthew
comes to light as Karen admits
a damning secret. Starring
Katherine Kelly, Jamie Bamber
and Shaun Dooley.
10.00 ITV News at Ten, Weather
10.30 Local News, Weather
10.45 Peston
Political magazine show
presented by Robert Peston,
featuring major interviews with
MPs, topical guests and cultural
figures. Including updates
from social media taking in
perspectives from viewers,
experts and key players
throughout the programme.
11.40 British Touring Car
Championship Highlights
Steve Rider presents action
from the first three races of the
campaign from Thruxton.
Commentary from David
Addison and Tim Harvey, with
reports by Louise Goodman.
12.55am Shop: Home Shopping 3.00 FYI
Extra 3.15 Innocent: Sally and Sam
grow closer. (R) 4.05 ITV Nightscreen
5.05-6.00am Tipping Point: Quiz show. (R)

BBC2 N Ireland 7.00pm Great British Menu:
The Finals 9.00 All That Glitters: Britain’s Next
Jewellery Star 10.00 Spotlight 10.30 Chronicles of
Mourne Shorts 11.30 Rainbow Cup Highlights
BBC Scotland 12.00noon This Is BBC Scotland
7.00 PRO14 Highlights 8.00 Scotland’s Home
of the Year 8.30 Style Fixers 9.00 The Nine
10.00 Two Doors Down 10.30 Debate Night
RTE1 6.00am EuroNews 6.10 Teleshopping
7.45 Today 9.45 The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Channel 4 Channel 5

Hollyoaks, 6.30pm

Here Come the Gypsies!, 8pm

6.00am Countdown (R) 6.40 Cheers:
double bill (R) 7.30 Everybody Loves
Raymond: triple bill (R) 8.55 Frasier: triple
bill (R) 10.25 Escape to the Chateau: DIY
(R) 11.25 Channel 4 News Summary
11.30 Couples Come Dine with Me (R)
12.30pm Steph’s Packed Lunch 2.10
Countdown 3.00 The Answer Trap 4.00 A
Place in the Sun 5.00 Four in a Bed (R)
5.30 Beat the Chef: French amateur cook
Aude Dupont-Dudley serves up a stew.

6.00 The Simpsons
Homer finds himself caught in
the throes of a mid-life crisis, so
he takes up bass guitar and
forms a band with some of the
other dads in Springfield. (R)
6.30 Hollyoaks
John Paul is released from
prison and returned home,
although he remains a
prime suspect. Meanwhile,
Martine confides in Misbah
about her biggest fears. (R)
7.00 Channel 4 News
8.00 PICK Location, Location,
Location
Phil Spencer catches up with
two sets of househunters –
retired couple Tom and Sue,
and divorced father Charlie –
as they each look to embark
on a new chapter in their lives.
See Picks of the day.
9.00 PICK A Very Royal Baby:
From Cradle to Crown
As Harry and Meghan await
their second child, this
documentary looks at the
pressures faced by royal
mums-to-be and how attitudes
to royal pregnancies have
changed. See Picks of the day.
10.00 PICK Johnny Vegas: Carry
on Glamping
The launch of the site is just
days away, but Johnny’s
last-minute design changes for
his Maltese bus, including hand
painting more than 200 tiles for
the shower, are driving
craftsman Pauleo to despair.
Meanwhile, Bev is putting the
finishing touches to the site up
in Yorkshire before Johnny
arrives to inspect the first of the
vehicles. See Picks of the day.
11.05 Naked Attraction’s Best
Naughty Bits
A romp through the archive of
the dating show, looking back
at memorable moments and
catching up with some of the
most famous participants. (R)
12.10am 24 Hours in A&E (R) 1.00
Couples Come Dine with Me (R)
1.55 FILM Devil’s Knot (2013, 15)
Fact-based crime drama, starring Reese
Witherspoon and Colin Firth. ★★ 3.50
The Great Garden Revolution (R) 4.40 The
£100k Drop: Quiz show. (R) 5.35-6.00am
Coach Trip: Road to Tenerife (R)

10.40 Shortland Street 11.10 Doctors 11.50
Leaders’ Questions 12.45pm American Icons
1.00 News 1.30 Home and Away 2.00 Neighbours
2.30 Daniel and Majella’s B&B Road Trip 3.00
EastEnders 3.30 Today 5.40 Nuacht 6.00 Angelus
6.01 News 7.00 Nationwide 7.30 Ear to the Ground
8.00 Fair City 8.30 Cook-In with Mark Moriarty
9.00 News 9.35 FILM Eurovision Song Contest:
The Story of Fire Saga (2020, 12) ★★★ 11.50
Beecham House 12.50am The Man Comes Around:
Johnny Cash in Ireland 1.50 Clannad: A Celtic

6.00am Milkshake!: Ben and Holly’s Little
Kingdom (R) 6.10 Peppa Pig: double bill
(R) 6.20 Mya Go (R) 6.25 Blue’s Clues &
You (R) 6.50 Thomas & Friends (R) 7.00
Fireman Sam (R) 7.10 Daisy & Ollie (R)
7.20 The Adventures of Paddington (R)
7.30 Peppa Pig: double bill (R) 7.45 Pip
and Posy (R) 8.00 Milo 8.20 Paw Patrol
8.30 Ricky Zoom (R) 8.45 Floogals (R)
8.55 Wissper (R) 9.00 Peppa Pig (R)
9.05 Sunny Bunnies 9.15 Jeremy Vine
11.15 George Clarke’s Build a New Life
in the Country (R) 12.15pm 5 News at
Lunchtime 12.20 Room to Improve
1.15 Home and Away 1.45 Neighbours
2.15 FILM My Daughter’s Stalker (2020,
PG) Premiere. A woman is named
guardian to her sister’s adopted daughter,
but finds that somebody else wants
custody of the girl – and her inheritance.
Thriller, starring Karynn Moore. ★★★
4.00 Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun (R)
5.00 5 News at 5 5.30 Neighbours:
Mackenzie is suspicious of Toadie. (R)

6.00 Home and Away
Jasmine and Tori desperately
search for Christian and Lewis.
Ziggy plans to end Ari’s
boredom as it increases and
causes irritation for everyone. (R)
6.30 5 News Tonight
7.00 Inside the Tower of London
The stories behind some of the
most dramatic escape attempts
from the tower, including Henry
Howard, who tried to avoid
execution by making his way
through the sewage system. (R)
8.00 Here Come the Gypsies!
In Dorset, Romani Gypsy Marie
and her brother Leon honour
their deceased parents with an
ancient and secretive Gypsy
ritual. Last in the series.
9.00 Murdered by a Mob
Documentary examining the
case surrounding the murder
of Iranian asylum seeker
Bijan Ebrahimi, who was
harassed by a hate-fuelled
vigilante mob and brutally killed.
10.30 Inside the Force: 24/7
Officers are involved in two
urgent manhunts across
Lincoln, with one suspect
wanted for sexual assault
as well as stalking. (R)
11.30 Criminals: Caught on
Camera
Nick Wallis joins police forces
around the nation to discover
how CCTV and technological
advances are helping to
bring criminals to justice. (R)
12.00m’t Gallagher Premiership Rugby
Highlights: Action from the 19th round
of fixtures. 1.00 The 21.co.uk Live
Casino Show: Interactive gambling.
3.00 Entertainment News on 5 3.15 What
Went Wrong: Countdown to Disaster
4.00 Witches: A Century of Murder (R)
4.45 Wildlife SOS (R) 5.10 Divine Designs
(R) 5.35-6.00am House Doctor (R)

Dream 2.50 Clear History 3.30 Pulling with My
Parents 4.25 The Rotunda 5.15 Healthy Appetite
S4C 11.00 Dysgu Gyda Cyw 12.00noon
Newyddion 12.05 Bwyd Bach Shumana a Catrin
12.30 Garddio a Mwy 1.00 Prynhawn Da 1.55
Newyddion 2.00 Seiclo 4.30 Awr Fawr 5.00 Stwnsh
6.00 Cymoedd Roy Noble 6.30 Cerys Matthews
a’r Goeden Faled 6.57 Newyddion 7.00 Heno 7.30
Newyddion 8.00 Pobol y Cwm 8.25 NEW Y Byd
ar Bedwar 8.55 Newyddion 9.00 Cymry ar Gynfas
9.30 Seiclo 10.00 Mwy o Sgorio 10.30 Ffit Cymru

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Star ratings

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★★★★ Very good
★★★ Worth a watch
★★ Could be worse
★ Pretty dire
All programme details
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going to press

ITV2

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7.00am Ellen 8.00 Emmerdale 8.30
You’ve Been Framed! Rides Again
9.30 Supermarket Sweep 10.30
Secret Crush 11.30 Dress to
Impress 12.30pm Emmerdale 1.00
You’ve Been Framed! Forever 2.00
The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3.00
Ellen’s Game of Games 4.00 Dress
to Impress 5.00 Love Bites
6.00 Secret Crush Dating show.
7.00 You’ve Been Framed! Gold
7.30 Superstore Comedy series.
8.00 Bob’s Burgers Double bill.
9.00 Family Guy Double bill.
10.00 Plebs Comedy double bill.
11.00 Family Guy Animation.
11.30 American Dad! Animation.
12.00m’t American Dad! 12.30
Bob’s Burgers 1.25 Superstore
1.55 Hey Tracey! 2.45 Totally
Bonkers Guinness World Records
3.15 FYI Extra 3.30 Teleshopping

6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 The
Hurting: Even Hurtier: double bill
8.00 American Pickers 9.00
Storage Hunters UK: double bill
10.00 American Pickers: double bill
12.00noon Cop Car Workshop
1.00 QI XL 2.00 Top Gear 3.00
Rick Stein’s India 4.00 Cop Car
Workshop 5.00 Top Gear
6.00 Taskmaster Paul Sinha has
some struggles with a basketball.
7.00 Would I Lie to You? Comedy.
7.40 Room 101 Double bill.
9.00 QI XL With guests Julia Zemiro,
Matt Lucas and David Mitchell.
10.00 This Country Double bill.
11.00 Would I Lie to You? With
Jimmy Carr and Terry Christian.
11.40 Room 101 With Ray Mears.
12.20am Room 101 1.00 QI XL.
Comedy quiz. 2.10 The Hurting:
Even Hurtier: double bill 3.00 Drug
Wars: double bill 4.00 Teleshopping

ITV3

Freeview 10

YESTERDAY F’view25

Film4

Freeview 14

11.00am Animal Farm (1954, U)
Animation, featuring the voice of
Maurice Denham. ★★★★ 12.30pm
Captain Scarlett (1953, U)
Adventure, with Richard Greene.
★★★ 2.05 Wake of the Red Witch
(1948, PG) Adventure, with John
Wayne. ★★★ 4.15 The Cassandra
Crossing (1976, PG) Disaster epic,
starring Burt Lancaster. ★★
6.50 PICK Footloose (2011, PG)
Drama, starring Kenny Wormald.
See Picks of the day. ★★★★
9.00 War of the Worlds (2005, 12) A
divorced father tries to protect his
two children as alien war machines
start to wipe out the human race.
Sci-fi thriller, starring Tom Cruise
and Dakota Fanning. ★★★★
11.15 Dark Encounter (2019, 15)
Thriller, with Laura Fraser. ★★★★
1.10am The House of Mirth (1999, PG)
Drama, with Gillian Anderson. ★★★

E4

Freeview 13

6.00am Viking Dead: double bill 8.00
Forbidden History 9.00 Impossible
Engineering: double bill 11.00
Great Continental Railway
9pm, Channel 4
Journeys 12.00noon Antiques
Roadshow 1.00 Full Steam Ahead
Harry
and Meghan’s second child is
2.00 Bangers and Cash 3.00
destined to be a California girl, who could
Abandoned Engineering 4.00 War
Factories 5.00 Adolf Hitler’s War
potentially run for President as well as being
6.00 Antiques Roadshow Fiona
the eighth in line to the throne. But what
Bruce presents a second episode
from Nymans gardens near Crawley. does it mean to be born into “The Firm”, and
how do Meghan’s experiences compare to
7.00 Great Continental Railway
Journeys Michael Portillo travels
those of previous royal mums-to-be?
from the Italian Riviera to the
That’s what this documentary aims to find
Austrian Alps, starting in Genoa.
8.00 Underground Worlds Featuring out as it looks at how attitudes to pregnancy
an underground city beneath a
forest in Northern France.
9.00 dinnerladies Triple bill.
11.00 ’Allo ’Allo! Double bill.
12.20am ’Allo ’Allo! 1.00 Viking Dead:
double bill 3.00 Teleshopping

A Very Royal Baby: From Cradle To Crown
have changed over the past 100 years.
It explores how the protocols have evolved
since the days when politicians witnessed
royal births, which tended to take place in
palaces rather than private hospitals.
The doc also compares the press scrutiny
around Diana’s pregnancies to those of
her daughters-in-law, with Meghan setting
her own agenda. ★★★★

GOLD

6.00am Teleshopping 7.15 Ever
Decreasing Circles 8.20 Hi-de-Hi!
9.00 Only Fools and Horses 9.40
Last of the Summer Wine: double
bill 11.00 Keeping Up Appearances
11.40 Hold the Sunset 12.20pm
Only Fools and Horses 1.00 Ever
Decreasing Circles 1.40 Hi-de-Hi!
2.20 Dad’s Army 3.00 Keeping Up
Appearances 3.40 Hold the Sunset
4.20 Last of the Summer Wine:
double bill 5.40 Hi-de-Hi! Sitcom.
6.20 Keeping Up Appearances
7.00 Only Fools and Horses
7.40 Dad’s Army Double bill.
9.00 Ghosts Paranormal drama.
9.40 Sandylands Comedy drama.
10.20 Blackadder II Double bill.
11.45 Mrs Brown’s Boys Sitcom.
12.30am Peep Show. Sitcom. 1.05
Blackadder II: double bill 2.30 Peep
Show 3.00 Ghosts 3.30 Marley’s
Ghosts 4.00 Teleshopping

DRAMA Freeview 20

6.00am Teleshopping 7.20 Birds of a
Feather: double bill 8.25 The Bill
9.25 Classic Holby City 10.55
Classic Casualty 12.00noon The
Bill 1.00 Classic EastEnders:
double bill 2.20 Doctor Finlay
3.20 All Creatures Great and Small
4.20 Lovejoy 5.25 French Fields
6.00 Waiting for God Tom and Diana
make a promotional video.
6.40 Keeping Up Appearances
7.20 Last of the Summer Wine
Compo, Clegg and Truly meet a
man testing for earthquakes.
8.00 Judge John Deed Doctors
refuse to resuscitate a baby.
10.00 New Tricks A police informant
resurfaces after 17 years with
details about an armed robbery.
11.20 Taggart A murderer strikes
at an exclusive school.
1.40am The Bill 2.40 All Creatures
Great and Small 4.00 Teleshopping

FILM CHOICE

Location, Location,
Location 8pm, Channel 4

Johnny Vegas: Carry On
Glamping 10pm, Channel 4

Footloose

Kirstie Allsopp and Phil
Spencer are looking back on
past searches, connected by
the importance of family –
and the need for a decent
garden. First up are retired
couple Sue and Tom, who
decided to sell their home
in Yorkshire to move down
south to be closer to Sue’s
grandson – but the house
sold more quickly than they
anticipated. ★★★★

It’s the penultimate episode
and there are just days to go
until Johnny launches his
glamping site. So, in theory,
everything should be ready
to go, but instead he’s
driving master craftsman
Pauleo to despair with his
last-minute design changes
for the Maltese bus. Bev is
also busy putting the
finishing touches to the
Yorkshire site. ★★★★

For viewers of a certain age,
it’s hard to picture Footloose
without Kevin Bacon, but
Kenny Wormald does a
decent job of stepping into
his dancing shoes in this
remake. A teenager moves
from Boston to a small town
in Georgia, where he’s
horrified to learn that
dancing has been banned
by the local preacher
(Dennis Quaid). ★★★★

SKY ONE

6.00am Firefighters 7.00 Futurama
8.00 Monkey Life 9.00 Road Wars
10.00 Highway Cops 11.00 NCIS:
Los Angeles: double bill 1.00pm
Hawaii Five-0 3.00 S.W.A.T 4.00
Modern Family: double bill 5.00
The Simpsons 5.30 Futurama
6.00 Futurama Sci-fi capers.
6.30 The Simpsons Triple bill.
8.00 There’s Something About
Movies The return of the comedy
panel show, hosted by Alan Carr.
9.00 SEAL Team Bravo tries to
infiltrate a Boko Haram camp.
10.00 Bloods Maleek bumps into
old flame and single mum Nicole.
10.30 A League of Their Own Road
Trip: Loch Ness to London
11.30 Road Wars Documentary.
12.30am Redknapp’s Big Night Out
1.30 Road Wars: double bill 3.00
NCIS: Los Angeles 4.00 Highway
Cops: double bill 5.00 S.W.A.T

SKY ATLANTIC

6.00am Richard E Grant’s Hotel
Secrets 7.00 Elementary 9.00 Oz:
double bill 11.15 Dexter 1.30pm
Elementary 3.30 Boardwalk Empire
5.40 The Sopranos. Eli returns
to a much-changed Atlantic City.
6.45 The Sopranos AJ is inconsolable
after his split from Blanca.
7.50 Game of Thrones Jaime strikes
a deal with his captors and
Daenerys meets with the slavers.
9.00 Gangs of London Elliot’s loyalty
is tested, and Sean throws a
dinner to unite the two families.
Meanwhile, Alexander is asked
to meet with an old contact.
10.15 Domina Double bill. Historical
drama following the life of Livia
Drusilla; a pregnant Livia returns to
Rome to rebuild her family fortunes
12.25am The Wire. Drama. 2.55 Ray
Donovan 4.00 Richard E Grant’s
Hotel Secrets 5.00 Storm City

6.50pm, Film4

SKY WITNESS

6.00am Nothing to Declare 8.00
Border Patrol 9.00 999 Frontline
10.00 The Resident 11.00 Law &
Order 12.00noon Criminal Minds
1.00 Blue Bloods 3.00 Sun, Sea
and A&E 4.00 999 Frontline 5.00
Nothing to Declare: double bill
6.00 Nothing to Declare Customs.
8.00 Ghost Whisperer Melinda
befriends a girl who has a haunted
doll’s house, and discovers the
ghosts inhabiting it are dangerous.
9.00 Grey’s Anatomy Maggie and
Winston treat an uneasy patient.
10.00 Station 19 Andy is frustrated
at Sullivan for undermining her.
11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims
Unit The SVU team springs into
action to help a detective.
12.00m’t Criminal Minds. Drama.
1.00 The Rookie 2.00 Criminal
Minds 3.00 Road Wars: double bill
5.00 Brit Cops: Law & Disorder

TV LIFE|Daily Star Sunday

6.00am Hollyoaks 7.00 Ramsay’s
Kitchen Nightmares USA 8.00
Baby Daddy 9.00 Melissa & Joey
10.00 The Big Bang Theory
11.00 The Goldbergs 12.00noon
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: double bill
1.00 The Big Bang Theory: four
episodes 3.00 The Goldbergs 4.00
Black-ish 5.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
6.00 The Big Bang Theory Sitcom.
7.00 Hollyoaks Chester-based soap.
7.30 Ackley Bridge Drama series.
8.35 The Big Bang Theory Sitcom.
9.00 Celebrity Gogglebox Big
Brother: Best Shows Ever and
EastEnders are appraised.
10.00 Naked Attraction Dating show.
11.05 The Big Bang Theory Sitcom.
12.05am Gogglebox 1.10 Taskmaster
2.05 First Dates 3.00 Naked
Attraction 3.55 Melissa & Joey:
double bill 4.45 Man with a Plan

Picks of the day

May 19

6.00am Classic Coronation Street
7.00 Classic Emmerdale 8.05
Heartbeat 9.15 That’s My Boy 9.50
George and Mildred 10.25 Agatha
Christie’s Poirot 11.30 Wycliffe
12.40pm Heartbeat 1.45 Classic
Emmerdale: double bill 2.50
Classic Coronation Street: double
bill 3.55 Agatha Christie’s Marple
6.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot A
guest at a village Halloween party
boasts of having witnessed a
murder years previously.
8.00 Endeavour The detective
investigates the death of a
bricklayer working on a
controversial singer’s house.
10.00 Law & Order: UK Ronnie
struggles to close a case.
11.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot
12.05am A Touch of Frost. Drama.
2.00 That’s My Boy 2.25 ITV3
Nightscreen 2.30 Teleshopping

DAVE

Freeview 19

Wednesday

Best of the rest

BBC ONE BBC TWO

Subnormal: A British…, 9pm
6.00am Breakfast 9.15 Rip Off Britain: Live
10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R)
11.00 Fraud Squad: The Hunt (R) 11.45
Close Calls: On Camera (R) 12.15pm
Bargain Hunt (R) 1.00 BBC News at One,
Weather 1.30 BBC Local News, Weather
1.45 Doctors 2.15 Unbeatable 3.00
Escape to the Country (R) 3.45 Money
for Nothing (R) 4.30 Antiques Road Trip:
Tim Medhurst and Irita Marriott tour
Somerset. 5.15 Pointless: Quiz show.

Saved By A Stranger, 9pm
6.30am Escape to the Country (R) 7.15
Antiques Road Trip (R) 8.00 Sign Zone: All
That Glitters: Britain’s Next Jewellery Star
(R) 9.00 BBC News at 9 10.00 BBC News
12.15pm Politics Live 1.00 Letterbox (R)
1.30 Good Morning Dagenham (R)
2.15 A Place to Call Home: double bill (R)
3.55 Coast (R) 4.15 Blue Planet UK (R)
4.45 Eggheads (R) 5.15 Flog It! (R)

variations

6.00 Richard Osman’s House of
Games
6.00 BBC News at Six, Weather
Previous winners Hugh Dennis,
6.30 BBC Local News, Weather
Sarah Greene, Nish Kumar and
Holly Walsh test their skills in a
7.00 The One Show
variety of trivia-based games,
Live magazine show featuring a
with the ultimate winner
mixture of celebrity chat and
declared on Friday. (R)
stories of interest. Presented by
Alex Jones and Ronan Keating.
6.30 Great British Railway
Journeys
7.35 EastEnders
Michael Portillo heads to
Rocky’s attempts to impress
Walmer Castle, home during
Sonia leave her cold, an angry
the 1920s to Lord Beauchamp,
Martin confronts Zack and Mick
and in Margate he discovers
comes clean to Linda about his
the connection to TS Eliot.
statement. Isaac’s condition
worries his family and friends.
7.00 The Best of RHS Chelsea
Flower Show
8.00 PICK Dragons’ Den
Greenfingered presenters Monty
Plant-able children’s books
Don and Joe Swift celebrate
are the offering from two
the positive power of plants as
friends hoping to gain a Dragon
they focus on the designers
to grow their brand, and a
and growers striving for a better
pair of ex-bankers pitch their
world with the creations they
ambitious at-home private
bring to the event. (R)
chef service. A Wirral-based
entrepreneur pitches his range
8.00 Great British Menu:
of luxury home fragrance
The Finals
products, while a husbandThe eight regional champions
and-wife duo are keen to
cook their desserts in a bid to
broaden out their scentsecure a place on the menu of
detection courses for dogs.
a banquet celebrating British
See Picks of the day.
innovation. Comedian Ed
9.00 Subnormal: A British
Gamble is the guest judge.
Scandal
9.00 Saved By a Stranger
In the 1960s, West Indian
Twin brothers who fled
migrants to the UK counted on
Nazi Germany search for the
providing better opportunities
family who helped them
for their children. However,
escape, and a woman who
there are suggestions that
housed 21 child refugees from
before having a chance to
Bosnia seeks their translator.
develop intellectually, their
Last in the series.
offspring were labelled as
10.00 Mock the Week
‘stupid, difficult and disruptive’
With Catherine Bohart, Ed
as psychologists theorised that
Byrne, Darren Harriott, Rhys
black people were genetically
James and Felicity Ward.
less intelligent than white.
10.30 Mandy
Featuring first-hand interviews
Everyone around the dinner
with key participants of the
table has a motive for
time, this documentary
murdering Lord Trent. (R)
examines what is potentially
10.45 Newsnight, Weather
one of the biggest scandals in
the history of British education. 11.30 Gods of Snooker
A look at the emergence of
10.00 BBC News at Ten
Steve Davis and the rise of
10.30 BBC Local News, Weather
promoter Barry Hearn’s
10.45 Question Time
Matchroom group of players,
Fiona Bruce introduces the
which brought lucrative
weekly topical debate, with a
sponsorships into the game. (R)
panel of politicians and other
12.30am The Psychedelic Drug Trial:
guests facing questions from
Documentary. (R) 1.30 Sign Zone:
an audience made up of
members of the general public. Makeup: A Glamorous History (R) 2.30
Sign Zone: The Great British Sewing Bee
11.45 Newscast, Weather
(R) 3.30 Sign Zone: Rick Stein’s Cornwall
12.20-6.00am BBC News
(R) 4.00-6.30am This Is BBC Two
Wales 7.30pm Wonders of the Border 10.45
E-Scooters: Britain’s New Road Rage? Tonight
STV 7.30pm Scotland Tonight: Current affairs
show. 10.45 E-Scooters: Britain’s New Road
Rage? Tonight 1.00am ITV Nightscreen
UTV 7.30pm UTV Life: Entertaining stories and
guests. 10.45 Frontline 11.15 E-Scooters: Britain’s
New Road Rage? Tonight 11.40 Lough Foyle
BBC1 N Ireland 10.45pm The View: News,
comment and analysis. 11.25 Question Time

ITV

Emmerdale, 7pm
6.00am Good Morning Britain 9.00
Lorraine 10.00 This Morning 12.30pm
Loose Women 1.30 ITV Lunchtime News,
Weather 1.55 Local News, Weather 2.00
Dickinson’s Real Deal (R) 3.00 Tenable (R)
3.59 Local Weather 4.00 Tipping Point:
Quiz, with Ben Shephard. 5.00 The Chase:
Zoe, Terry, Rory and Linda take part.

6.00 Local News, Weather
6.30 ITV Evening News, Weather
7.00 Emmerdale
Kim is terrified, Amy is mortified,
and Matty’s hopes are crushed.
7.30 E-Scooters: Britain’s New
Road Rage? Tonight
Trials of rentable e-scooters
have been accelerated because
of the pandemic, but are they
really the green, clean machines
the industry says they are?
Chris Choi addresses new
figures revealing the extent
of injuries, collisions and
anti-social behaviour
associated with the vehicles.
8.00 Emmerdale
Kim has a plan and Paddy
pleads with Pollard.
8.30 PICK Britain’s Brightest
Celebrity Family
The remaining two celebrity
families fight it out in the final to
win £25,000 for their charity.
Anne Hegerty hosts. Last in the
series. See Picks of the day.
9.00 Innocent
With Karen still in police
custody, Bethany takes matters
into her own hands – making a
crucial discovery and forcing a
confession. Braithwaite and his
team continue their search for
more evidence. Sam and Sally
come to a decision. Katherine
Kelly and Jamie Bamber star.
Last in the series.
10.00 ITV News at Ten, Weather
10.30 Local News, Weather
10.45 Local Political Programmes
Discussion and analysis of the
latest political developments,
with a panel of guests exploring
issues that affect the region.
11.10 1989 Liverpool v Arsenal
Title Decider – ITV Football
Classic
Elton Welsby presents
extended highlights of the
memorable match at Anfield,
which saw Arsenal needing to
win by at least two goals to pip
their opponents to the title. With
analysis from Bobby Robson,
reports by Jim Rosenthal and
commentary from Brian Moore
and David Pleat. (R)
12.10am Innocent (R) 1.00 Shop: Home
Shopping 3.00 FYI Extra 3.15 Martin &
Roman’s Weekend Best!: With Scarlett
Moffatt and Jordan North. (R) 4.05 ITV
Nightscreen 5.05-6.00am Tipping Point (R)

12.25am Newscast: Discussion. 12.55 Glow Up:
Britain’s Next Make-Up Star 1.55 BBC News
BBC2 N Ireland 11.30pm The Psychedelic Drug
Trial: Documentary. 12.30am Gods of Snooker
BBC Scotland 12.00noon This Is BBC Scotland
7.00 Flour Power 7.30 The Children’s Hospital
8.00 Beechgrove: Sustainable hanging baskets.
8.30 Landward 9.00 The Nine 10.00 Scotland
Made Me 10.30 Rangers: How the League Was
Won 11.30 Scot Squad 12.00m’t Close

Channel 4 Channel 5

We Are Lady Parts, 10pm
6.00am Countdown (R) 6.40 Cheers:
double bill (R) 7.30 Everybody Loves
Raymond: triple bill (R) 8.55 Frasier: triple
bill (R) 10.25 Escape to the Chateau: DIY
(R) 11.25 Channel 4 News Summary
11.30 Couples Come Dine with Me (R)
12.30pm Steph’s Packed Lunch 2.10
Countdown 3.00 The Answer Trap 4.00
A Place in the Sun 5.00 Four in a Bed (R)
5.30 Beat the Chef: An amateur cook
seeks to tantalise taste buds with his
traditional creamy mushroom risotto.

Escape to the Farm, 9pm
6.00am Milkshake!: Ben and Holly’s Little
Kingdom (R) 6.10 Peppa Pig: double bill
(R) 6.20 Mya Go (R) 6.30 Blue’s Clues &
You (R) 6.50 Thomas & Friends (R) 7.00
Fireman Sam (R) 7.10 Daisy & Ollie (R)
7.20 The Adventures of Paddington (R)
7.30 Peppa Pig: double bill (R) 7.45 Pip
and Posy (R) 8.00 Milo 8.20 Paw Patrol (R)
8.30 Ricky Zoom (R) 8.45 Floogals (R)
8.55 Wissper (R) 9.00 Peppa Pig (R) 9.05
Sunny Bunnies (R) 9.15 Jeremy Vine
11.15 George Clarke’s Build a New Life
in the Country (R) 12.15pm 5 News at
Lunchtime 12.20 Room to Improve
1.15 Home and Away 1.45 Neighbours
2.15 FILM The Killer Nurse (2014, PG)
A woman takes in her father after he
suffers a stroke, but his home-care
nurse’s attentive dedication may be
masking a dark secret. Thriller, starring
Willa Ford. ★★★ 4.00 Bargain-Loving
Brits in the Sun (R) 5.00 5 News at 5 5.30
Neighbours: Aaron and David realise
Paul is behind Jenna’s arrival. (R)

6.00 The Simpsons
Marge tells Homer not to
bother coming home after he
gets a little too drunk at Moe’s
on Christmas Eve. (R)
6.30 Hollyoaks
Flashbacks reveal new
information about George’s final
moments. Darren decides to tell
Nancy how he feels. (R)
7.00 Channel 4 News
6.00 Home and Away
8.00 The Dog House
Bella shows off her awards, Ari
Excitable French bulldog Buddy
and Tane start rebuilding the
arrives at the centre. His
new bike, and Irene engages in
owners have tried selling him
John’s help with interviewing
seven times but every time he
gym manager candidates. (R)
has been rejected. Can the staff
6.30 5 News Tonight
finally find him a forever home?
7.00 Gardening with Carol Klein
An eight-year-old girl who
The presenter shares top tips
always wanted a small dog has
on bulbs, reveals how to
her mind changed when she
cultivate a display of nerines,
sees stray labrador Leah, and
and offers advice on crocosmia.
collie Kimmie needs another
Plus, growing shallots.
dog to keep her company. (R)
8.00 PICK Kew Gardens:
9.00 Taskmaster
A Year In Bloom
In the series grand final,
As the team heads into spring.
Charlotte Ritchie stumbles into
Solene is beginning
some sand, Lee Mack dunks
preparations for the giant
Little Alex Horne and Sarah
waterlily display, and supervisor
Kendall stacks fish fingers.
Tom discusses the work of a
Meanwhile, Jamali Maddix
botanical horticulturist.
staggers around a bit and Mike
See Picks of the day.
Wozniak staggers absolutely
everyone – again – all in a bid to
9.00 Escape to the Farm with
secure the most coveted prize
Kate Humble
in television – Greg Davies’
The presenter shares some of
golden head nestled on a
her farm secrets and passions,
spike. Last in the series.
starting with a pre-dawn walk
with ornithologist Dr Steph Tyler.
10.00 NEW We Are Lady Parts
Comedy charting the highs
10.00 The World’s Most Expensive
and lows of Muslim punk band
Hotels
Lady Parts, as seen through the
A look behind the scene’s at
eyes of their lead guitarist.
Claridge’s in London’s Mayfair,
Anjana Vasan and Sarah
the five-star luxury hotel
Kameela Impey star.
renowned for catering to the
rich and the famous. (R)
10.30 Gogglebox
Opinions on TV shows. (R)
11.05 April Jones: The Murder
Tapes
11.35 Tom Allen’s Quizness
Exploring the murder of
Comedy quiz, in which Dave,
five-year-old April Jones in
Hayley, Tharun and Saundra
2012, featuring tapes of the
face tricky questions. (R)
interviews the police conducted
12.35am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
with killer Mark Bridger. (R)
USA (R) 1.25 Wife Swap USA (R) 2.15 How
to Save a Grand in 24 Hours: Financial
advice. Last in the series. (R) 3.10
Second Wave: Did the Government Get it
Wrong? Dispatches (R) 4.05 Unreported
World (R) 4.30 The £100k Drop (R)
5.20 Coach Trip: Road to Tenerife (R)
5.50-6.00am Food Unwrapped (R)

RTE1 7.45am Today 9.45 The Ellen DeGeneres
Show 10.40 Shortland Street 11.10 Doctors 11.50
Leaders’ Questions 12.45pm Telly Bingo 1.00 RTE
News 1.30 Home and Away 2.00 Neighbours 2.30
Fair City 3.00 Daniel and Majella’s B&B Road Trip
3.30 Today 5.40 Nuacht. Followed by RTE News
6.00 The Angelus 6.01 RTE News 7.00 Open for
Business 7.30 EastEnders 8.00 Fair City 8.30 The
Big DIY Challenge 9.00 RTE News 9.35 Prime
Time 10.15 NEW The Sister 11.10 Last Tango in
Halifax 12.15am Silent Witness 1.15 The Secrets

12.35am Criminals: Caught on Camera
(R) 1.00 The 21.co.uk Live Casino Show
3.00 Entertainment News on 5 3.10 What
Went Wrong: Countdown to Disaster 4.00
Witches: A Century of Murder (R) 4.45
Wildlife SOS (R) 5.10 Divine Designs (R)
5.35-6.00am House Doctor (R)

She Keeps 2.10 Prime Time 2.45 Telly Bingo
2.55 Dr Phil 3.40 Doctors 4.10 EuroNews
S4C 6.00am Cyw 12.00noon Newyddion S4C a’r
Tywydd 12.05 Adre 12.30 Welsh Whisperer – Ni’n
Teithio Nawr 1.00 Prynhawn Da 1.55 Newyddion
S4C a’r Tywydd 2.00 Seiclo: Giro d’Italia 4.30 Awr
Fawr 5.00 Stwnsh 6.00 Cymry ar Gynfas 6.30
Rownd a Rownd 7.00 Heno 7.30 Newyddion
S4C a’r Tywydd 8.00 Pobol y Cwm 8.25 Rownd
a Rownd 8.55 Newyddion S4C 9.00 Covid, y
Jab a Ni 10.00 Seiclo: Giro d’Italia 10.30 Cynefin

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ITV2

Freeview6

7.00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show
8.00 Emmerdale 8.30 Coronation
Street 9.30 Supermarket Sweep
10.30 Secret Crush 11.30 Dress to
Impress 12.30pm Emmerdale 1.00
Coronation Street: double bill 2.00
The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3.00
Ellen’s Game of Games 4.00 Dress
to Impress 5.00 Love Bites
6.00 Secret Crush Dating gameshow.
7.00 You’ve Been Framed! Gold
7.30 Superstore Amy loses face.
8.00 Bob’s Burgers Double bill.
9.00 Family Guy Double bill.
10.00 Celebrity Juice Gameshow.
10.50 Family Guy Animation.
11.20 American Dad! Double bill.
12.15am As 8pm 1.10 Superstore
1.40 The Stand Up Sketch Show
2.35 Totally Bonkers Guinness
World Records 3.00 FYI Extra 3.15
Nightscreen 3.30 Teleshopping

6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 The
Hurting: Even Hurtier: double bill
8.00 American Pickers 9.00
Storage Hunters UK: double bill
10.00 American Pickers: double bill
12.00noon Cop Car Workshop
1.00 QI XL 2.00 Top Gear 3.00
Rick Stein’s India 4.00 Cop Car
Workshop 5.00 Top Gear
6.00 Taskmaster With Alex Horne.
7.00 Would I Lie to You? Panel show.
7.40 Room 101 Double bill.
9.00 QI XL With Phill Jupitus, Josh
Widdicombe and Sara Pascoe.
10.00 Meet the Richardsons
10.40 Sliced Pizza parlour comedy.
11.20 Famalam Comedy sketches.
11.50 Mock the Week Topical gags.
12.30am Would I Lie to You? 1.10
Room 101: double bill 2.35 The
Hurting: Even Hurtier: double bill
3.25 Drug Wars 4.00 Teleshopping

ITV3

Freeview 10

YESTERDAY F’view25

Film4

Freeview 14

11.00am Arabian Nights (1942, PG)
Adventure, starring Jon Hall.
★★★★★ 12.45pm Shane (1953,
PG) Western, starring Alan Ladd.
★★★★★ 3.05 Kansas Raiders
(1950, PG) Western, starring
Audie Murphy. ★★★ 4.40 To Hell
and Back (1955, PG) Biopic,
starring Audie Murphy. ★★★
6.50 The Huntsman: Winter’s War
(2016, 12) Fantasy adventure,
starring Chris Hemsworth. ★★★
9.00 PICK Taken 3 (2014, 12)
Ex-CIA agent Bryan Mills fights to
clear his own name after being
framed for his ex-wife’s murder.
Action thriller sequel, starring Liam
Neeson. See Picks of the day. ★★★
11.15 Paris, Texas (1984, 15) Drama,
starring Harry Dean Stanton and
Nastassja Kinski. ★★★★★
2.05am Una (2016, 15) Drama,
starring Rooney Mara. ★★★

E4

Freeview 13

Dragons’ Den
8pm, BBC One

Occasionally, while watching the wannabe
business supremos deliver their pitches,
you’re left wondering if they’ve ever watched
the show. Some of them seem utterly inept,
their supposedly money-spinning, foolproof
schemes picked apart within seconds by
the Dragons. Still, it makes for great TV.
Whether or not any of the latest batch
of would-be entrepreneurs can impress

remains to be seen, but they’ll have to pull
out all the stops if they’re to receive any
investment from the resident millionaires.
Plantable children’s books are
undoubtedly the most bonkers-sounding
idea from the latest batch of products,
which also includes an ambitious at-home
chef service, home fragrances and
scent-detection courses for dogs. ★★★★

GOLD

7.30am Ever Decreasing Circles:
double bill 8.40 Hi-de-Hi! 9.20
Only Fools and Horses 10.00 Last
of the Summer Wine: double bill
11.20 Keeping Up Appearances
12.00noon Hold the Sunset 12.40
Only Fools and Horses 1.20 Ever
Decreasing Circles 2.00 Hi-de-Hi!
2.40 Dad’s Army 3.20 Keeping Up
Appearances 4.00 Hold the Sunset
4.40 Last of the Summer Wine
6.00 Hi-de-Hi! Classic comedy.
6.40 Keeping Up Appearances
7.20 Only Fools and Horses
8.00 Dad’s Army Double bill.
9.20 Mrs Brown’s Boys Comedy.
10.05 Murder, They Hope
11.10 Harry Enfield and Chums
12.30am Peep Show 1.05 Johnny
Vegas: My Favourite Sketch
2.05 Harry Enfield and Chums
2.50 Peep Show 3.15 Marley’s
Ghosts 4.00 Teleshopping

DRAMA Freeview 20

6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Birds of a
Feather: double bill 8.25 The Bill
9.35 Classic Holby City 10.55
Classic Casualty 12.00noon
The Bill 1.00 Classic EastEnders:
double bill 2.20 Doctor Finlay 3.20
All Creatures Great and Small
4.20 Lovejoy 5.25 French Fields
6.00 Waiting for God Harvey has a
revealing portrait painted.
6.40 Keeping Up Appearances
Hyacinth plans to show off.
7.20 Last of the Summer Wine Truly
buys a lawnmower from Auntie.
8.00 Dalziel & Pascoe The duo
investigate the murder of a judge.
10.00 New Tricks The squad
investigates a feud between two
family ice-cream businesses.
11.20 Taggart The detectives hunt
for the killer of a young woman.
2.20am The Bill 3.10 All Creatures
Great and Small 4.00 Teleshopping

LAST EPISODE

FILM CHOICE

Kew Gardens:
A Year In Bloom

Britain’s Brightest
Celebrity Family

Taken 3

8pm, Channel 5

8.30pm, ITV

Spring is in the air, which
means that there’s much
work to do. As Solène
prepares what should be a
spectacular water lily display,
Tom is in the Rock Garden,
explaining why a botanical
horticulturist’s job is never
done – and also why it’s so
important. Plus, the Tree
Gang reveal the secrets
of mulching. ★★★★

The finalists may claim it’s
not about the winning, it’s
about the taking part, but
they’re not fooling anybody
– they’re in it to win it. The
questions will come thick
and fast, with the winners
handing over a cheque (or,
more probably, organising a
bank transfer) for £25,000 to
their favourite charity. Anne
Hegarty hosts. ★★★

Poor Brian Mills (Liam
Neeson). No sooner has he
deployed his deadly skills
to solve one problem than
another pops up. This time,
the ex-CIA agent has been
framed for the murder of his
ex-wife. Luckily he’s not the
kind of guy to collapse under
pressure – expect some
top-notch action scenes
as he makes those who’ve
crossed him suffer. ★★★

SKY ONE

6.00am Firefighters: double bill 7.00
Futurama: double bill 8.00 Monkey
Life: double bill 9.00 Road Wars
10.00 Highway Cops: double bill
11.00 NCIS: Los Angeles: double
bill 1.00pm Hawaii Five-0: double
bill 3.00 S.W.A.T. 4.00 Modern
Family: double bill 5.00 The
Simpsons 5.30 Futurama
6.00 Futurama Sci-fi capers.
6.30 The Simpsons Triple bill.
8.00 An Idiot Abroad 2 Karl
Pilkington visits a desert island.
9.00 There’s Something About
Movies With Richard E Grant.
10.00 Redknapp’s Big Night Out
11.00 Intergalactic Sci-fi drama.
12.00m’t The Force: Manchester 1.00
The Late Late Show with James
Corden: Best of the Week 2.00
Road Wars 3.00 Brit Cops: Rapid
Response 4.00 Highway Cops:
double bill 5.00 S.W.A.T.

SKY ATLANTIC

6.00am Richard E Grant’s Hotel
Secrets 7.00 Elementary: double
bill 9.00 Oz: double bill 11.15
Dexter: double bill 1.30pm
Elementary: double bill 3.30
Boardwalk Empire: double bill
5.40 The Sopranos: double bill
7.50 Game of Thrones Arya is
brought before the commander of
the Brotherhood Without Banners.
9.00 Mare of Easttown Mare opens
up about her family’s history with
mental health. Later, she meets
with a source about possible
connections in her three cases.
10.15 The Nevers A gang of Victorian
women find themselves with
unusual abilities, relentless enemies,
and a mission that might change
the world. Starring Laura Donnelly.
11.25 Oz Double bill of the drama.
1.40am Ray Donovan: double bill 4.00
The Guest Wing 5.00 The British

9pm, Film4

SKY WITNESS

6.00am Nothing to Declare: four
episodes 8.00 Border Patrol:
double bill 9.00 999 Frontline:
double bill 10.00 The Resident
11.00 Law & Order 12.00noon
Criminal Minds 1.00 Blue Bloods:
double bill 3.00 Sun, Sea and A&E
4.00 999 Frontline: double bill 5.00
Nothing to Declare: six episodes
8.00 Ghost Whisperer Melinda hosts
a study group organised by Ned.
9.00 The Rookie Officer Jackson
West is having problems with his
new training officer Stanton.
10.00 Criminal Minds Dr Reid
experiences strange hallucinations.
11.00 Law & Order: Special Victims
Unit A father seeks revenge for
his daughter who was raped.
12.00m’t Criminal Minds 1.00
Chicago Med 2.00 Chicago Fire
3.00 Chicago PD 4.00 Road Wars
5.00 Brit Cops: Law & Disorder

TV LIFE|Daily Star Sunday

6.00am Hollyoaks 7.00 Ramsay’s
Kitchen Nightmares USA 8.00
Baby Daddy 9.00 Melissa & Joey
10.00 The Big Bang Theory
11.00 The Goldbergs 12.00noon
Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1.00 The Big
Bang Theory: four episodes
3.00 The Goldbergs: double bill
4.00 Black-ish: double bill 5.00
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: double bill
6.00 The Big Bang Theory Sitcom.
7.00 Hollyoaks Chester-based soap.
7.30 Ackley Bridge School drama.
8.35 The Big Bang Theory Sitcom.
9.00 The Goldbergs Double bill.
10.00 First Dates Dating show.
11.00 The Big Bang Theory Sitcom.
12.00m’t Gogglebox 1.00 Rick and
Morty 1.30 Robot Chicken 2.00
Taskmaster 2.55 The Goldbergs
3.45 Melissa & Joey: double bill
4.35 Man with a Plan: double bill

6.00am Viking Dead: double bill 8.00
Forbidden History 9.00 Impossible
Engineering: double bill 11.00
Great Continental Railway
Journeys 12.00noon Antiques
Roadshow 1.00 Full Steam Ahead
2.00 Bangers and Cash 3.00
Abandoned Engineering 4.00 War
Factories 5.00 Adolf Hitler’s War
6.00 Antiques Roadshow Fiona
Bruce presents the show from
Senate House in Bloomsbury.
7.00 Great Continental Railway
Journeys Michael Portillo travels
across Latvia, Finland and Estonia.
8.00 Bangers and Cash Double bill.
10.00 The Buildings That Fought
Hitler Reigate Fort, which was
repurposed to block the Nazis
from getting to London.
11.00 War Factories Samuel Colt.
1.00am Viking Dead. Documentary
double bill 3.00 Teleshopping

Picks of the day

May 20

6.00am Classic Coronation
Street: double bill 7.00 Classic
Emmerdale: double bill 8.00
Heartbeat 9.10 That’s My Boy 9.40
George and Mildred: double bill
10.45 Agatha Christie’s Poirot
12.40pm Heartbeat 1.45 Classic
Emmerdale: double bill 2.50
Classic Coronation Street: double
bill 3.55 Agatha Christie’s Marple
6.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot The
sleuth is summoned after the body
of a murder victim is discovered
surrounded by stopped clocks.
8.00 Vera A teenage boy is
found dead in a shipyard.
10.00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot
A businessman is murdered
on board the Orient Express.
11.55 A Touch of Frost A health
inspector meets a grisly fate.
2.00am ITV3 Nightscreen. Text
information. 2.30 Teleshopping

DAVE

Freeview 19

Thursday

Best of the rest

BBC ONE BBC TWO

Would I Lie to You?, 8.05pm
6.00am Breakfast 9.15 Rip Off Britain: Live
10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R)
11.00 Fraud Squad: The Hunt (R) 11.45
Close Calls: On Camera (R) 12.15pm
Bargain Hunt 1.00 BBC News at One,
Weather 1.30 BBC Local News, Weather
1.45 Unbeatable 2.30 Home Is Where the
Art Is (R) 3.00 Escape to the Country (R)
3.45 Money for Nothing (R) 4.30 Antiques
Road Trip 5.15 Pointless: Quiz show.

6.00 BBC News at Six, Weather
6.30 BBC Local News, Weather
7.00 The One Show
Alex Jones and Ronan Keating
present the usual mix of
celebrity guests and stories.
7.35 A Question of Sport
With Olympic heptathlon
champion Denise Lewis,
rugby league great Paul
Sculthorpe, former England
striker Kevin Phillips and British
javelin star Goldie Sayers.
8.05 Would I Lie to You?
Greg Davies, Guz Khan,
Claudia Winkleman and
Lucy Worsley bolster the efforts
of regular team captains Lee
Mack and David Mitchell. (R)
8.35 EastEnders
The Carters attend court, where
Mick prepares to read his victim
statement. Sonia remains
unconvinced about Rocky,
until she is made to think again.
9.00 Have I Got News for You
Richard Ayoade is the host,
with broadcaster Richard
Osman and peer Sayeeda
Warsi joining team captains
Paul Merton and Ian Hislop
as they delve into the news.
9.30 PICK This Time with
Alan Partridge
Alan delivers a hard-hitting
expose of the chemsex
phenomenon and drama
therapist Izzy Barnes leads a
live workshop in the studio.
Comedy, starring Steve
Coogan. See Picks of the day.
10.00 BBC News at Ten
10.30 BBC Local News, Weather
10.45 FILM The Witches of
Eastwick (1987, 18)
Three single women dabble in
magic to conjure up the perfect
lover, and unintentionally
summon Satan himself, who
seduces them one by one.
They come to realise the
danger the lecherous devil
presents and decide to end
their relationships, but the
infernal rogue does not take
kindly to rejection. Fantasy
comedy, with Jack Nicholson,
Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer and
Susan Sarandon. ★★★★

variations

12.40am Weather for the Week Ahead
12.45-6.00am BBC News: Headlines.

Great British Menu, 8pm

ITV

Van Der Valk, 8.30pm

6.30am Escape to the Country (R) 7.15
Antiques Road Trip (R) 8.00 Sign Zone:
The Repair Shop (R) 9.00 BBC News
at 9 10.00 BBC News 1.00pm Letterbox
(R) 1.30 Good Morning Dagenham (R)
2.15 A Place to Call Home: double bill (R)
4.00 Coast (R) 4.15 Blue Planet UK (R)
4.45 Eggheads (R) 5.15 Flog It! (R)

6.00am Good Morning Britain 9.00
Lorraine 10.00 This Morning 12.30pm
Loose Women 1.30 ITV Lunchtime News,
Weather 1.55 Local News, Weather
2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal: Some saucy
films come into the den at Staffordshire
County Showground. (R) 3.00 Tenable
(R) 3.59 Local Weather 4.00 Tipping
Point: Ben Shephard hosts the arcade6.00 Richard Osman’s House of
themed quiz in which contestants drop
Games
tokens down a choice of four chutes in
Former winners Hugh Dennis,
the hope of winning a £10,000 jackpot.
Sarah Greene, Nish Kumar and 5.00 The Chase: Bradley Walsh presents
Holly Walsh test their knowledge as Armin, Sally, Karen and Ryan answer
general knowledge questions and work
in a series of games, with the
champion set to be crowned. (R) as a team to take on one of the ruthless
Chasers and secure a cash prize.
6.30 Great British Railway

Channel 4 Channel 5

Unreported World, 7.30pm
6.00am Countdown (R) 6.40 Cheers (R)
7.30 Everybody Loves Raymond (R) 8.55
Frasier (R) 10.25 Escape to the Chateau:
DIY (R) 11.25 Channel 4 News 11.30
Couples Come Dine with Me (R) 12.30pm
Steph’s Packed Lunch 2.10 Countdown
3.00 The Answer Trap 4.00 A Place in the
Sun 5.00 Four in a Bed: The B&B owners
reunite, ready to air their grievances. (R)
5.30 Beat the Chef: Contender Angie
Pinto hopes her Caribbean-inspired
vegetable curry will impress.

6.00 The Simpsons
Homer and Marge take the
kids to Diz-Nee Land, where
they discover a ride that
transports them to the home
Journeys
6.00 Local News, Weather
planet of Kang and Kodos. (R)
Michael Portillo reaches the
6.30 ITV Evening News, Weather
6.30
Hollyoaks
Kent seaside resort of Herne
George’s murderer prepares to
7.00 Emmerdale
Bay, eventually crosses the
come clean and reveal the truth
More from the Dales as Chas
North Downs to Lenham, and
and Darren is disappointed to
hopes she has got through to
pays a visit to Leeds Castle.
be stood up by Nancy. (R)
Liv, Kim puts her plan into
7.00 MOTDx
actionVinny opens up to Lydia.
7.00
Channel
4 News
Jermaine Jenas and the team
7.30 Coronation Street
7.30 Unreported World
take an offbeat look at the
Sharon feigns concern
How violent hurricanes and
Premier League, also
when Sam goes missing and
severe drought have decimated
discussing skills, celebrities,
Johnny assures Daisy of his
previously lush areas of
fashion, music and culture.
commitment to Jenny.
Central America, prompting
7.30 Inside Culture with
some to try to illegally enter
8.30 Van Der Valk
Mary Beard
the The B&B owners reunite,
A young woman is murdered
Cultural review show offering a
ready to air their grievances.
in the vicinity of a library and
mixture of interviews, news
8.00 PICK Tom Allen’s Quizness
museum owned by a wealthy
features and performances
Fiona, George, Rosa and
philanthropist with an interest
from the world of the arts.
Paddy battle it out for a shot
in global mysticism. It’s a
8.00 Great British Menu:
at the £25,000 jackpot, facing
complicated investigation,
The Finals
tricky questions on anything
which leads the detectives
Andi Oliver presents the series
from egg fried rice to Katie
into a world of mysticism,
finale, involving an outdoor
Price. See Picks of the day.
erotica, drug addiction and
banquet at Jodrell Bank in
tempestuous family dynamics.
9.00 PICK Gogglebox
Cheshire, celebrating British
But as if the case were not
The armchair critics share
innovation and invention.
enough to contend with, Van
their opinions on what they
9.00 Gardeners’ World
der Valk also finds himself
have been watching during
Monty Don adds flowers
fending off office gossip about
the week, with cameras
to act as pollinators and
himself and his newly single
capturing their instant
creates an alpine trough. Adam
colleague Lucienne. Marc
reactions. See Picks of the day.
Frost helps comedian Susan
Warren stars as the shrewd
10.00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does
Calman with her garden, and
Dutch detective, with Maimie
Countdown
Nick Bailey reveals a simple
McCoy and Luke Allen-Gale. (R)
Lee Mack, Katherine Ryan, Joe
way to attract wildlife.
Wilkinson and Jon Richardson
10.20 ITV News, Weather
10.00 Later – with Jools Holland
take part in the comedy
10.50 Local News, Weather
The pianist welcomes US
gameshow, with Brett Domino
11.05 The Jonathan Ross Show
musician Annie Clark, aka St
joining Susie Dent in Dictionary
The host welcomes singers
Vincent. Plus, actor and
Corner. Last in the series. (R)
Tom Jones and Paloma Faith,
musician Johnny Flynn,
11.05 PICK FILM A Quiet Place
Guardians of the Galaxy,
Bristol-based five-piece Squid,
(2018, 15)
Spectre and Blade Runner
and multi-instrumentalist and
Two parents do whatever it
2049 star Dave Bautista
vocal powerhouse Laura Mvula.
takes to keep their children
and comedian James Acaster.
10.45 Newsnight, Weather
safe in a world full of creatures
Plus, rock duo Royal Blood
11.20 FILM Testament of Youth
hunting every sound they hear.
perform in the studio. (R)
(2014, 12)
Nothing can be heard from
12.05am
Alan
Carr’s
Epic
Gameshow
–
A young woman gives up
the family hiding in silence, but
Celebrity Special: The comedian hosts
her place at Oxford University
all it takes is one noise and
an all-star version of Name That Tune,
to be a nurse during the First
everything can go horrifically
with Shane Richie, Gabby Logan, Vick
World War. Period drama,
wrong. Horror, starring Emily
Hope and Richard Blackwood trying to
starring Alicia Vikander
Blunt and John Krasinski. See
identify songs played by a house band.
and Kit Harington. ★★★★
Picks of the day. ★★★★
(R) 1.00 Shop: Home Shopping 3.00 FYI

1.20am Battlestar Galactica (R) 2.50
Sign Zone: Panorama (R) 3.20 Sign
Zone: Saved By a Stranger (R) 4.20 Sign
Zone: Great British Railway Journeys
(R) 4.50-6.45am This Is BBC Two

STV 1.00am ITV Nightscreen: Text information.
BBC1 N Ireland 7.35pm Hospital Secrets
Uncovered – Panorama 8.05 A Question of Sport
BBC1 Scotland 7.35pm Landward: Wildlife.
8.05 A Question of Sport: Sports-based quiz.
BBC1 Wales 7.35pm Weatherman Walking:
The Welsh Coast 8.05 A Question of Sport 10.45
Young, Welsh and Bossin’ It 11.10 FILM The
Witches of Eastwick (1987, 18) Fantasy comedy,
starring Jack Nicholson. ★★★★ 1.05am News

Extra 3.15 Martin & Roman’s Weekend
Best!: Kelly Osbourne joins Martin and
Roman Kemp for more celebrity chat,
music and comedy, as well as games and
challenges. (R) 4.05-6.00am Nightscreen

BBC2 N Ireland 7.30pm Live Irish Cup Final
11.20 Inside Culture with Mary Beard 11.50
Snowfall 12.30am Have I Got a Bit More News
for You 1.15 Wild on Water – Strangford Seals
BBC Scotland 12.00noon This Is BBC Scotland
7.00 The Seven 8.00 Rangers: How the League
Was Won: A look back at Rangers’ title-winning
season. 9.00 Scotland’s Game 10.00 Still Game:
Sitcom, starring Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill.
10.30 Scottish Cup Classics 11.00 Scotland
Made Me 11.30 Mirror Mirror 12.00m’t Close

12.50am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
USA (R) 1.40 Come Dine with Me (R)
4.00 Kirstie’s Celebrity Craft Masters (R)
4.55 The £100k Drop (R) 5.45-6.05am
Kirstie’s Fill Your House for Free (R)

RTE1 6.00am EuroNews 6.20 Teleshopping:
double bill 7.55 Today 9.55 The Ellen DeGeneres
Show 10.50 Dr Phil 11.45 Shortland Street
12.15pm Doctors 12.45 Telly Bingo 1.00 RTE
News 1.30 Home and Away 2.00 Neighbours 2.30
Fair City 3.00 EastEnders 3.30 Today 5.40 Nuacht.
Followed by RTE News 6.00 The Angelus 6.01
RTE News 7.00 Nationwide 7.30 Young Sheldon
8.00 EastEnders 8.30 The Shelter: Animal SOS
9.00 RTE News 9.35 The Late Late Show
11.25 FILM A United Kingdom (2016, 12) ★★★★

Inside the Balmoral, 7pm
6.00am Milkshake!: Ben and Holly’s Little
Kingdom (R) 6.10 Peppa Pig (R) 6.20 Mya
Go (R) 6.30 Blue’s Clues & You (R) 6.50
Thomas & Friends (R) 7.00 Fireman Sam
(R) 7.10 Daisy & Ollie (R) 7.20 The
Adventures of Paddington (R) 7.30 Peppa
Pig (R) 7.45 Pip and Posy (R) 8.00 Milo
8.20 Paw Patrol 8.30 Ricky Zoom (R)
8.45 Floogals (R) 8.55 Wissper (R) 9.00
Peppa Pig (R) 9.05 Sunny Bunnies (R)
9.15 Jeremy Vine 11.15 George Clarke’s
Build a New Life in the Country (R)
12.15pm 5 News at Lunchtime 12.20
Room to Improve 1.15 Home and
Away (R) 1.45 Neighbours 2.15 FILM In
the Key of Murder: Darrow & Darrow
(2018, PG) Thriller, starring Kimberly
Williams-Paisley. ★★★ 4.00 BargainLoving Brits in the Sun (R) 5.00 5 News
at 5 5.30 Neighbours: Bea is enraged at
Levi for landing her in it with Lucas. (R)

6.00 Home and Away
Despite Ziggy and Dean’s
best efforts to look after Mac,
she is not accepting their help.
An exuberant Roo explains
how many entrants they
have for the competition. (R)
6.30 5 News Tonight
7.00 NEW Inside the Balmoral:
Scotland’s Finest Hotel
Documentary looking behind
the scenes at Edinburgh’s
prestigious hotel. The staff
hosts France’s national rugby
team, and their entourage.
8.00 Gregg Wallace’s Big
Weekend Away
Gregg explores the history of
Istanbul, which has been the
centre of three empires,
sampling dishes that would
have graced the tables in the
Ottoman palaces of old.
9.00 The World’s Most Scenic
Railway Journeys
Cameras focus on the island of
Taiwan, and three extraordinary
railways, beginning in the
eastern port city of Hualien.
10.00 Britain’s Favourite 90s
Songs
Revisiting the musical highs
of 1991 in the company of
Chesney Hawkes, Shaun
Ryder, Beverley Craven,
Jayne Middlemiss, Paul
Gambaccini and others.
11.30 Rod Stewart: Secrets of His
Biggest Hits
The stories behind three of the
songs that cemented singer
and songwriter Rod Stewart
as a musical superstar looking
at Sailing, Do Ya Think I’m
Sexy? and Young Turks. (R)
12.35am Criminals: Caught on Camera
(R) 1.00 The 21.co.uk Live Casino Show
3.00 Entertainment News on 5 3.10 Ben
Fogle: New Lives in the Wild (R) 4.00
Inside the Tower of London (R) 4.45
Wildlife SOS (R) 5.10 Divine Designs (R)
5.35-6.00am House Doctor (R)

1.30am Casualty 2.30 Telly Bingo 2.40 Nationwide
3.05 Dr Phil 3.50 Doctors 4.20 EuroNews
S4C 6.00am Cyw 12.00noon Newyddion S4C a’r
Tywydd 12.05 Ffit Cymru 1.00 Prynhawn Da 1.55
Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd 2.00 Seiclo: Giro
d’Italia 4.30 Awr Fawr 5.00 Stwnsh 6.00 Y Sioe
Fwyd 6.30 Garddio a Mwy 6.57 Newyddion S4C
7.00 Heno 7.30 Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd
8.00 Codi Hwyl America 8.25 Codi Pac 8.55
Newyddion 9.00 Y Wal Goch 10.00 Seiclo: Giro
d’Italia 10.30 Sioe Fach Fawr 11.35 Diwedd

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6.00am Classic Coronation Street:
double bill 6.55 Classic
Emmerdale: double bill 8.00
Heartbeat 9.05 That’s My Boy 9.40
George and Mildred: double bill
10.45 Agatha Christie’s Poirot
12.40pm Heartbeat 1.45 Classic
Emmerdale: double bill 2.50
Classic Coronation Street: double
bill 3.55 Agatha Christie’s Marple
5.55 Agatha Christie’s Poirot
8.00 Doc Martin Double bill.
Portwenn is buzzing with
excitement as the Doc and
Louisa’s big day arrives; the GP
hosts a disastrous dinner party.
10.05 Foyle’s War Police
superintendent Foyle is frustrated
at seeing everyone else go off to
war, until he finds himself fighting
his own battle on the home front.
12.20am A Touch of Frost 2.15 ITV3
Nightscreen 2.30 Teleshopping

Film4

Freeview 14

11.00am Texas Lady (1955, U)
Western, starring Claudette
Colbert. ★★ 12.45pm Gunpoint
(1966, PG) Western, starring Audie
Murphy. ★★ 2.30 The Man Who
Knew Too Much (1956, PG) Alfred
Thriller remake, with James
Stewart and Doris Day. ★★★★
4.55 Carry On Constable (1960, U)
Comedy, with Sid James. ★★★
6.40 Eddie the Eagle (2016, PG)
Biopic of ski jumper Eddie Edwards,
with Taron Egerton. ★★★★
8.50 Attack the Block Special
9.00 Attack the Block (2011, 15)
Comedy thriller, with Jodie Whittaker
and John Boyega. ★★★★
10.45 Last Action Hero (1993, PG)
Comedy adventure, with Arnold
Schwarzenegger. ★★★
1.20am Solace (2015, 15) Crime
thriller, starring Anthony Hopkins
and Colin Farrell. ★★★

E4

Freeview 13

6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 The
Hurting: Even Hurtier: double bill
8.00 American Pickers 9.00
Storage Hunters UK: double bill
10.00 American Pickers: double bill
12.00noon Cop Car Workshop
1.00 QI XL 2.00 Top Gear 3.00
Rick Stein’s India 4.00 Cop Car
Workshop 5.00 Top Gear
6.00 Taskmaster Gameshow.
7.00 Would I Lie to You?
7.40 Room 101 Double bill.
9.00 QI XL Comedy panel quiz.
10.00 Not Going Out Comedy.
10.40 Not Going Out Christmas
Special Lee faces a desperate
search for a Christmas present.
11.40 Meet the Richardsons
12.20am Would I Lie to You? 1.00
Room 101: double bill 2.25 The
Hurting: Even Hurtier 3.15 Brojects
in the House 3.35 The Hurting:
Even Hurtier 4.00 Teleshopping

YESTERDAY F’view25

6.00am Viking Dead: double bill 8.00
Forbidden History 9.00 Impossible
Engineering: double bill 11.00
Great Continental Railway
Journeys 12.00noon Antiques
Roadshow 1.00 Full Steam Ahead
2.00 Bangers and Cash 3.00
Abandoned Engineering 4.00 War
Factories 5.00 Adolf Hitler’s War
6.00 Antiques Roadshow A special
episode celebrating the history of
film, theatre, music and television.
7.00 Great Continental Railway
Journeys Rotterdam to Utrecht.
8.00 Secrets of Britain The history of
the department store Selfridges.
9.00 Secrets of the Transport
Museum Racing driver Billy
Monger gives a fellow double
amputee a driving lesson.
10.00 Bangers and Cash Double bill.
12.00m’t Bangers and Cash 1.00
Viking Dead 3.00 Teleshopping

Gogglebox
9pm, Channel 4

Thank goodness for the Goggleboxers.
The world may be in turmoil and the future
uncertain, but one thing we can rely on is
being entertained by Jenny and Lee, Pete
and Sophie, Giles and Mary and the gang.
We’ve laughed and cried with them over
the years (Mary being most likely to need
a hankie during emotional moments), and
been befuddled by the same acronyms and

police jargon in Line Of Duty – perhaps
Jenny had the right idea by keeping a note
of everything that went on during Jed
Mercurio’s hit police drama.
What they will be turning their attention
to this week remains to be seen, but you
can bet there will be the usual mix of insight,
bafflement and personal revelations.
And long may they continue. ★★★★★

GOLD

6.00am Teleshopping 7.30 Ever
Decreasing Circles 8.40 Hi-de-Hi!
9.20 Only Fools and Horses 10.00
Last of the Summer Wine 11.20
Keeping Up Appearances
12.00noon Hold the Sunset 12.40
Only Fools and Horses 1.20 Ever
Decreasing Circles 2.00 Hi-de-Hi!
2.40 Dad’s Army 3.20 Keeping Up
Appearances 4.00 Hold the Sunset
4.40 Last of the Summer Wine
6.00 Hi-de-Hi! Classic comedy.
6.40 Keeping Up Appearances
7.20 Only Fools and Horses
8.00 Dad’s Army Wartime comedy.
8.40 Only Fools and Horses
10.25 Harry Enfield and Chums
11.45 Peep Show Comedy.
12.20am The Interviews 1.20 Harry
Enfield and Chums. Comedy.
2.00 Peep Show 2.40 Marley’s
Ghosts 3.10 Harry Enfield and
Chums 4.00 Teleshopping

DRAMA Freeview 20

6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Birds of a
Feather 8.20 The Bill 9.20 Classic
Holby City 10.35 Classic Casualty
11.40 The Bill 12.40pm Classic
EastEnders 2.00 Doctor Finlay 3.00
All Creatures Great and Small
4.05 Lovejoy 5.10 French Fields
6.00 Waiting for God Marion
exposes Harvey’s bogus illness.
6.40 Keeping Up Appearances
7.20 Last of the Summer Wine
8.00 Father Brown Lady Felicia and
Mrs McCarthy are taken hostage.
9.00 Happy Valley Kevin realises the
enormity of the situation he has
created when Nevison tells him
about the kidnappers’ ransom
demands. Sarah Lancashire stars.
10.10 New Tricks A woman claims
to be Standing’s daughter.
11.30 Taggart Crime drama.
2.15am The Bill 3.05 All Creatures
Great and Small 4.00 Teleshopping

FILM CHOICE

Tom Allen’s Quizness
8pm, Channel 4

As children, many of us
were often told to “stop
acting daft” by our parents.
However, an ability to be
very silly indeed is massively
beneficial – some may say
essential – to those taking
part in Allen’s latest TV
venture, because the most
ridiculous of them stands to
win the £25,000 jackpot. If
only our elders and betters
had known… ★★★★

SKY ONE

6.00am Firefighters 7.00 Futurama
8.00 Monkey Life 9.00 Road Wars
10.00 Highway Cops: double bill
11.00 NCIS: Los Angeles 1.00pm
Hawaii Five-0 3.00 S.W.A.T 4.00
Modern Family: double bill 5.00
The Simpsons 5.30 Futurama
6.00 Futurama Sci-fi capers.
6.30 The Simpsons Four episodes.
8.30 Modern Family Cameron’s dad
visits, but an argument over dinner
leads to an awkward situation.
9.00 Intergalactic After the robbery,
the authorities close in on the gang.
10.00 The Late Late Show with
James Corden: Best of the Week
11.00 There’s Something About
Movies With Richard E Grant.
12.00m’t Bloods 12.30 Redknapp’s
Big Night Out 1.30 The Force:
Manchester 2.30 Road Wars:
double bill 4.00 Highway Cops:
double bill 5.00 S.W.A.T

This Time With
Alan Partridge

A Quiet Place

9.30pm, BBC One

John Krasinski directed
and co-wrote this inventive
chiller in which he also stars
alongside his real-life wife
Emily Blunt. They play
parents battling to keep their
children safe from monsters
with hypersensitive hearing,
which have murdered most
of the human race. Millicent
Simmonds and Noah Jupe
co-star. A sequel is due for
release next week. ★★★★★

If there’s one thing Alan loves
more than anything it’s the
chance to prove he’s got
what it takes to be a serious
reporter. So imagine his
delight when he’s asked to
investigate the chemsex
phenomenon for the nation.
Whether the rest of the
show’s team and his viewers
at home are as thrilled
remains to be seen. ★★★★

SKY ATLANTIC

6.00am Richard E Grant’s Hotel
Secrets 7.00 Elementary:
double bill 9.00 Oz: double bill
11.15 Dexter: double bill 1.30pm
Elementary 3.30 Boardwalk
Empire 5.40 The Sopranos
6.45 The Sopranos Tony comes out
of hiding to find Phil, while AJ and
Rhiannon escape an explosion.
7.50 Game of Thrones The Hound is
judged by the gods, while Jaime
receives a different form of justice.
9.00 Domina Double bill. Now
in her thirties, Livia finds herself
married to Gaius and pregnant
again; Livia’s marriage to Gaius is
compromised when she learns that
she cannot bear him any children.
11.20 Oz Mobay receives an order
from Em City’s drug lords and
McManus gets a disturbing call.
12.30am Oz 1.40 Ray Donovan 4.00
The Guest Wing 5.00 The British

11.05pm, Channel 4

SKY WITNESS

6.00am Nothing to Declare 8.00
Border Patrol 9.00 999 Frontline
10.00 The Resident 11.00 Law &
Order 12.00noon Criminal Minds
1.00 Blue Bloods 3.00 Sun, Sea
and A&E 4.00 999 Frontline 5.00
Nothing to Declare: double bill
6.00 Nothing to Declare
8.00 Chicago Med Crockett worries
he made a surgical error.
9.00 Chicago Fire Severide and
Casey try to find the best fit
for Kidd. Ritter, Gallo and Violet
help plan an event for Mouch.
10.00 Chicago PD Voight and the
team pursue a ruthless crime ring.
11.00 Law & Order: Special
Victims Unit A woman accuses
a popular athlete of rape.
12.00m’t Criminal Minds. Crime
drama. 1.00 Blue Bloods 2.00
The Resident 4.00 Road Wars
5.00 Brit Cops: Law & Disorder

TV LIFE|Daily Star Sunday

6.00am Hollyoaks 7.00 Ramsay’s
Kitchen Nightmares USA 8.00
Baby Daddy 9.00 Melissa & Joey
10.00 The Big Bang Theory 11.00
The Goldbergs: double bill
12.00noon Brooklyn Nine-Nine:
double bill 1.00 The Big Bang
Theory: four episodes 3.00
The Goldbergs: double bill
4.00 Black-ish: double bill 5.00
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: double bill
6.00 The Big Bang Theory
7.00 Hollyoaks Drama.
7.30 Ackley Bridge Drama.
8.35 The Big Bang Theory
9.00 FILM Terminator Genisys
(2015, 12) Sci-fi adventure sequel,
with Arnold Schwarzenegger. ★★
11.25 The Big Bang Theory
12.20am Naked Attraction 1.25
Gogglebox 2.30 Taskmaster 3.25
First Dates 4.20 Melissa & Joey
5.10 Man with a Plan: double bill

DAVE

Picks of the day

May 21

ITV3

7.00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show
8.00 Emmerdale9.00 You’ve Been
Framed! Gold 9.30 Supermarket
Sweep 10.30 Secret Crush
11.30 Dress to Impress 12.30pm
Emmerdale: double bill 1.30 You’ve
Been Framed! Gold 2.00 The Ellen
DeGeneres Show 3.00 Ellen’s
Game of Games 4.00 Dress to
Impress 5.00 Love Bites
6.00 Secret Crush Reality series.
7.00 You’ve Been Framed! Gold
7.30 Superstore Comedy.
8.00 Bob’s Burgers Double bill.
9.00 FILM The Heat (2013, 15)
Comedy, starring Sandra Bullock
and Melissa McCarthy. ★★★
11.35 Family Guy Animation.
12.05am Family Guy 12.30 American
Dad! 1.30 Bob’s Burgers: double
bill 2.20 Superstore 2.45 Totally
Bonkers Guinness World Records
3.15 FYI Extra 3.30 Teleshopping

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Friday

ITV2

Freeview6

BBC ONE

Pointless Celebrities, 6.25pm
6.00am Breakfast 10.00 Saturday Kitchen
Live 11.30 Nadiya’s British Food
Adventure (R) 12.00noon Football Focus
1.00 BBC News, Weather 1.15 Swimming:
European Championships 2.50 Money
for Nothing (R) 3.50 Escape to the
Country (R) 4.35 Garden Rescue 5.35
BBC News 5.45 BBC Local News,
Weather 5.50 Celebrity Mastermind (R)

BBC TWO

African Apocalypse, 9.30pm
6.45am Wild & Weird (R) 7.00 The
Dengineers (R) 7.30 The Dog Ate My
Homework (R) 8.00 Blue Peter (R) 8.30
Deadly on a Mission: Pole to Pole (R) 9.00
Human Universe (R) 10.00 Mountain
Gorilla (R) 11.00 New Zealand: Earth’s
Mythical Islands (R) 12.00noon Great
British Menu: The Finals: triple bill (R) 3.00
Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment –
Natural World (R) 4.00 The Frozen North:
Our Wild Adventures (R) 5.00 All That
Glitters: Britain’s Next Jewellery Star (R)

ITV

Game of Talents, 8.30pm
6.00am CITV: Dino Dana (R) 6.25 Mr
Magoo (R) 6.35 Robozuna (R) 7.00 Dare
Master (R) 7.05 Mighty Mike: double bill
(R) 7.20 Mr Bean: The Animated Series:
double bill (R) 7.45 Ben 10 (R) 8.00
Ninjago: Master Of The Mountain: double
bill (R) 8.25 ITV News 8.30 Martin &
Roman’s Weekend Best! 9.25 James
Martin’s Saturday Morning 11.35 John
and Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen 12.35pm
James Martin’s Great British Adventure
(R) 1.35 ITV News, Weather 1.50
Midsomer Murders: A convicted murderer
is suspected of a new killing. (R) 3.45
You’ve Been Framed! (R) 4.15 FILM
Jurassic World (2015, 12) A safari park
for genetically engineered dinosaurs
creates a new species – only for it to
escape and terrorise the tourists. Action
adventure, with Chris Pratt. ★★★★

6.25 Pointless Celebrities
Alexander Armstrong and
Richard Osman present a
6.00 The Octopus in My House
star-studded version of the
– Natural World
general knowledge quiz,
Observing how a professor
featuring Blue Peter presenters
develops a relationship with
from different eras of the
an octopus when he takes it
long-running magazine show.
into his home to learn about
Katy Hill, Ayo Akinwolere,
its intelligence. (R)
Mark Curry, Zoe Salmon, Simon
7.00 Dad’s Army
Thomas, Mwaka Mudenda,
6.30 ITV News, Weather
The bumbling platoon boosts
Richie Driss and Tim Vincent
6.45 Local News, Weather
its fighting strength by
try to come up with the least
7.00 In for a Penny
acquiring an armoured car. (R)
likely correct answers to
Stephen Mulhern heads to
questions posed to the public.
7.30 FILM The Guernsey
Blackpool for the gameshow in
Literary and Potato Peel Pie
7.10 PICK I Can See Your Voice
which he travels around the UK
Society (2018, 12)
Paddy McGuinness hosts the
setting members of the public
In London, 1946, author Juliet
mystery singing gameshow, in
unusual challenges.
Ashton’s career has taken off
which contestants aided by a
7.30 PICK Alan Carr’s Epic
but she is not enjoying
celebrity panel must spot good
Gameshow – Celebrity
promoting her detective stories
singers without hearing them.
Special
to eager audiences on a book
Regular celebrity investigators
The comedian hosts a special
tour. When she receives a letter
Jimmy Carr, Alison Hammond
version of Strike It Lucky, with
from a Guernsey pig farmer
and Amanda Holden are joined
pairings from The Masked
inviting her to attend a meeting
by guest Alexandra Burke, as
Singer, The Repair Shop and
of his literary society, she
they assist two brothers from
Love Island trying to win
eagerly accepts. What Juliet
Middlesbrough in picking out
£25,000 for charity. Last in the
discovers about her new friends
the best singers from a line-up
series. See Picks of the day.
and
their
secrets
leads
to
her
that includes a scientist, a
8.30 Game of Talents
staying on the island much
prison officer and an electrician.
Vernon Kay hosts the
longer than she planned.
See Picks of the day.
gameshow, with two
Drama, starring Lily James and
8.00 PICK Eurovision Song
contestants pairing up with Mel
Tom Courtenay. ★★★★
Contest 2021
B and Michelle Visage to try to
9.30 Arena: African Apocalypse
After a year like no other, which
uncover the secret talents of
Poet
Femi
Nylander
investigates
saw the competition cancelled
performers. Last in the series.
the
atrocities
committed
across
in 2020 in the midst of the
9.35 The Jonathan Ross Show
the West African state of Niger
global Covid-19 pandemic,
The host welcomes actor and
by rogue French army captain
Graham Norton returns once
author David Walliams, actress
Paul Voulet at the end of the
more to introduce live coverage
and comedian Aisling Bea and
19th century. The officer’s
from Rotterdam of the 65th
singer and rapper Bree
actions closely mirror the
Eurovision Song Contest. This
Runway, while Noel Gallagher
colonial horror depicted in
year, the singer-songwriter
chats about his career and
Joseph Conrad’s celebrated
James Newman will be
performs in the studio.
novel Heart Of Darkness,
representing Britain with his
10.30 ITV News, Weather
which was written at the same
song Embers, co-written with
time that Voulet unleashed
10.50 FILM Face/Off (1997, 18)
Conor Blake, Danny Shah, Tom
his killing spree in 1899.
FBI agent Sean Archer captures
Hollings and Samuel Brennan.
terrorist Castor Troy, the man
London-based Newman, who
11.00 FILM Loving (2016, 12)
who killed his son. While Troy is
is 35, won the award for British
In late-1950s Virginia, interracial
in a coma, Archer has the
Single of the Year at the 2014
couple Richard and Mildred
crook’s face surgically grafted
Brit Awards for his song, Waiting
Loving are targeted by the
onto his own so he can go
All Night. Will he have what it
authorities and arrested, leading
undercover and locate a bomb
takes to be crowned this year’s
to a momentous legal battle
planted somewhere in Los
winner? See Picks of the day.
that would end with the
Angeles. But then Troy regains
Supreme Court’s historic 1967
11.45 BBC News, Weather
consciousness – and in turn
decision. Fact-based drama,
12.05am FILM The Ring (2002, 15)
takes on Archer’s identity. John
starring an Oscar-nominated
A journalist investigates teenage deaths
Woo’s action thriller, starring
Ruth Negga. ★★★★
linked to a videotape, which is rumoured
Nicolas Cage, John Travolta
to cause the demise of anyone who
12.55am FILM Margin Call (2011, 15) An
and Joan Allen. ★★★★
watches it. Horror remake, with Naomi
executive dismissed from an investment
Watts and Martin Henderson. ★★★★
bank leaks news of an impending crisis.
1.10am Shop: Home Shopping 3.00 FYI
1.50 Weather for the Week Ahead
Drama, starring Kevin Spacey. ★★★★
Extra 3.15 Britain’s Brightest Family:

variations

1.55-6.00am BBC News: Headlines.

2.35-6.30am This Is BBC Two: Previews.

STV 1.10am ITV Nightscreen: Text information.
BBC1 Scotland 1.00pm Sportscene: Scottish
Cup Final Live: St Johnstone v Hibernian (Kick-off
2.00pm). 4.50 Escape to the Country: A couple
look for a Suffolk home. 12.05am Sportscene:
Scottish Cup Final Highlights 1.00 BBC News
BBC1 Wales 5.05pm Snowdonia 1890:
Heavy snow causes issues as the quarry closes.
BBC2 N Ireland 6.00pm Gardeners’ World 7.00
Home Ground: Gavin Andrews joins a thatcher.

Quiz. (R) 3.40-6.00am ITV Nightscreen

BBC2 Wales 4.00pm The Octopus in My House
– Natural World 6.00 The Frozen North
BBC Scotland 12.00noon This Is BBC Scotland
7.00 The Seven 7.15 The Edit 7.30 Sportscene:
Scottish Cup Final Highlights 8.20 Cairngorms: A
Year in the Wild 9.20 A Portrait of Scotland with
Peter Capaldi 10.50 Scot Squad 11.20 Best of
Chewin’ the Fat 11.45 Tune 12.00m’t Close
RTE1 6.00am EuroNews 6.05 Teleshopping
7.40 Ros na Rún 8.40 Fair City 10.05 European

Channel 4

The Great Garden Revolution, 7pm
6.05am Everybody Loves Raymond: five
episodes (R) 8.10 The Big Bang Theory:
triple bill (R) 9.40 The Simpsons: four
episodes (R) 11.35 Work on the Wild Side
12.05pm Four in a Bed: five episodes (R)
2.40 Johnny Vegas: Carry on Glamping
(R) 3.45 Channel 4 News 4.15 LIVE Live
Heineken Champions Cup Rugby Union:
La Rochelle v Toulouse (kick-off 4.45pm).
Lee McKenzie presents all the action from
the all-French final at Twickenham.

7.00 The Great Garden
Revolution
In an episode dedicated to
kitchen gardens and growing
vegetables, herbs and fruit, the
team come to the aid of two
chefs in Wakefield who need a
hand getting started at growing
their own produce. Poppy
Okotcha demonstrates which
vegetables grow well in the
same plots and Joel Bird plants
a bee highway and creates a
mushroom log. Last in the series.
8.00 Formula 1 Monaco Grand
Prix Qualifying Highlights
Steve Jones presents a chance
to see the qualifying session
from the fifth round of the
season at the Circuit de
Monaco. This race was last
staged in 2019 when the
front of the grid took a familiar
look, with the Mercedes duo
of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri
Bottas qualifying fastest.
With analysis from David
Coulthard and Mark Webber.
9.30 FILM Sicario 2: Soldado
(2018, 15)
Premiere. The drug war on
the US-Mexico border has
escalated as the cartels have
begun trafficking terrorists
across the US border. Federal
agent Matt Graver re-teams
with operative Alejandro Gillick
to fight the enemy forces.
Thriller sequel, starring Josh
Brolin, Benicio Del Toro and
Isabela Moner. ★★★
11.50 FILM Hitman: Agent 47
(2015, 15)
The latest in a long line of
genetically engineered clones
bred to be the perfect assassin
takes on a mission that strikes
close to home. A corporation
intends to use the technology
that created him to build an
army of superhuman killers.
As the assassin fights to bring
them down, he uncovers the
dark secrets surrounding his
origin. Action thriller, starring
Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware
and Zachary Quinto. ★★

Channel 5

The Queen Mother, 9pm
6.00am Milkshake!: Mofy (R) 6.05 Mya Go
(R) 6.10 Peppa Pig: double bill (R) 6.20
Bob the Builder (R) 6.35 Noddy in Toyland
(R) 6.45 Shane the Chef (R) 6.55 Thomas
& Friends (R) 7.05 Fireman Sam (R)
7.15 Ricky Zoom (R) 7.35 Peppa Pig:
double bill (R) 7.45 Milkshake! Bop Box
Boogie (R) 8.00 The Adventures of
Paddington (R) 8.15 Paw Patrol (R) 8.30
Pirata & Capitano (R) 8.50 Butterbean’s
Cafe (R) 9.00 Brave Bunnies (R) 9.10 Little
Princess (R) 9.25 The World According to
Grandpa 9.35 Floogals (R) 9.45 Ben and
Holly’s Little Kingdom (R) 10.05
SpongeBob SquarePants: A sleepdeprived Squidward nods off at
SpongeBob’s house. 10.15 The Loud
House (R) 10.25 Entertainment News
on 5 10.30 Friends: five episodes (R)
12.55pm FILM The Bridge at Remagen
(1969, PG) American soldiers are sent to
capture a strategically important bridge
over the Rhine before the enemy destroys
it. Second World War adventure, with
George Segal and Robert Vaughn. ★★★
3.15 FILM The Glenn Miller Story (1954,
U) Musical biopic of the bandleader and
trombonist, depicting his triumphs both
on and off the stage before his
mysterious disappearance in 1944.
Starring James Stewart, June Allyson and
Charles Drake. ★★★★ 5.40 5 News
Weekend 5.45 Cruising with Jane
McDonald: The singer concludes her
journey around the Caribbean, visiting
Grand Cayman, Roatan off the coast
of Honduras and finishing on the
Mexican island of Cozumel. (R)

6.35 Our Yorkshire Farm
The Owen family decide to try
their hand at self-sufficiency
with their very first dairy cow,
and Reuben accompanies his
mum and younger sisters to
pick up Buttercup from a
neighbouring farm. (R)
7.30 Harry & Meghan:
3 Troubled Years
A look at the Duke and Duchess
of Sussex’s relationship with
the royal family, reflecting on
what really went wrong and
asking if it can ever be repaired.
9.00 NEW The Queen Mother:
Romance & the Throne
Documentary examining the life
of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who
married George VI and was
later known as the Queen
Mother when her daughter
ascended the throne.
10.00 LIVE Boxing
Sam Eggington v Carlos
Molina. Coverage of the bout
for the vacant WBC Silver
Middleweight title, held at the
Skydome in Coventry.

12.00m’t Criminals: Caught on Camera
(R) 12.50 Entertainment News on 5 1.00
The 21.co.uk Live Casino Show 3.00
Entertainment News on 5 3.10 What Went
1.35am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
Wrong: Countdown to Disaster 4.00 Ben
USA (R) 2.25 Couples Come Dine with Me Fogle: New Lives in the Wild (R) 4.50
Wildlife SOS (R) 5.15 Divine Designs (R)
(R) 3.15 Hollyoaks: Omnibus. (R)
5.40-6.00am Peppa Pig: triple bill (R)
5.15-6.05am The £100k Drop: Quiz. (R)

Parliament Report 10.40 The Great British Bake
Off 11.55 Father Brown 12.50pm RTE News 1.00
The Big DIY Challenge 1.30 Tastes Like Home
2.00 Racing from the Curragh 4.40 Upstairs
Downstairs 5.45 Nuacht; RTE News 6.00 The
Angelus 6.01 RTE News 6.25 Pat Shortt’s Music
from D’Telly 6.55 Marty’s Magical Eurovision
Moments. Followed by Lotto 8.00 Eurovision
Song Contest 11.50 FILM The Commitments
(1991, 15) ★★★★★ 2.05am Criminal Minds 3.35
Sanditon 4.25 China on Film 5.15 EuroNews

S4C 6.00am Cyw 8.00 Stwnsh Sadwrn 8.20
Seligo 8.30 Siwrne Ni 9.10 Boom! 9.25 Cath-Od
9.35 Potsh 10.00 Ty am Ddim 11.00 Garejis: Dan y
Bonet 11.30 Cymry ar Gynfas 12.00noon Ffermio
12.30 Bwyd Bach Shumana a Catrin 1.00 Gwesty
Aduniad 2.00 Seiclo: Giro d’Italia 4.30 3 Lle 5.00
Newyddion a Chwaraeon 5.15 Sgorio 7.30
C’mon Midffild 8.15 Noson Lawen Eisteddfod
2019: Aled Hughes hosts. 9.45 Seiclo: Giro
d’Italia: Highlights of stage 14. 10.15 Y Wal Goch
11.15 Rhaglen Deledu Gareth 11.50 Diwedd

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7.00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show:
triple bill 9.30 Dress to Impress:
double bill 11.30 Take Me Out
12.40pm In for a Penny 1.10 FILM
Fame (2009, PG) Musical remake.
★★★ 3.15 FILM Casper (1995,
PG) Supernatural family comedy,
starring Christina Ricci. ★★★★
5.20 FILM The Secret Life of Pets
(2016, U) Animated adventure,
with the voice of Louis CK. ★★★★
7.05 FILM Bruce Almighty (2003,
12) Comedy, starring Jim Carrey
and Morgan Freeman. ★★★
9.00 FILM Pitch Perfect 2 (2015,
12) Comedy sequel, starring Anna
Kendrick and Rebel Wilson. ★★★
11.20 Family Guy Double bill.
12.15am American Dad! double bill
1.15 Plebs: double bill 2.15 Iain
Stirling’s CelebAbility 2.55 Totally
Bonkers Guinness World Records
3.25 ITV2 Nightscreen

ITV3

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Film4

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7.10am Brojects in the House:
double bill 8.00 American Pickers
9.00 Rick Stein’s French Odyssey:
double bill 10.00 Storage Hunters
UK: double bill 11.00 Top Gear
12.00noon Cop Car Workshop
1.00 Rick Stein’s India 2.00 Top
Gear: double bill 4.00 Fast Justice
5.00 Secrets of the Supercars
6.00 Top Gear: Ambitious but
Rubbish The V8-powered blender.
7.00 Top Gear: Polar Challenge
8.00 Not Going Out Lee and Lucy’s
Xmas Eve is turned upside down.
9.00 Not Going Out Christmas
Special Sitcom from 2017.
10.00 Mock the Week Double bill.
11.20 Insert Name Here Gameshow.
12.00m’t Live at the Apollo 1.00 Have
I Got a Bit More News for You 2.00
Have I Got a Bit More Old News for
You 3.00 The Hurting: Even Hurtier:
double bill 4.00 Teleshopping

YESTERDAY

F’view25

6.00am World’s Greatest Palaces:
double bill 8.00 Narrow Escapes
of World War Two: triple bill 11.00
Bangers and Cash: five episodes
4.00pm Great Continental Railway 8pm, BBC One
Journeys 5.00 Great British
If you’re looking for signs that life is starting
Railway Journeys: four episodes
to get back to something resembling normal,
7.00 Great British Railway Journeys
here’s one – Eurovision is back.
Four episodes. Taunton and
Newton Abbot; the first radio signal
Last year’s contest had to be cancelled,
to be sent across the Atlantic; from but this year the competition is returning
Hull to Malton; exploring York.
9.00 One Foot in the Grave Triple bill. and many fans will be hoping it’s even
camper, dafter and more joyous than before.
Victor quarrels with the electricity
board; Victor and Margaret return
One person who might be hoping it’s not
from holiday to a shock; the
quite Eurovision business as usual is James
Meldrews pet-sit a tortoise.
11.00 Sounds of the Sixties Double
bill. Music by Tom Jones; Bob
Dylan and Leonard Cohen.
12.00m’t Sounds of the Sixties: triple
bill 1.00 World’s Greatest Palaces:
double bill 3.00 Teleshopping

Eurovision Song Contest 2021

6.00am Teleshopping 7.00 Ever
Decreasing Circles 7.40 2point4
Children 8.15 We Have Been
Watching 9.15 Only Fools and
Horses: eight episodes 5.10pm
Murder, They Hope. Whodunnit.
6.10 Only Fools and Horses
Double bill of the sitcom.
9.00 Murder, They Hope A twisted
serial killer is on the loose and only
Terry and Gemma’s coach tour
knowledge can help police find
the murderer. Last in the series.
10.00 All Round to Mrs Brown’s
Featuring guests Teri Hatcher,
Rob Beckett and Anna Friel.
11.25 Sandylands Free-spirited
Emily makes a reluctant trip to her
home town. Natalie Dew stars.
12.00m’t Sandylands: triple bill 1.20
Bottom: double bill 2.40 Richard E
Grant on Ealing Comedies 3.30
Marley’s Ghosts 4.00 Teleshopping

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DRAMA

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6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Where the
Heart Is: five episodes 12.00noon
Sharpe 2.00 Birds of a Feather
3.00 Rosemary & Thyme: triple bill
6.00 The Brokenwood Mysteries
Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd
is sent to the New Zealand town of
Brokenwood to investigate the
death of a farmer. Neill Rea stars.
8.00 Shakespeare & Hathaway –
Private Investigators Frank and
Lu investigate following series of
‘accidents’ on a psychic TV show.
9.00 Rebus The Edinburgh detective
tries to discover the significance of
an intriguing clue left at the scene
of a doctor’s murder – a small coffin
containing an effigy of a baby.
10.35 Wallander Two teenagers
confess to killing a taxi driver.
12.35am The Inspector Lynley
Mysteries 2.40 Taggart. Detective
drama. 4.00 Teleshopping

LAST EPISODE

Alan Carr’s Epic
Gameshow – Celebrity
Special 7.30pm, ITV
The current series comes to
an end with a celeb version
of Strike It Lucky, which –
believe it or not, younger
viewers – was once the
fifth-most watched show on
TV. Alan Carr is joined by
pairings from The Masked
Singer, The Repair Shop
and Love Island, who will be
trying their best to avoid the
dreaded hotspots. ★★★★

FILM CHOICE

I Can See Your Voice

Superbad

7.10pm, BBC One

11.10pm, Comedy Central

Paddy McGuinness invites
two brothers from
Middlesbrough to identify
the best singers in a line-up
that includes a scientist,
a prison officer and an
electrician – all without
hearing their voices. Luckily,
they will receive celebrity
assistance from Jimmy Carr,
Alison Hammond, Amanda
Holden and special guest
Alexandra Burke. ★★★

Jonah Hill and Michael Cera
star in the hilarious comedy
as teenage best friends
who are about to go their
separate ways to college.
Before they leave, they
hope to lose their virginity
at a party – but they’ve also
promised to bring booze,
which proves harder than
expected, even with a
friend’s (Christopher MintzPlasse) fake ID. ★★★★

SKY ONE

SKY ATLANTIC

SKY WITNESS

6.00am Monkey Life: four episodes
8.00 Modern Family: triple bill 9.30
The Simpsons: double bill 10.30
Soccer AM 12.00noon NCIS:
Los Angeles: triple bill 3.00 The
Simpsons: seven episodes
6.15 Monaco F1 GP: Qualifying Hlts
From the Circuit de Monaco.
8.00 An Idiot Abroad 2 Karl
Pilkington visits a desert island.
9.00 FILM Ghostbusters (1984, 12)
Three eccentric scientists set up a
ghost-catching business together
and end up having to save the
world. Comedy, starring Bill Murray
and Dan Aykroyd. ★★★★★
11.00 Intergalactic After the robbery,
the authorities start closing in.
12.00m’t Redknapp’s Big Night Out
1.00 NCIS: Los Angeles 2.00 The
Force: Manchester 3.00 Brit Cops:
Rapid Response 4.00 Highway
Patrol: four episodes

6.00am Richard E Grant’s Hotel
Secrets: triple bill 9.00 Elementary.
A member of Holmes’ online
beekeeping community is
murdered. 9.50 Boardwalk Empire:
five episodes 3.15pm The
Sopranos. Triple bill of the drama.
6.40 The Sopranos Double bill.
Tony leaves town to avoid the FBI;
Tony is bitten by the gambling bug.
9.00 Game of Thrones Triple bill.
Daenerys arrives in Slaver’s Bay
looking to form an army, while Jon
Snow tries to earn the trust of
wildling leader Mance Rayder;
Margaery and her grandmother
encourage Sansa to speak freely
about Joffrey; Jaime strikes
a deal with his captors.
12.45am Game of Thrones. Triple
bill of the fantasy drama. 3.00
Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets:
double bill 5.00 The Guest Wing

6.00am Stop, Search, Seize: double
bill 8.00 Border Patrol: double bill
9.00 The Real A&E: double bill
10.00 Paramedics Australia 11.00
Air Ambulance ER 12.00noon 999
Frontline: double bill 1.00 Stop,
Search, Seize 2.00 Nothing to
Declare: eight episodes
6.00 Border Security: Australia’s
Front Line Double bill.
7.00 Blue Bloods Double bill.
9.00 The Rookie Officer Jackson
West is having a hard time with
his new training officer Stanton.
Brandon Routh guest stars.
10.00 Law & Order: Special Victims
Unit Double bill. The CEO of a
military contractor is sexually
assaulted; a TV producer is jailed
for sexually assaulting an actress.
12.00m’t Blue Bloods. Drama double
bill. 2.00 Nothing to Declare.
Eight back-to-back episodes.

TV LIFE|Daily Star Sunday

6.00am Rude(ish) Tube Shorts.
Soldiers stuck in the sand. 6.15
Don’t Tell the Bride 7.10 Made in
Chelsea 8.10 Wife Swap USA 9.10
Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
USA: double bill 11.10 The
Goldbergs: triple bill 12.40pm The
Big Bang Theory: eleven episodes
6.10 FILM Ice Age: Collision
Course (2016, U) A cosmic
blunder leaves Earth in the path of
an asteroid. Animated sequel, with
the voices of Ray Romano, Denis
Leary and John Leguizamo. ★★
8.00 Celebrity Gogglebox USA
Reviews of Labor of Love and
Say I Do: Surprise Weddings.
9.00 Gogglebox: Celebrity Special
for SU2C Critiques of TV shows.
10.15 Gogglebox Double bill.
12.25am First Dates. Double bill of
the dating show. 2.30 Gogglebox:
double bill 4.20 Don’t Tell the Bride

Newman, who is representing the UK. We
haven’t had the best track record in recent
years, but he’ll be hoping for a respectable
showing for his song Embers. However,
he’ll face tough competition as the other
acts take to the stage in Rotterdam.
Graham Norton will be on hand to share
his thoughts on the proceedings and tell
us what to look out for. ★★★★★

GOLD

11.00am Kubo and the Two Strings
(2016, PG) Animated adventure,
with the voice of Charlize Theron.
★★★★★ 1.05pm Rango (2011,
PG) Animated comedy, with the
voice of Johnny Depp. ★★★★
3.25 Transformers: Revenge of the
Fallen (2009, 12) Sci-fi adventure
sequel, starring Shia LaBeouf. ★★
6.20 Star Trek (2009, 12) Sci-fi
adventure, starring Chris Pine
and Zachary Quinto. ★★★★
9.00 Red Sparrow (2018, 15) Thriller,
starring Jennifer Lawrence ★★★
11.45 Pledge (2018, 18) Premiere. A
group of college freshmen pledge
to an exclusive fraternity, but soon
realise there is more at stake than
they could have imagined. Horror
thriller, with Zachery Byrd. ★★★
1.20am The Lobster (2015, 15) Sci-fi
comedy drama, starring Colin
Farrell and Rachel Weisz. ★★★★
Freeview 13

Picks of the day

May 22

6.00am Outside Edge: double bill
7.00 Coronation Street 9.50
Agatha Christie’s Marple 11.55
Agatha Christie’s Poirot: triple bill
5.00pm Midsomer Murders
7.00 Midsomer Murders Double bill.
When a film director is found
beheaded on set, it transpires he
was on poor terms with several
people connected to the project –
leaving Barnaby with no shortage
of suspects; a sex scandal
resurfaces following the murder of
a former detective, and Barnaby
assesses the involvement of staff
at a centre for reformed criminals.
11.05 Agatha Christie’s Poirot The
Belgian sleuth receives anonymous
letters outlining a killer’s intention
to murder a succession of
people in alphabetical order.
1.20am Sanditon 2.15 ITV3
Nightscreen 2.30 Teleshopping

DAVE

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