UK TV Guide — Freeview & Sky Listings for Wednesday 22 April
BBC One owns Friday night with an emotional run from Extraordinary Portraits with Bill Bailey at 7:30pm through Beyond Paradise, Have I Got News for You, and The Young Offenders -- four hours of broadcaster confidence that's hard to argue with. Channel 5 closes out the Missed Call mystery with its series finale, Prince Night on BBC Four is a music lover's Friday gift, and Hacks returns for its fifth and final season on Sky Atlantic. A Friday tv guide worth clearing your plans for.
The World Snooker Championship opens at the Crucible on BBC One and BBC Four, Casualty bows out with an emotionally charged series finale at 8:45pm, and ITV1 launches The Murder Line -- a Canadian crime thriller with Minnie Driver at her most formidable. Channel 4 returns with the second series of World's Most Secret Hotels, Channel 5 marks what would have been the Queen's 100th birthday with a documentary double bill, and Chelsea face Manchester United in a huge Premier League clash on TNT Sports. Saturday's tv guide doesn't breathe for a moment.
BBC One devotes its entire Sunday evening to Queen Elizabeth II's centenary -- Antiques Roadshow Royal Special at 8pm from Windsor Castle, then a landmark documentary at 9pm with Barack Obama, David Attenborough and Queen Camilla among the contributors. ITV1 counters with the two-hour Grace series finale starring John Simm, Channel 4 brings back Your Song with Alison Hammond in Edinburgh, and Man City v Arsenal serves up the Premier League title decider on Super Sunday. The tv guide doesn't get much weightier than this.
BBC One launches Mint at 9pm -- Charlotte Regan's sharp, offbeat crime family drama set in central Scotland with Emma Laird, Laura Fraser, and Lindsay Duncan across three generations of formidable women. Channel 4 goes documentary-heavy with the Suez crisis at 9pm and a two-part Chernobyl film at 10pm, while BBC Two settles the Mastermind and University Challenge grand finals on the same night. West Ham's relegation fight takes them to Crystal Palace on Sky Sports, and the World Snooker Championship continues at the Crucible. A Monday tv guide with more going on than most Friday nights.
Thursday's tv guide is dominated by a five-way 9pm pile-up that should be illegal -- The Apprentice series finale on BBC One celebrates 20 years of boardroom carnage, Taskmaster continues its 21st series on Channel 4, and Bergerac returns on U&Drama with a new series opener. Add Missed Call on Channel 5 and Inside Barlinnie on BBC Two, and broadcasters have clearly declared war on your remote control. It's also Europa League quarter-final night, with Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, and Crystal Palace all in European action. Nicola Coughlan's Big Mood returns late night on Channel 4 for a second series. A lot is happening tonight.
Wednesday's tv guide is headlined by a remarkable Channel 4 premiere -- Grayson Perry Has Seen the Future drops artist Sir Grayson Perry into Silicon Valley for an encounter with AI companions, self-driving taxis, and one woman who married a chatbot. BBC One closes out Ambulance with its Yorkshire series finale at 9pm, Channel 5 continues the gripping Missed Call thriller, and Arsenal host Sporting CP in a Champions League quarter-final that could define the Gunners' European season. Three strong claims on the 9pm slot, plus a sitcom with Hugh Bonneville and the spy thriller's final two episodes running past midnight.
Tuesday's tv guide ends Stefan Golaszewski's heartbreaking Babies on BBC One -- one of the finest dramas of the year closing out its six-episode run -- and also wraps up Sort Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon on the same channel. Channel 5 launches the birdwatching bromance Sam and Ade Go Birding while Gordon Ramsay goes undercover on Channel 4, and England's Lionesses take over ITV1's entire evening with a live Women's World Cup qualifier against Spain at Wembley. Two series finales, a new series launch, and a major free-to-air sporting event -- Tuesday barely pauses for breath.
Monday night television throws up a proper four-way fight at 9pm: BBC One has the penultimate episode of Babies, BBC Two launches the warmly funny Miriam Margolyes Made Me Me, Channel 4 opens its coldest true-crime special in years with 24 Hours in Police Custody, and Channel 5 kicks off the five-part thriller Missed Call with Joanna Scanlan. Factor in Euphoria's long-awaited third series premiere on Sky Atlantic, Manchester United v Leeds United live on Sky Sports, and Monty Don hosting Have I Got News for You, and Monday's tv guide asks you to make some properly difficult decisions.
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