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WOMEN’S EURO 2025 LIVE SATURDAY-FRIDAY, TIMES VARY, BBC1, BBC2, BBC iPLAYER, ITV1 & S4C SPORT The Women’s Euro 2025 tournament only kicks off on Wednesday 2 July, but England and Wales are already facing a make-or-break week in their bids to qualify for the knockout stages. With the home nations drawn together in Group D for the 14th edition of the competition, which is taking place in Switzerland, Wales’ Dragons will be hoping for a strong start when they take to the field against 2017 winners Netherlands this Saturday (kick-off 5pm, BBC1 & S4C), in what will be their first-ever fixture at a major tournament. On the same evening, the Lionesses, managed by Dutch coach Sarina Wiegman and captained by Leah Williamson, will begin defending the title they won three…

TODAY AT THE GREAT YORKSHIRE SHOW NEW THURSDAY & FRIDAY, 8PM, 5 FACTUAL Julia Bradbury has long been a champion of the British countryside. So the popular presenter is in her element as she prepares to team up with Jules Hudson to report on the highlights from annual agricultural extravaganza the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate this week in a two-part special airing on 5. ‘I’m really excited!’ enthuses the 54-year-old star, as she joins TV Times for an exclusive chat. ‘It’s not the first time I’ve been, because I covered the show for Countryfile [Julia presented the BBC1 rural series from 2009 to 2014], but it’s lovely to be in the driving seat with gorgeous Jules because we’ve known each other a long time. Plus, there are more than…

Bernie’s antics have left the Panesars in financial dire straits, and unless they can get some serious dough, sharpish, they’re going to lose their businesses. Step forward Ravi, who decides he’s going to save the day with a spot of high-level drug dealing. What could possibly go wrong? Nicola warns him to be careful when he approaches her about a contact, but Ravi’s on a mission and he’s spurred on by the fact that Avani’s 16th birthday is approaching and he wants to throw her a lavish party. After liaising with a dodgy fella called Okie, Ravi has a bootful of gear on his hands. He persuades Harry to hide the motor at the Arches when the police start sniffing round, but Harry and Kojo are gobsmacked when they see…

FROM SATURDAY We Live in Time NETFLIX PREMIERE DRAMA Anchored by superb performances from Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, this superior weepie slickly combines elements of romantic comedy and tearjerking tragedy while jumping back and forward in time to tell its story. The stars anchor the choppy narrative and they keep us invested in the romance of Garfield’s breakfast cereal marketer and Pugh’s brilliant chef, from their ‘meet-cute’ (she runs him over in her car) through to the birth of their daughter (Grace Delaney) and her diagnosis with ovarian cancer. Just don’t expect director John Crowley (Brooklyn) and the screenwriter, award-winning playwright Nick Payne (Constellations), to stick to that linear timeline. Dir: John Crowley 2024, 15, 107min ON NOW Deep Cover PRIME VIDEO PREMIERE COMEDY THRILLER Bryce Dallas Howard and…

Wimbledon LIVE TENNIS FROM 11AM, BBC1, BBC2 & iPLAYER The action heats up as we enter the crucial second week. No Brits made it to this stage in the men’s or women’s singles last year, but it was still memorable, with eventual men’s runner-up Novak Djokovic sweeping past Denmark’s 15th-seed Holger Rune in a game more notable for the Serb’s post-match interview in which he accused the Centre Court crowd of showing disrespect. Czech 31st-seed Barbora Krejčíková built momentum with a straight-sets win over American Danielle Collins on her way to winning the women’s title. Pour a Pimm’s and settle in. BBC2, TNT Sports 1 and Discovery+ all offer daily highlights (times vary). ★★★★ RL The Gilded Age DRAMA 9PM, SKY ATLANTIC Julian Fellowes writes strong-willed women – Maggie Smith’s formidable…

Too Much NEW COMEDY DRAMA NETFLIX Girls creator Lena Dunham offers her distinctive take on the romcom genre in this 10-part series. After enduring a messy break-up, New Yorker Jessica (Hacks’ Megan Stalter) decides to start afresh in London, hoping it will be just as romantic as it looks in the films, but she is dismayed upon her arrival when she discovers she’s staying in an inner-city block of flats and that the locals don’t respond positively to her outgoing personality. One of the few exceptions is musician Felix (The White Lotus’ Will Sharpe), but with both of them carrying heavy emotional baggage, is their relationship doomed before it even begins? SP • See feature, page 22 The Walking Dead NEW DRAMA 9PM, SKY MAX & SKY SHOWCASE (BOX SET,…

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Unlike many of Coronation Street’s popular female characters, Emily Bishop was not one for angry outbursts or cutting comments; rather the regular churchgoer was all about caring deeds and kind words. But in 1992, self-effacing Emily, played by Eileen Derbyshire, was hospitalised with clinical depression. ‘Poor Emily’s had some bad times but this must have been one of the worst,’ said Eileen. ‘She’s been put upon so often – a little appreciation for her kindness would go a long way.’ Emily’s tough times included her beloved husband Ernest being shot dead in a robbery at Mike Baldwin’s factory in 1978, before evil Richard Hillman tried to kill her in 2003. Now 93, actor Eileen left the soap in January 2016 after 55 years. She briefly reprised the role in October…

LIVE AID AT 40 SUNDAY, 9PM & 10PM, BBC2 FACTUAL (BOX SET, BBC iPLAYER) Music history was made on Saturday 13 July 1985 when two star-spangled concerts simultaneously took place in the UK and America to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. Having brought together some of the biggest names in pop and rock to form supergroup Band Aid for charity single Do They Know It’s Christmas? the previous year, The Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof and singer-songwriter Midge Ure continued their fundraising initiative with landmark event Live Aid. Now, new three-part BBC2 series Live Aid at 40 looks at how the extravaganza, which saw more than 70 acts performing over 16 hours of music, came to fruition at London’s Wembley Stadium and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia,…

JAWS @50: THE DEFINITIVE INSIDE STORY NEW FRIDAY, 8PM, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, & FROM FRIDAY 11 JULY, DISNEY+ FACTUAL Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, Jaws resurfaces again… Having premiered in US cinemas on 20 June 1975 before arriving on UK shores later that year on 26 December, American director Steven Spielberg’s film about a great white shark preying on a coastal community is now celebrating its 50th anniversary. To mark the milestone, a new documentary for National Geographic and Disney+ will deep dive into how author Peter Benchley’s 1974 novel made a splash on the big screen, becoming the ‘first summer blockbuster’. Featuring behind-the-scenes anecdotes from Steven and never-before-seen archive footage, Jaws @50: The Definitive Inside Story will also see Peter’s widow, Wendy,…

Gary Windass is no stranger to hospital – as we’ve said before, he has spent so much time in Weathy General that he should have a wing named after him. But his current stay is different. He’s unconscious, yet we have no idea why. This week, flashback scenes (yep, them again) revisit the night when the builder came a cropper, and the mystery is finally solved. Has it got something to do with a female visitor who’s hiding Gary’s identity from hospital staff? Maria’s seen nothing of her husband since she tore into him for getting too close to her nemesis Lou. Gary then took some time out to visit his mum Anna (who really needs to come back to the cobbles - agreed?). The crimper later received a text,…

FILM We Live in Time PREMIERE DRAMA NETFLIX If the only thing you’ve seen Andrew Garfield in recently is that Sky advert where he dances to Karma Chameleon as it’s sung by… a chameleon, this romantic drama will remind you what a terrific actor he is. He stars with Florence Pugh – also terrific – as 30-something couple Tobias and Almut, with Tobias literally being knocked off his feet when they first meet after Almut accidentally hits him with her car. The narrative jumps back and forward in time while telling their story as they fall in love and plan a family – but then Almut is diagnosed with ovarian cancer… ★★★★ JP Tour de France LIVE CYCLING FROM 11.45AM, ITV1, ITV4, TNT SPORTS 1 & DISCOVERY+ The showpiece of…

A Yorkshire Farm NEW FACTUAL 7PM, 5 The compilation show featuring familiar and favourite faces from across the channel’s Yorkshire-set programmes returns, with a verdant focus on spring. Roving reporter JB Gill meets a flock of beach-dwelling sheep in Scotland and a couple who have started their own plant-based skincare business in Wales, while The Yorkshire Vet’s Peter Wright takes a trip to auction in search of Highland cows. At Cannon Hall Farm, Dave and Rob Nicholson work through the night during lambing season, as well as excitedly await miniature donkeys and a Shetland pony. And we must say, the arrival of these pint-sized creatures provides some sort of animal therapy through the TV. Continues on Thursday. ★★★ NT Surviving Ohio State NEW DOCUMENTARY 9PM, SKY DOCUMENTARIES Produced by George…

Dexter: Resurrection NEW DRAMA PARAMOUNT+ (FIRST TWO EPISODES, THEN WEEKLY) He rises! After being shot by son Harrison (Jack Alcott) in spin-off Dexter: New Blood, fans learned in prequel Original Sin that Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) survived. This new series begins in the hospital, as the serial killer with a moral compass recuperates. But his past soon catches up with him when friend and former colleague Angel Batista (David Zayas) arrives with some tricky questions. Meanwhile, in New York, Harrison’s in trouble and only his dad can help. A stellar new cast includes Uma Thurman, Peter Dinklage and Neil Patrick Harris. EP • See feature, page 20 FILM The Shining HORROR 11PM, BBC2 Ahead of the arrival on MGM+ of new Stephen King adaptation The Institute – which also…

1 Three 25ft-long animatronic sharks were constructed using tubular steel skeletons covered with polyurethane rubber for the film: one full-body version, one that would be shown from the right, and one from the left. 2 Collectively nicknamed behind the scenes as ‘Bruce’ after Steven Spielberg’s lawyer, Bruce Ramer, the trio of mechanical sharks used air-powered pneumatic mechanisms to create movement. However, they frequently malfunctioned as they were not designed to cope in salt water. 3 Primarily shot on the holiday island of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, which doubled as the story’s fictional Amity Island, principal photography went over schedule from a planned 55 days to almost 160 days because of technical difficulties and the challenges of filming in the open ocean. 4 The film won three Oscars – Best Film Editing and Best Sound,…

Lauren and Peter seem to lurch from one drama to another, and the fact that they’re now back together after their 97th break-up isn’t about to change matters. This week, more choppy waters need to be navigated when Lauren comes clean about her kiss with Zack. And if that wasn’t enough, the parents are then confronted with their worst nightmare – kids Louie and Jimmy go missing. All this happens against the backdrop of Jimmy’s chorioretinal-coloboma diagnosis; a condition that has left the tot blind and Lauren and Peter having to adjust to a new ‘normal’. Struggling to soothe his son, Peter finds an unexpected solution courtesy of Jay, who is playing his guitar nearby and sends Jimmy off to sleep. Soon, Jay is giving him a lesson, but he…

When Sarah was told she had cervical cancer, she was adamant that the diagnosis wouldn’t derail her mission to become a mum. But an unexpected hysterectomy has changed things – unable to carry a child, where does she go from here? Well, there is a solution, and it comes from Cain of all people. Seeing how desperate his granddaughter is to achieve her dream, he suggests that she considers surrogacy. Sarah’s understandably fragile – emotionally as well as physically – as she earlier returns to the village from hospital. Trying to distract herself from her grief, she refuses to rest and tips up at the garage to give Kammy a hand. Cain isn’t happy but he doesn’t put up much of a fight, and it’s not long before Sarah’s back…

Live Aid at 40 NEW FACTUAL FROM 9PM, BBC2 (BOX SET, iPLAYER) …When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World. On 13 July 1985, some of the big gest names in music performed at London’s Wembley Stadium and JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, US, to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. The brainchild of Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, it saw more than two billion people watch the likes of Queen, U2, David Bowie, Madonna and Tina Turner. This three-part documentary features exclusive interviews with organisers, performers and politicians of the day who share their memories and discuss the legacy of Live Aid. ★★★★ TL • See feature, page 11 Jimmy Doherty’s Big Bear Rescue NEW FACTUAL 8PM, C4 Cameras follow Jimmy Doherty – of Jimmy’s Farm fame – as…

Women’s Euros LIVE FOOTBALL FROM 4.15PM, BBC1 & ITV1 The winners of the last two Euros will clash in Zurich this afternoon, when England take on the Netherlands in what many expect to be the stand-out fixture of the tournament’s group stages (k-o 5pm, BBC1). The Lionesses’ captain Leah Williamson knows Dutch striker Vivianne Miedema well from their time at Arsenal, and their personal battle could be crucial in this heavyweight Group D clash. Meanwhile, Wales will be looking to cause an upset when they take on France this evening (k-o 8pm, ITV1). Will their record-goalscorer Jess Fishlock be able to inspire them to a famous victory? ★★★★ SMA The Trouble with Mr Doodle NEW DOCUMENTARY 10PM, C4 This feature-length documentary looks at the artist Sam Cox, who loved to…

A POWERFUL WATCH In BBC2 documentary Heston: My Life with Bipolar, chef Heston Blumenthal shared his experiences of having bipolar disorder and how it has affected him, his family and his career. It was a powerful insight into what life can be like with the condition and I hope it helps to give viewers a better understanding. Rachel Howlett, Bedfordshire BY THE BOOK In response to your feature on book-to-TV adaptations [21-27 June issue], I think that Our Kate, the brilliant autobiography of novelist Catherine Cookson, would make a great TV series. It’s a powerful rags-to-riches story that reveals how the writer discovered her sister was, in fact, her mother and how she turned to writing after experiencing several miscarriages. Sharon Boothroyd, West Yorkshire BACK ON THE BOX Hooray! C4’s…