What's on TV 19-Nov-2022

LIVE! World Cup Sun-Fri, times vary, BBC1, ITV & S4C Sport It’s time to start wondering again if football really will come home as the World Cup kicks off in Qatar, with stars such as Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar from Brazil ready to shine. On Sunday, the host country face Ecuador (kick-off 4pm, BBC1), then on Monday, England are led out by captain Harry Kane to take on Iran (1pm, BBC1), while Wales, under captain Gareth Bale, will play the USA (7pm, ITV & S4C). Friday will also see crucial home-nation matches: Wales v Iran (10am, BBC1 & S4C) and England v USA (7pm, ITV). P11 Upright NEW Tuesday, 9pm & 9.35pm, Sky Comedy Comedy drama (box set, Sky Box Sets & NOW) Milly Alcock and Tim Minchin are back as teenager Meg Adams and Lucky Flynn…

STRICTLY COME DANCING Saturday & Sunday, times vary, BBC1 Entertainment Q Strictly is back in Blackpool. Why is the place so special? A Shirley: Blackpool is the home of ballroom dancing for me. The best dancers from all over the world come to Blackpool – it’s their dream and it’s where my first event was when I was seven years old. I love everything about Blackpool – the lights, the walks along the beach, the people and the nightlife. Craig: The atmosphere is electrifying. We have around 700 people in the audience, which makes it really exciting. Q Do you have a standout memory from Strictly’s previous Blackpool shows? A Shirley: Ann Widdecombe with her samba in Blackpool in 2010 was just iconic. Craig: Jill Halfpenny’s jive in the final of series two, in 2004, held in…

Joy in the jungle! The new series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me out of Here! began on 6 November on ITV, with 9.1m viewers tuning in to see the likes of Boy George (right), Sue Cleaver and Mike Tindall head into the jungle. It beat BBC1’s SAS Rogue Heroes (2.3m). The Pact plummets The second episode of BBC1’s The Pact, starring Rakie Ayola (right) as a mum with a secret, which aired on 31 Oct, dropped from 1.8m viewers to 1.2m. It was beaten by the conclusion of ITV’s The Walk-In, which drew in 1.8m.…

Best known for… Ron is best known for playing the Cadillac-driving Sheriff Mort Metzger of Cabot Cove in Murder, She Wrote alongside Angela Lansbury. He starred in the show from 1985 until it came to an end in 1996. Other achievements… He made plenty of television appearances, including guest roles in Magnum, P.I., Quincy, M. E., I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched and Columbo. He also starred in films Ice Station Zebra and Evel Knievel. Family life… Ron died on 20 October in Thousand Oaks, California, aged 86. He was surrounded by his wife, Kay, and their six children when he died.…

NEW YOU WON’T BELIEVE THIS Tue, 10pm, C4 Entertainment (box set, All 4) Contestants who reckon that they can spot a liar hear extraordinary stories from four ordinary people, but only one of them is telling the truth in C4’s You Won’t Believe This. In this game show, hosted by Ted Lasso actor and Strictly Come Dancing star Ellie Taylor, contestants must identify which one is the truth-teller to win £5,000. If they pick the wrong person, the liar walks away with the money. To help them work out who’s fabricating their stories, former detectives will cross-examine the storytellers. The third degree ‘It’s sort of like Line of Duty meets Gogglebox,’ says Ellie. ‘The interrogators are ex-police interrogators, and they go to town on them, really hard. I would not want to go up against them…

THE PACT Monday, 9pm, BBC1 Drama The dark pact between Christine Rees and her kids is put to the test when DS Pritchard takes up the investigation into Connor’s disappearance this week. DS Pritchard (Matthew Gravelle, Broadchurch) knows the young man vanished after attending Megan’s wedding and is suspicious of the way his phone has also been inactive ever since. So when he pays a visit to Will Rees’ construction site and finds he’s ordered that the mine shaft be filled in early and without council authorisation, the cop begins to wonder if the family have a sinister secret to hide. ‘I think the best dramas put you in the positions of the characters,’ says Lloyd Everitt, who plays Will. ‘Would you make the same decisions with your family? How deep does your pact go?’ WORDS:…