Sunday 26th August 2018
06:00-10:00 Weekend
10:00-10:20 (Repeat) Britain,s Home Favourites:Shorts
10:20-11:15 (Repeat) Lucky Stars
11:15-12:15 (Repeat) brand new series.8/9.Love Your Garden.(Series 7).
Such is the dedication of 28-year-old inspirational zookeeper John Paul Houston, he chooses not only to work but also live full time at Blackpool Zoo. When he’s not raising money for wildlife preservation, the committed conservationist’s extraordinary hand-rearing miracles have helped make Blackpool Zoo one of the top centres for ornithological study and bird conservation.
Alan meets John Paul in the penguin enclosure and takes on the challenge of transforming an uninspiring scruffy piece of lawn, next to and overlooking the public car park. With a clever design, he turns it into a private retreat for John Paul to share with all the other dedicated keepers at the zoo. Alan and the team fill it with animal- and wildlife-friendly ideas and share their tips on clever ways to create privacy without building walls and fences.
The Love Your Garden team are David Domoney, Francis Tophill, Alan Titchmarsh and Katie Rushworth
12:15-12:25 TV3 News and Weather
12:25-12:55 (Repeat) brand new series.James Martin's French Adventure.St Tropez: James's journey though France leads him to the glitz and glamour of St Tropez where he drops in on old friend Michel Roux and knocks up a rather special barbeque.
12:55-13:25 (Repeat) brand new series.2/6.Joanna Lumley's Postcards.(Series 1).(Greece).Joanna Lumley re-lives her journey through mainland Greece, including meeting world famous singer Nana Mouskouri and taking in the ancient fortune-telling fumes in Delphi.
13:25-14:10 (Repeat) brand new series.Catchphrase.Stephen Mulhern hosts the classic game show. One lucky contestant will go through to the Super Catchphrase for the chance to win a huge cash prize.
14:10-15:10 (Repeat) brand new series.5/7.Long Lost Family.(Series 7).Episode 5
“I feel a bond with John even though we’ve never met, he’s out there somewhere, he was a family secret and back then I think secrets remained secret.”
Richard Beckley, searching for his brother
Episode Five features two stories of lives turned upside down by unexpected revelations: A man longing to find the brother his mum never told him about, and a woman searching for the father she fears may not want to be found.
Our first search is behalf of a man who is desperate to find the brother who’s been missing from the family for nearly 60 years.
53-year-old policeman Richard Beckley lives in in Sutton with his wife Karen. He grew up with his parents Margaret and Arthur on a farm in Kent, the youngest of three siblings. But in 2003, six years after his mother passed away, everything Richard thought he knew about her was turned on its head.
Richard’s uncle Frank revealed that Richard had two half siblings he had never known about. In 1944 Richard’s mum Margaret had given birth to a daughter Jenny, and then six years later in 1950 to a son, John. Like many unmarried mothers at the time, she had to give both children up for adoption. “It was just staggering because I knew my mum, I thought I knew everything about her…” – says Richard.
But Richard’s uncle had another revelation. He revealed that Jenny had contacted Richard’s mum in 1985 but his mother made the decision she wasn’t going to meet with Jenny. “It must have absolutely broken her heart to keep that secret.” – says Richard.
Other than his name and date of birth, there was no information about John. But Richard and his siblings did have a lead for Jenny – Uncle Frank knew her surname from when she had been in touch twenty years earlier. And they found Jenny living near Biggleswade in Bedfordshire.
Although Margaret hadn’t felt able to meet Jenny, she did explain why in a letter. ‘…I have given this much thought and do feel that the possibility of meeting could not be considered as this would only be done by deceiving my husband and family.’
Despite searching for 14 years, Richard’s no closer to finding their missing brother: “It’s been wonderful having Jenny and her family in our lives, but we know nothing about John whatsoever.”
In almost all cases when a baby is adopted they’re given a new identity, what we needed was John’s new surname. But because of the need to protect the identity of adopted children, the only way we could find this was by working with a specialist intermediary legally allowed to access records. We were told John had been adopted by the Nicklin family in Manchester, but after 1970 we couldn’t find any record of them. Then we had a breakthrough, John had an older sister Doreen. We traced her and she gave us John’s new address in Brisbane, Australia.
John had emigrated when he was 19. Now widowed, he works as a handyman. Nicky goes to meet John in his family home where John reveals that he had never searched for his birth family because he had been told that his birth parents had died in a car crash. Nicky breaks the news to John that is it not only Richard searching and that John also has another brother and two sisters. “I can’t believe it, I thought I was the only one in the world… I certainly can’t wait to see them and give them a big hug” – says John.
Davina travels to Richard’s home to tell him the news that John has been found. “I didn’t expect that… it makes searching worth it because what he was told.” – says John.
“He looks really familiar, he looks like a member of the family… I can’t wait to meet him.”
John makes the 10,000 mile journey from Brisbane to London to meet Richard and his siblings and complete the family. Richard and Jenny are joined by their other siblings at a hotel close to Richards home where they’ll be reunited with their brother.
“I felt an incredible connection with John when we met, from the moment he walked in it’s like I’ve known him all my life.” – says Richard.
“I’m very happy, he didn’t feel a stranger… I feel like his big sister.” – says Jenny.
“The first instincts when I met them all was I belong here, they felt like family, and they are family.” – says John.
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Our second search comes from country Durham and a woman longing for the father she’s never met.
“I don’t know who he is, I don’t know where he is but this gives me hope that he’s out there somewhere.” – says Kelly.
Paediatric nurse Kelly Anderson-Laybourne lives in Seaham with her husband Steve and two children. Kelly grew up as the eldest of five siblings but when she was 15 the man she had always thought of as her father made a revelation that would change her life: “He sat me down at the breakfast bar and told me that he wasn’t my dad… everything fell into place because I just always felt different to my brothers and sisters.”
Kelly’s mum Joanne explained Kelly’s real father was a man called Richard who she met as a teenager. Kelly’s mum had met Richard in the summer of 1981 when they were both working together in a hotel Campbeltown on the west coast of Scotland. But when the summer ended, so did Richard’s job and he returned to his family in London. The couple kept in touch by phone but in the era before mobiles it proved increasingly difficult. Shortly after Richard left, Joanne realised she was pregnant. For 20 years Kelly has longed to find her real dad, but she always wondered if he chose to walk away from her life.
Now in his 50s Richard lives just 30 miles away from Kelly. Nicky meets Richard at his home. “I’m really sad for her… I really wish I had known then… I can’t wait to meet her and try make up for lost time.” – says Richard.
Three weeks after we told Kelly Long Lost Family found her father, Kelly is going to meet him for the first time, and both are full of nerves and excitement. “This is one of the most important things I’ve ever done and I never thought that it would happen… I have been waiting a really long time for this… its life changing.” – says Kelly.
Their meeting takes place at a hotel in the centre of Newcastle, directly between where they both live.
As soon as they set eyes on each other they embrace and Kelly can finally reach out and hug her father – after 35 years having only seen a picture.
“I felt very much like she was my daughter, I felt like her father… and from now on that’s what it’s going to be like.” – says Richard. “I’m so happy to actually meet my dad, it just means everything.” – says Kelly.
15:10-15:40 (Repeat) Bear Grylls Survival School.Panther Crawl: The survival master teaches young students how to cope in the wild. The students attempt a 'panther crawl' across a raging river, before building a shelter.
15:40-18:30 Film:Superman (1979).Oscar-winning fantasy starring Christopher Reeve and Marlon Brando, 1979. Superman must prevent Lex Luthor's scheme to rearrange the west coast of America with nuclear bombs.
18:30-18:45 Regional News and Weather
18:45-19:00 TV3 News and Weather
19:00-21:05 brand new one-off-entertainment.The Best Adverts in the World.
Adverts have played a huge role in our TV viewing over the years, from celebrity endorsement or catchy slogans and jingles, this brand new one off special will celebrate the best commercials ever made.
Presented by Hugh Dennis, Possibly….The Best Advert In The World will feature some truly iconic adverts and a whole range of hilarious, outrageous and thought provoking new ads viewers will never have seen before. At the end of the night our audience will then decide which of all the ads they have seen is Possibly… The Best Advert In The World.*Lucky Stars:Celebrity Special returns with the brand new series and the fourth series starts on next Sunday (2nd,September,2018) at 6:00pm-7:00pm will be new 8 episodes.Manchester Street hour-long-episode on next Sunday (2nd,September,2018) at 7:00pm-8:00pm and The X Factor is on next Sunday (2nd,September,2018) at 8:00pm-9:00pm.
21:05-22:10 brand new series.1/8.Victoria.(Series 2).(A Soldier's Daughter).Picking up a month after the birth of her first child, the new series sees Queen Victoria surprise the court when she insists on returning to her duties as soon as possible.
Having taken charge in her absence, adoring new father Albert decides not to trouble his wife with worrying news regarding the British soldiers in Afghanistan. However, as the reports worsen, Victoria grows increasingly suspicious that he and Prime Minister Robert Peel are hiding something from her.
Determined to reclaim her place with characteristic impulsiveness, Victoria brings in the formidable Duchess of Buccleuch as her new Mistress of the Robes and demands that former chef, Francatelli, return to the palace kitchens.
Meanwhile, Albert’s family descend on the palace for the Christening of baby Vicky and their dynastic plotting only intensifies Victoria’s sense of frustration. Convinced that the truth is being kept from her, Victoria seeks answers from the Duke of Wellington.*Victoria Series 2 episode 2 airs on next Sunday (2nd,September,2018) at 9:00pm-10:05pm.
22:10-22:20 TV3 News and Weather
22:20-23:20 (Repeat) Judge Rilnder,s Crime Stories
23:20-00:15 (Repeat) brand new series.1/6.5 Gold Rings.(Series 1).Phillip Schofield hosts the quiz show in which two teams use gold rings to answer questions. Will it be Katy and Wendy or Janice and Roland leaving with the money?
00:15-03:00 JackpotCasino247
03:00-03:50 Motorsport UK
03:50-05:05 Nightscreen
05:05-06:00 (Repeat) The Jeremy Donald Show
18:30-18:45 SCO News
00:15-01:15 Teleshopping
01:15-02:45 After Midnight
02:45-05:05 Nightscreen
18:30-18:45 RTV News
00:15-01:15 Teleshopping
01:15-03:00 Nightscreen
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