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- 5:15am
Couples Come Dine with Me
South LondonIn south London, three couples compete to host the best dinner party, in an edition featuring evil glares, a roof-top rave, and a cooking meltdown on the hottest day of the year.
- 6:05am
Kirstie and Phil's Love It or List It
Series 8 Episode 7Kirstie catches up with Catherine and Nigel, who were at a loss over what to do with their home in Larne, Northern Ireland. Catherine wanted out of their three-bed bungalow, while Nigel had fallen in love with their big garden and stunning views.
- 7:00am
The Simpsons
Series 17 Episode 15: Homer Simpson, This Is Your WifeMarge swaps places with a British wife after the Simpsons become contestants on a reality show.
- 7:25am
The Simpsons
Series 11 Episode 3: Guess Who's Coming to Criticize DinnerHomer affects the way trendy people eat when he becomes a local food critic, until he starts giving restaurants bad reviews.
- 7:50am
The Simpsons
Series 17 Episode 10: Homer's Paternity CootWhen an old letter arrives chez Simpson, Homer realises Grampa may not be his dad after all.
- 8:15am
The Simpsons
Series 23 Episode 4: Replaceable YouBart's science fair project, a mechanical baby seal, outshines Lisa's brainy asteroid model and becomes a popular pet among the retirement home patrons. Meanwhile, Homer gets a new and eager assistant named Roz, but when he quickly loses his job to her and discovers her evil past, he and Ned team up to reveal her true dark colours.
- 8:40am
Adventure (2011)Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
On a cruise, the Chipmunks and the Chipettes go overboard and are washed up on an island. Can Dave come to their rescue?
4.3IMDb - 10:20am
Adventure (2006)Barnyard
Otis the cow is a wild-living party animal and just loves to dance until dawn, but then his dad is killed by coyotes, and Otis has to become the responsible leader of the rest of the all-singing, all-dancing farm animals.
5.6IMDb - 12:05pm
Channel 4 News Summary
Channel 4's midday news summary.
- 12:10pm
Junior Bake Off
Series 6 Episode 18The tastiest bits from finals week of Junior Bake Off 2021, from street food and patisserie to international baking and illusionary bakes. Who will be crowned the winner?
- 1:45pm
Science fiction (1977)Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Steven Spielberg's science fiction classic tells the story of an engineer who observes UFOs over Indiana and, along with hundreds of others, is drawn inexplicably to a remote mountain where scientists plan to make contact with the alien visitors. This version is the re-edited director's cut, featuring previously unseen footage.
- 4:25pm
Comedy (1987)Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Fastidious businessman Neal Page and slobbish shower-curtain salesman Del Griffith are the reluctant odd couple trying to get home from New York to Chicago to be with their families at Thanksgiving whose thwarted travel plans keep throwing them together in.
7.6IMDb - 6:15pm
Channel 4 News
Includes sport and weather.
- 6:40pm
Historical drama (2016)Hidden Figures
NASA mathematicians Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson cross gender and race lines to help launch astronaut John Glenn into outer space.
7.8IMDb - 9:00pm
Adventure (2000)Cast Away
Following a man's bid for survival on a desert island following a plane crash. An employee of Fedex snatches a few days between flights with his loving family and fiancée, to whom he proposes, before rushing off on his next assignment. However, his plane crashes during a storm and over the next four years he must train himself to survive away from civilisation.
- 11:45pm
Crime drama (1974)The Godfather, Part II
Vito struggles to make a living, legally or illegally, for his wife and family in 1910s Little Italy, while Michael Corleone's 1950s business expansion and lust for power leads to paranoia and the destruction of his family.
9.0IMDb - 3:25am
Drama (2021)Petite maman
Nelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother's childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her same age building a treehouse.
- 4:40am
Come Dine with Me
Cumbria: AndrewIn Cumbria, 45-year-old hotel duty manager Andrew Carruthers is planning a hotel-themed night, complete with five star quality food including `early reservation fishcakes' and a `do not disturb truffle'.
- 5:05am
Come Dine with Me
Cumbria: JonnyIt's the second day of the competition in Cumbria and it's the turn of cocky fitness fanatic Jonny Thompson to host. Jonny plans a meaty menu, but his fellow guests get to see more of him than they bargained for.
- 5:30am
Come Dine with Me
Cumbria: KatyEccentric sheepdog trainer Katy Cropper is the latest to host in Cumbria, so expect the unexpected. There will be `come a cropper' prawns cooked al fresco on an open fire and champagne opened with a Masai sword.
- 5:55am
Come Dine with Me
Cumbria: HollyFood marketing manager Holly Venning loves Cumbria and wants to show it through her meal, with Cumbrian scallops and chorizo followed by traditional Cumberland sausage.