Tag: Dan & Helen’s Pennine Adventure

UK TV programmes to watch this week : 02/09/2023

Secrets of the London Underground (Yesterday | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Tuesday 5th September 2023)

Archway. Series 3, episode 10. Tim Dunn and Siddy Holloway explore hidden parts of Archway. Once called Highgate to encourage more people to travel there before an actual Highgate station existed.

Dan & Helen’s Pennine Adventure (Channel 5/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Tuesday 5th September 2023) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **

On the last leg of their adventure, Dan Walker and Helen Skelton are in the north Pennines, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty close to Helen’s Cumbria home. Helen introduces Dan to one of her favourite Cumbrian villages, Dufton, where she joins a local running club on a steep fell run up Dufton Pike. Dan heads to Slaggyford, where he takes a ride on the South Tynedale Railway – the highest narrow-gauge railway in the north of England, with spectacular views for all five miles of the journey.

All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.

UK TV programmes to watch this week : 26/08/2023

Queer as Folk US (Channel 4/HD | 1:55am to 2:55am | Monday 28th August 2023)

Sacrilege. Series 1, episode 8. Bussey throws a party to reclaim Babylon, and Mingus performs again. Bussey, Brodie, Ruthie, Shar and Brenda make life-changing decisions.

Secrets of the London Underground (Yesterday | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Tuesday 29th August 2023)

Acton Works. Series 3, episode 9. Tim Dunn and Siddy Holloway snoop around TFL’s gargantuan maintenance facility – Acton Works.

Dan & Helen’s Pennine Adventure (Channel 5/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Tuesday 29th August 2023) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **

On the penultimate leg of their journey, Dan Walker and Helen Skelton explore the Yorkshire Dales. They begin in the stunning karst landscape of Beck, where they face their biggest challenge yet with a huge 100m abseil into Alum Pot, one of the Dale’s deepest caves. From there, they travel to Wensleydale, where Dan heads off to investigate one of Yorkshire’s culinary heroes, The Yorkshire Curd tart, before travelling across the epic Buttertubs Pass and eventually making their way across the Swaledale Valleys.

DIY SOS (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 30th August 2023)

DIY SOS Strictly Special. Strictly Come Dancing stars Anton Du Beke, Katya Jones and Graziano Di Prima join Nick Knowles and the team in Wallsend, Newcastle. Together, they set to work transforming the True Colours performing arts school, an inclusive dance school that teaches dance and theatre skills to 500 children and young adults weekly, many of whom have disabilities and learning needs. The school has grown substantially over time and they’ve completely outgrown their existing space, so the team get to work renovating a run-down old boys club that would give the dance school the extra space it so desperately needs to continue to transform more young lives.

The 1970s Supermarket (Channel 5/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Wednesday 30th August 2023)

How supermarkets battled it out with price cuts and clever advertising campaigns as they fought to offer customers the best bargains, including the launch of the iconic ASDA price tap adverts. Elsewhere in the kitchen, chef Rustie Lee puts SMASH to the taste test against home-made mashed potato, and there’s also a look back at the launch of one of the most iconic advertising mascots in history, the Honey Monster.

All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.

UK TV programmes to watch this week : 19/08/2023

Match of the Day Live: FIFA Women’s World Cup (BBC 1/HD| 9:45am to 1:45pm | Sunday 20th August 2023)

Spain v England (Kick-off 11.00am). All the action from the showpiece match, held at Stadium Australia in Sydney. Spain have reached the final for the first time after a dramatic 2-1 win over Sweden in the semi-finals, while England are also making their debut in this match after prevailing 3-1 in an end-to-end clash with Australia.

Secrets of the London Underground (Yesterday | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Tuesday 22nd August 2023)

Shepherd’s Bush. Series 3, episode 8. Tim Dunn and Siddy Holloway discover the hidden corners of Shepherd’s Bush.

Dan & Helen’s Pennine Adventure (Channel 5/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Tuesday 22nd August 2023) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **

Dan Walker and Helen Skelton begin the next leg of their journey atop Stoodley Pike Monument, a Northern landmark with stunning views across the region, before making their way to Hebden Bridge where they meet a talented ten-year-old planning to keep the craft of clog-making alive by continuing his grandparents’ business. The pair then make their way to Saltaire, the village built by the Victorian industrialist Titus Salt for his workers, before their final stop at the the Cow and Calf Rocks on Ilkley Moor.

Susan Calman’s Big Seaside Holiday (Channel 5/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Friday 25th August 2023)

Cleethorpes. Series 3, episode 5. The comedian heads to Cleethorpes, and explores a mock castle before properly losing herself in the Lincolnshire town, where she stumbles across a maze. Susan then hits the beach for a spot of stunt kite-flying before taking a trip on the Cleethorpes Coastal Light Railway, which conveys her to one of the smallest pubs on the planet.

All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.

UK TV programmes to watch this week : 12/08/2023

Queer as Folk US (Channel 4/HD | 00:05am to 0:55am | Monday 14th August 2023)

Pretend You’re Someone Else. Series 1, episode 6. The gang ride on a Mardi Gras float, where Brodie and Ruthie learn that they can’t escape each other – or their past. Mingus finds solace in sex, Marvin butts heads with Ali and Shar, and Noah brings Julian to lunch with his dad.

Secrets of the London Underground (Yesterday | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Tuesday 15th August 2023)

Heathrow. Series 3, episode 7. Tim Dunn and Siddy Holloway head to the sprawling Heathrow Airport underground stations – the first ever underground rail link between an airport and a city.

Dan & Helen’s Pennine Adventure (Channel 5/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Tuesday 15th August 2023) ** PICK OF THE WEEK + NEW SERIES **

Dan Walker and Helen Skelton explore Britain’s first long-distance trail, the Pennine Way, travelling from Dan’s home in Sheffield up to Helen’s home in Cumbria. The pair begin their adventure in the Peak District, and from the stunning Bamford Edge, Dan and Helen survey The Pennine Way, stretching all the way to Scotland. Later, the duo cycle along the stunning, serpentine Snake Pass, before becoming the first members of the public to canoe along Standedge, Britain’s longest, deepest, and highest canal tunnel.

Susan Calman’s Big Seaside Holiday (Channel 5/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Friday 18th August 2023)

Southwold. Series 3, episode 4. In Southwold on the Suffolk coast, Susan starts by viewing the charming seaside spot from the town’s lighthouse – which isn’t at all where you’d expect – before setting sail to explore Southwold from the sea. She also visits the picturesque village of Walberswick via one of the shortest and most fabulous ferry rides in the world, and Thorpeness, where she takes a rowing boat on a lake in the heart of the village. Susan also meets up with interior design guru Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen for a game of quoits on the beach and the pair also RSPB Minsmere nature reserve.

All TV guide information taken from DigiGuide — www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=15119.