Television Time: What’s On BBC (August 2022)

This August, BBC Earth presents another visual stunner with Spectacular Earth that uses cutting-edge filming techniques to bring some of the world’s most stunning natural phenomena up close. Specialist jet-ski cameras ride giant waves in Portugal, drones fly into one of Guatemala’s most explosive volcanoes and ultra-slow-motion footage captures thousand-foot-long lightning bolts in Arizona. Breakthrough scientific knowledge – answering questions like “How is a volcano connected to a flamingo?” and “What links lightning to an insect?” – reveal the science beneath the spectacle.

The Apprentice meets food is the best way to describe Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars, premiering on BBC Lifestyle. World-famous chef Gordon Ramsay is offering a life-changing investment to the most exciting and innovative food and drink entrepreneurs. The 12 competing entrepreneurs will be pushed to their limits with a series of extensive and extreme culinary and physical to test their personality and business acumen.

More crime dramas await you as Why Didn’t They Ask Evans premieres on BBC First, a TV adaptation of the iconic 1934 Agatha Christie novel. After discovering the crumpled body of a dying man, the local Vicar’s son Bobby Jones (Will Poulter) and his socialite friend, Lady Frances “Frankie” Derwent (Lucy Boynton) embark on a crime-solving adventure armed only with a photograph of a beautiful young woman found in the dead man’s pocket. If you also missed iconic duo Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Dr Watson (Martin Freeman), this is your chance to catch up on global TV phenomenon and award-winning Sherlock Series 1-4 as it returns to BBC First.

BBC Earth

Life Below Zero Canada Series 2

Premieres Sunday, 7th August at 8:05pm, on StarHub channel 407, Singtel channel 203 and BBC Player

The compelling series that follows a diverse group of Canadians as they carve out an ‘off grid’ existence in the remote Canadian north returns.

Five hardened northerners are back to battle predators and the elements for the most basic human necessities. Becky ‘came north’ to start a family. Bentley has only known a life in the bush. Swiss trappers Kim and Pierre moved to the Yukon to realise their dream of living off the land. And, new for Series 2 is Jonathan, a half Inuit, half French father of two who is determined to bring up his sons in a traditional Inuit way.

Robson And Jim’s Icelandic Fly Fishing Adventure

Premieres Sunday, 21st August at 9:00pm, on StarHub channel 407, Singtel channel 203 and BBC Player

Actors and best friends Robson Green and Jim Murray travel across Iceland in the fishing adventure of a lifetime.

Spectacular Earth

Premieres Tuesday, 9th August at 9:50pm, on StarHub channel 407, Singtel channel 203 and BBC Player

Get closer than ever before to some of the world’s most stunning natural phenomena and discover the extraordinary global forces that coincide to make each spectacle happen.

Breakthrough scientific knowledge and cutting-edge filming techniques mean it is now possible to get thrillingly close to some of the world’s most beautiful spectacles. Specialist jet-ski cameras ride giant waves in Portugal, drones fly into one of Guatemala’s most explosive volcanoes and ultra-slow-motion footage captures thousand-foot-long lightning bolts in Arizona. Experts and scientists reveal the science beneath the spectacle. The explanations are fascinating – but our planet is home to such incredible phenomena that sometimes you have to see it to believe it.

BBC Lifestyle

Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars

Premieres Monday, 22nd August at 10:05pm, on StarHub channel 432, Singtel channel 255 and BBC Player

The series is set to follow an Apprentice-style format in which 12 food and drink entrepreneurs battle it out to win a life-changing investment.

My Unique B&B Series 1

Premieres Monday, 1st August at 9:15pm, on StarHub channel 432, Singtel channel 255 and BBC Player       

All around the country lie unique spaces, in beautiful places: campervans, sheds, attics, caravans even horseboxes! They are unloved and unused….until now! Our host, Simon Parfitt, a master carpenter and his team of innovative designers and craftspeople meet families who would love to transform an unused space into a magical rural retreat, which could bring them a much-needed extra source of income. Watch as the most unusual spaces are transformed into enchanting weekend-getaways.

CBeebies

JoJo & Gran Gran Series 2 Set 1

Premieres Monday, 8th August at 6:25pm, on StarHub channel 303, Singtel channel 236 and BBC Player

The delightful and heart-warming animated series celebrating the special relationship between an inquisitive girl and her vibrant grandmother is back.

Join JoJo and Gran Gran in their bustling London neighbourhood with fun new characters and exciting places to explore. JoJo adores spending time with her energetic Gran Gran, who is always ready with a ‘Gran Gran Plan’ when JoJo comes to visit. Gran Gran moved to the UK from Saint Lucia when she was a young girl and the culture of Saint Lucia is woven across the show. This is a ground-breaking series about love, family and community.

BBC First

The ABC Murders

Premieres Friday, 5th August, on StarHub channel 502, Singtel channel 308 and BBC Player

In 1933, retired detective Hercule Poirot is targeted by a taunting killer who sends letters signed “ABC”, which Poirot must decode in order to discover the identity of the murderer.

Sherlock S1-4

Premieres Monday, 1st August, on StarHub channel 502, Singtel channel 308 and BBC Player

Sherlock S1-4 returns to BBC First. Sherlock is a global TV phenomenon, sold in over 240 territories worldwide and the winner of 12 Baftas and seven Emmys. It’s the BBC’s top-rated drama in the UK for more than a decade.

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans

Premieres Friday, 5th August, on StarHub channel 502, Singtel channel 308 and BBC Player

Based on the iconic 1934 Agatha Christie novel, WHY DIDN’T THEY ASK EVANS? follows the local Vicar’s son, Bobby Jones (Poulter), and his whip-smart friend, socialite Lady Frances “Frankie” Derwent (Boynton) on their crime-solving adventure after Bobby discovers the crumpled body of a dying man who, with his last breath, gasps the cryptic question of the title.

Armed only with a photograph of a beautiful young woman found in the dead man’s pocket, these amateur detectives try to find an answer to the mystery while they are themselves pursued.

Agatha Raisin S4

Premieres Friday, 19th August, on StarHub channel 502, Singtel channel 308 and BBC Player

The Cotswolds-based PR guru turned amateur sleuth returns for a series of comedic murder-mysteries based on the books by M.C. Beaton.

The Agatha Raisin Detective Agency continues to thrive as there is no shortage of mysteries for our heroine to solve. Determined not to spend her time dwelling on her AWOL on-and-off partner James, Agatha and her happy band of misfits crack more cases including a jam competition that spirals out of control and a seaside murder that has links to a long-forgotten jewellery heist. However, when James finally returns, he has interesting news of his own.