4oD highlights for week 20

3 May 2012

That Paralympic Show
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/that-paralympic-show/4od
Rick Edwards, Ade Adepitan MBE and Iwan Thomas MBE present the fourth series of the show, with the London 2012 Paralympic games now just around the corner. This first episode is dedicated to swimming, as Rick, Ade and Iwan head to Ponds Forge in Sheffield for the British International Disability Swimming Championships. The event is the second Paralympic swimming trial, and the final opportunity for our elite swimmers to achieve the qualifying time for London 2012 and win a place in the British squad.

 

More Sex Please We're British
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/more-sex-please-were-british/4od
(Will be available after broadcast)
The UK sex toy market is worth an estimated £250 million. And with retailers such as Boots, Tesco and Superdrug now stocking erotic toys, the market is set to grow and grow. More Sex Please, We're British goes behind the scenes of one of the UK's most successful online sex toy businesses - Lovehoney, a thriving operation that brings sexual pleasure to the women and men of Britain through the click of a button. Funny, frank, and a little naughty, this one-off documentary sheds new light on the sex lives of Britain, and those who help it happen.

 

Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/phil-spencer-secret-agent/4od
In this five-part peak-time series, Phil travels across the country trying to get offers on houses that haven't been selling. Phil tackles two hard-to-sell homes in each episode. He goes undercover, secretly investigating properties, as well as researching the local area and housing market, before helping buyers to face some hard-hitting home truths on what he thinks they need to do in order to sell their home. Phil then seeks out potential buyers, confident that he can shift even the hardest-to-sell houses.

 

Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/edward-viii-the-plot-to-topple-a-king/4od
(Will be available after broadcast)
A revelatory film about the extraordinary archbishop, Cosmo Gordon Lang, who was at the centre of a group of establishment big-wigs and grandees who came together in 1936 to oust King Edward VIII. The archbishop believed that Edward's love for twice-divorced Wallis Simpson made a mockery of all that he stood for and threatened the Crown - and the Church of England. Based on a large archive of unpublished diaries, personal notes and Lang's own secret account of the abdication, the film reveals for the first time the machinations that went on behind the scenes to remove the King.

 

Cardinal Burns
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/cardinal-burns/4od
(Will be available after broadcast)
Cardinal Burns is an absorbing and devilishly funny series made up of sketches and narrative comedy written and performed by Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns. Showcasing a unique range of comic characters including Phil and Terry, who share spellbinding stories on the twilight shift in a cab office, urban street poet Switch, a documentary about the humdrum life of street artist Banksy, Young Dreams - a parody of reality shows following three girls on a fashion internship, Office Flirt and New Guy. In the first episode, Banksy is going through a failed attempt at a street picture, there's a shaggy dog story with Phil and Terry on a tour of Buckingham Palace with the Queen, and dramas unfold in the Young Dreams house as Rachel, Olivia and Yumi embark on their big city adventure in fashion.

 

The Secret Millionaire
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-secret-millionaire/4od
Millionaire benefactors say goodbye to their luxury lifestyles and go undercover in deprived areas to find out who needs their help.

 

Embarrassing Bodies
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/embarrassing-bodies/4od
The Embarrassing Illnesses doctors set off on a UK roadshow in an innovative attempt to raise health awareness and de-stigmatise 'embarrassing' body parts and medical conditions.