4oD highlights for week 24

30 May 2012

Superscrimpers Hot Summer Tips
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/superscrimpers-waste-not-want-not/4od
In this jubilee summer special Mrs M reveals her top ten money-saving summer tips from one of Britain's top holiday destinations - Brighton.

 

All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/in-the-best-possible-taste-grayson-perry/4od
(Will be available after broadcast)
Grayson Perry, one of Britain's leading artists, has always been fascinated by taste - why people buy the things they do, wear the things they wear and what they are trying to say about themselves when they make those choices. In this three-part series, Perry goes on safari through the taste tribes of Britain, not just to observe our taste, but to tell us in an artwork what it means. He begins his journey in Sunderland, a city with strong working-class traditions. Originally from a working-class background himself, Perry is interested in how our own family background and the class journey we take shapes the way we define ourselves.

 

The House the 50s Built
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-house-the-50s-built/4od
(Will be available after broadcast)
To coincide with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, this new four-part series celebrates the science behind the inventions and innovations that transformed the way we used to live, and catapulted an exhausted, post-war country into the modernity of 1950s Britain. Engineer and showman Professor Brendan Walker sets out to discover the ingenuity and life-changing technology behind the inventions that took post-war Britain and launched it into a Technicolor-drenched world of the future. The first programme focuses on the engine room of the house - the kitchen.

 

Alan Carr's Summer Specstacular
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/alan-carrs-summertime-specstacular/4od
(Will be available after broadcast)
Alan Carr has been left in charge of Channel 4 HQ and is set to throw the mother of all summer parties as he celebrates everything from the Jubilee to the great British summer holiday. A plethora of celebrity guests join him for the two hour extravaganza in various guises including sketches, entertaining and ridiculous games. Alan's guests include David Walliams, Justin Bieber, The Saturdays, Rizzle Kicks and the cast of Made in Chelsea.

 

Made In Chelsea
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/made-in-chelsea/4od
Rick Edwards hosts as the stars of Made in Chelsea get together to set the record straight on some of the most talked about scenes of series three. Millie, Spencer, Kimberley and all the gang are on hand at an exclusive venue in Chelsea, as Rick puts the cast under the spotlight and asks the burning questions every fan wants answers to. Prepare for fireworks, laughter and a few surprises...

 

Porterhouse Blue
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/porterhouse-blue/4od
Welcome to fictional Cambridge college Porterhouse, noted for its rowing, its ancient traditions, its feasting, its crusty fellows and for the dismal academic standards of its students.
Porterhouse is the domain of its irascible head porter, Skullion. Like generations of Skullions before him, he has spent 45 years in proprietorial subservience to Fellows and
students alike.
But this established order is shaken to its roots when a new Master takes control and attempts to instigate the most radical changes: contraceptive dispensers, women students, a canteen.
Skullion and the Fellows, led by the Dean, are determined that things must not change. But events take a number of unexpected turns...

 

Desperate Housewives - the final ever
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/desperate-housewives/4od
In the last episode of the final series of the long-running US drama, Gaby, Bree and Lynette are shocked to hear Susan's news. Katherine Mayfair (guest star Dana Delany) returns to Wisteria Lane and offers Lynette a tempting job opportunity - one that could ruin her chances of reconciling with Tom. Carlos finds a clever way to make his point with Gaby that she is behaving just as he used to do. Susan is at her wits' end when Julie goes into labour at the most inopportune moment.