4oD highlights for week 26

14 June 2012

The Adam and Joe Show
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-adam-and-joe-show/4od
Hilarious and irreverent comedy from award-winning duo Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish. Featuring inspired toy animations and hard-hitting reports on the youth of today from Adam's dad.

 

A Short History of Almost Everything
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/a-short-history-of-everything-else/4od
Griff Rhys Jones hosts this brand new comedy panel show using archive TV clips to challenge players to give A Short History of Everything Else. Each week Griff is joined by regular team captains Marcus Brigstocke (Argumental) and Charlie Baker (Never Mind the Buzzcocks) who, along with this week's guests Kirsty Wark and Micky Flanagan, try to prove that they remember more about 'everything else' than the other team, adding their own irreverent interpretations along the way.

 

Country House Rescue
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/country-house-rescue/4od
Back for a new, fourth series, this time with entrepreneur Simon Davis at the helm, the owners of six stately British homes seek help in securing the future of their unique properties for generations to come. In this edition Simon comes to the aid of Viscount and Viscountess Brookeborough who have lived in neo-classical mansion Colebrooke Park, in Northern Ireland, for over 30 years. Simon suggests converting the house and grounds into a health and wellbeing business. But will Alan and Janet allow the public greater access to their home?

 

The Royal History of Pop
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-royal-history-of-pop/4od
Since the birth of rock'n'roll the Royal family has had a love/hate relationship with pop music. From John Lennon's infamous Royal Variety Performance joke about rattling jewellery to the Sex Pistols preaching anarchy in the year of the Silver Jubilee and today's pop stars lining up to be seen with the young Princes, this is the story of the 'rock and royal years'. This hour-long documentary helps celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee by looking back at the 60 year relationship between pop and the Royals.

 

Gordon's Great Escape
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/gordons-great-escape/4od
Gordon Ramsay embarks on a gastronomic adventure, travelling to some of South East Asia's most jaw-dropping locations to hunt down the most authentic food and to master its unique and delicious cuisine.
It's an extraordinary voyage in which Gordon cooks and eats food that's firmly off the western menu, making him review his own relationship with food and what may - or may not - be acceptable to eat.
Gordon Ramsay may be one of the best chefs on the planet, but when it comes to dishes from South East Asia he can only cook a pad Thai Gordon is hungry to learn more about Asian food as he visits Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand.

 

Ria: The Diary of a Teenage Transexual
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/ria-diary-of-a-teen-transsexual/4od
One-off film that charts the ups and downs of one of Britain's youngest transsexuals.

 

Let Our Dad Die: Channel 4 Dispatches
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/4od
(Will be available after broadcast)
Seven years ago Tony Nicklinson had a catastrophic stroke, which has left him utterly paralysed. He has what is known as 'locked in syndrome' and cannot move, talk, feed himself or perform even the most basic function without help. Tony wants to die, but he cannot kill himself without help, and anyone who helped him would be committing murder. On the eve of a historic and controversial legal bid to demand the right to be killed, he tells his story, comes face to face with his critics, and hears from the Greek doctor who saved his life seven years ago.