4oD highlights for week 27

25 June 2012

You Deserve This House
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/you-deserve-this-house/4od
(Will be available after broadcast)
Amanda Lamb returns for a new run of the surprise makeover series. In the first episode Amanda surprises Allen Lewis in Devon, who has spent ten years running a football club for children with special needs while raising over £150,000 for charity.

 

Gordon Behind Bars
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/gordon-behind-bars/4od
(Will be available after broadcast)
Gordon Ramsay thinks it's time Britain's prisoners paid their way. There are 88,000 prisoners in the UK and it costs the taxpayer £38,000 to keep each of them locked up for a year. Gordon's given himself six months to set up a successful food business behind bars. His aim: to get prisoners cooking food on the inside, to sell on the outside. First Gordon needs to pick 12 men for his Bad Boys Brigade business, but none of them can even scramble an egg.

 

Daredevils
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/daredevils/4od
A series of visually stunning films following some of the world's most extreme individuals, who risk their lives pushing themselves to the physical and mental limits of human capability.

 

River Cottage
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/river-cottage/4od
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall goes back to both land and sea in search of an alternative culinary lifestyle. Hugh grows his own produce - and sees if he can make vegetables the star attraction of any meal.

 

Spaced
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/spaced/4od
Surreal cult sitcom starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson - and more pop culture references than you can shake a light sabre at.

 

I Am Slave
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/i-am-slave/4od
Inspired by real-life events, drama I Am Slave, is the extraordinary tale of one woman's fight for freedom from modern-day slavery - a powerful story of imprisonment, cruelty and despair, but also one of hope and humanity.

 

Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/big-fat-gypsy-weddings/4od
Revealing documentary series that offers a window into the secretive, extravagant and surprising world of gypsies and travellers in Britain today.