Week 10 Highlights

22 February 2012

War Horse: The Real Story

Here are the best programmes on Channel 4 for week 10, Saturday 3rd - Friday 9th March.

Ten is the basis of the decimal system. It is believed most cultures have adopted the decimal system because it is also the number of fingers humans have. Hence Norfolk uses a duodecimal system.

Incidentally, did you know there are 10 types of people in the world? Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Here are the programmes for week 10 on Channel 4 - each of them scoring a perfect ten in its own right.

 

 

Saturday 03/03/2012
9:10pm
The Bank Job 6/10
George Lamb hosts the high-stakes game show. Live from a real bank in the heart of London, contestants aim to pull off the ultimate heist as they play a tense game of knowledge, luck and strategy. Four players are taken to a bank vault packed with hundreds of thousands of pounds, but only one can leave with a life-changing fortune.

 

Sunday, 04/03/2012
8pm
War Horse: The Real Story
The extraordinary, deeply moving story of the million British horses that served in World War I. The true story is even more epic than the new Spielberg feature film, and is told using rarely seen archive footage and rare archive testimony from First World War veterans who worked with horses, combined with the latest historical research.

 

Sunday, 04/03/2012
9pm
Homeland 3/12: Clean Skin
Part three of the compelling, award-winning US thriller starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis. The CIA is buzzing with excitement about information gleaned from Carrie's asset Lynne; the girlfriend of Prince Farid of Saudi Arabia. Lynne videotaped a meeting between Farid and Abu Nazir, after which Farid immediately travelled to the United States. Carrie believes he did so in order to fund a terrorist attack inside the country and she hopes to trace the money to a specific al-Qaeda operative - perhaps even Brody himself.

 

Monday, 05/03/2012
11am
You Deserve this House
Amanda Lamb presents the new show, airing on weekday mornings, in which the homes of community heroes get a secret makeover. The series kicks off with time tight and emotions running high as Amanda and her team of volunteers try to complete the secret home makeover of Special Olympics gymnastics coach, Jane Whetnall, in record time.

 

Monday, 05/03/2012
9pm
Embarrassing Bodies 1/10
The nation's favourite doctors return for a fifth series, with a new tropical disease specialist Dr James Logan. Dr Dawn and Dr James head for Thailand to hunt down the embarrassing souvenirs Brits could be bringing home with them after a trip abroad. Dr Logan bravely infests himself with parasitic hookworm, while back in the UK Dr Pixie meets Carol who has an addiction to coffee enemas.

 

Monday, 05/03/2012
10pm
Out on a Limo
Jet Set Limousines in Blackpool has the largest collection of limos in Lancashire. Each year thousands of people mark their special day by being chauffeured in the back of these extraordinary cars. And every journey is led by a driver who sees and hears it all. Out on a Limo offers a warm, engaging and, at times, 'high-spirited' look at how limos have moved from being the preserve of the rich and famous to the chariots of choice for everyday folk marking a significant moment in their lives.

 

Tuesday 06/03/2012
8pm
Supersize vs Superskinny 2/10
Hugh McIntosh, 54, eats five meals a day, while 27-year-old Lynsey Bate eats five chips a day. Lynsey has developed an irrational fear of choking and has lost a shocking four stone in 18 months. Christian Jessen's giving Hugh a shocking wake-up call by sending him to America to live with a man almost twice his size. In Evansville, America's fattest town, Christian gets a ride on a Jumbulance, a supersize ambulance specially designed to transport 100 stoners.

 

Tuesday 06/03/2012
9pm
Big Fat Gypsy Weddings 4/6
In gypsy and traveller culture marrying outside of the community can be frowned upon. There is also a concern that the younger generation are being influenced by popular culture and losing their identity. This episode, Love Conquers All?, explores the cultural divide between gypsies and non-gypsies, and looks at what happens when the two worlds are thrust together in marriage.

 

Wednesday 07/03/2012
9pm
One Born Every Minute 10/14
Three sets of parents demonstrate that family bonds can be forged in wildly different circumstances. Vicki (32) and Janet (39) tied the knot of civil partnership in 2007. Vicki's always wanted children and they turned to IVF with Vicki's eggs and donor sperm. There's a 30-year age gap between Ines (30) and Paul Newell (60), who have been together for seven years and are about to have their third child. And Sheree (20) and Danny (19) have been together for 18 months. She got pregnant accidentally and he has given up the chance of going to college to take a job in order to bring up their baby.

 

Thursday, 08/03/2012
9pm
Make Bradford British 2/2
This major two-part series explores what it means to be British. It brings together some of Bradford's residents - all British citizens, but from different races and backgrounds - to see if they can come up with a common notion of what it means to be British. After an explosive time spent living together, the group is split into pairs, to live each other's lives. For those who took part it's an emotional journey that challenges each person's personal set of beliefs as they seek to find an answer to one of the most challenging questions of our time - what makes us British? Can what they learn be a blueprint for a truly integrated Britain in 2012?

 

Thursday, 08/03/2012
10pm
Our Man in... The Costas
In this series British consulates have opened their doors to TV cameras for the first time, giving unique access to consulates in some of Spain's busiest resorts. In this episode staff on the Costa Blanca deal with a crisis among the tourists and the ex-pat community around the resort town of Benidorm. A forest fire threatens the ex-pat enclave of Portman, sparking a mass evacuation, while vice consul Liz has to help the grieving family of a woman knocked over and killed by a lorry in Benidorm.

 

Friday, 09/03/2012
10pm
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2012
Amnesty International's legendary Secret Policeman's Ball 2012 takes place in New York at Radio City Music Hall. The stellar UK and US cast of music and comedy includes Coldplay, Mumford & Sons, Russell Brand, Jon Stewart, Jimmy Carr, Sarah Silverman, Micky Flanagan, Jack Whitehall, Peter Serafinowicz, Seth Meyers, Noel Fielding and Kristen Wiig. This show marks Amnesty International's 50th anniversary championing the right to free speech for people across the world.

 

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