Week 15 highlights

28 March 2012

Made in Chelsea

 

Here are the best programmes on Channel 4 for week 15, Saturday 7th - Friday 13th April.

Here is some background information to help you in your journalistic endeavours:

Did you know:

Made in Chelsea is actually filmed in the Easterhouse housing projects in Glasgow.

The Inside Nature's Giants team were unable to get a hippo for this week's programme, so instead they got an armadillo and inflated it.

In every game of Deal or No deal, Noel Edmonds likes to make contestants laugh by leaving tiny faecal items in one of the boxes.

Claire Danes isn't actually Danish. She's from Thailand.

 

 

Saturday 07/04/2012
9:55am
Made in Chelsea 1/10
The beautiful and affluent Chelsea players are back for a cracking third series. Hearts continue to be broken, heels remain high and the only things sharper than their suits are their tongues. After finally getting together with Spencer at the end of series two, Caggie escaped to Australia for a holiday with Proudlock. On her return, not only has she been ignoring Spencer's calls, but she has had the name of another man tattooed on her arm.

 

Saturday 07/04/2012
9pm
The Million Pound Drop Live 6/10
The sixth show in the new run of The Million Pound Drop Live. Davina McCall will guide pairs of contestants as they face the daunting Drop in the hope of taking home some seriously big money.

 

Sunday, 08/04/2012
8pm
Celebrity Deal or No Deal
The dream factory opens its doors to some well-known faces for the first ever series of Celebrity Deal or No Deal. In each episode, a famous face does battle with The Banker in a bid to win up to a quarter of a million pounds for their chosen charity. Noel Edmonds oversees proceedings across the shows, with The Banker endeavouring, as ever, to thwart the star players' attempts to win big for charity. The stars are playing with no back-up, no contingency and no safety net. Will they have the guts to risk it all for their charity?

 

Sunday, 08/04/2012
9pm
Homeland 8/12: Achilles Heel
Part eight of the compelling US thriller starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis. Carrie and Saul scramble to locate Walker after discovering that he's alive and working with al-Qaeda. They must also deal with competing intelligence agencies' disagreements over the best way to chase him down. The FBI wants to enlist the public's help, but Carrie prefers a more personal approach, using the rogue sniper's love for his wife and son to draw him out of hiding.

 

Sunday, 08/04/2012
10pm
Crucifixion
For centuries, artists of all kinds - from Michelangelo to Martin Scorsese, Salvador Dali to Damien Hirst and Andrew Lloyd Webber to Monty Python - have attempted to convey the meaning of the Crucifixion through their work. For many it has been a deeply personal expression of belief. Now anatomist Dr Gunther von Hagens, who made his name showing the world the wonders of the human body through his Body Worlds exhibitions, has decided to create a Crucifix. The new piece, which he's been planning for over six years, is revealed in this documentary, which features interviews with leading art historians and theologians, amongst others, and examines the enduring iconic image of the Crucifix.

 

Monday, 09/04/2012
8pm
Inside Nature's Giants: Hippo
The BAFTA Award-winning Inside Nature's Giants team head to the Luangwa Valley in Zambia, home to the largest population of hippos in the world. So many hippos congregate to feed here that they threaten the survival of other species in the park, so the authorities cull around 200 of them every year to keep their numbers in check. The cull offers veterinary scientist Mark Evans and comparative anatomist Joy Reidenberg the opportunity to dissect one of these magnificent animals.

 

Monday, 09/04/2012
9pm
Embarrassing Bodies 6/10
The doctors visit Tamworth, where Dr Pixie helps a man whose oozing bottom wound hasn't healed in six years. Dr Christian meets a woman with a mysterious whistle. The show meets an art student fitted with pacemakers in his chest. Dr Pixie visits a pop festival in Staffordshire, where microbiologist Professor Val conducts a forensic examination of the loos. And Dr Dawn gives her top tips on everything you need to know about nipples.

 

Tuesday 10/04/2012
9pm
The Undateables 2/3
Looking for love can be tricky, but some find it harder than others. Add disability to the equation and it can sometimes seem almost impossible. Shaine is from Bournemouth. The 31-year-old is a prolific amateur poet with a learning disability. He can pen a lady a poem off the top of his head, but finds it hard to pluck up the courage to ask women out. Shaine has been in relationships before but hasn't been on a date for three years. He's signed up for a speed-dating night for people with additional needs.

 

Tuesday 10/04/2012
10pm
Facejacker 3/6
Kayvan Novak returns for a second series of the ground-breaking BAFTA-nominated Facejacker as he once again dons elaborate prosthetics to showcase his amazing array of characters and voices. In the third episode, the Fonejacker takes over the GPS system of a special car for tourists in San Francisco, while Brian has a one-on-one poetry lesson in New York. Meanwhile back in London, scamster Augustus tries to extract credit card details from members of the public as they try to rent 'Boris' bikes.

 

Wednesday 11/04/2012
8pm
Four Rooms 4/8
The new series continues as more members of the public look to sell vintage treasures for life-changing sums of money. This episode features Katie Price and Peter Andre's wedding carriage, paintings by the Kray twins, Dracula author Bram Stoker's desk and artwork by Damien Hirst.

 

Wednesday 11/04/2012
9pm
The Sinking of the Concordia: Caught on Camera
The Sinking of the Concordia: Caught on Camera is a remarkable documentary uncovering harrowing scenes from one of the most tragic events in the cruise industry's history. When the Costa Concordia sank the passengers were able to film what happened on their mobile phones and video cameras. This film is made almost entirely of just that footage, with no interviews, expert testimony or narration. Their footage provides an extraordinary minute-by-minute anatomy of a disaster, capturing the reality of what happened in way that is only possible in the 21st century.

 

Thursday, 12/04/2012
10pm
Derek
Written and directed by Ricky Gervais, Derek is a bitter-sweet one-off comedy drama about a group of outsiders living on society's margins. Derek Noakes (Ricky Gervais) is a tender, innocent man whose love for his job and the people he cares for shines through. He's 49, adores animals, Rolf Harris, Jesus, Deal or No Deal, Million Pound Drop and Britain's Got Talent - but his main hobby is autograph hunting. He works in a retirement home with his mate and landlord, Dougie (Karl Pilkington in his debut acting role).

 

Friday, 13/04/2012
7:30pm
Unreported World 1/8: Terror in Sudan
As Hollywood actor George Clooney campaigns against the atrocities being committed in Sudan, the first edition of a new series of the critically acclaimed Unreported World has been able to film the most extensive documentary footage so far from the war zone. Reporter Aidan Hartley and Director Daniel Bogado gained rare access to the Nuba Mountains to film the heroic doctors who are saving children in a largely hidden war being perpetrated on civilians by one of the world's most brutal dictatorships.

 

Friday, 13/04/2012
8pm
Come Dine with Me
In Stoke-on-Trent school teacher and singleton Margaret Fanion battles it out for culinary supremacy with self-confessed super cook Josef Bailey, business development manager Nick Hall, and the awfully nice Lady Polly Ingestre. The week of dining features a local menu of oatcakes, lobby and pikelets, some very smutty conversation, a touch of class war, mud-slinging and a bit of a peasants' revolt. Also one host gets the hots for another, a crush that is sealed with a kiss at the table.

 

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