Week 17 highlights

11 April 2012

Hidden Talent

 

Here are the best programmes on Channel 4 for week 16, Saturday 21st - Friday 27th April.

Here is some extra information to help you with your research.

Did you know:

If you watch very carefully, in every episode of Time Team, you can see Tony Robinson putting prized artefacts into his pocket. This is because his nephew has an archaeology museum in Whitstable.

Ironically, Richard Bacon, presenter of Hidden Talent, doesn't like bacon. However, he does like Swedish pop group Roxette.

Queen Victoria (Wednesday) was named after the underground line. She named the 60th celebration of her reign after the Jubilee Line. Original plans were to call it her Diamond Hammersmith and City.

In real life, Alan Carr hates conversation, and will only communicate using samphire. Or is it semaphore?

 

Saturday 21/04/2012
9:45pm
The Million Pound Drop Live 10/10
Star of Bridesmaids and The IT Crowd Chris O'Dowd and his fiancée, TV presenter and journalist Dawn Porter join the latest pairs of contestants for the last in the current run of The Million Pound Drop Live. Davina is at the helm as Chris and Dawn take on The Drop in the hope of winning big for their chosen charities, Breast Cancer Care and the Male Cancer Awareness Campaign. As ever, viewers at home can play with a virtual million pounds.

 

Sunday, 22/04/2012
7:55pm
Secrets of the Saxon Gold: A Time Team Special
In July 2009, amateur metal detectorist Terry Herbert found an Anglo-Saxon treasure hoard worth over £3 million in a Staffordshire field. The hoard was saved for the nation by Stoke on Trent and Birmingham Museums, who, with the aid of a lottery grant and public donations, purchased it jointly. Two years ago Channel 4 told the story of the discovery of these golden, richly jewelled objects. Now, with the initial phase of the post-excavation process nearing completion, archaeologists are beginning to unlock the secrets of the hoard.

 

Sunday, 22/04/2012
9pm
Homeland 10/12: Representative Brody
Carrie and Saul have identified Tom Walker's contact in Washington DC, only to discover that he has diplomatic immunity. They must tread lightly, or risk triggering an international incident. When a sure-fire technique for turning the diplomat proves ineffective, Carrie must improvise to get him to cooperate. Meanwhile, Brody has been approached to run for disgraced congressman Richard Johnson's seat in the House of Representatives.

 

Monday, 23/04/2012
8pm
Jungle Special: Inside Nature's Giants
The BAFTA Award-winning team dissect an entire ecosystem: the jungle. Deep in the rainforest of Borneo they erect a high-tech dissection laboratory to investigate giant bugs and titan trees, and to reveal why the jungle is home to the most diverse collection of living things on our planet. With a team of all-star biologists, anatomists and tree climbers, they delve into the mysteries of the rainforest: how it fits together and the extraordinary roles the strange creatures that live in it play.

 

Monday, 23/04/2012
9pm
Embarrassing Bodies 8/10
The team hits the highlands, and Dr Dawn sets up camp at a festival where she meets a man with a problem under his kilt. Professor Val gets up close and personal with sweat, Dr Pixie hears about the condition that's stopping a woman from having sex, Dr Christian meets a woman who's been struggling to hide her growing problem for seven years, and two sisters discuss their rare skin condition that means each night they grow as much skin as most people would in 14 days.

 

Tuesday 24/04/2012
9pm
Hidden Talent 1/6
How far can natural talent really go and what if it could change your life? Hidden Talent is a new six-part series which discovers people with extraordinary hidden talents they never dreamed they had. Hundreds of randomly selected people are put through a series of tests to identify those with hidden abilities and nine participants discover if they can go from being a total novice to a top-class performer in record time. Presenter Richard Bacon follows their progress, uncovering the amazing science that enables these individuals to achieve what others can only dream of. The first episode focuses on rock climbing and lie detection.

 

Tuesday 24/04/2012
10pm
Facejacker 5/6
Brian Badonde vists Pittsburgh, the birth place of all-time hero Andy Warhol to make a documentary about the great man. Dufrais wins a visit to a Star Wars-themed porn set in LA. Meanwhile, recently released convict Ray Fakadakis continues to give careers advice to school leaver, while French fast food photographer Zulfi visits an ice cream parlour to photograph their specialities for the menu board.

 

Wednesday 25/04/2012
9pm
Queen Victoria's Last Love
In 1897, Queen Victoria celebrated her Diamond Jubilee - the first British monarch to do so. But beyond the grand celebrations on London's streets a war was raging between Victoria and her court over her relationship with her Indian servant, Abdul Karim. A crisis point was reached in the summer of 1897 in a dramatic confrontation between the Queen and her family, which threatened to plunge the Diamond Jubilee celebrations into chaos. The film features interviews with relatives of both Victoria's household and Abdul Karim, as well as extracts from her diaries and journals.

 

Thursday, 26/04/2012
9pm
The Plot to Bring Down Britain's Planes
Info to follow...

 

Thursday, 26/04/2012
10:30pm
Extreme A&E
Dr Kevin Fong takes an extraordinary, adrenaline-fuelled journey into some of the world's most dangerous, diverse and demanding emergency medicine environments. This week he is in the Bronx - the grittiest of New York's five boroughs, where there were more than 12,000 reported violent crimes and 127 murders last year. Kevin bases himself in St Barnabas hospital - the place where the victims of shootings and gang violence go to be patched up. What can Kevin learn from the extraordinary women and men in the Bronx?

 

Friday, 27/04/2012
9pm
8 Out of 10 Cats 1/11
A night of brand new Friday night entertainment kicks off with a new series of 8 Out of 10 Cats. Host Jimmy Carr and team captains Sean Lock and Jon Richardson return for more of the topical comedy panel show that delves into the world of polls, surveys and statistics in its own unique way. Jon Richardson returns later this evening to host a new run of Stand Up for the Week alongside regulars Seann Walsh, Josh Widdicombe, Sara Pascoe and Paul Chowdhry and new team member Andrew Lawrence.

 

Friday, 27/04/2012
9:30pm
Very Important People
Very Important People is the brand new celebrity impression show that mocks our beloved stars and satirises a culture bamboozled by trivia, gossip and regurgitated ideas. Starring Morgana Robinson and Terry Mynott, as well as a cherry-picked ensemble cast, Very Important People is about to reinvigorate the world of impressions. In the first episode Bear Grylls tackles the perils of suburbia, David Attenborough examines the fascinating behaviour of Frankie Boyle in Stand Up Planet, while Danny Dyer deals with one of the toughest things on earth - the commute to work in Britain's Hardest Commute.

An interview with Morgana and Terry is available here.

 

Friday, 27/04/2012
10pm
Alan Carr: Chatty Man 1/6
Funnyman Alan Carr returns with the eighth series of his award-winning chat show delivering six new episodes. Alan Carr: Chatty Man kicks off the weekend in style with more unashamedly addictive celebrity-fuelled antics, mischievous chat and musical performances. In the first episode Alan is joined by pop star and X Factor judge, Tulisa who talks about her new single, Young.