Week 18 Highlights

18 April 2011

Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb

 

Saturday, 30/04/2011
15:55
Come Dine with Me Down Under
The first week from the new series of the Australian competitive dining series includes an Arabian-themed party, an all-British menu, and a retro 50s rock n' roll night.

 

Sunday, 01/05/2011
21:00
The Bank Job
(2008) Roger Donaldson's bank heist/ conspiracy thriller hybrid - scripted by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais - stars Jason Statham as the leader of a gang of thieves who bite off more than they can chew. Network Premiere.

 

Monday, 02/05/2011
19:10
The Unofficial... Royal Wedding
When Kate Middleton marries her Prince on 29 April, an estimated two billion people are expected to tune in. Even at a time of dramatic world news, the marriage of Prince William will be the global event of the year. Filmed throughout the weekend of the wedding, The Unofficial...Royal Wedding will show the many different ways this event is being marked and what it means to the nation. Through user-generated videos, the film will feature the instant reactions of spectators across Britain and the world as they have their first glimpse of the dress, the vows and the kiss on the balcony.

 

Monday, 02/05/2011
20:00
Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb
In 1939, visionary aircraft designer Barnes Wallis designed a very special bomb that would bounce across water and destroy German dams. The raid in 1943 was a success and a 1950s feature film carried the the Dambusters story into British legend. The bouncing bomb may look straightforward to us now, but the science behind it is in fact highly intricate, and Barnes Wallis's calculations have been lost. Now Cambridge engineer Dr Hugh Hunt is going to attempt to solve this scientific puzzle. Starting from scratch, he tries to hit a specially built dam in Canada with his own bouncing bomb.

 

Tuesday, 03/05/2011
23:05
Misfits 1/6
The second run of the BAFTA-winning superhero comedy drama series comes to Channel 4. A mysterious masked man leads the gang to Nathan's grave, where Kelly hears his thoughts and realises that he's still alive. The gang dig Nathan up, and their new probation worker Shaun gets him back into the community service system, even though he's officially dead. The reunited friends meet Lucy, a patient on day release from a psychiatric ward who is doing an art therapy class at the community centre. But Simon has met Lucy before: he used to be a patient at the psychiatric unit, where Lucy became obsessed with him. And after Simon publicly snubs Lucy, strange things start to happen around the community centre.

 

Wednesday, 04/05/2011
21:00
Boudica's Lost Tribe: A Time Team Special
Boudica is revered as one of the greatest female warriors in history. In this Time Team Special, Tony Robinson traces her story and follows a major excavation in Norfolk that may hold the key to uncovering what happened to Boudica's tribe, the Iceni, after they were defeated by the Roman army.

 

Thursday, 05/05/2011
22:00
David Walliams' Awfully Good Movie Moments
David Walliams celebrates the cinema moments so bad they're entertaining. David guides viewers through the worst movie star accents, the least erotic sex scenes, the most unconvincing special effects and the most cringe-making lines of dialogue, before revealing his Most Awfully Good Movie.

 

Friday, 06/05/2011
20:00
A Place in the Sun: Home or Away: North Wales vs Abruzzo, Italy
Angela needs a bigger house with lots of land. She's already got six cats, three dogs and three donkeys, and wants more. With £260k to find a home with at least six acres it's not going to be easy either in Italy or north Wales. Does Jonnie or Jasmine pull it off, and where will Angela be moving her donkeys?

 

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