Week 33 highlights 2012

1 August 2012

Escape from Colditz

Here are all of the wickedy-wickedy-wickedest programmes on Channel 4 for the week from 11th - 17th  August.

 

 

Saturday 11/08/2012

10pm

The Million Pound Drop 8/8

The final episode of the Celebrity Games run of The Million Pound Drop in which teams of celebrity friends and noted athletes from the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games and other sporting fields play to raise as much money as they can for Paralympic and disability related charities. Tonight Irish entertainers Jedward and cricketers Stuart Broad and James Anderson do their best to hold on to as much of a million pounds as they can.

 

Sunday, 12/08/2012

9pm

Thelma's Gypsy Girls 6/6

After months of training and education, Thelma's course is coming to an end, but just as she is facing the tough choice of which of the girls to keep on, an allegation of racism explodes in the factory and Thelma has to face the daily prejudices of being a Traveller. The girls have one last challenge: to design their own dresses and showcase them on a catwalk in front of their friends and family.

 

Monday, 13/08/2012

8pm

Tricks of the Dole Cheats: Channel 4 Dispatches

As unemployment rates remain high, Channel 4 Dispatches investigates Jobcentre Plus, the organisation tasked with getting Britain back to work and cracking down on dole cheats. With the help of jobseekers, undercover filming and a former insider, reporter Morland Sanders shows the shirkers' tricks that make it easy to cheat the system.

 

Monday, 13/08/2012

9pm

Escape from Colditz

Colditz Castle, one of the most notorious prisoner of war camps in Nazi Germany, was supposed to be escape-proof. But in the dark days at the end of World War II, a group of British officers dreamt up the most audacious escape plan in history. They were going to fly to freedom from the roof of the castle, but the war ended before they could put their plan into action. Now, engineer Dr Hugh Hunt leads a crack team of aeronautics engineers and carpenters to rebuild the glider using the same materials - then attempt to use a bathtub full of concrete to catapult the glider off the castle's roof.

 

Tuesday 14/08/2012

9pm

Seven Dwarves: The Wedding

Seven Dwarves: The Wedding follows Max and Karen from Channel 4's hit series Seven Dwarves as they prepare for their wedding day. Getting married with plenty of time to prepare is enough for most people but not for Max and Karen. On the spur of the moment, they decide to tie the knot at a music festival, leaving only two months to get everything in place for their big day. The film charts the ups and downs of their stormy relationship in intimate detail as the wedding day approaches, with Max losing sleep and Karen turning into Bridezilla as the pressure mounts.

 

Wednesday 15/08/2012

9pm

24 Hours in A&E 14/14

The final episode of the series focuses on men with very different problems who are all being treated at King's College Hospital's Emergency Department on a busy night shift. Stacey, a 37-year-old dad of six, is suffering from breathing difficulties; 26-year-old Andrew arrives at King's with back pain after being knocked off his motorbike by a car; Sam has been rushed to resus after an attack outside a nightclub; and Henry has had hiccups for three days.

 

Thursday, 16/08/2012

9pm

Peter Kay Live: The Tour that Didn't Tour - Tour

Peter Kay opens Channel 4's Funny Fortnight, a two week extravaganza of top notch comedy telly including brand new shows, excellent stand-up and some archive treats. Featuring over 45 hours of programming Funny Fortnight is an extravaganza of brand new shows, excellent stand up and some familiar faces returning to the Channel with shows viewers will have never seen before. Officially the world's most successful live stand-up comedy show, Peter Kay brings his spectacular Tour That Didn't Tour - Tour live, to TV for the very first time. After a seven year break from live stand-up comedy Peter Kay's tour sold over 1.2 million tickets over 18 months, including an astonishing 40 nights at the Manchester Arena - a first for any artist in the world.

 

Thursday 16/08/12

10:55pm

Very Terry

Showing as part of Channel 4's Funny Fortnight, Kayvan Novak stars as Terry Tibbs, car salesman turned international television star of Facejacker. Terry has finally hit the big time by securing his own prime time chat show. In his unique way Terry will be talking to a variety of celebrity guests - including Hollywood legend Mickey Rourke and housewives' favourite Anthea Turner - as well as and members of the studio audience.

The comedy continues tonight with archive treats from Chris Morris, Vic and Bob, Russell Brand and many more...

 

Friday, 17/08/2012

9pm

Alan Carr's Summer Specstacular 2

As part of Channel 4's Funny Fortnight, Alan Carr has been left in charge of Channel 4 HQ and is set to throw another raucous summer party! Alan's special guests appear throughout in various guises including VT sketches, entertaining games for top prizes, and top musical performances along with his boisterous studio audience participation. Guests include Jonathan Ross, Tulisa, Keith Lemon, Melanie Sykes, Paloma Faith, Labrinth and Fatima Whitbread OBE.

More - much more - Funny Fortnight continues tonight with the final edition of The Angelos Epithemiou Show, a new episode of Celebrity Bedlam, Comedy Blaps and classic shows from Clive Anderson, Green Wing and more.