Week 37 Highlights

31 August 2011

Children of 9/11

 

The normal temperature of the human body is 37 degrees Celsius. (NB why did centigrade stop being fashionable? And bell bottoms, for that matter?)

37 is the number of as-yet-unidentified radio signals that have been received from outer-space.

William Shakespeare is thought to have written 37 plays (having previously been a scriptwriter on Hollyoaks).

Here are the highlights of week 37 on Channel 4.

 

 

Saturday, 10/09/2011
4:05pm
Sainsbury's Super Saturday
Live from London's Clapham Common, Rick Edwards and Lisa Snowdon celebrate the start of the countdown to the 2012 Paralympic Games with the help of The Wanted, Nicola Roberts and Will Young and others, in three programmes across the weekend.

 

Saturday, 10/09/2011
10:40pm
Rhod Gilbert & the Cat that Looked Like Nicholas Lyndhurst
Rhod Gilbert's critically acclaimed stand-up show, recorded live at London's Hammersmith Apollo. Stung by accusations that he overreacts (having previously punched a shop-assistant over the duvet tog-rating system and gone berserk over a mince pie), Rhod tries to discover the truth. Is he - as he believes - a visionary in a sea of closed minds, or has he just got anger-management problems?

 

Sunday, 11/09/2011
6:10pm
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Network Premiere of Eric Brevig's sci-fi adventure fantasy adaptation of the Jules Verne novel, starring Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson and Anita Briem, who discover that Verne's novel owes more to scientific fact than anyone has ever thought remotely possible...

 

Sunday, 11/09/2011
9pm
Children of 9/11
On 11 September 2001, more than 3000 children under the age of 18 lost a parent. Ten years on, as the world marks the anniversary, this new feature-length documentary gives a voice to some of the young people who lost parents on that fateful day, many of whom are speaking out for the first time. Over the course of a year cameras have followed 11 children from six families across America, charting how one day's events touched children of all ages, religions and backgrounds.

 

Monday, 12/09/2011
9pm
Embarrassing Bodies 1/5
The Embarrassing Bodies doctors Christian, Pixie and Dawn are back to get the nation talking about all manner of ailments. First into the clinic this time is 58-year-old Brenda who explains to Dr Pixie that her vanishing vagina has reached sticking point. Dr Christian meets Slavek, whose droopy face is getting him down, and comes to the help of 69-year-old Brian's embarrassingly large purple nose protuberance.

 

Monday, 12/09/2011
10pm
Rude Tube 1/8: Mashed ‘n' Mixed
Rude Tube and Alex Zane are back for a brand new series, bringing the funniest, strangest and most outrageous video upload trends currently sweeping the web direct to our TV screens. Kicking the series off is an episode devoted to the internet's 50 greatest video mash ups. The rules of the game are simple: take something cherished and loved, chop it up, change it, move bits around, add things, even replace the audio with the sound of a pig playing the kazoo - do what you like, as long as you make it funnier.

 

Monday, 12/09/2011
11:10pm
Coming Up: Hooked
Coming Up, the season showcasing some of the UK's most exciting new film-makers, continues. Prepared to go to any lengths to halt the ravages of age, Maggie (Anita Dobson) seeks help from her daughter, Yolanda (Cathy Tyson/ Tia Campbell). This unlikely olive branch gives Yolanda the opportunity to confront her mother and resolve her own obsessive behaviour.

 

Tuesday 13/09/2011
11:05pm
True Blood: Bad Blood
Acclaimed US vampire drama True Blood returns for the third series. With Bon Temps still reeling from the Maenads' reign of terror, Sookie begins her desperate quest to find Bill, while her friends face new threats that make their previous problems seem tame by comparison.

 

Wednesday 14/09/2011
9pm
Grand Designs 1/11
Channel 4's flagship design series Grand Designs returns for a new series featuring original and diverse stories of people pursuing their personal and individual architectural dreams. Kevin McCloud follows the structural, financial and emotional journey, as well as the triumph and frustrations of each build over many months. In the first episode Kevin follows the epic story of the longest ever Grand Design. Back in 2006, Stefan Lepkowsky and Annia Shabowska set out to transform a derelict mill cottage in the beautiful Northumberland countryside into a cutting-edge contemporary home. But this was never going to be a simple build...

 

Wednesday 14/09/2011
10pm
Best of British 1/4
Channel 4 is the official UK broadcaster of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, which will be the biggest event in the channel's history. With a year to go, this new documentary series follows the extraordinary journeys of Paralympians, or those hoping to be, in their sporting and private lives as they aim for selection for the 2012 London games.

 

Thursday, 15/09/2011
9pm
The Killing: Beau Soleil/Orpheus Descending Finale
When Mayor Adam's waterfront revitalisation project stalls, a number of high-profile supporters jump ship. Sarah and Holder are shocked to find images of Rosie on the casino's ATM surveillance cameras. Her activities at the casino lead them to their biggest break in the case to date. Terry bails Stan out of prison, but he can't bring himself to go home and face Mitch. Meanwhile, Sarah and Holder discover Orpheus's identity, and Sarah and Holder work against the clock to identify the killer.

 

Friday, 16/09/2011
7:35pm
Rare Chicken Rescue
Australian director Randall Wood's film follows 'poultry fancier' Mark Tully on his mission to track down and protect endangered chicken species, and reveals how Mark's birds have helped save his life after a long battle with mental illness.

 

Friday, 16/09/2011
10:30pm
Comedy Showcase: Fun Police
Vic Reeves and Rhys Darby star in this larger-than-life sitcom, which follows the trials and tribulations of an incompetent health and safety team.

 

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