Week 37 highlights 2012

29 August 2012

The Paralympics draw to a spectacular close on Channel 4 in week 37, bringing the curtain down on an incredible summer of sport. The very next day, it's time for the curtain to go up on a spectacular autumn season of programmes on Channel 4. Here are highlights of the programmes in week 37 - fill your boots, people!

 

Saturday 08/09/2012
7pm
Paralympic Games 2012 Tonight: Swimming, Athletics, Wheelchair Basketball and Table Tennis
Clare Balding and Ade Adepitan present the penultimate day of coverage. Attention turns immediately to the Olympic Stadium and GB's Nathan Stephens in the Men's Javelin Throw F57/58 Final. But the reigning world champion will have to fend off the challenge from Egypt's Mahmoud Ramadan El Attar. On the track, Hazel Robson hopes to rediscover the form which landed her the 100m T36 gold medal in Sydney. Plus coverage of the Games' final athletics events in the stadium, including the Men's 4x400m Relay T53/54 Final and Oscar Pistorius's bid to retain his 400m T44 title against his old rival Jerome Singleton. There's also the Men's Wheelchair Basketball Gold Medal Game; reigning champions Australia began the tournament as favourites to retain their crown, while Great Britain have reached the final three times but never claimed gold. The curtain also comes down tonight on events at the Aquatics Centre with what promises to be a thrilling Men's 4x100 Medley Relay Final. And there's more action from the team finals in the table tennis.
Three further streams, C4 Paralympics Extra 1, 2 and 3, feature live coverage of events from across the Paralympic Games, on-air from morning through to evening. (Details can be found in the press centre pack.)
Channel 4 HD provides complete coverage of the Games throughout each day.
A press pack, including a daily guide, can be found here

 

Sunday, 09/09/2012
11:30am
Paralympic Games 2012: Football 7-a-side, Wheelchair Rugby and Marathon~
The Games reach their conclusion with the final six gold medals contested in four Marathons, the Football 7-a-side and the Wheelchair Rugby. The Mall plays host to the start and finish of the men's and women's Marathons, which take in London's iconic sights, including Buckingham Palace, Admiralty Arch, Birdcage Walk, St Paul's Cathedral, Leadenhall Market, Tower Hill and the Houses of Parliament. David Weir and Shelly Woods, Britain's leading wheelchair distance racers, hope to end their Games on a high, with gold medals in their respective classifications. Presented by Jonathan Edwards, Daraine Mulvihill, Georgie Bingham and Arthur Williams.

 

Sunday, 09/09/2012
5:25pm
The Great British Paraorchestra
Inspired by his five-year-old daughter, who has cerebral palsy, and by the principles of the Paralympics, conductor Charles Hazlewood is determined to create a platform for talented disabled musicians at the top of their game. This film explores music's power to bring people together despite their disabilities. It charts the formation of the British Paraorchestra and explores the musicians' own relationship with music.

 

Sunday, 09/09/2012
7pm
London 2012 Paralympic Games Closing Ceremony
Jon Snow presents the Festival of Flame, the London 2012 Paralympic Closing Ceremony - the festival of the flame. Coldplay take to the stage to give a live concert in the Olympic Stadium, which will be seen by an estimated worldwide audience of 750 million people. Working with choreographer Kim Gavin, Closing Ceremony Artistic Director, the band performs alongside a cast of almost 2000 in the stadium to celebrate Britain's rich culture of festivals, from the ancient to the modern-day, and mark the closing of the London 2012 Games.

 

Monday, 10/09/2012
12:50pm
London 2012: Our Greatest Team Parade
The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are over and now is the time for the city of London to celebrate those who took part. Jon Snow guides us through the live coverage of our greatest team parade, joined by Ade Adepitan and Giles Long. While out on the route, from Mansion House to Buckingham Palace, Clare Balding, Iwan Thomas and Rachael Latham hop on and off the 22 floats on which the triumphant athletes are travelling. More than one million people are expected to line the streets of the capital as the parade travels through. With commentary from Krishnan Guru-Murthy.

 

Monday, 10/09/2012
5pm
Gordon Ramsay's Ultimate Cookery Course 1/20
In this practical home cookery series Gordon Ramsay strips away the complexity and hard graft to show how to cook 100 simple, accessible and modern recipes. Each episode, airing every weekday, concentrates on a different theme essential for the modern cook - from the secret of cooking with chilli and spice, through to baking, roasting and slow cooking - and is packed full of useful tricks and tips to save time and money. In the first episode Gordon teaches how to cook with confidence.

 

Monday, 10/09/2012
8pm
The School Dinner Scandal: Channel 4 Dispatches
After Jamie Oliver's high-profile campaign to improve school meals a real change was put in place. Millions of pounds were pumped into improving school canteens and tough minimum standards on food and nutrition were set and enforced. In this Dispatches investigation, reporter Tazeen Ahmad examines evidence that strategies to improve the food served in all our schools are fast coming undone.

 

Monday, 10/09/2012
8:30pm
Food Unwrapped 1/8
A brand new science series explores how our food is really made and the industry secrets behind our favourite produce. This eight-part series is presented by a team of reporters who travel the globe to discover just how the food we love is mass produced. Food Unwrapped contacts supermarkets and producers with simple questions about the food we buy: What's the wax on my lemons?; What are the bacteria in my Probiotics?; What is formed ham? If they can't explain it, the gang of hungry detectives stop at nothing to find out.

 

Monday, 10/09/2012
9pm
999: What's Your Emergency? 1/10
2012 is the 75th anniversary of the 999 emergency telephone number in the UK. The volume of calls has jumped by 60% in the last generation, with 31 million 999 calls received in 2011. Filmed 24/7 with police, fire and ambulance teams in Blackpool over six weeks, from the moment calls are received, this new 10-part documentary series shows how Britain is changing through the eyes of the emergency services on the front line. In the first programme of the series, Blackpool's emergency services tackle the fallout from the dizzying array of 'party drugs' that are on the rise in towns across the UK.

 

Monday, 10/09/2012
10pm
9/11: The Miracle Survivor
This documentary reveals reveals what could be the last untold survival story from the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York. Survivor Pasquale Buzzelli rode a blizzard of falling debris from a 22nd-floor World Trade Center stairwell and lived, miraculously, to tell his story. For the first time on television Pasquale recalls in extraordinary detail the full story of September 11, 2001. The film also hears from a leading physicist who discusses the science behind Pasquale's survival; how did he survive the collapse of the North Tower by effectively surfing down it?

 

Tuesday 11/09/2012
8pm
Double Your House for Half the Money
Sarah Beeny is back. On Double Your House for Half the Money the indomitable property guru helps people to achieve their property dreams without breaking the bank, even in these recession-hit times. In this inspirational series Sarah's out to prove that anyone can have home they've always dreamed about, even if they can't afford to buy it. By extending, converting, facelifting or drilling down, even the most modest property can become a sensational home. Follow Sarah's rules and people can double their space for half the cost of trading up to that big new house beyond their means. Each episode Sarah helps two families save cash, create a lump of equity in their home and double their space.

 

Tuesday 11/09/2012
9pm
One Born: Twins and Triplets
One Born Every Minute returns with two Specials. A brand new baby is a joyous event for every parent but imagine what it's like knowing you're having twins, triplets or even more. Multiple pregnancies are more likely to suffer miscarriage, abnormality and premature birth. There's a real struggle for parents and doctors to successfully bring multiple babies through pregnancy and into the world safely. One Born: Twins and Triplets follows four couples, and the medical staff who care for them, through their multiple pregnancies and births and the unexpected turns that they take.

 

Tuesday 11/09/2012
10pm
Rude Tube 1/6: Utter Fails
Alex Zane presents more internet madness with 50 brand new clips of utter failure featuring spelling bees, smashed Lamborghinis, the worst bedroom band in the world and the greatest skateboard fail ever. In this new series he's accompanied on his journey through the Clipiverse - that infinite expanse of online videos - by a very special sidekick: a talking computer.

 

Wednesday 12/09/2012
8pm
River Cottage: Three Go Mad
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is joined at River Cottage by three much-loved comedians: Robert Webb, Lee Mack and Ruby Wax. But while they might be funny people, their cooking skills are laughable. Can two days of intensive cooking classes with the River Cottage team whip them into shape as chefs? Lee and Robert are thrown in the deep end and left to knock up a kedgeree for Hugh. Later, Lee teams up with Ruby for a bit of competitive cake cooking, before all three comedians go head-to-head in a sausage making challenge.

 

Wednesday 12/09/2012
9pm
Grand Designs 1/12
A brand new series kicks off with a Grand Design on an epic scale. This is the story of one man's heroic attempt to fulfill his childhood dream and bring back from the ruins an incredible castle set in one of the most beautiful landscapes of southern Ireland. Sean Simon fell in love with the ruins of Cloontykilla Castle when he played there as a boy. Years later he bought it, with the idea of turning it into a spectacular, theatrical mock 16th century home. But would it prove to be a magnificent personal masterpiece, or a garish sub-Disneyesque disaster? After borrowing an eye-watering 1.2 million Euros, Sean launches into his project just as Ireland plunges into recession...

 

Wednesday 12/09/2012
10pm
Shameless 1/10
Shameless kicks off series 10 with two brand new episodes shown over consecutive nights. The unthinkable has happened... the Department of Work and Pensions has finally caught up with job dodger Frank. A nightmare fantasy emerges of Frank on death row with the Chatsworth characters appearing as cell mates, prison governor, guards and last supper servers. Frank is a 'dead man walking' to... a job!

 

Thursday, 13/09/2012
8pm
Location, Location, Location 1/5
Kirstie and Phil return for a run of brand new episodes. This time they are in Hertfordshire, prime commuter territory where property doesn't come cheap, trying to find two homes for two young couples. Newly-engaged accountants Liz and Neil are looking for a home where they can start a family close to the market town of Tring. Twenty miles east, in St Albans, Phil is helping married couple David and Claire, who have moved five times in five years and are desperate to get off the rental merry-go-round.

 

Thursday, 13/09/2012
9pm
The Audience 1/3
In this brand new three-part factual series, a person with a life-changing decision to make is followed round by 50 strangers for a week. Each programme focuses on someone with a genuine dilemma. Unsure what to do, they turn to The Audience for help. After a week, The Audience must agree on a decision and deliver their verdict on the path to take. The first programme features 47-year-old Ian Wainwright, a farmer who can't decide whether to continue running the family dairy farm for his ageing uncles, or walk away and start a new life.

 

Friday, 14/09/2012
9pm
The Million Pound Drop Live 1/12
Back with a new series over six consecutive weekends Davina McCall is at the helm as new pairs take on the Drop in an attempt to win big. Another lucky viewer will play alongside special celeb guest Peter Andre later in this series. Hopeful contestants can find out how to apply by watching this first episode of the new series. There are also more celebrity duos playing for charity and the show marks its 100th birthday with a special night of celebrations.

 

Friday, 14/09/2012
10pm
Alan Carr: Chatty Man 1/14
Funnyman Alan Carr returns to Channel 4 with the ninth series of his very award-winning chat show, with more celeb-fuelled antics, mischievous chat and musical performances. In the first episode, Alan is joined by US pop star Pink who chats and sings her latest single, Blow Me (One Last Kiss). Plus Gok Wan comes in to share news of his new Channel 4 dating show, Baggage.