Week 38 Highlights

7 September 2011

Fresh Meat.

 

Avalanches begin when they reach the tipping point angle of 38 degrees.

 

The .38 Smith and Wesson Special was the standard issue police round in the US from the 1920s to the 1990s.

The 38th parallel was the line dividing North and South Korea before the Korean War.

I am 38 (for another six days - presents accepted at the usual address). I thought when I was 38 I'd be head of a multinational company, Prime Minister, QPR manager or a successful novelist - or possibly all four. Instead, I'm writing this unspeakable drivel. How did that happen?

Here are the highlights of week 38 on Channel 4.

 

Saturday, 17/09/2011
10:20pm
The Departed
Martin Scorsese directs the Oscar-winning thriller based on Alan Mak and Andrew Lau's Infernal Affairs. Starring Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Leonardo DiCaprio.

 

Sunday, 18/09/2011
9pm
He's Just Not That Into You
Kevin Kwapis's romantic comedy concerning the relationships of a multiplicity of Baltimore residents. Starring Justin Long, Jennifer Connelly, Bradley Cooper, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck and Drew Barrymore. Network Premiere.

 

Monday, 19/09/2011
8pm
Gypsy Eviction: The Fight for Dale Farm: Dispatches
On the day that the mass eviction starts on Dale Farm, Britain's largest traveller site, Dispatches reporter Deborah Davies investigates the controversial relations between gypsies, their neighbours and the law.

 

Monday, 19/09/2011
11:05pm
Tim Minchin: Live
At last, this hugely entertaining show, where Tim confronts the pressing issues of the day: sex, death, dancing bears and ginger body hair, is being broadcast on TV. One of comedy's most dynamic and dexterous new performers goes broad and wide.

 

Tuesday 20/09/2011
11:10pm
True Blood: Beautifully Broken
The third series of acclaimed US drama continues. Russell Edgington, the Vampire King of Mississippi, concocts a plan to consolidate his power.

 

Wednesday 21/09/2011
9pm
Grand Desgins 2/11
Paul and Penny Denby have lived on the same exclusive south London estate for nearly 20 year, in a dated 1940s mock Georgian home. That's about to change, as they are knocking down their million pound house to build a much bigger contemporary mansion.

 

Wednesday 21/09/2011
10pm
Fresh Meat 1/8
Meet today's best new comic talent in a brand-new comedy drama series from the writers of Peep Show about the hilarious and painful truths of being a student - with Jack Whitehall, Joe Thomas (Inbetweeners), Kimberley Nixon (Cranford), Greg McHugh, Zawe Ashton and Charlotte Ritchie.

 

Thursday, 22/09/2011
9pm
Educating Essex 1/4
Your school days: love them or loathe them, you never forget them. But what is life really like for today's generation of students and teachers? This major series has unprecedented access to Passmores School, a secondary school in Harlow, Essex, to follow a group of GCSE students, and the staff who teach them, as they face the most important year in their education.

 

Friday, 23/09/2011
10:30pm
8 Out of 10 Cats 1/9
Channel 4's ever popular comedy panel show returns for a 12th series, including its 100th episode. Stand up comic and presenter Jimmy Carr is back as team captains Sean Lock and Jon Richardson thrash out the hot stories of the week. The first guests include British boxing sensation Amir Khan and The IT Crowd's Richard Ayoade.

 

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