Week 41 Highlights

28 September 2011

Symphony Number 41 was the last symphony Mozart wrote. After that, he concentrated mainly on writing songs for S Club Juniors.

Paul McCartney sings the phrase Let It Be 41 times in the song of the same name.

Roger Bannister wore the race number 41 when he broke the four-minute barrier in 1954.

George W Bush's nickname for his father is 41, as he was the 41st President of the USA. How droll.

 

 

Saturday 08/10/2011
10pm
The Million Pound Drop Live 12/12
Davina McCall presents the final show in the current series.

 

Sunday, 09/10/2011
6:10pm
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
(2009) Network Premiere of Michael Bay's second instalment of the sci-fi action romp that pits humans against big, bad (very bad) alien robots the Decepticons. In this sequel, which is even louder and more prone to explosions than the initial outing, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) is being hunted down by the Decepticons, who plan to destroy the sun...

 

Monday, 10/10/2011
10:55am
Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
For the past decade, property expert Phil Spencer has been on hand to guide the nation through the ups and downs of the housing market in the UK, Europe and Australia. Now on his own, Phil returns as a Secret Agent with a mission: to get Britain's property market moving again, one house at a time.

 

Monday, 10/10/2011
4pm
Deal or No Deal Live
For two weeks, and for the first time ever in the programme's history, Deal or No Deal is playing out live from the Dream Factory. And in another new twist, the contestants won't know in advance that they're playing the game. In fact, they'll only find out once Noel has knocked on their door and invited them to participate!

 

Monday, 10/10/2011
5pm
Celebrity Coach Trip
Legendary tour guide Brendan Sheerin is back with his trusty clipboard for two weeks of fun travelling across Europe with 10 celebrity tourists. Joining Brendan for the start of the tour are Big Brother buddies Brian Belo and Spencer Smith, showbiz partners Gary Cockerill and Phil Turner, former WAG Lizzie Cundy and model Emma B, TV legend Michael Barrymore and his friend Maurice Leonard, and ex-WAG Alex Best and former MP Lembit Opik.

 

Monday, 10/10/2011
5:30pm
Celebrity Come Dine with Me
Five celebrities who love to entertain taking it in turns to throw a dinner party in their own personal style, with the top-scoring host winning £1000 for the charity of their choice. Kicking off the week is international darts legend Bobby George. He's going head-to-head with cross-dressing 80s pop legend Pete Burns, reality starlet Chantelle Houghton, comedienne and actress Cleo Rocos and dancer and singer Andrew Stone.

 

Tuesday 11/10/2011
11:10pm
True Blood: Trouble
Alcide and Sookie turn to an alpha-wolf 'packmaster' for advice on how to deal with Russell's minions. Tara considers a proposal from Franklin, who's completed his mission for Russell. Jason meets his match in a mysterious girl named Crystal. Meanwhile, an heirloom reminds Eric of his past and his ongoing thirst for vengeance.

 

Wednesday 12/10/2011
10pm
Fresh Meat 4/8
Kingsley is forced to confess to Josie that he is a virgin, and she offers to 'cure' him. But Kingsley unexpectedly ends up having sex with drama queen Ruth; unable to 'fess up to Josie, Kingsley goes ahead with the plan. Oregon is unimpressed with Shales's cheap romantic efforts at a Travelodge, while Vod is forced to do some work and has an epiphany; enjoying the book she was meant to read. And JP attempts to 'humanise' Howard.

 

Thursday, 13/10/2011
9pm
Educating Essex 4/4
Final year students Sky and Liam's world is turned upside down when they discover they're expecting a baby. Sky desperately wants to finish school, but will she manage to when the baby is due at the same time as her GCSEs? Meanwhile, first-year student Ciaran has an unusual request for headteacher Vic Goddard: he wants time off from lessons to write a novel.

 

Friday, 14/10/2011
7:30pm
Unreported World 2/10
Unreported World reporter Ramita Navai and producer Wael Dabbous spend two weeks living undercover in some of the most dangerous parts of Syria with members of the opposition movement determined to overthrow President Assad's brutal dictatorship. One of the few teams to avoid the ban on foreign media operating without official permission, they meet the protestors and the victims of the bloody crackdown, and visit the clandestine hospitals set up in private homes by doctors who risk torture or death for treating the injured.

 

Friday, 14/10/2011
9pm
Comic Strip Presents: The Hunt for Tony Blair
The Comic Strip team return for a special 50s-style 'fugitive' film noir spoof. Prime Minister Tony Blair (Stephen Mangan) is wanted for murder and on the run. Escaping from Number 10 and leaving behind his adoring wife Cherie (Catherine Shepherd), Tony vows to clear his name no matter what the consequences. But on a foggy London night, Tony has few friends willing to harbour a wanted man. With front pages demanding his capture, Blair has no choice but to go on the run, with Inspector Hutton (Robbie Coltrane) and his sidekick (James Buckley) hot on his trail. Also starring Nigel Planer, Ford Kiernan, Harry Enfield (as Alastair Campbell), Rik Mayall, Morgana Robinson, John Sessions, Ross Noble, and Jennifer Saunders as Margaret Thatcher, channelling Bette Davies in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?.

 

Friday, 14/10/2011
10:35pm
Ricky Gervais: Science
Filmed at London's Hammersmith HMV Apollo following a sell-out tour, this is the fourth live smash hit stand-up show from Ricky Gervais. The stage set is Frankenstein's laboratory, and Ricky is quite at home delivering thought-provoking rants and tongue-in-cheek political incorrectness about subjects as diverse as religion, racism and obesity.

 

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