Week 41 highlights 2012

26 September 2012

Channel 4's Commissioning team on an away day (okay then, it's Fresh Meat)

 

Instructions for a happy life:

1. Look out of window. Assess rain.
2. Pull curtains.
3. Put kettle on.
4. Ignore kettle, pour wine.
5. Put telly on.
6. Press (this is the important bit) number 4. (Or 104 if you've got posh telly).
7. Enjoy this lot of little crackers!

 

 

Saturday 06/10/2012

7pm

Jaws: The Great White Lie

There are very few movies we can say truly changed the world, but Jaws is one of them. Audiences stood in lines that wrapped entire city blocks to watch the world's first summer blockbuster. But in the aftermath of the film's release sharks were vilified and killed, leading to their near-disappearance from the east coast of America. How Jaws Changed the World reveals the stories of how lives and the natural world were significantly influenced by this infamous movie monster from 1975.

 

Saturday 06/10/2012

8pm

The Comedy World Cup 4/7

Hosted by David Tennant, and featuring the pick of Britain's finest comedy talent, Comedy World Cup is a new panel show in which Tennant referees two teams of comedians as they compete against each other in a hilarious knockout competition. In each episode the teams, whose careers and comedy know-how span a total of 100 years, pit their wits against each other in a series of rounds. In episode four, captain Andy Parsons, Jon Richardson and the Chuckle Brothers take on Omid Djalili who is joined by Daniel Sloss and Joe Pasquale.

 

Sunday, 07/10/2012

9pm

Homeland 1/12: The Smile

The second series of the Emmy Award-winning, dark, compelling US thriller starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis. Months after Carrie's expulsion from the CIA and the dramatic events that prompted her to undergo electro-convulsive therapy, the former CIA officer is on the slow path to recovery. However, the progress she has made towards repairing her mental health is threatened when an asset from her former life as an agent comes in from the cold to the American Embassy in Beirut, offering information about an attack against the United States. Meanwhile Brody, who is several months into his inaugural term as a Congressman, finds himself torn by the competing agendas of those who have influence over him...

 

Sunday, 07/10/2012

10:05pm

Friday Night Dinner 1/6: Buggy

The award-winning comedy series returns to Channel 4 with a new six-part series. When Jonny (Tom Rosenthal) discovers Adam's (Simon Bird) old diary, he learns a terrible secret: when Adam was 11, he secretly dumped Jonny's beloved 'Pandy' panda bear toy in the dustbin, never to be seen again. This unleashes a war in the house, as Jonny threatens to destroy Adam's equally beloved, old rabbit toy, Buggy...

 

Monday, 08/10/2012

9pm

999: What's Your Emergency? 4/10

There is one night when everyone's up for a party: payday. Whether you work a 50-hour week or depend on state benefits, the day that money hits bank accounts across the UK signals the beginning of drink-fuelled celebrations. For the call operators at Blackpool's emergency control centres hearing about our payday excesses is a weekly occurrence and money plays a part in many 999 calls, from the serious burglaries to the callers reporting a lack of credit on their mobile phone. Money troubles are felt particularly keenly in Blackpool's South Shore area - ranked ninth poorest community in the UK.

 

Monday, 08/10/2012

10pm

8 Out of 10 Cats 1/12

The latest series of 8 Out of 10 Cats is set to bring viewers more facts, polls, figures and laughs. Host Jimmy Carr is once again joined by team captains Sean Lock and Jon Richardson as they discuss the topical events that set the great British public's chins wagging.

 

Tuesday 09/10/2012

9pm

Jewish Mum of the Year 1/4

When The Jewish News launched a nationwide competition to find the ultimate Jewish mum, women applied from all walks of Jewish life and eight super mums were chosen to go head to head in the mother of all competitions - Jewish Mum of the Year. This new four-part series launches with the daunting task of organising the key aspects of a 13-year-old boy's Bar Mitzvah, one of the most important milestones in a Jewish boy's life, and an excuse for his Jewish mum to throw a really great party. At the end of the episode the mums have a show down with judges Judges Tracy-Ann Oberman and Professor Dovid Katz, with two of them facing elimination. Jews at Ten follows straight after on More4 (and is also shown on Channel 4 on Thursday night).

 

Tuesday 09/10/2012

10pm

Fresh Meat 1/8

The award-winning comedy drama series, written and created by Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, returns to Channel 4. It's the start of the Spring Term and Kingsley (Joe Thomas) has come back with a new image; Josie's (Kimberley Nixon) made a new friend; JP's (Jack Whitehall) great friend Giles (Gwilym Lee) has transferred from Exeter; Oregon gears up to become Jean Shales' (Sara Stewart) new intern; Vod (Zawe Ashton) is skint; and Howard (Greg McHugh) is moonlighting in the local abattoir... Meanwhile the flat mates are now saddled with a 29-year-old PhD student from Amsterdam, Sabine (Jelka van Houten), who is clean-living, straight-talking and sober!

 

Wednesday 10/10/2012

9pm

Grand Designs 4/12

Lysette and Nigel Offley want to build a dramatic new cutting-edge home by the RiverThames, smack bang in the middle of a community dominated by expensive traditional houses. It's a battle not only against their indignant neighbours, but also the river itself. Their house will take inspiration from the river, with waves and curves, and a huge glass porthole of a roof-light. But they can't find a contractor willing to tackle the difficulties of building over water; their architect unexpectedly leaves; and the costs come in much higher than anticipated. Can they still achieve their vision of a building that will change the architectural language of the river forever?

 

Thursday, 11/10/2012

9pm

The Plane Crash

This dramatic new documentary follows an international team of scientists, experts and elite pilots as they deliberately crash land a 170-seat Boeing 727 passenger jet to provide a once-in-a-generation chance to study the mechanics of a plane crash in real time. The documentary recreates a common type of crash - a serious, but survivable, 'forced landing' - in order to study the crashworthiness of the aircraft's airframe and cabin, examine the impact of crashes on the human body, and look for possible means of increasing passenger survivability. By crashing the plane, the programme also aims to answer key questions, such as whether sitting at the front or the rear of the aircraft, wearing a seat belt, and whether you use the brace position can make the difference between life and death.

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Friday, 12/10/2012

10pm

Alan Carr: Chatty Man 5/14

Funnyman Alan Carr continues with the ninth series of his award-winning chat show kicking the weekend off in style with more unashamedly addictive celeb-fuelled antics, music and mischievous chat. In this show, Alan's sofa is crammed with pop stars as Cheryl Cole talks about her new book, Cheryl: My Story, and boy band McFly give the inside story on their new book, Unsaid Things: Our Story. Music is from Leona Lewis, who performs her latest single, Trouble.