Week 43 Highlights

12 October 2011

43 is the largest number that's not an (original) McNuggett number. That is to say, in old style Chicken McNuggett servings of 6, 9 or 20 McNuggetts, every single number above 43 can be achieved with a combination of portion sizes. Though if you're eating more than 43 McNuggetts, you have a problem.

George W Bush was the 43rd President of the USA.

George W Bush was the 43rd-best President in US history.

Here are the programmes we have the good grace to bestow upon the nation in week 43.

 

 

Saturday 22/10/2011
9pm
The Hurt Locker
(2008) Network premiere of the multiple-Oscar-winning film. Kathryn Bigelow's compelling fact-based, Iraq-set bomb disposal drama was scripted by journalist Mark Boal, drawing on his experiences while embedded with a United States Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team in 2004. The focus is on the complex characters making up Bravo Company, who disable and destroy improvised explosive devices. The days are ticking down to the end of the bomb squad's tour, but their role puts the team in harm's way around the clock.

 

 

Sunday, 23/10/2011
12:15pm
T4: Shipwrecked: A Look Back
To celebrate the return of Shipwrecked - starting on E4 on Tuesday - this special programme looks back at the highlights of the last seven series, and introduces the latest contestants.

 

 

Sunday, 23/10/2011
10pm
Chris Moyles' Hollywood Stars Quiz Night
Ahead of the new series, this one-off special features a star-studded US vs UK line-up as Hollywood comic legend Will Ferrell goes head-to-head with David Walliams and Louis Walsh; with appearances from Robbie Williams, Britney Spears and Paul O'Grady. One Direction deliver the popular maths song. There are new rounds and challenges, while the celebrities show off their general knowledge in order to avoid singing out the show.

 

 

Monday, 24/10/2011
5pm
Four in a Bed
Four in a Bed returns for a new series. This week luxury weight-loss and detox retreat Slimmeria competes against Five Star Gold-rated 38 St Giles in Norwich, fun-loving Ann and Bill's four-star B&B in Cornwall, and village bakers Diane and Max's outdated Ombersley Bed & Breakfast. It's a week of Zumba, weight-loss lectures, unwelcome road noise, shed-based drinking, 'weekday caviar', bickering about gluten-free bread, and underwhelming eggs.

 

 

Monday, 24/10/2011
9pm
Mummifying Alan: Egypt's Last Secret
It is a mystery that has baffled scientists for centuries: how were the ancient Egyptians able to preserve their greatest pharaohs perfectly for millennia? Now, 3000 years later, a terminally ill British man called Alan has donated his body so that leading experts can, for the first time, apply the secret mummification formula to create a 21st-century mummy.

 

 

Tuesday 25/10/2011
9pm
Jamie's Great Britain 1/6
In this new six-part series Jamie Oliver takes to the road, travelling the length and breadth of Britain to find out what makes our food great. He's searching for new ideas and inspiration to create his own versions of British classics. Over six programmes, Jamie visits Yorkshire, the Heart of England, the South West, South Wales and the west of Scotland. He kicks off his road-trip close to home in the East End, then heads for his home territory, Southend-on-Sea and the Essex coast, in his mobile kitchen/ pub.

 

 

Wednesday 26/10/2011
9pm
Grand Designs 7/11
Claire Farrow and Ian Hogarth have always dreamed of building a home large enough for their own dance floor and DJ booth. But the only plot they can find is a tiny scrap of land carved out of someone's back garden at the end of a mews. It's next to a mainline railway, hemmed in on all sides by neighbours and trees, and sits on top of an old riverbed. And it only has permission to build a mews house a third of the size of what they need for themselves, their two children, their sauna and spa, and the full-sized state-of-the-art discothèque. Nevertheless, architect Ian specialises in making the most out of small spaces, so they take on the challenge and start to build while, with fingers crossed, they apply for permission to put in a basement and treble the size of the project.

 

Thursday, 27/10/2011
10pm
The Joy of Teen Sex 1/6
The Joy of Teen Sex returns for a new series with more frank and sometimes shocking revelations. Dr Anita Sturnham, counsellor Emma Kenny and sex expert Sam Roddick offer advice and support to confused, curious teens in the Sex Advice Shop. This episode features two girls who find going 'on top' difficult, a lad with a phobia of oral sex, and a girl with a broken heart.

 

Friday, 28/10/2011
7:30pm
Unreported World 4/10: Nigeria's Millionaire Preachers
Miracles, expensive cars, exorcisms and bodyguards: religion is big business in Nigeria. Reporter Seyi Rhodes and director Matt Haan travel to Lagos to reveal the extraordinary world of the millionaire preachers. By promoting the dream of escaping poverty, they have turned their churches into corporations, which are changing the face of Christianity.

 

Friday, 28/10/2011
9pm
Derren Brown: The Gameshow
Derren turns himself into the host of a game show and investigates whether we all have the capacity for evil, and whether or not being part of a group affects our sense of right and wrong.

http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/derren-brown-interview-2

 

 

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