Week 50 Highlights

21 November 2011

My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas

 

Saturday 10/12/2011
9pm
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
(2009) Woody Allen's Spanish-set romantic comedy stars Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz in a complex romantic entanglement.

 

Sunday, 11/12/2011
8:15pm
Japan's Tsunami: Caught on Camera
Japan's Tsunami: Caught on Camera captures the impact of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan earlier this year, using amateur footage filmed by those caught up in the disaster.

 

Sunday, 11/12/2011
9:30pm
Black Mirror 2/3: 15 Million Merits
Set in a sarcastic version of a future reality, 15 Million Merits is a satire on entertainment shows and our insatiable thirst for distraction, starring Daniel Kaluuya, Jessica Brown Findlay, Rupert Everett, Julia Davis and Ashley Thomas.

 

Sunday, 11/12/2011
10:50pm
British Comedy Awards: The Nominations Show
A show announcing the nominations for this year's British Comedy Awards. The Awards themselves are live on Channel 4 on Friday 16 December.

 

Monday, 12/12/2011
5pm
Christmas Coach Trip
Coach Trip is back on the road for a special Christmas series - ON a northerly mission to meet Santa Claus in Lapland. Starting in Trondheim, Norway, the coach heads off for 15 days of festive fun, but not everyone will survive the dreaded vote and stay to the end.

 

Monday, 12/12/2011
8pm
River Cottage Christmas
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and the River Cottage team serve up an extra special festive menu with a twist this Christmas with wild boar, muntjack deer and greylag geese on the menu.

 

Monday, 12/12/2011
9pm
Jimmy's Christmas Dinner
Our Christmas dinner feels like it's been around forever, but in fact much of it is a surprisingly recent invention. In this one-hour programme, Jimmy Doherty tries to find out where the food on our Christmas plate comes from historically, and how it has evolved in the age of mass production.

 

Tuesday 13/12/2011
9pm
My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas
Christmas is a time for family, a time for peace and for harmony, but it is also a time to celebrate. From the makers of My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding comes a brand new observational documentary following the celebrations and traditions of members of the Irish traveller community at Christmas.

 

Tuesday 13/12/2011

10pm
This Is England '88: 1/3
Renowned filmmaker Shane Meadows follows up the award-winning This Is England '86 with three new one-hour films. This Is England '88, shown over three consecutive nights, sees Meadows picks up the action in the Christmas of 1988 as Lol struggles to cope with what life has thrown at her. Haunted by the devastating events which took place 18 months previously, she finds her reserves of strength ebbing away.
An interview with Vicky McClure will be available on the digital press centre from the afternoon of Tuesday 22nd November.

 

Wednesday 14/12/2011
9pm
Jamie's Christmas with Bells On 1/2
In the first of two hour-long festive specials, Jamie Oliver shows that Christmas can be fun, with a collection of traditional classics, alongside new ideas and fantastic party food.

 

Thursday, 15/12/2011
8pm
Kevin's Grand Design 2/2
Kevin McCloud continues in his epic battle to build his very own Grand Design, as he aims to prove that it shouldn't cost any more to build homes that are a lot nicer to live in.

 

Friday, 16/12/2011
9pm
British Comedy Awards 2011
A live broadcast hosted by Jonathan Ross and featuring all the top names in British comedy and guest stars from around the world. The show features the funniest TV comedy moments of the year peppered throughout in celebration of another vintage year in British Comedy.

 

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