Saturday
8.25pm Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire: Mother's Day Special ITV -David Walliams and his mother Kathleen, Olly Murs and mum Vicky, and Patsy Palmer and her son Charley, attempt to win that magical million in this Mother's Day special. Not only are the celebrities playing for their favourite charity, they are also playing for the viewer at home. Hosted by Chris Tarrant.
9.00pm Spiral BBC4 - New episode of the French Crime series.
Sunday
7.00pm The Cube - Third series of the gameshow.
8.00pm Lewis ITV - Fifth series of the crime drama. Oxford's last surviving all-female college is bidding farewell to one of its most prominent professors. During a reunion of her brightest students, one of the group is found murdered at the bottom of a flight of stairs. Lewis is convinced that the killing is connected to a brutal attack which occurred at the college ten years before and as the investigation progresses, he and Hathaway are drawn ever deeper into the mystery of the college and its secrets.
9.00pm Louis Theroux & America's Most Hated Family in Crisis BBC2 - Louis Theroux revisits the Phelps family who he first met in 2007. He again joins the Phelps family on their controversial pickets where they try to antagonise communities with offensive slogans and anti-gay placards. But four years on from Louis's last visit, there are signs of disarray in the Phelps clan. A series of defections of family members has shaken up the church.
9.00pm Police Academy UK BBC3 - Four foreign police officers, from Colombia, Samoa, Zambia and the Australian outback, head to the UK to pick up ideas for their own countries.
11.10pm Autism: The Musical Sky Atlantic - Moving, Emmy-winning documentary about pioneering techniques being used to help autistic children interact socially while expressing themselves creatively through musical theatre.
Monday
9.15am Neighbourhood Blues BBC1 - Series following the work of groundbreaking police teams in Kent as they confront the problems of troubled communities. Cameras follow them as they take on the law-breakers who are making life a misery for local residents
2.15pm Justice BBC1 - Drama series about a newly-opened public justice centre and its charismatic frontman. The centre has been open for a month, and Judge Patrick Coburn has so far been unable to convince his staff of his new approach to justice, never mind the local community. To add insult to injury, the PJC has been broken into overnight. It doesn't look like much has been taken, but a key memo from the Ministry of Justice is missing. It is down to Coburn to find the culprit before the centre's reputation is damaged any further.
5.00pm Britain's Best Dish ITV - Mary Nightingale presents a new series of the competition in which amateur cooks from across the country battle it out to win an incredible prize - getting their dish onto the menu at world-famous hotel The Savoy.
8.00pm Rooftop Rainforest Sky1 - In the first of a special two-part documentary to mark Sky Rainforest Week, urban ecologist and wildlife expert Dusty Gedge attempts to build an indoor rainforest in London.
8.30pm Lambing Live BBC2
9.00pm The Brother the Islamist BBC3 - Robb Leech is an ordinary white middle-class boy from Weymouth. So is his stepbrother Rich, but Rich became a radical Islamist who now goes by the name of Salahuddin, associates with jihadist fundamentalists and believes the UK should be ruled by Sharia law. Robb sets out to reconnect with his extremist stepbrother in a film which charts the brothers' relationship and Robb's attempt to understand why the person he'd once looked up to as a teenage role model could so strongly reject all that his family and the Western world believe in.
Tuesday
8.00pm Countrywise ITV - Paul Heiney, historian Bettany Hughes and horticulturist Rachel de Thame return with a new series exploring Britain's beautiful rural countryside
9.00pm Candy Cabs BBC1 - 3-part comedy drama. When Jackie and Elaine's best friend Shazza dies out of the blue, it leaves the girls with something of a dilemma; the three of them had rustled up a plan to launch a brand new business, Candy Cabs, a taxi company run by women. Starring Jo Joyner, Lisa Millet, John Henshaw and Melanie Hill.
9.00pm Filthy Cities BBC2 - Historian Dan Snow gets down and dirty in medieval grime to discover the hard way how the London we know was forged in the filth of the 14th century. State of the art CGI reveals London's streets as they were 700 years ago
9.00pm Smugglers ITV - The first of two documentaries looking at smuggling today in the UK, following the work of Border Agency officers as they try to stem the tide of crime. This programme follows the case of a 62-year-old retired taxi driver from Birmingham caught with five kilos of cocaine concealed behind the engine of his car. In Harwich, Border Agency officers detect a large haul of cannabis in a lorry's hidden compartment and cameras follow a ship's crew patrolling off the south east coast of the country.
10.00pm Campus Channel 4 - Comedy set in the hotbed of academic mediocrity that is Kirke University. At its helm is the stubby, mercurial Vice Chancellor Jonty de Wolfe, who wants nothing more than to drench Kirke in the juices of his own greatness with the support of his academic team, starring Joseph Millson, Lisa Jackson, Jonathan Bailey, Sara Pascoe, Will Adamsdale, Dolly Wells and Katherine Ryan.
Wednesday
8.00pm A Different Breed Sky1 - From the makers of Pineapple Dance Studios comes this bonkers documentary that explores the madcap world of man's best friend.
9.00pm The Crimson Petal and the White BBC2 - Based on the best-selling Victorian-set novel by Michel Faber. The first episode of this drama follows William Rackham, a man tormented by debt and an unstable wife, who finds solace when he seeks out renowned young prostitute, Sugar. As he falls under her spell, his life begins to be transformed - but will Sugar be able to withhold her secret desire for revenge on the men who have wronged her?
Thursday
9.00pm Dad's Having a Baby: A Bodyshock Special Channel 4 - Logan and Greg could be two kids in any average American family. Except they have two dads and one of them is pregnant. Now, they are starting a new life in new town, in the US Bible Belt. How will their neighbours react to this extraordinary family?
9.00pm Botox Britian: Your Face in Their Hands BBC3 - Kirsten O'Brien investigates the boom in cosmetic injections. She looks at the growing phenomenon of the young using botox and fillers, and finds out what can go wrong with the procedures.
9.00pm Room at the Top BBC4 - Adaptation of John Braine's classic novel about a young man on the make in 1940s Yorkshire. Leaving working class Dufton behind him, Joe Lampton arrives in the affluent mill town of Warley with two things on his mind - money and sex. He takes lodgings at The Top, where the rich folk live, and starts mixing with a better class of female at the local amateur dramatic society. Starring Maxine Peake and Matthew McNulty.
10.00pm Rubicon BBC4 - Post-9/11 conspiracy drama serial. Will Travers, an experienced analyst at a federal intelligence agency, is working on various Middle Eastern projects when he discovers a pattern in several daily newspaper crossword puzzles. He is intrigued, but told by his boss to concentrate on other matters. When his boss is killed in a freak accident, Will begins to suspect that the two events are somehow connected.
Friday
8.00pm Baboons with Bill Bailey ITV - Comedian Bill Bailey presents a new series about the baboons which live just south of Cape Town in South Africa. In the first programme, Bill introduces the mischievous Smitz troop. Living on the coastline, they have their eyes on the food and belongings of unwary tourists.
9.00pm Have I Got News For You? BBC1 - New series with guest host Jack Dee
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Thursday, 24 March 2011
The TV WEEK: Saturday 26th - Friday 1st April 2011
Saturday
7.10pm So You Think You Can Dance BBC1 - Second series of the dance competition fronted by Cat Deeley. Judges Nigel Lythgoe, Arlene Phillips and Louise Redknapp sit through the first round of auditions.
9.00pm Goldie's Band: By Royal Appointment BBC2 - Three part series which follows drum and bass pioneer Goldie on a personal mission to discover young people whose talent and passion for music is at the centre of their lives. In the first episode, Goldie is joined on his nationwide search by a team of experts including composer Guy Chambers, jazz artist Soweto Kinch, singer/songwriter Cerys Matthews and MC/songwriter Ms Dynamite. The challenge is to select a line-up for a band and prepare for a special concert at Buckingham Palace with guest of honour Prince Harry.
Sunday
8.00pm Japan Earthquake: Horizon Special BBC2 - Professor Iain Stewart examines the powerful geological forces that unleashed the devastating Japanese earthquake, and explores how the release of this power of the planet brought Japan to the brink of a nuclear meltdown
9.00pm Grand Prix: The Killer Years BBC4 - n the 60s and early 70s it was common for Grand Prix drivers to be killed while racing, often televised for millions to see. Mechanical failure, lethal track design, fire and incompetence snuffed out dozens of young drivers. They had become almost expendable as eager young wannabes queued up at the top teams' gates waiting to take their place. Featuring Sir Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi and John Surtees, this film explores how Grand Prix drivers grew sick of their closest friends being killed and finally took control of their destiny.
10.00pm The Grumpy Guide To.. BBC2 - A grumpy perspective on aspects of modern life. Work - it's that four letter word we all have to deal with, from boardroom to boredom nothing exasperates our state of grumpiness like the relentless repetition of work.
Monday
9.15am A Hundred Years of us BBC1 - What we said about ourselves in the 2011 national census will be kept under lock and key for a century. But how has Britain changed in the past hundred years? It's a remarkable story, the story of every one of us. Presented by Michael Aspel with Phil Tufnell and Peter Waterman.
2.15pm 32 Blackburn Street BBC1 - Drama series moving between the lives, loves and lies of two generations of the same family who live at 32 Brinkburn Street in 1931 and 2011. In 1931, Walter Ogilvie's gambling addiction leads to trouble when he is pursued by a debt-collecting gang, and wife Gracie takes in a mysterious lodger to make ends meet. In 2011, Ellie and Nick Milliner have recently moved back in with Frank, Ellie's father, who has lived in Brinkburn Street his whole life. Starring Eva Pope, Maggie Steed and Jack Deam. Continues all week.
5.00pm Fern Channel 4 - Tea Time chat show hosted by Fern Brittion
7.00pm Chilean Miners: What Happened Next? BBC2 - This film is a vivid and moving account of how three of the miners have coped with the whirlwind of fame, including charismatic Edison Pena who became known around the world as the underground runner and Elvis impersonator. They may now be the toast of the world, but many of the miners are suffering from the anxieties that come with recurring nightmares, and some from psychological issues and addiction - all of which have an inevitable impact on their wives and families.
8.00pm The Dales ITV - Observational documentary series looking at life in the Yorkshire Dales during the summer months. Presenter Adrian Edmondson, who spent many childhood holidays in the area, meets the people who live and work in this beautiful but often challenging environment
9.00pm Neil Morrissery: Care Home Kid BBC2 - Neil begins a journey which will see him venture back into his childhood in the hope of learning how this experience has truly affected him as an adult. Conclues Thursday.
9.00pm Thailand: Tourism & The Truth, Stacey Dooley Investigates BBC3 - Stacey Dooley travels to Thailand to explore the darker side of tourism that the average holiday maker doesn't see.
10.30pm Bizarre ER BBC3 - Sheridan Smith narrates a series which follows the most extraordinary and fascinating A&E cases from two British hospitals.
Tuesday
9.00pm Sex & The Sitcom BBC4 - Documentary exploring sexual frustration as an enduring sitcom theme, the changing role of women and the British love of innuendo. It looks at the changing language of sitcom, contrasts British comedy with its more liberal American counterpart and asks whether the modern sitcom recognises any taboos. Contributors include Leslie Phillips, Leslie Joseph, Wendy Craig, and writers David Nobbs, Simon Nye and Jonathan Harvey.
10.35pm See You In Court BBC1 - Cameras follow twelve very different real-life libel cases as they unfold over the course of two years. In this episode, Lembit Opik he tries to take on the press after considering that his cheeky boy reputation may have cost him his seat in the last election; and Sheryl Gascoigne finally decides, after years of being told it was best to say nothing, that it is time to hit back.
Wednesday
8.00pm Vaction, Vaction, Vaction Channel 4 - New series fronted by Kirstie and Phil of Location, Location. Each week Kirstie and Phil visit one destination or tackle one style of holiday. The first programme in the series features Ibiza. Kirstie is charged with the budget break and seeing if the island can be a charming getaway for a family. She picks a campsite on the north east coast in Cala Nova. In contrast Phil finally gets to dip his toe in the exclusive luxury of the Ibiza super rich as he checks out a private suite at one of the island's most exclusive hotels.
8.30pm Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not Channel 4 - Financial Times columnist Mrs Moneypenny and her army of SuperScrimpers give their own thrifty secrets about how to cut down and be clever with your cash. Tackling Britain's most wasteful households head on Mrs Moneypenny uses her tried and test methods to show them just how frivolous they're being. Will making these families go 'cold turkey', not spending a penny for a whole week, prove that they too can become SuperScrimpers
9.00pm Kerry Katona: The Next Chapter ITV2 - Second series of the fly on the wall documentary following the former Atomic Kitten singer.
Thursday
8.00pm Three in a Bed Channel 4 - Three in a Bed returns for a brand new series. Each week three house-proud proprietors vie to be crowned the best Bed and Breakfast by the toughest critics possible - each other
9.00pm Marina Cole's The Runaway Sky1 - Adaptation of the Novel and starring Keith Allen and Alan Cumming.
Friday
7.30pm Fifth Gear Five - Motoring magazine show presented by Vicki Butler-Henderson, Jonny Smith, Tiff Needell and Jason Plato.
8.00pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away? Channel 4
7.10pm So You Think You Can Dance BBC1 - Second series of the dance competition fronted by Cat Deeley. Judges Nigel Lythgoe, Arlene Phillips and Louise Redknapp sit through the first round of auditions.
9.00pm Goldie's Band: By Royal Appointment BBC2 - Three part series which follows drum and bass pioneer Goldie on a personal mission to discover young people whose talent and passion for music is at the centre of their lives. In the first episode, Goldie is joined on his nationwide search by a team of experts including composer Guy Chambers, jazz artist Soweto Kinch, singer/songwriter Cerys Matthews and MC/songwriter Ms Dynamite. The challenge is to select a line-up for a band and prepare for a special concert at Buckingham Palace with guest of honour Prince Harry.
Sunday
8.00pm Japan Earthquake: Horizon Special BBC2 - Professor Iain Stewart examines the powerful geological forces that unleashed the devastating Japanese earthquake, and explores how the release of this power of the planet brought Japan to the brink of a nuclear meltdown
9.00pm Grand Prix: The Killer Years BBC4 - n the 60s and early 70s it was common for Grand Prix drivers to be killed while racing, often televised for millions to see. Mechanical failure, lethal track design, fire and incompetence snuffed out dozens of young drivers. They had become almost expendable as eager young wannabes queued up at the top teams' gates waiting to take their place. Featuring Sir Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi and John Surtees, this film explores how Grand Prix drivers grew sick of their closest friends being killed and finally took control of their destiny.
10.00pm The Grumpy Guide To.. BBC2 - A grumpy perspective on aspects of modern life. Work - it's that four letter word we all have to deal with, from boardroom to boredom nothing exasperates our state of grumpiness like the relentless repetition of work.
Monday
9.15am A Hundred Years of us BBC1 - What we said about ourselves in the 2011 national census will be kept under lock and key for a century. But how has Britain changed in the past hundred years? It's a remarkable story, the story of every one of us. Presented by Michael Aspel with Phil Tufnell and Peter Waterman.
2.15pm 32 Blackburn Street BBC1 - Drama series moving between the lives, loves and lies of two generations of the same family who live at 32 Brinkburn Street in 1931 and 2011. In 1931, Walter Ogilvie's gambling addiction leads to trouble when he is pursued by a debt-collecting gang, and wife Gracie takes in a mysterious lodger to make ends meet. In 2011, Ellie and Nick Milliner have recently moved back in with Frank, Ellie's father, who has lived in Brinkburn Street his whole life. Starring Eva Pope, Maggie Steed and Jack Deam. Continues all week.
5.00pm Fern Channel 4 - Tea Time chat show hosted by Fern Brittion
7.00pm Chilean Miners: What Happened Next? BBC2 - This film is a vivid and moving account of how three of the miners have coped with the whirlwind of fame, including charismatic Edison Pena who became known around the world as the underground runner and Elvis impersonator. They may now be the toast of the world, but many of the miners are suffering from the anxieties that come with recurring nightmares, and some from psychological issues and addiction - all of which have an inevitable impact on their wives and families.
8.00pm The Dales ITV - Observational documentary series looking at life in the Yorkshire Dales during the summer months. Presenter Adrian Edmondson, who spent many childhood holidays in the area, meets the people who live and work in this beautiful but often challenging environment
9.00pm Neil Morrissery: Care Home Kid BBC2 - Neil begins a journey which will see him venture back into his childhood in the hope of learning how this experience has truly affected him as an adult. Conclues Thursday.
9.00pm Thailand: Tourism & The Truth, Stacey Dooley Investigates BBC3 - Stacey Dooley travels to Thailand to explore the darker side of tourism that the average holiday maker doesn't see.
10.30pm Bizarre ER BBC3 - Sheridan Smith narrates a series which follows the most extraordinary and fascinating A&E cases from two British hospitals.
Tuesday
9.00pm Sex & The Sitcom BBC4 - Documentary exploring sexual frustration as an enduring sitcom theme, the changing role of women and the British love of innuendo. It looks at the changing language of sitcom, contrasts British comedy with its more liberal American counterpart and asks whether the modern sitcom recognises any taboos. Contributors include Leslie Phillips, Leslie Joseph, Wendy Craig, and writers David Nobbs, Simon Nye and Jonathan Harvey.
10.35pm See You In Court BBC1 - Cameras follow twelve very different real-life libel cases as they unfold over the course of two years. In this episode, Lembit Opik he tries to take on the press after considering that his cheeky boy reputation may have cost him his seat in the last election; and Sheryl Gascoigne finally decides, after years of being told it was best to say nothing, that it is time to hit back.
Wednesday
8.00pm Vaction, Vaction, Vaction Channel 4 - New series fronted by Kirstie and Phil of Location, Location. Each week Kirstie and Phil visit one destination or tackle one style of holiday. The first programme in the series features Ibiza. Kirstie is charged with the budget break and seeing if the island can be a charming getaway for a family. She picks a campsite on the north east coast in Cala Nova. In contrast Phil finally gets to dip his toe in the exclusive luxury of the Ibiza super rich as he checks out a private suite at one of the island's most exclusive hotels.
8.30pm Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not Channel 4 - Financial Times columnist Mrs Moneypenny and her army of SuperScrimpers give their own thrifty secrets about how to cut down and be clever with your cash. Tackling Britain's most wasteful households head on Mrs Moneypenny uses her tried and test methods to show them just how frivolous they're being. Will making these families go 'cold turkey', not spending a penny for a whole week, prove that they too can become SuperScrimpers
9.00pm Kerry Katona: The Next Chapter ITV2 - Second series of the fly on the wall documentary following the former Atomic Kitten singer.
Thursday
8.00pm Three in a Bed Channel 4 - Three in a Bed returns for a brand new series. Each week three house-proud proprietors vie to be crowned the best Bed and Breakfast by the toughest critics possible - each other
9.00pm Marina Cole's The Runaway Sky1 - Adaptation of the Novel and starring Keith Allen and Alan Cumming.
Friday
7.30pm Fifth Gear Five - Motoring magazine show presented by Vicki Butler-Henderson, Jonny Smith, Tiff Needell and Jason Plato.
8.00pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away? Channel 4
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