Monday 23 February 2009

TV Picks: 23 February - 1 March 2009

Monday 23 February 2009

Pick Of The Week: "Moving Wallpaper" -- ITV1, Fri, 9pm

Here are my picks of the best, new television shows airing in the UK this week:

MONDAY 23rd
  • The Paul O'Grady Show (Channel 4, 5pm) Return of the tea-time chat show, with guests including Zoe Wanamaker, Matthew Horne, Robert Vaughn, Kate Thornton & Kelly Clarkson.
  • The Oscars Highlights (Sky1, 8pm) The best moments of the 81st Academy Awards.
  • Heroes (BBC2, 9pm) Volume IV of the superhero drama begins, with the characters facing covert capture and incarceration by the US government.
  • Law & Order: UK (ITV1, 9pm) British version of the long-running US legal series, starring Freema Agyeman, Jamie Bamber & Bradley Walsh.
  • Pop Goes The Band (LivingTV, 10pm) Music acts from the '80s are reunited and given a makeover before a big comeback gig. Features Dollar, Shakatar, Bucks Fizz, Bananarama, Cleopatra, Chakan Khan & 911.
TUESDAY 24th
  • Nothing.
WEDNESDAY 25th
  • Desperate Housewives (Channel 4, 10pm) Season 5 of the US drama.
  • Keith Lemon's Celebrity Juice (ITV2, 10pm) Celebrity panel show, with team captains Holly Willoughby & Fearne Cotton.
  • FM (ITV2, 10.30pm) Sitcom about an indie station called Skin FM. Stars Chris O'Dowd, Kevin Bishop & Nina Sosanya.
THURSDAY 26th
  • Margaret (BBC2, 9pm) Biopic of Margaret Thatcher, starring Lindsay Ducan as the Iron Lady.
  • Cold Case (Sky1, 10pm) US drama series.
FRIDAY 27th
  • Moving Wallpaper (ITV1, 9pm) Series 2 of the behind-the-scenes TV sitcom, where the production team are now working on a zombie drama. Stars Ben Miller, Kelly Brook, Alan Dale, Raquel Cassidy, James Lance, Sarah Hadland, Lucy Liemann, Dave Lamb, Sinead Keenan & Elizabeth Berrington.
  • Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder (ITV1, 9.30pm) Sketch show from Al Murray, with characters like Nazi Otto Schwul, builder Bill Preston, Prurient Dad, footballer Jason Bent and gentleman thief Barrington Blowtorch.
  • NME Awards (Channel 4, 11.35pm) Music awards from the Brixton Academy in London.
SATURDAY 28th
  • Paul Merton Looks At Alfred Hitchcock (BBC4, 9pm) The comedian looks at the iconic director's early British films.
SUNDAY 1st
  • Nada.