Monday 9 March 2009

TV Picks: 9-15 March 2009

Monday 9 March 2009

Pick Of The Week: "Comic Relief" -- Fri, BBC1, 7pm

This week's best, new TV shows about to air in the UK:

MONDAY 9th
  • The Gadget Show (Five, 8pm) Technology magazine show presented by Suzi Perry, Jason Bradbury, Jon Bentley & Ortis Deley.
TUESDAY 10th
  • Horne & Corden (BBC3, 10.30pm) Sketch show from Matthew Horne and James Corden.
WEDNESDAY 11th
  • Nada.
THURSDAY 12th
  • The Big Red Nose Climb (BBC1, 8pm) Documentary following a group of celebs trying to climb Mount Kilimanjaro.
  • Comic Relief Does The Apprentice (BBC1, 9pm) Sir Alan Sugar gets 10 celebs to create a TV advert for charity. Features Michelle Mone, Fiona Phillips, Carol Vorderman, Patsy Palmer, Alan Carr, Ruby Wax, Jonathan Ross, Gerald Ratner, Jack Dee & Gok Wan.
  • I've Never Seen Star Wars (BBC4, 10.30pm) Marcus Brigstocke presents a show where celebs try new cultural experiences. Features Clive Anderson.
FRIDAY 13th
  • Comic Relief - Funny For Money (BBC1, 7pm/10.35pm) Fundraising evening hosted by David Tennant, Davina McCall, Claudia Winkleman, Fern Britton, Graham Norton, Alan Carr & Jonathan Ross. Features Little Britain, Paul O'Grady, Harry Enfield, French & Saunders, Lenny Henry, Outnumbered, James Corden & Matthew Horne, The Saturdays, Armstrong & Miller, Mitchell & Webb, Take That, Franz Ferdinand, and more.
  • Top Of The Pops: Comic Relief Special (BBC2, 10pm) Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates present live music from Oasis, U2 and others.
SATURDAY 14th
  • Nothing, really.
SUNDAY 15th
  • Yellowstone (BBC2, 8pm) Wildlife series looking at the famous US National Park.
  • The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency (BBC1, 9pm) Series based on Alexander McCall-Smith's novels, about a female-only detective agency.
  • I, Samurai (BBC4, 9pm) Andrew Graham-Dixon looks at the ancient Japanese warriors.