Monday 20 April 2009

TV Picks: 20-26 April 2009

Monday 20 April 2009

Pick Of The Week: "Ashes To Ashes" -- Mon, BBC1 @9pm

My pick of the best TV on offer to British audiences this week...

MONDAY 20th
  • Ashes To Ashes (BBC1, 9pm) Return of the timewarp series about a female cop from 2008 who finds herself stuck in the '80s.
  • Snow (BBC4, 9pm) Documentary about snow, including rare footage of crystals.
  • The Omid Djalili Show (BBC1, 10.35pm) Comedy sketch show with the Anglo-Iranian stand-up.
TUESDAY 21st
  • Nothing.
WEDNESDAY 22nd
  • Restoration Revisited (BBC2, 9pm) Griff Rhys Jones looks back at some of the buildings saved by previous series.
THURSDAY 23rd
  • Er, nothing.
FRIDAY 24th
  • Have I Got News For You? (BBC1, 9pm) New series of the satirical news quiz.
  • Reggie Perrin (BBC1, 9.30pm) Martin Clunes takes the lead in this remake of the 1970s sitcom about a harassed middle-aged office worker. Co-stars Fay Ripley, Wendy Craig, Geoffrey Whitehead, Kerry Howard, Jim Howick, Nick Mohammed, Neil Stuke, Lucy Lieman & Justin Edwards.
  • Dexter (FX, 10pm) Season 3 of the US drama about a forensic analyst who moonlights as a serial-killer.
SATURDAY 25th
  • Teen America (BBC2, 1.20pm) Louis Bhose looks at US teen culture.
SUNDAY 26th
  • The British Academy Television Awards (BBC1, 8pm)
  • Best - His Mother's Son (BBC2, 9pm) Bio-drama about alcoholic footballing legend George Best and how his lifestyle affected his mother. Stars Tom Payne, Michelle Fairley & Lorcan Cranitch.