Monday 11 January 2010

TV Picks: 11-17 January 2010

Monday 11 January 2010


MONDAY 11th
Wogan's Perfect Recall (Channel 4, 5.30pm) Return of the memory-based teatime quizshow. Hosted by Terry Wogan.
Delia Through The Decades (BBC2, 8.30pm) Series celebrating Delia Smith's career.
The British Family: Our History (BBC2, 9pm) Four-part series looking at how the British royal family have altered since WWI. Presented by Kirsty Young.
Law & Order: UK (ITV1, 9pm) Series 2 of the British spinoff to the longrunning US cop/legal drama.
Paul Merton In Europe (Five, 9pm) The comedian travels around Europe, beginning in Germany.
Hell's Kitchen USA (ITV2, 9pm) Season 6 of the US culinary challenge. Hosted by Gordon Ramsay.

TUESDAY 12th
Survivors (BBC1, 9pm) Series 2 of the post-apocalyptic drama.
Simon Schama on Obama's America (BBC2, 9pm) The historian looks at President Obama's first year in office. Continued on Thursday.
CSI (Five, 9pm) Season 10 of the hit US crime procedural.
The Girl Who Cries Blood (Channel 4, 10.10pm) "Bodyshock" special about a 13-year-old girl who has been crying tears of blood for the past two years.
Coming Of Age (BBC3, 10.30pm) Series 2 of the teen comedy.
The Man Who Can't Stop Hiccupping (BBC1, 10.35pm)Documentary about a 25-year-old who has been hiccuping nonstop for two years.

WEDNESDAY 13th
American Idol (ITV2, 7.30pm) New series of the US singing competition. Featuring Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, Kara DioGuardi & Ellen DeGeneres. Continued on Thursday.
NCIS (Five, 9pm) Season 6 of the US military crime drama.
The Man Who Shot the Sixties (BBC4, 9pm) Documentary on photographer Brian Duffy, whose work helped defined the image of the 1960s.
Numb3rs (Five, 9pm) Season 6 of the maths-based crime drama.
The Persuasionists (BBC2, 10pm) New sitcom set in an advertizing agency. Stars Daisy Haggard, Iain Lee & Lee Ross.
Who Wants To Be A Millioniare - Indian Special (Channel 4, 11.30pm) Indian edition of the popular general knowledge quiz from Valentine's Day 2007, shown as part of Channel 4's Indian Winter season.

THURSDAY 14th
Material Girl (BBC1, 8pm) Comedy-drama about a fashion designer.
Build A New Life In The Country (Five, 8pm) New series of the property and lifestyle show.
Kevin McCloud: Slumming It (Channel 4, 9pm) Kevin McCloud traveks to Dharavi, a city where one million people populate a single square mile. Concludes Friday, 8pm. Part of Indian Winter season.
Stag Weekends: The Dirty Secrets (BBC3, 9pm) Reporter Simon Boazman goes undercover to break into a sex trafficking ring.
The Secret Life of Chaos (BBC4, 9pm) Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how chaos theory can explain how a universe can eventually create intelligent beings.
Real Crime With Mark Austin (ITV1, 10.35pm) Mark Austin speaks to criminologists, psychologists to try and deduce whether murderer Peter Tobin is Britain's worst serial killer.

FRIDAY 15th
Empire Of The Seas: How The Navy Forged The Modern World (BBC2, 9pm) Four-part series where historian Dan Snow investigates the Royal Navy's struggle for modernity.
Popstar To Operastar (ITV1, 9pm) Eight chart-topping singers attempt to perform well-known opera songs, accompanied by a live orchestra. Contestants are Alex James, Bernie Nolan, Jimmy Osmond, Kym Marsh, Danny Jones, Darius Campbell, Vanessa White and Marcella Detroit. Presented by Alan Titchmarsh and Myleene Klass.

SATURDAY 16th
Nothing much.

SUNDAY 17th
Again, nothing new.