Monday 31 May 2010

TV Picks: 31 May – 6 June 2010 (5 O'Clock Show, BAFTA TV Awards, Chuck, Fifth Gear, Pulse, The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister, and more...)

Monday 31 May 2010

BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY
The 5 O'Clock Show (Channel 4, 5pm) Brand new teatime chat-show, with Peter Andre as the first guest host. Featuring Louis Walsh & Patsy Palmer. Continues weekdaily.
Britain's Got Talent (ITV1, 7.30pm) The live shows begin, with results at 9.30pm. Continued daily until Saturday's finale.
The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister (BBC2, 9pm) Drama about Yorkshire landowner, traveller, diarist and industrialist Anne Lister. Stars Maxine Peake & Anna Madely.
Chuck (Virgin1, 9pm) Season 3 of the action spy-comedy drama. Stars Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski & Adam Baldwin.

TUESDAY 1st
World Cup's Most Shocking Moments (BBC3, 8pm) Countdown of the 50 biggest shock of the World Cup. Hosted by Richard Bacon & Peter Crouch.
Bodyshock: I'm Turning Into A Giant (Channel 4, 10pm) The story 31-year-old Tanya Angus, who is 6ft 8 and 32 stone but still growing.

WEDNESDAY 2nd
Atlantis: The Evidence – A Timewatch Special (BBC2, 9pm) Investigation into the legendary Lost City of Atlantis.

THURSDAY 3rd
Fifth Gear (Five, 7.30pm) New series of the motoring magazine show.
Pulse (BBC3, 9pm) Medical-horror pilot about a trainee doctor who realizes the hospital she's being taught at hides a terrifying secret. Stars Claire Foy & Ben Mills.
Little Ships (BBC2, 9.30pm) 50 surviving ships from Dunkirk return to France to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the legendary WWII rescue effort.

FRIDAY 4th
When Romeo Met Juliet (BBC2, 9pm) Two schools work together on a production of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.
Fighting The Red Baron (Channel 4, 9pm) Documentary about two modern pilots facing challenges that WWI pilots faced.

SATURDAY 5th
Nothing.

SUNDAY 6th
Scrapheap Challenge (Channel 4, 5.25pm) Engineering challenge show. Hosted by Dick Strawbridge.
Soccer Aid (ITV1, 6pm) Charity match between England and The Rest Of The World. Featuring Robbie Williams, Gordon Ramsay, Mike Myers, Zinedine Zidane, Paolo Maldini & Alan Shearer. Hosted by Dermot O'Leary, Orlando Bloom & Gary Barlow.
BAFTA Television Awards (BBC1, 8pm) Annual awards ceremony. Hosted by Graham Norton.
Hammond Meets Moss (BBC4, 9pm) Top Gear's Richard Hammond meets racing car legend Stirling Moss.
Big Brother Exposed: The Inside Story (Channel 4, 10pm) Documentary looking back at a decade of Big Brother, as the reality show is about to start its final series.
Piers Morgan's World Cup South Africa (ITV1, 10pm) Documentary about the host nation of the football World Cup for 2010.