Monday, 14 June 2010

TV Picks: 14-20 June 2010 (Alan Carr: Chatty Man, Gladiators: Back From The Dead, Mock The Week, Rude Britannia, Wild Night In, and more...)

Monday, 14 June 2010


MONDAY 14th
Gladiators: Back From The Dead (Channel 4, 9pm) Documentary about gladiators, including lectures from a forensic anthropologist.
Extraordinary People – Hayley: The 96-Year-Old Schoolgirl (Five, 9pm) Documentary series about remarkable people, beginning with 12-year-old Hayley, a schoolgirl with the condition progeria that makes her age prematurely.
Rude Britannia (BBC4, 9pm) Three-part series about bawdy Britain, starting in the 18th-century. Continues tomorrow.

TUESDAY 15th
Nothing.

WEDNESDAY 16th
Peckham Finishing School For Girls (BBC3, 9pm) Series where four privileged ladies experience life on a south London council estate.
Eli Stone (Fiver, 9pm) US legal drama about a lawyer who has bizarre visions. Starring Jonny Lee Miller.

THURSDAY 17th
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions (BBC3, 7.10pm) Compilation of shorts from Aardman Animations.
Gareth Malone Goes To Glyndebourne (BBC2, 9pm) Choirmaster Gareth Malone searches for teenagers to sing at the prestigious opera house Glyndebourne.
Mock The Week (BBC2, 10pm) Return of the satirical comedy panel show. Hosted by Dara O'Briain, with Hugh Dennis, Russell Howard, Andy Parsons, Milton Jones & Chris Addison.

FRIDAY 18th
A Place In The Sun: Home Or Away (Channel 4, 7.30pm) Series where property experts help people find their dream homes.

SATURDAY 19th
Nothing.

SUNDAY 20th
Wild Night In (BBC2, 8pm) Kate Humble, Chris Packham and Martin Hughes-Games present a two-hour fundraising special from London Zoo to raise cash for the BBC Wildlife Fund.
Alan Carr: Chatty Man (Channel 4, 10pm) Chat show hosted by Alan Carr. Featuring Russell Brand and Pamela Anderson, joined by Glee actors Jenna Ushkowitz, Matthew Morrison and Kevin McHale.
World Cup Rock N' Roll Years (ITV1, 10pm) Series reliving World Cup games from the past three decades. This episode looks at the 1998 World Cup in France.