Monday 26 March 2012

TV Picks: 26 March - 1 April (Dexter, Justified, Mad Men, Once Upon A Time, One Night, Silent Witness, The Syndicate, Twenty Twelve, etc.)

Monday 26 March 2012

MONDAY 26th
Secrets And Words (BBC1, 2.15am) Daily dramas with the theme of adult literacy. Continues nightly until Friday. (1/5)
My Murder (BBC3, 9pm) Drama inspired by real events, about a teenage boy killed by his girlfriend.
Ad Men (Sky Atlantic, 9pm) Documentary on the British advertising world from the '60s to now.
PICK OF THE DAY One Night (BBC1, 10.35pm) Drama where disparate events bring four strangers together. Starring Douglas Hodge, Neil Stuke, Saskia Reeves, Kellie Bright, Jessica Hynes & Don Gilet. Continues nightly until Thursday. (1/4)

TUESDAY 27th
The Syndicate (BBC1, 9pm) Drama about a lottery syndicate who win the jackpot. Starring Timothy Spall & Joanna Page. (1/5)
Reggie Yates: Teen Gangs (BBC3, 9pm) The DJ/presenter investigates dangerous teenage gangs.
Horizon: Global Weirding (BBC2, 9pm) Science special about forecasting the weather.
PICK OF THE DAY Mad Men (Sky Atlantic, 9pm) Season 5 of the US drama about advertising execs in the 1960s. Starring Jon Hamm, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery & Vincent Karthesier. Double-bill. (1 & 2/13)
Facejacker (Channel 4, 10pm) Series 2 of the prank show. Stars Kayvan Novak as a variety of comic characters.


WEDNESDAY 28th
Cash Britain (BBC1, 7.30pm) Documentary series about a family of pawnbrokers living through the recession. (1/6)
Emergency Abroad (Sky1, 8pm) Fly-on-the-wall documentary about the emergency services of Mallorca.
PICK OF THE DAY Justified (5USA, 9pm) Season 3 of the US drama about a US Marshall. Starring Timothy Olyphant. (1/13)
I Never Said Yes (BBC3, 9pm) Documentary about rape, which is committed once every 10 minutes in the UK. Presented by Pips Taylor.


THURSDAY 29th
PICK OF THE DAY Panorama: The Honeymoon Murder (BBC1, 9pm) Documentary special on the harrowing case where Anni Dewani was killed while on honeymoon in South Africa.

FRIDAY 30th
Titanic With Len Goodman (BBC1, 8.30pm) Documentary on the sinking of the Titanic and its effects on the maritime industry. Presented by Len Goodman. (1/3)
Twenty Twelve (BBC2, 10pm) Series 2 of the mockumentary about the London Olympics planning committee. Starring Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes & Olivia Colman. (1/4)
PICK OF THE DAY Dexter (FX, 10pm) Season 6 of the US drama about a forensic analyst who moonlights as a serial killer. Starring Michael C Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Edward James Olmos & Colin Hanks. (1/13)


SATURDAY 31st
Nothing.

SUNDAY 1st
The Falklands Legacy with Max Hastings (BBC2, 9pm) Documentary on the legacy of the Falkland Islands since 1982's conflict with Argentina.
Silent Witness (BBC1, 9pm) Series 15 of the crime drama. Starring Tom Ward, Emilia Fox, William Gaminara, Jaye Griffiths & Vincent Regan. (1/6)
PICK OF THE DAY Once Upon A Time (Channel 5, 9pm) Season 1 of the US drama about fairy tale characters existing in the real world. Starring Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Carlyle & Jennifer Morrison. (1/22)