What to watch on TV this week
If you don’t know who Miranda Sings is, ask your YouTube-savvy teens. An online character created by American comedian Colleen Ballinger, Miranda has amassed more than a billion YouTube views, so has not surpisingly been given a series on the streaming channel.
The size of Miranda’s ego is in inverse proportion to her actual talent, and the ironies are obvious in the success of a vlogging character who was created to lampoon vloggers.
Russell Brand usually makes for a great encounter with Ross, while other guests on tonight’s show include Alan Davies of QI, and the former popstar brothers, Matt and Luke Goss of Bros. They’re now in their late 40s and planning a comeback.
Narrating You’ve Been Framed must be one of Harry Hill’s easier gigs, but other than that homevideo show, we haven’t seen much of him on our screens in recent times.
He gets back into gear with this strange-looking mix of chatshow and spoof cookery programme, with Paul Hollywood bravely agreeing to be the first guest.
Ballinlough Castle in Co Meath is best known these days as the venue for the Body & Soul Festival, but it’s also the property of Nicholas and Alice Nugent, who host tonight’s period feast.
The owning family are old Catholic aristocracy, with Nicholas being in possession of a knighthood, and here his mother Pepe talks about the more formal traditions of bygone eras.
The menu includes kid goat roasted over a spit, pike caught in the estate’s lake, and a young ‘green goose’.
Killarney features in Building Ireland (see p52) on Friday, and the picturesque Kerry town is also the venue for this episode of the amateur painting contest. The competitors are given various painting tasks around horses and the Killarney Races.
The excellent series continues with a look at life in the high country from the Rockies to the Sierra Nevada.
As well as the bears and bison, we also see how life is still tough for some of the human inhabitants of the area as the ranchers still drive their cattle for 70 miles through mountains during the narrow weather window.
New four-part drama based around Howard Carter’s quest to find the tomb of the famed Egyptian boy-king.
Max Irons (the son of Jeremy Irons and Sinéad Cusack) takes the lead role, while familiar faces include Sam Neil as Lord Carnarvon the rich backer of the project.
A new series of the show where 25 members of the public go through similar selection tests as faced by SAS recruits. They’re in the Amazon rainforest for a five-week show that’ll push them to the limits both mentally and physically.
The final episode of the comedy drama has Aisling facing the consequences of some of her actions.
We can instinctively tell so much from somebody’s face. This show uses cutting-edge science to tell us how the face can reveal everything from intelligence and sexuality to levels of aggression.
Last year’s inaugural series provided some decent entertainment by showing us the secret lives of some of the individuals who worked at a car showroom. For this season, the action moves to the call centre and warehouse of sports sales company.
First to come under the microscope is sales manager Joe. He suspects his wife is having an affair so installs hidden cameras around his house.
We’re into the third episode so viewers should probably be getting accustomed to this slightly left-of-centre drama.
Anthony Hopkins’ character comes to the fore as he gets involved in a secretive new storyline at the park; and the problems with the androids’ growing consciousness continue.
The opening episode provided a few laughs without setting the world on fire. We pick up the action as any hopes for an amicable break-up slip away.
Veteran harmony group the Temptations will be accompanied by the host himself on piano, while the best-known of the other guests is probably KT Tunstall.
Irresistible two-part documentary following four litters of puppies through the first six months of their lives: chihuahuas, sheepdogs, rescued mongrels in need of a home, and assistance puppies who will later be assigned to disabled people.
At this stage, you’d imagine that Hillary Clinton just has to say as little as possible in the last of the three debates, with her rival’s gaffes ensuring that he won’t break out beyond his hardcore support.
The Basque country is famous for its tapas dishes, known in the region as ‘pinchos’, so Neven Maguire visits some of San Sebastian/Donostia’s best bars.
Colin Stafford-Johnson meets with Lynda Huxley, who is encouraging people to put nest boxes for swifts on their homes to help reverse the decline in the numbers of these summer visitors. David Cabot also talks about his love for barnacle geese.
There are usually a number of very large elephants in the room when Tom Cruise is on a chatshow, but the ultralight format of this programme means they will all be ignored. Jude Law joins him on the couch, and Kings of Leon provide the music.
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