Tonight's TV tips
Not many places have an official state dessert, but Massachusetts does, and it’s the Boston Cream Pie.
Neven visits the Boston Parker House Hotel, the oldest continuously operating hotel in America and birthplace of the Boston Cream Pie to find out how it’s made.
Head chef Gerry Tice also shows Neven the hotel’s dining room, where JFK is said to have proposed to Jackie at table 41.
Back in his own kitchen Neven prepares Smoked bacon frittata with Parmesan and a Tasting of Irish lamb (herb-crusted loin, confit of neck and sweetbreads).
For those who don’t remember the Cold War at its height, it’s probably difficult to imagine the shock and impact the Cambridge Five had on Britain.
However, this fascinating two-part documentary should go some way to redressing that.
It focuses on arguably the most famous of the quintet, Harold Adrian Russell Philby, nicknamed Kim after the famous Rudyard Kipling character.
Born in India in 1912, he was the son of author and orientalist St John Philby, and was educated at top British establishments before becoming interested in politics.
It was during the Second World War, while working for the Special Operations Executive, that Philby became of particular interest to the Russians and for years afterwards, he passed secrets to the KGB.
Here, writer Ben Macintyre argues that the key to Philby’s success was his friendship with Nicholas Elliott, a colleague at MI6 who unwittingly supplied him with information – and who defended Philby until the truth came out.
Christchurch: a sleepy, picturesque little town on the south coast of England. It’s a pensioners’ paradise, where one-in-three of the locals are over 60.
Local business owners are missing out on the chance to pass on their age-old expertise to new blood, but all that is about to change.
With youth unemployment in the United Kingdom at an all-time high, this social experiment sees 13 jobless youngsters from around the UK experience eight weeks’ work experience.
With placements at a butchers, a local ferry, a wool shop, a solicitors, an accountants, a party shop, a hairdressers, a garden centre, and a smoke house, the job seekers hope they have what it takes to impress their potential employers.
The featured participants were chosen from over 1000 job-hungry applicants, and all have their own story, whether it’s the long-term unemployed, or a graduate with a degree, and £20k worth of debt.
This is democracy television. The People’s Debate with Vincent Browne is a monthly, two-hour-long debate style show broadcast in front of a live TV3 Sony HD Studio audience.
With a diverse range of hard-hitting, intelligent and probing topics, The People’s Debate with Vincent Browne has no boundaries as it deals with serious, topical matters in Ireland from current affairs and political discussion to economics and the affairs of the nation.
An ambitious district attorney is charged with prosecuting a wealthy businessman, who has admitted shooting his wife.
In theory, it should be a simple case, but once it comes to court, the defendant proves surprisingly adept at casting doubt on the evidence.
Tense, well-acted and with an intriguing storyline, Fracture is one of the most watchable courtroom dramas for many a moon.
Of course, it’s helped no end by the presence of Anthony Hopkins as the possible villain of the piece, while Ryan Gosling matches him all the way as the young legal eagle.
All in all, a brilliant couple of hours of TV with a good script that will keep you guessing right up until the end credits roll.
Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davidtz, Billy Burke, Fiona Shaw
72%
(2000) Julia Roberts won the Academy Award® for Best Actress, among five nominations for this stirring, funny and unconventional drama based on real events.
Erin Brockovich (Roberts) is in a tight spot following a car accident, though not her fault, her attorney, Ed Masry (Albert Finney), fails to land her a settlement.
With no money, no job and no prospects, Erin pleads with Ed to hire her at his law firm. There she discovers a cover-up involving contaminated water that's causing devastating illnesses in a local community.
By dogged determination and the ability to speak their language, Erin ultimately earns the trust of the locals and signs up more than 600 plaintiffs.
Erin and Ed go on to win the largest settlement ever paid in a direct-action lawsuit in U.S. history.
Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Conchata Ferrell, Jack Gilland, David Brisbin.
84%
(1973) Set in Depression-era America, the tale follows the journey of a conman who meets a nine-year-old orphan and then realises there’s a chance he could be her father.
He agrees to take her to her aunt, but events along the way cause him to realise she is every bit as cunning as he is and so they form a criminal partnership.
This is a charming, bittersweet period piece featuring the winning team of Ryan O’Neal and his real-life daughter Tatum, although Madeleine Kahn gives them a run for their money as she almost steals the picture from under their noses.
Set in black and white, it perfectly fits the tone of the film.
Ryan O’Neal, Tatum O’Neal, Madeline Kahn, John Hillerman, Randy Quaid.
91%
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