Tonight's TV tips
It’s the last in the series, so you can bet your bottom dollar that the Geordie duo will be pulling out all the stops to make it the best of the run.
Robbie Williams is the big star guest who will take part in a performance at the end of the show – but ITV is keeping quiet about what exactly he’ll be up to on the night.
Those in charge of publicity at the station have also announced that the Ant v Dec section will feature the duo’s most daring stunt ever – so dangerous, in fact, that if they told us, they’d have to kill us...
We can, however, confirm that the winners of Place on the Plane will be jetting off to Florida, a member of the studio audience gets a chance to win the items seen in one of last week’s ad breaks, and a mystery celeb takes part in the live sing-along.
So, no matter what else happens, those tuning in won’t have time to be bored.
With a new venue, new format and great new hosting duo, the 11th annual Irish Film and Television Awards will take place on Saturday 5th April at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Burlington Road.
The gala IFTA Awards ceremony will be broadcast that evening on RTÉ One, Seasoned Irish Film and Television Awards host Simon Delaney will this year be joined by co-host Laura Whitmore.
The Irish Film & Television Awards will showcase the highest standards of Irish talent seen on screen in the past twelve months and, each year this uniquely Irish event, attracts some of Ireland’s finest talents both in front of and behind the scenes.
Magaluf Weekender follows the goings-on at the infamous holiday resort of Magaluf in Mallorca. What do tourists really get up to when they are away from their family homes?
Each week, the series follows a different group of revellers aged 18 to 24 as they check into the Lively Hotel ready to embark on a long weekend of partying.
It focuses on four resort reps - Jamie-Leigh, Imogen, Brett and Jordan - as they do their best to ensure that the holidaymakers have as much outrageous fun as possible, whilst enjoying the experience for themselves!
Comedy, as we all know, is a very subjective thing. On one level Stewart Lee is a stand-up comedian, but on another he is a master of dissecting the art of stand-up.
And when he’s not deconstructing his own work, script editor Chris Morris usually is via those probing interviews.
For the last in the series filmed at north London’s Mildmay Club, Lee explores the topics of marriage, mistaken identity, ham pie, tax breaks and the fact he doesn’t watch Breaking Bad.
“I don’t need to watch hundreds of hours of television about an educated man who supports his family by doing something he knows is beneath him,” smirks Lee.
As ever, he wraps things up with a short film, this time involving himself and a kitchen.
For lovers of intelligent humour, this vehicle got a stronger laugh engine under its bonnet than half a dozen primetime, mainstream light entertainment shows put together. Sum it up in two words? Bafta-worthy.
Small-town Irish police sergeant Gerry Boyle is overweight, cantankerous, foul-mouthed and partial to a dalliance with the local prostitutes, making him the kind of guy one would expect to break the law rather than uphold it.
However, he does possess a sharp mind for detective work, which comes in handy when newly arrived deputy Aidan McBride goes missing and the officer’s wife Gabriela begs for his help. Consequently, the laid-back cop is drawn into an international drugs ring, and he’s forced to work with a straight-laced FBI agent from across the pond if he’s to crack the case.
John Michael McDonagh’s hilarious black comedy features a nice line in loveable rogues and antiheroes. It mercilessly lampoons the conventions of buddy cop movies and has great fun laughing with and at Gerry as his unorthodox approach reaps surprising results.
Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong, Liam Cunningham, David Wilmot, Fionnula Flanagan
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