Tuesday’s TV Tips
Well-known canine enthusiast Alan Davies introduces and narrate this series, which follows the work of RSPCA officers as they respond to reports of appalling treatment, atrocious living conditions and severe neglect of dogs.
In the first of a 21-part run, Alan describes how Birmingham-based inspector Herchy Boal is called out to visit an English bull terrier which has been left in its own filth in a room with no food or water.
There’s also a look at obese dogs, including Sasha. She has been struggling to shed the pounds, but thanks to a unique hydrotherapy class, the portly pooch might be able to swim away the excess weight thanks to a special set of water-based exercises.
‘The Consumer Show’ continues, presented by Keelin Shanley, with reporters Tadhg Enright and Kathriona Devereux fighting for your consumer rights.
In this week’s episode, Enright asks why potentially life-saving guidelines for window blinds are not being made compulsory.
Devereux discovers what it’s like to live on a tight food budget, and three beauty queens find out which curling wands make for stress-free tresses.
Plus the newest Dragon in the Den, Eamon Quinn, gives us the inside track on savvy supermarket shopping.
Meredith advises Cristina to be funny during her Harper Avery acceptance speech. That’s a tall order given the subject matter of the work she’s doing for others.
Richard cons Meredith into pulling an all-nighter to monitor a gastric bypass patient.
The mother of a young deaf girl gets angry at Jackson when he suggests using a device for her ears. She believes her daughter was born this way and doesn’t need to be fixed.
Following on from last night’s one-off doc ‘Secret Life of Cats’, Martin Clunes returns to narrate this revealing insight into the world of infants.
Similarly to that programme, this documentary offers a somewhat scientific approach, by utilising the latest research to reveal exactly what it is like to be a baby from their perspective.
Their lives are, it seems, confusing enough already, so when the programme then places them in a string of unusual situations, from experiencing 100-metre heights to having them tower over miniature buildings, the babies’ reactions are fascinating – and can reveal a surprising amount about their cognitive processes.
There’s also a chance to hear some surprising and inspiring personal stories concerning babies, including the dramatic tale of the six-month-old boy who was blown off a pier in his pushchair - and, incredibly, lived to tell (well, gurgle) the tale.
As the gripping Yorkshire-set drama draws to a close, things are looking bleak for Tommy.
This series really came out of nowhere but truly impressed critics and viewers alike.
The strong cast, including Sarah Lancashire and Siobhan Finneran helps, but it’s the script that really wins out.
Bradley Cooper stars as a writer who’s simply lost the knack of writing. When he manages to get hold of an experimental drug that enables him to process information at a superhuman rate, he puts the new abilities to good use.
However, he soon attracts the attention of dark characters who want to the enhanced version of him to make them billions.
A cast containing Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper was never going to disappoint, but the twists and turns of the film outdo any preconceptions a viewer may have had.
This fast-paced thriller ensures edge-of-your-seat suspense throughout.
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Set in the suburbs of Dublin, Amber boasts an impressive cast and a gripping premise.
It stars David Murray and Eva Birthistle as Ben and Sarah, a recently separated couple who are starting to move on with their lives.
But any chances of them making a fresh start are dashed when one day their 14-year-old daughter Amber (Lauryn Canny) fails to return home.
Her friends and family launch a search party, and before long, the media is caught up in the hunt for the missing teen.
But while some mysterious clues emerge, two years pass without any sign of Amber.
Each episode exploring the case from the perspective of someone who has been affected by it, exploring how Amber’s family try to cope as the mystery deepens.
For most first-time parents, the idea of looking after one baby can be daunting enough.
But Sharon and Julian Turner faced an even bigger challenge when they became the proud parents of quads.
The two sets of identical twins – two boys and two girls – were born at extraordinary odds of seventy million to one.
James, Joshua, Lauren and Emily were born prematurely, weighing just two-and-a-half pounds each, and spent their early weeks in a special baby care unit, with their parents keeping a vigil at their bedsides.
Fortunately, all four survived, and the cameras are there to capture the emotional moment when the Turners finally bring their children home.
There isn’t much time for the Turners to relax though, as they begin the demanding job of caring for four premature infants – and it proves to be a steep learning curve.
Yet the couple manage to keep their sense of humour, which is just as well, as for the first six months they admit they struggle to tell their children apart.
As the babies grow, there are plenty of milestones for their parents to celebrate, even as they realise that each new stage brings a new set of challenges.
Struggling actor Mike moved to Hollywood to pursue his dreams, but his career is going nowhere, and the girlfriend he left behind in New York has just dumped him.
He’s struggling to deal with his heartbreak, but his charismatic friend Trent refuses to let him mope around, and instead drags him into LA’s single scene, hoping to boost his confidence.
‘Swingers’ was a huge cult hit when it was first released, effectively launching the careers of stars Jon Favreau (who also wrote the autobiographical script) and his real-life mate Vince Vaughn, who runs off with the entire film as Trent.
Some aspects of it may have dated – namely, the emphasis on the 1990s swing music revival scene – the dialogue still sounds as sharp and quotable as ever.
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WWII drama directed by Rachid Bouchareb, depicting the plight of the North African troops enlisted to fight in the French army between 1943 and 1945.
Despite the fact that the four young Arabs around whom the story centres have, in effect, been called up by one colonial oppressor to fight another, they say goodbye to their families in Algeria, Morocco and Senegal and willingly step forward to take up their arms.
But all find themselves shockingly discriminated against within the French army, and deprived of the few rights and privileges to which new recruits are entitled.
Bouchareb's film is said to have been instrumental in French prime minister Jacques Chirac's decision to unfreezing the pensions of all North Africans who fought in World War II.
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