Friday’s TV Tips
She had the brightest smile and the deepest tan in Weatherfield, but sadly barmaid Tina McIntyre is no longer around to bring a little sunshine to our screens.
The ‘Coronation Street’ character met a sticky end this week, but while soap fans try to come to terms with her loss, this documentary tells the story of Tina’s alter ego, actress Michelle Keegan.
According to her parents, she was an ordinary if rebellious teenager, which sounds like good training to play the feisty Ms McIntyre, and she also enjoyed performing from an early age, as proved by never-before-broadcast footage of her playing Sporty Spice in a school production. But we get to see just how perfect she was for the part as Michelle watches her 2007 audition tape for the first time.
There’s also a look back at some of her most dramatic storylines, contributions from fellow cast members, as well as unprecedented access to her final scenes.
Presented by Sean Moncrieff, four contestants compete to force each other out of the game. The tension mounts as the rounds go by, with the winner staying on to the next show.
Defending champ’ Limerick student Evan Byrnes takes on Eddie Bohan, a bartender form Dublin, Colin Gillick, a horticulturist from Wicklow, and housewife Jayne O’Regan, from Co. Waterford. Will he outsmart the competition or will he get caught in the crossfire?
The ‘Countdown’ format has turned out to be a surprisingly good fit for the 8 Out of 10 Cat regulars – especially Jon Richardson, who clearly takes the words-and-numbers bit just as seriously as the clowning around between rounds.
In the first of a new series, Jonathan Ross and Roisin Conaty will also be hoping to prove they can spell eight-letter words and multiply by 75.
Meanwhile, David O’Doherty takes up residence alongside Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner, while Joe Wilkinson ’helps’ Rachel Riley with the numbers and letters.
Carole King is one of the most successful songwriters in pop history – but for many years, she wasn’t the one topping the charts.
Although she did enjoy a minor hit with the single ‘It Might As Well Rain Until September’, her biggest success in the 1960s came with the songs she and husband Gerry Goffin wrote for other acts. They were responsible for classics such as ‘Will You Love Me Tomorrow’, ‘The Locomotion’, ‘One Fine Day’, and ‘I’m Into Something Good’, and their songs have been recorded by everyone from The Chiffons and The Shirelles to The Byrds and The Beatles.
But by 1970, the couple had divorced, and Carole moved to Los Angeles, where she recorded her classic solo album ‘Tapestry’, which established her once and for all as a singer as well as a songwriter.
In this documentary, she looks back over her remarkable career, and talks about her new role as an environmental activist.
Brutal rapist Max Cady is released from jail following a long stretch and immediately hunts down the lawyer he blames for his incarceration - Sam Bowden.
What takes place next is a nasty game of cat-and-mouse in which Cady becomes increasingly unhinged as he plots his revenge on Bowden and his family.
If you haven’t seen the original 1962 adaptation of John D MacDonald’s novel ‘The Executioners’, chances are you’ll think it’s great – after all, it pairs Robert De Niro with his old pal, director Martin Scorsese. It is good, but it’s not a patch on the first film.
Sometimes, less really is more.
The two stars of the original classic, Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum have cameo roles in the film, while Thunderbirds veteran Derek Meddings provided the special effects for the climax.
A traumatised, lonely and alcoholic ex-soldier invites a homeless teenage girl to share his flat.
They form a touching friendship, and he seems to start turning his life around, blossoming in his role as a surrogate father. But his flatmate’s violent boyfriend is waiting just around the corner to spoil everything.
The ever-reliable Eddie Marsan is on scintillating form in this gritty Britflick.
In fact, the film only really comes to life when he’s on screen. Don’t expect many laughs here either – this is bleak stuff about people living on the fringes of society.
Rick and the group of survivors foster a thriving community in the safe haven of the prison. But in this brutal world, happiness is short-lived and walkers and outside threats are no match for danger brewing inside the fences.
In tonight’s episode - as one group leaves the prison in search for supplies at a local college, those who stay must deal with recent losses while preserving what remains.
Well, there could be only one tip Netflix today – the long-anticipated second series of Orange Is The New Black has finally arrived.
Don’t make any places this week as you and/or your friends should be pretty indisposed binge-watching this Netflix original series that really put it on the map.
Jam-packed with humour, drama and interesting characters, ‘Orange Is The New Black’ follows the fortunes of now-settled 30something Piper Chapman as she adapts to life in a women’s prison for a crime she committed a decade ago.
She soon finds that she has to make peace with her life and fellow inmates inside, and the strain it puts on her marriage.
If you haven’t seen it yet, go back and have a gander at season one – you’ll be hooked!
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