Sunday’s TV Tips
It all goes a bit bog-tastic this week as our four coaches bring their families to Killary’s world famous Turf Warrior course.
It’s a case of mud, sweat and tears as our eight families face the gruelling bog-jog, the terrifying Jacobs Ladder and the near impossible eliminator race.
With our two losing families ending their quest here we could also be losing a coach as Davy Fitz, Kenneth Egan, Derval O’Rourke and Jason Sherlock battle it out for the six qualifying positions.
This week, presenter and stand-up comedian Jimmy Carr will host the show and introduce another mix of comedy, music and variety.
Tonight’s guests include American singing sensation and ex-X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger, UK chart toppers Kaiser Chiefs, Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan, reunited Beauftiful South singers Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott and phenomenal Japanese speciality act Enra.
There is also a preview of the new West End production of Andrew Lloyd-Webber musical Cats and the 2,200 audience inside the London Palladium will feature with one of them competing to win a fantastic holiday in the Top of the Bill quiz.
This is it then. The not-so-dirty dozen who will go through to the next, all-important stage of the contest will be decided tonight, so there’s no shortage of tension behind the scenes.
As ever, judge/TXF lifer Louis Walsh will be offering his words of advice, while potentially comparing the acts to ’younger’ versions of well-known pop stars.
Meanwhile, the slightly mellower (or is it just us) Simon Cowell will be giving his verdict on the acts, along with Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, and one of Leeds’ loudest exports, Mel B.
So, as we say farewell to the 24 acts who shed a tear and prepare to head home, rest assured that one of the acts in tonight’s show will be walking off with that life-changing prize in December, a possible number one, and – if the pop career goes pear-shaped – enough panto offers to keep them busy until at least 2016.
Simon Reeve is probably one of the most interesting men in our lives at the moment, because as luck would have it, the adventurer has got another case of the old itchy feet, so he is getting out and about again – and taking us with him (well, from the comfort of our own living room).
In a three-part series, Reeve demonstrates how the world’s most sacred rivers don’t just simply flow through countries – they define them. In this first instalment, he travels from source to sea along the world’s longest river, the Nile.
The presenter will also explain how the Nile has forged some of our earliest civilisations and influenced religions.
“These rivers have given rise to some of the world’s greatest civilisations, for centuries we’ve worshipped their life-giving waters and feared their awesome destructive powers,” says Reeve.
“On these epic journeys I’ll meet some extraordinary characters and experience the very different cultures, religions and countries that have emerged along our sacred rivers.”
There’s no doubt what the most anticipated show of tonight is as Love/Hate returns for a fifth season.
Nidge is once again king of all he surveys. The debilitating paranoia that grew from his guilt – over Darren, over Linda, everything he’s done – has passed as he has narrowly avoided prison following Moynihan’s surveillance operation.
But he’s had to take out a huge loan from an Irish drug dealer based in Spain. And there’s a caveat – he’s now saddled with Pauley, who has come back from Spain to protect the lender’s interests – and keep Nidge out of trouble.
Even as Nidge’s ambition reaches its zenith, the seeds of disaster are already sown in his past and his enemies are circling for revenge.
Siobhan is acting as informant to Moynihan; Patrick has returned to Dublin determined to kill Nidge; and tensions between Nidge and maverick Fran are reaching boiling point.
When it comes to grabbing the viewer from the first episode, the makers of this Lacey Turner war drama did a fine job.
For some the opening episode felt like a cross between Call of Duty and EastEnders.
Of course, once you got past the (almost) first person viewpoint of Lacey, weighed down with equipment in Afghanistan, and tried to suspend disbelief that Smurf, aka the ubiquitous Iwan Rheon was a soldier on the verge of cracking up, there was plenty to engage.
This week’s offering opens with war games and Molly and Smurf earn some much needed R and R back in the UK, but readjusting to civilian life away from Afghanistan proves harder than expected.
Woe betide any man that gets involved with Lady Mary as it could prove fatal or disastrous.
Fans will recall that in the first series, a foreign diplomat died in her bed, and following the demise of her spouse, she’s been involved in a love tryst.
Now the femme fatale is getting up to mischief with Lord Gillingham.
Meanwhile, Branson receives a proposition about the future of the estate; Carson is dismissive of Mrs Patmore’s latest problem, and the circumstances of insidious valet Green’s demise are examined once more.
Set against the lush backdrop of the Hawaiian islands, Matthew King stares forlornly at his adrenaline-junkie wife Liz as she lies in a vegetative state after a water-skiing accident.
Doctors tell him there is no hope of recovery and everyone should say their farewells. Matthew bravely gathers together his 10-year-old daughter Scottie and his rebellious daughter Alex.
The latter stopped talking to her mother shortly before the accident, and it transpires that Alex discovered Liz was having an affair with real estate agent Brian Speer.
Matthew is devastated but eventually decides to take a two-day vacation to find Brian and inform his rival of Liz’s injury.
Alexander Payne’s heartbreaking portrait of a family in crisis is a splendid George Clooney vehicle. However, it’s also an early indicator of Shailene Woodley’s rising talent as his 17-year-old daughter Alex. She recently featured in Divergence, and tearjerking blockbuster The Fault In Our Stars.
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Starring Stephen Fry.
Mike McKenzie is a self made millionaire with time on his hands and a love of art. He has built an admirable collection for himself at auction, advised by his friend, Professor Gissing.
Made bitter by his impending layoff, Gissing persuades Mike to help him commit the perfect crime - to steal valuable paintings from the collection of one of the country's leading banks right from under its nose.
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