Saturday's TV Tips
After a nightmare race in Monaco, which saw him cruising to victory only for a strategy error by Mercedes dropping him back to third, championship leader Lewis Hamilton will be looking to return to winning ways in Canada.
Here, Suzi Perry introduces coverage of the battle for pole position at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, as the world champion and his Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg seek to get the upper hand ahead of tomorrow’s race.
Commentary is provided by Ben Edwards and David Coulthard.
TV3’s popular game show that sees players earn money for doing absolutely nothing is back with a brand new second series.
In the series premiere, presenter Brian Dowling is joined by Irish-American couple Christine and Ryan, free-running enthusiasts and best friends Pad and Mossy from Kildare and Dublin, along with teacher Ciara and singer Laura from Tyrone.
With thousands up for grabs, will anyone take home their fortune tonight?
Darragh Maloney is joined by Eamon Dunphy, John Giles and Liam Brady for live coverage of the 2015 UEFA Champions League Final between Juventus and Barcelona from the Olympiastadion, Berlin.
Juve are appearing in their first European Cup final for 12 years - while Barca last appeared at this stage in 2011, when they overcame Manchester United at Wembley to lift the trophy for the fourth time.
Commentary comes from George Hamilton and Ray Houghton. Kick off is at 7.45pm.
Mel Giedroyc narrates another light-hearted look at the best and worst of the magic world featuring the next generation of talented people who share their skills via social media.
Tonight’s illusions, good and bad, include a tortoise performing the classic cup-and-ball trick, a cat riding on a magic carpet and a magician who disappears into a photocopier.
Plus, terrified former X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger is driven at breakneck speed along a twisty road by a mind reader who cannot see where he is going.
The UK’s most famous studio was founded in 1935 by J Arthur Rank, who had made his fortune from milling flour and had originally got into film-making as a way of promoting his Methodist beliefs.
He joined forces with three other investors to turn Heatherden Hall and its surrounding land near Iver Heath in Buckinghamshire into a studio that would rival anything in Hollywood.
Rank and branched out into distribution and exhibition so that his movies would never be swamped by American products.
He may have backed many films over the years, but arguably Rank’s greatest creation was Pinewood itself. It’s still going strong and is the home of Harry Potter and James Bond, while the forthcoming Star Wars sequels were also shot there.
Beautiful yet bored socialite Anna (Keira Knightley) travels from St Petersburg to Moscow to provide emotional support to her sister-in-law Dolly (Kelly Macdonald), who has just discovered an affair between her husband Oblonsky (Matthew Macfadyen) and the family governess.
En route, Anna meets Countess Vronskaya (Olivia Williams) and her son, dashing cavalry officer Count Vronsky (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), who is wooing Dolly’s 18-year-old sister Kitty (Alicia Vikander).
At the latter’s debutante ball, Anna shamelessly dances with Count Vronsky, sowing the seeds of her downfall.
The wife returns to Moscow to her politically influential husband, Alexei (Jude Law), but Count Vronsky follows, determined that Anna should run away with him.
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The first edition of the Liverpudlian comedian’s series went down a storm, so we have every reason to believe that this one will also be a winner.
Once again, Bishop is at the Hackney Empire in central London, and he’s promising viewers an evening of top-class entertainment.
Topping the bill are comedians Chris Ramsey, Zoe Lyons, Funmbi Omotayo and New Zealander Sam Wills, who is better known as The Boy with Tape on His Face, while musical interludes are provided by Jessie Ware and Striking Matches.
Bishop shows off his own fancy footwork while attempting an Irish dance routine with the cast of Riverdance, which has to be seen to be believed – just don’t give up the day job, John.
Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne) hails from privileged stock and thanks to family connections, he secures a position working as assistant to Sir Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh).
From the moment Marilyn (Michelle Williams) arrives, Olivier is smitten.
On set, Olivier’s desire turns to frustration as Marilyn fluffs takes and turns up late.
Celebrity photographer Milton H Greene (Dominic Cooper) issues a warning: “Accept Marilyn on her terms and you will be OK. Try to change her and she’ll drive you crazy.”
So Olivier asks Colin to win his leading lady’s trust and get her to set on time.
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Josh Lambert (Patrick Wilson) and his wife Renai (Rose Byrne) move into a new house with sons Dalton (Ty Simpkins) and Foster (Andrew Astor).
Late one night, Dalton hears a strange sound in the attic and foolishly goes to investigate.
He glimpses a shadow and lets out a blood-curdling scream.
The next morning, Foster tries to wake his brother but the boy has slipped into a coma.
Three months Renai senses something terribly wrong in the home and Foster adds to Renai’s discomfort when he whimpers about an intruder.
So Josh’s mother Lorraine (Barbara Hershey) invites her supernaturally gifted friend Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye) to survey the property.
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