Wednesday's TV tips
(1939) Based on the novel by James Hilton, Goodbye, Mr Chips is one of the great British films of the 20th century, which earned Robert Donat his Oscar as Best Actor for his portrayal of the title character over the course of six decades.
Sam Wood’s warmly sentimental picture cast the mould for cinematic stories of inspirational teachers, whose compassion incites their students to greatness.
Donat plays Charles Edward Chipping, who arrives at Brookfield Public School in 1870 and initially proves unpopular with the boys because of his strictness in the classroom.
Sweetheart Kathy Ellis (Greer Garson) brings Charles out of his shell and he becomes one of the most popular members of staff, serving as headmaster during the First World War, when some of his beloved pupils are lost in service.
Former soldier Alex takes command of his military wedding to his bride-to-be Sacha.
Having served in the army for seven years, he wants to celebrate the heroes of World War Two by getting Sacha to arrive at the wedding ceremony in an old war plane, then a tank.
However, she is hoping his army days are behind him and is desperate for her big day to be a traditional, intimate event.
With a mother-in-law to impress, and a bride hoping he will put her first, will Jason have to run for cover when his plans are revealed?
Award-winning garden designer Alan Gardner and his team of fellow autistic horticultural enthusiasts visit Ealing in west London, where they have taken on a small garden with a big problem.
James and Sophie’s neglected plot is only eight by four metres and is on two levels, with a one-metre drop.
The challenge facing the team is to make the most of the limited space available so that the garden looks and feels bigger, with just one week to make the changes and a budget of £1,200.
In 1834, Britain abolished slavery. Now, almost 200 years later, historian David Olusoga wants to expose certain events that happened surrounding that momentous move, but are rarely discussed today.
The government at the time compensated the slave owners for their loss of ’property’ – handing over what would be £17bn in modern money to the 46,000 British people who had used slaves; shamefully, the slaves themselves received nothing.
In this two-part documentary, Olusoga delves into the archives to learn more about the slave owners themselves, and finds that some were widows, shopkeepers and even clergymen – and that many of them had never experienced the brutal realities of plantation life.
For the first time in Irish television, TV3's Constituency Debates are taking place in all 40 constituencies in the country, before "live" audiences and the TDs that dare to face an audience of their own constituents.
Also featuring entertainment features, followed by a preview of tomorrow's newspapers.
Featuring covert footage shot by an activist cell inside the so-called Islamic State, Dispatches exposes the brutal regime suffered by millions of women living under Isis, and reveals the story of the secret underground network trying to save them.
Women trapped inside the terror state and those who managed to escape reveal the medieval barbarity many are forced to endure, including lashings, stonings and sexual slavery, with some women also responsible for enforcing the regime’s rules.
The programme includes an interview with a member of the feared morality police, the Al-Khansaa Brigade, and shows the rescue network negotiating with Isis fighters to free their sex slaves.
The comedy returns for a second series – and to remind us what we could be missing out on if and when BBC Three moves online.
Set behind the scenes of West London’s second favourite pirate radio station, Kurrupt FM, it follows self-proclaimed garage legend Mc Grindah and his hapless crew as they attempt to chase their dreams.
However, they have more than just music on their mind this week, as DJ Beats tries to prove he’s the perfect choice to be godfather to Angel, and Miche plans to commemorate the christening with some souvenir t-shirts.
(2012) Austrian writer-director Michael Haneke has never shied away from the uncomfortable, harsh realities of modern life, and in Amour he crafts a heartbreaking love story threaded with raw emotion, tenderness and regret that is almost too much to bear. Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva are stunning as elderly married couple Georges and Anne.
Anne’s balmy retirement is shattered when she suffers a minor stroke and as her condition deteriorates, she makes clear her suffering – “I don’t want to go on...”
Haneke charts the couple’s final days and weeks together with unflinching honesty, refusing to look away as the doting wife is rendered an empty shell and Georges clings on to memories of the past to prevent him sinking into the depths of despair.
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