Saturday’s TV tips
(2007) Adapted from a science-fiction short story written more than 60 years ago, The Last Mimzy is a bemusing, whimsical but ultimately charming children’s fantasy that makes perfect sense to its pint-sized protagonists, if not to more senior viewers.
The plot follows two siblings who develop extraordinary powers after discovering a mysterious box of toys – which includes a stuffed rabbit called Mimzy – and are unwittingly drawn into a race against time to avert a disaster.
Newcomer Chris O’Neil and Rhiannon Leigh Wryn are both terrific, generating a believable screen chemistry as the youthful heroes.
It remains to be seen whether brand-new X Factor hosts Olly Murs and Caroline Flack will indeed make the show their own when the singing competition returns to our screen next weekend.
However, if you can’t wait that long for an X Factor fix, Rochelle Humes and Melvin Odoom present this one-off retrospective in which they talk to the presenting duo about their hand-picked top 10 moments from the talent show’s archives.
Will foamier contestant Olly’s audition make the cut?
Acclaimed double bassist Chi-Chi Nwanoku joins Katie Derham for this week’s jam-packed edition of weekly magazine show.
The pair will be joined by baritone Roderick Williams, who may be feeling a little sleepy after performing Bach’s much-loved Magnificat, Mass in G minor and Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 during last night’s Late Night Prom at the Royal Albert Hall.
Among the other Proms highlights up for discussion tonight are Bach’s solo violin works, which were performed so memorably by violinist Alina Ibragimova at the end of July, and the National Youth Orchestra’s annual visit to the Proms a fortnight ago.
Finally, there is footage and discussion of Daniel Barenboim’s West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, and if all that wasn’t enough, David Owen Norris once again gets ’Inside the Score’.
Bradley Walsh tries to keep a straight face as families from Warwickshire and Kent compete to win a selection of prizes, with the kids taking the lead as usual.
The two clans will be attempting wacky challenges and donning daft outfits to win points, before deciding decide whether to swap a prize, drop it or keep it in the family.
This week’s cowering celebrities facing the dreaded trap door are six stars from The Only Way Is Essex, while the beloved Nanas return to explain common phrases and topics – in their own risque way.
Plus, there are performances from a speed-painting artist, and a children’s theatre group, who sing a popular number from Mary Poppins.
Part two of two. Stephen Mulhern narrates this celebration of the best-loved and most watched moments from Saturday night TV.
Ant and Dec delve into the world of the comedy duo, charting Morecambe and Wise’s rise to fame in the 1960s, revisiting some of the Two Ronnies’ classic sketches and hearing from Cannon and Ball about their 1980s heyday.
There’s a look back at the start of Blind Date way back in 1985 with the late Cilla Black, Debra Stephenson and Jon Culshaw pay tribute to their favourite impressionists, and Marty Wilde and Petula Clark are among those remembering how weekend music shows have evolved.
Presented by Marty Whelan and Sinéad Kennedy Winning Streak is back for another season.
Each week five players will be in with a shot of winning some fantastic cash prizes with the return of all the best National Lottery Winning Streak games including favourites Cash Cubes, Patience, Money Match, Pick a Prize, Trapdoor, Wheel Reveal and, of course, the Grand Prize Wheel.
In association with the National Lottery, this season not only one player but two players may have the opportunity to spin the iconic Winning Streak Grand Prize Wheel and win up to 500,000 euro each.
(2005) Golden Globe winner Steve Carell stars in this hilarious comedy. The stock supervisor of Smart Tech store Andy is a nice guy and good colleague.
One night, his colleagues David, Jay and Cal invite him for a poker game, and by the end of the night, they find that Andy is a 40-year-old virgin so they decide to help him to score.
When he meets the divorced Trish, the owner of "We Sell Your Stuff on eBay" store, they agree to have no sex before their 20th date. Andy gets into many troubling scenarios over the course of this classic!
Starring: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd.
(2010) The lunatics are taking over the asylum, or that’s what Martin Scorsese’s impeccably crafted psychological thriller would have us believe.
A no-nonsense US Marshal is sent to a remote hospital for the criminally insane to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a patient, but faces a wall of silence as he tries to get to the truth.
When a hurricane strikes, more killers disappear and the attitudes of the doctors lead the detective to suspect all is not as it seems.
The twists and turns in the plot will keep viewers guessing, and the whole affair is elevated by a superior cast, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo and Ben Kingsley.
Zoe visits Dylan and persuades him to get help for his OCD, and Lily desperately seeks her parents’ approval after being promoted to registrar.
Meanwhile, the team helps a father forgive his daughter after he discovers she gave her mother the pill that caused her untimely death.
Elsewhere, a man lies to his girlfriend about an accident involving her seven year old son, but Ethan convinces him to come clean.
Plus, Ethan and Cal find out they have failed their exams, and Louis refuses to see Charlie at rehab.
(2003) Helen Mirren and Julie Walters lead a brilliant ensemble cast as best friends Chris and Annie, who hit upon the idea of raising money for leukaemia charities by posing naked for a calendar when Annie’s husband John (John Alderton) dies from the disease.
The friends’ enthusiasm eventually persuades other members of the local Women’s Institute and soon ten other women – including bohemian Celia (Celia Imrie), dowdy housewife Ruth (Penelope Wilton) and plucky Jessie (Annette Crosbie) – are throwing caution and their aprons to the wind.
The idea takes off, as it were, and the calendar girls are propelled uncomfortably into the media spotlight. Nigel Cole’s brilliant British movie film is touching, funny and truthful.
Gary Lineker is joined by Alan Shearer and Sam Allardyce to present highlights from the Premier League, as Louis van Gaal’s new-look Manchester United side take on Newcastle United, who are now under the management of former England boss Steve McClaren.
Meanwhile, West Ham United entertain newly promoted AFC Bournemouth at Upton Park and Aston Villa travel south to play Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
Plus, action and goals from Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur, Norwich City v Stoke City and Sunderland v Swansea City.
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