You wait for the odd new series to get your teeth into and then a shed load appear in the TV schedules for the upcoming week. Spoiled for choice and it is so fortunate to have catch-up TV and my favourites on my virgin box meaning I am unlikely to miss much.
I always start this blog with my highlight of the week and this week Four Rooms fits the bill. The dealers did battle over a rare signed Winston Churchill book, the punter wanted £5000 but settled for £3500, and she sold to Celia Sawyer.
Loved the two wise guys trying their luck with a show-stopping drinks cabinet made from a bomb with an asking price of £30000 to £40000, which should have given the dealers a heart attack. One of the dealers parted with £23000 and he sold it on for a profit.
Saturday Sci-Fi Channel – Childhood’s End 10pm
Showing over three nights, I have only heard good things about this mini-series. Coming from the eerie mind of Arthur C Clarke and stars Charles Dance as an alien overlord promising humanity a utopian future.
When aliens tell you they come in peace bullshit, it is always the same and proves costly to the human race in the end. Most of humanity will happily embrace the visitors while some will fight and what price will be paid for the promised Shangri-La you will need to view and see.
Sunday BBC1 – Are You Being Served? /Porridge 9pm and 9:30pm
I was raised on these classic comedies and still watch when they are on TV. These shows are part of the BBC sitcom revival special to mark 50 years of the sitcom on the BBC. Are You Being Served is back with new faces playing the staff of Grace Brothers department store. According to reports in the press, there’s no need to worry as ‘Benidorm’ writer Derren Litten has created a respectful homage to the original. There will still be all the double entendre without causing offence and plenty of pussy.
In Porridge, we will not be seeing Norman Stanley Fletcher (Fletch) but is grandson Nigel and it was written by the original writers and sitcom gods Dick Clement and Ian Le Frenais. If it is received well by the public, there could well be a series.
Monday Channal5 – Adolf & Eve: Love & War 8pm
It’s Bank Holiday Monday and for my entertainment, I am going a bit right field watching the Adolf and Eve love story. Yes, it seems bazaar viewing but I like these drama-documentaries and I am interested in all WW2 related stuff. It chronicles Eva Braun’s teenage infatuation with Adolf Hitler to their wedding and joint suicide in the bunker days before the end of the war.
Tuesday Discovery Channel – Gold Divers 9pm
I can smell the gold! Well a programme about gold and now the summer season is over and the grounds covered in thick sea ice its time to go under the ice in search for the precious metal.
With gold hard to find last winter Shawn Pomrenke sparks a gold rush when he offers the fleet access to his virgin claim of Bering Sea floor, rumoured to contain over £11million in gold. However, access comes at a price.
Wednesday History Channel - Barbarians Rising 10pm
This is not a story about the glory of Rome. It’s the story of the people who rise to fight for freedom against a cruel and violent force bent on their destruction. As Rome grows stronger, the barbarians are taxed, enslaved, slaughtered, displaced, and robbed of their cultures. Nevertheless, set against seemingly overwhelming odds, they never surrender; evolving and innovating new ways to fight against an organized and determined enemy. This is a clash of titans fought over centuries.
The four-part docu-drama reveals the true story of the 700-year battle for supremacy, a fight for freedom that would shape the world to come. Featuring fully dramatized portrayals of icons including Hannibal, Spartacus, Arminius, Boudica and Attila alongside an eclectic group of experts and contributors,
Thursday BBC4 – Lost Sitcoms: Till Death Us Do Part 9pm
After the airing of the original episode the tape was lost or more likely destroyed but with luck the script survived and this is remake with Fast Show star Simon Day stepping into the shoes of Alf Garnett.
The episode set to be re-created is titled A Woman’s Place is in the Home. In the 1967 episode, Alf arrives home to an empty house and a burnt supper as wife Else is at the pictures when his daughter arrives home she simply doesn’t care. He then sets about “putting things right” in his own particular way.
Friday BBC1 – Would I Lie to You?
The comedy panel show is back and so is presenter Rob Brydon the perfect foil for team captains’ comedians David Mitchell and Lee Mack. Two celebrity guests join them. The teams compete as each player reveals unusual facts and embarrassing personal tales for the evaluation of the opposing team. Some of these are true; some are not, and panellists’ task is to decide which is which.
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