Another fair week of TV plenty to watch and catch up with across all my channels which will soon increase but more of that again. My highlight of the week was the double bill end of ‘Gold Divers’ were gold was hard to come by meaning trouble for some.
Diving under the ice looks crazy to me for the amount of gold they find but they will be back with their dredges soon as the ice disappears.
Saturday Sky Cinema Premiere – In the Heart of the Sea 8pm
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. But that told only half the story. "In the Heart of the Sea" reveals the encounter's harrowing aftermath, as the ship's surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive. Braving storms, starvation, panic, and despair, the men will call into question their deepest beliefs, from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade, as their captain searches for direction on the open sea and his first mate still seeks to bring the great whale down.
Sunday Channel 4 – The Crystal Maze Celebrity Special for Stand up to Cancer 9pm
I loved The Crystal Maze from its first airing on Channel 4 in 1990 to its end in 1995. A team of contestants tackle a series of ingenious games and fiendish challenges in a giant fantasy world, with the aim of collecting as many crystals as possible in this game show. This is a celebrity special for ‘Stand up to Cancer’ week on the channel.
Monday BBC 1 – Surviving Aberfan 9pm
Get the handkerchief ready because you are going to have your heartstrings pulled as we look back 50 years to the Aberfan Disaster. I was only six at the time and have vague memories of news reports and that there was a mass for those who had died. What makes this unforgettable is the loss of so many young children, 116 children, and 28 adults when a build-up of water in the accumulated rock and shale, above a school suddenly started to slide downhill in the form of slurry.
Tuesday Discovery Channel – Gold Rush 9pm
If there is something guaranteed to catch my attention its programmes about finding gold, digging up, and selling gold and for me Gold Rush is the daddy of this kind of this reality/factual programming. We follow the fortunes of three groups of miners. Young Parker Schnabel in his early 20s took over the Big Nugget mine from his grandfather, John Schnabel, who decided to step down. He died before the beginning of the new series. Todd Hoffman with a group of friends and family have had an eventful journey on Gold Rush chasing gold from Alaska to South America. Tony Beets and family have refurbished an old 75-year-old Gold Dredge to help in there search for gold.
Wednesday Syfy Channel – The Exorcist 9pm
I have been waiting for this to hit the screens although I have seen this opening episode thanks to an iffy internet stream. I have to say it left me wanting more but I decided to hang on for its UK airing. I think most have seen the film, which was ground breaking stuff at the time, but we will have to wait and see with this TV series.
Thursday Channel 4 – Tattoo Fixers: For Stand up to Cancer
Again, the Stand up to Cancer campaign caught my eye with is semi-celebrity special of Tattoo Fixers. I am not a big fan of tattoos in fact I don’t like them especially people who don’t know when enough is enough. Why I like Tattoo Fixers, to watch the idiots who get drunk and get an embarrassing tat on holiday a lot of the time in Magaluf.
Friday Channel 4 – Gogglebox: Celebrity Special for Stand up to Cancer
Another offering from Channel 4’s Stand up to Cancer a celebrity Gogglebox special. Famous faces join the regular TV critics. We are all critics I thing that is why the shows format works and throw in interesting characters and we have a fun hour of TV.
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