It is going to be a busy week for my Television habits with a few new show so plenty to catch up with and my schedule of programmes I watch is close to bursting. Lucky for the viewer we have plus1 channels and catch up like the iPlayer because I could not watch half the shows I do now. I also use the internet a lot with shows that are not broadcast here in the UK or I do not have access to.
All the programmes and film are must see
**Film** The Bad Education Movie (Saturday Sky Movies 8pm)
This spin-off from the TV series launched on BBC3 hit the big screen receiving generally mixed to positive reviews from critics. Jack Whitehall plays a hopelessly inept posh teacher, Alfie Wickers, and his comprehensive school pupils taking a typically unruly trip to Cornwall. The comedy is broad and the hijinks mostly puerile, with far too many episodes involving threats to and exposure of Alfie's testicles.
However, some standout comic sequences are set up with impressive care. They including a canal-side bicycle chase in Amsterdam climaxing with a very neat ET spoof and a lively duel on the ramparts of a Cornish castle with
Iain Glen's fanatical local.
Top Gear (Sunday BBC2 8pm)
We have all seen the hype surrounding the return of Top Gear with new hosts Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc. There are a host of other hosts to the show including Eddie Jordan, world record-breaking German racing driver Sabine Schmitz, renowned motoring journalist Chris Harris, car reviewer and TV presenter Rory Reid, and of course, the Stig.
The show will still feature test drives, spectacular stunts, and reports on the latest models. The press pack released with the show sees Chris takes the Dodge Viper ACR to the home of Top Gun in Nevada to battle it out against Sabine, who is behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Corvette Z06. Matt LeBlanc tackles the wilds of Morocco in the Ariel Nomad, before returning to British soil to take on Evans in a gruelling UK v USA challenge.
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Monday BBC1 8:30pm)
Russell T Davies is involved so it should be good as he famously breathed new life into Doctor Who franchise. He is now brought his own touch of sparkle to one of Shakespeare's best-loved plays by adding some surprising twists, incredible special effects and a few little nods to the Bard's other work in this star-studded adaptation.
Maxine Peake and Nonso Anozie star as Titania and Oberon, the warring Queen and King of the Fairies, but all eyes will be on Matt Lucas – he has the time of his life as budding thespian Bottom, whose transformation into an ass leaves Titania all a-flutter. Look out for some great turns from Bernard Cribbins, Richard Wilson, and Elaine Paige as Bottom's fellow actors.
Storage Wars (Tuesday History Channel 9pm)
I love Storage Wars and a host of new episodes are been aired starting with a double helpings ‘From Dust Til Dawn’ where Dave hits the action hard in a Mojave Desert auction, despite his dislike of the area, while Mary struggles through a locker hoping her profits don't go down the toilet.
In the second helpings of the show ‘Mexican Grand Off ‘ The buyers head for San Diego in hopes of finding some south of the border treasure, and Rene and Casey step up to defend their home turf against Darrell
The Hotel Inspector (Wednesday C5 9pm)
Crush alert because the lovely Alex Polizzi is back on our screens with The Hotel Inspector where is helps breathe life into hotels on their uppers. She and us viewers hope there will listen and take the advice that some do and other stubbornly won’t.
This week Alex is in Redditch trying to wave her magic wand over The Blue Inn hotel to settle a problem between Donna and the owner. Despite having 15 staff, Donna works 100 hours a week and insists on getting too hands-on while the owner monitors her every move on CCTV cameras from Paris.
Versailles (Wednesday BBC2 9:30pm)
A new series and if you believe the newspapers it is pure porn so you can expect the ratings to go through the roof for BBC2. Good old Mary Whitehouse will be so shocked she will be protesting from her grave shouting ‘BBC filth’.
The period drama depicts the decadent and turbulent early reign of Louis XIV. This raunchy royal drama has already attracted a lot of controversy as conservative elements in the UK such as MPs and family rights campaigners have branded it 'porn dressed up in a cravat and tights, I like it.
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