After the last two weeks of madness with all the new programming this week, it is a bit quieter. I am still mad about ‘Bodyguard’ now I am waiting on the BBC’s ‘War of the World’ I have seen some snippets and it has me excited. Grand Design is back with a new series so be prepared to be in ore of some of these homes.
I would also like to recommend ‘Alone’ on the History Channel 10 people are hoping to spend a year in the wilderness.
Saturday – Channel 4 - The Real Football Fan Show 12:05am (New Series)
I have not been interested in this show before but with Cardiff City now in the Premier League, it must be worth a watch on catch-up later as I will be in bed when it airs.
Robbie Lyle gives supporters the chance to air their views on the latest twists and turns in the Premier League.
Saturday – BBC1 - Killing Eve 9:15pm (New Series)
Another BBC spy drama, which sees a desk-bound MI5 security officer Eve Polastri, is bored in her job and yearns for a more exciting life. When a Russian politician is murdered, she is given the task of protecting the only witness and soon finds herself on a collision course with a psychopathic assassin known as Villanelle. After the episode, the full series will be available on BBC3 on iPlayer.
Sunday – BBC2 – King Arthur’s Britain: The Truth Unearthed 9pm (New Series)
A major new excavation on the Tintagel peninsula in Cornwall sees Professor Alice Roberts pulls together the latest evidence to reveal what Dark Age Britain was really like. Long known to have been a Dark Ages settlement, the new evidence reveals that Tintagel was also a seat of power, and Alice explores the link between the location and Arthurian legend, tracking down the early sources for the period and the first written reference to King Arthur.
Monday – E4- Tattoo Fixers: Extreme 9pm (New Series)
Why I like this show I really can't say when I have no fan of tattoos! It is because I love dickheads who get stupid tattoos plastered on their bodies. Who would get these kind of tattoos! Drunk Brits that is who. Why is it fun to think it funny to have a dick tattooed on your body.
Two new artists, brothers Pash and Uzzi, join Sketch, Alice, and Paisley as they deal with more tattoo shockers, including a shocking tribute to a holiday hat trick.
Tuesday – Fox – Constantine 9pm (New Series)
Fantasy drama based on the DC Comics character John Constantine, a British exorcist, and occult detective who actively hunts supernatural entities. Constantine receives a supernatural warning about Liv Aberdine, who is threatened by mysterious forces. There was a film of the same name starring Keanu Reeves.
Tuesday – Discovery Channel – Treasure Quest: Snake Island 9pm (New Series)
More treasure hunting, which I am a sucker for hoping that one day one of these shows will hit the jackpot and find the treasure. There are believed to be thousands of treasure maps in the world with most being fake.
In a daring new expedition, the team takes on the treacherous Bolivian Andes to track down the legendary Sacambaya treasure.
Wednesday – Channel 4 – Grand Design 9pm (New Series)
In this episode, Kevin McCloud meets Spanish architect Jaime and his wife Mimi as they embark on a mission to convert a Grade II listed folly into a family home in Buckinghamshire. Giving themselves a wildly optimistic six-month deadline to finish before the birth of their second child, it's not long before the couple hit trouble. Jaime puts all his energies and creativity into the project, using innovative 3D mapping to squeeze living spaces into the tower, but it proves to be an exhausting struggle.
Wednesday – History Channel – Mountain Men 9pm (New Series)
I love the idea of living off grid somewhere like Alaska it’s the old romantic in me. But it is a pipe dream unless my homestead comes with full internet connection, and all the mod cons and a local supermarket not really off grid living. As winter approaches, Morgan battles nature to get a head start on the season.
Wednesday – History Channel – Alone 10pm (New Series)
Channel 5 is showing a programme about some TV celebrities spending 5 days alone in a warehouse inside shipping container. On the History Channel ten survivalists from previous seasons return for redemption and another chance to win the cash prize. But this time, they face the dangers of Northern Mongolia for a year.
Thursday – Channel 5 – Michael Palin in North Korea 9pm (New Series)
Oh BBC what have you done allowing Palin to slip through your fingers to Channel 5 of all places. The comedy actor presents the first of two programmes documenting life for many of the millions who live, work and have families in North Korea. Michael's arrival coincides with the historic meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and South Korean president Moon Jae-In, as he embarks on a journey of some 1,300 miles of the reclusive nation south to north visiting sites and locations rarely, if ever, explored by Westerners, he is determined to spend time with everyday Korean citizens from all walks of life.
Thursday – Yesterday – World War Weird 8pm (New Series)
Many weird weapons have come out of wars. Who would have thought a bouncing bomb would have worked. What about Churchill's plan to create a giant ship out of ice, ghost planes that fly themselves who would have thought that, and a Nazi treasure hunt.
Friday – Netflix – Maniac (available today) (New Series)
Based on the Norwegian television series of the same name it has now been Americanize by Netflix starring Hollywood big names Emma Stone (Annie Landsberg) and Jonah Hill (Owen Milgrim). The two strangers drawn to the late stages of a mysterious pharmaceutical trial, each for their own reasons. Annie’s disaffected and aimless, fixated on broken relationships with her mother and her sister. Owen, the fifth son of wealthy New York industrialists, has struggled his whole life with a disputed diagnosis of schizophrenia.
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