Monday 7 May 2012

TV Picks: 7-13 May 2012 (Britain Beware, Cardinal Burns, Coast, Episodes, Phil Spencer: Secret Agent, The Ricky Gervais Show, Starlings, etc.)

Monday 7 May 2012

MAY DAY BANK HOLIDAY
Small Teen Turns Eighteen (BBC3, 9pm) Follow-up documentary to Small Teen, which followed a young girl dealing with her father's drug addiction.
PICK OF THE DAY Britain Beware (ITV1, 10.15pm) Documentary about public information films that ran as TV ads for nearly 70 years. Presented by Adrian Edmondson.

TUESDAY 8th
The Town Taking On China (BBC2, 8pm) Documentary about a cushion manufacturer trying to move his factory from China to Merseyside. (1/2)
Britain's Biggest Hoarders (BBC1, 9pm) Follow-up documentary on compulsive hoarding.
Great Ormond Street (BBC2, 9pm) Series looking at Great Ormond Street's oncology department. (1/6)
More Sex Please, We're British (Channel 4, 10pm) Documentary going behind the scenes of the UK's most successful sex toy business Lovehoney.
Cardinal Burns (E4, 10.30pm) Brand new sketch show from Seb Cardinal & Dustin Demri-Burns. (1/6)
PICK OF THE DAY The Ricky Gervais Show (E4, 11.30pm) Season 3 of the show that animates the award-winning podcasts from Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant & Karl Pilkington.

WEDNESDAY 9th
PICK OF THE DAY Edward VIII: The Plot To Topple The King (Channel 4, 9pm) Documentary about archbishop Cosmo Gordon Lang, who tried to oust King Edward VIII in 1936.

THURSDAY 10th
PICK OF THE DAY Phil Spencer: Secret Agent (Channel 4, 8pm) New series where Phil Spencer travels the UK trying to get offers on unsold houses. (1/5)

FRIDAY 11th
PICK OF THE DAY Episodes (BBC2, 10pm) Season 2 of the Anglo-American comedy about two British writers remaking their hit sitcom in Hollywood. Starring Matt Le Blanc, Stephen Mangan & Tamsin Greig.


SATURDAY 12th
Nothing

SUNDAY 13th
PICK OF THE DAY Starlings (Sky1, 8pm) Drama about a close-knit family from Derbyshire. Starring Brendan Coyle, Lesley Sharp, Alan Williams, Finn Atkins, Rebecca Night, Steve Edge, Ukweli Roach, John Dagleish & Matt King. (1/8)
Coast (BBC2, 9pm) Series 7 of the series looking at the history, landscape and legends of the UK's coastline. Presented by Nick Crane, Neil Oliver, Tessa Dunlop & Andy Torbet.