This week's top TV: 5 - 11 December

This week's top TV: 5 - 11 December

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Friday, 2nd December 2016
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Finding my Twin Stranger on Channel 4. (Credit: Stephen Wells / Channel 4 Television)

This week Channel 4 hunts down people's dopplegangers, we go behind-the-scenes before Adele's show in New York City and BBC One shows a chilling documentary on the killing of Mark Duggan that occurred in 2011

Monday: A Lawful Killing: Mark Duggan

BBC One, 8.30pm

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Mark Duggan plays by Louis “Dubz” Downie in this dramatisation. (Credit: BBC/Acme Films Ltd/Des Willie)

This is a one-off 90-minute documentary with dramatic reconstructions of the police shooting of Mark Duggan in Tottenham in August 2011.

The documentary reconstructs the events surrounding the death of Mark Duggan, with exclusive testimonies from a number of key participants.


Tuesday: This Is Us (Pilot)

Channel 4, 9pm
 

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This is Us. (Credit: Twentieth Century Fox)

Hilarious new US drama series from the writers behind Crazy, Stupid Love, is coming to our screens. 

Despite being pregnant with triplets, Jack insists that his wife Rebecca upholds a birthday tradition, but something unexpected interrupts them. Elsewhere, Randall is given a birthday party by his colleagues, and Kevin is in the middle of a personal crisis as his birthday comes around.

This series stars Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Sterling K Brown and Chrissy Metz.


Wednesday: Finding my Twin Stranger

Channel 4, 10pm

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Neil & John in My Twin Stranger. (Credit: Stephen Wells / Channel 4 Television)

Do you think everyone in the world has a twin? It is said that for every face there are seven near identical matches, around the world and the craze has caught the attention of leading twin experts at King's College, London, who've been studying similarities between identical twins.

In a unique experiment, seven doubles will take part in a series of tests and DNA analysis. Could such doppelgängers with twin-like similarities contribute to more than a coincidence? 


Thursday: Extraordinary Weddings

ITV, 9pm

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Extraordinary Weddings, New Series (Credit: ITV)

The brand-new series of Extraordinary Weddings, follows the story of six couples who have battled through tough challenges and have made it to their big day despite all of the odds. Cue the watery eyes and boxes of tissues.


Friday: Adele in New York City

BBC One, 11.25pm

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Adele (Credit: Simon Emmett / XL)

Multiple Grammy Award-winning singer Adele performs in New York, performing songs from her most recent album 25.

The show which was recorded last year for NBC, also features Adele interacting with fans and offers exclusive access to her preparations for this event.


Saturday: IBF Boxing - Anthony Joshua v Eric Molina

Sky Sports Box Office (Live), TBC
 

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Anthony Joshua before his Eliminator for the British Heavyweight Championships. (Credit: Scott Heavey/Getty Images)

Anthony Joshua makes his second defence of his IBF world heavyweight title, as he takes on Eric Molina at the Manchester Arena. 


Sunday: Planet Earth II - Cities

BBC One, 8pm

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Planet Earth II: Cities. (Credit: BBC NHU/Tom Hugh- Jones)

Planet Earth II is back for the sixth week, and this time David Attenborough takes us on a journey through city landscapes. Cities are growing at a faster rate than any other habitat on Earth, but funnily enough animals and wildlife still thrive here.

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This week Channel 4 hunts down people's dopplegangers, we go behind-the-scenes before Adele's show in New York City and BBC One shows a chilling documentary on the killing of Mark Duggan that occurred in 2011