TV picks of the week: 01 October – 07 October
Drowning in Plastic
Monday: BBC One, 8.30pm
Wildlife biologist Liz Bonnin discovers the growing dangers of plastic polluting the world’s oceans in this one-off special.
Channel 4
CBS shows to make UK debut on Channel 4
Channel 4 has announced an agreement with CBS Studios International, securing the UK broadcaster a roster of CBS’ iconic and contemporary television series that will air on Channel 4, E4, 4Music and All 4.
The selection also included exclusive autumn programming, including the new Charmed reboot, American sitcom Happy Together and political drama The Good Fight.
TV picks of the week: 24 September – 30 September
Joel & Nish vs the World
Monday: Comedy Central, 9pm
Back for a second season, stand-ups Nish Kumar and Joel Dommett continue their hilarious journey around the world, humiliating themselves in the process. In this episode, the pair embark on a gruelling trek up a mountain in Peru. Will their one-liners help them conquer such a quest?
Celebs fight crime for Channel 4
Working with the Cambridgeshire Constabulary, they will assist in high risk operations, crime investigation and even in custody.
The star-studded line-up includes, presenter Katie Piper, Made in Chelsea’s Jamie Laing, Loose Women panellist Penny Lancaster, reality star Sandi Bogle and comedian Marcus Brigstocke.
The celebrity rookies will also be tasked with policing the streets as volunteer officers, offering an insight into the reality of being a volunteer officer.
10 of the best dramas this autumn
1. A Discovery of Witches, Sky One and Now TV, Fridays, 9pm
New Sky and Channel 4 partnership takes shows to wider audience
The shows included in the deal will be available for customers to binge-watch as much as they desire, beginning with the release of the box-set of the third series of Channel 4 drama No Offence on 13th September.
Live coverage of the Formula 1 British Grand Prix 2019 and highlights of Formula 1 races will be shown on Channel 4 as part of the deal, as well as the first series of the Sky original thriller Tin Star, starring Tim Roth.
Who's who in Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls 2018?
Martin Kemp, Former EastEnders and Spandau Ballet star
He went from 1980s heartthrob with the band Spandau Ballet to hard man Steve Owen on Eastenders but how will Kemp fair against the raging winds and bare-bone survival of the island?
Is social media a threat to quality journalism?
Then with the advent of 24-hour news channels and the internet, news became more immediate. The only delay between a story breaking, and you being able to read about it, was the time it took for a journalist to get on the scene and report.
Dorothy Byrne’s TV Diary
TV current affairs and documentaries are obsessed with the new. That means we can ignore problems which continue over decades. My month begins with watching Channel 5’s Raped: My Story for a panel I’m on.
It’s a really daring programme precisely because there is nothing new in it; it is a devastating document of the way rape ruins lives and survivors are denied justice. And that’s a story we need to tell again and again.
Russell T Davies brings The Boys to Channel 4
From screenwriter Russell T Davies comes The Boys, a five-part drama which follows the story of the decade, of the AIDS crisis and of three lads Ricky, Roscoe and Colin.
The drama will be the next project for Davies following the huge success of A Very English Scandal on BBC One which starred Hugh Grant as Liberal MP Jeremy Thorpe.