Jonathan Creek

Top TV Picks: 28th December

Arrivals

Channel 4, 7pm

Thousands of people and their waiting loved ones offer a warm insight into the arrival halls at Heathrow Airport, all with interesting stories to share.

This Channel 4 documentary narrated by Julie Walters lets the audience in on lives in a shrinking world of long-lost friendships, love and suprises. 


Ethel & Ernest

BBC One, 7.30pm

Based on the award-winning novel by Raymond Briggs, Ethel & Ernest has been turned into an animated adaptation.

Jonathan Creek returns to Daemons' Roost

Alan Davies stars as Jonathan Creek (Credit: UKTV)

Legend has it that in the 19th century, sorcerer and former owner of Daemons’ Roost, Jacob Surtees would summon the powers of Hell to his home to terrorise and subjugate his victims.

A hundred and fifty years later, the house is occupied by Nathan Clore, a veteran horror film director with secrets of his own.

With his health failing, Clore summons his stepdaughter Alison to Daemons’ Roost to share with her the chilling truth of what happened to her family there.

YOUNG TV-MAKERS SUCCESS

Young Peoples’ Media Festival participants

Young people with a passion for broadcasting and filmmaking have been celebrated at one of the region’s most prestigious media events.

The University of Sunderland hosted the RTS North East and Border Centre, Young Peoples’ Media Festival (YPMF) on Wednesday 18 May. The festival celebrates work from students, schools and colleges throughout the North East, North Yorkshire, and Cumbria.