Monday 24 May 2010

TV Picks: 24-30 May 2010 (Eurovision 2010, How I Met Your Mother, The Million Pound Drop Live, Spartacus: Blood & Sand, and more...)

Monday 24 May 2010


MONDAY 24th
The Million Pound Drop Live (Channel 4, 10pm) New gameshow where contestants are given £1m and have to bet it on multiple-choice questions. Hosted by Davina McCall.

TUESDAY 25th
Gok's Fashion Fix (Channel 4, 8pm) Six-part series where fashionista Gok Wan tries to get people to dress fashionably.
Eurovision Song Contest 2010 – Semi Final 1 (BBC3, 8pm) Continues on Thursday
The Twins Who Share A Brain (Channel 4, 9pm) Documentary about twins Tatiana and Krista, who are joined at the head.
Stephen Fry On Wagner (BBC4, 9pm) Documentary about the music of Wagner. Hosted by Stephen Fry.
Spartacus: Blood & Sand (Bravo, 10pm) Historical action-drama. Stars Andy Whitfield, Lucy Lawless & John Hannah
True Stories: A Bipolar Expedition (More4, 10pm) Bipolar businessman Paul Downes invites 12 Ukrainian women to a Jamaican castle, where he intends to choose a wife.

WEDNESDAY 26th
National Movie Awards 2010 (ITV1, 8pm) Awards ceremony decided by a nationwide poll. Hosted by James Nesbitt.
Diva Diaries (BBC4, 9pm) Profile of soprano Danielle de Niese.

THURSDAY 27th
How I Met Your Mother (E4, 9.30pm) Series 5 of the US comedy. Stars Alyson Hannigan, Jason Segel, Neil Patrick Harris & Josh Radnor.

FRIDAY 28th
Nothing.

SATURDAY 29th
Eurovision Song Contest 2010 (BBC1, 8pm) Live coverage of the annual, cult singing competition, from Oslo in Norway.

SUNDAY 30th
An African Journey With Jonathan Dimbleby (BBC2, 9pm) Three-part series where reporer Jonathan Dimbleby travels across Mali, Ghana and Nigeria.
Genius Of Britain (Channel 4, 9pm) Science series where Stephen Hawking and Jim Al-Khalili explain Sir Isaac Newton's mathematics, David Attenborough pays tribute to Sir Christopher Wren, Richard Dawkins explores Robert Hooke, James Dyson looks at Robert Boyle and Kathy Sykes investigates Edmond Halley.