Monday 7 November 2011

TV Picks: 7-13 November 2011 (American Horror Story, I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, In Treatment, Life's Too Short, Mongrels, Rev, The Simpsons, etc.)

Monday 7 November 2011
PICK OF THE WEEK:
Life's Too Short - BBC2, Thursday, 9.30PM

MONDAY 7th
Land Girls (BBC1, 2.10pm) Series 3 of the period drama. Starring Dominic Mafham, Victoria Brazier, Sophie Ward, Susan Cookson, Joe Armstrong & Seline Hizli. (1/5)
Lost Heroes Of World War One (Channel 5, 7.30pm) Documentary on the conscripts who fought in WWI. Narrated by Dougray Scott. (1/5)
The Choir: Military Wives (BBC2, 9pm) Series about a group of woman married to men in the military who from a choir. Continues until Wednesday. (1/3)
The Growing Pains Of A Teenage Genius (BBC3, 9pm) Documentary about a 13-year-old boy trying for a maths degree.
The Jury (ITV1, 9pm) Legal drama about a jury assembled for a trial. Starring Julie Walters, Roger Allam, John Lynch, Steve Mackintosh, Jodhi May & Natalie Press. Continues every weeknight until Friday. (1/5)
PICK OF THE DAY American Horror Story (FX, 10pm) Season 1 of the US horror drama about a family that move into a haunted house. Starring Dylan McDermott, Connie Britton, Jessica Lange, Denis O'Hare, Evan Peters, Taissa Farmiga, Frances Conroy & Alexa Breckenridge. (1/13)
Bored To Death (Sky Atlantic, 10.15pm) Series 2 of the hipster detective comedy about an author-cum-detective in New York. Starring Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson & Zach Galifianakis. (1/8)
Mongrels (BBC3, 10.30pm) Series 2 of the comedy puppet show about a community of dogs. Voices by Rufus Jones, Katy Brand, Dan Tetsell, Lucy Montgomery, Paul Kaye, Tony Way, Donna Harle & Susy Kane. (1/9)
Real Crime with Mark Austin: The Game Show Killer (ITV1, 10.35pm) True crime series, first looking at a case from 1989 where two hilltop walkers were tied up and executed with a shotgun. (1/4)


TUESDAY 8th
PICK OF THE DAY London: The Inside Story (Channel 5, 8pm) Documentary series on the capital city of Britain. (1/6)
Sorority Girls (E4, 9pm) Reality series where women compete to join a female student society at Leeds University. (1/8)
My Transsexual Summer (Channel 4, 10pm) Series about seven transsexual men and women who come together to share their experiences. (1/4)
Imagine: Simon & Garfunkel – The Harmony Game (BBC1, 10.35pm) Documentary on the award-winning singer-songwriters.

WEDNESDAY 9th
Nothing.

THURSDAY 10th
Bomber Boys: Revealed (Channel 5, 8pm) Documentary on "area bombing" that occurred in the '40s during WWII.
Brunel's Last Launch: A Time Team Special (Channel 4, 9pm) Special episode of Time Team.
Rev (BBC2, 9pm) Series 2 of the clergy sitcom. Starring Tom Hollander, Olivia Colman, Steve Evets, Lucy Liemann, Miles Jupp & Simon McBurney. (1/7)
PICK OF THE DAY Life's Too Short (BBC2, 9.30pm) Brand new mockumentary from The Office's Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, focusing on the life of renowned dwarf actor Warwick Davies. Guest starring Liam Neeson. (1/7)
PhoneShop (E4, 10pm) Series 2 of the sitcom set in a mobile phone shop. Starring Martin Trenaman, Andrew Brooke, Javone Prince, Emma Fryer & Tom Bennett. (1/6)
The Mentalist (Channel 5, 10pm) Season 4 of the US crime drama. Starring Simon Baker. (1/24)
Frank Skinner's Opinionated (BBC2, 10pm) Series 3 of the comedy discussion show. (1/6)


FRIDAY 11th
Nothing.

SATURDAY 12th
Come Fly With Me (The Story Of Pan Am) (BBC2, 8pm) Documentary on the famous airline, ahead of the TV series Pan Am's launch. Narrated by Honor Blackman.
The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance (BBC1, 9.15pm) Coverage of the annual event from the Royal Albert Hall, in the presence of the Queen.
Arena: George Harrison – Living In The Material World (BBC2, 9.45pm) Documentary on the former-Beatle, directed by Martin Scorsese. Concludes tomorrow. (1/2)
PICK OF THE DAY In Treatment (Sky Atlantic, 10.20pm) Third and final series of the Emmy-winning drama about a psychologist. Starring Gabriel Byrne. (1/28)


SUNDAY 13th
The Simpsons (Sky1, 6pm) Season 23 of the US animation. Voices by Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith & Harry Shearer. (1/22)
How To Build A Super Jumbo Wing (BBC2, 8pm) Series 2 of the show about various engineering projects, starting with an Airbus A380 jumbo jet wing. (1/3)
Garrow's Law (BBC1, 9pm) Series 3 of the legal drama set in the 18th-century. Starring Andrew Buchan, Alun Armstrong, Lyndsey Marshal, Ruper Graves & Aidan McArdle. (1/4)
PICK OF THE DAY I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! (ITV1, 9pm) Series 11 of the celebrity reality show. Presented by Ant & Dec.
I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here Now! (ITV2, 10.30pm) Sister series to IACGMOOH, hosted by Laura Whitmore, Joe Swash & Russell Kane.