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So Matt Cardle has been crowned X-Factor champion 2010 and the X-Factor leaves the tv schedule for another year. This week brings us to the conclusion of two more reality programs on the BBC. Both Strictly come dancing and the Apprentice have been highly rated in both viewing figures and critical acclaim but there time is up. Will the David Brent-esque Stuart Baggs manage to buzz word his way to a lucrative job under the stewardship of Lord Alan sugar or will one of the other 4 step-up their game?
Saturday 18th - BBC 2 - 22:45
Award-winning comedian Eddie Izzard and his mates talk about his intriguing life. Sombre parts are lifted by footage of Eddie hamming it up on stage.
Sunday 19th - ITV 1 - 22:15
The kind of collaboration that seems designed to produce the perfect British film, this adaptation of Ian McEwan's bestseller from screenwriter Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons) and director Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice) actually pulls it off. Beginning in 1935, the drama pivots on the burgeoning love affair between privileged Cecilia Tallis (Keira Knightley) and servant's son Robbie Turner (James McAvoy). An intercepted love letter, sibling jealousy and an assault combine to tear them apart. Their hopes of reunion are further complicated by the outbreak of war, Robbie's conscription and the 1940 evacuation of Dunkirk - stunningly staged here by Wright. A handsome, heart-thumping, character-based love story, this is impeccably acted - Keira Knightley truly comes of age, blending cut-glass, Celia Johnson-like refinement and something altogether more passionate - and stylishly scored (by Dario Marianelli). Atonement transcends the expectations of its country-house setting, via the privations of war, to deliver a knockout twist that works better on the screen than it did on the page.
21:00 - BBC 2 - Ian Hislop's Age of the Do-Gooders
Historical 'do-gooders' set about fixing the 19th century version of a Broken Britain. Tonight's episode features prime minister William Gladstone, who rescued East End prostitutes.
20:00 - Channel 4 - Heston’s Christmas Feast
21:00 - BBC 1 - Accused
21:00 - ITV 1 - The Savoy
23:45 - BBC 1 - The Wackness
Ben Kingsley is a middle aged psychiatrist forging an unlikely friendship with a teenage boy dealing pot in this coming of age story.
20:00 - BBC 1 - Holby City
22:00 - More 4 - True Stories: Road to Vegas
22:35 - ITV 1 - The war you don’t see
23:10 - Channel 4 - The Big Band Theory - Series 4 Episode 5/24
21:00 - BBC 1 - The Apprentice
The final five contenders are about to face Lord Sugar's trusted colleagues, a tough panel set to interrogate and find flaws that ten weeks of tasks haven't exposed.
20:00 - BBC 3 - Catch me if you can
21:50 - ITV 4 - Richard Bacon’s Beer and Pizza Club
22:00 - BBC 2 - The apprentice: you’re fired!
22:45 - BBC 1 - Film 2010 with Claudia Winkleman
23:05 - Channel 4 - The event
Thursday 16th
20:00 - Five - Demolition: The Super Stadium
Indianapolis's massive sporting arena the RCA Dome Stadium is due to be razed to the ground. This documentary follows every step of the process, from the initial preparations to the final demolition
20:00 - BBC 1 - The Royal Variety Performance
22:00 - E4 - Misfits
22:30 - BBC 3 - Russell Howard LIVE: Dingledodies
21:30 - BBC 1 - Live at the Appollo
In its new Friday-night slot, this week's show features Iranian-born comic Shappi Khorsandi with sharp routines on marriage and divorce. Self-confessed posh boy Jack Whitehall is also in the line-up.
21:00 - BBC 1 - Have I got news for you
22:00 - Channel 4 - Peepshow
22:00 - More 4 - Walk the line
23:00 - ITV 4 - Rambo III
16:30 - Channel 4 - Dr Suess’ Horton Hears a who!
The team behind Ice Age animate a lively adaptation of Dr Seuss' classic fable where Horton the elephant tries to save a microscopic world from destruction.
13:25 - ITV 2 - Kindergarten Cop (I’ve seen the edited TV version so many times i’d forgotten this was rated 15 by the BBFC)
14:45 - BBC 1 - The game plan
19:00 - BBC 1 - Strictly come dancing
20:15 - BBC 1 - Casualty
21:05 - BBC 1 - Strictly come dancing - The results
23:10 - BBC 2 - Eddie Izzard: Stripped
A stand-up show by the outlandish comedian from his Stripped tour, showcasing the surreal brand of humour that has brought him success on both sides of the Atlantic.
14:00 - ITV 1 - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
21:00 - BBC 1 - The Apprentice - The Final & You're Hired
21:00 - Film 4 - Die Hard
22:00 - BBC 4 - The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency
23:10 - ITV 3 - Clue
Program of the week
Saturday 18th - BBC 2 - 22:45
Believe: the Eddie Izzard Story
Award-winning comedian Eddie Izzard and his mates talk about his intriguing life. Sombre parts are lifted by footage of Eddie hamming it up on stage.
Film of the week
Sunday 19th - ITV 1 - 22:15
Atonement
The kind of collaboration that seems designed to produce the perfect British film, this adaptation of Ian McEwan's bestseller from screenwriter Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons) and director Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice) actually pulls it off. Beginning in 1935, the drama pivots on the burgeoning love affair between privileged Cecilia Tallis (Keira Knightley) and servant's son Robbie Turner (James McAvoy). An intercepted love letter, sibling jealousy and an assault combine to tear them apart. Their hopes of reunion are further complicated by the outbreak of war, Robbie's conscription and the 1940 evacuation of Dunkirk - stunningly staged here by Wright. A handsome, heart-thumping, character-based love story, this is impeccably acted - Keira Knightley truly comes of age, blending cut-glass, Celia Johnson-like refinement and something altogether more passionate - and stylishly scored (by Dario Marianelli). Atonement transcends the expectations of its country-house setting, via the privations of war, to deliver a knockout twist that works better on the screen than it did on the page.
Monday 13th
21:00 - BBC 2 - Ian Hislop's Age of the Do-Gooders
Ian Hislop
Historical 'do-gooders' set about fixing the 19th century version of a Broken Britain. Tonight's episode features prime minister William Gladstone, who rescued East End prostitutes.
20:00 - Channel 4 - Heston’s Christmas Feast
21:00 - BBC 1 - Accused
21:00 - ITV 1 - The Savoy
Tuesday 14th
23:45 - BBC 1 - The Wackness
Ben Kingsley is a middle aged psychiatrist forging an unlikely friendship with a teenage boy dealing pot in this coming of age story.
20:00 - BBC 1 - Holby City
22:00 - More 4 - True Stories: Road to Vegas
22:35 - ITV 1 - The war you don’t see
23:10 - Channel 4 - The Big Band Theory - Series 4 Episode 5/24
Wednesday 15th
21:00 - BBC 1 - The Apprentice
The Apprentice UK
20:00 - BBC 3 - Catch me if you can
21:50 - ITV 4 - Richard Bacon’s Beer and Pizza Club
22:00 - BBC 2 - The apprentice: you’re fired!
22:45 - BBC 1 - Film 2010 with Claudia Winkleman
23:05 - Channel 4 - The event
Thursday 16th
20:00 - Five - Demolition: The Super Stadium
Indianapolis's massive sporting arena the RCA Dome Stadium is due to be razed to the ground. This documentary follows every step of the process, from the initial preparations to the final demolition
20:00 - BBC 1 - The Royal Variety Performance
22:00 - E4 - Misfits
22:30 - BBC 3 - Russell Howard LIVE: Dingledodies
Friday 17th
21:30 - BBC 1 - Live at the Appollo
In its new Friday-night slot, this week's show features Iranian-born comic Shappi Khorsandi with sharp routines on marriage and divorce. Self-confessed posh boy Jack Whitehall is also in the line-up.
21:00 - BBC 1 - Have I got news for you
22:00 - Channel 4 - Peepshow
22:00 - More 4 - Walk the line
23:00 - ITV 4 - Rambo III
Saturday 18th
16:30 - Channel 4 - Dr Suess’ Horton Hears a who!
13:25 - ITV 2 - Kindergarten Cop (I’ve seen the edited TV version so many times i’d forgotten this was rated 15 by the BBFC)
14:45 - BBC 1 - The game plan
19:00 - BBC 1 - Strictly come dancing
20:15 - BBC 1 - Casualty
21:05 - BBC 1 - Strictly come dancing - The results
Sunday 19th
23:10 - BBC 2 - Eddie Izzard: Stripped
A stand-up show by the outlandish comedian from his Stripped tour, showcasing the surreal brand of humour that has brought him success on both sides of the Atlantic.
14:00 - ITV 1 - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
21:00 - BBC 1 - The Apprentice - The Final & You're Hired
21:00 - Film 4 - Die Hard
22:00 - BBC 4 - The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency
23:10 - ITV 3 - Clue
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