John Byrne's TV choices for the week ahead (Dates covered: Saturday Feb 14 – Friday Feb 20)
It's a big week for soap fans as EastEnders celebrates its 30th anniversary. Meanwhile, there's a couple of very promising new dramas and a reality show that features zombies! Telly, eh?
Pick of the week
EastEnders
Tuesday-Friday, RTÉ One/BBC One
Who'd Adam and Eve it? When the BBC launched a new soap opera called EastEnders back in 1985, it would have been a brave pundit who predicted that it would still be a huge success 30 years later. Given the 30th anniversary week that's in it, lapsed fans and even telly-watchers who don't usually look at soaps are liable to take a look, especially with a fully live episode on Friday, as well as live inserts on Tuesday and Wednesday.
A week of revelations, secrets and surprises begins on Tuesday, as Peggy Mitchell (Barbara Windsor) comes back to Albert Square - but why has she returned? It's the night of Ian and Jane's wedding, but with secrets set to be exposed, will everything go to plan?
On Wednesday, Christian and Tanya return to Albert Square for the wedding. As we get closer to discovering who killed Lucy Beale, the pressure grows for Jane and Ian, can they go through with the wedding? Another familiar face returns to Albert Square leaving one resident fuming.
On Thursday EastEnders goes back in time to Good Friday 2014. In this special flashback episode, viewers will finally see exactly what happened to Lucy on that fateful night. This episode will fill in the blanks and answer questions that have been haunting the residents of Walford since last year.
Friday's episode is the big one, and filmed live. With the truth about Lucy now out, certain residents must face the brutal truth about her death. And as other secrets and revelations come to light, will things ever be the same for the residents of Albert Square? Blimey!
Fans should also look out for The Graham Norton Show: EastEnders Special on Monday night on BBC One, with guests including Danny Dyer, Kellie Bright, Shane Richie, Adam Woodyatt and the irrepressible June Brown.
Here's a trailer of Graham Norton chatting to some EastEnders about Lucy Beale:
Star of the week
Dara O'Briain
Dara and Ed's Great Big Adventure, Thursday, RTÉ One
These days he's a hugely popular TV presenter and comic in the UK, but once upon a time Dara O'Briain was a children's TV presenter at RTÉ, on Echo Island, which ran from the mid-to-late 1990s. The Panel Show followed and, as his stand-up became more popular in the UK, his TV profile there gathered pace and his CV now includes many hit shows and it's fair to say he's now established as a genuine TV A-lister as well as being one of the great comedians of his generation. Not bad for a boy from Bray!
In Dara and Ed's Big Adventure, O'Brian and fellow comedian Ed Byrne (who are best mates) embark on an epic 4,000 mile pan-American adventure. Episode one sees Dara and Ed set off in Arizona and speed towards Mexico where they see the famous Lucha Libre wrestlers, a state of the art coffee farm, the ancient Zapotec civilisation of Monte Alban, and sample the local Juchitán delicacy of iguana. On a darker note they also witness the steady stream of migrants risking their lives to reach North America riding the freight train known as 'La Bestia'.
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Starting this week
Indian Summers, Sunday, Channel 4
This brand new, ten-part period drama stars Julie Walters. It's the summer of 1932 and India dreams of independence, but the British are clinging to power. In the foothills of the Himalayas stands Simla - a little England where the British power-brokers are posted to govern during the warmer months.
The story of the aristocracy at the height of the British Empire has been told many times before, so it's refreshing that Indian Summers is treading a different path. The focus here is on to the civil servants, the missionaries, the businessmen – and the families they dragged out with them. These are the ordinary people who made the administration tick and society swing, even as it became apparent that the imperial game was up.
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Reinventing the Royals, Thursday, BBC Two
This two-part series tells the inside story of the 20-year battle between the British monarchy and the media over personal privacy and public image, and examines how the Windsors set about rehabilitating its battered public image and reputation following the breakdown of Prince Charles' marriage to Princess Diana and her death.
Don't Tell the Bride, Thursday, RTÉ2
Six more brave brides leave the biggest day of their lives in the hands of the men they love. First up, born entertainer Richie wants the big day to be the Greatest Show on Earth – so he's going for a circus theme wedding in a field. Nothing could go wrong there, surely?
Gogglebox, Friday, Channel 4
Always good for a giggle, the opinionated telly-watchers share their sharp, insightful, passionate and sometimes emotional critiques of the week's biggest and best shows on UK TV.
The Million Pound Drop, Friday, Channel 4
Host Davina McCall guides contestants in their attempt to answer seven questions and stop a pile of cash fall through the doors of the Drop. This first episode features a hen party with a difference.
I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse, Sunday, BBC Three
This clearly bonkers reality show is set six months into a zombie outbreak, with survivors hanging on to life in an abandoned shopping centre. Eight contestants must avoid the zombies for seven days, with any touch resulting in elimination. They will be set tasks and forced to make difficult decisions, while a helicopter rescues the survivors at the end of the week.
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Bear Grylls: Mission Survive, Friday, UTV
Adventurer Bear Grylls stars in a new six-part adrenalin-fuelled series in which he takes eight celebrities into the depths of one of the most gruelling Central American rainforests, where they compete in an epic 12-day survival mission. How could anyone survive that long without wi-fi?
Elementary, Tuesday, Sky Living
Season three of the quirky crime drama about a modern-day Sherlock Homes solving crimes in New York returns. This time around Holmes, Watson and Kitty into the dark case of an illegal drugs trial that has murderous consequences. Desperate for a reason to miss his latest Narcotics Anonymous meeting, Sherlock springs into action when he hears Watson's former colleague has gone missing.
Vic and Bob's House of Fools, Monday, BBC Two
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer's critically-acclaimed comedy returns for a second run. At this stage you're either a fan or not of the duo, who mix rapid-paced gags with a touch of surrealism.
Ending this Week
Harry Hill's Stars in Their Eyes, Saturday, UTV
While Harry Hill's been nothing short of brilliant hosting this rebooted show, its contestants have been a bit hit-and-miss. In the final instalment, Hill invites back the winners from the previous heats to determine an overall winner. The competitors include a bread demand planner from Cardiff singing as Christina Aguilera, a delivery driver from Manchester as Frankie Valli, a club singer from Blackpool as Lady Gaga, a full-time mother from Solihull singing as Paloma Faith, and finally a floor fitter from Birmingham as John Legend.
Here's the result segment of the second show:
Count Arthur Strong, Tuesday, BBC One
Season two of Steve Delaney's comedy – co-written with Father Ted, Black Books and IT Crowd creator Graham Linehan - about a pompous, out-of-work actor from Doncaster comes to a close and maybe some good news for Arthur.
Prison Families, Monday, TV3
This sobering documentary series comes to an end with Diarmuid Molly discovering that he's about to have a lot more responsibility as he's going to be a father for the second time.
Drama of the week
The Casual Vacancy, Sunday, BBC One
This could be a cracker. Michael Gambon, Julia McKenzie, Keeley Hawes star in an adaptation of the JK Rowling novel of the same name centres on the fictitious Pagford, a seemingly idyllic English village with a cobbled market square and ancient abbey. But behind the pretty façade is a town at war: rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils.
At the Parish Council meeting the subject of Sweetlove House and its legacy arises. Howard Mollison (Gambon), the Chairman, heads up a faction that wants to see an end to the legacy; the thorn in his side is Barry Fairbrother (Rory Kinnear), who makes an impassioned speech outlining the importance of the legacy, and the services it provides. For now, Barry has won the argument.
When Barry dies suddenly, Pagford is stunned and the empty seat left on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the village has yet seen. Three candidates are soon lined up: Miles Mollison, Howard's son; Colin Wall, Barry's friend; and Simon Price, Barry's half-brother.
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Comedy of the week
The Comeback, Thursday, Sky Atlantic
Seth Rogen guest stars in the latest instalment of Lisa Kudrow's squirmingly funny mockumentary. It's Valerie Cherish's first day on the set of Seeing Red, the HBO show in which she's playing an unpleasant caricature of herself. She's excited to meet her new A-list co-star Mitch (Rogen) who'll be playing the fictionalised version of show writer Paulie G, and she's thrilled when he quickly nicknames her Ginger Snaps. But joy soon turns to unease when Val prepares to film a fantasy sequence that proves to be a bit of a mouthful.
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On Demand
Better Call Saul, Netflix, Tuesday
The highly anticipated prequel to Breaking Bad continues with new episodes every Tuesday on Netflix. This week's third episode is called Nacho Varga, which centres on the calculating, intelligent criminal of the same name. While not yet a kingpin himself, Nacho is bright and has the ear of his terrifying boss. Nacho's ambitions will put him on a collision course with Jimmy that might just take them both down.
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Documentary of the week
Alaska: Earth's Frozen Kingdom, Wednesday, BBC Two
This is the last in the three-part series that looks at a year in Alaska, revealing the stories of pioneering Alaskans, both animal and human, as they battle the elements to reap the benefits of nature's seasonal gold rush. Preparation is everything as the eight month-long winter tightens its grip on Alaska. But in the raw beauty of one of the most extreme winters on the planet, how does life hang on in 24-hour days of darkness, until the sun returns.
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Film of the Week
Blue Jasmine, Thursday, Sky Movies Oscars
The best film Woody Allen has made in decades stars Cate Blanchett in Oscar-winning form as a rich Manhattan socialite who falls on hard times and has to move in to her sister's apartment in San Francisco, a downmarket existence she finds quite unacceptable. It's got a great cast, a cracking script, and it's great fun – overall, this is a real treat from a master writer/director in the twilight of a remarkable career.
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