Sunday 10 June 2012

Getting Started

A look at some of the television highlights of the next week.

Sunday
Nina Conti - A Ventriloquists Story: Her Masters Voice
9pm, BBC4
"A genuinely astonishing, moving and honest piece of film-making" - The Guardian
Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars
10pm, BBC2
A follow up to his previous Weird Weekends episode concerning the US porn industry.
The Testament of Dr Mabuse
11pm, Sky Arts 1
The second of the three Mabuse films from Fritz Lang.

Monday
Mirrormask
7.05pm, Film4
From the minds of Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean. 

Tuesday
Passport to Pimlico
3.05pm, Film4
Absolutely sublime comedy about post-war austerity from Ealing
Community
10.30pm, SonyTV
What do you mean you've never heard of Community? It's only the best American sitcom being made right now.

Wednesday
Bigger Than Life
11.35am, More4
Nicholas Ray film from 1956 starring James Mason
No Country for Old Men
9pm, Film4
Best Picture winner from the Coens.

Thursday
Senna
9pm, Sky Atlantic
Brilliant documentary about the life of Ayrton Senna
Dead Boss
10.30pm, BBC3 
New comedy series set in a women's prison from writers Sharon Hogan and Holly Walsh

Friday
The Thief of Bagdad
11.20am, More4
Michael Powell was one of the directors on this amazing Korda-produced fantasy.
Punk Britannia
9pm, BBC4
The final episode in this excellent series covers the post-punk years 1978-1982


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