the Departed
Saturday 13 October, Sky
Movies Premiere, 9.30pm
If you somehow missed last year’s
ultimate award-winning gangster
thriller, be sure to catch it tonight.
In this remake of the critically
acclaimed Chinese film Infernal Affairs,
Leonardo DiCaprio plays Boston cop
Billy Costigan who goes undercover to
get in with a feared gangster (acted to
perfection by Jack Nicholson).
Meanwhile, fellow cop Colin Sullivan
(Matt Damon) is on the crime boss’s
payroll. When they each realise that the
other’s a spy on the opposite team it
becomes a race to see who can expose
who first without dying in the process.
Long-cheated director Martin
Scorsese finally claimed his first Oscar
for this flick, which co-stars Mark
Wahlberg and Martin Sheen.
FILM
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Godzilla wasn’t
expecting Dave Gorman
Why Democracy? The
Ministry Of Truth
BBC2, 7pm Politicians, as everyone
knows, are incapable of lying. Imagine our
bafflement then at this, which asks MPs if
fibbing to the electorate should be a crime.
DOCU
Seconds From Disaster
National Geographic, 8pm
Popular ski resort GaltĂĽr in the Paznaun
valley was a world-famous avalanche-safe
zone. So why was it buried under 170,000
tonnes of snow in 1999? This doc finds out.
DOCU
Golf Night
Sky Sports 3, 9pm
Di Stewart keeps golf fans updated with
the latest scores and interviews from the
European and US Tours, plus a preview
of upcoming tournaments.
SPORT
Dave
Gorman’s
Googlewhack Adventure
Paramount Comedy 1, 12.50am
The comedian attempts to find the
authors of 10 websites whose pages
result from a Googlewhack: two
words that produce only one result.
COMEDY
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Supervolcano: The Truth
About Yellowstone
UKTV Documentary, 9pm What would
happen if a volcano erupted in America’s
Yellowstone Park? Shockingly, the
consequences could be global.
DOCU
South Park
Paramount Comedy 1,
9.30pm The ever-sensitive Cartman starts
to worry about international terrorism
when a Muslim student moves to South
Park. Gloriously offensive, as usual.
COMEDY
My Name Is Earl
C4, 10pm
Joy’s pregnant, which for some
reason makes Earl think about the
good and bad times of their former
marriage. Guest starring Beau
Bridges and talk-show host
extraordinaire Montel Williams.
COMEDY
London To Brighton
Sky Movies Premiere, 12am
It isn’t easy being a pimp – or, for that
matter, a prostitute – when one of your
clients is dead and his son goes on a
revenge rampage. Gritty British thriller.
“My trousers
are caught”
tv
A Question Of Sport
BBC1, 5.35pm Boxer Joe
Calzaghe, heptathlete Kelly Sotherton,
golfer Ian Poulter and former West Indies
cricketer Courtney Walsh join in on the
legendary sports quiz.
SPORT
The ’60s: The Beatles Decade
UKTV History, 8pm Fascinating
documentary examining the ways in which
the popular band exemplified the cultural
changes that were taking place in the
Sixties. Alternatively, snigger at their hair.
DOCU
International Cricket
Sky Sports 1, 8.30pm
It’s the fifth and final one-day
international in Colombo, and Sri
Lanka and England are going
head-to-head at the R Premadasa
Stadium. Will Paul Collingwood’s
side end the series on a high note?
Jack Osbourne:
Mongol Rally
ITV2, 11.15pm In the Mongol Rally,
participants drive from London to
Mongolia in second-hand cars. Jack brings
some friends along for the ride.
FILM REALITY
FILM
SPORT
“I’m telling you, this cap
won’t fit you – your
head’s way bigger”
“Fore! Oh hang
on, ’av it!, no,
wait…”
Seven days of
small-screen glory
Studio 60 On the
Sunset Strip
COMEDY
Wednesday 17 October,
C4, 11.45pm
If you haven’t watched this comedy/drama
from the creators of The West Wing yet
you have another chance with tonight’s
screening of the opening episode. It
focuses on the writers and producers of a
comedy show much like Saturday Night
Live, and features Matthew Perry
(Chandler from Friends) and Bradley
Whitford (The West Wing).
The tie thief was
whisper quiet
James May’s latest
challenge was to find a
jumper that fitted
Paris 2010: The Great Flood
Discovery, 5pm Ever wondered
what would happen if Paris was flooded?
Nope, us neither. Still, this compelling
simulation lets you see the devastation
of a submerged Eiffel Tower anyway.
DOCU
Top Gear
BBC2, 8pm We can’t
count the number of times we’ve
been driving and suddenly had an
urge to see what would happen if we
drove the car into a river. Luckily the
boys are once again trying to build
an amphibious car.
REVIEW
Beautiful Young Minds
BBC2, 9pm Some kids are good
at sport. The rest are math geniuses, and
here they compete at the International
Mathematical Olympiad. Watch British
kids try to land in the 2006 final in Slovenia.
DOCU
The Edge
Sky Movies Drama, 10.50pm
Not a biog about U2’s guitarist, rather a
plane carrying a billionaire (Anthony
Hopkins) and a photographer (Alec
Baldwin) crashes in Alaska.
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