Tuesday’s TV Tips
Our pick of what’s best on the box tonight.
Young wizard Harry finally comes of age and starts to fight back in earnest against the dark powers that he faces in this fifth instalment of the fantasy series.
While it can get a little slow at times, this is still one of the best films in the series, featuring some of its most impressive action sequences.
It’s a more mature and sombre affair, and the youthful antics of the earlier films have been replaced by a real air of menace and danger.
Young stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint have really found their feet here, and there’s a sense that we’re heading towards an epic conclusion.
RottenTomatoes.com Rating: 79%
The Consumer Show is back, presented by Keelin Shanley, with reporters Tadhg Enright and Kathriona Devereux helping to make life easier by putting products through their paces and fighting for consumer rights.
Programme One tonight investigates a fire in a top-selling family car, discovers how savvy shoppers can slash the cost of prescription medicine, and looks at which pet hair vacuum cleaner is the best for a fur-free home.
In episode two of ‘Prison Families’, we meet a downcast Brendan, who hasn't heard from his son Stephen since he kicked him out of the family home for smoking heroin.
A habitual drug user, Stephen has slipped back into old habits following his recent release from prison.
Lauren is still anxious about Jason abiding by his temporary release conditions as they continue to make plans towards their Valentine's Day wedding.
We also meet a Bray woman who is sticking by her partner in Wheatfield with the proviso that he stays off drugs in prison and on his release.
The latest collaboration between Sally Wainwright and Sarah Lancashire may lack the gentle charm of their previous hit, ‘Last Tango in Halifax’, but it more than makes up for that with real Yorkshire grit.
At times, it hasn’t been easy viewing, but it’s always been gripping stuff.
The relationship between Lancashire’s veteran police sergeant and rookie Kristen has been touching so far, and they’re enjoying another spell of their regular radio banter when the search for kidnapped Ann Gallagher takes an unexpected turn.
Kristen’s out on patrol when she tells Catherine she’s pulling over a white van. She hears muffled sounds inside and when the driver eventually opens the door, realises she’s out of her depth.
Their behaviour of the lads featured in this series has jeopardised their future in mainstream education, but Stephen Drew isn’t willing to give up on them.
As we reach the halfway point of the series, it seems he’s seeing some positive results. But he has a tough task on his hands this week when he tackles the ongoing issue with respect.
Drew organises a football match against a nearby school, but warns the boys that any bad language or foul play will mean they’re banned from the game.
Drew has a scheme up his sleeve which he hopes will sort matters out – and if it doesn’t, the beautiful game may get very ugly indeed.
Being given £10,000 and told to spend it as quickly as possible would be a dream come true to most people, but not the celebrities taking part in this new series.
That’s not because they’re so wealthy such a sum is a drop in the ocean to them, but rather because they have some very strict rules to adhere to – and they’re about to be sent to places around Europe, armed with local currency and three numbers of local people who may be able to help them.
What’s more, they can’t actually buy anything tangible – nobody will be going home with cases of the local plonk or tacky souvenirs.
First to tackle the challenge are comedians David Baddiel and Richard Herring, who are off to the Armenian capital of Yerevan.
Their cash equates to 5.5 million dram, which they attempt to inject into the local community via a talent contest.
Kasabian guitarist and songwriter Serge Pizzorno once joked that more people have asked him about the extraordinary goal he scored on Sky Sports’ Soccer AM than about his music.
But on Later, the emphasis will definitely be on Kasabian’s musical prowess rather than their football skills.
With a new album and a headline slot at Glastonbury on the horizon, the Leicester group will be showing off their new material.
Also joining Jools is Annie Clark, better known as St Vincent, whose latest album has been attracting rave reviews.
Electronic music greats Brian Eno and Underworld’s Karl Hyde perform tracks from their new album, and Natalie Merchant sings from her first release in 13 years.
Tim Lippe has lived a sheltered life. So sheltered, in fact, he’s never even left his hometown before.
But that’s all set to change when the insurance company he works for decides to send him to Cedar Rapids in Iowa to represent them at an important conference.
Suddenly, thanks to the rather more worldly delegates around him, Tim receives an education in the realities of the big, wide, world, which involves drink and debauchery.
Although far from perfect, ‘Cedar Rapids’ a bit of an undiscovered gem. Ed Helms is outstanding in the lead role, but he receives some welcome – and rather starry – support from the likes of Sigourney Weaver and John C Reilly.
Well worth a watch.
RottenTomatoes.com Rating: 85%
Six months after the Ripper’s reign, Whitechapel police fight to bring law to the lawless.
In the first episode of this new series, a young woman is found brutally murdered, the hallmark signs of the Ripper upon her.
One time H Division boss, Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline believes it Jack’s return, but Reid – the precinct’s new master - suspects a different evil at work.
Einstein once said: "If bees ever die out, mankind will have only four years left to live".
In the past five years, billions of honeybees simply vanished for reasons still obscure. If the bees keep dying, it will have drastic effects for humans as well: more than one third of our food production depends on pollination by honeybees and their life and death are linked to ours.
‘More Than Honey’, a new documentary by the Swiss filmmaker Marcus Imhoof, looks into the fascinating world of bees, showing small family beekeepers and industrialized honey farms.
Narrated by John Hurt, this 2012 film examines the relationship between mankind and honeybees, about nature and about our future.
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