Tuesday’s TV tips
Premier League leaders Chelsea face French champions Paris St Germain in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16, first leg. Jose Mourinho's side eliminated PSG in the quarter finals last year.
Tommy Martin introduces the action with analysis from Neil Lennon & Brian Kerr.
Commentary from Kevin Kilbane & Dave McIntyre.
As this at times shocking documentary wraps up, we meet Jason-Caleb Hill, who was caught breaking into an apartment and stealing a gun – but he could be freed within six months if he completes his treatment programme.
He explains: “I used to have no remorse at all... I think life is a big intersection with many roads; life can go however we make it.”
Meanwhile, Amanda Artyamsoal is in prison for her involvement in a fatal arson attack that made national headlines. However, her 18th birthday is just four weeks away, and she hopes to be out by then.
Other offending youngsters include Cyleina Briggs, who is spending some of her 10-year sentence at Madison Institutional Facility for girls, rather than an adult prison, and 15-year-old Nathaniel Johnson, who has taken 18 months to finish his course – three times longer than most of the other inmates.
This won’t be the most comfortable viewing of the week – we’ll give you that - but it definitely is the most interesting.
The latest episode in this chilling series explains all about psychopaths John Duffy and David Mulcahy, lifelong friends responsible for a four-year spree of rape and murder in London in the 1980s. They were known as the Railway Killers, because they targeted lone women at train stations.
The programme visits the places they grew up as well as the scenes of their crimes, as Professor Wilson explains how underlying psychopathy and frustrations in their relationships led them to commit such horrific crimes.
There’s also a look at the police investigation and it’s revealed that it was originally thought one man was capable of such crimes, until they discovered the attacker had an accomplice.
Expect comments from police officers involved, and the journalists who reported on the crimes.
We Brits can put out a half-decent comedy when we set our minds to it, and ITV2 can always be relied upon to be championing the latest efforts.
Plebs is just one of the stand-out shows from the last couple of years, with The Keith Lemon Sketch Show another. So it was with open arms that we welcomed this post-apocalyptic drama six weeks ago – and we haven’t been disappointed by the efforts of Daniel Lawrence Taylor, Esther Smith and co.
Alas, like all good things, it must come to an end.
In the final instalment, Tom and Laura are imprisoned by Ash’s gang of cannibals. Can Suze, Felix, Randall and Yamato rescue the pair in time?
Here’s hoping we get news of a second series in the making soon enough.
We are racing through the ninth series of this superb fantasy drama, but the good news is that last month it was renewed for an 11th series – long term fans of the show will be pleased no end.
In the latest episode, we see three boys playing in a barn before the caretaker arrives to enforce their curfew. Alone in the barn, he’s confused when a chill fills the air and the tractor roars to life... and kills him.
It’s not long before Dean gets a call about the death from old friend Sonny, and he agrees to help out, although it’s all very familiar to him. Sonny runs a home for delinquent boys, and Dean was sent there when he was younger, as a stunned Sam learns.
When another murder soon follows, the boys must find the culprit before anyone is killed.
Expect the usual sterling performances from leads Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, while Blake Gibbons provides support.
Susie Salmon, a 14-year-old aspiring photographer, is murdered by her neighbour and finds herself in an afterlife drawn from her own subconscious.
She watches over her family, as her parents struggle to cope in the face of their loss and her sister seeks to identify the killer – who, having covered his tracks, is preparing to strike again.
Fans of Alice Sebold’s 2002 source novel may be disappointed, but this is still a compelling piece of work from Peter Jackson, who also made Heavenly Creatures and The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies.
Saoirse Ronan gives a superb performance as Susie, and Stanley Tucci is as brilliant as ever as the villain of the piece.
Saoirse Ronan, Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon
Stewie, Chris, & Brian's Excellent Adventure
To help Chris ace his ninth grade history class, Stewie and Brian employ the time travel machine for educational purposes. Not surprisingly, all three get stuck in the past.
The eponymous stripper is the star attraction in a nightclub, and takes talented young dancer Adam under his wing to teach him the tricks of the trade.
It’s an eye-opener for the young lad, who slowly becomes accustomed to the hedonistic world – while Mike begins to fall for his protege’s sister, but finds his lifestyle comes between them.
For some reason, many women seem to think this is good... Jokes aside, there’s plenty in Steven Soderbergh’s effort for the men to enjoy too – there’s a great plotline, and some fantastic performances from the leads, with some impressive dance routines thrown in for good measure.
Obviously Channing Tatum is the star of the show, but Alex Pettyfer as the naive youngster gives him a run for his money. Be sure to keep an eye out for Matthew McConaughey as the hilarious Dallas.
Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey, Cody Horn, Alex Pettyfer.
