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Best of the box: That's Count Dracula to you!

Not quite sure of what the best picks of the box are for this week? Or will you regret that you ...
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14.49 1 Dec 2015


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Best of the box: That's Count Dracula to you!

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Not quite sure of what the best picks of the box are for this week? Or will you regret that you didn't record something during the week when everyone is suddenly talking about it?

Fear not, Tom Dunne has you covered.

Sue Murphy joined Tom to pick out the best of the box this week and there really is a lot of great TV picks.

Film of the Week: Dracula, Wednesday, BBC4, 10pm

 
A man sent to slay a legendary vampire count becomes the bloodsucker's latest victim. Setting out in search of further prey, he stalks the family of his would-be assassin. However, a fearless doctor and expert on the supernatural is determined to bring his reign of terror to an end.
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Hammer horror, starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Michael Gough.
 
Online Pick: A Very Murray Christmas, Netflix

Relax! Bill Murray and his celebrity friends will help take care of that with A Very Murray Christmas coming exclusively to Netflix on Friday, December 4th. 

Written by Mitch Glazer, Bill Murray and Sofia Coppola, and directed by Sofia Coppola, A Very Murray Christmas is an homage to the classic variety show featuring Bill Murray playing himself, as he worries no one will show up to his TV show due to a terrible snow storm in New York City.  Through luck and perseverance, guests arrive at the Carlyle hotel to help him; dancing and singing in holiday spirit.

The star-studded cast also includes George Clooney, Paul Shaffer, Amy Poehler, Julie White, Dimitri Dimitrov, Michael Cera, Chris Rock, David Johansen, Maya Rudolph, Jason Schwartzman, Jenny Lewis, the band Phoenix, Rashida Jones, Miley Cyrus, and more. 

 
Pick of the week: What a performance, Pioneers of popular entertainment, BBC4, 9pm, Thursday
 
Frank Skinner and Suzy Klein celebrate a century of live entertainment.
 
They begin with 19th-century music hall, digging into the history of its biggest stars.
 

 
Other picks
 
Resurrecting History - Warsaw, Wednesday, BBC4, 9pm
 
Historian and TV presenter Dan Cruickshank returns to his childhood home of Warsaw for the first time in almost sixty years and explores his boyhood memories of the city and its people. Warsaw suffered destruction during the Second World War, but rose from the ashes in one of the greatest reconstruction jobs in history.
 
Scandal - Thursday, Sky Living, 10pm
 
New series. Return of the US political drama starring Kerry Washington as DC crisis manager Olivia Pope, who despite her own personal problems is still involved in a long-running affair with her client - the most powerful man in the US. The White House is playing host to the royal family of Caledonia, so that the President can persuade them to let him build a naval base on their soil - but when tragedy strikes, Olivia has to pull out all the stops to ensure their private lives remain so.
 

 
The Murder Detectives - Monday, Channel 4, 9pm
 
Documentary filmed over the course of 18 months following the police investigation into the murder of a 19-year-old Bristol student, weaving together the stories of a detective facing an apparently motiveless crime, a family desperate for justice and another who will do anything to save their son from a life behind bars. 
 
The Good Old Days, Friday, BBC4, 7.30pm
 
Leonard Sachs chairs the old-time music hall programme, originally broadcast from the Leeds City Varieties in February 1976. Artists include Les Dawson, Peggy Mount, Larry Parker, Jeannie Harris, Chantal & Dumont, Albert Aldred and members of the Player's Theatre London. The programme also includes a performance from the Jan Madd Magic Show.

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