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Best of the box: Tom Dunne's TV highlights

Not quite sure of what the best picks of the box are for this week? Or will you regret having not...
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10.33 12 May 2015


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Best of the box: Tom Dunne's TV highlights

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10.33 12 May 2015


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Not quite sure of what the best picks of the box are for this week? Or will you regret having not recorded 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.

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Pick of the week

The Affair, Wednesday, Sky Atlantic, 9pm

Noah Solloway escapes the city for a break in Long Island with his wife and four children, where a chance encounter leads him to begin an affair with waitress Alison Bailey. Golden Globe-winning American drama, starring Dominic West and Ruth Wilson.

Other picks

The Chart Show, Sunday, CBBC, 6.30pm

This is strange, isn't it??

Live from BBC Radio 1's world-famous studios, Cel Spellman counts down the weekly official chart featuring special guests.

But a chart show on a children's station? Says a lot about the way music is going...

Brendan Behan, The Roaring Boy, Monday, 10.40pm (Now available on the player)

Actor Adrian Dunbar, long an admirer of Behan's work, sets out on a journey to recover the man from the myth.

Over the course of the documentary, Dunbar travels to the other cities in which Brendan lived and where his reputation and output is still highly regarded.

If the documentary is even a quarter as interesting as Behan, it will be brilliant.

Fighting for King and Empire, Wednesday, BBC4, 9pm

This programme is based on a film entitled Divided By Race - United in War and Peace, produced by The-Latest.com.

During the Second World War, thousands of men and women from the Caribbean colonies volunteered to come to Britain to join the fight against Hitler. They risked their lives for King and Empire, but their contribution has largely been forgotten.

Churchill and Me, Discovery, Friday, 9pm

Churchill and Me with Hugh Dennis follows the comedian, actor and writer Hugh Dennis, on his journey to discover what Sir Winston Churchill means to people today and explore the legacy he left behind across the globe. Hugh's journey starts with his own recollections of Churchill's funeral, as a young boy watching the flypast from the garden of his father's vicarage, and goes on to describe growing awareness of the influence and personal style of an Englishman who dominated the 20th Century political and cultural landscape like no other.

Paidi O Se, Friday, TG4, 7.30pm

The story of the Gaelic footballer and manager who died in December 2012, told from the perspective of one of his neighbours as she embarks on a voyage of discovery.

She tries to come to grips with her hero while exploring the importance in receiving recognition from our own people.

1864, Saturday, BBC4, 9pm

1864 is an epic, highly cinematic historical drama, in which we become eyewitnesses to momentous events and the extraordinary love story of Peter, Laust and Inge, and how the brothers - along with thousands of Danish soldiers - fought some of the bloodiest battles in European history.

Grace and Frankie, Netflix

In Grace and Frankie, Jane Fonda (“Grace”) and Lily Tomlin (“Frankie”) star as two women whose lives are suddenly turned upside down when their husbands reveal they are gay and leave them for each other. Both sparring partners and partners-in-crime, they form an unlikely bond to face an uncertain future together and discover a new definition of “family,” with laughter, tears and plenty of mood enhancers along the way.

Film of the Week

Man on Fire, Tuesday, Film4, 11.40pm

In Mexico City, a former assassin swears vengeance on those who committed an unspeakable act against the family he was hired to protect.


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