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BBC ENTERTAINMENT (channel 120 on DStv)
May 2012 highlights
Derren Brown: The Experiments PREMIERE - (4 Episodes)From Sunday 6 May at 20:25 on BBC Entertainment (channel 120 on DStv)Series continues every Sunday at 20:25
The award-winning illusionist returns to our screens with The Experiments, a four part series designed to illustrate how easily our behaviour can be manipulated.
Each episode features a mixture of stunts, suggestion, and thought-provoking entertainment combined with tried and tested psychological experiments. Throughout the series we see Derren investigate hypnosis, turn himself into a game show host, attempt to convince someone to confess to a crime they didn’t commit, and discover what it is exactly that makes someone lucky or unlucky.
Derren is back to his old tricks as he attempts to fool more unsuspecting members of the public and push the boundaries of perception, but this time has he gone too far…?
Deal or No Deal (87 Episodes)From Monday 7 May at 17:00 on BBC Entertainment (channel 120 on DStv)Series continues every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Monday at 17:00
Every game of Deal or No Deal has the potential to end with the player £250,000 better off… or going home with just 1p.The drama inherent in the show’s format explains why it’s a worldwide smash hit, and this specially selected run of episodes collects together some of the most tense and surprising encounters between players and the Banker.
Presented by Noel Edmonds, Deal or No Deal features 22 players, one of whom could win up to £250,000. There are 22 sealed boxes, but only one question: deal - or no deal?
The chosen contestant picks one box which potentially contains their prize. They then spend the duration of the show opening the remaining boxes, one by one, revealing the money they contained.
When a box is chosen to be opened, the box – and the cash sum inside it – is then out of play. The aim of the game is to try and pick boxes that contain the lowest amounts of money, adding hope that the contestant’s box contains a high amount of money and in turn provoking The Banker to offer the contestant a better deal.
If a contestant chooses to accept The Banker’s offer by saying 'Deal', the game is still played out in exactly the same way to determine whether the contestant dealt at the correct moment, or whether had they keep on playing they would have in fact walked away with a greater sum of money.
With each player bringing their own unique personality to their game, no two shows are alike, but the drama of each is always excitingly unpredictable.
Above Suspicion: Deadly Intent PREMIERE – Season 3 - (3 Episodes)From Monday 14 May at 20:00 on BBC Entertainment (channel 120 on DStv)Series continues every Monday at 20:00
Award winning writer Lynda La Plante returns with a new instalment of her ratings winning franchise Above Suspicion. DI Anna Travis (Kelly Reilly) is back after her promotion, reunited with DCS James Langton (Ciarán Hinds) and DCI Mike Lewis (Shaun Dingwall), who is heading his first murder case.
A fatal shooting in a notorious drug dealer’s squat takes place in North London. The victim is Frank Brandon, an ex-police officer from the drug squad, and friend of James Langton. Travis and the team are soon at the scene trying to connect the presence of their ex-colleague with such desperate surroundings.
The team discover that Frank has recently married Julia Larsen, a glamorous, wealthy woman. The set up seems odd, and Travis, determined to find answers, strikes out on her own to discover that Julia had an ex-husband called Anthony Collingwood AKA Alexander Fitzpatrick, one of the most wanted men in the western world for drug trafficking. Operating under numerous aliases, he has eluded arrest for 20 years and there has been no sighting of him.
Energised by her findings and with the body count mounting, it seems increasingly likely that the infamous drug baron is back in the UK. Langton and Travis pull together to stop this supremely dangerous killer before he gets to his next victim. Will they figure out Fitzpatrick’s plan in time or will he be the one that got away…?
The Omid Djalili Show PREMIERE – Season 1 – (6 Episodes)From Tuesday 15 May at 22:00 and 22:30 on BBC Entertainment (channel 120 on DStv)Series continues every Tuesday at 22:00 and 22:30
One of Britain’s best-loved and multi-award-winning stand-up comedians is unleashed as a performer and writer in his own comedy sketch show that mixes energetic stand-up with memorable sketches and characters. The show takes a grown up swipe at modern life in a multicultural society. It reflects and builds upon Omid’s hugely successful stand-up persona: part political, part social commentary, part plain silly.
Each episode has a strand of features and characters that flow in and out of the show, including running jokes, sight gags, and a number of high impact one-off and returning sketches. In his stand up, Omid talks about subjects that include Muslim fundamentalists, the environment, multi-tasking mums and marriage. Sketch characters include a wannabe actor desperate to impress anyone he meets, and a bouncer who releases his own instructional videos and a confused mafia boss.
Omid is joined in the sketches by a number of familiar faces throughout the series. Having performed in movies such as The Mummy, Gladiator and the Bond film The World is Not Enough, getting his own show seems the ideal opportunity for Omid to call in one or two favours from his famous friends.
Celebrity guests include Alison Steadman (Gavin and Stacey, Secrets & Lies), Freema Agyeman (Doctor Who) and Jill Halfpenny (EastEnders).
What the press say about The Omid Djalili Show:
“Right now, the Iranian Djalili is probably one of the most subversive, let alone funniest, comedians around … his stand-up combines the edginess of Lenny Bruce with the passion of Dave Allen.” Guardian
“A fizzing, challenging, always engaging stage presence … What distinguishes Djalili, above all, is the combination of fearlessness, intelligence and charm with which he tackles difficult subjects.” Daily Telegraph
The Indian Doctor PREMIERE – (5 Episodes)From Friday 18 May at 16:30 and 17:15 on BBC Entertainment (channel 120 on DStv)Series continues every Friday at 16:30 and 17:15
The Indian Doctor tells the story of Dr Prem Sharma, a high flying Delhi graduate, who arrives in the UK in 1963 as part of the “first wave” of Indian doctors wooed by the then health minister Enoch Powell.
Prem and his wife Kamini want to build a new life for themselves following a family tragedy. But, rather than finding a job as a high-flying consultant in London, Prem finds himself in the Welsh coal mining village of Trefelin, where he quickly starts to realise things are not quite as they should be.
The Indian Doctor follows Prem and his wife as they adapt to the Welsh way of life, but as the Doctor integrates himself into his new society he is in for a shock or two when it comes to understanding, treating, and getting on with the locals.