Saturday, February 04 2012

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MORNING

06:00

The Treacle People TR

The Professor uses his latest invention to tunnel through treacle and wreck rocks (Animation)

06:10

The Hoobs TR

The gang makes a batch of delicious Hoobycookies (Animation)

06:35

The Hoobs TR

Groove shows off his shiny medal collection and the pals wonder what he has done to earn them (Animation)

07:00

Volleyball TR

Action from an FIVB Indoor Volleyball World League meeting, featuring the USA, Germany, Russia and Poland (Sport)

07:55

The Morning Line T

Preview of the day's main race meetings (Sport)

08:55

T4: Everyone's Talking About - Top Ten T

The latest music videos (Dance)

09:20

T4: A-Z of Star Wars Episode I: T4 Movie Special T

Matt Edmondson presents an alphabetical rundown of characters and creations featuring in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, which returns to cinemas across the UK on Thursday, remastered in 3D (Documentary)

09:55

T4: New Girl TR

A young woman moves into an apartment with three single men following a traumatic break-up with her long-term boyfriend. However, her personality quirks and unorthodox approach to romance soon cause friction with her new flatmates - though they come to realise they need one another more than they anticipated. In the first episode, Jess's new friends help her get back into the dating game. Comedy, starring Zooey Deschanel and Jake Johnson

10:25

T4: New Girl TR

Jess's housemates refuse to lend her any more of their possessions, so she is forced to visit the flat of ex-boyfriend Spencer to retrieve her belongings. She later finds herself giving him and his new girlfriend - the woman he was seeing behind her back - a lift to the airport. Meanwhile, Coach moves out and is replaced by former resident Winston. Comedy, starring Zooey Deschanel and Lamorne Morris

10:55

T4: Playing It Straight T

The group heads to a gay bar where Cara secretly looks on disguised as a man. The boys meet two new contestants and compete in a tug of war. Plus, a panel of locals in Sitges determines which of the competitors is straightest, to decide who will take Cara on this week's date. Presented by Jameela Jamil (Quiz)

11:55

T4: The Simpsons TR

Jazz performer Bleeding Gums Murphy teaches Lisa how to express her gloomy moods through music, and inspires her to write a blues tune for him - which proves unexpectedly popular

AFTERNOON

12:25

T4: New Girl TR

While staying the night, Cece convinces Jess that Nick likes her as more than a flatmate, and deals with amorous advances from Schmidt. Comedy, starring Zooey Deschanel, Hannah Simone, Jake Johnson and Max Greenfield

12:55

T4: The Big Bang Theory TR

Sheldon and the gang are excited when Barry Kripke challenges them to a robot duel and cannot wait to start building their `killer' machine called Monte. Meanwhile, Penny confronts Howard about his crude behaviour toward women. Guest starring John Ross Bowie

13:25

T4: The Big Bang Theory TR

Sheldon decides to put his formidable brain power to use in formulating a scientific procedure for making friends. However, to prove his findings, he must first win the trust of fellow scientist Barry Kripe to gain access to his powerful computer. Starring Jim Parsons and John Ross Bowie

13:55

Channel 4 Racing T

Alastair Down and Alice Plunkett present live coverage of six races from two meetings. From Ffos Las at 2.10, 2.45 and 3.20. From Lingfield Park at 2.30, 3.00 and 3.35. Commentary by Simon Holt, Nick Luck, Stewart Machin, Mark Slater and Tanya Stevenson (Sport Live Sports)

15:55

Come Dine with Me TR

Nightclub owner Vicki Pengilley hosts the first party in east London, hoping to impress her diners with a traditional roast dinner. However, clothes designer Timothy Sanderson is disappointed with the menu, and New Yorker January Jones-Omatajo expresses her view that all British food is boring. As the evening progresses, designer Sarah Angold's behaviour becomes increasingly odd, much to the disapproval of city boy Ryan Waters (Cookery)

16:25

Come Dine with Me TR

Fitness enthusiast Ryan Waters hosts the second party in east London, hoping to impress his fellow diners with the kind of food that may have been eaten by people in prehistoric times. To complement his themed menu, he decorates his bachelor pad with fake animal skins and wears a skimpy caveman outfit. Despite his extravagant display, however, the guests find their thoughts straying back to the antics of the previous night (Cookery)

17:00

Come Dine with Me TR

The third dinner party challenge in east London is held by experienced host Timothy Sanderson, a burlesque impresario who hopes to win favour with his guests by serving a selection of his own recipes, including a home-made ginger and chilli ice-cream (Cookery)

17:35

Come Dine with Me TR

Designer Sarah Angold hosts the penultimate dinner party in east London and hopes to secure victory by spending as much time as possible with her guests - despite having managed to annoy most of them already. In the kitchen, she complicates things by preparing a frozen dessert she has never made before (Cookery)

EVENING

18:05

Come Dine with Me TR

New Yorker January Jones-Omatajo prepares a soul food-inspired menu for the final dinner party in east London. She hopes to serve an apple pie based on her grandmother's recipe, but is forced to make an expensive phone call when it goes wrong. Things get worse when her plan to teach the guests a line dance does not go down well after a heavy meal (Cookery)

18:35

Channel 4 News T

Including sport and weather (Sport)

19:05

4thought.tv T

Charity worker Inderjit Singh Bhogal explains the Sikh tradition of Seva, which involves the voluntary act of giving. He maintains that altruism has a positive, healing effect on the brain, one that is beneficial to both the giver and the receiver (Arts)

19:10

My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006 12) TW

Genre: Comedy
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, Eddie Izzard, Anna Faris, Wanda Sykes, Rainn Wilson, Stelio Savante, Mike Iorio

Ordinary New Yorker Matt starts dating a woman he meets on the subway, unaware she is the superhero G-Girl. When he breaks up with the insecure crimefighter, she is outraged and uses her superpowers to make his life a misery. Meanwhile, her arch-enemy sees Matt as a potential ally in defeating G-Girl once and for all. Fantasy comedy, starring Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson and Eddie Izzard
(Comedy Film)

21:00

The Million Pound Drop Live T

Davina McCall presents the quiz show in which contestants can win £1million. They are challenged to place large quantities of the cash over trapdoors and face a series of questions, the wrong answers to which will lose them money every time they slip up (Quiz)

22:30

The Full Monty (1997 15) T

Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Cast: Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy, Paul Barber, Hugo Speer, Lesley Sharp, Emily Woof, Steve Huison, Deirdre Costello, Bruce Jones, William Snape

Six unemployed Sheffield steelworkers struggling to make ends meet decide to become strippers for one night only in a bid to raise extra money. However, with no dancing experience and far from perfect physiques, the men rely on the unique selling point of complete nudity to impress the punters. Comedy, starring Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Tom Wilkinson, Hugo Speer and Paul Barber
(Comedy Film)

LATE NIGHT

00:20

If (1968 15) T

Genre: Drama
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick, Arthur Lowe, Graham Crowden, Christine Noonan, Rupert Webster, Robert Swann

Public schoolboys express their contempt for the institution in small acts of rebellion, but their non-conformity is greeted with harsh punishment, prompting them to adopt more extreme methods. Lindsay Anderson's surreal satirical drama, the first of three films starring Malcolm McDowell as iconoclastic anti-hero Mick Travis. With David Wood, Richard Warwick, Arthur Lowe and Graham Crowden
(Drama Film)

02:15

The Silent City TR

Short film by Ruairi Robinson. In a post-apocalyptic landscape, three soldiers try to get back to their base, but sinister events begin to unfold (Drama)

02:25

This Is J03 TR

Animated short film. A digital man stuck in the 21st-century analogue world tries to find a way back home

02:30

Brothers & Sisters TR

Kitty publishes a tell-all memoir about the Walker family and Robert's unsuccessful Presidential race, much to the anger of her mother and siblings. Meanwhile, Justin decides to slow down his relationship with Rebecca. Drama, starring Calista Flockhart (Drama)

03:15

My Dream Farm TR

Stressed sales executive Karon Roberts and her partner Simon Sanders move back to the Suffolk village where he grew up, after inheriting a 13-acre farm on which they plan to rear rare-breed pigs. On finding the £1million project goes far beyond what he is used to, with a farm shop, cafe and art gallery, Monty Don advises working with the local community on whose goodwill the couple will rely (Documentary Wildlife)

04:10

Time Team TR

Tony Robinson and the team brave freezing weather to explore Chapel Hill on the windswept expanse of the East Anglian Fens. Flint axes and ornately carved stone blocks discovered by the landowners suggest a religious building or prehistoric monument once stood on the small Cambridgeshire outcrop, while other theories about the location's history include a Bronze Age burial ground and a lighthouse. However, the first day of the dig produces evidence the site is even older than the archaeologists expected (Factual)

05:10

Countdown TR

Nick Hewer and Rachel Riley present the words-and-numbers game, with Dr Phil Hammond presiding in Dictionary Corner (Quiz)

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Cast: Asa Butterfield, Chloe Moretz, Jude Law, Emily Mortimer, Christopher Lee, Ben Kingsley, Ray Winstone, Richard Griffiths, Helen McCrory, Michael Sthlbarg

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Cast: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel, Reila Aphrodite, John Doman, Ben Shenkman, Samii Ryan, Faith Wladyka, Michelle Nagy, Robert Eckard

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Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett, Tom Hollander, Olivia Williams, Jason Flemyng, Anna Popplewell, Michelle Dockery, Cyron Bjørn Melville, Paris Arrowsmith

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