Monday 15.10.07
The Smallest People in the World
Channel 4, 8.00pm.
Looking at the condition Primordial Dwarfism - one of the most rare and severe growth disorders. It presents an insight into the lives of five children, charting both their capacity to survive and the difficult transition they have to make from childhood to young adulthood.
Tuesday 16.10.07
Oz and James's Big Wine Adventures
BBC 2, 8.00pm
Wine connoisseur, Oz Clarke attempts to educate Top Gear’s James May- a wine drinker who cares little as to whether it is a pinot noir or a pinot grigio- with hillaious but limited effect. Replace California with France, this is the first in what promises to be a cracking new series.
Wednesday 17.10.07
How To Have Sex After Marriage
Five, 9.00pm
Perhaps for the older contingent out there and therefore not for everybody, this interesting series continues to attempt to rekindle the passion of couples with stale marriages. I think there may just be an element of forward planning behind watching this unusual show.
Thursday 18.10.07
Dispatches: Searching for Madeleine
Channel 4, 9.00pm.
A hypothetical documentary in which a group of British criminal investigators travel to Praia da Luz where Madeleine McCann went missing, detailing the procedures they would have followed and thus, by implication, illustrating the mistakes made by the Portuguese. They attempt to look beyond and behind the media speculation.
Friday 19.10.07
Outing the Touts: Tonight
ITV1, 8.00pm
As we all well know, the touts who prowl the steps of the union on gig nights are fit for the dogs. Not knowing an Arctic Monkey from a Klaxon, these people are interested only in unethical profiteering. This programme investigates the meteoric rise of the of the online ticket tout.
Saturday 20.10.07
ITV 1, 7.30pm
The Rugby World Cup: The Final
After the surprises in the quarterfinals, who knows what this World Cup will throw up next! Irrespective of the finalists, this is a must see sporting event. And with both Australia and New Zealand watching in the comfort of their own homes, a potential repeat of 2003 does not seem so unlikely.
Sunday 21.10.07
Lewis Hamilton: Billion Dollar Man
BBC 1, 11.00 pm
If Lewis Hamilton completes this most remarkable of F1 seasons with a Championship title, then this is a fitting companion to the race highlights. A biography of who is sure to be this year’s undisputed sports personality of the year, this documentary charts the indelible rise of this incredible 22 year old.
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