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ONE Winter Highlights 2004 - Entertainment
Mad
About Alice
Don't Get Mad Get Even
Travels
With An Unfit Mother
Doctors
& Nurses
Didn't
They Do Well?
The 76th Annual Academy Awards®
The
Orange British Academy Film Awards
Wild
West
The
Worst Week Of My Life
2003
TV Moments
The Search For The UK Entry For Eurovision
2004
Spy
TV
My
Family
Ronnie
Barker – A Bafta Tribute
Julie
Walters – A Bafta Tribute
Mad
About Alice
Amanda Holden
(Alice) and Jamie Theakston (Doug) head up the cast in this new
comedy sitcom, Mad About Alice.
Alice
and Doug broke up before their marriage was really over, but it
seems that the spark is still burning.
Because
of their young son Joe (nine-years-old) they still see each other
regularly, though both feel they've moved on.
Alice
has started seeing a gorgeous young surfer called Scott, whilst
Doug has always kept quiet about his love life.
When
he announces that he wants to introduce Joe to Rachael, a beautiful,
graceful paediatric surgeon, Alice realises that things might finally
be over and she finds herself reacting with very mixed emotions.
John
Gordon-Sinclair plays Alice's business partner Ted, Debra Stephenson
plays her sister Kate, Jolyon James plays her boyfriend Scott, Isabel
Brook plays Rachael and Billy Hill plays Joe. (AW)
Don't
Get Mad Get Even
Each week on
Don't Get Mad Get Even, four studio teams compete live for
the chance to win a bumper cash prize. But whether they keep it
or not is up to the viewers at home.
Don't
Get Mad Get Even offers viewers the chance to challenge the studio
winners head-to-head.
Playing
via interactive TV, SMS, or on the internet, teams at home answer
the same questions as their studio counterparts.
At
the end of the first 60 minutes, the winning studio team receives
its prize, whilst a satellite camera is whisked off to join the
triumphant viewers – no matter where they are in the UK.
The second part
of the show will see the studio team go up against the top placed
viewers as they vie for an overall jackpot prize.
The
winning team will be invited back to try and repeat their success
the following week whilst the three other places are given to teams
randomly selected from the top 30% playing along at home. (SH)
Travels
With An Unfit Mother
Travels With
An Unfit Mother is a road movie with a difference.
Anne
Robinson is the mother thought too unfit to bring up her own daughter
and who lost out in a bitter custody battle.
Emma
is the daughter who came to hate the weekend shuttle diplomacy between
parents and left for America to pursue a college education and a
career.
Much
has been written about their relationship but it's one that's never
been seen up close.
This
travelogue brings them together publicly for the first time, and
puts their relationship to the test as they journey across the States.
(KC)
Doctors & Nurses
Adrian
Edmondson stars as Roy Glover, a self-destructing hero on a well-meaning
mission to rid the Isle of Wight of all sprains, broken bones and
illness.
This
brand new comedy series centres on the hate-love relationship between
two orthopaedic surgeons: Roy, who believes the NHS can be saved
– if only everyone tried harder; and George Banatwala (Madhav
Sharma), a technically gifted but compassionately challenged empire-builder
with a keen interest in keeping the waiting lists as long as possible
to enhance his private work.
Roy
is always making promises to patients that he can't fulfil; George
constantly upsets them with his rudeness and insensitivity.
They
need each other's help to survive, but find it almost impossible
to ask for it.
The
series has been penned by Nigel Smith and Dr Phil Hammond. Phil,
star of Trust Me I'm A Doctor, completed his first solo tour (89
Minutes To Save The NHS) in summer 2003, and also appears as a neurosurgeon
in the series. (CD)
Didn't
They Do Well?
Presented
by Bruce Forsyth and taking its name from one of Bruce's legendary
catchphrases, Didn't They Do Well? is a new, weekly TV quiz where
the contestants don't need to know anything about television.
It's
a test of general knowledge that uses the television archives in
a unique new way – sifting through a wealth of classic TV
moments to provide the inspiration for an innovative play-along
quiz.
In
each programme, three teams of two players battle their way through
four rounds of questions that tease them on their breadth of general
knowledge.
The
show's finale is a tense race against the clock to build up a substantial
prize fund of anything up to £10,000.
In
order to reach the prize money, contestants must prove themselves
experts in a variety of different fields varying from politics and
current affairs to the arts and sciences.
All the questions
are supplied or driven by memorable moments from the television
archives. But the key is that the contestants are not being tested
on the programmes themselves, but rather on the subjects and content
of the clips.
Didn't
They Do Well? is an original and entertaining way for players and
viewers to put their knowledge to the test whilst revisiting some
of the best-loved television moments of the last few decades. (EP)
The
76th Annual Academy Awards®
The
world's most prestigious film awards return to the Ö÷²¥´óÐã in February
2004.
This
year sees the return of host Billy Crystal, guaranteed to bring
an irreverent take on Tinsel Town's most eagerly anticipated awards
ceremony.
The Academy
Awards® are broadcast live and exclusive on the Ö÷²¥´óÐã so fans
won't miss a second of the most important night in the Hollywood
calendar, with a special highlights programme, featuring all the
best speeches and worst dresses, broadcast the following day and
presented by Jonathan Ross.
To
celebrate the 76th Annual Academy Awards®, there is a Film 2004
preview show presented by Jonathan Ross, and a season of Oscar®-winning
films broadcast pan-Ö÷²¥´óÐã.
(KC)
The
Orange British Academy Film Awards
London's
Odeon Leicester Square once again plays host to the most glittering
night in the British film calendar, The Orange British Academy Film
Awards.
With
a global audience of over one billion people, this year's awards,
hosted by Stephen Fry, promise to be more prestigious than ever
before.
Last
year's ceremony, which attracted such luminaries as Nicole Kidman,
Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep
and Martin Scorsese, proved just how significant a date the awards
have become for the international film community.
The
red carpet is out, the awards are being polished, the votes will
soon be cast – the race is on. (PA)
Wild
West
Ö÷²¥´óÐã ONE returns
to the fictitious Cornish village of St Gweep to catch up on the
weird and wonderful goings-on in Simon Nye's comedy, Wild
West.
Mary
Tregwednack (Dawn French) and her neurotic partner Angela (Catherine
Tate) decide to broaden their horizons and embark on a search for
eligible bachelors to put some passion back into their lives.
The
target of Mary's affection is none other than the lovably naïve
local bobby, PC Alan (Stewart Wright), so the path of true love
is unlikely to run smoothly.
But
since when has anything gone smoothly in the weird and wonderful
Wild West? (HT)
The Worst Week Of My Life
 Getting
married should be the best experience of a person's life –
but for Howard it turns into the week from hell.
This
brand new comedy series for Ö÷²¥´óÐã ONE stars Ben Miller, Sarah Alexander,
Raquel Cassidy and Alison Steadman.
There
are just seven days to go before Howard Steel marries Mel Cook in
the beautiful grounds of her parents' house.
The couple have a few last-minute preparations to complete, like
picking up the ring, co-ordinating the stag and hen parties and
finalising the seating plan. What could possibly go wrong?
For most people,
nothing. But for Howard – everything. Will he and Mel ever
make it up the aisle?
The
series also stars Emma Pierson, Geoffrey Whitehead, Janine Duvitski,
Ronald Pickup and Dean Lennox Kelly, and was written and produced
by Justin Sbresni and Mark Bussell (Barbara, The Thing About Vince).
(KC)
2003
TV Moments
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ONE celebrates the defining TV moments of 2003 as Jonathan Ross
hosts the 'must-see' TV awards show live from Television Centre
with an audience jam-packed full of celebrity faces.
The
show, now in its third year, toasts top telly, saluting the soap
stars, sporting heroes, drama queens and comedy kings who have kept
viewers gripped throughout the past year.
Viewing
panels from across the nation nominate shows in seven different
categories with viewers getting interactive and casting the deciding
vote on the big night.
Millions
tuned in for Dirty Den's return, but will viewers make it a 2003
TV Moment? (CM)
The Search For The UK Entry For
Eurovision 2004
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ONE launches a completely new competition for Eurovision 2004 starring
the best in British talent who must battle it out to represent the
UK at the 49th annual Eurovision Song Contest.
The
new format puts the viewers in control as they are given the chance
to decide who they want to represent the UK at the competition in
Turkey later in the year.
Recent
entry Jemini's historic 'nil points' saw one of the highest ever
UK audiences tuning in for Eurovision, proving that the annual camp
fest is still the nation's favourite musical event.
Eurovision
itself is also completely revamped for 2004 with the introduction
of a qualifying round competition in which more than 20 countries
compete for 10 places.
These
10 then go through to join the 14 other countries, including the
UK, that have a guaranteed place in the Grand Final on Saturday
15 May 2004.
This
year, it won't be a case of Cry Cry Baby as Ö÷²¥´óÐã ONE pulls out the
stops In Every Way That It Can to make Eurovision 2004 the biggest
ever. (GJ)
Spy
TV
Presented
by Ian Wright, Spy TV brings the hidden-camera format bang up-to-date.
Each
week, members of the public get the chance to lure their loved ones
into wittily original set-ups, scrapes and moral dilemmas.
In
addition, random hit-and-run comedy stunts are visited upon the
unsuspecting public.
Not
confined to the studio, Ian experiences the cut and thrust of surveillance,
as he hides undercover at every stunt.
For
any boyfriend, it's always a nerve-wracking experience meeting his
girlfriend's parents for the first time. But how will he react when
the people he believes to be his
girlfriend's parents start taking their clothes off in front of
him? They inform him that not only are they naturists but that the
president of their group is none other than Ian Wright, who is due
to arrive – naked – at any moment.
Viewers
can also see Spy TV lead the country's most gung-ho paint-ballers
to believe that they're being recruited by the secret service.
An
agent tells a group of weekend warriors that they have the potential
to be top operatives, but first they have to prove they have what
it takes to be the next James Bond. (KN)
My Family
The
nation's favourite and most dysfunctional family returns with more
slices of life in a new series of My Family.
Robert
Lindsay stars long-suffering dentist Ben, the head of the Harper
family. Zoë Wanamaker as his wife, Susan, whose sharp humour
and withering wit are just enough to keep her sane – although
they'll never be enough to save her cooking.
Also
starring Kris Marshall as Nick, Daniela Denby-Ashe as Janey, Gabriel
Thomson as Michael, Keiron Self as Roger and Siobhan Hayes as Abi.
(PA)
Ronnie
Barker – A Bafta Tribute
The British
Academy of Film and Television and the Ö÷²¥´óÐã join forces to honour
actor, writer and comedic legend Ronnie Barker with a special award
and a night to remember.
The
evening is hosted by his former comedy partner and friend, Ronnie
Corbett, and a host of stars including David Jason, Peter Kay, Sir
Peter Hall, Josephine Trewson, Vanessa Redgrave and John Cleese
pay homage to the man they have known and worked with.
This
special evening celebrates Ronnie's remarkable career and his unique
contribution to TV, film and theatre. (EP)
Julie
Walters – A Bafta Tribute
The
British Academy of Film and Television and the Ö÷²¥´óÐã celebrate and
honour Julie Walters, one of the country's most loved and admired
actresses.
Friends
and colleagues from the world of comedy, film and drama join host
Clive Anderson to share their memories of working with Julie.
Luminaries
such as Dame Helen Mirren, Victoria Wood, Billy Connolly and Robert
Lindsay salute the remarkable talents of a lady whose film credits
include Billy Elliot, Calendar Girls, the Harry Potter films and
Educating Rita.
Julie
Walters' acclaimed television career spans such diverse fare as
G.B.H., The Canterbury Tales, Murder and Victoria Wood – As
Seen On TV. (PA)
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