TV: Smacking parents, kidnap drama in Emmerdale and Graham and Jamie are back on screens
Jamie is back on the school food campaign
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Monday, 18, Sep 2006 05:38
Stephen Fry explores depression, Jamie Oliver explores school food and Graham Norton explores the lives of celebs.
Fresh from his hosting success of How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria, Graham Norton is back with his chat show Graham Norton's Bigger Picture. Guests lines up for this season include Dustin Hoffman, Joan Rivers, Patrick Swayze and Shane Warne.
Also back on our screens is favoured TV chef Jamie Oliver. In his Return to School Dinners, Jamie visits schools to see whether his campaign a year ago to improve school meals has had a long-term impact. Will the kids have swapped their hamburgers for hummus and their chips for couscous? Unlikely. The apron-wearing crusader also pays a visit to prime minister Tony Blair with calls for a new plan for school dinners.
Tense moments and heart-thumping drama is back this week with the new series of Spooks. Expect drama and sultry looks from the impossibly good looking spies.
Ballet may not have been associated with poverty and social problems in the past, but this week's Ballet Changed My Life: Ballet Hoo! takes 200 young people from troubled lives to see if performing this dance form could help them escape from problems such as abuse, violence and rape.
The second episode of Star Stories hits screens this week, and this time the spotlight is on George Michael. Romping through the stories which hit the tabloid headlines, the episode recreates some of the most intriguing and controversial moments in the singer's life.
Although Stephen Fry has been behind some of the best comedy moments on British screens over the past few decades, the actor takes on a far more serious stance in Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the.Manic Depressive. In the two-part series Fry explores the condition, which affects up to four million people in the UK, including himself.
Continuing along the serious documentary line, this week's I Smack and I'm Proud delves into the issue of smacking misbehaving children and follows five sets of parents who aren't ashamed to do so.
Secrets and accusations come to light this week in Coronation Street. Jamie drunkenly confesses his secret to Sean, who has problems coping with it knowing that Violet will want a full report. At the Barlow's Blanche is fishing around for information and Gail seeks to get behind David's bullying accusations. Looks like tongues will be wagging all week.
Love is in the air in EastEnders as Bradley asks Stacey to move in with him. But things aren't looking so rosy for Billy and Honey, and Peggy ends up cancelling the surprise party organised for them.
In pure soap drama the kidnap saga continues in Emmerdale as Tom attempts to escape and a now-conscious Sadie tries to deny that she is allied with Cain. Back at Home Farm the Kings receive a panicked phone call from Sadie with Tom's screams in the background, leading them to panic they may not come to their aid in time.