On telly this week

[JOE SOAP]

Graham Linehan's The Walshes (BBC Four, 22:00)?

Stick with Marilyn.

[CrazyFoxMachine]

Graham Linehan's The Walshes (BBC Four, 22:00)?

Good shout Sauchie I didn't know that was so soon

In terms of Lee - this current run is amazing so far and with Chris Morris to boot I'm in ecstasy. I wasn't entirely sold on him for years but after reading his book where he takes apart every moment of his act and you see the thought and work that goes into the polystyrene packing-pauses and sarcastic name-dropping it leaves little doubt of the artistry present - I think the guy is a genius.

[Frank]

All six episodes of Chris Lilley's spin-off from Summer Heights High, Jonah From Tonga, are up on iplayer 48 hours before the first episode is transmitted on BBC Three. It's a prelude to the channel going iplayer-only later this year.

[Frank]

BBC2, 9pm. Documentary on the fight for justice by the victims of Thalidomide and their families. Most folk know the broad brush strokes of the story, but the incredible personal struggle of the families against intimidation and corporate bullying is something I'd never heard of before:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0441xct

[CrazyFoxMachine]

BBC2 Anniversary Comedy Stuff

They've edited the fairly unfunny Fosters Fast Show mini-episodes from the other year and some new stuff into two half hour Fast Show specials - there's a big doc about comedy with lots of new interviews on tonight - and tomorrow there's an hour-long Harry and Paul "take the piss out of bbc2" special.

No money spent on new comedy folk though. Heaven forfend.

[Hoagy]

Will nobody think of the fracking awesome FARGO on CH4 Sundays with me? I don't think I've been this emotionally uncomfortable watching TV since Twin Peaks, though not too direct a comparison, mind you.

[The Enigmatic Dr X]

Will nobody think of the fracking awesome FARGO on CH4 Sundays with me? I don't think I've been this emotionally uncomfortable watching TV since Twin Peaks, though not too direct a comparison, mind you.

What, no insane serial killer possessing spirit you can only see in mirrors?

No backwards talking dwarves?

Or... no, [spoiler]Kyle Maclachlan[/spoiler]?

[Hoagy]

Yeah, none of that but plenty of outlandish behaviour and malevolence.

And some of the best snow shots I've seen in a while. Which it has ALL, over Twin Peaks.

[Dark Jimbo]

Will nobody think of the fracking awesome FARGO on CH4 Sundays with me?

Yes, here. http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php/topic,40407.0/topicseen.html

[Hawkmumbler]

Just watched an episode of The Island. God, it's fucking awful.

[Goaty]

Dammit, RIP Rik Mayall, just find out, even he passed away on my birthday

There is a episode of Bottom: Gas on BBC2 at 10.30pm tonight. Very funny episode.

[Frank]

Radio comedy about Philip K Dick working as a double agent for the FBI which uses the paranoia of Dick's work to great effect. You know how Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story treated the subject's life as if it was one of his films? It's like that:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b046p07q

[Frank]

BBC2 right now: The Honourable Woman. Maggie Gyllenhaal in Hugo Blick's first TV work since the incredible The Shadow Line.

[dweezil2]

BBC2 right now: The Honourable Woman. Maggie Gyllenhaal in Hugo Blick's first TV work since the incredible The Shadow Line.

Enjoyed that.
Looking forward to episode 2!

[Frank]

BBC2 right now: The Honourable Woman. Maggie Gyllenhaal in Hugo Blick's first TV work since the incredible The Shadow Line.

Enjoyed that. Looking forward to episode 2!

Good, wurnit. I'd heard that the first episode was a slow burn, but we got one of Blick's trademark gruesome deaths within the first five minutes and an action hero set piece for the finale. Looked a million dollars too - this is the kind of thing the BBC should be concentrating on if they want to subsidise the licence fee with foreign sales and Netflix views.

Can I tell everyone my Hugo Blick trivia? Blick, writer/producer of this and The Shadow Line, played the young Jack Nicholson in the scene where his character kills Bruce Wayne's parents in the first Tim Burton Batman film:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/feature/a581899/from-batman-to-the-shadow-line-hugo-blicks-amazing-career.html#~oIZmM0uJi6qckt