What To Watch This Weekend: 22nd – 24th April

It's time to get in your pyjamas, grab your duvet and eat all the ice cream, because you won't want to miss what's on TV this weekend...

what to watch this weekend

by Francesca Battson |
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There's a whole host of films on this weekend if you fancied spending some quality time in with your loved ones.

Or you could catch up on all the best TV shows on right now, so when you're back at work Monday morning you won't miss out on what everyone's talking about!

Friday 22nd April

Masterchef - 8:30pm on BBC One

what to watch this weekend

There's already been three episodes this week, so if you haven't seen them you best catch up before Friday's episode as the semi-finallists are revealed!

Aliens - 9pm on Film 4

what to watch this weekend

Almost 60 years after Ellen Ripley survived her ordeal, her escape vessel is recovered after drifting about in space. No one believes her story about ‘aliens’ on the planet (annoying!) so up another team go to investigate, with glutton for punishment Ripley tagging along. Still brilliant after all this time.

Saturday 23rd April

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC - 8:30pm on BBC Two

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A LOT of A-list types are putting their names to this (two hour) live celebration of William Shakespeare’s life and work – marking the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death. David Tennant and Catherine Tate will host - from the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford - while Benedict Cumberbatch will read out sections from Richard III, joined by the likes of Helen Mirren. They’ll be various performances – and Prince Charles will be in the audience with Camilla. Whoop!

Britain's Got Talent - 8pm on ITV1

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Now three weeks in, this year’s wannabes would be hard-pushed to beat that eye-watering sword swallowing act in the first week, but we’re sure there are plenty more dancing dogs and belly-exposing grannies to be had.

Arnie's 50 Greatest Ever Stunts - 8pm on Channel 4

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Channel 4 has managed to get action man Arnie talking through some of the world’s “most cunning stunts” in this one-off clips show.

Beethoven - 2:45pm on ITV1

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The Newton family get a slobbering puppy, who grows into a mahoosive hound. Doc Varnick – the local vet – has a sinister sideline in farming out doggies for experiements. Cue mishaps and family capers a-plenty.

Sunday 24th April

London Marathon - 1:30pm on BBC Two (Highlights on at 6pm)

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It’s that time of year when hoards of folk take to the streets to pound the 26.2 miles on London Marathon Day. Gabby Logan presents coverage, and we can amuse ourselves by trying to spot this year’s celeb runners like Chris Evans, TOWIE’s Bobby Norris and Chris Chittell off Emmerdale.

Louis Theroux - Drinking to Oblivion - 9pm on BBC Two

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Alcohol addiction is no laughing matter, as Louis Theroux finds to his cost in this hard-hitting one-off where he meets patients at a specialist liver centre at King’s College Hospital in London. What effect is drinking to the point of self-destruction having on the lives of their families? Louis finds out, hopefully before it’s too late…

Miss Congeniality - 5pm on Channel 5

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It’s chick-flick central on the box this week (not that we’re complaining). In this, Sandra Bullock is FBI agent Gracie Hart, who must go undercover in the Miss United States beauty pageant to prevent the event being bombed. How utterly fortunate that she is, well, beautiful and can carry this mission off, no problemo! Oh, but actually – she is something of a tomboy and is meant to be a bit of a plain Jane ‘mannish’ type.

Maid in Manhattan - 1:30pm on Channel 4

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Jennifer Lopez is Marisa Ventura – a single mom working as a maid in a flashy Manhattan hotel. Along comes Christopher Marshall (Ralph Fiennes), a dashing chap who mistakenly thinks she is a guest. A sort of Pretty Woman situation arises – where when her true identity is revealed, they find they are worlds apart but sort of loved up now. What can you do?

What To Expect When You're Expecting - 3pm on Channel 5

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Cheryl guest stars in this as a talent show judge – though blink and you’ll miss it. Following the lives of five couples as they experience the thrills of popping out a baby, it stars the likes of Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Matthew Morrisson and Chace Crawford and is as chick-flick as they come.

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