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For those lucky few who have finished exams, this week's taster will provide you with an easy-access guide on how to fill those long lazy hours. For those who haven't, you'll need a break (or an excuse for procrastination) at some point; so take a look at The Yorker's pick of what Week 8's tellybox has in store for you.
Monday sees you getting political with Dispatches - Gordon Brown: Where Did It All Go Wrong? (Channel 4, 8pm). The Observer's Andrew Rawnsley provides analysis of Gordon Brown’s first year as prime minister which you can then regurgitate in the pub later on to appear clever and well-informed. If you are not all that interested in politics, then indulge in some cheesy American teen drama with One Tree Hill (E4, 9pm). The series has skipped ahead four years which has addressed the problem of the actors looking years older than their characters. Have no fear though: the melodramatic acting and overblown plot lines are still there to entertain.
Tuesday’s pick is an interview with the influential and sometimes controversial photographer Annie Leibovitz (Imagine, BBC1, 10.35pm). More recently in the news for her shots of Disney star Miley Cyrus, Leibovitz made her name at Rolling Stone and is now resident at Vanity Fair. This programme promises to provide an insight into the woman who has intimately photographed a wide range of subjects, from the Queen to John Lennon to Demi Moore.
As one reality show is just beginning, another is drawing to a close with The Apprentice final this Wednesday (BBC1, 9pm). The finalists are given a week to create and launch a new male fragrance before we find out who has landed themselves the most demanding boss of them all. Over on Channel 4, Location, Location, Location (8pm) has our fair city of York as its destination this week. Somehow I do not think that my area of Tang Hall is going to be a hot pick but you will have to wait and see.
Come Dine With Me (Thursday, Channel 4, 8pm) will entertain you for an hour whilst simultaneously lessening your hope for humanity. Another four incredibly pretentious contestants compete in the dinner party challenge. You can delight in the bitchy fighting and political voting whilst safe in the knowledge that they are not coming to round to yours later. Follow this with Heroes (BBC2, 9pm) which is a flashback episode covering the four months prior to the beginning of this season with the full story of what happened over Kirby Plaza revealed.
Friday the 13th will be unlucky for one contestant of Big Brother (Channel 4, 9pm) as the results of the first eviction are announced. This also includes highlights from the last 24 hours inside the Big Brother compound. On digital, ITV2 are broadcasting The Isle Of Wight Festival (10.50pm). The Sex Pistols’ performance is sure to be worth watching.
Saturday night should be spent watching the seminal romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally (Five, 5.50pm). I may be biased in my penchant for 80s movies but the pairing of Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan is superb, with the movie arguing the age old question of whether men and women can ever have friendship without sex.
Louis Theroux’s documentaries are always intriguing and this Sunday he investigates San Quentin State Prison, California (BBC2, 10pm). San Quentin was built in 1852 and is worryingly overcrowded. Louis immerses himself in the prison’s inner culture and interviews some of the prison’s inmates.
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