KEY POINTS:
5.30PM, TV2
BRAINIAC
This show is the Top Gear of the science world. These brainiacs are just as mad and daredevilish as the petrolheads, so expect lots of bangs, blasts and nutty stunts. This is the show where they filled an entire swimming pool with custard
all in
the name of scientific research.
7.30PM, TV ONE
EXCELLENT ADVENTURES
British actress Minnie Driver and her best friend head to the South Pacific for the experience of a lifetime. Follow them as they trek through Tonga's rainforest and swim with humpbacked whales.
9.30PM, TV2
NIP/TUCK
A boy with Down syndrome approaches the doctors to make him look more like his brother and sister. Sean brings his professional life home when he gives a patient his address. Christian tries to connect with his mother by offering her a special gift.
9.35PM, PRIME
SECONDS FROM DISASTER
This week, the series looks at the 1998 Piper Alpha oil rig disaster. A total of 167 men died and the rig was destroyed after a ferocious fire sets off a series of explosions. But what caused the disaster to begin with?
MOVIES
[rating out of 5]
8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
TIME BOMB
Herald rating: * *
TV movies where terrorists enter a bar at a football game and handcuff patrons to a bomb. Campbell Scott and Angela Bassett star as agents working for the US Department of Homeland Security. (2006)
8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 2
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Herald rating: * * * *
Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Affleck and Geoffrey Rush star in this comedy about William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes), the rising star of the London theatre scene, who has writer's block. His muse appears in the shape of Lady Viola (Paltrow), who is so keen on his work that she auditions in disguise, dressed as a boy. Mistaken identity and gender confusion are devices Shakespeare often used in his comedies. Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, and Dame Judi Dench also star. (1998)
10.10PM, MGM SKY DIGITAL
LONE WOLF MCQUADE
Herald rating: * *
Chuck Norris is J.J. McQuade, a Texas Ranger who works alone. Despite being a pretty shocking film, it confirmed Chuck Norris as an action star, and the bearded McQuade became the template for his Walker: Texas Ranger TV series. Chuck Norris and David Carradine refused to use stunt doubles and insisted on doing the final fight scenes themselves. (1983)