04/03/2016 Too Much TV

There are some brilliant shows on TV tonight and over the weekend, so

Aled and I are here to guide you through the ones to watch. But

first, a quick look through last night's top ten. The celebrities are

waiting on the ground and they have no idea what lies ahead. Do you Love

me or not? Why are you asking me a question like that now? Because I

need to know. Join me for a drink. Do you want a conga line? It would

be fun! APPLAUSE

I am very obedient by nature. I don't think I have ever eaten and

after eight meant before eight o'clock. -- after eight meant. Oh,

my God. People who are good at dancing have shorter teeth value. --

shorter teeth than you. APPLAUSE

Hello, hello, and welcome to TMTV. It's Friday the 4th of March and

onto night's show we are going big on drama. Star off The Night Manager

joins us on the show -- sofa. And we are talking Tosh, AKA actress Alison

O'Donnell. Sara and I will be battling it out to find out who

knows most about TV in the Friday night quiz. First, some of the shows

we think you should watch. It's Mr Selfridge, we have followed Harry

Selfridge as he revolutionised the world of London retail, beginning in

Edwardian times. Now we are in the Roaring 20s, as we approach the end

of the final series Mr Selfridge, played by Jeremy Piven, has a

proposition for friend and entrepreneur Jeremy Delyn. It's been

a troubling year. Cut. I can't imagine what you are planning. A

huge public spectacle. We hope to take over all of Archer Street,

something that big. Now that Whiteley's is on an even keel I need

to leave it in your hands for a while and concentrate on the

anniversary. Whatever you need. Whatever you need, so that ship --

the store will be left in his hands. Jimmy is not a man to be trusted,

and understatement of the year. Of the year! Thank you for backing me.

On Friday night there's a really good option, if you ask me. Fun fact

for you. I love your Friday fun facts. That building he has just

bought, Whiteley's, that is on the screen now, is actually where we are

sitting right now. Our TV studio is just there, you can see Sara waving.

Hello, upon the third floor, it's like they are coming towards us. It

makes me feel dizzy. Mr Selfridge, 9pm tonight, don't miss it. If it is

pure entertainment you are after, one for all the family, this is for

you, hosted by Dermot O'Leary and starring Top Gear's the star gives

BBC One's The Getaway Car. Couples attempt to complete a car assault

course, it's amazing, including the hilarious Hazard Highway. Are you

OK? Oh, my God. Were going up, we're going up. Tell her to exit stage

right. # let let it go # Let it go

# The wind and the sky # Let it go #.

I enjoy singing frozen! I love it. Brilliant. It's such a good show,

you can watch it with the kids and relax and know there isn't any saucy

dancers coming high kicking out. It's good, clean fun. Dermot is

great. I'd love to have a go at that assault course. You are so bossy I

can't imagine being in the passenger seat with you driving. It's a good

test for marriages, friendships and relationships on the assault course.

It's really, really good. On tomorrow night, 6:10pm on BBC One.

Now for something a little different, a US series that everyone

has been talking about since it started three years ago. Its

political drama house of starring Kevin -- starring Kevin Spacey. It's

available via Netflix and has the production values of a Hollywood

movie plus some. Kevin Spacey plays Frank Underwood, the fictional

president of the United States and if you are thinking of voting for

him, don't, because he's slightly worse than... Donald Trump.

President Frank is up to his old tricks. Doug tells me you greeted

him with a firearm. We've been having some issues. Do you know what

fascinates me about guns? A bullet comes out faster than the speed of

sound and if you are on the wrong end of the bullet it hits you before

you even hear it. I want you to hear me, Leann. You will walk away from

this nonsense with Claire. You will not make a phone call, nor and

someone, you will offer no explanation. Whatever you discussed

with my wife, you will erase it from your mind and never speak of it

again. Tell me I have been heard. Yes, I heard you. Good. Good, good.

It really is good. He's the master of the threatening one-liner, he

really, really is. This is such a brilliant show. I haven't watched

all of it. You have to. On Netflix you can watch all of the new series

on one go, it's all there since early this morning and series one,

two three are there too. The new series for top trending on Twitter,

many bingeing on this, you will be doing it over the weekend no doubt.

If you want to spend your weekend watching what -- watching House Of

Cards, go for it, we won't judge. Now to Gardeners' World, where

tonight, 8:30pm on BBC Two, this is sweet, it is Monty Don and he is

giving us pause for thought. Nice. You may have noticed there's an

extra dog, two Nigels, or a Nigel and a half, this is Nell, who is

keen on the biscuit. There you are, Nigel. We have seen a bit of her but

she's completely naughty, unlike Nigel, so to a certain extent you

are a bit of a wild card, aren't you? Come on. Thank goodness Frank

Underwood doesn't present Gardeners' World, just watch series one, the

first episode. Yes, I know about that, enough said. How cute is Nell?

Very sweet. Those are some of the programmes on offer this weekend, we

will give you more recommendations later on in the show. Is one of the

most enthralling dramas of the year and we're only in two. The Night

Manager, a spy thriller based on the novel by John le Carre. What? Your

cover is blown sky-high, you are on every wanted list on earth. What are

you doing in here? I wonder who you really are? It's so good, here to

tell is all about it, one of the show's stars, Alistair Petrie. How

are you? Very good. I can't believe was only seen two episodes because I

feel so embroiled with it but it feels like there's just stuff

bubbling under. You can catch up, make sure you catch up and watch it

again this Sunday. Tell is exactly what's going on so far? The Night

Manager is based on the novel by John le Carre, obviously, one of the

great spy thriller writers of our time. So far, the story concerns Tom

Hiddleston, who plays Jonathan, who has been recruited by an offshoot of

the secret services to infiltrate the world of Richard Roper, the

worst man in the world. It's quite a title, isn't it? Not bad, good for

job interviews. There he is, and he's an arms dealer and a very

wealthy arms dealer, and thereby hangs the tale. And how do you come

wealthy arms dealer, and thereby into it? You play Sunday. Sandy

Langbourne, I am Richard Roper is's lawyer, one of his two right-hand

men and it is Tom Hiddleston who coined a good phrase, he said you

two have drunk from the same cup of poison. Good line. It's very astute.

This has such an incredible cast. It does, it's a fabulous group of

unknowns. Olivia Colman, we've never heard of her. It's a blessing to

first job. It is, it's amazing. The cast list, there isn't anyone I

haven't heard of. It's fantastic. What a group. You are attracted to

the script and the story and the team that were put together and

everyone basically came running. Tellers about Hugh Laurie, he's

really sinister in this. The worst is yet to come. Big-time, episode

three, not giving anything away, you get a whiff of the team. He's a big

fan of John le Carre. He is, he wanted to option the novel when it

first came out. He wanted to Blake Tom Huddlestone's part. And he

himself would say those days alas were gone but of course there is

equally a sensational part to be taken on and as one of the nicest

men on the planet to take on the role of the bad guy is, you know...

You have your own little storyline going on, not getting on with your

wife very well. Yes, that, yes, things are afoot. By Tash and --

myself and Natasha Little, who plays my wife, the story starts to unfold.

You have been in action films, huge film sets, but this looks like a

film. Did it feel like it when you are making it? It really did. We

were in exotic locations and we had one director, Susannah beer, an

Oscar-winning director, who had -- directed the whole thing and

normally you get two different directors so we had continuity. The

BBC were extraordinary, they said you guys know what you are doing,

get on with it. As did the Americans, because it's a

co-production in America. We were incredibly lucky to do it. We get to

work in Whiteleys, you get to travel the world. Yes, yes. It's beautiful

here, this time of year. I haven't even got shoes on! We have snaps of

the amazing places, working hard, that's one of yours. That's 7am, I

think. Oh, you typical actor! Was that for the role? No, it wasn't, we

were based in Marrakesh for the shooting and one night in Casablanca

we shot in the port, an extraordinary location. Can we get

that off the screen! That was... That was a day off. We were filming

That Revenant. They were my toes, sending it back to my family to stay

hard at work,... Really miss you guys. That's actually... Oh, yes,

another hard day at the office! LAUGHTER

What are you eating there? That's a fish finger sandwich. It doesn't

look like it. Might be lobster. It was a day off. When it goes out on

the telly, have you been watching it? Do you like to see things and

how they have been put together? You get bits and bobs during the

postproduction phase but you want to watch it with the audience and

because of the nature of social media you get this instant feedback

on how people are embracing the show and going with the show and to watch

it as the audience do is terribly exciting. I haven't seen it, I'm

watching it as an episode week by week. Apart from watching yourself

on television, which obviously you do a lot of, do you watch any other

TV? Just me. I have a family so my boys, it's a birthday tomorrow,

happy birthday for tomorrow, but my eldest as well is now nearly 16 soak

he has immense incredible taste when it comes to drama, so we get to sit

on the safer as a family. I'd argue there isn't too much TV, there is

just fantastic TV on, something for everybody, and the drama series is

second to none so we are exploring those as a family, which is great.

You mentioned earlier that when you did the first read-through for the

script there was a mystery person in the room who introduced themselves?

An extraordinary group of people, the cast list, going around

introducing ourselves before we read the script and we had costumes,

props, everyone goes around the table, the usual thing during a

first read-through and there was an elderly, elegant gentleman sitting

at the end of the table and we all had our nametags in front of us and

his said David Cornwell and we thought, who's that? It got to him

and he said my name is David Cornwell and I wrote the novel. We

all went, I'll! It's him! Its John le Carre, we were all terribly

starstruck. He was on such quite a lot? He was on set, a big supporter

of the peace and if you look carefully, he does appear. Yes, so #

I spotted David Cornwall. He does appear so spot him, if you can.

Episode three of six Will air this Sunday, 9pm, BBC One, we can't wait.

It's fantastic. You will hang around to host the Friday quiz. Thank you

very much. I am just hearing from the director

we can get some shots on screen, is that right? Police in America have

revealed they are testing and knife found at the former home of OJ

Simpson, it is all over TV news as you can see from these incredible

pictures, could this have more twists 21 years on? Unbelievable. On

Monday at 9pm on BBC Two they have been airing the people versus OJ

Simpson, American crime drama, it is a fictionalised drama and this is

what you have been saying about it. What is your name? How many years

where you married to Nicole Brown Simpson? Seven. Have you ever

thought about killing the call? No. It is very much a series that you

didn't want to like but somehow it is compelling viewing. We are here

because of the death of your ex-wife. We found a trail of blood.

Because you know the outcome I think it takes away the element of the

unknown but that said I have been drawn into the drama and it is very

insightful and compelling. Pretty crazy, they made him black. It is so

heartfelt and emotional that it did make me question if he really did

it. I couldn't have done it, I swear, there is no way I could have

killed her, Norway. She was the centre my world. John Travolta as

Robert Shapiro is superb. He is almost like a weasel type character,

devious but very good at his job. Do you see what I am up against here?

His eyebrows are very odd. I don't quite know what he's done with them.

Don't rush to judgment. David Schwimmer, we are so used to seeing

him as Ross from Friends but he does play the part well.

I love the opening scene on Monday when he is talking to his children.

In this family being a good person and loyal friend is more important

than being famous, theme is fleeting and hollow, it means nothing at all

without a virtuous heart. They just did that so people would think it is

ironic that they are famous now. This series is not about OJ Simpson

I don't think, there is so much coming out in terms of particularly

the legal system, the LAPD and how manipulative lawyers can be and that

for me is one of the reasons why I shall continue to watch this

programme. Very good, we said it was drama night tonight and we are

joined by the star of Shetland, with the big Ali on our screens here to

tell us about it is Detective Sergeant Alison McIntosh, AKA Alison

O'Donnell. For people who haven't seen it what is it all about? It is

based on a brilliant series of books by the same name which were about a

detective inspector Jimmy Perez, played by Douglas Henshall, it is

him and his team solving crime on Shetland. It is your first sort of

big role isn't it? Yes to be honest I haven't done much TV at all, so it

was a bit of a shock to get the part and a sharp learning curve. I turned

up on set and they did not honestly know what I was doing but everyone

was really kind and helpful and I think I have just about got the hang

of it. You look like you know what you are doing, the last episode

ended on this cliffhanger. If Michael Thompson had not been shot

MacColl was looking at life in prison. Every time he has

investigated his business sufferers. Think about it, if you had a senior

fiscal in your pocket wouldn't you expect better protection than this?

What if it is not MacColl who has been benefiting from the protection?

Then who? Very good, dramatic. Is it changed

slightly, the first series would be different murders but this has been

one long complicated case. Exactly, in the previous use all the stories

were wrapped up over two hours but this is one long-running story over

six episodes which I think has worked really well. It really has.

Has it felt different forming at like that? You don't have to keep

setting up new characters and stories so space opens to develop

other things. Our characters, the long-running characters got to do a

bit more which was really nice. There is a great report on and off

screen that daddy is an amazing actor -- that Douglas Henshall. I

learn something everyday from watching him and he is as wonderful

human being as he an actor. When you are not acting in the scenes you are

singing show tunes apparently? One time we were filming on a tiny

island about 20 minutes by plane from the mainland. Population of 50

people? I think about 70. And lots of sheep! It's an incredible place,

magical in the middle of the ocean. What happened? We were there filming

and in between scenes it turned out, you'll was in a famous production of

guys and dolls at the National Theatre, and I did it at school and

so we ended up singing a few songs and I looked around and I thought I

am in this incredible setting with these amazing guys and I thought I

need to remember this. Do you fancy giving us a song now? No! For fans

of the show, did Julia Merce yourself in the island? For a six

episode series we will spend about six weeks on Shetland so it's quite

a long time, it is like a second home, I have got to know it so well.

There is something nice about being on location because you are away

from family and friends and distractions. Does it add to the

performance because it becomes so immersive? Yes, especially because

the location of the programme is so important, the setting is such a big

character in itself so it is made is to be there in the place it is set

and really soak up the atmosphere. Quickly, a lot of people are worried

about this tonight, it won't end with the... To be continued well it?

I don't want to give anything away but I think it's a really satisfying

payoff and I think people will feel they have closure. Thank you for

giving nothing away! Everyone is excited, if you have been watching

it we know you will be there at 9pm, people are already saying they are

all set up for it, you can see how it pans out, if you have not seen it

you can get the box set or catch up on iPlayer which is what I am going

to do. I have been waiting all week for this, the Friday quiz, going

head-to-head debate RTD knowledge to the test. Bring it on!

You look very good. I am so into this, I cannot tell you! Alistair is

going to host this. Do you mean my favourite actor in the world? I have

already given him a fiver. To make it more exciting we have agreed to

let the producers show an embarrassing clip to the nation of

the loser. You have 60 seconds, all about this week 's TV, if you

guessing correctly I will pass it over to the other player. Any

questions? Excellent. On Saturday night takeaway who did and an deck

make like an onion? I was first, Gino D Campbell. How many combine

harvesters did Robson Green sing about this week? 246? I will give

you that, it was the hand and 50. -- 350. Who plays the dad in

outnumbered? Hugh Dennis! Who is hosting Too Much TV on Monday? Emma

Bunton and Rufus Hound. Complete this title, Divina McCall... Life at

the extreme. Where did we propose to Whitney in EastEnders? The Queen

Vic. I am giving the point to Saleha. We

have a winner and that is Sara. Thank you, you have always been my

favourite actor which means the nation gets to see your embarrassing

clip. Plenty to choose from! I am not going to rush out and buy it.

Three. Have you got used to that thing you are wearing that your

mother bought. What is it? I gun in a holster. APPLAUSE

That was so sweet. That was only last week! Next Friday Emma Bunton

and I go head to head. We have already told you a couple of TV gems

you might want to watch this weekend so we will tell you more, it's time

for the biggest decision of the day, what are we watching tonight?

On Sunday on ITV, 9pm, it is the first episode of the brand-new

series Dr Thorne, it looks great. If you are missing Downton Abbey this

could be the perfect written by Julian Fellowes, it is based on a

novel by Anthony Trollope and stars Rebecca Front who is great, Ian

McShane and Tom Hollander. Tom Hollander in The Night Manager of

course. It has all the ingredients of the Bulova Downton Abbey and this

sneak preview shows a discussion of suitable bridesmaids. You all make a

charming picture. The date is set for the 1st of September. How

exciting! Who are the bridesmaids to be? Beatrice, of course, and my

cousins. I am sorry if you... Please, don't think of me, I never

expected it for a minute. It looks good. That is on for the next three

Sundays, up against The Night Manager on BBC. I am in the mood for

another battle after my glorious victory in the quiz which is lucky

because BBC One tomorrow night, 7pm, The Voice. All four coaches spun

their church performer liberty X member Kevin Simm and he is back

tomorrow night in the battles -- spun their chair for former.

I feel sick. Because I think they are both could win the competition,

so I am in a mess. He has got a great voice. And I love Paloma

Faith. I miss Tom Jones. Last week 8.5 million people watched Call The

Midwife, this Sunday I am feeling they will all come back for the last

episode. Baby William has evacuated his bowels. Cannot go back out

covered in all sorts. That is a very copious tool. Have you spoken to the

mother about his feeding pattern? Would you like to talk to her?

Babies are a two candied jobs am I do not handle newborn any more. It

has made us laugh and cry and made me want to be a midwife. It's been

one of the biggest series of the year, the biggest actually and I am

sure the final episode will be incredible. That is all we have time

for tonight, we are back on Monday with Emma Bunton and Rufus Hound.

Alistair what TV theme are you playing a side with? Here we go. A

lot of emotion. It is of course Cagney and Lacey. Huge thanks to all

our guests, enjoy your weekend. Tell us what you thought on Twitter. Good

night. Good night. We are told that OJ Simpson

IS in that car, Do you think he did it?

She was terrified of him.