The week’s highlights

John Peel's Record Box | The Ghost Squad | Dragons' Den | Little Britain | UK Music Hall Of Fame 2005 | Children In Need | Threshold | Book Of The Week: Brooklyn Follies | The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
  
  


TV

John Peel's Record Box

Elton John, Jack White, Feargal Sharkey and Peel's family check the collection within his collection: the White Stripes, the Fall - and Sheena Easton ...

· Monday, 11.10pm, C4

The Ghost Squad

To the manor reborn ... Young cop Elaine "Fingersmith" Cassidy finds herself falling into the shadowy world of policing the police when she's framed for murder. Satisfyingly gritty.

· Tuesday, 10pm, C4

Dragons' Den

New Dragon Theo Paphitis joins Peter, Doug, Rachel and Duncan for one what's become of the most genuinely tense shows around. Anything featuring Super Knees is worth your time.

· Tuesday, 8pm, BBC2

Little Britain

Uh-oh. Bubbles De Vere's ex Roman and his new love Desiree check in to the same spa; a Thai bride arrives in suburbia; and an old lady loses control. Yes, they've found new levels of wrong.

· Thursday, 9pm, BBC1

UK Music Hall Of Fame 2005

The slightly odd compulsion to award everyone who's ever rocked a place in this Hall continues, with New Order, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd and the Who all inducted.

· Thursday, 9pm, C4

Children In Need

Natasha Kaplinsky and Fearne Cotton attempt to rein in b-boy Terry Wogan, plus soap stars mucking about, Sugababes, Brucie, Catherine Tate, Madonna and a sight of the new Doctor.

· Friday, 7pm, BBC1

Cable & satellite

Threshold

Carla Gugino, Charles S Dutton and Brent "Data" Spiner put their heads together when some fourth dimensional aliens show up with a DNA-altering plot.

· Wednesday, 9pm, Sky One

Radio

Book Of The Week: Brooklyn Follies

It's not out until Thursday, but fans of Paul Auster's archly twisting American novels can get a jump on his latest with this 10-part adaptation.

· From Monday, 10.45pm, R4

Film

The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers

Gollum guides Frodo and Sam, Gandalf the White reminds Aragorn of his destiny and those orcs keep on coming. Fantasy doesn't get more bone-crunching than this.

· Sunday, 8pm, C4

 

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