Inside The Balmoral: Scotland s Finest Hotel: follows the team throughout 2020 as they navigate through the challenges and triumphs of a truly extraordinary year
Inside the Balmoral: Scotland’s Finest Hotel (C5, 7pm) SINCE it was opened in 1902, the Balmoral Hotel has welcomed royalty, heads of state and JK Rowling, who famously finished writing the Harry Potter books there. Now, the prestigious Edinburgh institution is also opening its doors to the cameras for a new series exploring the work of the staff who aim to deliver 24/7 luxury, and finding out how they go about sourcing the best Scottish produce – including whiskies. In the first episode, the French national team and its 100-strong entourage arrives for the Six Nations.
TELLYBOX: Laughs from Alan Partridge revival and the tragic story of Dale Barclay By David Pollock May 1 2021, 10.15am
This year is the 30th anniversary of Alan Partridge’s first appearance on the BBC Radio 4 comedy On the Hour, making the character as much a part of the UK’s broadcasting furniture as those he was originally created to mock.
These were guileless sports reporters, self-obsessed magazine show hosts and Richard Madeley, mainly.
Alan has enjoyed success with 1994’s excruciating spoof chat show Knowing Me, Knowing You, and cult fly-on-the-wall infamy with I’m Alan Partridge (1997 and 2002), one of the best and smartest comedies of its time.
TV guide: 23 of the best shows to watch this week, beginning tonight Rory O’Connell, Seven Drunken Nights, Gunplot, Open for Business, Alan Patridge, Fomhuireán na bhFininí, The Mosquito Coast, Tom Clancy s Without Remorse
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Sunday, TG4, 9.30pm The Mighty Ocean opens a musical dialogue between humankind and the environment, touching on the entrancing power of the sea, while questioning our destructive influence on the endangered oceans. The piece, scored for 12 musicians, features Irish traditional legends Máirtín O’Connor, Garry O Briain, Cathal Hayden, Seamie O’Dowd, and Jim Higgins, Sinead O’Connor, Ciara O’Connor and Matthew Berril, and Galway Music Residency’s ensemble in residence, ConTempo Quartet.
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