This new four-part Channel 4 series kicks off tonight with an open heart surgery procedure in which the patient – who has a leaking mitral valve – will undergo an operation to repair it, live on air. This leads me to ask one main and obvious question… What if he/she dies on the table? Then there are other issues such as, how is this person’s family going to feel if something goes horrendously wrong and millions of people are watching?

Additionally, we’re told that viewers can “interact with the surgeons” in real-time via microblogging site Twitter as well as by phone and email, live and as the operation is carried out. Viewers will even be able to speak to surgeons by phone at “appropriate points” but surely, with someone’s life in their hands, shouldn’t the surgeons be concentrating on that rather than answering viewers’ questions and possibly coping with stage fright? Read more & comment »

On Monday, Natasha tells Mark that they need to watch Cain as she reckons he won’t back down easily. Her prediction comes true in the village when Maisie tells Cain that his flirting won’t go “unrewarded”.

Back at Home Farm, Natasha’s interrupted from her preparations by a knock at the door – it’s Faye. After a decidedly awkward conversation about job vacancies, Faye’s horrified to discover what Natasha’s planning and preparing for. Mark’s stunned when he’s told about the unexpected visit from Faye and angrily rips up Faye’s CV in front of a puzzled Natasha. Can Mark hide the real reason behind his anger? Read more & comment »

On Monday at 7:30pm, Chesney’s still missing and Fiz is worried sick, but he hasn’t gone far and when Eddie and Anna find Chesney hiding in their garden shed, he comes clean.

Telling Sophie how Fiz has been visiting John in prison, he refuses to go home but when a relieved Fiz hears he’s safe and tells him Schemichel has been pining for him, he reluctantly agrees to go back… Read more & comment »

Yippee! It’s a long weekend and most of us are having some lovely sunshine, but, with the weather due to deteriorate next week, we might be forced indoors and what better way to pass the time than watching some great telly? Here’s what we recommend you take a look at on TV this week… Read more & comment »

On Monday, Billy accidentally bumps into a woman in the café and spills tea all over her before chatting to Phil about Jay. However, despite his best attempts, Jay wants nothing to do with Billy. Later, Shirley points out to Billy that the woman from the café who he’d spilled tea on is giving him ‘the eye’ and it’s not long before she introduces herself as Viv Bates… thug Terry’s wife.

Viv tells Billy that if he turns up in court to testify against her husband, or tells anyone about their conversation, Jay will be the one who suffers the consequences… Read more & comment »

Welcome to our Primetime Picks for next week’s TV, so without further ado, here’s what we reckon you should tune into next week on your goggle box… Read more & comment »

In the first visit of the week on Monday at 7:30pm, Paula’s furious to discover Colin’s back on the street and staying with Eileen. She accuses Eileen of being a hypocrite for which Eileen slaps her across the face.

As Colin steps in trying to apologise to her, Paula screams at him, saying what he did was abuse. She leaves but Eileen’s a mess, hating the situation she’s been put in. She tries to be strong but when Paula reappears telling them she’s been to the police, Eileen’s devastated.

Ramsay tells Emily he wants to mend his relationship with Norris before he leaves for Australia but when he tries to apologise to Norris again, asking for his forgiveness, Norris counters that as far as he’s concerned, Ramsay killed his mother… Read more & comment »

On Monday, Nicola faces up to the reality of her pregnancy but still refuses to tell Jimmy. After he’s informed of Nicola’s ‘illness’ by Rodney, Jimmy decides to explain to her that she needs to move on. Nicola’s incredulous at Jimmy’s arrogance and attacks him with her handbag before dissolving into tears.

A fuming Jimmy tells Rodney to control his daughter, arguing that she’s gone mad. Rodney feels he has no choice but to explain that Nicola’s pregnant but he warns Jimmy not to let on that he knows and leaves him in a difficult situation between his joy at potential fatherhood and the prospect of keeping his knowledge of the situation from Nicola. Can Jimmy repair his relationship with Nicola and create a happy home for his unborn child? Read more & comment »

On Monday, Nick and Dotty continue with their attempts to convince Dot she’s going mad by hiding and moving her belongings as well as disrupting her sleep. Later, at The Vic, Nick decides to tell Peggy that Dot wanted to invite her around for tea and when she hears about it, Dot panics that she can’t remember ever inviting Peggy round. However, not wanting to disappoint, she dashes home and puts a chicken in the oven, which Nick subsequently turns off so when Peggy arrives, she’s concerned when she sees Dot taking a raw chicken out of the oven.

Later, Dot’s on edge when she can’t find her cigarettes and so heads to the shop, completely unaware that Dotty’s hidden her cigarettes with her purse. Nick then arrives and tells her that she left them on the sideboard. Meanwhile, he continues to blackmail Billy and feeling the pressure, Billy abuses his new job behind the bar and steals Tracey’s wage packet… Read more & comment »

To celebrate its 30th anniversary, G.O.L.D. is throwing open the doors of TV’s most famous hotel once more after a lengthy absence, but it’s an absence during which the show has remained as funny, and as watched, as it was when it first aired. So, we thought we’d add our own little anniversary tribute to one of the best sitcoms that’s ever been on TV, but before we do, here’s what the show tonight – and its follow-up shows – are about…

Fawlty Towers: Re-opened gathers the cast and crew together to retrace the history of the sitcom from their ‘insider’ point of view. This one-off special tonight leaves no English Riviera stone unturned in its search for trivia and nuggets of information from the Fawlty Towers guestbook, together with in-depth interviews with John Cleese, Andrew Sachs and Prunella Scales, as well as Connie Booth talking about her memories from the show for the first time in 30 years. Just don’t mention the war… Read more & comment »

It’s good pickin’s for TV next week so as always at the weekend, here are our Primetime Picks for your upcoming televisual delight… Read more & comment »

In Monday’s first visit to the Street, as Dev plans his proposal to Tara, she’s putting the finishing touches to her own plan. Both agree that tonight will be an important night for them, but their agendas couldn’t be more differenet.

As Dev goes ring shopping, Tara makes sure her art installation is ready to be revealed. When Dev returns and the crowds gather, his excitement over the big occasion suddenly makes her realise the enormity of what she’s about to do. Steeling herself for the unveiling, Tara begins her speech but when Dev suddenly falls to one knee will Tara have a change of heart? Read more & comment »

On Monday, Andy and Victoria are struggling to cope at the farm following Maisie’s departure. Realising that Victoria’s at the end of her tether, Andy suggests she takes Sarah to the swings while he tidies up. However, Victoria loses Sarah before Andy’s CAFCASS visit when she wanders out of the shop.

Aaron finds Sarah and decides to take her to Debbie’s while the CAFCASS representative is inspecting Tug Ghyll. Cain intercepts Aaron at the door and makes a show of his concern in front of the CAFCASS officer. When she makes an inspection at Butler’s later on, Andy’s uncomfortable in answering difficult questions about Sarah’s disappearance. The social worker’s keen to play the incident down but she leaves Andy with a bitter taste in his mouth. Has Andy made a catastrophic impression? Read more & comment »

On Monday, Peggy’s livid when she finds a hungover Phil passed out on the sofa so she throws a vase of water over him. When he finally emerges in the kitchen, Peggy’s further angered when he starts to pour vodka over his cereals prompting Ben to say that he wishes Phil wasn’t his father.

Later, there’s a heated standoff in the bar at the Vic between Phil and Peggy that results in Phil threatening to sell his half of the pub from under her. When the customers fall silent, it’s clear that Peggy’s finding it difficult to keep herself calm and asks everyone to leave. Just as Shirley offers Peggy her help, there’s a huge bang and they’re stunned to see that Phil’s fallen down the stairs. At that moment, Ben walks in to see his dad unconscious. Read more & comment »

Hope you’re having a great long weekend! Here’s what we recommend you take a squiz at next week on telly… Read more & comment »