I hope you’re all having a lovely Easter weekend and once it’s over, here’s what we here at Primetime reckon is worth watching this coming week…

Easter Monday

The Jet Stream and Us, 8:00pm, BBC4

This new documentary traces how human understanding of the jet stream – a ribbon of fast moving air high in the atmosphere – has grown. Now, that may sound boring but it’s actually very interesting!

It’s been responsible for bewildering effect on bomber pilots in World War II, turbo charging modern transatlantic flyers, the infamous 1987 hurricane and the devastating floods of recent years.

Scientists now believe this powerful weather phenomenon is now changing its pattern of behaviour and could have an even bigger impact on our climate and the way we live our lives.

Interviewees include Sir Brian Hoskins, University of Reading and Kirsty McCabe from the BBC Weather Centre… Read more & comment »

Without doubt, EastEnders is going to be well worth watching next week as the fallout over Archie’s treachery and Danielle’s death continues to haunt the Square. But what else is worth watching? Let’s have a squiz… Read more & comment »

Here’s what we recommend you tune into this week, with two of the most major events happening in Coronation Street and EastEnders where there’s a fire and fireworks respectively this week!

Monday

Tonight: How Safe is Your Hospital? is on at 8:00pm on ITV1 during which Morland Sanders looks at recent hospital scandals, including Stafford Hospital – where up to 1200 people may have died unnecessarily – and Birmingham Children’s Hospital where a lack of equipment and trained staff has put patients lives at risk, and asks why regulators failed to recognise the problems earlier… Read more & comment »

We love a good film at Christmas don’t we and there’s a great choice of them this year over the festive period. Here are our top choices of films on the five main channels during Christmas week.

Saturday 20th

The Nightmare Before Christmas, BBC2, 11.50am

This darkly humourous animation is based on characters created by Tim Burton and tells the story of Halloween town resident Jack Skellington who stumbles upon a bizarre and fascinating place called Christmas town. Jack decides that he and his scary spook friends will invade the town and he will become Santa.

A Knight’s Tale, Channel 4, 9pm

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