| The World's Most Enhanced Woman And Me, Channel 4, 10pm |
In which we travel the globe to gawp at... sorry, uncover the often tragic stories behind women who are addicted to breast-enhancement surgery. Here's Minka (pictured), from South Korea and her 44KK bazongas. That can't make the tennis too easy. And Christ knows what Carol Thatcher would make of Minka. Anyway. We also meet former giant diddy world record holder Crystal Ashley, whose health was ruined by leaky implants, believe it or not. Who would have thought sewing a giant bag of liquidy chemicals into your chest might not be good for you? Says presenter Mark Dolan: "This isn't meant to be a titillating programme." Firstly: he said "titillating." Hur-hur. And secondly: Oh yeah?
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| Brush with Fame, Sky Arts, 7.30pm |
In this outlandish new series, John Myatt, a master forger jailed for duping arts experts the world over, acts as interviewer and artist. He paints a completely starkers Tara Palmer Tomkinson in the style of Modigliani, while asking the dim-witted aristocratic crumpet how she has made such a pig’s ear of her privileged life. Wonderfully, Ms Tomkinson remains for the entire half hour with her head buried in a chaise longue, her unclad derriere hoisted into the air - a position we imagine is not completely foreign to the frivolous young filly. It's all about art, though, of course.
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| Minder, Five, 9pm |
First up: It's not THAT bad. (And we're not just saying that because of our encounter with Shane). He plays Archie, Arthur's nephew who hooks up with the just out of prison Jamie (the wonderfully monickered Lex Shrapnel). The pair banter and argue just as if someone had described Arthur and Terry's relationship to a writer who had never seen them before, which is probably what happened. Still, we all know it's a marketing trick to launch a new show and judged on those terms it's not terrible. Aiming for laughs more than suspense, it may be more pointless than an internet argument but sometimes it makes you smile.
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