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Wednesday, January 12, 2011televisiontv and radioculturereality tv

Tonight's TV highlights

Michel Roux's Service 8pm, BBC2 Every channel has a generous portion of food programming filling up its schedules, so it's no surprise that shows are branching out into other less cooking-based areas of the restaurant industry. Service in the UK, reckons Michel Roux , is "pretty terrible", so here he tries to sharpen it up with an hour dedicated to training new front-of-house staff. It's reality by the books, with a combustible cast of characters and an elimination process, and it's not entirely dissimilar to the poshing-up show Ladette To Lady, only with a foie gras garnish. RN Midsomer Murders 8pm, ITV1 Maureen from the Conservation Society makes a deadly enemy tonight as the parochial bloodbath returns for a new series. Local toff Norman Swanscombe is implicated, but Barnaby's not convinced of his guilt. Could Maureen's gruesome end be related to the new development at Pelfe Chase? Planning disagreements, middle-aged busybodies, local politics: this is the stuff of a truly British murder mystery. Take note, makers of gritty US crime drama. JNR Teenage Paparazzo 11.10pm, Channel 4 As a star of Entourage – in which actors tell the story of a fictional movie star, but real celebs drop by – Adrian Grenier evidently has a skewed take on celeb culture. He puts it to good use by becoming a documentarian, here turning the tables on Austin Visschedyk, a 14-year-old paparazzo. Apart from the "how old?" factor, it's a revealing topic. The interviewed celebrities are charmed by Austin's cuteness and initiative, but at the same time are concerned that he shouldn't grow up to be a full-time member of a profession they despise. JR Timeshift: The Modern Age Of Coach Travel 9pm, BBC4 Following on from last week's The Golden Age Of Coach Travel, this picks up the story in the 1970s. It argues that while coach travel in Britain has grown cheaper, safer and more reliable, the gobbling up of Britain's eccentric local coach companies by the National Express leviathan has made coach travel a lot less fun. We're reminded that until recently coaches retained some romantic cachet, whether steered by voyaging hippies, flying pickets, football fans or itinerant ravers. Exemplary social history, and great fun too. AM The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters 10pm, Sky Arts 1 Reynold Brown was one of the great illustrators of 1950s and 60s movie posters. A quiet man who anonymously created some of the most iconic pulp fiction covers and Hollywood posters before becoming disillusioned and moving to Nebraska to dedicate himself to art with a less commercial agenda. This fascinating documentary, narrated by Eli Wallach, tells the secret history of American popular culture through one of its unsung heroes. WH Breaking Bad 11.40pm, Five USA In one of those weird quirks of TV scheduling, you can watch episodes of both the first and second seasons of Breaking Bad on different channels tonight. FX continues its first series run at 10pm, while Five USA finally repeats the second series at 11.40pm. We'll keep it spoiler-free just in case you've only started watching this brilliant drama about a high-school teacher who starts an illicit meth lab when he finds out he's got cancer. Suffice to say, the second series picks up right after the first, and is just as good. RV

Source: The Guardian ↗

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