Planet Dinosaur | Who Do You Think You Are? | Grand Designs | Dinosaurs, Myths And Monsters | Kids Who Preach | Ghosthunting With The Only Way Is Essex
Planet Dinosaur
8.30pm, BBC1
You'll think Planet Dinosaur is pretty cool if you're a seven-year-old watching it on a gummy iPad or a professional adult person reclining on your sofa. This, the programme explains, is the golden age of dinosaur discovery ? more dinosaurs of plant-chewing passivity, savage monstrosity and boggly-eyed weirdness having been discovered in the past 20 years than in the previous 200. Essentially a monster movie narrated by John Hurt, this first episode takes us to Africa, where two whopping beasts go head-to-head. John Robinson
Who Do You Think You Are?
9pm, BBC1
Alan Carr delves into the archives to find out about his Geordie roots and the mystery of the surprising surname on his mother's side. First, he's off to Newcastle United's ground to meet his dad, their chief talent scout. On his mother's side, the Carters are a mysterious bunch with two apparent identities. He finds a great-grandfather who seemed reluctant to fight in the first world war. Carr, as always, makes things go with a swing. Julia Raeside
Grand Designs
9pm, Channel 4
A new series of the rampantly successful property development franchise, which chronicles the travails and triumphs of people attempting to turn their dream homes into livable reality. In tonight's opener, Kevin McCloud revisits the programme's longest-running saga ? the five-year (and counting) epic of Stefan Lepkowsky and Annia Shabowska, who have been attempting to alchemise a cutting-edge contemporary home from the unpromising base metal of a derelict mill cottage in Northamptonshire. Andrew Mueller
Dinosaurs, Myths And Monsters
9pm, BBC4
The ancients shared our obsession with prehistoric remains. But what did our forebears make of the fossils they found? Native Americans built a mythology of conflicts between thunderbirds and water monsters from a combination of old bones and a sophisticated sense of deep time. Elephant skulls, which have a large nasal cavity that could be mistaken for an eye socket, may partly explain the figure of Cyclops. Historian Tom Holland conveys these stories and more with the bouncy enthusiasm of a dinosaur-mad sprog. Precisely the kind of off-kilter but insightful documentary that explains why we need BBC4. Excellent. Jonathan Wright
Kids Who Preach
9pm, National Geographic
Type "Kanon Tipton" into YouTube and you'll come across a most disconcerting sight: a one-year-old boy with a microphone making preacher-style noises of exhortation to a Mississippi congregation, convinced he is channelling the word of God. We catch up with him as a seasoned four-year-old, along with two 12-year-olds, Terry Durham, the "little man of God", with a reputation for healing the sick, and Matheus Moraes, a Brazilian boy whose mission is to convert criminals to religion. David Stubbs
Ghosthunting With The Only Way Is Essex
10pm, ITV2
Can't wait for the new series of TOWIE? You're only human. What better way to catch up with your scripted reality favourites than to watch them squeal like perma-tanned piggies on a night with Yvette Fielding? And some ghosts. Expect giggles and "shuttups" from Amy Childs and Sam Faiers, who provide TOWIE with a witty Shakespearean chorus and also look hot in bikinis. Will they be braver than Mark Wright, Arg and Harry Derbidge as they swap the Sugar Hut for haunted Coalhouse Fort? Hannah Verdier
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/sep/13/planet-dinosaur-tv-highlights
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