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Reply to: The Mentalist showing on five by Dave

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:55:06 +0100

This is an awesome show... if you like this, try Lie To Me as well, very similar kind of thing, both very good!

Reply to: Post-migration problems by Russ Freeman

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:20:46 +0100

Looks like DigiGude 8.4 and 8.3 are jumbled together to be honest. I suspect that you're running 8.3 and have 8.4 scripts - and DG8.3 knows nothing about new script features in 8.4.

Download 8.4 and install it right over your current install - that shuld fix it AND it will preserve your current settings.

The 40 Year Old Virgin showing on ITV2 by DigiGuide Staff

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:52:57 +0100

The 40 Year Old Virgin

The 40 Year Old Virgin, showing Thursday July 9th on ITV2 at 11:00pm

Although the plot has a slightly thin premise, surprisingly this 2005 lightweight romcom works quite well. Following his show-stealing performances in Bruce Almighty and Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy, Steve Carell moved centre stage with a leading role. He plays Andy Stitzer, a 40-year-old electronics store worker, whose colleagues discover that he has never had a girlfriend and is still a virgin. They set about helping him to meet that special someone - by any means necessary.

Despite a few hit-and-miss gags and a feeling that the film is a shade too long, there are plenty of laughs throughout. Particular highlights include a less than conventional speed-dating scene and a legendary waxing scene that will make you wince.

What separates this from the stream of recent gross-out movies is the underlying sense of heart and sweetness as Stitzer chooses to wait for the right woman rather than lose his virginity with the less than appealing options that his friends present him with.

Underpinned by Carell's charming and likeable performance and a sense of originality lacking in other movies of this genre, this is one of the better comedies of recent years and well worth checking out.

Did you know? Carell's chest hair was actually ripped out for the excruciating waxing scene. Just before shooting the infamous sequence, Carell told director Judd Apatow: "It has to be real. It won't be as funny if it's mocked up or if it's a special effect. You have to see that this is really happening." The scene had to be done in one shot.

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iTunes Festival 2009 showing on ITV2 by DigiGuide Staff

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:52:13 +0100

iTunes Festival 2009

iTunes Festival 2009, showing Thursday July 9th on ITV2 at 10:00pm

Presented by Fearne Cotton and Dave Berry, the iTunes Festival 2009 gets underway. The superb Roundhouse venue will capture the unique Camden vibe with what promises to be one of the most exciting music events of the summer.

iTunes Festival 2009 will showcase performances from the likes of Oasis, The Saturdays, Flo Rida, Franz Ferdinand, Paulo Nutini, Snow Patrol and Kasabian with more yet to be announced.

Plus, there will be a chance to discover what really makes these bands tick as the presenters intimately chat to the acts before they take to the stage. They'll also get all the latest showbiz gossip from an array of celebrity guests who will be dropping by.

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The Real Goldfinger: Revealed showing on five by DigiGuide Staff

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:37:07 +0100

The Real Goldfinger: Revealed

The Real Goldfinger: Revealed, showing Thursday July 9th on five at 8:00pm

The historical documentary series continues. New research indicates that the audacious plot to rob Fort Knox in the James Bond story 'Goldfinger' may have been based on real-life events. In 1914, the fledgling British secret service worked to foil an attack on the Bank of England, masterminded by an influential German spymaster.

In Ian Fleming's story 'Goldfinger', the ingenious villain of the title attempts to steal the gold reserves at Fort Knox. Fleming's tale, immortalised in the 1964 film starring Sean Connery, may have its basis in a little-known incident from the early days of the British secret service.

In 1914, on the eve of war with Germany, British agents smashed a German spy ring. The operation was led by former police detective William Melville - whose personality and moniker of 'M' mostly likely inspired the Ian Fleming character.

Melville helped shape the methods of MI5 from its foundation in 1909. In particular, he relied on the expertise of convicted criminals to train his agents. "This is not the world of James Bond. This is a much dirtier world," says author Michael Smith.

Melville's nemesis was the German spymaster Gustav Steinhauer, who may have been the prototype for Auric Goldfinger. Steinhauer was a German intelligence officer who had collaborated with Melville on earlier assignments. But the two were to become bitter enemies once it became apparent that a network of German spies in Britain was reporting back to Steinhauer.

The extent of the network was only revealed after a chance encounter on a train, when a British agent overheard a German spy carelessly recounting the contents of a letter from Steinhauer. The secret service put the spy under surveillance and soon identified further enemy agents. German spies were tasked with gathering information on the British navy - the country's biggest strategic asset - and they filtered their reports through a barbershop run by a British-born German.

Melville allowed the spy ring to continue under observation. The previously unpublished memoirs of an agent named Arthur Hailstone shed further light on the story. Hailstone reports that the Germans were in fact planning an assault on the Bank of England - a potentially devastating plot. "If that gold was stolen, the nation's currency would effectively be worthless. It would create economic chaos," says author Dr Andrew Cook.

The years preceding World War One were marked by a strong fear of German invasion. A raid on the bank could, in theory, make an invasion more likely.

Dr Cook suspects that Ian Fleming, who had wide access to World War One intelligence files, reused the story for 'Goldfinger'. "I believe Fleming read about the 1914 German Bank of England plot and simply transposed it to America," he says.

However, it was soon apparent to William Melville that it was practically impossible for the Germans to break in to the bank and move some 215 tons of gold. It was more likely that they would try and blow it up - possibly using a disused underground tunnel that runs under the bank to this day. "Had the bank been destroyed, it would have sent shockwaves through the world economy," says Dr Thomas Hennessy.

The plot to blow up the bank was foiled and the German spy ring was smashed on 3 August 1914 - one day before war broke out. MI5 arrested 21 of Gustav Steinhauer's agents, scoring a major propaganda victory in the process. The exposure of the spy ring established MI5's reputation and enabled it to claim greater funding and an expanded role. However, new research indicates that the secret service's victory over the German plotters was less clear cut than it was made to appear...

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Gerrys Big Decision showing on Channel 4 by DigiGuide Staff

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:14:06 +0100

Gerrys Big Decision

Gerrys Big Decision, showing Thursday July 9th on Channel 4 at 9:00pm

Sir Gerry Robinson, of the UK's most respected entrepreneurs, is taking some very big risks: he's preparing to invest hundreds of thousands of pounds of his own money in British companies. And all of them are on the brink.

In Lancashire, almost an entire village community is dependent on one company: Britain's last surviving major chair manufacturer. But the MD and the owner are at loggerheads and 150 years of tradition could vanish within months.

Meanwhile, 200 miles away in Devon, another legendary British firm is also on the brink of extinction. They're recognised for "making Britain's finest pies and pasties", but it's dawning on owner Simon that he has bitten off more than he can chew.

Before Gerry can make his big decision, he has to cast his personal feelings aside. Should he save either of them?

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My Best Friend's Murder showing on BBC 3 by DigiGuide Staff

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:06:03 +0100

My Best Friend's Murder

My Best Friend's Murder, showing Thursday July 9th on BBC 3 at 9:00pm

On January 24th, 15 year-old Stephen Lewis became the first teenager to die from knife crime this year. Just weeks earlier, he had agreed to be interviewed about knife culture for a documentary with his friend, Okemena. Before he could give his interview, Stephen was dead.

This documentary is a rare and intimate insight into those who live with the reality of knife crime - following Okemena and the friends, brothers and sisters of two teenagers killed at the start of the year. It follows them in the aftermath of their friends' deaths as they try to make sense of the violence around them, revealing the codes, pressures and bloody feuds of street life that make it so hard to avoid.

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The Naked Office showing on Virgin 1 by DigiGuide Staff

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:05:57 +0100

The Naked Office

The Naked Office, showing Thursday July 9th on Virgin 1 at 9:00pm

With our 'booming Britain' days over and the start of the recent recession, companies are fighting to stay alive. In an extraordinarily explicit show, this documentary will witness one brave business as it attempts to get back on track by stripping away its problems using a revolutionary approach - going to work stark naked.

Rather than it being rude to go nude, we find out whether shedding clothes and flashing the flesh is the ultimate office equaliser. Will working naked break down relationship boundaries by increasing positivity and productivity? Our brave advertising based business in Newcastle - multi-award winning onebestway will put this theory to the test. As a casualty of the recession, onebestway has suffered some recent blows - weakening communication, general loss of direction, redundancies and low staff morale. Cue David Taylor - leading business guru and best selling author, his theory is that offices are breeding grounds for the most destructive forces for business: power and envy. His solution is some people's worst nightmare - going to work entirely naked.

This quirky, daring and insightful documentary, filmed over a week, takes the colleagues on both a personal and professional journey as they build up to the day the entire office has been dreading. No clothes, no shame and nowhere to hide as they work completely nude on 'Naked Friday'. But will it improve relationships and create a happier, more successful business? It will certainly mean they never look at their colleagues in quite the same way again.

Throughout the week we follow David Taylor as he helps the onebestway employees confront their psychological approach to work, as well as stripping down the physical barriers so often put up at work. Undertaking 'naked tasks' throughout their week, the soon-to-be empowered employees draw closer and closer to the ultimate dress down Friday with some surprisingly results that reveal more than just their bodies.

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Reply to: Channel Changes/Additions: 22nd June 2009 - SKY PL by Ian Jones

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:59:59 +0100

Nope, it was not there last week but is now visible, we will correct it later,