Run | Count Arthur Strong | Broken By Battle | Howzat! Kerry Packer's War | My £9.50 Holiday | Archer | Skins: Pure – Part One | Live Women's Football: England v Russia
**Run*
10pm, Channel 4*
Olivia Colman leads the cast in this bleak, bleached-out tale, relayed over four consecutive nights, of folk living on a gloomy council estate in south London. Tonight's opener focuses on Colman's character: a single mother with two grown-up but wayward sons. After one tragic misstep, lives spiral out of control, dragging others into the vortex, including a heroin addict (Lennie James), a pole dancer (Jaime Winstone) and a Chinese girl who sells bootleg DVDs (Katie Leung). Unrelenting in its gloom but beautifully done. Julia Raeside
**Count Arthur Strong*
8.30pm, BBC2*
Graham Linehan's fingerprints are all over this new sitcom, which he and Steve Delaney have co-adapted from the latter's radio show. It's a little more offbeat than Father Ted and The IT Crowd, but the storylines, which seamlessly build to dizzying heights of ridiculousness, are just as winning. This week, Count Arthur and Michael (the son of Arthur's one-time comedy partner) end up on the run in an ice-cream van, dressed in Victorian costume, after fraudulently operating incredibly misleading Jack the Ripper tours. Rachel Aroesti
**Broken By Battle*
9pm, BBC1*
Toby Harnden's examination of the struggles of returning soldiers begins with a shocking statistic: last year, more British troops and veterans were lost to suicide than to the Taliban. Over the course of a year, Harnden speaks to soldiers who have suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, and to the bewildered families of soldiers who found themselves unable to overcome it. Few have kind words to say about the way in which the Ministry of Defence has responded to their troubles. Andrew Mueller
**Howzat! Kerry Packer's War*
9pm, BBC4
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Concluding half of the mini-series looking at the titular TV exec's campaign to revolutionise Australian sport with his World Series Cricket enterprise. Despite all his energy being bowled into making the action as TV-friendly as possible, employing everything from multi-coloured cricketing whites and aurally adhesive ad jingles, Packer still finds time to unleash spittle-flecked invective on underlings. But will his industrial-sized bucket of bluster alone see the competition finally find favour with the Australian public? Mark Jones
**My £9.50 Holiday*
10.35pm, BBC1*
Yes, it is tempting to sneer at the kind of holiday that involves snipping coupons out of the paper and staying in a caravan park, but this documentary is determined to show how diverse the types of people who partake in such trips are. Of course, this includes a family with five children who smuggle their own drinks into Sparky the giant dancing rabbit's show, and a group of fun-seeking girls who can only dream of going abroad. It's like any holiday, really: lovely when the sun shines; if you are stuck indoors in the rain, not so much. Hannah Verdier
**Archer*
11.20pm, Channel 5
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Having left behind his ISIS career at the end of the previous season, superspy Sterling Archer here finds all memory of his past overwritten by a new life running a burger joint (eerily similar to that of voice actor H Jon Benjamin's other show, Bob's Burgers). After having his new vocation interrupted by a gaggle of KGB heavies, he finds his former employers luring him back into action using a swish spa weekend. If you've yet to find yourself hooked on Adam Reed's brilliant animation, check in here. See feature, P16. MJ
**Skins: Pure – Part One*
10pm, E4*
Skins continues its mature makeover, as Effy, Cook et al struggle to become adults in a social milieu described by its creators as "Cameron's Britain". The second two-parter, Pure, follows Cassie (Hannah Murray), who is no longer in New York, but alone and invisible in London. With Sid out of the picture, the first part sees her befriend a mysterious stranger. However, can they negotiate the trials of the economically and socially depressed "real world" in which these once-debauched youths find themselves? Hannah J Davies
**Live Women's Football: England v Russia*
4.30pm, BBC2*
Having suffered a humbling at the hands of Sweden in their final warm-up game, and with injuries to several players, England have begun Euro 2013 with lower expectations than in previous tournaments. It's a low-key position that should hopefully suit them, though they're unlikely to be considered anything other than big favourites in tonight's group game, against a Russia side who have failed to muster a point in any of their past 11 finals matches. Gwilym Mumford
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*Release date :* January 17, 2014
Rise and shine, pop culture fans! Rub your eyes, get to stretchin’, and pour yourself a hot cup of coffee because it’s time to start your day off right with a little *OK! Wake Up Call*. It’s better …
Reported by OK! Magazine 4 days ago.
THE only thing that surprises me about RUN, the first of four gritty new dramas going out this week on Channel 4, is the way Olivia Colman's character, Carol, treats her two teenage sons.
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*Release date :* September 27, 2013
Amy was dressed in a late '50s style outfit reminiscent of Olivia Newton-John’s look in Grease as she filmed scenes for her new movie Big Eyes in Vancouver, Canada on Thursday.
Reported by MailOnline 4 days ago.