TV & Satellite Week – 13 July 2019

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When Neil Armstrong became the

first man to set foot on the moon

in July 1969, people all over the

world joined together to celebrate

mankind’s greatest achievement.

It was a moment that inspired a

generation and changed the face of

human history, but what was it like

for the half a billion TV viewers who

followed every step of the eight-day

mission from their living rooms?

This week and next, C4 recreates

the excitement, tension and sheer

wonder of those eight days with a

pair of fascinating documentaries,

short news updates and online

content designed to transport

viewers back 50 years in time.

‘We want to get today’s viewers

into a similar head space as those in

1969,’ explains executive producer

David Glover. ‘We’ll be solely using

archive footage to make the

One

giant

leap

As a host of programmes

mark the 50th anniversary

of the moon landing, C

recreates the excitement

of the Apollo 11 mission

NEW HISTORY

Moon Launch Live

Saturday, C4 HD, 8pm

WORDS: SEAN MARLAND, IAN MACEWAN. PHOTOS: ALAMY, BBC, C4, CHANNEL 5, GETT Y, PA IMAGES, YESTERDAY

Inside the Secret World

of Incels

Sunday, BBC3 Online, from 10am

A look at the disturbing world of

‘incels’ – an online subculture of

‘involuntary celibate’ men whose

hatred of women resulted in Elliot

Rodger killing six students at the

University of California in 2014.

His crimes inspired at least three

further mass murders.

Celebrity 5 Go Barging

Friday, Channel 5 HD, 9pm

Former deputy prime minister

John Prescott swaps his ‘two Jags’

for one barge as he joins Amanda

Barrie, Anita Harris, Michael Buerk

and Shaun Williamson for a canal

holiday. Over five episodes they’ll

be taking a gentle journey by

narrow boat from Staffordshire

to Stratford-upon-Avon.

Serengeti

Thursday, BBC1 HD, 8pm

This week’s episode

focuses on the

spectacular annual

‘great migration’

across the Serengeti

as female zebra Shani

is forced to stop her

search for new

pastures in order to

give birth. Meanwhile,

a family of wild dogs

moves in, led by

male Jasari, who is

desperate to feed his

huge litter of pups.

Stargazing: Moon Landing

Special (Mon, BBC2 HD, 9pm)

takes Brian Cox and Dara O

Briain to Florida to see where

the Apollo 11 mission began.

The Day We Walked on

the Moon (Tue, ITV HD,

9pm) tells the story of

the mission with the

help of astronaut

Michael Collins.

ALSO THIS WEEK...

Brian Cox and

Dara O Briain

Neil

Armstrong