Television What To Watch Two to tango: Bruce and Tess take to the floor again Todays highlights With Adam Hyland Pick Of The Day Strictly Come Dancing BBC1, 8.30pm Yes, its back the show that has taken the world by storm returns with Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly again at the helm, and a range of ex-sport stars and celebrities aiming to hoof their way to the final, among them Martina Hingis, Joe Calzaghe and Oxo Mum Lynda Bellingham. This curtain-raiser serves to whet the appetite for Saturdays first real show, but there is drama promised even at this early stage, as judge Arlene Phillips has been replaced with former winner Alesha Dixon. Peep Show Channel 4, 10pm Its hard to believe that there have been five series of this laid-back and somewhat unconventional fly-on- the-wall comedy, but here it is, returning for a sixth. Its been quite a while since their young and carefree days, so this first episode sees both Mark and Jeremy trying to enjoy their last few days of freedom before Sophie has her baby. What, if anything, will change now that they have responsibilities? RT1 RT2 TV3 9.45 Judge Joe Brown 10.05 The Doctors 10.55 Dr Phil 11.45 Shortland Street (T) 12.15 Doctors (T) 12.45 Telly Bingo. Popular lottery game show. 1.00 News And Weather (T) 1.25 Home And Away (T) 1.55 Neighbours (T) 2.20 EastEnders (R,T) 3.00 How Clean Is Your House? (T) Kim and Aggie spruce up untidy homes. 3.30 Fair City (R,T) The locals celebrate the parade. 4.00 The Afternoon Show (T) 5.45 Nuacht RT 6.00 The Angelus 6.01 News And Weather (T) 7.00 Nationwide (T) 7.30 The Full Set Featuring Tommy Keane and Jacqueline McCarthy. Last in the series. 8.00 EastEnders (T) Peggy tries to raise the money for Sams bail. 8.30 Trishs French Country Kitchen A busy oyster farmer in the market town of Sete. 9.00 News And Weather (T) 9.35 The Late Late Show (T) Light entertainment show, featuring celebrity chat and music, hosted by Ryan Tubridy. 11.45 RT News And Marine Outlook 11.55 FILM: A Guy Thing (2002) A man wakes up next to a woman after his stag party. Comedy, starring Jason Lee. 8.50 The Adventures Of Bottle Top Bill And His Best Friend Corky 9.05 Den Tots 2.05 The Den: Raggs 2.40 Tak And The Power Of Juju 3.05 Shaun The Sheep 3.15 Kazoo 3.30 Ballybraddan (R) 3.45 Neds Declassified School Survival Guide 4.15 The Latest Buzz. Comedy, following the writers of a magazine. 4.40 Ice. Music, entertainment news and game charts. 5.00 News 5.10 Hannah Montana. 5.35 Neighbours (R,T) 6.00 The Simpsons (T) Cartoon fun. 6.30 Home And Away (R,T) A worried Rachel is accused of being a bad mother by Jane. 7.00 RT Sport On Two: The Road To Croker Presented by Des Cahill. 7.30 Gangland Lemurs (R) Madagascan ring- tailed lemurs. 8.05 Natural World A millionaire tries to turn his estate into a wilderness reserve. 9.00 NCIS (T) An admiral is assassinated. Michael Weatherly stars. 9.55 Criminal Minds (R,T) Prentiss and Reid are taken hostage. Paget Brewster and Matthew Gray Gubler star. 10.50 Life A soldier is stabbed to death while on leave. Starring Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory. 11.40 Bazs Culture Clash (R) Baz Ashmawy experiences the unusual side of life. 12.05 Sarah & Steve (R) Starring Charlene Gleeson and Emmet Kirwan. 7.00 Ireland AM 10.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R) 11.00 The Morning Show With Sybil And Martin 11.50 Midday 12.50 Xpos 1.20 The Oprah Winfrey Show (R) 2.10 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 3.05 Emmerdale (T) 3.30 Emmerdale (T) Faye uses Cain to make Mark jealous. 4.00 Coronation Street (T) Leanne uncovers Peters lies about Michelle. 4.30 Judge Judy. Double bill. Real-life court cases. 5.30 News@5.30 6.00 Xpos Daily entertainment news, with Karen Koster. 6.30 Championship Throw In A look ahead to the weekends Championship matches. 7.00 Emmerdale (T) Cain warns Faye never to use him again. 7.30 Coronation Street (T) Norris realises how little he knew his brother. 8.00 Raising Children (R) Celebrities with children share insights into parenthood. 8.30 Coronation Street (T) Kevin and Molly rush back to the Street. 9.00 Americas Got Talent Variety show, searching for the most gifted performers in the US. 10.45 Trust Me Im A Beauty Therapist New series. Eight media figures, including Suzi Quatro, Danny Foster and Michelle Marsh, work in a salon. 11.30 The Joan Rivers Position (R) The acerbic American presenter helps Ruby Wax to overcome a phobia that is affecting her private life. 12.00 to 3.00 Play TV. 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm :60second interview Michael Caine Oscar-winning Sir Michael Caine, 76, has appeared in more than 100 films, from Alfie, Get Carter and The Italian Job to his role as Alfred the butler in Batman. His latest film, Is Anybody There?, is out now on DVD and Blu-ray Interview by Graeme Green I never think about my own mortality. I always have so many plans... Ive behaved my entire life as if Im immortal In Is Anybody There? you play a retired magician. Did you master the magic tricks? Yes, this wonderful magician came and taught us. The hardest ones to do were the card tricks, especially when youre my age and have hands like the Boston Strangler. So you just do a trick over and over and they keep the camera running until you get it right. Have you picked up a few random skills over the years such as gun-slinging, sword-fighting? You always pick up odds and sods. Sean Connery, one of the worlds most enthusiastic golfers, never played golf until Goldfinger. He had to learn for the movie and then took it up. But I never learnt anything in a movie that I wanted to take up in real life. I only learnt how to go around slaughtering people. Or maybe seducing girls but Ive been married for 36 years so thats not much good to me. Did you have any older friends or mentors, like the boy in the film? Yes. There was a woman who I realise now was also a lesbian. She was my headmistress at the infant school I went to in the country. She taught me things such as how to play poker and Id go to the post office to get her cigarettes. She chain-smoked and she eventually died of lung cancer. She was about 65 years old, brogue shoes, stockings and plaid skirts. I thought she was absolutely great she was my best friend. Her name was Miss Linton. Do sombre films about dying make you think about your own mortality? I never think about my own mortality. No, no, you must never do that. I always have so many plans for what Im doing. Ive behaved my entire life as if Im immortal. Do you miss the old-school roles dishing out sex and violence? I suppose I am missing the roles where Im dishing out the sex. Ive just made in my seventies films with Jennifer Lopez, Beyonc window and nicked it. If anyones found with it, they nicked it. Are you looking forward to doing the next Batman film? Well, it certainly wont be until 2011. Christopher Nolan [the director] is doing a very long movie called Inception. Theres absolutely no way they could possibly start another Batman before 2011, so Im not holding my breath. Isnt it about time they gave you an Oscar for Best Actor? My last nomination was for The Quiet American. I was nominated for Sleuth, Alfie, Educating Rita... I think they should just give me one anyway. Will you be a bit gutted if the Academy Lifetime Award comes along before youve won one? I have so many Lifetime Awards, Ive got no shelves left. Ive got three Golden Globes, three Baftas and two Oscars. It should be three of each, because the shelf looks sort of weird like that. Thats the reason they have to give me one for the decor. Knowles, Charlize Theron and Scarlett Johansson but Im just the old duffer in the corner. Do you have a favourite line from any of your films? In Britain, everyone always says to me: You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! from The Italian Job. In America, its The Cider House Rules. Men come up to me and say: Do you know what I say to my boys when they go to bed at night? and I say: Is it Goodnight, you princes of Maine, you kings of New England? They say: Yeah, how did you know that? and I say: Its just a lucky guess on my part. My favourite lines are all from Casablanca, the best film for quotes in the history of movies. Have you kept any souvenirs from films Minis, spears, Bat gadgets? No, I should have done. When Zulu came out, they put the uniform in the window of the costumiers and someone broke the 20 metrolife Friday, September 18, 2009 index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html24.html25.html26.html27.html