Television What To Watch Symbolic: The tragic death of Neda Agha Soltan Todays highlights With Adam Hyland Pick Of The Day This World: An Iranian Martyr BBC2, 9pm One of the most traumatic yet arguably important images of 2009 was that of a young Iranian woman, Neda Agha Soltan, shot at a street protest in Tehran, whose final moments of life were caught on camera and posted on Youtube for the world to see. The incident, and the woman herself, became a symbol of Iranian oppression, but what of the young woman herself, and her family? This documentary looks at the devastating effect the incident had on Soltans family, and pieces together a terrifyingly vivid chronicle of the fateful days events. Imagine BBC1, 10.35pm Alan Yentob gains exclusive access and insight into the creative world of Shirley Bassey in this enjoyable documentary. After a major illness, at 72, Bassey tentatively re-enters the studio. Some of the best contemporary songwriters, including Gary Barlow, the Pet Shop Boys, Manic Street Preachers and Rufus Wainwright have interpreted her life through song for a new album exploring the legend that is the Welsh singer. RT1 RT2 TV3 7.05 The Afternoon Show (R) 8.45 Casualty 9.45 Judge Joe Brown 10.05 The Doctors 10.55 Dr Phil 11.45 Shortland Street (T) 12.15 Doctors (T) Heston has an eventful day at a retirement home. 12.45 Telly Bingo 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? 3.30 How Clean Is Your House? (T) 4.00 The Afternoon Show 5.45 Nuacht RT 6.00 The Angelus 6.01 News And Weather 7.00 Brides Of Franc (R) A wedding in the Central Park Boathouse, New York. Last in the series. 7.30 EastEnders (T) Denises hen party is gatecrashed by Owen. 8.00 Fair City (T) Suzanne hints to Louie that Yvonne might be pregnant. 8.30 About The House (T) A couple improving their energy performance. 9.00 News And Weather (T) 9.35 Prime Time (T) Current affairs review, plus reports on breaking news stories at home and abroad. 10.15 Beyond The Berlin Wall See highlights. 10.45 Cracking Crime (R) 11.15 The View David Norris, Hilary Orpen and Sophie Gorman join John Kelly to discuss the Coen brothers film A Serious Man. 12.00 Oireachtas Report 12.30 News (T) 8.50 Mr Bean: The Animated Series 9.05 Den Tots 2.25 The Den: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Back To The Sewer 2.30 Cartoon Time 2.40 Cartoon Time 2.50 Garth And Bev 3.05 Dennis And Gnasher 3.15 Kazoo 3.30 Tracey McBean 3.45 The Sleepover 4.15 The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody 4.40 Ice. 5.00 News 5.10 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 5.35 Neighbours (R,T) Donna plans to attend a fashion event. 6.00 The Simpsons (T) Cartoon capers with the unmistakable family. 6.30 Home And Away (R,T) Xavier admits that he and Ruby lied to provide Charlie with an alibi. 7.00 Dancing With The Stars The pressure doubles in the quarter-finals as the remaining couples are challenged to perform a ballroom dance, followed by a Latin routine inspired by their decade of choice. Myas 1970s-themed samba provides her with her first perfect score of the series, and Aaron Carter revisits his 1990s heyday. 9.10 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation The team tries to find out why a drunken prisoner burst into flames while making a bid to escape from custody. 10.00 Nurse Jackie (T) Dr Cooper confronts Jackie about falsifying an organ donors file. 10.35 Podge & Rodges Stickit Inn 11.15 RT News On Two And World Forecast (T) 11.45 When Under Ether Music by the Dead Weather, Bat for Lashes and Villagers. 12.45 Summer Heights High. 7.00 Ireland AM 10.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11.00 The Morning Show With Sybil And Martin 11.50 Midday 12.50 Xpos (R) 1.20 The Oprah Winfrey Show (R) 2.10 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3.05 Emmerdale (R,T) 3.30 Coronation Street (R,T) The Connors suggest Maria returns to Ireland with them. 4.00 Coronation Street (R,T) Carla pretends to be shocked as Maria updates her. 4.30 Judge Judy. Double bill. 5.30 News@5.30 6.00 Xpos Daily entertainment news, with Karen Koster. 6.30 Friends (R) Joey and Phoebe play Cupid for Rachel and Ross. Jon Lovitz guest stars. 7.00 Emmerdale (T) Marlon decides to tell Paddy about his feelings for Moira, and Nikhil wonders whether Laurel is fit enough to work. 7.30 UEFA Champions League Debrecen v Liverpool (Kick-off 7.45pm). Matt Cooper presents coverage of the Group E clash at the Pusks Ferenc Stadium in Budapest. With analysis by Tony Cascarino and Martin Keown. Plus, highlights of Arsenal v Standard Lige. 10.00 Im A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! The campers receive a surprise, reminding them they can take nothing for granted. 11.00 Nightly News 11.05 Tonight With Vincent Browne The journalist presents a panel discussion on a variety of subjects. 12.00 to 3.00 Play TV 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm :60second interview Russell Howard Russell Howard, 29, is a stand-up comedian and star of Mock The Week. He presents Russell Howards Good News on BBC3. His new live DVD, Dingledodies, is out now and his Big Rooms & Belly Laughs arena tour visits Belfast on December 20 Interview by Graeme Green I dont want to throw rocks at people who dont deserve it. The rule of satire should be to bring down people who deserve it Whats been your favourite news story this year? There was a cracker recently about a man in Japan who was banned from a shop for constantly groping a robot. It instantly makes you think its something that mustve built up over time I had an image of him touching various things at home, like he has a Henry the Hoover with a sad face. Did comedians go to town on the big stories like Michael Jacksons death? With Michael Jackson, what I thought was really interesting was the people saying: He looked really well in that final video. I was, like: No, he didnt he looked like someone had melted goats cheese over a sex doll. But in terms of the puns that were linked to his music, I found that fairly dull, but thats what we do in England. If, for example, I were to die of anything vaguely sex-related or had taken Viagra, you just know thered be headlines of Russell How-hard in the newspapers. How disappointed are you about Frankie Boyle leaving Mock The Week? Im gutted. Its like losing Cristiano Ronaldo. Hes one of the finest joke writers Ive ever worked with and I liked hanging out with him. Is the show likely to go downhill? Its up to us to work hard. It might mutate into a slightly different show. I think itd be a mistake if we tried to fill his place with another dark comic, because Frankie isnt really a dark comic he is just a great joke writer who happens to toil in a dark area. Your comedy always seems pretty upbeat. Do you generally try to look on the bright side? Yeah, I dont really have a mantra to be upbeat but I dont want to throw rocks at people who dont deserve it. The rule of satire should be to bring if hed expected me to be buying comedy food, like a cucumber and two melons, so it looked like a big c**k. It was just Weetabix, and this guy just looked crestfallen that Id let him down by not having hilarious wang-like food. Do you get to see much of the country when youre on tour? I try to get up early and have a wander about each town. And then every five nights or so, well have a proper blow out, where we just get rat-a***d wherever weve ended up. We broke into a swimming pool in Jersey once, which was quite good fun the night porter said: You shouldnt be doing that, and I said: Cmon, so he jumped in too. How much does your set change depending on the audience? It changes from night to night and whether or not theyre an interesting crowd. Sometimes you just go on stage and get straight on with it. down people who deserve to be brought down. Whats a dingledodie? Its from On The Road by Jack Kerouac. Theres this really beautiful quote where he describes chasing after exciting life-affirming people and thats what I do. I find people like that really interesting. There were women in the front row at the DVD recording wearing I Love Russell T-shirts. Whats that like? Pretty weird. Thats been the biggest difference in my life, really. About a year ago, people would go Thats that bloke off Mock The Week or whatever, whereas now I hear my name in the street, which is a real head-f***. You just end up disappointing people I had someone follow me around Sainsburys the other day and he was literally looking in my shopping trolley for signs of mirth. He looked really disappointed, as 14 metrolife Tuesday, November 24, 2009 index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html