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TV Listings | Amon Goeth and Stan Lee’s Superhumans
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May 4th, 2012
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The name Amon Goeth might not ring an immediate bell, but on the AFI’s list of the top 50 film villains of all time, he ranked the highest non-fictional baddie. As commander of the Kraków-P?aszów concentration camp, he personally killed over 500 people – many of whom he did indeed shoot for sport – as portrayed by Ralph Fiennes in Schindler’s List. Inheritance is the story of his daughter’s search for acceptance, 60 years after his hanging.
Dougray Scott’s character in Father & Son (BBC Ent, Sat 20:35) also seeks closure – his criminal past was to blame for the death of his wife. Set in Dublin and Manchester, it’s a gritty, well-crafted thriller.
Hopefully the same will be true of the FA Cup Final and Europa League Final (TV3+, Wed 20:00), while in the Premiership, K6 has possible title deciders Newcastle United vs Manchester City and Manchester Utd vs Swansea City (from Sun 14:00), and relegation clash Wigan Athletic vs Blackburn Rovers (Mon 21:00). And don’t forget the World Snooker Championship final (Eurosport, Sun & Mon) and the first stage of Giro D’Italia (Eurosport, Sat 15:30), which this year is in Jutland.
Elsewhere, we’ve always suspected the guy who made Super Size Me is rubbish, and advertising ‘expose’ The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (SV1, Tue 22:00) proves it; Blue Mountain State (TV3+, Tue 21:00) is a US college football comedy of the same ilk as Porky’s; there’s another chance to see Kate Winslet snoozer Mildred Pierce (TV3 Puls, Mon 22:05) and the excellent second series of Sherlock (DR1, Sat 21:45); Stan Lee’s Superhumans (DRHD, Mon 20:00) sees the superhero creator track down freaks of nature; watch Munich Theatre’s 2005 version of Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux (DRK, Sat 20:00); Bill Bailey: Tinselworm (BBC Entertainment, Thu 22:00) is strongest when the British comedian experiments with music; avoid awful vampire series The Gates (TV2 Zulu, Sun 11:05); and Simon Cowell, a guest on the Jonathan Ross Show (SV1, Sat 23:35), would enjoy Afghan Star (DR2, Tue 21:00), a doc about the country’s first ever TV singing contest – which for many voters was their first ever experience of democracy.
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