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Judy’s Pick of the Day | Friday 19 March

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9pm Lost, Sky1 & Sky1 HD
It’s a Sawyer-centric episode (sigh) and his profession in the flashsideways is, to put it mildly, a bit of a surprise, while there is also a back-from-the-dead appearance from a familiar character.

9pm, The Mentalist, Five
In a fab haunted house episode, Rigsby confesses his feelings to Grace as they search the supposedly haunted house after the owner is found dead. Was it a suicide or was he the victim of supernatural forces?

9pm, NCIS, FX & FX HD
The team investigate the shooting of a marine and find out that there is more to his life than anyone would ever have imagined.

10pm, True Blood, FX & FX HD
Lafayette finds himself reluctantly pulled back into Eric’s orbit, Bill and Sookie head to Dallas where their limo driver attempts to abduct Sookie.

10pm, Criminal Minds, Living
British rocker Gavin Rossdale, who we all know better as Mr Gwen Stefani, guests as a Goth rockerwho the BAU link to the murders of several young women. Does his vampire stage act mirror a real-life thirst for blood?

Judy’s Pick of the Day | Friday 12 March

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9pm Lost, Sky1 & Sky1 HD
Tonight we get a Ben-centric episode. Now if Ben wasn’t engimatic enough, in his flashsideways he is a mild-mannered history teacher who is mentoring a familiar face from the island. Can this show get more mind-boggling?

9pm, The Mentalist, Five
Jane and the team investigate the murder of a powerful defence attorney who represented one of California’s most notorious motorcycle gangs, the Sinner Saints. Did his affair with the lover of the gang’s lead lead to his demise?

9pm, NCIS, FX & FX HD
An episode not to miss. Veteran actress Gena Rowlands guest as Gibbs’ former mother-in-law Joanne who’s a witness in a murder case. As the show flashbacks to when Gibbs was married to Joanne’s daughter Shannon, the younger Gibbs is played by Mark Harmon’s real-life son, Sean.

10pm, True Blood, FX & FX HD
When Sookie is attacked by a mysterious creature, Bill must team up with Eric to save her. Jason begins to have second thoughts about the Light of Day retreat.

10pm, Criminal Minds, Living
As Morgan heads up the BAU for the first time, the unit is called to Oklahoma City to assist local police track down a particulary gruesome serial killer who removes the eyes of his murder victims and keeps them as souvenirs.

Judy’s Pick of the Day | Friday 26 February

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9pm Lost, Sky1 & Sky1 HD
A Jack-centric episode this week and there are few surprises in store for him in his flash-sideways. Yep, that’s what they are calling the parallel universe storylines and we like it.

9pm, The Mentalist, Five
Starsky and Hutch’s much-loved Paul Michael Glaser guests in tonight’s episode as the CBI investigate the death of a senator’s aide who was rumoured to have had an affair with the senator’s husband.

9pm NCIS, FX & FX HD
After one of the drivers of a shady shipping company is found dead, Gibbs and the team take to the road to bust an illegal trucking operation.

10pm, True Blood, FX & FX HD
NEW SERIES Hurrah, the raunchy vampire series is back, but the course of true love does not run smoothly for Sookie and Bill when she learns of his involvement in her uncle’s death.

10pm, Criminal Minds, Living
Morgan gets close to a victim’s siters when the BAU set out to track down a gang of killers who seem to be targeting rich new residents in a working-class neighbourhood of Washington DC.

Judy’s Pick of the Day | Friday 19 February

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9pm, The Mentalist, Five
NEW SERIES There is something very likeable about this series, not least Simon Baker’s performance as former fake TV psychic turned crime solver Patrick Jane. As the second series opens, Jane is not happy to be taken off the Red John case - the serial killer who murdered his wife and daughter.

9pm Lost, Sky1 & Sky1 HD
After last week’s Kate’s story, this week we find out what Locke’s life would have been like if the plane hadn’t crashed on the island. Okay, he would still have been paralysed, but it isn’t all bad.

9pm NCIS, FX & FX HD
A terrorist group threatens to detonate a dirty bomb on a bus in Washinton DC and the team are in a race against time to avert disaster.

10pm, Criminal Minds, Living
Rossi reluctantly returns to his home town in Long Island as the unit tries to track down a serial killer who has murdered three people, mutilating each victim in a different manner.

In the latest issue of TV & Satellite Week…

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Simon Baker returns as Patrick Jane, TV’s sharpest detective, in The Mentalist, and he’s got a new nemesis…

EastEnders celebrates 25 years of hatches, matches and dispatches with a special live episode, and they promise to reveal who killed Archie

CSI fans are in for a real treat - the three shows have their first-ever crossover, starting this week as Langston heads to Miami

Mad Men star January Jones talks herbal ciggies, vintage lingerie and bra-burning

We take a look at which artists are likely to be cracking open the champers at this year’s BRIT Awards

All this, plus an extensive guide to the Winter Olympics, and of course the best listings for Sky and Virgin viewers. Click on the pictures below for a closer look.

Marion’s Pick of the Day | Thursday 13 August

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9pm, The Mentalist, Five
Sparks fly between Patrick Jane and the girlfriend of a murdered businessman, who turns out to be a con-artist intent on getting her hands on his $10million fortune. So why, despite the obvious motive and the woman’s duplicity, does Jane believe there is more to the crime than meets the eye?
• Catch it again Sunday, Five USA, 7pm

9pm, Reaper, E4
Sam has Morgan foisted on him for this week’s soul catch, but finds that his partner runs out on him, leaving him to do all the work - no bad thing, as Sam is moved by the poor young soul’s plight – he has been unjustly condemned, and has only one final wish: to lose his virginity with the woman he loves.
• Catch it again, E4+1, 10pm; Saturday, E4, 6pm

10pm, Private Practice, Living
Difficult issues of life and death are addressed by Addison and Charlotte in this moving episode, as they try to save the life of a pregnant woman who has fallen into a coma. Meanwhile, one of Violet’s patients is suspected of murdering his wife, and Oceanside staff clash with Meg when she begins seeing patients at the centre.
• Catch it again, Living+1, 11pm; Wednesday, Living, 8pm

10.00pm, Entourage, ITV2
Charity is good for the soul, they say – but scheming is the order of the day when Vince and Drama team up with Mark Wahlberg and American footballer Tom Brady at a charity golf tournament. E receives a surprise job offer, and Ari finds himself in trouble with his wife and actor Jeffrey Tambor. Also featuring George Segal.
• Catch it again, ITV2+1, 11.00pm; Sunday, ITV2, 11.50pm

Marion’s Pick of the Day | Thursday 6 August

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9pm, The Mentalist, Five
After a mafioso-turned-informant is murdered, the team immediately suspect a Mob hit. But it turns out that the man was not quite able to leave his life of crime behind, and Patrick Jane’s attentions are drawn to the suspicious US Marshals assigned to protect the victim.
• Catch it again Sunday, Five USA, 7pm

9pm, Reaper, E4
Sam is sent on a soul catch in a small town and takes the gang along with him, but when they get there they discover that a tentacled beast has taken over and is hungry for its next meal. Meanwhile, will absence make Nina’s heart grow fonder for Ben when he tries not to be so clingy with her?
• Catch it again, E4+1, 10pm; Saturday, E4, 6pm

10pm, Private Practice, Living
Addison should be pleased to see her brother Archer, but his surprise visit only leads to trouble for her, Sam and Naomi. More seriously, powerful emotions are let loose when a paedophile visits the centre, and a couple have to decide whether to put their faith in God or medicine.
• Catch it again, Living+1, 11pm; Wednesday, 8pm, Living

10pm, Lie to Me, Sky 1 & HD
SERIES FINALE An investigation by Lightman into suicide bombers outside Washington DC is the focus of the series’ last episode – and the case takes a personal turn for Torres when Dupree goes missing. Jennifer Beals and Mekhi Phfifer are still providing guest-star services.
• Catch it again, Friday, Sky2, 10pm; Sunday, Sky1, 11pm

10.25pm, Entourage, ITV2
It’s another busy week for the boys: Vince just doesn’t know what to do with himself when production on his latest film is put back, Andrew claims he has ended his fling with a co-worker but Ari tells Lloyd to keep an eye on him, Drama searches for actresses to play his new love interest, and E thinks about the future. Guest stars include David Schwimmer.
• Catch it again, ITV2+1, 11.25pm; Sunday, ITV2, 10.45pm

Heather’s Pick of the Day | Thursday 30 July

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Thursday night, still the busiest on the box…

9pm, The Mentalist, Five
Simon Baker’s more ardent female fans will be heartbroken to hear that the actress playing an actress in tonight’s episode is Simon’s real-life wife Rebecca Rigg. There’s a welcome break from the Red John tension, but Jane reveals his more merciless side as he investigates a movie producer’s death.
• Catch it again Sunday, Five USA, 7pm

9pm, Reaper, E4
The boys capture their latest soul, but the demon has left behind a baby, so Sam and his pals have to take care of her. As if that wasn’t enough to deal with, Sock decides on a rather drastic course of action to stop him fancying his step-sister.
•Catch it again, E4+1, 10pm; Saturday, E4, 6pm

10pm, Private Practice, Living
Not 9pm, as listed in the mag - Living suddenly decided to push PP back to 10pm. Too much competition from Simon Baker, perhaps… Addison feels the long arm of the law when she decides to turn stalker, and Violet confronts Charlotte about Cooper.
•Catch it again, Wednesday, 8pm, Living

10pm, Lie to Me, Sky1 & HD
Cal puts himself in danger going undercover in a prison to befriend a serial rapist whose crimes are being replicated. Back at Lightman, Mekhi Phifer shows up as new character FBI Agent Ben Reynolds, looking a lot leaner than in his ER days.
•Catch it again, Friday, Sky2, 10pm; Sunday, Sky1, 11pm

10pm, Entourage, ITV2
Turtle gets some flash birthday gifts from Vince and Jamie-Lynn, making him reconsider his career path, so he turns to Ari for advice, and Eric gets nervous about Charlie’s pilot based on feedback from his latest girlfriend. Well, we say girlfriend. Obviously ‘fling’ would be a more accurate term.
•Catch it again, ITV2+1, 11pm; Sunday, ITV2, 11.35pm

10.30pm,The Loop, E4
NEW COMEDY Well, not strictly new - it was on Trouble before, but you may have missed it. It stars Bret Harrison, who is now of course in Reaper. Bret plays Sam (there must be something in his contract), a young man who lands a job as an airline executive, but then has to find a balance between work and his hectic social life with his slacker friends. The pilot is great, but the reviews we’ve read implies it takes a dive toward the end of the series…
•Catch it again, E4+1, 11.30pm; Saturday, E4, 7.25pm

Heather’s Pick of the Day | Thursday 2 July

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9pm, Reaper, E4
NEW SERIES Sam, Sock and Ben are back, but Sam’s still reeling from the news that he’s the son of Satan. As if life couldn’t get any worse, he manages to lose his job and his apartment tonight. There is light at the end of the tunnel though, courtesy of another escaped soul who wrangled his way out of a devilish deal…
• catch it again at on E4+1, 10pm/Saturday, 6pm

9pm, My Own Worst Enemy, Sci-Fi & HD
Henry thinks he’s meeting with an FBI agent, but when he admits that Edward works for Janus, the agent pulls a gun on him, and it leads to some very interesting information about Norah Skinner.
• catch it again Saturday, 8pm

9pm & 10pm, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Hallmark
The first of tonight’s episodes is entitled ‘Please Note We are No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation from Henry Kissinger’, unless you haven’t got a widescreen telly, in which case it’ll just be ‘No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation’ which just sounds like they’re fed up with aspiring scriptwriters.
• catch them again tomorrow night, 8pm & 9pm

9pm, The Mentalist, Five
A socialite is murdered at a party at her home, and a napkin with a particularly vicious message is found at the scene. Unfortunately, for all the social niceties of her circle of friends, there’s really not a lot of love lost between the ladies, and it’s not easy to narrow down the list of suspects.
• catch it again, Sunday, 7pm on Five US

10pm, Lie to Me, Sky1 & Sky HD
In an eventful episode, Cal reveals things about his past when he becomes obsessed with a series of suicides, and Torres notices that the case is taking its toll on him. Meanwhile, Gillian and Eli help the Feds determine whether the head of a Wall Street investment firm really did ‘lose’ hundreds of millions from investors.
• catch it again on Sunday, 11pm

10pm, Private Practice, Living
A couple come to the clinic to find out why they can’t conceive, but there’s a shocking outcome. Brace yourselves, it’s even crazier than you might imagine. Cooper turns to estranged pal Violet for help when he realises he has head lice, and during a touching moment of hair-washing he confesses about his affair with Charlotte. It’s like one of those ads that try to make lice shampoo sexy.
• catch it again on Living+1, 11pm/Living+2, 12m’t/Wednesday, 8pm

Heather’s Pick of the Day | Thursday 11 June

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9pm, My Own Worst Enemy, Sci-Fi & HD
NEW SERIES Christian Slater gets his first big telly role as a mild-mannered family man who is horrified to discover he’s got a government-implanted micro-chip in his brain that means he turns into a violent superspy when his controllers flick a switch, and his life gets exceedingly complicated as his two worlds collide.
• catch it again Saturday, 8pm

9pm & 10pm, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Hallmark
Hallmark are speeding things up with their new Thursday night double-bills of the show. Goren tries to win brownie points with an undercover op at a prison psychiatric ward where his nephew’s an inmate; and Logan and Falacci investigate the execution-style murder of three young college freshmen.
• catch them again tomorrow night, 8pm & 9pm

9pm, The Mentalist, Five
Jane’s sceptical when a local witch is suspected of being responsible for the murder of a local teenager who had terrorised her cat, but the normally cynical Cho gets caught up in her spellbinding ways.
• catch it again, Sunday, 7pm on Five US

9pm, My Name Is Earl, E4
Earl tries to make amends with a man he once bullied at school, but it turns out little Wally is now a muscle-clad bodybuilder… Meanwhile, Randy injects some shark adrenaline to help him stand up to Joy.
• catch it again at on E4+1, 10pm/Saturday, 7pm

10pm, Lie to Me, Sky1 & Sky HD
A notorious gang leader claims to have turned his back on a life of crime, and wants to be freed from jail, but Torres finds it hard to keep her emotions at bay as they interrogate him since he’s responsible for so many ruined lives in her community.
• catch it again on Sunday, 11pm

10pm, Californication, Fiver
Hank decides to do some digging on Ashby, so he tries to find his lost love, Janie Jones, and Charlie comes up with the genius idea of turning his home into the set of his movie, becoming a part of the film.
• catch it again on Wednesday, 10pm

10pm, Grey’s Anatomy, Living
It’s not so much ‘bring your parent to work’ day at Seattle Grace, more ‘find a way to get your parent to leave again’ as Meredith’s dad turns up begging for forgiveness, and Izzie’s mum (guest star Sharon Lawrence) makes an unscheduled stop at her sick bed.
• catch it again on Living+1, 11pm/Living+2, 12m’t/Wednesday, 8pm

10pm, Brothers & Sisters, More4
Holly and Sarah lock horns dring Ojai’s so-called unity party, and as Kitty continues to toy with the idea of having an affair, she’s haunted by memories of her philandering father.
• catch it again on More4+1, 11pm