MTV Cribs Awards Saturday 13 June 2o09, MTV1 – Kim Kardashian hosts the first Cribs ceremony.
Blind Justice Saturday 13 June 2o09, FX – Drama series starring Ron Eldard as blind Detective Jim Dunbar. With Marisol Nichols, Rena Sofer, Reno Wilson and Frank Grillo.
Casualty 1909 Sunday 14 June 2009, BBC1 – Return of the drama series starring Cherie Lunghi, Sarah Smart, William Houston, Nicholas Farrell, David Troughton and Charity Wakefield set in a London hospital.
Alan Carr: Chatty Man Sunday 14 June 2009, Channel 4 – Entertainment and chat show, featuring sketches, interviews and audience participation. Guests on the opener include Bruce Forsyth, Heather Graham, Ross Kemp and Pet Shop Boys.
The Supersizers Eat... Monday 15 June 2009, BBC2 – Six-part return of the series in which Giles Coren and Sue Perkins eat the food from periods of history: Eighties London in the opener, the Fifties, Marie-Antoinette's Versailles, Medieval England, the Roaring Twenties and the Romans in Rome and Britain.
House Swap Monday 15 June 2009, BBC1 – Return of the property swap series with Kristian Digby.
Psychoville Thursday 18 June 2009, BBC2 – Seven-part mystery comedy series created by Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton who star alongside Dawn French, Eileen Atkins, Nicholas Le Prevost, David Bamber, Janet McTeer, Christopher Biggins, Daisy Haggard, Debbie Chazen, Daniel Kaluuya and Adrian Scarborough. Characters include a blind beanie collector, a dwarf who is in love with panto Snow White and a one-handed clown who makes balloon animals with his hook.
Occupation Tuesday-Thursday 16-18 June 2009, BBC1 – Three-part drama about three British soldiers serving in Iraq, charting their lives from the invasion of Basra in March 2003 to the present. Stars Nesbitt as Sgt Mike Swift, Stephen Graham as Cpl Danny Peterson, Warren Brown as L/Cpl Lee Hibbs, Nonso Anozie as Erik Lester and Lubna Azabal as Dr Aliyah Nabi. Written by Peter Bowker (credits include Blackpool); made by Kudos Film and Television.
Hotel Babylon Friday 19 June 2009, BBC1 – A fourth, eight-part series of the comedy drama with Nigel Harman becoming the new lead character, wealthy businessman Sam Franklin, and Anna Wilson-Jones as his ex-wife Juliet.
The Price Of Life Wednesday 17 June 2009, BBC2 – Documentary about the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, which decides which drug treatments the NHS can afford.
Personal Affairs Tuesday 16 June 2009, BBC3 – Five-part comedy drama series about four women working as personal assistants in the City of London. Stars Laura Aikman as beautiful, brainy Lucy; Annabel Scholey as fame-hungry Midge; Ruth Negga as intellectual outsider Sid; Maimie McCoy as money-obsessed Nicole, Robert Gant as the boss Rock Van Gelder, Mark Benton as Iain Ebelthite, Darren Boyd as Simon, Emily Bruni, Joe Absolom, Archie Panjabi, Olivia Grant and Jamie Davis. Created by Gabbie Asher (credits include EastEnders); made by 2AM TV.
Build a New Life in the Country Monday 15 June 2009, Five – Property and lifestyle series presented by Charlie Luxton.
Island Life Monday 15 June 2009, Channel 4 – Week-long coverage of the gigs at the Shepherd's Bush Empire celebrating Island Records 50th anniversary.
Martina Cole's The Take Wednesday 17 June 2009, Sky One – Four-part crime drama based on the novel by Martina Cole spanning 20 years of love, jealousy, betrayal and murder in the lives of the Jackson family from London's East End, from the height of Thatcherism to the birth of New Labour. Stars Tom Hardy as ex-con Freddie Jackson, Brian Cox as East End gangster Ozzy, Shaun Evans as Jimmy, David Schofield as Ozzy's right-hand man, Siddy Clancy and Kierston Wareing as Freddie's wife Jackie.
Expedition: Africa Thursday 18 June 2009, History Channel – Series in which survival expert Benedict Allen and a team of explorers follow in the footsteps of Henry Morton Stanley, who went to Africa in 1871 to find Dr David Livingstone.
Undercover Boss Thursday 18 June 2009, Channel 4 – Series in which executives go undercover in their own businesses to see what needs fixing.
Mendelssohn, The Nazis & Me Friday 19 June 2009, BBC4 – The story of how the composer who was born into a Jewish family became a passionate Christian.
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