Jenni Murray joins a host of celebrities to take part in the latest series of The Real Full Monty: On Ice, aiming to raise awareness of cancers in intimate areas of the body. Tune in on Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th December at 9pm on ITV.
Adam Shaw presents Buyers Beware; Shopping Cons Revealed – Tonight on Thursday 4th December at 7.30pm. Cybercrime costs the UK economy tens of billions of pounds every year – with the festive season particularly lucrative for the fraudsters. Adam looks at the latest cons, as well as fakes and faulty goods hitting the virtual market – and how to avoid being caught out.
Sian Williams presents Secrets of Your Supermarket Food on Channel 5. This week there’s a double helping with two episodes. On Wednesday 25th at Sian will be investigating whether bottled water is ever better than tap water and then on Thursday 26th there’s a special Christmas episode, lifting the lid on the food that goes into the annual festive feast.
Martin Lewis presents two live shows on ITV this week. On Tuesday 24th at 8pm, he will be focusing on all things Christmas in the Martin Lewis Show Live: Countdown to Christmas and on Thursday 26th at 8.30pm, his live show will be continuing to look at how the crisis affects personal finance and consumer rights, especially in the light of the government’s spending review, the latest offers and tips on making money go further.
This week historian Kate Williams helped launch a major new Audible original series. Kate took part in a series of media interviews, both on radio and for print titles, to celebrate the launch of Hell Cats – a new series about the female pirates Mary Read and Anne Bonny. Audible’s PR were delighted with the results : I can’t thank you and Kate enough, she was brilliant! She really knew her stuff and was so clued up and knowledgeable on the time period, I can’t imagine a better fit for the campaign.
Joan Bakewell joins the Have I Got News For You panel on Friday 20th November at 9pm on BBC One.