PRODUCTIONS

SHRINK RAP

Shrink Rap Series 1 & 2 highlights

Shrink Rap (for More4/Channel 4) is an antidote to every superficial, one-dimensional, plug-heavy chat show on TV. In Shrink Rap, writer, actress and former Not the Nine O'Clock News star Pamela Stephenson - in her professional persona of psychologist Dr Pamela Connolly - has an in-depth, face to face conversation with some of the most fascinating people in the world. Her aim: to get behind the 'official story' with which her interviewees protect themselves in public and uncover something of who they really are. From her own observation, both personal and professional, Pamela believes that fame is a trauma. In Shrink Rap, she sets out to discover how her subjects have coped with living with fame.

Series One (5x60') : Stephen Fry, Sharon Osbourne, Robin Williams, Sarah Duchess of York, David Blunkett MP.

Series Two (6x60') : Chris Langham, Joan Rivers, Gene Simmons, Tony Curtis, Salman Rushdie and Kathleen Turner.

• Joan Rivers - Monday 21th April,More4 10pm
• Gene Simmons - Monday April 28th, More4 10pm
• Tony Curtis - Monday May 5th, More4 10pm
• Salman Rushdie - Monday April 12th, More4 10pm
• Kathleen Turner - Monday April 19th, More4 10pm

Christmas Special (1x60') : Billy Connolly

• Billy Connolly - Saturday 13th December,More4 10pm

PERFECT PETS

Perfect Pets provides a personalised, practical and psychological 'dating service' for you and a potential pet. If and when you meet the right one, it will be a marriage made in heaven. If you get it wrong, the result could be pet hell.

Perfect Pets - exclusively on Times Online and in The Times newspaper - TV presenter Carol Smillie and animal expert Emma Magnus help people make the difficult decision of whether to open their lives to a new family member and advise them on how to steer clear of the problems which can come along with their new pet.

Could you cope with a pet in your life - and if you could, which would be the right one for you? Owning a pet, even a tiny one, is a huge commitment that involves time, patience and expense. Should you get a Labrador, a Persian cat or a pony? Perhaps you think a tortoise or a tarantula or a guinea pig or a Golden Retriever would be right for you? Under new legislation, you now have a legal duty of care to your pet - so making the right choice is crucial. Carol and Emma are there to help.

SEASIDE SECRETS

Seaside Secrets (5x10' for C4 Daytime) is a personal and entertaining series of films written and presented by journalist Tony Livesey about his love affair with the British seaside. Tony - cultural commentator, expert paddler and crusader for the traditional British holiday - tells the stories of Dracula's original castle, Eric Morecambe's hometown, the Devon village that witnessed a D-Day tragedy, the oldest rollercoaster in Britain and the Northern holiday resort which inspired his passion for the seaside.

EVERYDAY Superhero

Everyday Superhero (1x60' for BBC Scotland) - the story of the transformation of John Smeaton from relative obscurity to Everyday Superhero. After John attacked one of the suspected suicide bombers in the terrorist attack at Glasgow Airport on 30 June 2007, the baggage handler became an overnight celebrity and he now has to juggle his bizarre journey into the world of international fame with his ordinary life living at home with his mum and dad on the outskirts of Glasgow.