Staying in this week? Then try and catch these TV highlights.
Thursday 20
Sport
WWE SmackDown
Superstars from World Wrestling Entertainment go head to meaty head in the latest edition of this fast-paced grappling show.
3.45pm, Showsports 1&2
Film
Letters from Iwo Jima
The second part of Clint Eastwood’s remarkable Pacific War diptych focuses on the moving plight of the Japanese soldiers.
10pm, Cinema City
Series
Saxondale
Entertainment Steve Coogan’s hilarious new series follows Tommy Saxondale, the ex-roadie turned pest controller, and his often-confused assistant Raymond.
10.45pm, BBC
Documentaries
How the Earth was Made
Travel back 4.5 million years in history and investigate the fascinating geological formations that reveal how the Earth was born.
9pm, The History Channel
Friday 21
Guinot Mary Cohr Masters
Two The final day of the Paris Open’s big lead-up event. Will Rafael Nadal (pictured) make a racket?
2.30pm, Showsports
Film
Kath & Kim
Comedy Hilarious Aussie comedy about the dysfunctional relationship between a woman and her 20-something daughter.
8pm, OSN
Documentaries
City Wrap
A recap of the top events in Dubai in the past week. Essential viewing for those who like to be on the pulse, starring our editor, Ross Brown.
6.30pm, Dubai One
Saturday 22
Film
In The Loop
Comedy Scottish comedian Armando Iannucci has turned his satirical series The Thick of It into a film, which sparkles with the same foul-mouthed but sharp and accurate humour.
10pm, Showmovies
Toy Story 2
It’s rare that sequels improve on their predecessors, yet this great animated follow-up, about a gang of toys that come to life, has even greater wit and imagination than the first movie.
11.30am, Disney XD
Series
Glee
Follow an optimistic US secondary school teacher as he attempts to inspire the school choir to realise their potential. Light-hearted fun.
9pm, America Plus
Documentaries
Tornado Road
Witness some of the most spectacular and deadly weather in the world.
8pm, Discovery Channel
Sunday 23
Sport
PGA European Tour: BMW PGA Championship
The final day of the flagship event on the 2010 European Tour international schedule.
5pm, Showsports 4
Film
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Ron Perlman’s wise-ass devil spawn is back, this time fighting a subterranean-dwelling prince eager to lead the titular army in a war against humans.
11pm, Showmovies
Series
Criminal Minds
Season 3 returns with the team trying to identify a serial killer based on a shaky profile, with devastating consequences.
10pm, Fox Series
Documentaries
Prototype
A crack team of engineers and mechanical geniuses create the craziest, one-of-a-kind prototypes.
This 9pm, Discovery Channel
Monday 24
Sport
NRL Premiership: Panthers vs Bulldogs
The Penrith Panthers lock horns with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in rugby action from Down Under.
1pm, Showsports 3
Series
Castle
Looking for inspiration, charismatic novelist Richard Castle shadows tough female police detective Kate Beckett as she investigates a series of murder-mysteries.
9pm, Star World
Documentaries
Dark Days in Monkey City
This stylised show dramatises the ongoing struggle of the endangered Sri Lankan ‘temple monkeys’.
8.40pm, Animal Planet
Tuesday 25
Sport
NHL Playoffs
Who will be ice hockey champions? Catch all the action here.
9pm, Fox Sports
Film
The Stoning of Soraya M
An Iranian woman is executed after she is falsely accused of adultery.
10pm, Super Movies
Brideshead Revisited
Adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s novel about finding one’s place in the world.
10pm, Cinema City
Series
Dollhouse
A great, morally ambiguous show about agents whose personalities are altered for each new mission.
9pm, America Plus
Documentaries
Best Job In The World
Brit Ben Southall has possibly the world’s top job: caretaker of the Great Barrier Reef.
6pm, 11pm, National Geographic
Wednesday 26
Sport
Rugby League State of Origin – New South Wales vs Queensland
One of Australia’s biggest sporting events begins with this match.
8pm, Showsports 3
Series
American Idol
Series nine of the popular talent-spotting show nears its climax.
8pm, Star World
Documentaries
Orang-utan Island
Orphaned orang-utans learn to live together in a sanctuary in Borneo.
8.10pm, Animal Planet
