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Thursday, April 14
HITCHCOCK, SELZNICK AND THE END OF HOLLYWOOD Doc charts the two-decade power struggle between movie producer David O. Selznick and director/auteur Alfred Hitchcock that resulted in collapse of the Hollywood dream factory. 10 pm on TVO, repeated at 1:05 am Sunday
Friday, April 15
SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION BBC special sets out to debunk the legend but discovers the real reason some folks suddenly burst into flame. 9 pm on Discovery
SHEER DALLAS SHEER DALLAS
Dubya take note: Larry Hagman voice-overs this six-part leering look at the nouveau riche cowboy-booted bourgeoisie of Texas’s most ostentatious cowtown. 10 pm on TLC, repeated at 1 am
Saturday, April 16
PROJECT RUNWAY Lispy supermodel Heidi Klum hosts this Survivor-style talent contest to find the hottest new fashion designer in New York. Series designated bitch Wendy Pepper is the most despise-able person on the tube since The Apprentice’s Omarosa. Noon on Life, repeated at 5 pm
Sunday, April 17
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Could it be curtains for the critically acclaimed – but so far unrenewed – sitcom when the season finale finds the Bluth family pile officially condemned? 8:30 pm on Fox/Global
TRAILER PARK BOYS TRAILER PARK BOYS
Season five of the highly rated yuck-fest begins with Ricky, Julian and Bubbles released from jail intent on revenge against their two-timing drug-dealing rivals. 9 pm on Showcase
Monday, April 18
THE BOSTON MARATHON Live coverage of the 109th annual foot race. 11:30 am on OLN, repeated at 8 pm
Tuesday, April 19
DEATH OF A PRINCESS The director of a docudrama about the public execution of a Saudi princess and her lover for adultery returns to the Middle East 25 years later to see if the controversy surrounding the film has affected conditions for Arab women. 9 pm on PBS, repeated at 3:30 am
Wednesday, April 20
THE QUEEN’S CASTLE In the first of three episodes, Prince Phillip takes viewers upstairs round his and Betty Windsor ‘s recently renovated 900-room pile. 8 pm on CBC
GRASS GRASS
Toronto’s Ron Mann directs and Cheers’s Woody Harrelson narrates this documentary look at the prohibition of marijuana. 1:06 am on Citytv
