Catch-up TV guide: from Top Boy to Run Jul 20th 2013, 05:00
Top Boy | American Juggalo | Wheelers, Dealers And Del Boys | This American Life | Run
TV: Top Boy
After a long wait, this Ashley Walters-fronted crime drama, which impressed critics and viewers with its taut, granite-flecked depiction of east London gang life on its debut back in 2011, returns for a second series in the very near future. Which means that now is the perfect time to get acquainted with the first series, available in full over on 4oD.
TV: American Juggalo
Director Sean Dunne delves inside the weird, and often messy, world of "juggalos" – AKA hardcore fans of the Insane Clown Posse, who live by the group's devil-may-care attitude and meet up every year at the annual Gathering Of The Juggalos. In this mini-documentary you meet the pierced, wasted and often incoherent juggalos and juggalettes, who talk us through what life as a follower means and how the group has changed their lives. This year's Gathering, meanwhile, kicks off on 7 August at Cave-In-Rock, Illinois.
TV: Wheelers, Dealers And Del Boys
Sick of the steroidal hysterics of US auction shows like Storage Hunters? This one-off documentary should provide a charming contrast. Set at a "trash or treasure" event at a south London auction house, it follows the gimlet-eyed auction attendees seeking to make a fast buck through shrewd bidding. As you might imagine, there are some entertaining characters profiled here, and James Dawson's film provides a fascinating insight into the mentality behind auction addiction.
Podcast: This American Life
America's foremost factual radio show aired its 500th episode last week and celebrated by airing clips chosen by the show's producers and host Ira Glass as their favourite moments from its 18-year run. Ranging, in typical TAL fashion, from the significant (an account of post-Katrina New Orleans) to the slight (Daily Show contributor John Hodgman's attempts to write a new screenplay for The Phantom Menace), these clips are likely to make you want to go and rediscover the episodes from whence they came. Just as well, then, that the full archive is ready to peruse over on the show's website.
TV: Run
Another of Channel 4's across-the-week dramas, Run came and went in a blur of bleakness last week. Its bitter pill was sugared somewhat by moments of optimism, though, and in the form of Olivia Colman's Carol the series offered up as well-drawn a depiction of single motherhood as you're likely to see this year.
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