Tuesday's TV Highlights

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant in Extras.

9.30PM, PRIME
EXTRAS
In the second episode of this hilarious comedy from The Office-makers, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, Maggie is getting tired of hearing Andy (Gervais) whinge, so suggests he break the golden rule and ask the leading man for a line. That man is played by TV tough guy, Ross Kemp, fresh from hanging out with world's hardest gangs. While Andy is wondering if he should take the bull by the horns, Maggie is busy falling in love.

7.30PM, PRIME
GETAWAY
Charlotte goes through the Greek Islands, poor girl, starting with Mykonos during the high season. Which probably means we see her in a bikini and sarong, sipping a cocktail on a beautiful beach somewhere, checking out the traditional windmills, whitewashed buildings and cobblestoned streets.

9.30PM, TV ONE
THE GHOST SQUAD
A British-made drama that stars Elaine Cassidy (Felicia's Journey, Fingersmith) as Amy Harris, a young copper who joins an undercover squad investigating fellow police officers. She makes the transition to undercover work after her colleagues at the station try to frame her for murder when an Asian male is found dead in police cells. So each week, anywhere there is a whiff of corruption, Harris and her team of undercover colleagues will infiltrate. Reviews suggest this show, which has lots of hand-held camera and breathless action, doesn't stray too far from a proven formula, but the feisty performance of Cassidy elevates it above the pack.

8.30PM, TV2
WITHOUT A TRACE
Yet another person has gone missing but the grim storylines have not. This week Jack searches for a man whose marriage and career crumbled after his teenaged daughter succumbed to leukemia. Things take a morbid twist when they find an abundance of pornographic images of children in his home.


MOVIES
[rated out of 5]

8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY
Herald rating: * * *
Sexist 1970s TV news anchorman Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) is challenged by the arrival of ambitious female reporter Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate). Burgundy thinks he can accept her feminist ways as long as Veronica stays in her place, covering cooking shows and other "more female" pursuits. When she steps behind the newsdesk, he is threatened and declares war. Goofy comedy that pays tribute to The Mary Tyler Moore Show. (2004)

10.05PM, SKY MOVIES 1
CRUEL INTENTIONS
Herald rating: * * *
Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe play wealthy and manipulative teenage step-siblings who toy with the emotions of innocent girls to settle a bet. Reese Witherspoon also stars. (1999)

8.30PM, RIALTO SKY DIGITAL
STRAYED
Herald rating: * * *
A widowed schoolteacher (Emmanuelle Beart) flees from Nazi-occupied Paris with her children, and is helped by a teenage boy. She is attracted to him despite their ages. (2003)