Best of this week's TV; DRAMA.

Byline: DAVID MARK 

RUDE BOY FOOD MON, GOOD FOOD, 9pm

Craze for partying

Aaron Craze was one of the second group of trainees from Channel 4's Jamie's Kitchen programme.

Aaron left school with no qualifications and flitted from job to job before applying to become a trainee in Jamie Oliver's London restaurant, Fifteen, having seen the first series of Jamie's Kitchen in 2002.

He graduated from the Fifteen Chef training programme with merit in 2004 then worked at the prestigious Ivy.

Aaron won the Channel 4 series Jamie's Chef in 2007 and took over The Cock Inn, in Braintree, until its closure in 2008.

Now he has his very own show!

So, what's it about? Aaron says: "It's me pimping up parties for my friends, giving their parties just a little bit more. It's me going back to west London where I'm from and the food I grew up around which is pretty much street food - lots of hand-held stuff.

"It's West Indian food, fried fish, falafel - all these great things. There's even sushi, things that you can just pick up, nothing pretentious, just good flavours, all stuff that's easy to make.

"In one of the episodes I did a twist on fish pie and fish and chips where I scooped out a baked potato, made mashed potato out of the flesh, made a fish pie mix and put it into the skin as a bowl then piped the mash on top."

Chances are that a handful of cereal won't seem so tasty when he's through.

CONFESSIONS OF A TRAFFIC WARDEN THURSDAY, C4, 9pm

Driven on by abuse

Even the most committed of pacifists will admit that all bets are off when it comes to traffic wardens.

Let's be honest, it's hard to like somebody whose only role in life is to make your day more awkward and expensive than it could have been.

But Channel 4 is now urging the public to consider the issue from the other side of the windscreen.

After all, starting the very first shift of a new job can be nerve-wracking for anyone - especially if you face being sworn at, spat on, racially abused and even physically assaulted.

These are some of the "highlights" that anyone starting a career as a traffic warden can expect.

But with councils generating some pounds 1billion a year from parking tickets, is it any surprise traffic wardens are the motorists' public enemy number one?

With unique access behind the scenes of Westminster Council's multimillion-pound parking enforcement operation, this Cutting Edge film follows new recruits as they learn the ropes and join a small army of civil enforcement officers heading out on to London's streets to face the wrath of the capital's drivers.

But, with most wardens new to Britain as well as to the job, this film offers a unique perspective on the new British and on the country they have travelled so far to settle in.

RETURN TO PEMBROKESHIRE FARM THURSDAY, BBC4, 7.30pm

It's only a few years ago that Griff Rhys Jones was an actor and comedian, serving up priceless sketches with long-term partner Mel Smith, and making us laugh until it hurt.

Today, the man who made his name 30 years ago on Not the Nine O'Clock News is an adventurer, presenter and documentary-maker, who's in the schedules more often than John Barrowman. Now he's going to show that he really can do anything.

In this case, it's phase two of a massive restoration project.

Having restored the main farmhouse, Griff embarks on the second phase of his Pembrokeshire project, turning his attention to the watermill and the derelict miller's cottage.

With his son George, who is training to be an architect, overseeing the design, Griff plans to convert both these outbuildings into accommodation.

The only trouble is that thanks to Griff's recent documentary in which he revealed that he suffers from uncontrollable rage, a lot of viewers will be tuning in just to see him throw an almighty hissy-fit that could well spell the destruction of the project he is working so tirelessly upon. Just breathe, Griff. Breathe.

CELEBRATING THE CARPENTERS WED, STV, 7.30pm

It's 40 years since Karen and Richard Carpenter released their debut record and this spectacular celebrates the sounds and successes of the influential duo by employing some of the greatest pop stars of today.

Hosted by Amanda Holden and Ronan Keating, this is a must for all fans of a duo who would perhaps still be making hits today were it not for Karen Carpenter's tragic early death from anorexia in February, 1983.

Ronan, Dionne Warwick, Beverley Knight, Jamie Cullum, Kimberley Walsh, Noisettes and the Saturdays are among the acts performing new versions of hits including I Won't Last a Day Without You, Close to You, and We've Only Just Begun.

CHILDREN IN NEED

FRIDAY, BBC1, from 7pm

Sir Terry Wogan, Nicky Campbell, Jackie Bird and Des Clarke host a spectacular night of fun and fundraising boasting a variety of entertainment acts. It boasts live performances by Pixie Lott, Taylor Swift, Alesha Dixon, Spandau Ballet, Madness, Harry Connick Jr, Sugababes, Stereophonics, Little Boots, Paolo Nutini, the Nolans, Westlife, Alison Moyet and Annie Lennox.

ALAN CARR: CHATTY MAN

THURSDAY, C4, 10pm

The comic with the face for radio and the voice for Morse code is back to remind us that talent is sometimes more important than the package it's wrapped up in. Alan's unique, warm hospitality and infectious personality have cemented him as the perfect chat show host. Mariah Carey and Noel Fielding guest in the show brimming with topical banter and celebrity chat.

DON'T MISS

TOP GEAR SUNDAY, BBC2,9pm

Tongue's in cheek

It's remarkable that Jeremy Clarkson is popular in Scotland. After all, he's hardly been kind about our very own Gordon Brown, has he?

What's more, he once drove a 4x4 to the summit of Ben Tongue - leaving tyre tracks in ancient bogland and heather that had been pristine for centuries.

And yet, everybody loves him for it.

He's the king of a unique brand of almost gleeful political incorrectness, and every time he opens his mouth, something hysterically funny, but terribly inappropriate, comes out.

Watching his programmes is rather like going for a drink with a borderline schizophrenic. It's only a matter of time until something noteworthy occurs.

And on Top Gear he's at his best.

As the apex of the unholy trinity that includes Richard Hammond and James May, he's turned a show about cars into the one programme each week that nobody wants to miss.

The daddy of motoring shows is back for a 14th series and the mind boggles at what the production team will have dreamed up this time around.

As ever, details of what we can expect are being kept under wraps but here's hoping there are some big bangs, and ambitious challenges.

It is known that the series will also feature a race between James May in an airship, Richard Hammond in a Lamborghini and a Renault Twingo RS 133 being driven off the docks at Belfast.

BERLIN SAT, BBC2, 7.30pm

Imagine waking up one morning to find your country divided.

To watch workmen erecting a wall at gunpoint, sealing you off from the rest of the city, and keeping you in place with weaponry and barbed wire.

Imagine going about your day under a cloud of suspicion, while listening to the decadent sounds of a different world - just a few feet away.

Berlin has endured more than most cities could cope with. And it has survived. The city continues to fascinate.

This superb documentary examines this extraordinary European hotspot.

Matt Frei was a BBC reporter in Berlin when the Wall came down in 1989 and his three-part series begins with his recollection of that moment, reflecting on how ideas have shaped, divided and formed Berlin - both physically and ideologically - throughout its turbulent history.

He reveals how this city of ideas began with King Friedrich the Great. Pushed into a loveless marriage, Friedrich became a great patron of the arts, creating an empire of ideas. His palace was a magnet for artists, philosophers and musicians, including Handel, Bach and French philosopher Voltaire.

I'M A CELEBRITY... GET ME OUT OF HERE

SUNDAY, STV, 9pm

A rumble in jungle for stars

Despite the threats of creepy-crawlies, near-starvation and having to talk to chipper Geordies before you've had your breakfast, celebs are still falling over themselves to be given a chance to shout I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here.

Back for its ninth series, the toughest celebrity challenge on TV is set to return with a bang and this year our celebrities will face their toughest tasks as the boundaries are pushed to the limit.

Cut off from the outside world in one of the most hostile environments on Earth, the personalities have just basic food rations and will have to undergo petrifying and stomachchurning challenges to win better supplies.

Their celebrity status will count for nothing as they battle it out to be crowned king or queen of the jungle.

This year the infamous bushtucker trials are set to be the most terrifying yet and there will be plenty of new surprises to keep the celebrities on their toes every step of the way.

Ant and Dec are back presenting live from the jungle and keeping viewers up to date with all the latest gossip and news. As always, the fate of the jungle VIPs rests firmly in the hands of the British public who will once again decide which celebrity will take on the dreaded Bushtucker Trials and who, ultimately, will win the coveted crown.

THE QUEEN IN 3D MONDAY & TUESDAY C4,9pm

Hi-spec look at the royals

Somebody should tell Channel 4 that 3D looks a little on the rubbish side if you're not wearing 3D glasses.

In fact, the same effect can be achieved by drinking half a bottle of Talisker and then standing up too quickly.

But they are still pretty darned excited about what it is being labelled as one of the TV events of the year.

For the first time ever, the channel will air unseen, newly discovered 3D footage taken of the Queen during her Coronation year.

As part of a special week of programming which celebrates the golden era of 3D filmmaking, The Queen in 3D tells the story of two innovative young cameramen, Bob Angell and Arthur Wooster - now in their 80s - who filmed a 3D colour newsreel they named Royal Review.

It will also show Bob and Arthur as they begin shooting new 3D footage of the Queen today using state-of-the-art 3D video cameras.

Alan Hayling, the dditorial director of documentary makers Renegade Films, has explained how the footage was unearthed after years of lying, forgotten, in archive, and why this type of filming was big in the past - and looks set to be part of our future too.

He said: "Really, 3D could exist from the day that cinematography was invented because essentially it involves putting two cameras together at the same distance apart as the separation of the human eyes, so about six centimetres, and then in some way coding the two bits of film differently.

"There are different ways of doing that, we all know the red and blue way of doing it, which isn't actually the way we're going to do it for Channel 4. You then project the two bits of film together. In the early 1950s there was a burst of 3D activity."

The two-part series is not just about the documentary footage but also about the two men who filmed it.

Alan said: "They two cameramen, Bob Angell and Arthur Wooster knew thatthe Coronation was coming and decided to do a newsreel of the Queen's activities for about six weeks before and then about six weeks afterwards.

"It's a film called Royal Review. It's a Technicolor newsreel in 3D, and it followed some events in the Queen's itinerary in the weeks either side of the coronation.

"The film includes everything from the whole Coronation procession, to and from Westminster Abbey. It's amazing."

David's space oddity

In one of his final outings as the much loved Time Lord, Tennant finds out what life on Mars is really all about

DOCTOR WHO SUNDAY, BBC1, 7pm

It's hot. It's dusty. The food is bland and the locals are far from welcoming. What's more, a single drop of water could make your insides seek the nearest exit.

What's this? Has David Tennant pitched up in Benidorm, circa 1985? Actually, no. He's about to land in one of the few places even more challenging than that package holiday destination.

And we couldn't be more excited to see Tennant doing what he does best, in his outing as the gallivanting Galifreyan. The action takes place on Mars in 2059 at the Bowie Base One.

The last message recorded at the base and transmitted into space, contained the chilling warning: "Don't drink the water. Don't even touch it.

Not one drop."

In Benidorm, that wasn't an issue. It was the San Miguel and sangria that caused the problems.

But after receiving a message like that, there's no wonder that the Doctor can't resist getting involved in what may be one of the most terrifying adventures of his long career.

The Tardis pitches up on the red planet and the good Doctor finds Lindsay Duncan running a space station and acting rather prickly at his intrusion.

She's minding her own business, growing carrots and getting her five a day.

But soon she's overrun with a zombifying infestation of water-spurting aliens.

There's lots of running down corridors, airlocks that leak right on cue, and a second-by-second countdown to the savage destruction.

And, what's more, there are plenty of portents that will have the conspiracy buffs going crazy. And all of them point to the return of a super-villain - and the death of the Doctor.

What Whovians may think is that it's reminiscent of the Time Lord's warning to Sally Sparrow about the Weeping Angels in Blink: "Don't blink. Blink and you're dead. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And don't blink."

Well, if The Waters of Mars, the title of this edition, is only half as good as that, it'll be a masterpiece.

For Lindsay, playing Mrs Thatcher earlier this year can't have been half as much fun as riding pillion with the Doctor on a super-scooter.

As we've come to expect, there's a good deal more to the storyline than that.

According to the Doctor, the events there are time locked and cannot be changed.

That's obviously going to cause him a massive headache because there's troubling brewing. The base's commander, Adelaide, and Ed, her second in command, are really going to need some help if they're to battle the menace in their midst. Adelaide, has been described as the Doctor's cleverest and most strong-minded companion to date. If she's tougher than Sarah Jane Smith and smarter than Dr Liz Shaw, she's going to be very formidable indeed.

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PROJECT... Griff Rhys Jones SALUTE... Amanda and Ronan LIVE FROM THE JUNGLE... Ant and Dec CROWNING BEAUTY... Queen's coronation is being shown in 3D for the first time SOMETHING IN THE WATER ... The Doctor with Adelaide (Lindsay Duncan)