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Highlights coming up on TopTV from 9 - 15 June 2012
NY INK (PREMIERE): TLC (453) FROM SUNDAY 10 JUNE AT 9:50PMThe second season of 'NY Ink' continues to follow the inimitable Ami James as he puts it all on the line to become the Tattoo King of New York. Always looking for his next big challenge, Ami opened his new shop, Wooster St Social Club, right in the heart of SoHo, and committed himself 100 per cent to making it a success.
But opening a new shop meant hiring a new crew and dealing with a new set of problems that, at the end of the first series, were threatening the business. How is Ami’s dream of conquering New York progressing?
SUGGS’ ITALIAN JOB (PREMIERE): FINE LIVING NETWORK (451) EVERY DAY FROM MONDAY 11TH JUNE AT 10.40AM AND 3.50PMSuggs’ Italian Job, chart topping Madness front-man, Suggs, takes a road trip through the cultural heart and soul of Italy - a country close to his heart. Touring behind the wheel of a mini cooper, he calls in at the country’s most iconic cities and travels off the beaten track to find out more about its culture, heritage and creativity.
First up, Suggs visits one of the powerhouses of modern Italian design, celebrating the Italian love affair with the sports car, and meets Puccini’s grand-daughter at the most famous opera house in the world.
Next he discovers the secrets of Stradivarius, follows the trail of the world’s most famous lovers, and samples the delights of an early Palladian Villa. Plus, he explores the world’s most Romantic city, reveals Canaletto’s cunning secret, has a driving lesson in a gondola and investigates the masked world of the annual carnival.
Later on, Suggs has a singing lesson from the man who taught Pavarotti as well as performing a Madness classic with a very unusual rock band.
NO LOOKING BACK: TOP MOVIES (100)
ON TUESDAY 12 JUNE AT 7PMClaudia has lived all her life in a small, seaside, blue-collar town, hanging out with the same group of friends since grade school. Now she's waiting tables in a greasy spoon to help support her mother.
After three years together, her live-in boyfriend, Michael, is eager to tie the knot. Their life together is comfortable and Michael loves her. But Claudia has dreams of life beyond her home town and is afraid that if she marries now, she'll never realize them. Claudia's sister Kelly lives with her mother and struggles with good humor to care for her fatherless baby.
Their mother hasn't left the house since Claudia's dad walked out on the family six months ago. No one understands why Claudia sympathizes with her renegade father, like him, she has a wild, restless streak and longs for more. But she can't quite put her finger on what it is she wants. So when her old flame, Charlie, returns from out west, she begins to wonder... maybe he's the answer.
CAST: Jon Bon Jovi / Lauren Holly
THE ISLAND: TOP MOVIES (100)
ON FRIDAY 15 JUNE AT 7PMLincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly Utopian but contained facility in the year 2019.
Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to the "The Island" - reportedly the last uncontaminated spot on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie. He and all of the other inhabitants of the facility are actually human clones.
Lincoln makes a daring escape with a beautiful fellow resident named Jordan Two-Delta. Relentlessly pursued by the forces of the sinister institute that once housed them, Lincoln and Jordan engage in a race for their lives to literally meet their makers.
CAST: Scarlet Johansson / Ewan McGregor
FALLING SKIES (SEASON 1): FOX ENTERTAINMENT (180)
DOUBLE BILLS EVERY FRIDAY AT 8:15PMA REBROADCAST OF SEASON 1 IN THE COUNTDOWN TO SEASON 2 WHICH PREMIERES on MONDAY 2 JULY at 20h15.Fox Entertainment gives you a second chance to watch the captivating first season of Steven Spielberg’s Falling Skies. In the devastating wake of an alien invasion, ordinary people must do extraordinary things to survive.
Falling Skies opens in the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that has left most of the world completely incapacitated. In the six months since the invasion, the few remaining survivors have banded together to begin the difficult task of fighting back.