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" I&amp;#039;d found myself somewhat frustrated by Mad Men&amp;#039;s hit-and-miss fifth season. As ever, the show had its moments - Lane&amp;#039;s shocking suicide in &amp;#039;Commissions and Fees&amp;#039; and Joan&amp;#039;s tragic choice in &amp;#039;The Other Woman&amp;#039; - but with a neutered Don Draper (Jon Hamm) at the helm, it all felt just a little underwhelming. So I was thrilled to see Sky Atlantic&amp;#039;s classiest import back on top form with two-part season six premiere &amp;#039;The Doorway&amp;#039;. Mad Men is at its best when Don is at his worst, so I practically cheered when the self-loathing ad man leapt into bed with Linda Cardellini&amp;#039;s Sylvia Rosen. There was much more to &amp;#039;The Doorway&amp;#039; than Don resuming his path to self-destruction of course. Even more arresting was Roger Sterling&amp;#039;s emotional arc - the real impact of his mother&amp;#039;s death only hit Roger once the tools of his deceased shoeshiner were delivered to his office and while that may have been a somewhat predictable dramatic beat, it was still undeniably powerful to see John Slattery&amp;#039;s ice-cool silver fox break down. Female characters given short shrift last season also returned to the forefront; Peggy (Elisabeth Moss) has become the female Don and remains a vital part of the show despite having moved on from Sterling-Cooper-Draper-Pryce. And Betty (January Jones) - who barely featured in the previous run - continued to search for an identity away from her domineering ex-husband, dwelling in flophouses and even (*gasp*) darkening her bottle blonde locks. Oh, and there wasn&amp;#039;t enough Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser) - but his dynamic stairway pose for a photographer&amp;#039;s camera still provoked the biggest laugh I&amp;#039;ve had all week. Mad Men airs on Wednesdays at 10pm on Sky Atlantic  The US version of The Office opened as a straightforward copycat of the BBC series, before finding its own voice and it looks like we might be facing a similar journey with Syfy&amp;#039;s take on the recently-wrapped BBC Three paranormal drama Being Human. Being Human USA&amp;#039;s opener isn&amp;#039;t weak by any means, but fans of Mitchell, George and Annie might find this US remake - a slicker beast than the BBC original - all too familiar to be truly compelling. That said, with an impressive lead cast, the pieces are in place to produce something quite special here and I have it on good authority that, in time, this show evolves and moves beyond the original&amp;#039;s storylines to explore new territory. So at this stage, I&amp;#039;m intrigued enough to stick with Being Human USA - even if it hasn&amp;#039;t entirely won me over quite yet. Being Human USA airs on Thursdays at 9pm on Watch  When working to dream up a sure-fire hit commission, I can&amp;#039;t quite imagine how anyone landed on &amp;#039;Victoria Wood Explores The History of Tea&amp;#039;, but what looked bizarre on paper actually turned out to be a rather endearing - if still flawed - piece of television.  The first chapter of Wood&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;tea odyssey&amp;quot; concerned Chinese / Indian history and culture and while Wood herself made for a mostly affable host, she played the &amp;#039;bewildered Englishwoman abroad&amp;#039; card too often. At points, her attempts to keep things light by poking fun at foreign culture came off as disrespectful. Far more successful was the second episode, which saw the comedienne back on home turf and exploring the origins of the UK&amp;#039;s tea obsession, with an odd but inspired series of guests - including Doctor Who&amp;#039;s Matt Smith and &amp;quot;tea-aholic&amp;quot; Morrissey - enthusing about the &amp;quot;warmth and the ritual&amp;quot; of a decent cuppa. Not perfect then, but Victoria Wood&amp;#039;s Nice Cup of Tea was far more involving than any programme about a hot drink really has any right to be. What&amp;#039;s more, it&amp;#039;s nice to see the BBC branching out and placing a show like this in a primetime BBC One slot, instead of hiding it away at 1am on BBC Four. Victoria Wood&amp;#039;s Nice Cup of Tea is still available on BBC iPlayer Missed It? Don&amp;#039;t Miss Out!  Doctor Who - Catch up on the BBC&amp;#039;s sci-fi smash hit by watching &amp;#039;The Bells of Saint John&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;The Rings of Akhaten&amp;#039; before tonight&amp;#039;s new episode, which is the strongest offering yet this series - Still available on iPlayer Broadchurch - ITV&amp;#039;s noirish seaside thriller continues to enthral six weeks in, so if you haven&amp;#039;t already, why not delve into the Danny Latimer murder case and see if you can finger the killer - Still available on ITV Player The Voice - It may have its critics, but we can&amp;#039;t get enough of The Voice - worth a watch each week if only for the unintentionally hilarious antics of Danny &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m gonna text U2!&amp;quot; O&amp;#039;Donoghue - Still available on iPlayer "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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