In case you weren’t already aware, Misfits is a brand new E4 comedy drama, though which of the two genres it falls within the confines of is dependant on who you ask. It’s based around the exploits of a young band of (you guessed it) misfits, who have two things in common; ASBOs and super powers. Upon explaining this premise to somebody, you’re more than likely to be greeted with either a bemused narrowing of the eyes or a withering sigh - perhaps even a wince. It isn’t hard to see why. The concept, along with the various online tidbits which E4 routinely bundle with their latest youth-zeitgeist hunting efforts and an admittedly compelling trailer, simply scream gimmick. Despite the warning signs, however, there is perhaps a little more to this new show than you may be inclined to give it credit for.

My granny had many useful sayings, one of them being: "All that glitters is not gold." She was so right, especially in the case of Paul Francis Gadd, aka Gary Glitter. The world was shocked in 1997 when an obscene amount of child pornography was accidentally found on Glitter's laptop when it was being repaired at a branch of PC World. An investigation followed in the wake of the scandal. Although Glitter used to be considered hip and down with the kids, sadly for him paedophilia was never "in" and this led to the biggest blow in his career: his appearance in the Spice Girls’ film Spiceworld was cut. He also went to prison, but that seems minor in comparison. Channel 4's drama The Execution of Gary Glitter uses his story to discuss the issues surrounding capital punishment and oil the wheels of debate.

Eleven months is a long time to stay bundled in the boot of a car, but not for Sir Harry Pierce, MI5’s chief counter-terrorism officer, who this week escaped back on to our screens in BBC One’s Spooks.

The first episode of series eight saw Harry (Peter Firth) at the centre of a mission to return him to Thames House after being kidnapped in an operation against the Russians last year.

Do you remember the first time you saw Peter Griffin fight that giant chicken? Do you remember how much you laughed? I do. At the time there seemed to nothing funnier than a five minute long sequence in which a morbidly obese, bespectacled buffoon battles an oversized cockerel, traversing deserts and cities in the vain hope that one will claim victory over the other through physical might. The utter ridiculousness of this concept, and the sheer balls of the writers who thought they could get away with devoting so much time to so irrelevant an idea, left viewers in awe. It made you wonder where the show could go next.

Broadcast to coincide with the bicentenary of Charles Darwin’s birth, Life is the latest instalment in a series that started right back in 1979 with Life on Earth. It’s exactly what you’d expect from a David Attenborough documentary, as ever stunning time-lapse and slow motion shots are perfectly combined with David’s calm kindly tones. It’s impossible not to be infected with his sense of enthusiasm and wonder for the natural world.