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Oscars in HD?Maybe next year...Published Friday 3rd March 2006 15:20 GMT Geek TV And the Oscar for best HD movie line-up goes to... Sky, which has now secured a batch of Disney films to add to its various HD channels. But you know how Oscar-winning movies often aren't out in the UK for ages after the red carpet has been mothballed? Well, in tribute to the Oscars, Sky is making us wait before we can see the films as the gods of HDTV intended. And wait. But don't fret over the delay in Sky's HD service launch. Instead, pass the time with another new movie channel, Eat Cinema. The 24/7 channel launched last Monday with a line-up including film news and plenty of T4-flavoured Hollywood gossip. It's no coincidence that the channel launched just in time for the Oscars, which you can watch all night on Sunday on our old friend Sky Movies. If you fancy placing a bet or five, ValueChecker has all the latest odds, including 1/2 on for King Kong to win for the visual FX. Meanwhile, back in reality land, the past week has been the best of times and the worst of times. The Apprentice continues to delight, but BBC1's Just the Two of Us should be hauled up before Sour Sugar and given a sound firing. Police drummer Stewart Copeland - yes, he's got a gig as a judge on a minor-celebrity singing competition - has aged into the uncanny spawn of Hugh Laurie and Beaker from The Muppet Show. And Lulu needs to be drowned in a sack. I don't want to end on a downer, so here's some good news: The IT Crowd and Peep Show have both been recommissioned. Yep, all that scaremongering was a pile of nonsense, probably put about by C4 to make us buy DVDs and set up Save Peep Show/Save Moss petitions. Five things to watch this weekThe IT Crowd, Friday 3 March, C4, 9.30pm
Planet Earth, Sunday 5 March, BBC1, 10pm
The Oscars, Sunday 5 March, Sky Movies 1, 12.05am (Monday)
Comedy Connections, Monday 6 March, BBC1, 10.35pm
Charlie Brooker's Screen Wipe, Thursday 9 March, BBC4, 10.30pm
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