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After the success of the recent Celebrity Shark Bait, those camera-friendly great whites are back again, this time with undercover reporter Donal MacIntyre tracking them down. Killer Shark Live (starting Sunday, Five) describes itself as a unique, live event spread over seven days. Former model Melanie Paul lends a hand as a "shark wrangler" while the crew attempt to place a camera on a shark's nose - something which has never been done before, for fairly obvious reasons. We're led to believe anything could happen, but as MacIntyre's on dry land, unfortunately he'll probably be safe. He's also back with MacIntyre's Toughest Towns (Wednesday, Five). Although he made his name knocking around with football hooligans and gangsters, and spending a week trying to get mugged on the streets of London, it seems the Irishman's fame has been his downfall. He stays comfortably in front of the camera, and out of reach of the thugs who might recognise him from the telly. In this opening double-bill, he tells us why Glasgow has become Western Europe's murder capital, before giving us the low-down on Liverpool's drug gangs. Who knows, he might even have something to say about Manchester before the series is out.
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