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Three lads from the Cambridge Quiz Society battle a trio of Oxford Librarians. (R)

Documentary programme looking at the colonisation of the remote South Pacific islands. (R)

'Classical actor' Nicholas Craig presents a masterclass on the art of acting old. (R)

Will prominent religious leaders accept apples from a giant serpent? (R)

The boys have been paying rent in the wrong currency and Eugene has to evict them. (R)

An unsavoury stool sample and a dead patient give the new male matron cause for concern. (R)

The thoughts and observations of former QC, writer and raconteur, Sir John Mortimer. (R)

'Classical actor' Nicholas Craig presents a masterclass on the art of acting old. (R)

Three lads from the Cambridge Quiz Society battle a trio of Oxford Librarians. (R)

The thoughts and observations of former QC, writer and raconteur, Sir John Mortimer. (R)

'Classical actor' Nicholas Craig presents a masterclass on the art of acting old. (R)