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Steph's (Denise Welch) day takes a dramatic turn

Steph returns to Waterloo Road from hiding in the country with Kim's daughter, Grace, as the drama about a Rochdale-based comprehensive school continues. She faces a suspicious Rachel, who blames Steph for a pupil's apparently disruptive behaviour.

Steph's day takes a dramatic turn when she later discovers the same pupil in a life-threatening situation, but can her actions redeem her in Rachel's eyes?

Meanwhile, Donte is struggling with Chlo's decision to put their baby up for adoption so that she can pursue her dream of going to university. A concerned Kim mediates, urging Chlo to involve Donte and ask Tom for advice, but Chlo seems determined to proceed – no matter what. Upset by the distance between them, Chlo tries again to talk Donte round by assuring him that they'll be great parents one day, just not now, but Donte is devastated.

On marking Rose's mock A-level exam, Tom is surprised and delighted when he realises she has passed. He rushes to give her the good news, but then insensitively points out how far she has come from being just another sink estate, alcoholic, drop-out mum. Rose leaves and Tom is left cursing his own lack of tact. He turns up at Rose's house that evening determined to make amends. Rose is touched – there's definitely a growing warmth and tenderness between them.

Steph is played by Denise Welch, Rachel by Eva Pope, Donte by Adam Thomas, Chlo by Katie Griffiths, Kim by Angela Griffin, Tom by Jason Done and Rose by Elaine Symons.

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It's crunch time for the judges as The Speaker reaches a thrilling conclusion

The search to find Britain's best young speaker reaches its grand finale tonight. Together, the three finalists have seen off thousands of other contenders. They've undertaken months of challenges and speeches with expert guidance from their mentors, Kate Silverton, Deborah Meaden, Alastair Campbell and Earl Spencer, and faced the scrutiny of the series' judges, Jo Brand, John Amaechi and Jeremy Stockwell. In last night's semi-final they addressed the nation to win their place in final. Now, they face a life-changing trip to Malawi with Unicef to research and prepare their speeches for the final showdown.

Following some words of advice from Unicef Ambassador Ewan McGregor, the final three travel to Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, and each of them is assigned a different aspect of children's rights for their speech – the right to water, the right to education and the right to survive. They have five days to investigate and research their topics.

During the course of their visit they meet children whose lives have been changed by a school built in brick, rather than just under the trees; a 13-year-old girl living with HIV; and discover the difference a proper well can make to village life.

Once back in London, they have a few days to collect their thoughts and prepare their speeches, before they journey to St John's Smith Square to make the speech of a lifetime. The four mentors are all back for the final episode to sit on the judging panel alongside Jo, Jeremy and John – a truly daunting prospect. But who will be crowned Britain's Best Young Speaker 2009?

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The story of how Britain became self-sufficient in bread-making wheat after the Second World War is told tonight, in the penultimate episode of Mud, Sweat And Tractors.

Charting Britain's 20th-century revolution in food production, this four-part series tells the story of man's relationship with the land and examines its impact on the lives of farmers and consumers.

Through the home movie archives of three families from the East of England – the Cresswells in Northumberland; the Latham family in Essex; and the Coopers in Suffolk – the story of how British wheat farming evolved is revealed. Moving from horse power to machine power the programme charts how the farmers used science and genetics to transform their yield – and the rural landscape – with some very controversial outcomes for the countryside.

Their home movies reveal the way they have survived as farmers in a harsh economic climate – the Cresswells became organic; the Coopers adopted environmentally friendly farming practices with the help of subsidies; and the Lathams forged a ground-breaking relationship to sell British wheat to a supermarket chain.

Mud, Sweat And Tractors is part of a season of programmes on BBC Four exploring how food gets from the fields to the kitchen table. It documents the revolution this process has undergone in Britain over the past 100 years and examines how the countryside has changed as a result. Other programmes in the season include: Who Killed The Honeybee?; Farm To Pharm; and Dorset Days – A Year In The Life Of Longhorn Jim.

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It's bath-time for Timmy after his game of football

After a game of football, a muddy Timmy is determined not to have a bath – and manages to get out of it at every opportunity, as the CBeebies' pre-school series from the makers of Shaun The Sheep continues. Timmy doesn't care that his grubbiness is upsetting his friends until his teddy bear gets dirty, too – and he has to admit that it's not so bad being clean.

Stylised, bright and colourful, this animated series features stories presented with charm, humour and bags of fun. Timmy's nursery is set in a cosy farm building in gently rolling hills and is the perfect place for a young lamb to start finding his place in the world.

Only on CBeebies, Timmy Time is Aardman's first pre-school series. Specially created for two- to five-year-olds, it combines the studio's world-class "stop motion" techniques with the colourful simplicity of classic pre-school animation.

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