Tuesday 29 May 2012
Programme Information
Network TV BBC Week 20
Highlights 16-22 May 2009
Eurovision Song Contest
Saturday 16 May on BBC ONE
Graham Norton makes his Eurovision commentating debut in Moscow, as Jade Ewen represents the UK, performing It's My Time, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Diane Warren (Eurovision – Jade's Story charts Jade's journey)
Poetry Season
Throughout the week on BBC TWO and BBC FOUR
The BBC's Poetry Season launches on BBC Two and continues on BBC Four with programmes looking at the power of verse, the history of the Poet Laureate and the world's longest-running poetry request programme on BBC Radio 4
- Programme copy (Why Poetry Matters)
- Programme copy (Ian Hislop's Changing Of The Bard)
- Programme copy (Poetry Please – 30 Years Of The People's Poetry)
The Trouble With Working Women – Why Can't A Woman Succeed Like A Man
Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 May See Week 20 Unplaced BBC TWO
Mother of three Sophie Raworth and father of three Justin Rowlatt undertake a modern-day battle of the sexes as they explore the thorny issue of what people really think of women at work, 40 years on from the Equal Pay Act
Wimbledon Tennis – A Centre Court Celebration
Saturday 16 May on BBC TWO
Steffi Graf, Andre Agassi, Tim Henman and Kim Clijsters take part in the first matches under the Centre Court's new retractable roof at the All England Club, ahead of this year's Wimbledon Championships
MotoGP – Le Mans Grand Prix / Gymnastics – British Grand Prix / Athletics – Great Manchester Run
Sunday 17 May on BBC TWO
There's a sporting triple on BBC Two today as Suzi Perry introduces live coverage of the French MotoGP; Matt Baker presents the British gymnastics grand prix; and Jonathan Edwards is in the North West for the Great Manchester Run
Moving On
Monday 18 to Friday 22 May on BBC ONE
Sheila Hancock, Dervla Kirwan, Ian Hart, Lesley Sharp, Mark Womack and Joanne Froggatt star in a series of unique, contemporary dramas across the week, linked by the central theme of Moving On, for BBC One Daytime
- Programme copy (Monday)
- Programme copy (Tuesday)
- Programme copy (Wednesday)
- Programme copy (Thursday)
- Programme copy (Friday)
Nina And The Neurons Go Inventing / Waybuloo
Monday 18, Tuesday 19 and Thursday 21 May on CBEEBIES
Nina explores inventions that are used every day, with the help of the neurons; and Waybuloo introduces younger viewers to a philosophy for a happier life through a combination of live action and CGI animation, as two new series begin on CBeebies
- Feature (Waybuloo)
- Programme copy (Nina And The Neurons Go Inventing)
- Programme copy (Waybuloo)
- Programme copy (Waybuloo)
Blood, Sweat And Takeaways
Tuesday 19 May on BBC THREE
Six British consumers look at the human cost of producing cheap food, beginning with a journey to Bitung on the island of Sulawesi to examine Indonesia's tuna industry
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