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Ian Hart and Dervla Kirwan star in Moving On – Dress To Impress, by Arthur Ellison, the penultimate episode in a series of five unique, contemporary dramas by upcoming writers for BBC One Daytime with Jimmy McGovern as executive producer.

The touch paper is lit when a 17-year-old boy's secret love of dressing in women's clothes is discovered, and a turn of events ignites a ticking time bomb that threatens to destroy his parents' marriage and his family for ever.

It's Jake's birthday and he discovers that his wife, Becky, has bought a sexy outfit and he thinks she's planning a night of passion. Only his suspicions are aroused, however, when she denies having bought any clothes and starts acting strangely. Jake becomes convinced she's having an affair and decides it's time to do something about it.

Becky, meanwhile, is tired of people criticising her marriage. Her friends just can't understand why she's with Jake and they can't seem to accept that they love each other. But, after yet another pointless row, she's beginning to see what everyone else sees – maybe it is time that she begins to live for herself.

Jake is played by Ian Hart and Becky by Dervla Kirwan.

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Meera Syal reads another fairy tale as Horrible Histories continues

Outlandish Georgian beauty tips, a Roman Galley safety announcement and made-up monsters and bizarre cures for the Black Death from the Measly Middle Ages are just some of the comedy treats featured in this week's feast of funny historical sketches.

More pastiches of familiar television formats help to explain historical events; an advert for Victorian Claims Direct details some of the injuries Victorian children faced in the workplace; and Greek Myth Talk puts Greek God Cronus and his family on the spot in a daytime talk show. Also, in Historical Wife Swap, the Georgian Lord and Lady Posh from the Manor swap with the Peasant family of Poorville.

This week's Fairy Tale is The Old Woman Who Lived In The Shoe – the First World War version – and a witty song reveals that lead paint, false eyebrows made of mouse skin and hair-raising wigs were all essential parts of a gorgeous Georgian lady's beauty routine.

Horrible Histories boasts some of Britain's finest comedy talent, including writers Steve Punt, Jon Holmes, Ben Ward and Giles Pilbrow. The series stars Sarah Hadland, Jim Howick, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe Douglas, Matthew Baynton and Ben Willbond. Meera Syal guest stars as the Fairy Tale narrator and John Eccleston is the puppeteer for the Horrible Histories Rat.

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Billy tells Phil that Nick has been blackmailing him and wonders what he will do, in the penultimate visit of the week to Walford.

Jean, meanwhile, becomes concerned after Stacey fails to return home after a night out. And Nick changes the times of Dot's doctor's appointment in an attempt to confuse her further, but the plan backfires.

Billy is played by Perry Fenwick, Phil by Steve McFadden, Nick by John Altman, Jean by Gillian Wright, Stacey by Lacey Turner and Dot by June Brown.

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On nearly every high street from Penzance to London and Glasgow to Belfast, there's a new "must-have" accessory for some young men. Not the latest trainers or mobile phone, but fierce, snarling dogs.

Rickie Haywood-Williams explores the hip-hop and peer-pressure culture that has led to this growth in aggressive dogs in his hometown of London – on the streets and abandoned in shelters. He discovers that dogs are bred, bought, sold and given away with incredible ease.

In some cases dogs are deliberately trained and even abused to make them vicious. Methods of "toughening up" dogs include chain fighting and beatings. The owners claim it's all necessary for protection – but are they always in control of their animals?

Rickie learns that the "Staffie", formerly a dog of choice, is now being replaced by bigger, fiercer breeds as the dog to have. Shockingly, he discovers that the Pit Bull, the most notorious status dog of all, is back with a vengeance.

Rickie meets victims of vicious dog attacks to hear their reaction to the rise in aggressive dogs. He also visits vets at Harmsworth Animal Hospital as they desperately try to patch up dogs after they've been abused or neglected.

The film also seeks to understand the status dog culture from the owners' point of view – examining the question of why so many young men want to be feared.

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Poetry Please on BBC Radio 4 is the world's longest-running poetry request programme. Since its first broadcast 30 years ago this year, it has put the requests of ordinary people with a wish to hear their favourite poem at the heart of the programme.

Today's documentary follows the Poetry Please production team over the course of three programmes in Spring 2009 to discover the secret to its enduring success. BBC Four tracks the way the radio programme is made from start to finish – from receiving listeners' letters, hearing the personal stories attached to the requested poem and casting the perfect reader, to recording with actors and presenter Roger McGough in the studio.

What emerged was a deep connection with its listeners, who feel passionately about poetry. The programme speaks to Radio 4's dedicated listeners and asks them what poetry means to them and how the simple act of listening to it read on radio affects them.

By weaving listeners' stories about how poetry and the programme shapes their lives with the challenges and mechanics of putting a show together, the documentary captures the enduring appeal of Poetry Please – what one of the radio producers describes as "a mobile conversation with poetry".

There are also featured interviews with well-known poets, including Ian McMillan, Wendy Cope and Poet Laureate Andrew Motion, as well as poetry readers Andrew Sachs, Kenneth Cranham and Tim Pigott-Smith and famous fans Rick Stein and David Blunkett.

Poetry Please – 30 Years Of The People's Poetry is part of the BBC's Poetry Season on television, on radio and online.

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De Li discovers a strawberry patch but then gets called away to a yogo session – a simple, gentle form of yoga that the Piplings enjoy – as Waybuloo, the new CBeebies series brought vividly to life through a combination of live action and cutting-edge CGI animation, continues.

After yogo, De Li wants to pick lots of strawberries to share with her friends but can't find the patch again. Nok Tok shows her how to use her one strawberry to help her narabug sniff out the patch again. She fills a basket and heads back but, as she distributes them, she forgets to leave any for herself. Now there are none left for her narabug to sniff and pick up the scent again.

The Cheebies help by splitting up and searching out the patch, while everyone else gets to the strawberries before De Li. They pick all but one and head off to look for her. When she arrives, she gets her narabug to sniff the one remaining strawberry and find another patch. Instead, it leads her to Nok Tok's pod – where the others are all waiting to share their strawberries with her.

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