Tuesday 29 Dec 2009
Programme Information
Network TV BBC Week 24
Highlights 13-19 June 2009
Occupation
Tuesday 16 to Thursday 18 June See Week 24 Unplaced BBC ONE
James Nesbitt, Stephen Graham and Warren Brown star in Peter Bowker's powerful drama, set against the backdrop of the Iraq war, telling the story of three soldiers over a five-year period – during the battle for Basra, then as they struggle to adapt to life back home, and, finally, as very different forces draw them back to Iraq
Hotel Babylon
Friday 19 June See Week 24 Unplaced BBC ONE
Former EastEnder Nigel Harman and Anna Wilson-Jones join the cast as the drama set in a five-star hotel returns for a new series
Psychoville
Thursday 18 June See Week 24 Unplaced BBC TWO
Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, two of the acclaimed creators of The League Of Gentlemen, head a star-studded cast which includes Dawn French, Dame Eileen Atkins, Nicholas Le Prevost, David Bamber, Janet McTeer and Christopher Biggins, in their new comedy-thriller, a dark and dangerous series about five unrelated characters whose lives begin to unravel when a blackmailer strikes
The Supersizers Eat ... The Eighties
Monday 15 June See Week 24 Unplaced BBC TWO
Giles Coren and Sue Perkins turn yuppie and Sloane Ranger in a bid to eat their way through the Eighties in the first of a new series
The Price Of Life
Wednesday 17 June See Week 24 Unplaced BBC TWO
With exclusive access to NICE (the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence), the controversial body that decides which drug treatments the NHS can afford, BBC Two tells the compelling story of the people whose everyday lives are affected by these decisions
Springwatch 2009
Monday 15, Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 June See Week 24 Unplaced BBC TWO
Three special themed documentaries looking at close encounters with wildlife, holiday-making with a twist and viewers' contributions, complete this year's Springwatch series
- Programme copy (Springwatch Close Encounters With Simon King)
- Programme copy (Springwatch Holidays With Martin Hughes-Games)
- Programme copy (Springwatch Home Movies With Gordon Buchanan)
Personal Affairs
Tuesday 16 June See Week 24 Unplaced BBC THREE
Laura Aikman, Maimie McCoy, Ruth Negga and Annabel Scholey star in BBC Three's offbeat new drama series following the fortunes of four fabulous personal assistants in the City and set against an emotional backdrop of friendship, ambition, sex and filing
BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World 2009 – The Final
Sunday 14 June on BBC TWO
Huw Edwards and Aled Jones present live coverage as five singers take part in the final of one of the world's greatest singing competitions (on Saturday, Petroc Trelawny and Josie D'Arby present the BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World Song Prize Final in which five more singers hope to follow in the footsteps of Bryn Terfel, who won the competition when it was called the Lieder Prize)
Match Of The Day Live
From Sunday 14 June on BBC THREE
BBC Three brings live coverage of the Confederations Cup, from South Africa
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Wednesday 17 June on BBC TWO
In the first special edition of The Culture Show, Andrew Graham-Dixon, Lauren Laverne and Mark Kermode showcase the best of this year's Exhibition and look back at its history to uncover the secret of its enduring appeal
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