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The critically acclaimed historical comedy series concludes this week in true Horrible Histories style, with a selection of sketches packed with gore and toilet humour.

Roman Kitchen Nightmares examines the culinary tastes of the Romans, including tantalising dishes such as sheep's lungs mixed with rotten fish, and the programme also explores the communal delights of Roman lavatoriums.

Meanwhile, guts and gore from Victorian times are detailed in a sketch about life in Crimean hospitals before the arrival of Florence Nightingale, and the macabre carryings on of body snatchers Burke and Hare – who murdered people to sell their bodies to the Edinburgh physician Knox for dissection – are regaled in song.

Rounding off the programme, the last Pharaoh of Egypt is revealed in This is Your Reign; and the ghost of Richard III returns to question Shakespeare's artistic license and lack of historical accuracy.

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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Jordan drops a bombshell on Denise and Lucas, in today's penultimate visit of the week to Walford. Meanwhile, Peggy meets a handsome stranger.

Elsewhere, Janine forces Tiffany to enter a talent competition and Pat and Peggy consider getting some cosmetic help.

Shirley later puts pressure on Heather to have her child adopted.

Jordan is played by Michael-Joel David Stuart, Denise by Diane Parish, Lucas by Don Gilet, Peggy by Barbara Windsor, Janine by Charlie Brooks, Tiffany by Maisie Smith, Pat by Pam St Clement, Peggy by Barbara Windsor, Shirley by Linda Henry and Heather by Cheryl Fergison.

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Psychoville Ep 4/7

Thursday 9 July

10.00-10.30pm BBC TWO

• www.bbc.co.uk/psychoville
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Maureen (Reece Shearsmith) continues her killing spree

More mysterious events unfold in Psychoville this week as the funny, bloody thriller from two of the acclaimed creators of League Of Gentlemen, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, continues.

David and his mum, Maureen, continue their killing spree – three people, one room, one body in a trunk. The pair are mid-murder when an unexpected visitor throws them into a panic. But who is the mystery caller and what if the body is discovered? Will Maureen finally get to try pyramid teabags?

Inspired by Hitchcock's movie, Rope, this episode is shot virtually seamlessly in two long takes – challenging viewers to spot the cut.

Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton have also written exclusive content for Psychoville to offer viewers an online comedy experience at bbc.co.uk/psychoville. Principal characters are supported by their own websites and there are exclusive videos and extra comedy. Viewers can also interact with the mysterious blackmailer to uncover more about the secrets surrounding the main characters.

David is played by Steve Pemberton and Maureen by Reece Shearsmith.

Psychoville is simulcast on the BBC HD channel – the BBC's High Definition channel available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.

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Hazel Irvine presents highlights of the first day of the Scottish Open from Loch Lomond, the traditional warm-up event to the Open Championship.

Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell won the title last year on 13 under par, two shots clear of runner-up James Kingston. The iconic course has played host to the tournament since 1996.

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Yojojo loves mangoes and picks one to share with Nok Tok, as the pre-school series continues. But it tastes horrible and Yojojo doesn't know why.

De Li tells Yojojo it isn't soft, so Nok Tok tries throwing it into the air – although it stays hard and still tastes bad. Then Lau Lau tells Yojojo it isn't yellow, so the Cheebies try rubbing it with yellow leaves. But that doesn't help, either.

Finally, De Li tells Yojojo everyone needs to wait for the mango to become ripe. So they all wait until, eventually, the mango is ready to eat. Everyone eats a piece and it's "Waybuloo".

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Chris Jarvis and Pui Fan Lee invite younger viewers and their toys on an adventure with coats and polar bears today, as Show Me Show Me continues. They're off on a journey to play in the sky, as they go into the lift and zoom way up high.

Chris shows off all the coats he likes to wear – he's got a coat with a hood, a trendy jacket and a mac. Viewers can sing along with Chris and Pui and show how they put on their coats and zip up their zips.

Then it's time to go off on a bear hunt, and younger viewers can join Pui and Stuffy as they look for a polar bear in the playroom. It's so white everywhere that Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep in all the snow – can Chris help her to find them?

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Steve Backshall embarks on some nocturnal adventures in the northern territories of Australia to seek out things that go bump in the night, and also to capture a TV first, in this week's episode of Deadly 60.

Steve begins his night-time encounters on a riverside excursion with a group of rangers to trap a large salt-water crocodile, which is the largest of all the crocodilian species. Nicknamed Mr Stinky, this crocodile's injuries have prevented him from hunting properly – leading him to seek scraps from the river-bank and get rather too close to the local fishermen. The team catch their culprit, but it is only when they get him back to shore that Steve is able to see the full magnitude of this huge prehistoric predator and the risk this mighty animal posed to the public.

Next up is a spine-chilling ghost hunt down an abandoned gold mine. In what is thought to be a television first, Steve and his team head deep into the bowels of the mine to capture the elusive ghost bat on film in the wild. Filming in the dark, surrounded by cockroaches and other creepy crawlies, the crew catch sight of the pale, spectre-like creatures. These incredible, white bats have translucent wings and huge fangs and are capable of causing harm to a wide range of prey, making them a prime candidate for Steve's Deadly 60 list.

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