Sunday 20 Dec 2009
Programme Information
Network TV BBC Week 29
Highlights 18-24 July 2009
Desperate Romantics
Tuesday 21 July See Week 29 Unplaced BBC TWO
Aidan Turner, Rafe Spall and Samuel Barnett star as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Holman Hunt and John Millais – the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood – in Peter Bowker's new drama about their tangled love lives and their mission to change the art world
Wildest Dreams
Wednesday 22 July See Week 29 Unplaced BBC ONE
Nine amateur wildlife enthusiasts are pitted against each other in one of the natural world's greatest and most dangerous arenas – Africa – as they compete for the prize of a job at the BBC's prestigious Natural History Unit
Golf – The Open
Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 July BBC ONE and BBC TWO
Live coverage of one of the world's greatest golfing tournaments continues
Skate Nation
Saturday 18 July on BBC TWO
Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes roll into action for a new fast-paced entertainment show in which young hockey, roller and inline skaters battle it out for a place at skate camp
Adult Season – Young, Dumb And Living Off Mum
Sunday 19 July on BBC THREE
A group of pampered young people, aged between 17 and 25, are thrust into the adult world of responsibility, budgeting and hard work through a series of weekly challenges, with the chance of winning a round-the-world trip
Grey Expectations – Storyville: The Time Of Their Lives
Monday 20 July on BBC FOUR
A coming-of-age film with a difference follows three of the oldest residents living in the Mary Feilding Guild, a home for the active elderly in North London
The Wire
From Tuesday 21 July on BBC TWO
The mayoral race is heading into its final weeks as the fourth series of the acclaimed American police drama, starring Dominic West, Aidan Gillen, Seth Gilliam, Deirdre Lovejoy and Lance Reddick, begins
BBC Proms 2009 –
Prom 9: Elgar Anniversary/Prom 10: Orchestre National de Lyon
Thursday 23 and Friday 24 July on BBC FOUR
BBC Four's regular twice-weekly broadcasts of Proms concerts begins by commemorating the 75th anniversary of Elgar's death and by celebrating the fascinating musical links between East and West
Athletics – London Grand Prix
From Friday 24 July on BBC TWO
The world's elite athletes are in Crystal Palace as they finalise their preparations ahead of next month's World Championships in Berlin
Advisory note: BBC programme week numbers
BBC Week numbers throughout 2009 will differ from those of other broadcasters. We have made changes to the BBC Picture Publicity and BBC Press Office websites so that we refer to "BBC Week Numbers" and, wherever possible, actual dates.
We will also reflect this in email correspondence and telephone conversations with you.
Programme information
Network TV
Network TV – Days
- Highlights of the week
- Desperate Romantics Feature
(interview with Aidan Turner) - Desperate Romantics Feature
(interview with Samuel Barnett) - Wildest Dreams Feature
(interview with Nick Knowles) - Red Button Feature
- Unplaced programmes
- Saturday 18 July 2009
- Sunday 19 July 2009
- Monday 20 July 2009
- Tuesday 21 July 2009
- Wednesday 22 July 2009
- Thursday 23 July 2009
- Friday 24 July 2009
- 7-day version
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