Tuesday 29 May 2012
Programme Information
Network TV BBC Week 42: 17-23 October
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Network TV BBC Week 42: Unplaced
BBC ONE Unplaced
Jimmy's Food Factory – Breakfast Ep 1/6
Jimmy Doherty's mission to unravel the scientific secrets behind mass food production takes him to the country's leading food manufacturers. With an ambitious glint in his eyes, Jimmy then decamps to a Suffolk barn to set up his own food factory, complete with a prototype supermarket food production line.
In the first programme in the series Jimmy takes a closer look at breakfast foods. He attempts to create cornflakes from scratch using corn kernels and a mangle. Armed with a paint stripper gun he creates his own instant coffee and, during a visit to a dairy farm, he discovers the advantages of using a robot to milk cows. With a handful of sugar beets he is surprised to see how something that contains only 17 per cent sugar can be turned into the familiar sweet granules people put on their cornflakes.
CD3
BBC TWO Unplaced
BBC ELECTRIC PROMS
Robbie Williams – BBC Electric Proms 2009
Edith Bowman presents highlights from Robbie Williams's BBC Electric Proms concert, which opened the festival at London's Roundhouse.
Accompanied by a string and horn section, as well as a full band, the show is Robbie's first live UK performance since 2006.
Robbie's Electric Proms show features new material from forthcoming album Reality Killed The Video Star, alongside some of his classic tracks.
Robbie's impressive career to date includes: 15 Brit Awards; eight No. 1 albums; and his Close Encounters tour set a world record by selling 1.6m tickets in a single day. His three nights at Knebworth were some of the biggest live music events in UK history, when he entertained over 365,000 fans.
Robbie joins Dizzee Rascal, Dame Shirley Bassey, Smokey Robinson, Doves, Florence And The Machine and Metronomy to complete a stellar line-up of acts at this year's BBC Electric Proms festival.
The BBC Electric Proms, now in its fourth year, is dedicated to creating new moments in music and providing a platform to showcase international and UK artists who present one-off collaborations.
All performances are available online and all headline shows are broadcast on BBC Radio, BBC Two and simulcast on the BBC HD Channel – the BBC's high-definition channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media. Complete performances are available to watch for a week after the festival, along with photos and interviews at bbc.co.uk/electricproms.
TM
BBC ELECTRIC PROMS
Dizzee Rascal – BBC Electric Proms 2009
Trevor Nelson presents highlights from Dizzee Rascal's BBC Electric Proms concert, which took place at London's Roundhouse.
Since his Mercury Music Prize win for his debut album, Boy In Da Corner, in 2003, Dizzee has become a major UK music star and has already had three No. 1 hits from his new critically acclaimed album, Tongue 'N' Cheek.
His performance includes both classic Dizzee tunes and tracks from the new album. Backed by a live band and a 16-piece string section from the Heritage Orchestra, this is the first time Dizzee has performed a full-length live show with a band and orchestra.
Dizzee joins Robbie Williams, Dame Shirley Bassey, Smokey Robinson, Doves, Florence And The Machine and Metronomy to complete a stellar line-up of acts at this year's BBC Electric Proms festival.
The BBC Electric Proms, now in its fourth year, is dedicated to creating new moments in music and providing a platform to showcase international and UK artists who present one-off collaborations.
All performances are available online and all headline shows are broadcast on BBC Radio, BBC Two and simulcast on the BBC HD Channel – the BBC's high-definition channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media. Complete performances are also available to watch for a week after the festival, along with photos and interviews at bbc.co.uk/electricproms.
TM
BBC ELECTRIC PROMS
Doves – BBC Electric Proms 2009
Doves are joined by the London Bulgarian Choir for a new moment in music, which sees their music reworked for this year's BBC Electric Proms at the Roundhouse.
Composer Avshalom Caspi has been specially commissioned to rearrange a number of Doves tracks for the 35-strong choir. Doves front man Jimi Goodwin says: "We're really excited about playing at the BBC Electric Proms. The voices of the London Bulgarian Choir are just unbelievable, and it is brilliant just to get the chance to play the songs differently for the Roundhouse audience. It is going to be really special."
Doves are also joined onstage by Baluji Shrivastav, the celebrated North Indian classical musician who played on their album track Birds Flew Backwards.
Edith Bowman presents highlights of their performance for BBC Two. The concert was broadcast in full, live on BBC 6 Music.
The BBC Electric Proms, now in its fourth year, is dedicated to creating new moments in music and providing a platform to showcase international and UK artists who present one-off collaborations.
All performances will be available online and all headline shows will be broadcast on BBC Radio, BBC Two and simulcast on the BBC's HD Channel – the BBC's high-definition channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.
SH3
Network TV BBC Week 42: Saturday 17 October 2009
BBC ONE Saturday 17 October 2009
Gabby Logan presents live coverage of the World Gymnastics Championships, which are taking place in London for the first time.
There is no team competition at these Championships so the focus this weekend is on the individual apparatus finals. Today it's the men's floor, pommel horse and rings, while the women will be competing on the vault and the uneven bars.
Britain's Louis Smith took bronze on the pommel at last year's Olympics, ending an 80-year medal drought at the Games for British gymnastics. The 20-year-old will be looking to get among the medals at the O2 Arena, having taken silver at the Europeans in Milan earlier this year.
Beth Tweddle struck gold twice in Milan and is a former world champion on the uneven bars. But she missed out on an Olympic medal by just one place in Beijing and will be looking to regain her world title in London.
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Formula 1 – Brazilian Grand Prix Qualifying
The Formula 1 bandwagon makes its penultimate stop for the 2009 season, to a place which has, in the past, been full of incident and drama.
After the last race in Japan, the teams have made the 10,000-mile journey across the Pacific Ocean to Brazil, where the title has been decided in each of the last four seasons.
It was Lewis Hamilton's turn to taste glory at the Interlagos circuit last year, but only after a thrilling final weekend which began with Felipe Massa setting the fastest time in qualifying.
Jake Humphrey introduces the action.
SB4
Strictly Come Dancing
The pressure is really on as the 12 remaining couples perform either a jive or a Viennese waltz, as Strictly Come Dancing, presented by Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly, continues. All the couples are hoping that they will impress the judges and the viewers and stay out of the dreaded dance-off.
Following the performances, viewers will be able to vote for the couple they want to stay in the competition.
The two couples with the lowest scores, when the viewers' votes and judges' scores are combined, find themselves performing again in the dance-off, after which the judges decide who stays and who will have to hang up their dancing shoes for good.
There will also be a performance of the samba and the American smooth by Strictly’s professional dancers and music from a guest artist.
Strictly Come Dancing is simulcast on the BBC HD channel – the BBC's High Definition channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.
RB/IV/KS3
Love is all around in this week's episode of Casualty as one relationship gets decidedly rocky while another steps up a gear.
It's Ruth's birthday and Jay presents her with a necklace for their date at the surgeon's dinner. Ruth's happiness is short-lived when senior medic Sarah Evans warns her that Jay is bad news and that she'll think twice about recommending her for the surgical training post if she continues to see him.
Feeling unwell, Ruth cancels the date, but is confronted by Jay at the dinner. As Ruth leaves in embarrassment, she collapses, haemorrhaging.
Meanwhile, Adam has his hands full with the F2s. He won't allow them to treat patients unsupervised, but when Jessica and the F2s become trapped in resus by a distraught relative, Adam is forced to watch as they save a patient's life. Realising he must trust them more, Adam admits they did some good work. He thanks Jessica for her support and proposes they set a date for their wedding – New Year's Eve.
Ruth is played by Georgia Taylor, Jay by Ben Turner, Adam by Tristan Gemmill and Jessica by Gillian Kearney.
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BBC TWO Saturday 17 October 2009
The Swann children are delighted when Shalondra and Gary announce they are going away for the weekend – leaving them at home – as the tuneful adventures continue in this musical comedy series. Unbeknown to the excited siblings, the trip is, in fact, a ruse, and Gary and Shalondra have ensconced themselves in the recording studio so they can spy on the children via a series of strategically placed cameras. Their plan goes awry, however, when they discover they are locked in.
Fed up with Toyah obsessing about her belongings, Aretha decides to mess around with Toyah's things but breaks her step-sister's most treasured possession: her late mother's bow. Hadley and Isaac have to try to keep Toyah from discovering the truth before they can mend it.
When Martha discovers her parents are locked in and have been spying on the family, the crafty eight-year-old realises that she finally has a bargaining tool to negotiate for a pet kitten.
Shalondra is played by Rakie Ayola, Gary by Andrew Clover, Toyah by Naomi Battrick, Aretha by Dominique Moore, Hadley by Angus Harrison, Isaac by Matt Morgan and Martha by Rachel Brady.
VT
On his way home, Ivan gets the feeling he is being followed, as the interactive digital drama thriller created by award-winning "godfather of young adult fiction" Melvin Burgess continues. Later that night, Ivan is attacked by a horrible old hag.
Beth reveals that she has had dreams about the house. When she returns there, she experiences a strange flashback to another time, encountering what appears to be the ghost of a woman who thinks Beth is her dead daughter.
The woman talks of the hag and another greater evil beneath the well before showing Beth where to find items that she has hidden around the house to help her.
A new episode of The Well on BBC Switch on BBC Two is shown each week and extends online at bbc.co.uk/switch, where the audience can explore a spookily atmospheric recreation of the main drama location in a multi-level, problem-solving game.
By engaging with The Well through a series of online tasks and challenges, the audience can unlock hidden drama content which reveals the back story to the TV drama.
Beth is played by Jo Woodcock, Ivan by Isaac Ssebandeke, Coll by Karen Gillan, Luis by Gregory Foreman and The Hag by Amanda Lawrence.
ER
Gabby Logan presents further live coverage of the World Gymnastics Championships from London's O2 Arena, with commentary from Matt Baker, Mitch Fenner and Christine Still.
CH2
BBC PARLIAMENT Saturday 17 October 2009
The Palace of Westminster burned to the ground 175 years ago.
Accident and incompetence succeeded where Guy Fawkes had failed and the centuries-old chamber of the House Of Commons in St Stephen's Chapel was gutted, as was the chamber of the Lords. It was London's biggest blaze in the time between the Great Fire Of London and The Blitz. The consequences were political and constitutional, as well as architectural.
In a special BBC Parliament programme to mark the anniversary of Parliament's Great Fire, Mark D'Arcy looks back at the disaster and its aftermath. He examines some of the few items that survived and tells the surprising story of how King William IV tried to offload Buckingham Palace as the new home of Parliament – and the real reasons the politicians turned him down.
PR
Network TV BBC Week 42: Sunday 18 October 2009
BBC ONE Sunday 18 October 2009
Jake Humphrey presents live coverage of the Brazilian Grand Prix, from Interlagos, the penultimate race in this year's Formula 1 Championship.
It's been an unbelievably dramatic year so far – both on the track and in the paddock – and the challenging Interlagos circuit usually throws up plenty of excitement.
That was certainly the case last year when Lewis Hamilton's title hopes looked to be in tatters for the second year running, until the young Briton overtook on the final corner to grab fifth place and earn the points he needed to be crowned champion ahead of local hero Felipe Massa.
Joining Jake are F1 experts Eddie Jordan and David Coulthard, who won the Brazilian Grand Prix in 2001.
SB4
Emma teases Mr Knightley about Jane Fairfax but he remains tight-lipped, in the penultimate episode of BBC One's new adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel.
Frank and Emma, meanwhile, plan a ball and Emma wonders whether she might be in love with him. Despite having a wonderful time at the ball, she decides otherwise.
With her match-making efforts officially abandoned, Emma feels cooped up and bored. Mr Knightley suggests a day trip to Box Hill for a change of scene and some temporary escape, and also tells Emma that he suspects Frank and Jane may secretly be in love. Emma rebuffs the suggestion – she can personally vouch for Frank's indifference to Jane – which leaves Knightley feeling hurt at Emma's indifference towards him.
Emma is played by Romola Garai, Mr Knightley by Jonny Lee Miller, Jane by Laura Pyper and Frank by Rupert Evans.
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BBC TWO Sunday 18 October 2009
Gabby Logan introduces live coverage of the final day of the World Gymnastics Championships, which are being held in London for the first time.
Today's schedule at the O2 Arena includes the men's vault, parallel bars and high bar, while the women compete on the beam and on the floor.
Matt Baker, Mitch Fenner and Christine Still provide the commentary.
CH2
Stephen Fry searches for the largest animal on Earth this week, as he concludes his quest to look for endangered species.
For something that's the size of a Boeing 737, a blue whale is extremely difficult to spot – since the turn of the last century, 99 per cent of their numbers have been lost to whalers.
Stephen, however, is accompanied by zoologist Mark Carwardine, an acknowledged whale and dolphin expert who knows the best place to look to find this threatened species.
Stephen starts his whale class with the more numerous, and incredibly friendly, grey whale, before moving on to the humpback, whose astonishing song he gets to hear at first hand.
But before he can claim the "holy grail" of whale watching, Stephen has to deal with the diablo rocco – a particularly prolific squid predator which is threatening to upset the natural balance of the entire Pacific coast.
JW
BBC THREE Sunday 18 October 2009
Formula 1 – Brazilian Grand Prix: Highlights
Viewers can catch highlights of today's Brazilian Grand Prix, the penultimate race of the 2009 Formula 1 season, which took place earlier today at the Interlagos circuit.
SB4
Harper's Island – Gasp Ep 12/13
Wakefield is in the woods stalking those trying to find him, in the penultimate episode of the American drama. He creeps up behind Danny but, before the killer can strike, Sully emerges from hiding and shoots Wakefield, wounding him.
Abby and Henry hear the shot and rush to the scene but, instead of finishing Wakefield off, Abby knocks him out with her shotgun instead.
Trish wakes up alone in the car. Jimmy and her shotgun are missing, but he hurries back to tell her he's spotted a freighter from The Bluffs and grabs some signal flares from the trunk. When the two reach the cliff top, there's no sign of the ship. As Trish steps dangerously close to the edge, Jimmy lurks behind her.
Wakefield, meanwhile, is bound and locked in the Sheriff's station cell and later wakes up demanding to talk to Abby.
Jimmy arrives at the Sheriff's station saying that Trish fell off The Bluffs and needs help. A suspicious Henry, takes away Jimmy's shotgun and accuses him of pushing her, but Jimmy protests his innocence. Abby, Henry and Sully take Jimmy to the cliff top to find out if he is telling the truth and discover a remote boat house with a working radio. The group manage to contact the coastguard and are told help will arrive in a few hours.
Back at the station, Madison tells Shea and Danny that someone brought her and Wakefield food while she was in the tunnels, but she didn't see who it was. It seems Wakefield has an accomplice among the group, and he is soon on the loose again.
Danny is played by Brandon Jay, Abby by Elaine Cassidy, Henry by Christopher Gorham, Trish by Katie Cassidy, Jimmy by CJ Thomson, Sully by Matt Barr, Madison by Cassandra Sawtell and Shea by Gina Holden.
Harper's Island is simulcast on the BBC HD channel – the BBC's High Definition channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.
GJ
Harper's Island – Sigh Ep 13/13
Events of 16 years earlier have their part to play in the confessions and revelations that emerge as the American drama reaches its conclusion.
Shea and Madison arrive at the boat house and tell Sully that Wakefield is on the loose. Sully spots a rowing boat and, as the coastguard hasn't yet arrived, he sends Shea and Madison off to meet the rescuers halfway.
Henry, meanwhile, meets up with Sully at the boat house, where they are told by radio to rendezvous at the marina. The two leave to find Trish and the others, but Abby and Jimmy make a grisly discovery in the meantime...
At the church, a confrontation with Wakefield ends with the interior catching fire and more than one person wounded. The survivors, meanwhile, head for the marina when it becomes clear that someone's version of events does not add up.
On the mainland, a day or so later, an FBI investigator tells Shea that evidence reveals everyone she left behind died in the church fire, including Wakefield. Aside from a few locals, Shea and Madison are the only survivors.
Back on Harper's Island, Abby awakes in the bedroom of a remote house and it becomes clear that the story is still not over ...
Shea is played by Gina Holden, Madison by Cassandra Sawtell, Sully by Matt Barr, Henry by Christopher Gorham, Trish by Katie Cassidy and Jimmy by CJ Thomson.
Harper's Island is simulcast on the BBC HD channel – the BBC's High Definition channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.
GJ
Harper's Island Solved Ep 2/2
Harper's Island Solved, the second of two behind-the-scenes specials of the intriguing US TV series, talks exclusively to the cast and key creatives about the revelation of the killer twist.
Viewers will at last be able to find out if their suspicions were true. Quizzing the creator and actors about their roles, the programme explores how a gripping television finale is produced.
Tonight's programme looks at the making of Harper's Island and how Hollywood manages to create the scary and downright frightening affect.
The cast also share their top tips on the techniques used to make something appear frightening on screen.
Viewers go on location with Adam Campbell, who plays Cal, and executive producer Karim Zriek, to the real Harper's Island – Bowen Island, in Vancouver, Canada. There, they revisit the hotel, harbour, forest and the hanging tree.
Harper's Island Solved is simulcast on the BBC HD channel – the BBC's High Definition channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.
GJ
Network TV BBC Week 42: Monday 19 October 2009
BBC ONE Monday 19 October 2009
Life – Reptiles And Amphibians Ep 2/10
Life, narrated by David Attenborough, reveals how reptiles and amphibians conquer their shortcomings through extraordinary tricks and strategies. The series, produced by the BBC's Natural History Unit, is about extreme behaviour – the extraordinary ends to which animals and plants go in order to survive.
The tiny pebble toad is only an inch long and can't hop. In tonight's programme, it is shown escaping from a predatory tarantula by tucking up its legs and bouncing away down the rocks.
The Jesus Christ lizard can move really fast but a predatory bird is at least as quick. The only way the lizard can escape is to trick the bird, sending it in the wrong direction by running into the river (not the forest), and gaining a few extra seconds. The lizard pedals its hind legs so fast that it only ever sinks a few inches into the water as it races across the surface.
Breeding is a vulnerable time for any snake, especially the Niuean Sea krait. It has taken to a life underwater, but a female must leave the water to lay her eggs on land. Her solution is to swim down an underwater tunnel to an air-filled cavern at the far end. It is sealed off from the outer world and is a totally safe place for her and her eggs.
Chameleons are one of the most effective predators in the reptile world. After sitting and waiting for prey to come close, they fire a muscle-propelled, extendible tongue at it. Extreme slow-motion photography reveals that their vision is so acute they can fire with near absolute accuracy.
In an incredible TV first, Life reveals the unique hunting technique used by the nine-foot Komodo dragon, which enables it to bring down a massive water buffalo. Although the dragons don't hunt as a pack, like lions, as many as 10 will gather around a victim. A new discovery demonstrates that they have a bite that is as poisonous as a snake's. A single wound to the back of a buffalo's leg can kill it. But it can take several weeks, during which time the dragon pursues it relentlessly.
In Chasing The Dragon, cameraman Kevin Flay follows the Komodo dragon's relentless hunt of the water buffalo. After a three-week ordeal 10 dragons reduce it to bones in just four hours.
CBBC also goes behind the scenes of the BBC Natural History Unit's landmark new series in Inside Life.
Life is simulcast on the BBC HD channel – the BBC's High Definition channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.
BR/LS2
While Western medicine struggles under the burden of expensive treatments, Hindu Health Check examines whether the ancient Eastern medicine of Ayurveda is a useful alternative in Britain today.
Ayurveda literally means "Life-Science", and is claimed to be linked to the roots of Hinduism. Now an umbrella term, it is used as complimentary medicine – from herbal treatments and diet changes to massage and meditation. It claims a high degree of success.
Presented by Dr Jessica Frazier from the Oxford Centre of Hindu Studies, this programme goes on a journey with three Londoners who want to get better. They visit two Hindu doctors who believe their unique combination of Ayurveda and Hinduism can help them; Hindu Health Check asks whether such an ancient medical approach can improve their health.
Leigh is a cricketer with muscle pain; Jess is a stressed and depressed vet; and Nila is a website manager with rheumatoid arthritis. They put Ayurveda to the test while Jessica, an expert in Hinduism, looks for the Hindu spirituality hidden in their Ayurvedic treatment.
GD/JF
BBC TWO Monday 19 October 2009
It's the grand final of Philippe Starck's mission to shake up the world of British design. After 10 gruelling weeks, the two final students in Starck's school of design are entering the endgame. Both have worked day and night to learn Starck's design lessons and to create a new product worthy of the master. But when the lights go down on the school for the last time, only one of them will have secured the chance of a lifetime – a six-month placement with Starck at his prestigious agency in Paris.
The two finalists are 27-year-old college design lecturer Ilsa Parry and 22-year-old design graduate Mike Cloke. Ilsa has created a ground-breaking design for a walking aid, while Mike has been working flat out on a magnetised tray and tea set. They have two weeks to perfect their prototypes before the final judging – but after Starck's criticisms last week they both know they have significant work to do.
To add to the pressure they also have to come up with an idea for a poster ad campaign for their designs. Working with top advertising agencies they need to think of a name for their product and an image to sell it. Ilsa infuriates the advertising team by repeatedly changing her mind, while Mike's idea involves a photo shoot – for which he needs to find and buy all the props. Meanwhile, the final touches are being added to their prototypes at the workshop of enigmatic model-maker Jean-Philippe.
Finally the big day arrives. Mike and Ilsa arrive at the school of design for the last time. Starck inspects their posters with top designer Eugeni and wife Jasmine and the final prototypes are then unveiled. Starck is amazed at the quality – he is hugely impressed by how far the students have come in such a short time. But there is only one placement up for grabs and the time has come to announce which student has won it...
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CBEEBIES Monday 19 October 2009
I Can Cook continues its mission to get the nation's under-sixes in the kitchen and cooking up a storm as it celebrates a hands-on approach to cooking. Serving up a selection of simple recipes, top cookery tips and the chance to get very messy, I Can Cook teaches children to discover the magic of the full cycle of food as they learn to connect what's on their plate every day with the world around them.
This week, musician, actress and all-round entertainer Katy Ashworth welcomes more children into her I Can Cook kitchen to create their recipes of the day. Together they pop peppers, sprinkle seasoning and squish squash as they explore where ingredients come from and how foods are made. They also learn some simple kitchen and cookery skills.
On Monday, Katy invites five young cooks into her kitchen – and garden – to explore how basil is grown and learn how to swirl up some tasty tomato spirals; bananas are the order of the day on Tuesday as the little chefs whip up a spiced banana pudding; Katy and her team learn about flour on Wednesday and bake up some fresh fruit flapjacks; rice is nice on Thursday as Katy and the gang learn about this staple food and stir it up into a baked risotto; and on Friday, the little cooks are cheering for chives as they make some delicious savoury bites.
FW
Network TV BBC Week 42: Tuesday 20 October 2009
BBC ONE Tuesday 20 October 2009
When Archie's condition takes a turn for the worse, Faye struggles to cope, as the medical drama continues. Archie's nurse, Lauren, makes a serious mistake when administering his medication.
Michael introduces new CEO Vanessa to his team and outlines his plans as director of surgery. He is determined to prove his sceptics wrong. But, when Connie needs to operate on Archie, the first and much-hyped robotic operation is thrown into jeopardy.
When Judith arrives, Mark questions the need for a matron. But, in time, he learns that she is an asset to the team. Judith, on the other hand, has begun to question the need for Mark.
Archie is played by Conor Cremin, Faye by Patsy Kensit Healy, Michael by Hari Dhillon, Vanessa by Leslie Ash, Connie by Amanda Mealing, Judith by Shelagh McLeod and Mark by Robert Powell.
JM3
Leg two of the Around the World In 80 Days challenge, in which six pairs of celebrities race against the clock in an ambitious global relay, re-enacting the epic odysseys of Phileas Fogg and Michael Palin is under way. Along the way, the celebrities raise money for this year's BBC Children in Need Appeal.
Apprentice stars Nick Hewer and Saira Khan are already up against it as funny men Frank Skinner and Lee Mack didn't make it to the border between Turkey and Iraq to meet them as arranged, so the leg-two celebrities had to travel further out to Cappadocia to collect the all-important baton.
In just 14 days they have to be in Kazakhstan, more than 3,000 miles away, through war-torn Iraq and volatile Iran, to hand over to Countryfile presenters Julia Bradbury and Matt Baker.
As Nick and Saira set off, they receive bad news. Iran's borders are closed due to civil unrest sparked by the Presidential elections. They must find another way through and decide to travel north into the old Soviet Republic of Georgia and then east to the shores of the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan. They hope to catch a ferry to the little-known country of Turkmenistan, drive through Uzbekistan and finally cross the border to Kazakhstan.
Through Georgia and making good progress, with only 200 miles to the Caspian Sea, the duo take a moment to relax. Saira heads for the shops with the Children In Need auction in mind and Nick opts for a haircut.
They then hitch a lift to the shores of the Caspian Sea but, again, their plans are thrown into turmoil. They find out that their visa applications to Uzbekistan have been rejected, meaning the only option is to sail direct to Kazakhstan, which involves a huge detour across one of the most hostile deserts on Earth.
With confusion over when the next ferry leaves for Kazakhstan, the duo take up their previous Apprentice roles and Nick sets Saira a task – to commandeer a boat to take them across the sea. But the language barrier proves too much and she fails, so Nick tells her: "You're fired!" Stranded for three days on the shores of the Caspian Sea, they finally board a ferry and are back on their way.
It will take Nick and Saira a week to drive to the handover point on the terrible Kazakh roads, but they don't have that much time. Fast running out of options, it looks like there is no way they can meet their deadline. Will this resourceful pair make it to the handover in time?
LK
BBC THREE Tuesday 20 October 2009
Don is asked to be the best man at his old school friend's wedding, in the final episode of the comedy about a twentysomething singleton stumbling through life.
In an attempt to impress his friend, he manages to persuade Sam to pretend to be his wife. But it soon becomes clear that his old friend isn't quite the hero he was at school.
How Not To Live Your Life is written by and stars Dan Clark, with Laura Haddock as Sam.
PA/JD
CBBC Tuesday 20 October 2009
CBBC goes behind the scenes of the BBC Natural History Unit's landmark new series, Life, to find out just what it takes to get footage of the world's most extraordinary wildlife.
CBBC scoured the country in search of 10 secret agents to embark on 10 fact-finding assignments across the UK and report back to the Life team. What the 10 budding naturalists don't know is that, while on location in the UK, a further secret mission, involving a once-in-a-lifetime adventure, will be revealed.
Each agent heads off on a global adventure, from Alaska to Madagascar, getting up-close-and-personal with polar bears and hands-on with lemurs. The CBBC agents get to work alongside the world-renowned Natural History Unit as they endeavour to get the perfect shot.
Komodo dragons are the largest lizards in the world. Even though they don't breathe fire like their mythical relatives, there is no other lizard that can match it for size or ferocity.
Inside Life agent Izzy visits a remote Indonesian island and finds herself surrounded by three giant Komodo dragons. She must remember all she has learnt back at the London reptile house about these potential killers.
This is just one of the numerous challenges faced by Izzy and the Life team as they discover the difficulties involved in filming a stunning wildlife sequence.
Inside Life is narrated by Barney Harwood.
NE/MF2
Network TV BBC Week 42: Wednesday 21 October 2009
CBBC Wednesday 21 October 2009
Roy has been on his best behaviour lately, running errands for his mother, doing household chores and even helping his elderly neighbour. In fact, he's been so good that his mother calls him "mummy's little angel".
In today's penultimate episode of the comic adventures of a cartoon boy living in the real world, Roy gets a shock when he finds his cartoon body has taken his mother's compliment quite literally, and wakes to find a halo hovering above his head.
He wonders how he is going to get rid of this embarrassing illumination and, with the help of his friends, sets about counteracting all of his recent good deeds with bad ones, in the hope of making the halo disappear.
Roy is voiced by Scott Graham and his mother, Maura, is played by Cathy Belton.
VT
Network TV BBC Week 42: Thursday 22 October 2009
BBC ONE Thursday 22 October 2009
Investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith, one-time companion to The Doctor, embarks on a new two-part story, written by Joseph Lidster.
Rani investigates strange rumours about a demon living in a funfair at the seaside. What she finds there, however, is far more alarming than that and she makes a decision that affects not only her future, but also the futures of all those she cares about...
Far in the future, in 2059, an old Rani remembers the day when her whole life went wrong. As her younger self investigates mysterious disappearances at an abandoned funfair, she sets into motion a chain of events which unleash the terrible powers of the alien Eve.
Sarah Jane Smith is played by Elisabeth Sladen and Rani by Anjli Mohindra.
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BBC TWO Thursday 22 October 2009
The Culture Show Ep 1/8
A new series of the Culture Show kicks off at the London Film Festival, presented by award-winning double-act Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo.
Running from October 14 to 29, this is now the UK's biggest film festival, showcasing 15 world premières and 300 films of every kind. Mark and Simon and an audience of film fans pick out the highlights, including the UK première of The Road, based on Cormac McCarthy's novel, and Men Who Stare At Goats, starring George Clooney. Guests include Michael Palin, who talks about his life in films, and David Morrissey, who discusses his directing debut, Don't Worry About Me.
Mark also looks at the future of intelligent films – movies with things to say, for grown-ups. The multiplex box office might be booming but Mark asks what's really happening beyond the mega-budget blockbusters aimed at a teen audience.
With newspapers in long-term decline and shedding critics by the day, Toby Young – hoping to survive as a critic – looks at whether expert, informed critics have any future. He asks whether the critic is doomed in this Blogosphere Age and is joined by a clutch of top critics to speculate, criticise, opine and argue.
Also in today's programme, Miranda Sawyer takes the temperature of the art world at the Frieze Art Fair, which takes place from 15 to 18 October. She asks what effect, if any, this on-off recession is having on the boom-bust world of contemporary art.
There's also a look at what could be the surprise hit of the year. Colin, a Zombie movie, was allegedly made for just £45 and is now set for a UK-wide release in time for Halloween.
There's music too, with one of the top performances from the Electric Proms.
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As the girls wake up from a boozy sleepover, consumed by hangovers, Gaynor receives a nasty shock, in the concluding part of Home Time, the comedy-drama co-written by and starring Emma Fryer.
Gaynor has been invited to a school reunion. Whether she goes or not, she's finally going to have to face up to all the rumours about why she went away and what went wrong. Becky, Mel and Kelly tear a strip off the Coventry gossip grapevine when they rally to their friend's need, but a fire threatens the reunion. Then there's a shock as Gaynor reveals the secret she has been keeping about her time away...
Gaynor is played by Emma Fryer, Becky by Kerry Godliman, Mel by Hayley Jayne Standing and Kelly by Rebekah Staton.
Home Time is simulcast on the BBC HD channel – the BBC's High Definition channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.
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Network TV BBC Week 42: Friday 23 October 2009
BBC ONE Friday 23 October 2009
Rani investigates strange rumours about a demon living in a funfair at the seaside, in the second episode of this two-part drama following the adventures of journalist Sarah Jane Smith. What Rani finds there is far more alarming and she makes a decision that affects not only her future, but also the futures of all those she cares about...
Alien Eve's powers grow out of control, with everyone caught in her sinister and endless games. As the echoes of an ancient war threaten the modern world, the danger extends all the way to the year 2059. If Rani fails to change her own destiny, then everyone is doomed.
Rani is played by Anjli Mohindra and Sarah Jane Smith by Elisabeth Sladen.
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BBC FOUR Friday 23 October 2009
Krautrock – The Rebirth Of Germany
This documentary film examines how a radical generation of Krautrockers rebuilt a new German musical identity out of the cultural ruins of war.
Overlooked in their own country, these bands were grouped under the unsympathetic heading of Krautrock by an inquisitive British music press, when Dad's Army and war jokes were the lingua franca of the times. Nearly all of the bands objected to the term, apart from when it helped to shift records.
Today, Krautrock is one of the coolest influences any band aiming at credibility can drop.
Devotees include The Fall, Franz Ferdinand, Radiohead and Kasabian.
In 1968, the world was in the grip of a youthful revolution, and nowhere were the stakes higher than in Germany. Despite a post-war economic boom, the youth of the country felt that nothing had changed for a generation growing up in the aftermath of war. Power was still in the hands of an older generation and Germany's once magnificent artistic culture lay trashed and looted, much of it sullied by Nazi associations. For young people in cities like Berlin, Dusseldorf, Cologne and Munich, it was time for something new.
Between 1968 and 1977, bands including Neu!, Faust, Can and Kraftwerk looked beyond Anglo-American pop to create some of the most radical and original sounds ever heard in the country. The experiments of Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk and Cluster would give the world its first taste of electronica.
By the late Seventies, some famous English and American ears took notice as David Bowie, Brian Eno and Iggy Pop decamped to Germany in an attempt to tap into the Zeitgeist. Meanwhile, in a studio overlooking the Berlin Wall, Iggy and Bowie would record Low, Heroes and Lust For Life, taking the sound and feel of Krautrock to the bank and to the world at large.
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CBBC Friday 23 October 2009
The comedy series lauded as a Little Britain for children continues this week with a variety of different sketches for the whole family to enjoy.
Fearless Harry Bolds tackles his latest dangerous activity, armed with shoddy equipment he has paid a packet for; Emily and Monty try to hit the big time yet again and attempt another audition; and the helpful bees lend a hand in the kitchen.
Sorry I’ve Got No Head features the comedy talents of Marcus Brigstocke, Mel Giedroyc, David Armand, Anna Crilly and James Bachman.
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