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Jimmy's Food Factory – Breakfast Ep 1/6

Wedneday 21 October

7.30-8.00pm BBC ONE (Schedule Addition 5 October)

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.

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BBC ELECTRIC PROMS
Robbie Williams – BBC Electric Proms 2009

Tuesday 20 October

11.20pm-12.05am BBC TWO

• www.bbc.co.uk/electricproms

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.

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Dizzee Rascal – BBC Electric Proms 2009

Wednesday 21 October

11.20pm-12.05am BBC TWO

• www.bbc.co.uk/electricproms

Dizzee Rascal performs at the BBC Electric Proms

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.

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Doves – BBC Electric Proms 2009

Thursday 22 October

11.20pm-12.05am BBC TWO

• www.bbc.co.uk/electricproms

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.

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