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Ruth (Selina Chilton) makes a
shocking discovery Julia is stressed as she arrives at the campus surgery to make final preparations for the opening day, as the drama set in a Midlands health centre continues. As usual, she is convinced that she has missed something. Gradually all the staff arrive for the opening, including Jimmi, who arrives with the star guest Holly Carroll, Olympic athlete and Letherbridge University graduate.
As Julia welcomes everyone and introduces Holly to give her opening speech, Ruth fetches a box of wine from a consulting room and finds a former doctor slumped dead in the corner.
Jimmi calls Eva, who arrives at the campus and talks to Ruth, Holly and the university vice chancellor, who it turns out all knew the dead doctor.
Julia, meanwhile, is devastated as her opening day turns into a crime scene and she has to fend off questions from journalists wanting to know what has happened.
Julia is played by Diane Keen, Jimmi by Adrian Lewis Morgan, Holly Carroll by Naomi Ryan, Ruth by Selina Chilton, Eva by Angela Lonsdale and the vice chancellor by Anthony Smee.
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Bec (Renai Caruso) is
questioned about a threatening
text DS Wilson takes both Bec and Jarrod to task for making false statements and omitting evidence, as the Australian drama series centred on a murder at a beach resort school reunion continues.
Wilson questions Bec about the threatening text she sent Philby on the night of the murder and, as a result, her history with Jarrod is revealed. Bec explains that the text was sent as a means to prevent Philby misinterpreting a moment he saw between Jarrod and herself – a moment that was innocent but could be misconstrued. But the truth about what really happened between Jarrod and Bec on the night of the reunion remains a mystery.
With Peta's encouragement, Addo retraces his steps from the night of the murder. On the trail for evidence Peta finds a photo of Addo and Philby on a pub photo board. The photo was taken late on the night of Philby's murder. The publican reveals that the two were in a raucous state and were later kicked out of the pub. Peta takes Addo on in a professional capacity as her client when it becomes clear that he needs a lawyer.
DS Wilson is played by Shane Withington, Bec by Renai Caruso, Jarrod by Clayton Watson, Peta by Daisy Betts and Addo by Daniel Henshall.
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Roxy (Rita Simons) swears
that Pat's broken leg was an
accident Pat's leg is broken and it looks like more than just a simple break, in the latest slice of drama from Albert Square. Roxy, however, swears it was an accident.
At the hospital, something sinister looks set to occur in Pat's A&E cubicle.
Pat is played by Pam St Clement and Roxy by Rita Simons.
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Linden (Duncan Pow) tries to
earn Connie's respect Connie becomes frustrated by the continuous praise that Linden is receiving from Jayne and Holby's heads of department, as the popular medical drama continues. Following Jac's advice, Linden tries to earn respect back from Connie.
Abra continues to cause trouble with a series of accidents and Ric has to hide him in the basement to avoid Lola and Holby security.
Joseph and Connie feel Elliot is exploiting his position as Medical Advisor of the Byrne Charity.
Connie is played by Amanda Mealing, Linden by Duncan Pow, Jayne by Stella Gonet, Jac by Rosie Marcel, Abra by Adrian Edmondson, Ric by Hugh Quarshie, Lola by Sharon D Clarke, Joseph by Luke Roberts and Elliot by Paul Bradley.
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| BBC TWO Tuesday 6 May 2008 |
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Award-winning journalist Peter Taylor tells the story of Osama bin Laden's declaration of war on the West, to conclude his series exploring four landmark terror attacks from the past 30 years.
In 1998, a truck pulls up outside the American Embassy in the heart of downtown Nairobi. A man jumps out and throws stun grenades at the guards. A suicide bomber inside the truck then detonates a bomb which explodes with staggering force. The Embassy and adjacent buildings are reduced to smouldering rubble; packed buses parked at the crossroads are ignited. Two hundred and twenty four people die; thousands more are injured.
It seemed like a surprise attack, but there had been many warnings. In late autumn 1997 there was intelligence from a "walk in" at the Nairobi Embassy that it was to be bombed. The US Ambassador had notified Washington of the Embassy building's vulnerability. In May 1998 a Saudi called Osama bin Laden had issued a fatwa against Americans – military and civilians – threatening them with death wherever they were in the world. As the Americans and the West tried to work out what to do about bin Laden, a team of international terrorists in the mountains of Afghanistan and the suburbs of Nairobi were quietly plotting the Embassy attack.
In the aftermath, President Clinton launched "Operation Infinite Reach" attacking bin Laden's Afghan base. But bin Laden had gone; his reach seemed further than that of the world's only superpower.
The Embassy bomb in Nairobi ushered in the world we inhabit today, a world in which the ideology of holy war, or jihad, against the West unites al-Qaeda's affiliated groups of Islamist extremists in a campaign of global terror. Today they regard all civilians as legitimate targets. No one is presumed innocent – we all participate in the perceived guilt of our political leaders. This is the final, terrible logic of the Age Of Terror.
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| BBC THREE Tuesday 6 May 2008 |
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Having survived in one of Delhi's backstreet workshops, the intrepid Brits who are swapping fashion shopping for making the clothes at source in India, now face their biggest challenge yet. Journeying 300 miles into the heartland of India, they join the thousands of migrant workers who travel to harvest the cotton fields, working in back-breaking conditions processing the cotton that keeps the British High Street in cheap chic. Adding to the challenge, they must also completely fend for themselves – finding their own accommodation and living off their meagre wages.
After a gruelling eight-hour journey, they finally arrive in Ratia, a small farming community. In the morning they will start work on the Singh family's 200-acre farm.
But first they must find somewhere to live – and finding a place that lives up to their Western standards, but on just £1.20 a day each, is a tough call. Eventually they settle on a two-room dwelling which at least has a screened-off toilet, but without any electricity or washing facilities. The reality hits home: this is all they can afford.
Heading to the cotton fields, they get to work stripping the bushes of their produce. Richard is shocked that they literally have to pull off individual balls of cotton by hand, while Georgina is horrified to learn that her Indian co-workers only buy clothes for themselves at most twice a year. For someone who shops on the High Street almost daily, Georgina is appalled. It is hard, gruelling, physical work undertaken under the full heat of the sun. Tempers start to fray...
After one day in the fields, no one can believe that it can get any worse – until they start work at the cotton mill, the most physically demanding job anywhere in the fashion industry.
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| BBC FOUR Tuesday 6 May 2008 |
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BBC FOCUS
ON CHINA
Chinese School – Loved Ones Ep 5/5
Tuesday 6 May
9.00-10.00pm BBC FOUR
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One event in the year helps to hold China and its rapidly changing society together: the Spring Festival (also known as Chinese New Year). For millions of people across the country who have migrated to the cities, this is the one chance they have to return home and be with their loved ones. This final programme in the observational series following life in a rural Chinese town gets to grips with the festival.
By the end of December, the whole of Xiuning town is gripped with the excitement of the coming festival and is a frenzy of activity and preparation. Fireworks are exploded, pigs slaughtered and dumplings steamed. Haiyang Middle School even holds a huge talent contest in celebration. It's also the end of the Year of the Golden Pig and a chance for some of those filmed over the year to reflect on their lives and what the future may hold.
But for the millions on the move trying to get home, it's a tense time. In all, China sees over two billion trips made nationwide in the biggest movement of humans on the planet, and buses and trains are notoriously crowded. And this year there is an added problem. Treacherous snow and ice storms and the worst weather in 50 years sink the area into a deep freeze and travel becomes nearly impossible. As the days tick by and the stranded crowds at the railway stations grow ever bigger, for some pupils the treasured promise of seeing their parents again begins to look less than certain.
This is the fifth programme in a revelatory five-part documentary series following a year in three schools in the county of Xiuning in Anhui Province, China.
Focus On China is a pan-BBC collection of factual programmes examining China in its Olympics year. The programmes, broadcast across radio and television, cover a range of factual topics: wildlife; food; pop and classical music; sex; politics; dance; current affairs; education; Chinese history and contemporary lifestyles.
This month, the BBC launches its Focus On China website pulling together all the BBC's formidable expertise, knowledge and archive on China.
Chinese School is a co-production between the BBC and The Open University.
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