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Archie goes to treat an elderly man suffering from Alzheimer's who mistakes him for his son, as the Midlands medical drama continues. The patient tells Archie that his wife became pregnant during the war and, because they weren't married, his wife had to give the boy up.
When Archie finds out the truth about what happened to the baby, he goes to see the elderly couple, and helps the wife explain things to her husband.
Meanwhile, a young boy behaves inappropriately towards Michelle as he and his dad wait for their inoculations. Michelle reacts furiously and grabs the boy, marching him out of her treatment room.
When the father complains to Julia, Michelle is made to apologise. When she finds the son again, she discovers that he grabbed her to stop he and his father having their injections. He wants to prevent his father from being able to go abroad and marry a money-grabbing girlfriend.
Archie is played by Matt Kennard, Michelle by Donnaleigh Bailey and Julia by Diane Keen.
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| BBC TWO Wednesday 9 July 2008 |
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Tribal
Wives – Himba Tribe In Namibia Ep
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Yvonne spends some time with
the Himba tribe Yvonne, a 36-year-old, single, working mother of three, spends some time with the Himba tribe, as the series in which six women each live for nearly a month with six different tribes around the world continues. Like many women today, juggling the pressures of Western life, the six feel something may be missing. By spending time with tribes in which women's roles are very different, they hope they can find some answers and, in doing so, change their own lives.
The Himba is a semi-nomadic tribe of pastoralists who live on the harsh, sun-baked plains of northern Namibia. The women are striking, covering their hair and bodies in red ochre. It's a polygamous tribe, where men can have up to five wives and marriages are arranged for girls when they are as young as 12.
Like so many women, Yvonne feels ground down by her daily routine and by coping with the demands of family life. She wants to discover just who she is as she travels to Africa to join these strong, powerful women. Theirs is a tough existence where food is scarce but it's also a sisterhood laced with humour.
In temperatures in excess of 45 degrees centigrade, Yvonne gets to grips with Himba life. But, as she struggles with the tribe's deep gender divides and arranged marriages for young girls, she begins to make discoveries about herself ... especially when drought threatens to devastate the village.
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| BBC THREE Wednesday 9 July 2008 |
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Young boozers, bingers and
party animals receive a wake-
up call in this new series,
presented by George Lamb Young boozers, bingers and party animals receive a wake-up call in Make My Body Younger, presented by George Lamb.
Each week, the over-the-top lifestyle of a contributor is examined to find out what damage their excesses are doing to their insides. Using state-of-the-art technology, a "living autopsy" is performed, revealing the real impact that bad food, drink, drugs and cigarettes are having on their organs with shocking results – they are ageing much faster on the inside than they should be.
In the first programme, party girl Emma Sheldon faces the "living autopsy" and is shocked to discover how fast her organs are ageing. For six months of the year, 23-year-old Emma indulges in the party lifestyle as a club rep in Ibiza. Hard partying has been tough on her body; she lives on a diet of junk food, has been known to put on three stones in just three months and enjoy 24-hour drinking sessions. Emma also smokes up to 200 cigarettes a week.
Consultant neurologist Andrew Curran reveals what's been going on inside her body at her "living autopsy". Her heart, lungs and skin have taken a real battering. She may only be 23 years old but, at 45, her lungs are almost double her birth age and she is diagnosed as clinically obese.
Upset by the results of her autopsy, Emma wants to change her ways. Dr Radha Modgil moves in to help her cut down her harmful habits but, ultimately, it's down to Emma to turn around her own future. Whether she has enough determination to reverse the damage remains to be seen, when Emma returns to the "living autopsy" theatre once again.
This series is part of BBC Headroom, a new multi-platform campaign from BBC Learning that aims to help people look after their mental wellbeing. To find out where your head's at visit bbc.co.uk/headroom, where the doctors in the series offer tips on how to manage alcohol, drugs and diet.
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