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BBC Sport presents live coverage of Team GB's parade through the streets of London, as the country celebrates the magnificent achievements of Great Britain's Olympic and Paralympic teams in Beijing.
The Olympic team enjoyed its biggest medal haul since the London Games of 1908, winning 47 medals in total, including 19 golds. Chris Hoy, who won three cycling golds in the Velodrome, and Rebecca Adlington, who won two gold medals in the Water Cube swimming venue, will be among those taking part in the celebration.
The achievements of the Paralympic team were just as impressive. Only hosts China won more medals, with British athletes winning 102 in all, including 42 golds.
Cyclist Darren Kenny led the haul with four gold medals and a silver, while swimmer Dave Roberts won four gold medals to equal Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson's record of 11 career Paralympic gold medals. It all bodes well for London 2012.
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Heston makes quite an entrance on his first day at the Mill, as the Midlands-based medical drama continues. He quickly manages to annoy Vivien by calling her Marion and upsets Jimmi by assuming he's the GP registrar.
When a stressed husband with chest pains refuses to see a doctor, his wife comes up with a plan to accuse Heston of sexual harassment. Her husband then turns up at the surgery in a fit of rage and, after shouting at Heston, collapses. Heston convinces him that there is something wrong with him.
Poppy is late with her package and Jack, in a foul mood, orders Callum to sort it out. When she turns up she says she'll do anything to keep her job so he marches her up to his room. When Eva hears a scream she rushes to the room to find Callum hitting Poppy. Callum pulls out a gun and, after a scuffle with Eva, a shot is fired. Callum is dead, and Matt, who has witnessed the whole thing, organises for them to get out before anyone else arrives. A shocked Eva calms Poppy down and sends her to the Mill with a letter for Jimmi, assuring Poppy that he will know what to do.
Heston is played by Owen Brenman, Vivien by Anita Carey, Jimmi by Adrian Lewis Morgan and Eva by Angela Lonsdale. Poppy is played by guest star Kerrie Hayes, Jack by guest star James Gadas, Callum by guest star Philip Correia and Matt by guest star Chook Sibtain.
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Blue
Peter 50th Birthday Programme
Thursday 16 October
5.15-6.00pm BBC ONE
www.bbc.co.uk/bluepeter
 Feature (Interview with presenters Andy Akinwolere and Joel Defries)
Feature (50 facts about Blue Peter)
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Joel Defries, Andy Akinwolere
and Helen Skelton celebrate 50
years of the iconic children's
show On its 50th birthday, Blue Peter hijacks BBC One for a special, one-off, live, extended edition of the show.
Jam-packed with delights for fans, the centrepiece of the 50th birthday show is a unique tea party at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty The Queen has invited current presenters, key production staff and a selection of the longest-serving presenters from each of the show's five decades to the Palace to celebrate.
Her Majesty also recognises four very special Blue Peter viewers, who are given the surprise of their lives when current Blue Peter presenters Helen Skelton, Joel Defries and Andy Akinwolere turn up and invite them to take tea with The Queen. They are presented with a Jubilee edition of the programme's highest award, the Gold Blue Peter Badge.
There are more special guests when McFly perform their latest song, live, on the show – with Joel taking over the drums for a challenge.
And the programme culminates with the presenters launching a fireworks display, turning the iconic BBC Television Centre building into a shower of blue and gold fireworks.
The show also features Helen, Joel and Andy going head-to-head in a thrilling powerboat race.
In addition, Peter Purves joins new presenter Helen to present a special 50th birthday Red button interactive quiz that tests young and old fans alike on their knowledge of Blue Peter.
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Danielle finally feels like a true member of the Slater family in tonight's visit to Albert Square. Meanwhile, Roxy's family is worried about her health; Ian finally discovers what Jane has been up to; and Jack and Ronnie talk openly about their relationship and what might have been.
Danielle is played by Lauren Crace, Roxy by Rita Simons, Ian by Adam Woodyatt, Jane by Laurie Brett, Jack by Scott Maslen and Ronnie by Samantha Janus.
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Rhys is desperately trying to save his career, in the final episode of the medical crime-drama. He's convinced he's been made a scapegoat to cover the mistake made by the Counter Terrorism branch.
Nikki speaks to Isra again as she's a key eyewitness. She's staying with her solicitor, Hasan, since neither parent is allowed to enter the country. Nikki and Isra form a bond – they are both searching for the truth. When Isra's brother suddenly dies in hospital, Nikki breaks the news to her. Accusations fly and paranoia is heightened. Was his sudden death the work of the police, a grotesque attempt to stop the truth from coming out?
Meanwhile, Harry is convinced the police are withholding information regarding "Jane Doe". Using cutting-edge techniques, he eventually discovers her true identity: she was a police officer working undercover for the drug squad. Due to the short notice the armed police were given, they didn't know she was a fellow officer.
Nikki returns to the terraced house to reconstruct events while Leo performs the post mortem on Melik. Leo discovers that the bullet that killed Melik was fired by the gun that everyone assumed Melik himself was firing. Nikki realises that it was Isra who fired the gun – first at the police, then at her brother. Further examination reveals that Isra had been contacting extremist groups via her brother's email and bank accounts, groomed by Hasan.
Isra, meanwhile, has gone missing. Hasan provides her with a bomb to strap around herself as she prepares to go clubbing, but Isra has doubts. Will the police be able to get there in time?
Leo Dalton is played by William Gaminara, Nikki Alexander by Emilia Fox, Harry Cunningham by Tom Ward, Rhys Allen by Ciaran McMenamin and Isra by Gem Carmela.
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The British spend more than £70m a year on books about food. For chefs and restaurants, glossy cookery tomes can boost trade. As the competition to open a dream restaurant continues, Raymond Blanc challenges the couples to come up with books that promote their restaurant concepts.
First, they must cook their dishes to perfection and arrange for some of Britain's top food photographers to shoot them. But rules of food photography soon go out of the window, along with simple common sense, as the resulting promotional pages perplex the biggest book buyers in the country. When they finally make their judgements there is a surprise decision.
After Raymond confronts the couples with the errors of their ways, only two couples can survive – one restaurant is definitely going to close.
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Beautiful
People – How I Got My Beads Ep 3/6
Thursday 16 October
9.30-10.00pm BBC TWO
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Debbie (Olivia Colman) reveals
her psychic powers New York City 2008 and Simon and Sacha are putting the finishing touches to a festival-inspired window display, as the television memoir based on the life of Simon Doonan continues.
Born in Reading, but now creative
director of swanky department store, Barneys, Simon holds his hippy
beads, grinning...
The narrative switches from New York "now" to Reading ''then''. Back in 1997, Debbie announces that she is officially psychic and can hear voices from beyond the grave. Andy is unconvinced but has more pressing matters to deal with – his mother, Narg (played by Brenda Fricker), is returning from hospital. But much to the Doonans' shock, the Narg (Gran spelt backwards) that they know and love has changed.
Gone are the saintly acts, Narg is now an acidic rollercoaster of a woman who has got herself engaged to Big Barry. In an unfortunate accident, Narg causes the kitchen to blow up while cooking Big Barry a fry-up, and the Doonans wonder if Debbie's psychic premonitions could possibly be real after all.
Beautiful People is written by Jonathan Harvey (Gimme Gimme Gimme) and based on the best-selling book Beautiful People, the wild childhood memoirs of Simon Doonan, Creative Director of Barneys, New York.
This glittering and hilarious series explores Simon's memories of his teenage desire to live among the "beautiful people", from the perspective of his New York department store window.
Beautiful People stars Olivia Colman as Debbie Doonan, Meera Syal as Aunty Hayley, Aidan McArdle as Andy Doonan, Layton Williams as Kylie, Samuel Barnett as older Simon and 13-year-old Luke Ward-Wilkinson as young Simon Doonan.
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