New moments in music
BBC Electric Proms 2008
Friday 24 October on BBC TWO and BBC FOUR See Week 43 Unplaced
Featuring more than 60 acts from global superstars to up and coming performers, the BBC Electric Proms, which takes place in London and Liverpool from 22 to 26 October, promises new and innovative music from the likes of Oasis, The Last Shadow Puppets, Goldfrapp, Burt Bacharach and Razorlight
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Merlin
Saturday 18 October on BBC ONE
Merlin's life is threatened by a terrifying creature with the body of an eagle and the head of a lion. Facing certain death, the young man is saved by the timely intervention of a great warrior. His name? Lancelot...
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Gymnastics – Glasgow Grand Prix
Sunday 19 October on BBC TWO
Louis Smith, Britain's first Olympic medal-winning gymnast in 80 years, makes an appearance at Kelvin Hall. There will also be strong local support for 18 year-old Scot Daniel Keatings, who also reached an Olympic finalist
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Are You An Egghead?
Monday 20 October on BBC TWO
The Eggheads are arguably the finest quiz team in Britain. During the course of five years on BBC Two, this formidable team has taken on all comers. In this new series, the challenge for competitors, including three past Mastermind winners, is not to beat the Eggheads but to join them
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Amazon With Bruce Parry
Monday 20 October on BBC TWO
Bruce Parry completes his epic Amazon journey, finally reaching the Atlantic coast. En route he witnesses the environmental destruction of the rainforest for cattle pasture and seeks to help stamp out illegal practices, including the use of slaves on remote farms
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Storyville – Shot In Bombay
Monday 20 October on BBC FOUR
The BBC's international documentary strand presents an intriguing tale of glamour and chaos behind the scenes of a Bollywood gangster movie
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Silent Witness – Judgement
Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 October on BBC ONE
Sex scandal and murder rock a closed, deeply sensitive Hasidic community in the latest tense two-part medical thriller
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Classical Legends – Evgeny Kissin: The Gift Of Music
Friday 24 October on BBC FOUR
Born in Moscow in 1971, Evgeny Kissin's rise to fame took the classical world by storm. Christopher Nupen's intimate film portrait includes interviews with the Russian piano virtuoso and archive footage of his performance at the Royal Albert Hall in 1997, the first ever solo recital at the BBC Proms
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