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Mike goes to an eco film festival, meets star of The Cove, and learns to swim on Everest.

Ah the glamour. After months of sending Mike to waste sites, farmers fields and deserted streets, he gets to hang out at a film festival on this week's show. We're in Turin for the city's annual Environmental Film Festival, and we've taken along our own short animated film to show off to the assembled producers and directors.

At the festival, Mike meets up with Ric O'Barry, star of the Oscar winning documentary The Cove, to debate the power of environmental films. We also consider how Hollywood uses kids movies to get across it's eco-message.

Plus we meet up with endurance swimmer Lewis Gordon Pugh following his successful swim in a glacial lake on Mount Everest. He gives a few tips on how to swim at 5,300 meters above sea level - slowly, as if swimming with your mother is the key apparently.

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