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The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra play Ravel's popular Mother Goose suite. There's also a new work - 
Correspondences - by France's most eminent composer Henri Dutilleux , featuring soprano Barbara Hannigan. Then it's back to the work of Ravel with his dazzling arrangement of Musorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. The concert is also broadcast on BBC Radio 3 from 7pm. See Radio choice on page 130. The Inside Story: page 96 
INTERACTIVE: digital viewers can access music notes via the red button

The Sky at Night

Iconic series exploring space science and the incredible universe all around us.

Look up! Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Professor Chris Lintott present the iconic, inspirational look at cutting-edge space science and the incredible universe all around us.

The Sky at Night: Fallout from Deep Impact

10/07/2005

Fallout from Deep Impact

BBC Four - The Sky at Night, Fallout from Deep Impact

Leading experts discuss the fallout from NASA's impactor probe to the comet 9P/Tempel-1.

Patrick Moore talks to the world's leading comet experts about the fallout from NASA's impactor probe, Deep Impact, to the comet 9P/Tempel-1. Chris Lintott reports from the Palomar Observatory.

On 4 July NASA hopes to send an impactor into the comet 9P/Tempel-1. Patrick Moore talks to the world's leading comet experts about the fallout from this destructive act. Chris Lintott reports from Palomar Observatory in California, where astronomers will be eagerly watching the comet to see what happens when Deep Impact hits its mark.

Knowledge, arts, music and culture from the UK and the world.

BBC Four reflects arts, music and culture with an ambitious range of intellectually and culturally enriching programmes, taking an expert and in-depth approach to its subjects.

In the wake of Deep Impact's mission to probe a comet this month, another chance to see a preview of the Nasa experiment. First shown on BBC1

Fortunes of War

6/7. 
Simon Boulderstone learns that his brother has been killed in action. The drama concludes tomorrow at 10pm. 
First shown on BBC1

A Picture of Britain

A Picture of Britain: Episode 6: Mystical West

Episode 6

Episode 6: Mystical West

Mystical West

BBC Two - A Picture of Britain, Mystical West

David sails up the Dart and ruminates on the beauties of the landscape he has seen.

David Dimbleby examines how Britain's countryside has inspired its art. David experiences the mountain paintings of Richard Wilson in Snowdonia.

David's epic journey round Britain celebrating the landscapes that have inspired the arts takes him from Stonehenge to St Ives via Snowdonia. The setting for Thomas Hardy's tragic love affairs, and the legend of King Arthur at Glastonbury, under cloak of darkness Dimbleby experiences for himself the mystery of crop circles, and the spectacular mountain paintings of Richard Wilson in Snowdonia. He also encounters the booming voices of a Welsh Male Voice Choir perched on a Welsh peak singing Land of Our Fathers, the drunken sprees of Dylan Thomas and at last the homeward journey across Devon and Cornwall to explore the horror of the Hound of the Baskervilles and the melodrama of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca. As Dimbleby sails up the Dart he ruminates on the beauties of the landscape he has seen over the series. Joined by his sister, they recall childhood holidays together on the glorious Devon coast.

BBC Two

BBC Two is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964.

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

Series which journeys around Britain and considers how the landscape has inspired artists

Series in which David Dimbleby journeys around Britain and considers how the landscape has inspired artists through the centuries

6/6 
David Dimbleby journeys from 
Stonehenge in Wiltshire to Cornwall, via Snowdonia in Wales to see what inspired Thomas Hardy , Dylan Thomas and the painter Richard Wilson. 
First shown on BBC1

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In The Footsteps of Churchill: Episode 8: Never Give In

Episode 8

Episode 8: Never Give In

In The Footsteps of Churchill

Never Give In

BBC Four - In The Footsteps of Churchill, Never Give In

Richard Holmes recalls Churchill's meeting with Stalin and Roosevelt at Yalta.

Richard Holmes recalls Churchill's meeting with Stalin and Roosevelt at Yalta. He also visits the London house where Churchill died. Includes an interview with Lord Denis Healey.

Richard Holmes recalls Churchill's meeting with Stalin and Roosevelt at Yalta, to hammer out the blueprint for postwar Europe. He also considers Winston's second premiership and his luxurious retirement in the South of France, and visits the London house where Churchill died in 1965.

Profile documentary series of Winston Churchill presented by Professor Richard Holmes.

In the Footsteps of Churchill:

8/8 
Churchill meets Stalin and Roosevelt to hammer out the blueprint for postwar Europe

Dickens in America

: St Louis & the Midwest: 8/10 
Miriam Margolyes tries to teach a high-school class. More tomorrow 12.45am

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