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World News Today: 19/10/2007

19/10/2007

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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.

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European Roots

European Roots: Episode 1: Mariza and the Story of Fado

Episode 1

Episode 1: Mariza and the Story of Fado

Mariza and the Story of Fado

BBC Four - European Roots, Mariza and the Story of Fado

Looking at Fado, Portuguese blues music, and Mariza, its exotic new international star.

Series looking at the indigenous music genres of Europe. This edition looks at Portuguese blues music called fado and its international star, Mariza.

Series looking at the indigenous music genres of Europe. Fado is Portuguese blues music and Mariza is its exotic new international star. She was born in Mozambique, has an African mother and Portuguese father and whether she sings in concert halls or intimate bars, her intensely emotional performances enthral audiences everywhere. Originating in Brazil, the story of fado mirrors the history of Portugal, including a 'lost' period in the early 20th Century when it was working-class and militant.

Series looking at the indigenous music genres of Europe.

New series 1/5. Profiling types of Euro folk music, starting with Portuguese blues or fado. See page 124.

Transatlantic Sessions

Folk musicians come together in what have been called 'the greatest backporch shows ever'.

Transatlantic Sessions: Series 3

Transatlantic Sessions: Series 3: Episode 5

Episode 5

Series 3

BBC Four - Transatlantic Sessions, Series 3, Episode 5

Harpist Catriona McKay, fiddler Bruce Molsky and Tim O'Brien join in the folk session.

Folk musicians come together in what have been called 'the greatest backporch shows ever'. Featuring harpist Catriona McKay, fiddler Bruce Molsky and Tim O'Brien.

Folk musicians come together for what aims to be 'the greatest backporch shows ever'.

Folk musicians come together to make music in what have been called 'the greatest backporch shows ever'.

New. 5/6. Catriona MacKay appears and Tim O'Brien gives a rendition of Look 
Down That Lonesome Road.

Legends

A look at some true legends from the world of music.

Legends: Al Bowlly - the Very Thought of You

Al Bowlly - the Very Thought of You

BBC Four - Legends, Al Bowlly - the Very Thought of You

Profile of the debonair 1930s crooner Al Bowlly.

Profile of the debonair 1930s crooner Al Bowlly, a South African who travelled to New York via London and whose successful career ultimately ended in disappointment and tragedy.

Profile of the debonair 1930s crooner Al Bowlly. Listening to his songs today, one is transported back to the dreams, aspirations and style of the inter-war years. The film tells the colourful and chaotic story of how a South African barber travelled halfway across the world to become Britain's first pop star. From busking on the streets of London to his own radio show in New York, it tells how Bowlly led a life of extraordinary success that ultimately ended in disappointment and tragedy.

Legends: Al Bowlly - the VeryThought of You

New. The story of the South African who travelled half the world to become Britain's first crooner, recording more than 1,000 songs in a career lasting a mere 14 years before his death in the Blitz. See panel.

Doctors to Be: 20 Years On

Doctors to Be: 20 Years On: Episode 1: The Radiologist's Tale

Episode 1: The Radiologist's Tale

The Radiologist's Tale

BBC Four - Doctors to Be: 20 Years On, The Radiologist's Tale

Update on the 1980s series about a group of doctors just starting out on their careers.

Update on the 1980s series about a group of young doctors. Radiologist Nick Hollings faces a worrying future as the Health Department makes tough decisions.

Update on the 1980s series about a group of doctors just starting out on their careers. Dr Nick Hollings has devoted half of his life to the NHS, from an ambitious 18-year-old seeking a place at St Mary's Medical School, through 100 hour weeks as a junior doctor and 14 years of exams to become a consultant. Now an established consultant radiologist, Nick faces a worrying future. With long waiting lists for scans, the Department of Health is making tough decisions in the name of efficiency.

1/8. A radiologist faces a worrying future. See choice, page 89.

Comedy quiz show in which contestants are rewarded if their answers are quite interesting.

Sandi Toksvig, Alan Davies and a host of comedy stars swap funny facts on every subject under the sun. It doesn't matter if they're right, as long as they're quite interesting.

QI: Series 5

QI: Series E: Episode 5: Everything Etc

Episode 5: Everything Etc

Series E

Everything Etc

BBC Two - QI, Series E, Everything Etc

With Alan Davies, Clive Anderson, Jeremy Clarkson and Vic Reeves.

Stephen Fry hosts a quiz show in which contestants are rewarded for being 'quite interesting'. Alan Davies, Clive Anderson, Jeremy Clarkson and Vic Reeves compete.

Stephen Fry hosts the quiz show in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'. Alan Davies, Clive Anderson, Jeremy Clarkson and Vic Reeves discuss absolutely everything.

QI: Series E

BBC Two

Knowledge, drama, comedy and the arts for a broad adult audience.

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

The fifth series of the quiz, including some questions about the 'elephant in the room'.

Stephen Fry hosts the quiz show full of interesting and weird facts and trivia, including some questions about the 'elephant in the room'.

New. 6/12; series five. With 
David Mitchell and Dara O'Briain.  Why we watch 01: www.radiotimesxom/qi-blog

Flight of the Conchords

Sitcom about two Kiwi folk musicians as they to try to make it big in New York

Comedy series about Kiwi folk musicians Bret and Jemaine as they to try to make it big in New York.

Flight of the Conchords: Series 1

Flight of the Conchords: Series 1: Episode 4: Yoko

Episode 4

Episode 4: Yoko

Series 1

Yoko

BBC Four - Flight of the Conchords, Series 1, Yoko

Bret's relationship with fellow sign-holder Coco causes tension in the band.

Comedy series about two Kiwi folk musicians in New York. Bret's relationship with fellow sign-holder Coco causes tension. Jemaine has to go with Murray on his bandstand tours.

Comedy series about Kiwi folk musicians Bret and Jemaine as they to try to make it big in their adopted home of New York. 

Bret's relationship with fellow sign-holder Coco causes tension in the band. When Jemaine is asked to stop joining them on their dates, he has to go with Murray on his bandstand tours. Features the songs If You're Into It and Tape of Love.

Comedy series about Kiwi folk musicians trying to make it big in New York

Comedy series about Kiwi folk musicians Bret and Jemaine as they to try to make it big in their adopted home of New York

4/12. Bret starts dating Coco. 
See choice, page 99.

Batman

Classic adventure series following the adventures of the dynamic duo in Gotham City.

Classic adventure series following the adventures of dynamic crimefighting duo Batman and Robin in Gotham City.

Batman: Series 1

Batman: Series 1: Episode 9: Zelda the Great

Episode 9

Episode 9: Zelda the Great

Zelda the Great

BBC Four - Batman, Series 1, Zelda the Great

The Dynamic Duo take on a world-famous magician and escape artist who commits a robbery.

60s comic-book-hero series. The Dynamic Duo take on a world-famous magician and escape artist who commits a bank robbery on the same day every year.

Master escape artist Zelda the Great steals $100,000 from the First National Bank on April Fool's Day. Believing the cash to be counterfeit, she kidnaps Aunt Harriet and suspends her over a vat of boiling oil for ransom.

The duo hunt a bank robber.  
11.55 Aunt Harriet is rescued.

Batman: Series 1: Episode 10: A Death Worse than Fate

Episode 10

Episode 10: A Death Worse than Fate

A Death Worse than Fate

BBC Four - Batman, Series 1, A Death Worse than Fate

Will Batman find a way to Zelda the Great's heart and rescue Aunt Harriet?

Zelda the Great kidnaps Aunt Harriet and suspends her over a vat of boiling oil for ransom. Will Batman find a way to Zelda's heart and rescue Aunt Harriet?

Zelda the Great steals $100,000 from the First National Bank on April Fool's Day, and, believing the cash to be counterfeit, kidnaps Aunt Harriet and suspends her over a vat of boiling oil for ransom. Will Batman find a way to Zelda's heart and rescue Aunt Harriet?

Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe

Charlie Brooker's acerbic take on recent TV

Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe: Series 3

Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe: Series 3: Episode 4

BBC Four - Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe, Series 3, Episode 4

Charlie Brooker sees what 'Yoof TV' has to offer today's teenage viewers.

Charlie Brooker takes an irreverent look at all aspects of life on the small screen, including reviews of the week's highs and lows. He sees what 'Yoof TV' has to offer.

Charlie Brooker takes an irreverent look at all aspects of life on the small screen, including capsule reviews of the week's highs and lows. He sees what 'Yoof TV' has to offer today's teenage viewers and gives his view on Tara Palmer Tompkinson.

An irreverent sideswipe at the world of television by the misanthropic TV critic

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