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A Seaside Parish

Documentary series following Rev Christine Musser in her Cornish parish

A Seaside Parish: Series 1

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BBC Two - A Seaside Parish, Series 1, Episode 5

Chris is shocked to learn of the illness of a close friend.

Documentary series following Rev Christine Musser in her new Cornish parish. Chris is shocked to learn of the illness of a close friend.

Documentary series following Rev Christine Musser in her new Cornish parish. Christine goes out with the H.M Coastgaurd, but is interrupted with the news that a close friend has breast cancer. The Rame Peninsula Choir performs in one of her churches. Christine seeks out local historian, Arthur Bannister to investigate the case of the mysterious jellies.

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5/8. The Rev Christine Musser is shocked to learn of a friend's illness, while on the home front she is reunited with her three daughters for the first time in years. First shown on BBC2

La Fille du Regiment

30/12/2007

BBC Four - La Fille du Regiment

Dawn French introduces, and plays a cameo role in, Donizetti's comic opera.

Dawn French introduces, and plays a cameo role in, Donizetti's comic opera, The Daughter of the Regiment. Starring Natalie Dessay as Marie and Juan Diego Florez as Tonio.

Dawn French introduces, and plays a cameo role in, Donizetti's comic opera, The Daughter of the Regiment. Staged at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, it stars Natalie Dessay as the orphan Marie adopted by a regiment, Juan Diego Florez as the local boy Tonio who meets and falls in love with her, and Felicity Palmer as the Marquise de Berkenfield. The opera is famous for its virtuoso singing roles and in this production there are lots of laughs as well as high Cs.

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The Royal Opera House's acclaimed production of Donizetti's comic classic about orphan Marie, who pledges to marry within the army regiment that adopted her as a baby. After falling for a local boy, she is forced to leave her lover when she is claimed by a rich relative. Starring Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Florez. See p116.

Tales from the Front Room

19/03/2007

BBC Four - Tales from the Front Room

Documentary about front parlours, a British practice exported to the West Indies.

Documentary in which black British people share memories of the front parlour, a room kept pristine and only for strangers which bestowed dignity and respectability on their lives.

Documentary in which a host of black British names share memories of their front parlour, a room kept pristine and only for strangers, and one of the colonial teachings which early West Indian immigrants brought back to the mother country.

Forced to live out of one room in their early years in Britain, the front room was an aspiration and, like the Sunday Best they'd arrived in, the room bestowed dignity and respectability. Viewed chronologically from 1948 to 2006 and using a mixture of interviews, archive footage and mood reconstructions, the film explores the experiences of an evolving private space, illuminating much of the British experience of the last half century.

Black Britons share memories of their front parlours, which were reserved for the use of strangers.

Glastonbury

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Soak up the unique atmosphere of the world's most famous music festival.

Soak up the unique atmosphere of the world’s most famous music festival – watch live from Worthy Farm. All the acts, all the stages, all the best bits – we'll bring it to you.

Glastonbury: 2008

Glastonbury: 2008: Jimmy Cliff

Jimmy Cliff

2008

BBC Music - Glastonbury, 2008, Jimmy Cliff

The headlining set by Jamaican legend Jimmy Cliff from the Jazz World Stage.

Mark Radcliffe introduces the headlining set by Jamaican legend Jimmy Cliff from the Jazz World Stage, featuring his songs from The Harder They Come.

Mark Radcliffe introduces the headlining set by Jamaican legend Jimmy Cliff from the Jazz World Stage, featuring his songs from The Harder They Come including Many Rivers To Cross and You Can Get It If You Really Want.

Coverage of the Glastonbury Festival from Worthy Farm in Somerset

New. A performance by Jamaican reggae musician Jimmy Cliff as he headlines the Jazz World Stage at the annual music festival from Worthy Farm, Somerset. Glastonbury: the Best Bits is at 12.45am on BBC3. Coverage continues on BBC2. See page 116.  
Digital viewers can press red to choose from five bands 9.00pm-2.00am (two on Freeview) 
Stuart Maconie 's pick of the line-up: page 34

The Avengers

Classic adventure series, with John Steed and his able assistants keeping Britain safe

Classic 1960s adventure series. John Steed and his succession of able assistants fight for crown and country

The Avengers: Series 5

The Avengers: Series 5: Episode 17: Return of the Cybernauts

Episode 17

Episode 17: Return of the Cybernauts

Series 5

Return of the Cybernauts

BBC Four - The Avengers, Series 5, Return of the Cybernauts

The deadly automatons are used to take revenge on Steed and Emma.

Classic 60s crime drama series. The deadly automatons are used to take revenge on Steed and Emma.

Sixties-style action with bowler-hatted sleuth Steed and his glamorous female sidekicks.

Sixties-style action adventure, with bowler-hatted sleuth Steed and a slinky succession of glamorous female sidekicks

The Avengers: Series 5: Episode 18: Death's Door

Episode 18

Episode 18: Death's Door

Death's Door

BBC Four - The Avengers, Series 5, Death's Door

Deadly premonitions threaten an international conference.

Classic 1960s crime drama series. Deadly premonitions threaten an international conference.

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