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World News Today: 04/11/2008

04/11/2008

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The latest news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

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An impartial and independent news service offering breaking news, analysis and insight.

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My Family at War

My Family at War: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC One - My Family at War, Episode 1

Dan Snow and Natalie Cassidy investigate their families' roles in the Great War.

Historian Dan Snow and actress Natalie Cassidy try to discover the truth behind their families' roles in the Great War, a journey which leads to some surprising revelations.

Historian Dan Snow and actress Natalie Cassidy set off down very different paths to try and discover the truth behind their families' roles in the Great War. 

Natalie's journey tracks some of the forgotten stories of the war and takes her from the bombed out streets of London to the mass burial sites of Belgium. Dan retraces the footsteps of his great grandfather General Thomas Snow and is shocked to discover that he may have been partially to blame for the slaughter at the Battle of the Somme.

BBC One

BBC One is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964. It replaced BBC Television.

Celebrities investigate their families' roles during the Great War.

1/4. Dan Snow and Natalie Cassidy learn what parts their relatives played during the First World War. Continues tomorrow at 7.30pm. Shown yesterday on BBC1 
  Rolf Harris remembers: page 22

1914-1918

1914-1918: Episode 5: Mutiny

Episode 5

Episode 5: Mutiny

Mutiny

BBC Two - 1914-1918, Mutiny

By the start of 1917, the strain of war was so great that half the French army mutinied.

Documentary series telling the history of the Great War. By 1917, the strain of war was so great that half the French army mutinied, while in Russia there was regime change.

Documentary series telling the history of the Great War through the words of those who lived through the conflict. By the start of 1917, the strain of war was so great that half the French army mutinied, while in Russia the whole regime was overthrown.

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.

Documentary series telling the history of the Great War.

Documentary series telling the history of the Great War, in which nine million people perished.

5/7. The despair that swept Europe in 1917. Judi Dench narrates. Episode six is on Thursday, 7.40pm.

That Mitchell and Webb Look

Comedy sketch show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb.

Comedy sketch show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb

That Mitchell and Webb Look: Series 2

That Mitchell and Webb Look: Series 2: Episode 3

Episode 3

Series 2

BBC Two - That Mitchell and Webb Look, Series 2, Episode 3

Comedy sketch show with David Mitchell and Robert Webb. A farmer tries to teach his horse French; a robot nearly manages to smell cheese; plus new reality TV show Back to Life.

Off-beat comedy sketch show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. A farmer tries to teach his horse French; a robot nearly manages to smell cheese; there's a chance to see the exciting new reality TV show Back to Life, a bit like Big Brother but with re-animated corpses; plus a sensitive documentary about Alan and his nineteen penises.

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

3/6; series two. A farmer attempts to teach his horse to speak French. 
First shown on BBC2

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 9: What Goes on Tour

Episode 9

Episode 9: What Goes on Tour

Series 1

What Goes on Tour

BBC Four - Flight of the Conchords, Series 1, What Goes on Tour

Comedy series. Murray tells Bret and Jemaine he's got them a gig in Central Park.

Comedy series about two Kiwi folk musicians in New York. Murray tells the boys he's got them a gig in Central Park, and so begins a legendary warm-up tour.

Comedy series about Kiwi folk musicians Bret and Jemaine as they to try to make it big New York. Murray tells the boys he's got them a gig in Central Park, and so begins a legendary warm-up tour of hotel lounges, featuring debauchery, leather suits and even Murray swearing. Features the song Mermaid.

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.

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

The Book Quiz

The Book Quiz: Series 2

The Book Quiz: Series 2: Episode 5

BBC Four - The Book Quiz, Series 2, Episode 5

Wendy Holden and Giles Coren do battle against Baroness Margaret Jay and David Nicholls.

Kirsty Wark presents the literary panel game, as Wendy Holden and Giles Coren do battle against Baroness Margaret Jay and David Nicholls for a place in the final.

Wendy Holden and Giles Coren take on Margaret Jay and David Nicholls for a place in the final.

Consuming Passion: 100 Years of Mills and Boon

02/11/2008

BBC Four - Consuming Passion: 100 Years of Mills and Boon

Drama about three women affected by the Mills and Boon publishing phenomenon.

Drama which charts the stories of three different women affected by Mills and Boon: the co-founder's wife Mary, 1970s writer Janet and modern-day literature lecturer Kirstie.

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the popular romance publishing phenomenon Mills and Boon, a colourful and camp drama which charts the witty and moving stories of three very different women affected by the brand's success: co-founder Charles Boon's wife Mary, daydreaming 1970s writer Janet and modern-day literature lecturer Kirstie.

Consuming Passion: 100 Years of Mills & Boon

Drama weaving together three stories to explore the impact of the publisher's novels on women over the last century. See choice, page 60.

Storyville

Amazing, shocking, inspiring and award-winning - the best in international documentaries.

Amazing, shocking, inspiring and award-winning - the best in international documentaries, shining a light on untold stories from across the globe.

Storyville: Operation Filmmaker

03/11/2008

Operation Filmmaker

BBC Four - Storyville, Operation Filmmaker

American actor Liev Schreiber's attempts to bring an Iraqi film student to Hollywood.

Documentary following American actor Liev Schreiber's idealistic notion of rescuing an Iraqi film student from the rubble of his country and bringing him to work in Hollywood.

In the wake of Operation Iraqi Freedom, American actor Liev Schreiber has the idealistic notion of rescuing an Iraqi film student from the rubble of his country and bringing him to the west to intern on the Hollywood movie Everything Is Illuminated.

It promises to be a heartwarming tale, a small victory out of the troubled US mission in Iraq, but as in the war itself, good intentions yield unintended consequences and the operation doesn't go to plan. 

Director Nina Davenport becomes personally involved in Schreiber's charitable effort, and soon finds herself embroiled in a complex moral quagmire and all-consuming power struggle between filmmaker and subject.

Operation Film-maker

Storyville documentary. See choice, page 75.

Railway Walks with Julia Bradbury

Railway Walks with Julia Bradbury: Episode 5: Harbouring History

Episode 5: Harbouring History

Harbouring History

BBC Four - Railway Walks with Julia Bradbury, Harbouring History

Julia Bradbury discovers a railway that ran from Weymouth across Chesil Beach to Portland.

Julia Bradbury follows the trail of Britain's lost rail empire on a line from Weymouth and across the unique coastal features of Chesil Beach and Portland.

The backstreets of Weymouth seem an unlikely spot to explore railway history, but Julia discovers there was once a short railway that ran south from Weymouth and across the unique coastal features of Chesil Beach and Portland. The walk is the ideal platform for learning about the history of Portland Harbour and the tied isle's most famous export, Portland stone.

Julia Bradbury takes a series of walks following Britain's lost rail empire.

Julia Bradbury takes a series of walks following the old tracks, overgrown cuttings and ancient viaducts of Britain's lost rail empire.

Railway Wads

as 10.30pm Only Connect

Only Connect

Quiz show in which connections must be made between apparently unconnected things.

Deliciously devious and maddeningly abstract. Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the brain-teasing quiz where knowledge only gets you so far.

Only Connect: Series 1

Only Connect: Series 1: Episode 8

Episode 8

BBC Two - Only Connect, Series 1, Episode 8

Quiz show in which connections need to be made between apparently unconnected things.

Quiz show presented by Victoria Coren in which patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge, and connections need to be made between apparently unconnected things.

Quiz show presented by Victoria Coren in which knowledge will only take you so far, as patience and lateral thinking are also vital. It is all about making connections between things which may appear, at first glance, not to be connected at all.

Quiz show in which patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge

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