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The latest news and business developments.

World News Today: 17/02/2009

17/02/2009

BBC News Channel - World News Today, 17/02/2009

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.

BBC News Channel

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

A 24-hour impartial and independent news service offering breaking news, analysis and insight. It provides fast and comprehensive coverage of local, UK and international events.

Coal House

Living history reality series set in Wales.

Coal House: Coal House at War

Coal House: Coal House at War: Episode 1

Episode 1

Coal House at War

BBC One - Coal House, Coal House at War, Episode 1

Three families give up creature comforts and face the hardships of life in World War II.

Deep in the Welsh valleys, three families give up their 21st-century creature comforts and time-travel back to 1944 to face the hardships of life in World War II.

Deep in the Welsh valleys, three families give up their 21st century creature comforts and time-travel back to 1944 to face the hardships of life in World War II. Will the community survive without a microwave, mobile, fast car or fast food?

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Three families in the Welsh valleys face the hardships of life in World War II.

Series following three families deep in the Welsh valleys as they give up their 21st century creature comforts and time travel back to 1944 to face the hardships of life in World War II.

1/9. Three families experience life in the Second World War.

Sunday Schools: Reading, Writing and Redemption

03/07/2008

BBC Four - Sunday Schools: Reading, Writing and Redemption

Documentary investigating the radical impact Sunday schools have had on British society.

Documentary investigating the radical impact Sunday schools have had on British society. Huw Edwards discovers their forgotten history.

Documentary investigating the radical impact Sunday schools have had on British society. Their early pioneers upset local bigwigs and the state by teaching the lower orders to read. By Victorian times, huge numbers attended the schools and they even gave birth to major football clubs. In the twentieth century they still had a rich influence on the personal lives of people like Patricia Routledge, Roy Hattersley and Anne Widdecombe. Huw Edwards discovers their forgotten history.

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.

Sunday Schools: Reading,Writing and Redemption

Huw Edwards explores the history of faith-based education.

The High Life: Episode 6: Dunk

Episode 6

Episode 6: Dunk

The High Life

Dunk

BBC Scotland - The High Life, Dunk

A scientist is kidnapped for her re-creation of a 1950s recipe for tablet.

Sitcom set on a passenger jet. The crew become embroiled in a small business espionage plot. A scientist is kidnapped for her re-creation of a 1950s recipe for tablet.

BBC Scotland

A BBC TV channel for Scotland which will broadcast every evening and will show drama, factual, comedy and news programmes made in Scotland

Comedy series about the crew of an airline shuttle between Prestwick and Heathrow.

Comedy series about the crew of a cut-price airline shuttle between Prestwick and Heathrow.

6/6. The crew suffers from concussion. Starring Alan Cumming.

Early Doors

Classic sitcom series written by Craig Cash and set in a Manchester pub.

It's the regulars who make local boozer The Grapes what it is, with bittersweet stories of love, lock-ins and temporary traffic lights. The classic sitcom from Craig Cash.

Early Doors: Series 1: Episode 6

Series 1

BBC Two - Early Doors, Series 1, Episode 6

Tommy buys a round, shocking all at The Grapes. Melanie finally meets her real father.

Comedy series set in a small Manchester public house. Tommy buys a round, shocking all at The Grapes, and the mystery over who is putting fag ends in the urinals is finally solved.

Comedy series set in a small Manchester public house. It is the trip out to York races, and the Big Boys' Beano is ready for take-off. Melanie finally gets to meet her real dad as Ken waits nervously for her return. The pub goes into uproar as Tommy buys a round, and the mystery over who is putting fag ends in the urinals is finally solved.

Early Doors: Series 1

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.

Sitcom series written by Craig Cash and set in a Manchester pub.

6/6; series one. Melanie meets her real father. Starring Craig Cash.

Mad Men

Drama series set in the world of advertising in 1960s New York.

Drama series which takes an unflinching look at the world of advertising in 1960s New York.

Mad Men: Series 2

Mad Men: Series 2: Episode 2: Flight One

Episode 2

Episode 2: Flight One

Series 2

Flight One

BBC Four - Mad Men, Series 2, Flight One

After an American Airlines air crash, Duck wants to go after their advertising account.

Drama series set in the 1960s New York advertising world. After an American Airlines air crash, Duck wants to go after their account, but he comes into conflict with Don.

Drama series which takes an unflinching look at the world of advertising in 1960s New York. 

After an American Airlines air crash, Duck wants to go after their account, but he comes into conflict with Don. Pete hears some shocking news. Peggy is left holding the baby.

New. 2/13; series two. Duck chases the American Airlines account after one of their planes is involved in a crash. Starring Jon Hamm. See page 76. For cast see BBC2, page 88
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Party Animals

Drama series about young researchers and advisors in Westminster

Drama series about the young researchers and advisors working behind the scenes in Westminster

Party Animals: Series 1

Party Animals: Series 1: Episode 2

BBC Two - Party Animals, Series 1, Episode 2

Ashika visits Scott to cheer him up after Jake's death and he invites her to a party.

Drama series set in the high stakes world of party politics. Ashika visits Scott at the flat to cheer him up after Jake's death and he invites her to the New Statesman party.

Drama series taking a look at Westminster from the ground up - the young researchers and advisers shouldering huge responsibility in a frantic, high-stakes world. 

Ashika visits Scott at the flat to cheer him up after Jake's death. Sensitive counselling cheers him up and he invites her to the New Statesman party later that week. The date goes well until Sophie Montgomery arrives and spreads malicious gossip about Scott. Ashika takes the bait and flees the party, leaving Scott angry and confused.

Ashika leaks a story to the papers about George in retaliation for comments made against James. When she is later threatened by one of George's aide's, James finds it funny. Cracks in their relationship are beginning to show.

A row over the filming of a controversial novel breaks out in Jo's constituency. Kirsty tries to manipulate the situation for political gain. Danny teases her about it, but it backfires and she rejects his invitation for a date.

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2/8. A jealous Sophie spreads malicious gossip about Scott.

We Need Answers

Anarchic comedy game show in which two celebrity guests answer questions set by the public

Comedy game show in which two celebrity guests answer questions set by the public

We Need Answers: Series 1

We Need Answers: Series 1: Episode 1: Reading

Episode 1: Reading

Reading

BBC Four - We Need Answers, Series 1, Reading

Germaine Greer and Michael Rosen compete in a quiz in which the public sets the questions.

Comedy quiz show with a difference, as Germaine Greer takes on Michael Rosen in answering a series of questions sent in by members of the public.

Mark Watson, Tim Key and Alex Horne lead a comic quiz show with a difference, adapted from their award-winning Edinburgh show. Celebrity guests Germaine Greer and Michael Rosen take part to find out which one of them is the smartest, the funniest and the best at surreal physical challenges. All the questions come from the audience members and text-messaging services.

Anarchic comedy game show in which all the questions are sent in by members of the public

We Need Answers: Reading

Quizmasters Mark Watson , Tim Key and Alex Home are joined by Germaine Greer and Michael Rosen.

New Town

14/02/2009

BBC Four - New Town

The head of Scottish Heritage falls from a church tower in a mysterious accident.

Drama set in Edinburgh. Architects Purves and Pekkala are offered the chance to redesign a Georgian church, but the head of Scottish Heritage mysteriously falls from its tower.

Drama set in Edinburgh's New Town area. Starry architects Purves and Pekkala are offered the chance to redesign a Georgian church, but when the head of Scottish Heritage falls from the church tower in a mysterious accident, it becomes a question of whether he fell or was pushed.

Ian Rankin's Hidden Edinburgh

01/08/2007

BBC Four - Ian Rankin's Hidden Edinburgh

Crime writer Ian Rankin revisits the key locations from his Inspector Rebus books.

Crime writer Ian Rankin revisits the key locations from the Inspector Rebus books, the hidden Edinburgh into which tourists never venture.

Edinburgh is often described as the 'Athens of the North' but its most famous detective Inspector Rebus views Scotland's capital in quite a different light - it is a crime scene waiting to happen. 

As his creator Ian Rankin prepares to write the last ever Rebus case, the award-winning author re-visits the key locations from the books. From the city's 'pubic triangle' and the home of Scotland's most infamous madam to a police station where he was interviewed about a real murder, Rankin explores the hidden Edinburgh into which tourists never venture.

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