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World News Today: 16/04/2009

16/04/2009

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The New Avengers

Classic British secret agent fantasy adventure series.

The New Avengers: Series 2

The New Avengers: Series 2: Episode 5: Obsession

Episode 5

Episode 5: Obsession

Series 2

Obsession

BBC Four - The New Avengers, Series 2, Obsession

A missile goes missing from an air display, while one of Purdey's old flames reappears.

A missile goes missing from an air display, a spy satellite is taking photographs of Buckinghamshire and one of Purdey's old flames reappears. Are these events connected?

A missile goes missing from an air display, a spy satellite is taking photographs of Buckinghamshire and one of Purdey's old flames reappears. Are these events connected and is it anything to do with a visiting Arab?

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.

A missile goes missing and one of Purdey's old flames reappears.

Wainwright Walks: Coast to Coast

Wainwright Walks: Coast to Coast: Episode 2: The Heart of the Lakes

Episode 2

Episode 2: The Heart of the Lakes

The Heart of the Lakes

BBC Four - Wainwright Walks: Coast to Coast, The Heart of the Lakes

The second stage of Julia's walk is a traverse of Wainwright's much-loved Lake District.

Over three mountain ranges and across three valleys, the second stage of Julia Bradbury's journey is a traverse of Wainwright's much-loved Lake District.

Julia Bradbury follows in the footsteps of legendary guidebook writer Alfred Wainwright by walking across the whole of northern England from the west to the east coast.

This was Wainwright's last great venture and has become his greatest legacy - a beautifully simple proposition, linking three national parks that lie between the Irish and the North Sea. 

36 years after its creation, Julia is off through sunshine, wind and rain, to cross the changing landscape, understand the history and meet the people that make up almost 200 miles of northern England.   

Over three mountain ranges and across three valleys, the second stage of Julia's journey is a grand traverse of Wainwright's much-loved Lake District. Having shrugged off the rain, Julia ends with the epic 17-mile final day in the Lakes, including the length of Haweswater and the highest peak on the entire walk.

Julia Bradbury walks across northern England from the west to the east coast

Julia Bradbury follows in the footsteps of guidebook writer Alfred Wainwright by walking across the whole of northern England from the west to the east coast

Wainwright Walks:Coast to Coast

New. 2/6. Heart of the Lakes. Julia Bradbury tackles three mountain ranges and valleys in the Lake District. culminating in an epic 17-mile walk, which includes the highest peak of her expedition. See panel.   Simulcast in HD on BBC HD (page 120)

Dorset Days: A Year in the Life of Longhorn Jim

BBC Four - Dorset Days: A Year in the Life of Longhorn Jim

Documentary about Falklands War veteran Jim Armstrong's new life as a Dorset farmer.

Documentary about Falklands War veteran Jim Armstrong, who is now a farmer in Dorset. The film follows Jim as he helps to raise a herd of Longhorn cattle and a flock of sheep.

Documentary about Falklands War veteran and ex-firefighter Jim Armstrong, who is now a farmer in Dorset.

The film follows Jim through 2007 as he helps to raise a herd of traditional Longhorn cattle and his own flock of sheep. Sad echoes of his war experiences 25 years earlier resurface at times, but they never dent his optimistic spirit or his delight in selling meat locally and spending his days in the great Dorset outdoors.

Dorset Days: a Year in theLife of Longhorn Jim

New. Following a year in the life of West Country Falklands War veteran 
Jim Armstrong , who has since turned to agriculture. See panel.

Crooked House

Crooked House: Episode 2: Something Old

Episode 2: Something Old

Something Old

BBC Four - Crooked House, Something Old

In the 1920s, a costume ball and an engagement party lead back to a tragic wedding day.

Ghost stories about a haunted manor house. In the 1920s, Lady Constance de Momery presides over a costume ball for her grandson, but all is not as it seems.

When schoolteacher Ben unearths an old door knocker in the garden of his new home, the curator suggests it may come from the now-demolished house, reputed to be haunted. Ben prompts the curator to tell him stories about the house's past. 

In the 1920s, Lady Constance de Momery presides over a costume ball for her grandson, but all is not as it seems and when young heir to the estate Felix de Momery announces his engagement to sweetheart Ruth, his friends Billy and Katherine seem far from pleased.

Is the happy couple's destiny inextricably linked with another tragic wedding day many years ago and does the sight of a ghostly bride in a grave-stained wedding dress explain why there has not been a wedding at Geap Manor since then?

Three-part ghost story based around the goings-on in a haunted manor house.

2/3. Something Old. The curator tells 
Ben his second story. In the 1920s, Lady Constance de Momery fears a ghostly bride will appear at her grandson's engagement. Mark Gatiss , Lee Ingleby and Jean Marsh star.   Simulcast in HD on BBC HD (page 120)

I've Never Seen Star Wars

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Chat show in which celebrity guests try five new cultural experiences

Chat show in which celebrity guests try five new cultural experiences - things they have always avoided, from playing bingo to reading Proust

I've Never Seen Star Wars: Series 1

I've Never Seen Star Wars: Series 1: Episode 6: Nigel Havers

Episode 6

Episode 6: Nigel Havers

Series 1

Nigel Havers

BBC Two - I've Never Seen Star Wars, Series 1, Nigel Havers

Marcus Brigstocke invites his guest Nigel Havers to try some new cultural experiences.

Marcus Brigstocke hosts a chat show in which he invites his guest Nigel Havers to step out of his comfort zone and try some new experiences for the first time.

Chat show in which Marcus Brigstocke invites a guest to try five new cultural experiences

Marcus Brigstocke hosts a chat show in which he invites someone to try five new cultural experiences, things they have always avoided, from playing bingo to reading Proust

New. 6/8. Marcus Brigstocke invites actor Nigel Havers to try five new cultural experiences.

Newswipe

Charlie Brooker sets his sights firmly on news

Charlie Brooker sets his sights firmly on news and current affairs

Newswipe: Series 1: Episode 4

Episode 4

BBC Four - Newswipe, Series 1, Episode 4

Charlie Brooker looks at how graphics on news programmes have changed over the years.

Charlie Brooker looks at how graphics have changed on news programmes over the years. He also charts how the media handled both the politics and the protests of the G20 summit.

Charlie Brooker sets his satirical sights on news and current affairs, taking a look at how graphics have morphed over the years from modest explaining devices to shouty, scary, video game-style extravaganzas. 

Brooker also charts the way the media handled both the politics and the protests of the G20 summit in London, while Ben Goldacre, author of Bad Science, vents his anger over its coverage of science stories.

Newswipe: Series 1

Newswipe with Charlie Brooker

4/6. Looking at how graphics have changed in style over the years, from modest explanatory devices to video game-style extravaganzas.

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Wainwright Walks

The New Avengers: Series 1

The New Avengers: Series 1: Episode 2: House of Cards

Episode 2: House of Cards

House of Cards

BBC Four - The New Avengers, Series 1, House of Cards

Steed, Purdey and Gambitface trouble when network of sleeper agents is activated.

Fantasy adventure series. Steed, Purdey and Gambit find themselves fighting people they thought were their friends after a network of sleeper agents is activated.

Classic 1970s secret agent fantasy adventure series. Steed, Purdey and Gambit find themselves fighting people they thought were their friends after a network of sleeper agents, called the House of Cards, is activated.

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