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Paralympics: Beijing 2008

Paralympics: Beijing 2008: Day 1

07/09/2008

Day 1

Beijing 2008

BBC Two - Paralympics, Beijing 2008, Day 1

The first day of Paralympic competition from Beijing.

Clare Balding presents the first day of Paralympic competition from Beijing, featuring action from the cycling, swimming and wheelchair basketball competitions.

Clare Balding presents the first day of Paralympic competition from Beijing. British cyclists Aileen McGlynn, Ellen Hunter and Darren Kenny begin the defence of their Olympic titles, and Britain's men's wheelchair basketball team open their campaign against host nation China. There's also action from the Water Cube where 13-year-old Eleanor Simmonds swims in the women's 200m individual medley. With commentary from Nick Mullins, Bob Ballard and Ron McIntosh.

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.

Paralympics 2008

Planet Earth

Planet Earth: Episode 10: Seasonal Forests

Episode 10

Episode 10: Seasonal Forests

Seasonal Forests

BBC One - Planet Earth, Seasonal Forests

David Attenborough reveals the greatest woodlands on earth.

Documentary series which celebrates our planet in all its glory. David Attenborough reveals the greatest woodlands on earth, from the northern Taiga to Madagascar.

David Attenborough's documentary series which celebrates our planet in all its eclectic wonder. He reveals the greatest woodlands on earth, from the evergreen forests of the frozen north to the deciduous dry forests of the equator. 

The Taiga forest is a silent world of stunted conifers cloaked in snow and ice. The trees form a belt that circles the globe, broken only by ocean, and contains a third of all trees on earth. Here, animals are scarce, with just a few charismatic loners like the wolverine and lynx.

By contrast, the broadleaf forests of North America and Europe bustle with life. The most startling illustration happens just once every 17 years, when the nymphs of the periodical cicada burst from the soil in the biggest insect emergence on the planet.

In California, witness the cameras fly up the tallest trees on earth: giant redwoods over 100 metres high. See General Sherman, a giant sequoia, ten times the size of a blue whale, and the largest living thing on the planet. Close by are bristlecone pines, so old they pre-date the pyramids and were already 2,500 years old when Jesus Christ was born.

The baobab forests of Madagascar are the strangest of all. The bizarre upside down trees store water in their swollen trunks and harbour strange wildlife, such as the tiny mouse lemur, the world's smallest primate.

BBC One

An exploration of the wild and beautiful parts of our planet.

David Attenborough celebrates the amazing variety of the natural world in this epic documentary series, filmed over four years across 64 different countries.

Last of the Summer Wine

Classic sitcom featuring the misadventures of the elderly residents of a Yorkshire village

The classic sitcom featuring the misadventures of the elderly residents of a Yorkshire village, which enjoyed a record-breaking run on UK television

Last of the Summer Wine: Series 29

Last of the Summer Wine: Series 29: Episode 1: Enter the Finger

Episode 1

Episode 1: Enter the Finger

Series 29

Enter the Finger

BBC One - Last of the Summer Wine, Series 29, Enter the Finger

Brian Conley guest stars as Barry's annoying, fitness-mad neighbour.

Gentle comedy. Brian Conley plays Barry's fitness-mad neighbour, who annoyingly outshines him in all things physical.

Gentle comedy. Brian Conley plays Barry's fitness-mad neighbour, who annoyingly outshines him in all things physical. When it comes to karate, however, Barry has friends who can help him even the balance.

Gentle sitcom following the hijinks of retired folk in the Yorkshire Dales

Gentle sitcom following the hijinks of retired folk in the Yorkshire Dales. Featuring the trio of Brian Murphy as Alvin, Peter Sallis as Clegg and Frank Thornton as Truly

Last of the Summer Wine: Series 29: Episode 2: Will the Genuine Racer Please Stand Up?

Episode 2

Episode 2: Will the Genuine Racer Please Stand Up?

Will the Genuine Racer Please Stand Up?

BBC One - Last of the Summer Wine, Series 29, Will the Genuine Racer Please Stand Up?

Howard devises a simple scheme to change his appearance enough to fool even Pearl.

To ease his lot, Howard devises a simple scheme to change his appearance enough to fool even Pearl.

Last of the Summer Wine: Series 29: Episode 3: A Short Introduction to Cooper's Rules

Episode 3

Episode 3: A Short Introduction to Cooper's Rules

A Short Introduction to Cooper's Rules

BBC One - Last of the Summer Wine, Series 29, A Short Introduction to Cooper's Rules

PCs Cooper and Walsh think they have mastered the art of fighting crime from the rear.

Just when PCs Cooper and Walsh have mastered the art of fighting crime, Barry spoils it all by taking a retired vicar out for the day.

Just when PCs Cooper and Walsh have mastered the art of fighting crime from the rear, Barry spoils it all by taking a retired vicar out for the day.

Florence Nightingale

01/06/2008

BBC One - Florence Nightingale

Who was this Lady with the Lamp? And what was it that drove her on despite the struggles?

Drama about the life of Florence Nightingale, based largely on her own words, which tells the true and unexpected story behind the birth-mother of modern nursing.

Drama about the life of Florence Nightingale, based largely on her own words, which tells the true and unexpected story behind this most unusual woman - adored by the masses, hated by the few and credited by historians as the brilliant birth-mother of modern nursing.

Bringing to life the story of Florence Nightingale's spiritual and emotional revolution after the Crimean War - a moment of crisis, doubt and failure that ultimately inspired her career in medicine - the film features a raucous music hall troupe, who dip in and out of the action with songs in the style of the times. 

Bent on vengeance, Florence badgers the authorities into allowing her to investigate the ineptitude of the military commanders through a Royal Commission. This ultimately leads to despair, however, and forces Florence to withdraw from even her closest family following a complete breakdown and a massive crisis of faith.

Florence

Around The World In 80 Gardens

Around the World in 80 Gardens: Episode 6: China and Japan

Episode 6

Episode 6: China and Japan

Around the World in 80 Gardens

China and Japan

BBC Two - Around the World in 80 Gardens, China and Japan

Monty Don visits the world's 80 most inspiring gardens, this time in China and Japan.

Monty Don visits the world's 80 most inspiring gardens, this time in China and Japan, two of the world's oldest gardening cultures.

Monty Don continues his extraordinary journey to see the world through 80 of its most inspiring gardens, as he samples the very different approach of two of the world's great gardening cultures: China and Japan.

First, he travels to China, to uncover the deeper history of the oriental garden. His researches lead him to the ancient scholars' gardens of Suzhou, as well as the awesome Yellow Mountains of Huangshang that inspired them, where he meets the revered Welcome Guest Pine. 

By the time he reaches the Imperial Summer Palace Gardens of Beijing, he is beginning to get a little insight into the secrets of oriental gardening, and with his long-standing interest in Zen Buddhism, Monty relishes the chance to visit the temple gardens of Japan.

Finally, he crosses the Yellow Sea to Kyoto - Japan's city of gardens - to try to unravel its enigmatic Zen gardens with his new-found understanding.

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

Monty Don visits the world's 80 most inspiring gardens

Around the World in 80 Gardens: China and Japan

Antiques Roadshow

Fiona Bruce and the team uncover the fascinating stories behind valuable personal items.

Amazing items, poignant stories, beautiful locations. Fiona Bruce and the experts uncover fascinating family and social history embodied in priceless, personal and peculiar items.

Antiques Roadshow: Series 31

Antiques Roadshow: Series 31: Episode 1: Bolton Abbey

Episode 1: Bolton Abbey

Series 31

Bolton Abbey

BBC One - Antiques Roadshow, Series 31, Bolton Abbey

The Roadshow team visits the ruins of Bolton Abbey in North Yorkshire.

The Roadshow team heads to the ruins of Bolton Abbey, where a rich haul of treasures includes a 200-year-old lambing chair and a trinket recognised as a Faberge.

The Roadshow team heads to the atmospheric ruins of Bolton Abbey in Yorkshire where a rich haul of treasures are brought in by visitors. These include a lambing chair first used 200 years ago by farmers to offer protection against poor weather, and a fascinating collection recording the risky life of a First World War aviator. Meanwhile, a trinket that's languished unloved for years is recognised to be a magical piece made by Faberge.

Experts invite members of the public to bring along their antiques for examination

Experts invite members of the public to bring along their antiques for examination. Hosted by Fiona Bruce.

from Bolton Abbey.
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Fiona Bruce in the RT Interview: p12

Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights

BBC One - Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights

Joanna Lumley travels across Norway in an attempt to see the Northern Lights.

Documentary in which Joanna Lumley travels across the Arctic Circle and through Norway to pursue a lifelong dream of seeing the Northern Lights.

An amazing journey in Norway's far North as Joanna Lumley pursues a lifelong dream to track down the elusive, stunningly beautiful Northern Lights - 'the true wonder of the world,' as she puts it.

Joanna grew up in tropical Malaysia, and as a little girl never saw snow or felt cold. Inspired by fairytales and picture books, she always longed to make the journey north. At last she travels north across the Arctic Circle, up through Norway to Svalbard, the most northerly permanently inhabited place on Earth, where she has to cope with temperatures approaching minus 30 degrees centigrade.

With a box of crayons in hand, her journey takes her from train to boat, to husky-sled, to snowmobile, as she is pulled ever northwards by what she calls 'the strongest point of the compass'. She explores the romantic fjords of Lofoten and learns to ride a snowmobile, speeding across endless expanses of Lapland tundra with a Sami herdsman in search of his reindeer. As she reaches the Arctic Ocean, she prepares for bed in a hotel made entirely of ice. Everywhere she goes, she asks about the mysterious Northern Lights.

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

A journey to Svalbard.
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Mutual Friends

Mutual Friends: Episode 2

BBC One - Mutual Friends, Episode 2

Patrick reintroduces Martin to the single life, fuelled by a diet of pizza and beer.

New comedy-drama series following the lives of a group of old friends. Patrick reintroduces Martin to the single life, fuelled by a diet of pizza and beer.

Comedy-drama series following the trials, tribulations, highs and lows of the increasingly entangled lives of a group of old friends.

Patrick tries to help Martin cope with his marital problems by subjecting him to an energetic reintroduction to the life of a single man, with vigorous mountain bike-riding, rounds of golf and marathon computer games sessions - fuelled by a diet of pizza and beer.

Meanwhile, Jen must decide whether to leave her husband and accept a new job in Norwich, taking their young son with her. Martin has work issues of his own, not helped when he walks in on his boss and Patrick in bed together.

Comedy-drama series following the lives of a group of old friends

Martin's comfortable world is upturned by his friend's mid-life crises, beginning with his best friend's suicide, and the secret affair he had with Martin's wife.

Spooks - Code 9

Spooks - Code 9: Episode 6

BBC Three - Spooks - Code 9, Episode 6

Charlie and the team have 24 hours to locate the bomb and identify the MI5 traitor.

Drama series about a northern-based MI5 team. With the anniversary of the London attack imminent, Charlie and the team have 24 hours to find the bomb and identify the MI5 traitor.

With the anniversary of the London attack imminent and the knowledge there may be a second nuclear device still out there, Charlie and the team have 24 hours to locate the bomb and identify the MI5 traitor before another major national catastrophe is allowed to happen.

BBC Three

A multi-platform service for 16-34s, featuring comedy, entertainment and factual content.

The BBC’s multi-platform service for 16 to 34s, innovating with breakthrough comedy, stand-out entertainment, brave documentary and intellectual factual content.

Six young MI5 recruits protect the UK following a nuclear terrorist attack on London.

In an alternative 2013, London has been evacuated following a nuclear bomb. Six new MI5 recruits take up the challenge of gathering intelligence in the fightback.

Spooks: Code 9

Glastonbury

BBC Music

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: The Verve

09/08/2008

The Verve

2008

BBC Music - Glastonbury, 2008, The Verve

Richard Ashcroft and the band play material from their momentous 90s album Urban Hymns.

The Verve close the 2008 festival in anthemic style, as the band remind the crowd of their 90s album Urban Hymns by playing its hits, Bitter Sweet Symphony and The Drugs Don't Work.

The Verve close the 2008 festival in true anthemic style, as Richard Ashcroft and band remind the crowd of their momentous 90s album Urban Hymns by playing its hits, Bitter Sweet Symphony and The Drugs Don't Work, along with a couple of new numbers including Love Is Noise.

Coverage of the Glastonbury Festival from Worthy Farm in Somerset

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