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Paralympic Games Today: Beijing 2008

Paralympic Games Today: Beijing 2008: Day 3

09/09/2008

Day 3

Beijing 2008

BBC Two - Paralympic Games Today, Beijing 2008, Day 3

Clare Balding introduces wheelchair basketball and athletics action from Beijing.

Clare Balding introduces the action from Beijing, with key games for Britain's wheelchair basketball teams and athletics from the Bird's Nest stadium including the men's 100m T44.

Clare Balding introduces the action from Beijing. There are key games in wheelchair basketball where Britain's men play main rivals the USA, and the women's team face Brazil. In athletics the main event is the men's 100m T44 where South African Oscar Pistorius will be looking for his first gold of the Games. In the swimming pool Britain's Sascha Kindred and Nyree Lewis will both be going for gold, and there's more indoor cycling from the velodrome as well as equestrian dressage from Hong Kong.

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BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

Round up of the daily action from the Paralympics in Beijing.

Paralympics 2008

The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook

The two lifelong bikers and foodies take to the road to find gastronomic treats

The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook: The Hairy Bakers

The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook: The Hairy Bakers: Episode 4: Celebration Cakes

Episode 4

Episode 4: Celebration Cakes

The Hairy Bakers

Celebration Cakes

BBC Two - The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook, The Hairy Bakers, Celebration Cakes

Simon King and Dave Myers learn about celebration cakes and make a five-tier wedding cake.

Simon King and Dave Myers delve into the world of celebration cakes and face their biggest challenge to date: making a five-tier wedding cake.

From novelty cakes to birthday cakes, and croque-em-bouche to traditional wedding cakes, presenters Simon King and Dave Myers delve into the world of celebration cakes and face their biggest challenge to date. In this programme, the Hairies are tasked with making a five-tier wedding cake.

On a quest to find out more, Dave and Si visit Patisserie Viennoise in Otley, Yorkshire, where they learn about the art of chocolate. 

To get up to speed cake-wise, Dave and Si start by making not one, but two tailor-made birthday cakes for four-year-old twins. 

Finally, the Hairies journey to Manchester to meet Helen and Jonnie, the couple who are prepared to let them loose on their wedding cake! The boys decide to bake a traditional fruit cake, with a Hairy Bikers twist. Using quantities of ingredients so large, the cake has to be mixed in a wheel barrow! 

After baking and marzipanning the cakes, the boys attend sugar craft lessons before they attempt to begin decorating and then constructing the five tiers.

It's art meets engineering for the boys, and for the bride and groom as they are followed in the nail-biting lead-up to their wedding.

Dave Myers and Simon King take to the road to find the very best in baking in Britain

The Hairy Bikers, Dave Myers and Simon King, take to the road to find the very best in baking in Britain

Dave Myers and Simon King travel the UK on the hunt for the best cakes

Maestro

Maestro: Episode 5: Orchestra

Episode 5

Episode 5: Orchestra

Orchestra

BBC Two - Maestro, Orchestra

Clive Anderson presents the live grand final.

Clive Anderson presents the live grand final as the three remaining student conductors attempt to master a concerto with world renowned soloists.

Clive Anderson presents the live grand final. The three remaining student conductors must conduct a concerto with world renowned soloists - violonist Tasmin Little, cellist Natalie Clein and pianist Nikolai Demidenko - as well as a piece of orchestral music of their own choosing. The judges - Sir Roger Norrington, Dominic Seldis, Zoe Martlew and guest judge international violin virtuso Maxim Vengerov - rate their performances before the BBC Concert Orchestra votes one student out. The remaining two contestants both must conduct the 1st movement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony.

Eight famous amateurs do battle for the chance to conduct the BBC Concert Orchestra

Eight famous amateurs, with a passion for classical music, do battle for the chance to conduct the BBC Concert Orchestra in front of a live audience of 30,000 at BBC Proms in the Park

The three remaining students conduct world-renowned soloists, violinist Tasmin Little, cellist Natalie Clein and pianist Nikolai Demidenko as they compete for viewers' votes.

Mutual Friends

Mutual Friends: Episode 3

Episode 3

BBC One - Mutual Friends, Episode 3

Martin leaves hospital and is reconciled with Jen, but with frustrating results.

Comedy-drama following the lives of a group of old friends. Martin leaves hospital and is reconciled with Jen. Patrick and Martin take Dan and Leigh's eldest son to a snooker club.

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

Martin leaves hospital and is reconciled with Jen, but with frustrating results. Things go from bad to worse when Jen invites Leigh and her three young sons to stay after their house is repossessed. Patrick, meanwhile, vows to launch a new global clothing company and starts viewing unsuitably grandiose potential offices.

To let Jen, Leigh, Liz and Anita have a boozy girls' night in, Patrick and Martin take Dan and Leigh's troublesome eldest son to a snooker club, with unfortunate consequences.

BBC One

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.

3/6. Martin is reconciled with Jen, but he's frustrated when she won't have sex with him. See page 76 My Big Break - Claire Rushbrook : p76

Lead Balloon

Sitcom about Rick Spleen, a disillusioned stand-up comedian and writer

Sitcom about Rick Spleen, a disillusioned stand-up comedian and writer whose career has not gone to plan

Lead Balloon: Series 2

Lead Balloon: Series 2: Episode 3: Points

Episode 3: Points

Series 2

Points

BBC Two - Lead Balloon, Series 2, Points

Rick tries to persuade Mel, Marty and Madga to take the blame for his speeding.

Sitcom about ex-celebrity comedian Rick Spleen. Rick gets caught speeding again. Three more points on his licence will be a ban, so he tries to persuade Mel to take the blame.

Rick gets caught speeding again. Three more points on his licence will be a ban, so he tries to persuade Mel, Marty and Madga to take the blame. Meanwhile, the local cafe owner railroads Rick into doing a fundraiser to save the town library. On top of it all, his daughter Sam has decided to get a tattoo.

Jack Dee stars as bitter, deluded comic Rick Spleen.

Lead Balloon: Series 2: Episode 4: Idiot

Episode 4: Idiot

Idiot

BBC Two - Lead Balloon, Series 2, Idiot

Rick's agent Mel's other client, an ex-ice skating champ, hosts a new chat show.

Sitcom about ex-celebrity comedian Rick Spleen. Rick agrees to front a TV charity appeal for a worthy cause, and is asked to be a guest on a former ice skater's new show.

Rick agrees to front a TV charity appeal for a worthy cause. Meanwhile, one of Mel's C-list celebrity clients, ex-ice skating champ Gina Therese, has a new series coming up. Rick scoffs at the idea of an ice skater hosting a chat show, until she asks him on as a guest. At home, Magda asks his advice on where to take her friend sightseeing when she visits England.

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