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Paralympics: Day 4

10/09/2008

Day 4

BBC Two - Paralympics, Day 4

Coverage from Beijing including Britain's David Weir going for an athletics gold.

Continued coverage from Beijing featuring David Weir's attempt to win his first ever Paralympic athletics gold medal, and track cycling sprint finals in the Laoshan Velodrome.

Continued coverage from Beijing. Athletics action in the Bird's Nest features David Weir's attempt to win his first ever Paralympic gold medal. More track cycling medals are up for grabs in the Laoshan Velodrome including Anthony Kappes and his partner Barney Storey in the tandem sprint, as well as the men's team sprint final. There's also more swimming action from the Water Cube including the freestyle relays.

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Paralympic Games Today

Paralympic Games Today: Beijing 2008

Paralympic Games Today: Beijing 2008: Day 4

Beijing 2008

BBC Two - Paralympic Games Today, Beijing 2008, Day 4

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

Paralympics 2008

Planet Earth

Planet Earth: Episode 4: Caves

Episode 4

Episode 4: Caves

Caves

BBC One - Planet Earth, Caves

Featuring, among others, the Cave of Swallows in Mexico and Deer Cave in Borneo.

Documentary series which celebrates earth in all its natural glory. This edition looks at caves, including Deer Cave in Borneo, a daytime retreat for five million bats.

The Cave of Swallows in Mexico is a 400-metre vertical shaft. It's deep enough to engulf the Empire State Building, yet few people even know of its existence. Caves are earth's final frontier and this programme goes where few have been before.

Deer Cave in Borneo is a daytime retreat for five million bats; their droppings support an entire community of creatures. Shine a light on one massive pile of droppings and the whole place shimmers with millions of dung-eating insects.

Caves also harbour some of the most remarkable and bizarre animals on earth - from cave swiftlets who build nests out of just saliva, to the troglodytic animals that never see daylight or ever set foot on the surface. Troglodytes like the Texas cave salamander and Thailand's cave angel have neither eyes nor pigment, and the entire populations of both are found in just a couple of caves. 

From Lechuguilla Cave's astonishing six-metre-long crystals, to the extraordinary snottites of Villa Luz, this documentary provides unprecedented access to the hidden world of caves.

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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.

Who Do You Think You Are?

Celebrities trace their family trees, discovering surprises from their pasts.

Lost connections and unfamiliar histories are revealed as celebrities trace their family trees. Discover stories of courage, joy, sacrifice and resilience - everyone has a tale to tell.

Who Do You Think You Are?: Series 5

Who Do You Think You Are?: Series 5: Episode 5: Ainsley Harriott

Episode 5

Episode 5: Ainsley Harriott

Series 5

Ainsley Harriott

BBC One - Who Do You Think You Are?, Series 5, Ainsley Harriott

Ainsley Harriott heads to the West Indies to uncover his roots.

Celebrities trace their ancestry. The well-known chef heads to the West Indies and discovers his Caribbean history is not quite what he expected.

Ainsley Harriott heads to the West Indies to uncover his roots and discovers that Caribbean history is not quite as black and white as he had imagined. 

On arrival in Jamaica, Ainsley believes he knows his father's family history as he has been told that his grandmother's family came to Jamaica as indentured labourers from India. Hoping to discover where exactly in India his great-grandparents came from, he is shocked to find himself heading down a very different path to the one imagined.

Believing his grandfather's ancestry to be equally straightforward, Ainsley assumed that his great-grandfather was a slave before entering the colonial West India Regiment. In Barbados, however, he learns that apart from a distinguished career in the army fighting for the British Empire in the Sierra Leone Hut Tax War, little else is as first thought.  

Ainsley's journey leads him to wonder how, in the time of slavery, was it possible for one of his ancestors to accumulate enough wealth to buy seven houses. The answer is even more incredible than the question as he discovers that his great-great-grandfather was not a black slave at all.

Celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past

Celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.

David Suchet travels around Europe to trace his ancestry. See page 86

Gavin & Stacey

Essex and Wales collide when Gavin and Stacey fall in love.

Essex and Wales collide when Gavin and Stacey fall in love, bringing their friends, family and baggage with them. The slow-burn hit that became the nation's favourite.

Gavin & Stacey: Series 2: Episode 5

Series 2

BBC One - Gavin & Stacey, Series 2, Episode 5

Bryn has arranged a special treat for Gwen's birthday, but events take a surprising turn.

Comedy series. Bryn arranges a special treat for Gwen's birthday, but things take a surprising turn when an uninvited guest turns up. Stacey tells Gavin of her big decision.

Bryn has arranged a special treat for Gwen's birthday, but things take a surprising turn when an uninvited guest turns up, and Stacey tells Gavin of her big decision.

Gavin & Stacey: Series 2

BBC Three

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The romance between Essex boy Gavin and Welsh lass Stacey begins to hit trouble

The romance between Essex boy Gavin and Welsh lass Stacey begins to hit trouble, and life is rocky for their best friends as well. Starring Matthew Horne and Joanna Page

5/7; series two. Bryn attempts to organise a surprise for Gwen's birthday

Gavin & Stacey: Series 2: Episode 6

Episode 6

BBC One - Gavin & Stacey, Series 2, Episode 6

While Smithy plans a boys' night out in Essex, Stacey goes to the bingo in Wales.

With the married pair separated again, Smithy plans a boys' night out, and Stacey goes to the bingo. Has living separate lives taken its toll on love's young dream?

Gavin is in Essex without his wife, and Stacey is in Barry without her husband. So while Smithy plans a boys' night out, Stacey goes to the bingo. But has living separate lives finally taken its toll on love's young dream?

6/7. The newlyweds find themselves living separate lives

Gavin & Stacey: Series 2: Episode 7

Episode 7

BBC One - Gavin & Stacey, Series 2, Episode 7

Stacey returns to Essex to sort out the situation with Gavin, but things don't look good.

When Stacey travels to Essex to sort out the situation with Gavin, things do not go to plan. In Barry, an unexpected event throws everyone into a panic.

Stacey returns to Essex to sort out the situation with Gavin, but things are not looking good. Meanwhile in Barry, an unexpected event throws everyone into a panic.

7/7. Stacey returns to Essex to sort things out with Gavin.

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: Goldfrapp

Goldfrapp

2008

BBC Music - Glastonbury, 2008, Goldfrapp

Alison Goldfrapp and her band of merry men and women dazzle Glastonbury.

Alison Goldfrapp and her band of merry men and women dazzle Glastonbury with their Sunday evening performance on the Pyramid Stage, including A&E, Ooh La La and Caravan Girl.

Coverage of the Glastonbury Festival from Worthy Farm in Somerset

Goldfrapp at Glastonbury 2008

A Little Later

Vintage performances from the Later... with Jools Holland archives

A Little Later: Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra with Solomon Burke

10/01/2001

Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra with Solomon Burke

BBC Two - A Little Later, Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra with Solomon Burke

Soul legend Solomon Burke joins Jools and his orchestra for Everybody Needs Somebody.

Performances from the Later... with Jools Holland archive. Soul legend Solomon Burke joins Jools and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra to perform the classic Everybody Needs Somebody.

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The Tudors

6/10 Sir Thomas Cromwell turns to the stage to achieve his goal

The Tudors: Series 2

The Tudors: Series 2: Episode 6

BBC Two - The Tudors, Series 2, Episode 6

Propaganda and paranoia are exploited as Henry's 'Reformation' hits home.

Propaganda and paranoia are exploited as Henry's 'Reformation' hits home while Anne fears for her future.

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