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The Slammer

Show in which a group of comedians enter a mock prison and must perform for their freedom

Entertainment show in which a group of comedians enter a mock prison. Each programme sees four of the acts perform for their freedom in front of a studio audience

The Slammer: Series 2

The Slammer: Series 2: Episode 1

Episode 1

The Slammer Returns - CBBC - BBC

Overseeing the show is the Governor, who's joined by celebrity guest Lionel Blair.

Children's entertainment show in which comedians enter a mock prison. The prison showcases variety performances from the acts locked inside, with celebrity guest Lionel Blair.

Series 2

CBBC

The BBC's multiplatform offering bringing the very best programmes to 6-12 year olds.

CBBC is the BBC's multiplatform offering for 6-12 year olds bringing the very best drama, entertainment and factual programmes to its young viewers.

Children's entertainment show in which a group of comedians enter a mock prison

Children's ntertainment show in which a group of comedians enter a mock prison. Each programme sees four of the acts perform for their freedom in front of a live studio audience

The Slammer: Series 2: Episode 2

Episode 2

The Governor becomes prison chef and bakes his famous sprout cakes.

Children's entertainment show in which comedians enter a mock prison. The Governor becomes prison chef and bakes sprout cakes. In the Freedom Show, four acts perform for release.

The American Future: A History, by Simon Schama

The American Future: A History, by Simon Schama: Episode 1: American Plenty

Episode 1: American Plenty

American Plenty

BBC Two - The American Future: A History, by Simon Schama, American Plenty

A look at America's waning belief in the infinite possibilities of its land and resources.

Simon Schama travels through America exploring its past and present. Here, he shows how America's belief in the infinite possibilities of its resources is waning.

Simon Schama travels through America to dig deep into the conflicts of its history as a way to understand the country's contemporary political situation. 

He explores how American optimism about the infinite possibilities of its land and resources is in danger of coming to a grinding halt. Nowhere is it more evident than in the American West, which has always been a symbol of opportunity and freedom. Oil at four dollars a gallon may dominate the headlines, but here it is the lack of water that is an bigger threat to the American future. The West is in the grip of a years-long drought. 

America's optimism about its natural resources has always been spiced with clashes over conservation, going back to the first man to navigate the Colorado river, John Wesley Powell. American ingenuity made farming on an industrial scale possible in the early years of the 20th century, but at the cost of making Oklahoma a dust bowl. The Hoover Dam, a modern American miracle which used to provide essential irrigation for farming and for the new city of Las Vegas, is not able to cope with the demand for water any more.

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.

Simon Schama travels through America to explore its past and present

Simon Schama travels through America to dig deep into the conflicts of its history as a way to understand the country's contemporary political situation

The American Future, a History by Simon Schama

1/4. With the presidential elections looming, the historian looks at past conflicts to understand what's at stake

Amazon with Bruce Parry

Amazon with Bruce Parry: Episode 5

Episode 5

BBC Two - Amazon with Bruce Parry, Episode 5

Bruce Parry parties with millionaires and lives and works with illegal gold miners.

Bruce Parry explores the wealth of the Amazon rainforest. He parties with the millionaires of Manaus, the Amazon's biggest city, and lives and works with illegal gold miners.

Bruce Parry explores the wealth of the Amazon rainforest. He parties with the millionaires of Manaus, the Amazon's biggest city, he lives and works with the illegal gold miners seeking their fortune and he sleeps in the forest canopy with the scientists trying to value the forest in a revolutionary new way.

Bruce Parry embarks on an epic adventure in the Amazon.

Bruce Parry embarks on an epic adventure in the Amazon, using a variety of methods to follow the river from source to sea.

CHOICE: Amazon with Bruce Parry

New. 5/6. The damage that has been caused by gold prospectors. See page 76

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Jonathan Ross presents an entertaining show featuring comedy, celebrities and music

Jonathan Ross presents an entertaining show featuring comedy, celebrity chat and the latest music

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: Series 15

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: Series 15: Episode 6

Episode 6

Series 15

BBC One - Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Series 15, Episode 6

Guests are actor Colin Farrell, Claudia Winkleman and Sir Roger Moore.

Celebrity chat show hosted by Jonathan Ross. Guests are actor Colin Farrell, Claudia Winkleman and former James Bond, Sir Roger Moore.

Celebrity chat show hosted by Jonathan Ross, who is joined in the studio by controversial actor Colin Farrell on the eve of the release of his new film, Pride and Glory. 

Also waiting in the green room are Claudia Winkleman and former James Bond, Sir Roger Moore.

BBC One

Comedy, chat and music with Jonathan Ross and guests.

featuring guests Roger Moore and Colin Farrell

How Not To Live Your Life

Sitcom about 20-something Don, a man with bad luck and even worse instincts

How Not To Live Your Life: Series 1

How Not To Live Your Life: Series 1: Episode 3: Fake Wake

Episode 3

Episode 3: Fake Wake

Series 1

Fake Wake

BBC Three - How Not To Live Your Life, Series 1, Fake Wake

Don finds out he's legally obliged to put on a wake for his deceased nan.

Sitcom about a 20-something loser. Don is legally obliged to put on a wake for his deceased nan, with an open casket. Unfortunately, he had her cremated a few days before.

Twenty-something Don is a man with bad luck and even worse instincts, whose overactive imagination is always in full flow in the form of quick-fire fantasy sequences as he imagines what he would really like to say. 

Don finds out he's legally obliged to put on a wake for his deceased nan, with an open casket for her body. The only problem is that he cremated her a few days before, so he and Eddie audition old people at a centre for the elderly for the role of Don's nan.

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.

Sitcom about 20-something Don, a man with bad luck and even worse instincts.

How Not to Live Your Life

3/6 Don realises he has to organise a wake for his grandmother

How Not To Live Your Life: Series 1: Episode 4: The Young Ones

Episode 4

Episode 4: The Young Ones

The Young Ones

BBC Three - How Not To Live Your Life, Series 1, The Young Ones

Don feels his age when he hangs out with a girl who is nine years younger than him.

Sitcom about a 20-something loser. Don meets a younger woman and, after hanging out with her friends, realises he's not the hip young dude he once thought he was.

Sitcom about 20-something Don, a man with bad luck and even worse instincts, whose overactive imagination is always in full flow in the form of quick-fire fantasy sequences as he imagines what he would really like to say. 

Don meets a girl who is nine years younger than him while working as a charity street collector. He hangs out with her and her friends, but soon realises he's not the hip young dude he once thought he was.

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