Presented by Tim Willcox and Jules Botfield.
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Peter Sissons continues as guest presenter. Including 9.00 News, plus weather later.
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The first in a series of summer programmes from outside the studio looking at a more spiritual side of life. Today, Alice Beer is in Devon where she meets 1980s pop icon Paul Young and visits the new age capital of the UK - Totnes. Ben Fogle, meanwhile, is on the trail of a West Country mermaid and baker Paul Hollywood serves up his version of the Cornish pastie.
Series producer Abigail Saxon Executive Producer Chris Loughlin (S) (W) [website removed]
The woman who saved the life of a stranger, and a couple who met in India nearly 60 years ago. With Ingrid Tarrant and Amanda Lamb. (S) (W)
First in a two-part investigation looking at pesticides, both in the food we eat and in the general environment. Presented by John Craven. Including weather for the week ahead.
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Rene is ordered to hand over two valuable paintings.
Written by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd (R) (S)
Comedy with Patricia Routledge. Onslow celebrates his birthday. Written by Roy Clarke (R) (S)
Joanna Lumley joins the Kenya Wildlife Service to catch a herd of endangered giraffes. Seven young giraffes are relocated to a new home.
I Science-fiction fantasy. When
I a group of aliens from a distant planet land in Florida to rescue their compatriots their presence has a strange effect on nearby elderly residents. Widescreen. Review page 46.
Director Ron Howard (1985, PG)
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Regional News; Weather
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More highlights from the past year, this week from Threave Gardens and Sweetheart
Abbey in south-west Scotland, where Sally Magnusson also revisits the lady who had a heart transplant and who was able to meet the donor's sister for the first time on the programme. Hymns include 0 the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus; For the Beauty of the Earth; and Great Is Thy Faithfulness.
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The Coming of the Beast. Truly (Frank Thornton ) tells Billy
Ingleton (Norman Wisdom) that there's a tiger on the loose in an episode of the long-running comedy from 2001.
Written by Roy Clarke ; Director/Producer Alan JW Bell (R) (S) (W)
The team visit Witney in Oxfordshire, where a pair of seascapes brought over from Holland in a suitcase years ago prove to have been a good investment. Producer Michele Burgess ; Executive producer Christopher Lewis
(R) (S) (W) www.bbc.co.uk/antiques BBC HOMES AND ANTIQUES MAGAZINE: price £2.95
The lives of the literary sisters are told in a new two-part dramatisation narrated by Patricia Routledge.
4 Wish for Wings. Based on letters written by the three sisters and new research by historian Juliet Barker this is a tale of genius, thwarted passion and a 19th-century quest for fame which shatters many myths that have surrounded the family. Concludes next Sunday.
Producer Samira Osman ; Executive producer Kim Thomas (S) (W) The full Bronte: page 26; RT Shop Bronte audio offer: page 27
Are sharks robotic killing machines or intelligent animals capable of complex behaviour? In a bid to find out, this
Wildlife Special follows a specially constructed animatronic shark with an on-board camera. It witnesses how sharks can learn and remember, and the way hammerhead sharks talk to each other. Narrated by David Attenborough.
Producer Mark Brownlow ; Executive producer Sara Ford (S) (W) Just when you thought it was safe... : page 31
With Fiona Bruce. Weather Rob McElwee. (S) (W)
Political comedy drama. Rumours of Jack Stanton's womanising past threaten to scupper his Democratic presidential campaign. Widescreen. Review page 46.
Director Mike Nichols (1998, 15) (S) (W)
