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Nick Charles had his first drink at the age of 17. By 29 he was an alcoholic, drinking everything from boot polish to hair lacquer and sleeping rough under London's Charing Cross bridge. Here, Charles, who last year was awarded an MBE for his services to people with alcohol problems, recounts how he overcame his addiction and came to run a rehabilitation centre.
(Subtitled)

Contributors

Subject:
Nick Charles
Producer:
Colm Martin
Executive Producer:
Debbie Christie

The holiday-suggestions show travels with Juliet Morris to Edinburgh as the city prepares itself for the annual festival; Jim White takes his clan to New York to see whether the city is family friendly; and Fi Glover tries life on a South African ranch.
Web Site: [web address removed]
(The series Edinburgh Nights with Mark Lamarr starts tomorrow at 11.15pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Juliet Morris
Reporter:
Jim White
Reporter:
Fi Glover
Series Producer:
Liz Molyneux

The Sadler's Wells Ballet perform a story of love and death played out on a chessboard to a score bySirArthurBliss. Recorded in 1981, the work is being shown in tribute to Dame Ninette de Valois
, who created the piece in 1937, was a founding member of the Royal Ballet and this year celebrates her 100th birthday. The leading roles are taken by David Bintley , Margaret Barbieri and David Ashmole.
Director Jolyon Wimhurst Series continues on Friday at 11.55pm Subtitled .

Contributors

Unknown:
Dame Ninette de Valois
Unknown:
David Bintley
Unknown:
Margaret Barbieri
Unknown:
David Ashmole.
Director:
Jolyon Wimhurst

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Open University
12.30 A Question of Identity-Berlin and Berliners
1.30 The Rinuccini Chapel, Florence

The Greats
2.00 Explorers: Part 2

Languages
4.00 Italianissimo 5-8

Business and Training
5.00 Skills for Work

Open University
5.45 Toulouse-Money and Power in Provincial France
6.10 Jean-Jacques Rousseau
(Subtitled)
6.35-7.00am Modern Art: Jackson Pollock

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