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Comic Relief special: page 14

Orbie wants to join in with the fun.

Followed by CBeebies Birthdays

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10 30 English Express (ages 9-11) Five editions. 52486741 12.10 Revisewise Shorts (ages 9-11) Science Tests

With Adam Shaw.

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1.00 Watch (ages 5-7)

Chris Beardshaw reveals the versatility of grass.

Ex-model Pat Leslie calls on hosts James Rylands and Linda Robson to help her sell up as she leaves the Isle of Wight.

1/2. Ben Fogle faces the Marathon des Sables, a six-day, 150-mile foot race across the Sahara. Ends Tuesday 2.30pm. (Revised rpt)

Expert Lars Tharp investigates a Wedgwood vase.

Paul Martin discovers which parts of Concorde can be bought as the show visits Bristol.

With Fame Academy's Richard Park and showbiz manager
Jonathan Shalit.

Caustic quickfire quiz.

All this week, toilet humour abounds as Craig Doyle , Sara Cox , Rupert Grint , Carol Vorderman and others go for red-faced glory in Pro-Celebrity Bogeys. Also on the CBBC channel. The final can be seen in Friday's Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05 on BBC1. Comic Relief special: page 14

Of tonight's six aspiring chefs, only three will get the chance to cook for 140 hungry diners at Bill Wyman 's Sticky Fingers Cafe - and only one will reach Friday's quarter-final. With John Torode and Gregg Wallace. Series director Emma Peach ; Series producer Karen Ross

1/3. Fire and Destiny. From Boadicea's torching of the city to the Blitz, Peter Ackroyd reveals how terrible conflagrations have shaped the capital. Derek Jacobi , Michael Feast , Harriet Walter and Tim Pigott-Smith star in this partially dramatised documentary. Writers Peter Ackroyd and Chris Granlund
Director/Producer Chris Granlund

In the last of the current series, Bill Oddie braves the British winter to search for wildlife in Devon.

2/10. Extracts from five decades of correspondence documenting viewers' concerns. More Friday 9.50pm. Producer Lucy Kenwright ; Exec producer Caroline Wright

Sweet Cornish crabs, potatoes from Tintagel and fragrant herbs. Plus a treat for real-ale fans: the Black Sheep Brewery in Masham, North Yorkshire.
Director/Producer David Pritchard

A quarter-final place is at stake as Jesus College, Cambridge, take on University College, Oxford.
Director Tracey Rooney ; Producer Peter Gwyn Comic Relief Does University Challenge is on Friday at 10pm

3/10. Australia to Cambodia. Dan Cruickshank's informative travelogue continues with erotic cave paintings in the Australian outback, the grisly rituals of an Indonesian funeral, an ornate Thai heirloom and the majestic temples of Angkor in Cambodia. Series producer Tim Dunn ; Executive producer Basil Comely
Repeated next Saturday

Presented by Jeremy Paxman.
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A biography of the Jamaican-born nurse who saved thousands of soldiers' lives in the Crimea. Director Marie Wynter ; Series producer Paul Kerr
First shown on BBC Knowledge

How top American universities have benefited from the brain drain of black academics from Britain.

Then The Witness
A historical event recalled.

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