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John Ogilby 's "Britannia" (1675). Explorer Nicholas Crane attempts to use the first ever road map to lead him over the notorious Trans-Pennine Pass.
Director/Series producer Michael Waterhouse

Contributors

Unknown:
John Ogilby
Unknown:
Nicholas Crane

New series1/10. The National Portrait Gallery collaborates with BBC2 to explore the way photography has been used - and manipulated - to construct the images of ten memorable figures from history.
Elvis Presley. Photographer Alfred Wertheimer 's task to cover the concert of an unknown singer turned out to be the defining shoot of his career. Here he discusses the shots of a youthful, carefree Presley before he was swallowed up by the publicity machine. Producer Sally Benton ; Series producer Chris Granlund Picture perfect: page 31; Reader offer: page 31

Contributors

Unknown:
Elvis Presley.
Unknown:
Alfred Wertheimer
Producer:
Sally Benton
Producer:
Chris Granlund

New series 1/6. Restaurant critic Richard Johnson searches for the birthplace of coffee in Ethiopia,
Michelin-starred chef Richard Corrigan shares his culinary secrets, while foodie Merrilees Parker lifts the lid on the chicken industry and Heston Blumenthal shows what inspired him to start cooking. Plus actress Fay Ripley 's chocolate meringues.
Series producer Dermot Caulfield ; Exec producer Gary Hunter The right chemistry: page 38

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Johnson
Unknown:
Richard Corrigan
Unknown:
Merrilees Parker
Unknown:
Heston Blumenthal
Unknown:
Fay Ripley
Producer:
Dermot Caulfield
Producer:
Gary Hunter

New series 1/3. A young aristocrat experiences life in the raw aboard a warship bound for Australia in a dramatisation of William Golding 's darkly comic trilogy. Rites of Passage. The early 19th century: arrogant and immature Edmund Talbot is drawn to flirtatious
Zenobia on a trip where tough lessons will be learnt.
Dramatised by Leigh Jackson and Tony Basgallop
Producer Lynn Horsford ; Director David Attwood All hands on deck: p12; What happened to TV drama?: p55

Contributors

Unknown:
William Golding
Unknown:
Edmund Talbot
Dramatised By:
Leigh Jackson
Dramatised By:
Tony Basgallop
Producer:
Lynn Horsford
Director:
David Attwood
Edmund:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Wheeler:
Brian Pettifer
Miss Granham:
Victoria Hamilton
Parson Colley:
Daniel Evans
Lt Cumbersham:
Robert Hobbs
Captain Anderson:
Jared Harris
Bates:
Theo Landy
Lt Charles Summers:
James Silves
Deverel:
Jj Felld
Mr Bowles:
Tim Delap
Oldmeadow:
Chris Walker
Mr Prettiman:
Sam Neill
Zenobia:
Paula Jennings
Mr Brocklebank:
Richard McCabe
Mr Pike:
Jonathan Slinqer
Mrs Pike:
Vanessa Pike
Phoebe Pike:
Kirsty Motzouris
Annibel Pike:
Kelly Motzouris
Mrs Brocklebank:
Denise Black
Phillips:
Adam Woolf
Willis:
Callum Callaqhan
Smiles:
Jonathan Pienaar
Askew:
Tom Fisher
Gibbs:
Daniel Newman
Jones:
Lionel Newton
Mrs East:
Danelle Drury
Mr East:
Damon Berry
Billy Rogers:
James Alexander

It's week three and each team has $50,000 to create a viable promotion for Procter & Gamble's newest product: vanilla mint crest toothpaste. For the second week in a row there's a shake-up in the boardroom.
Shown at 9pm on BBC3
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Contributors

Unknown:
Donald Trump

★★★★★ Thought-provoking drama starring Robert Forster. Hard-bitten TV news cameraman John Cassellis becomes drawn into the violent events surrounding the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. Review page 51.
Director Haskell Wexler (1969)
Followed by The Witness

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Forster.
Unknown:
John Cassellis
Director:
Haskell Wexler

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