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Nicola Roberts embarks on a personal journey to discover The Truth About Tanning

As part of Â鶹Éç Three's Dangerous Pleasures season of hard-hitting and thought-provoking documentaries exploring the darker sides of what some people will do for fun, Nicola Roberts goes on a personal journey to explore the culture and consequences of tanning among young people in the UK, and the extremes to which they will go to get the perfect tan.

Since shooting to fame in 2002 as a member of Girls Aloud, Nicola has had to deal with life in the spotlight. Everyone seems to have an opinion about her fashion, hair and naturally pale complexion.

Nicola meets people from both sides of the debate; young women whose love of tanning is an addiction, who use sunbeds four-to-five times a week, and people from the tanning industry who claim that, used responsibly, sunbeds can make one feel happy and healthy. She also meets girls in their early teens who face pressure from their peers to conform and be tanned.

Nicola reveals how she overcame an early reliance on fake tan to gain a gradual sense of confidence in her own skin; she also shares thoughts on the subject with Girls Aloud band mate, Kimberley Walsh.

Nicola meets top dermatologists and cancer experts who reveal the risks to which tan addicts are exposing themselves and visits hospitals where some of the estimated 120 under-40s who die from skin cancer each year are treated. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in under-35s in the UK.

Nicola also meets the families of those who have died from melanoma and those who are now pushing for a change in the law to protect the young from the tanning industry and regulate salons.

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On the night of 12 January 2006, intruders broke into the house of Joan Root in Naivasha, Kenya. Within minutes, the 69-year-old film-maker-turned-conservationist was dead, peppered by bullets from an AK-47. Was it a revenge attack by illegal poachers, angry at Root for stopping their activities? Was it a cold-blooded murder by a disgruntled former employee whom Root had recently let go? Or was it something more bizarre? This film, by award-winning film-maker Henry Singer (The Falling Man), tells her story.

In the Sixties and Seventies, Joan and Alan Root cut dashing figures as adventurous wildlife film-makers. They pioneered new techniques to document the wonders of their beloved Africa earning Oscar nominations and world-wide celebrity. When their marriage broke down, Joan retreated to their house on the shore of Lake Naivasha and began to play a dangerous game. After first challenging Kenya's burgeoning flower industry to stop polluting the lake, she then created a vigilante group to arrest the illegal poachers who were emptying the lake of fish. But when one of the poachers died after a bloody fight with Joan's foot soldiers, she was forced to abandon her crusade to save the lake she loved. By then, she'd entered a world of intrigue and corruption from which she couldn't escape and which would ultimately cost her her life.

Singer's film doesn't just profile a fearless environmentalist and her battle to save one of Kenya's natural jewels; it also opens a window on the uneasy balance between the developed world's wish to preserve Africa's environment and the continent's desperate need to develop.

Murder On The Lake won the Green Award for best film on an environmental issue at the 2009 Sheffield International Documentary Festival.

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Sue Barker presents highlights from the women's singles final at the 2010 Australian Open. Serena Williams won last year's final to join an elite group of female players to have won 10 Grand Slam titles, adding another at Wimbledon to finish 2009 as the world No. 1.

But the 28-year-old's most recent Grand Slam appearance ended with an astonishing tirade against a US Open line judge, and she will be anxious to put those memories behind her with a fifth Australian Open singles crown.

However, the competition often throws up a surprise – and with the likes of former world No. 1s Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin back in Melbourne after coming out of retirement, the identities of the 2010 finalists are far from easy to predict.

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So You Think You Can Dance

Saturday 30 January

6.30-7.30pm Â鶹Éç ONE

Cat Deeley and judges Nigel Lythgoe, Arlene Phillips, Louise Redknapp and Sisco Gomez continue the search to find Britain's favourite dancer in So You Think You Can Dance.

With six contestants having already danced their way out of the competition, the series heats up as the remaining eight finalists try to keep their place in the contest: who will win the favour of the viewers? And who will take the spotlight for the final time?

The judges will give their expert opinion, the public will vote, and one boy and one girl will miss the chance to realise their dreams in Hollywood and take home the £100,000 prize.

So You Think You Can Dance is simulcast on the Â鶹Éç HD channel – the Â鶹Éç's High Definition channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.

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It's a day of high tension as the young doctors try desperately to impress, with mixed fortunes, in the F2s' exam, as the medical drama continues.

May is given a pep talk by her father, Eddie, and is shocked when he hands her an envelope with the exam questions inside in order to help her along her way. And all the F2s are rattled when Jordan reveals that the exam will also include a day-long assessment, overseen by Henry.

Yuki falters while treating Seb, a seriously ill teenager, but redeems himself when he comes up with a brilliant diagnosis. However, when he bravely tells a packed meeting that Seb told him he no longer wants to receive treatment, Henry orders him out of the room.

Over-confident Lenny, meanwhile, is disappointed to be stuck in cubicles and, determined to impress, orders a series of tests for elderly patient Chick. However, he is distressed when the tests reveal something sinister and tries in vain to persuade his patient to accept treatment.

May initially impresses Henry when surgeon Sarah Evans is rushed to the ED having collapsed in theatre, but she fails to chase up a test result which puts Sarah in danger. She is then horrified to discover that her father and Sarah seem unusually close. When Eddie insists he wants someone more qualified than May to treat Sarah, May is shattered. But will her lack of confidence tempt her to take a peek at the exam questions?

Meanwhile, there's more heartbreak for the team as baby Harry is laid to rest and Ruth finally gathers the courage to tell Jay that she loves him – but is it too late?

Laura Aikman plays May, with David Mallinson as Eddie, Tom Chadbon as Henry, Will Sharpe as Yuki, Chris Fountain as Seb, Steve Miller as Lenny, Ron Moody as Chick, Julia St John as Sarah Evans, Georgia Taylor as Ruth and Ben Turner as Jay.

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The Virtual Revolution – The Great Levelling? Ep 1/4

Saturday 30 January

Time to be confirmed Â鶹Éç TWO

Dr Aleks Krotoski explores The Virtual Revolution

Twenty years on from the invention of the world wide web, this major new series takes stock of its profound impact – how, for better and for worse, the digital revolution is reshaping our lives.

Over four themed episodes that criss-cross the globe, journalist and academic Dr Aleks Krotoski explores the meaning of a phenomenon that is transforming everything, from how we learn to how we shop, vote and make friends. With a quarter of the planet connected so far, this series examines what is in store for the remaining 75 per cent of the world's population as they come online.

The first episode, The Great Levelling?, encounters some of the biggest names associated with the web today, including Bill Gates, Al Gore, Arianna Huffington, Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales, YouTube CEO Chad Hurley and the inventor of the web himself, Tim Berners-Lee. Aleks discusses with them whether the web has lived up to the early dream of its pioneers to help empower people by providing equal access to global, instant and free information.

Tracing the libertarian values and outlook of the early web back to the counterculture of the Sixties, Aleks explores just how far the web is overturning old notions of ownership, expertise and creative freedom.

But rather than a simple "levelling" of humanity, she identifies a more complex cycle of revolutions at play in the web – a continuing clash between technological possibility and our desire to control and profit. It is this tension, she argues, that makes the web the extraordinarily diverse, fast-moving and powerful phenomenon that now has a grip on our lives.

Each of the four programmes is the result of a groundbreaking production process that invited web users to help shape the series at bbc.co.uk/digitalrevolution.

The Virtual Revolution is produced in partnership with the Open University.

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Heroes – Hysterical Blindness Ep 5/19

Saturday 30 January

10.00-10.45pm Â鶹Éç TWO Schedule addition 18 January

Samuel encounters problems in his attempt to expand his family, as the epic American adventure series continues. After placing her trust in Gretchen, Claire discovers that her obsessive room-mate may have ulterior motives when pledging for a sorority.

Meanwhile, the new and reluctant hero, Lydia, bonds with Peter in a surprising way. Dazed and confused Sylar escapes from the grave but is arrested for his suspicious appearance. As he desperately tries to remember his past life, a new side to him emerges.

Robert Knepper plays Samuel Sullivan, Madeline Zima plays Gretchen, Hayden Panettiere plays Claire Bennett, Dawn Olivieri plays Lydia, Milo Ventimiglia plays Peter Petrelli and Zachary Quinto plays Sylar.

Heroes is simulcast on the Â鶹Éç HD channel – the Â鶹Éç's High Definition channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.

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Lark Rise To Candleford Ep 4/12

Sunday 31 January

8.00-9.00pm Â鶹Éç ONE

Sydney's (Edward Darnell-Hayes) day of fun turns sour

It's harvest time and, when Alf is crowned "king of the mowers", he vows to bring in the harvest in record time, as the third series of the period drama based on the novels by Flora Thompson continues.

Every man, woman and child in the hamlet is employed cutting the wheat and collecting the "leazings", or leftover wheat, which will feed them through the winter. Dorcas decides a day of fun with the Lark Rise children at the harvest is just what her serious little boy, Sydney, needs.

Alf sets his workers off at a cracking pace and Dorcas is delighted to see Sydney making mischief with Archie Arless. When Dorcas takes Sydney home, he is glowing after his day in the sun with his new friends.

Daniel pays a surprise visit to Candleford. Despite his passionate feelings for Laura, he has come to announce that he has taken a new job in Cambridge. The distance is too great for regular visits and Laura is left perplexed and disappointed at Daniel's sudden change of heart.

The following morning, Dorcas goes to wake Sydney and finds him dangerously ill with measles. She puts the Post Office into quarantine and devotes herself to nursing Sydney, terrified that her beloved boy will be taken away. Over in Lark Rise, Frank and Annie Timmins are also sick, and before long most of the children in the hamlet are infected. Daniel is leaving Candleford in a coach when he comes across Sally Arless struggling to carry her poorly brother, Archie, home. Daniel steps in to help and, putting thoughts of leaving to one side, he offers his support to the Lark Risers as they struggle to deal with a measles epidemic.

With nearly all the children sick and the women occupied in nursing them, the hamlet faces a grave problem. With too few people in the fields bringing in the wheat, they won't have enough food to prevent starvation in the winter. But Robert refuses to allow the epidemic to beat them and, in a rousing speech to the hamlet folk, he persuades them of a scheme which just might avert disaster. The children will be nursed together in Queenie's cottage, while those who can work in the fields will pool their wheat among all the families in the hamlet.

But Daniel quickly realises that there are simply not enough people to go round, and he rushes off to Candleford with an idea. In a speech which echoes Robert's in Lark Rise, Daniel makes a heartfelt appeal to the people of Candleford to help out their neighbours in Lark Rise. Laura looks on with pride. But will the Candleford gentlefolk rise to the challenge?

The epidemic finally passes, but it leaves the two communities changed for ever.

John Dagleish plays Alf, Julia Sawalha plays Dorcas, Edward Darnell-Hayes plays Sydney, Harry Miles plays Archie Arless, Ben Aldridge plays Daniel, Olivia Hallinan plays Laura, Sophie Miles plays Sally Arless, Brendan Coyle plays Robert and Linda Bassett plays Queenie.

Lark Rise To Candleford is simulcast on the Â鶹Éç HD channel – the Â鶹Éç's High Definition channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.

Please note: This episode was incorrectly billed in Week 4 Programme Information.

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Seven Ages Of Britain

Sunday 31 January

9.00-10.00pm Â鶹Éç ONE (Schedule addition 20 January)

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David Dimbleby examines the Seven Ages Of Britain

David Dimbleby charts a landmark history of Britain's greatest art and artefacts over 2,000 years, in Seven Ages Of Britain.

One of the Â鶹Éç's biggest-ever arts commissions in partnership with The Open University, and written and presented by David, Seven Ages Of Britain looks at our extraordinary past through the arts – both as treasures that have often played a decisive part in events and as marvels of their age.

From painted images and monuments of stone and gold to religious relics, weapons of war, instruments of science and works of art, often they are artefacts of great beauty and craftsmanship, but sometimes they are simple, everyday things, which have a powerful story to tell.

Over seven programmes, David roams far and wide, travelling to Italy, Germany, Turkey, India and America, tracking down astonishing artefacts that encapsulate events or originate from the UK and yet ended up leaving our shores.

In Britain or abroad, Seven Ages Of Britain takes viewers on a journey revealing treasures of great beauty and craftsmanship that tell who we were and are, and pay testament to the great events that formed the nation.

Programme one looks at the Age Of Conquest (AD 43-1066). For a thousand years, from Emperor Claudius to William the Conqueror, the British Isles were defined by invasion, each successive wave bringing something new to the mix. The Romans brought figurative art, the Anglo-Saxons epic poetry and the Normans monumental architecture. David travels through Britain and beyond – to France, Italy and Turkey – in search of the greatest creations of the age.

Items tracked down (and places visited) in the first programme include: a bronze bust of Hadrian (British Museum); a fragment of a triumphal arch commemorating Claudius's conquest of Britain (Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome); a Roman coin of Britannia (Pantheon, Rome); a frieze of Britannia under the heel of Emperor Claudius (Aphrodisias, Turkey); a Roman gold brooch (Dolaucothi Gold Mine, Wales); an oceanus dish (British Museum); Roman mosaic work (Bignor Roman Villa); Beowulf; Sutton Hoo treasure (Sutton Hoo & British Museum); a Celtic Cross (Iona); Jarrow Monastery; Codex Amiatinus (Laurentian Library, Florence); Alfred Jewel (Ashmolean Museum); Alfred's translation of Pastoral Care (Bodleian Library); Caen Castle and the Abbaye-aux-Hommes (Normandy); Bayeux Tapestry (Normandy); and the Tower of London.

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Tennis – Australian Open

Sunday 31 January

8.30am-12.00noon Â鶹Éç TWO

Sue Barker presents live coverage of the men's singles final at the 2010 Australian Open, while Tim Henman provides expert analysis from the studio.

Rafael Nadal came from behind to beat Roger Federer to claim the title last year, and if this year's final is anywhere near as exciting as that five-set classic, then viewers are in for another real treat.

After a year wrecked by injury, Spaniard Nadal will be looking to defend the only Grand Slam title he still retains but there is a queue of challengers up against him.

Federer was written off by many after last year's tearful defeat but the Swiss star ended up enjoying one of his most memorable seasons, which included winning a record 15th Grand Slam title and completing his set of all four majors at the French Open.

Juan Martin Del Potro will be looking to add to his Grand Slam collection, which he began at the US Open last September, while British fans will be hoping Andy Murray will be competing in his first Grand Slam final since finishing as runner-up to Federer at the 2008 US Open.

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For the last show in the series, Graham Bell and Ed Leigh present coverage of the most atmospheric slalom on the World Cup tour: the Schladming night race in Austria.

Around 50,000 spectators descend upon the resort and the home fans have had plenty to celebrate in recent years, with Austrian skiers winning for the past three seasons.

Also in the show, Graham takes on Ski Cross, which is the newest Winter Olympic sport, and tackles the World Cup course on the Alpe d'Huez in France.

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Peggy hates not being in charge of the Queen Vic and offers Roxy assistance with numerous tasks, in the first visit of the week to Albert Square. But Roxy refuses the help, insisting that she needs to get her head around it all.

Meanwhile, Bianca is stressed because she doesn't have enough money for the wedding she really wants. She visits Pat in hospital who soon gets Bianca to admit that she is upset that she hasn't heard from her dad, David, about the wedding.

Peggy is played by Barbara Windsor, Roxy by Rita Simons, Bianca by Patsy Palmer and Pat by Pam St Clement.

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Hustle Ep 5/6

Monday 1 February

9.00-10.00pm Â鶹Éç ONE

The unthinkable happens as Mickey (Adrian Lester) is conned

The gang is left in shock in the penultimate episode of the drama about a team of con artists. The unthinkable happens when Mickey is conned; someone has ripped him off by selling him a useless mobile phone online. And, according to the age-old laws of Grifting, when a Grifter is conned, he is guaranteed a run of bad luck. What will the gang do if Mickey has lost his mojo?

They head to Eddie's to drown their sorrows, only to find it heaving with customers. It seems that Lady Luck has switched her allegiance and the gang needs to do something to restore the balance.

The team sets about researching the company that conned Mickey, leading them to Mervyn Lloyd, an outrageously cocky and slimy businessman, who'd sell his own grandmother to make a fast buck. Mervyn sells the latest mod cons through the internet but, unlike more reputable retailers, he doesn't actually worry whether they work or not. Mervyn dreams of working with famous entrepreneurs such as "Dragons" Deborah Meaden, Peter Jones and Duncan Bannatyne, but has none of their integrity or morals.

The gang sets about working out a plan to reel in Mervyn. Due to Mickey's rotten luck he has to sit this one out and someone else needs to run the con. The baton passes to Ash. All they need to do is convince Mervyn that Albert is on the verge of creating the next big thing, but what?

The team needs to hatch a foolproof plan to snare Mervyn and get Mickey's mojo back; otherwise it looks like his bad luck is here to stay...

Mickey Bricks is played by Adrian Lester, Albert Stroller by Robert Vaughn, Ash Morgan by Robert Glenister, Emma Kennedy by Kelly Adams, Sean Kennedy by Matt Di Angelo. Deborah Meaden, Peter Jones and Duncan Bannatyne appear as themselves and Mervyn Lloyd is played by Danny Mays.

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Delia Smith revisits three of her favourite recipes from the Nineties as the series celebrating her inspirational cooking continues. The Nineties was the decade when Girl Power bounced in, the Iron Lady was bounced out and "Cool Britannia" ruled the airwaves. Baywatch surfed the beach and the world started to surf the net.

During this decade, Delia turned her attentions to Christmas with a TV series and cooking bible that guided home cooks through the challenges of the festive season. Delia followed up with summer and winter collections and tonight's programme features three of her favourites from that time – chicken basque, Piedmont peppers and chocolate bread and butter pudding.

The Nineties was also the decade of the "Delia effect", when the merest hint of a new ingredient, from cranberries and limes to coriander and liquid glucose, caused mayhem in supermarkets. The decade also saw a TV phenomenon that Delia was very much a key part of – the rise of the cookery show. There are contributions in this episode from Rick Stein and Gary Rhodes, plus Delia fan Richard Curtis who, with his wife Emma Freud, persuaded her to take a starring role in Comic Relief.

Nearing the end of the Nineties, Delia launched her How To Cook mission, which is covered in next week's programme as the focus turns to the Noughties.

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Nurse Jackie – Nosebleed Ep 9/12

Monday 1 February

10.00-10.30pm Â鶹Éç TWO

Jackie admits a patient she has seen before, as the critically acclaimed US comedy about a strong-willed nurse in a New York City emergency room continues. As the patient's condition worsens, Zoey questions whether Jackie did enough to help him on his previous visit.

Jackie's drug use starts causing nosebleeds. Dr O'Hara tells Jackie that her sister, who lives in Paris, has benefitted from Jackie's ability to juggle a job, family and affair. Jackie feels betrayed that Dr O'Hara has broken her confidence.

A car accident victim is pronounced brain-dead, but instead of waiting for Dr Cooper to certify legal brain death for organ donation, Jackie lies and says that Dr Cooper has signed it off. The parents of the baby that Mrs Akalitus has been taking care of come forward to resume custody.

Jackie is played by Edie Falco, Zoey by Merritt Wever, Dr O'Hara by Eve Best and Dr Cooper by Peter Facinelli.

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Tinga Tinga Tales

Monday 1 to Friday 5 February

4.10-4.25pm CBEEBIES

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African folktales and the Tinga Tinga art of Tanzania are the inspiration for this new CBeebies programme

Based on African folk tales and the Tinga Tinga art of Tanzania, this vibrant new series from the producer of the award-winning Charlie And Lola brings to life some tall tales with big surprises. Created specially for three- to six-year-olds and launching this week, it is CBeebies' newest, most colourful animation series.

On Monday, inquisitive viewers can find out Why Elephant Has A Trunk. There was a time when Elephant had no nose. He couldn't swat away the flies or scrub his belly. Then one day snappy Crocodile snapped and pulled and he pulled and he pulled ... until Elephant's nose was long and wiggly. Elephant is voiced by Lenny Henry.

Tuesday's tall tale explains Why Giraffe Has A Long Neck. There was a time when Giraffe's neck was short and stumpy and she was a very delicate eater. Then Lion suggested she try some honey. Giraffe tried to lick the honey deep inside the tree. Giraffe squeezed her head into the tree and it got stuck. The tree grew and Giraffe's neck got longer and longer! Miriam Margolyes provides the voice of Giraffe.

Wednesday's adventure relates Why Tortoise Has A Broken Shell. There was a time when Tortoise's shell was shiny and smooth. One day, Tortoise discovered that the birds were having a feast in the heavens. He tricked the birds into making him a pair of wings. Greedy Tortoise then raced the birds beyond the clouds and scoffed the whole feast! When the birds found out, Tortoise had to jump off a cloud and landed on his shiny shell. From that day on Tortoise's shell was all bumpy and broken and he never moved speedily again. Shaun Parkes voices Tortoise.

On Thursday, Tinga Tinga Tales explains Why Owls Head Turns All the Way Round. Owl had tiny little eyes and tiny little ears and found it very hard to stay awake. Then one day all of the mangoes started disappearing and Owl was ordered to watch over the mango tree. Desperate to catch the thief, she stretched and strained to see who was stealing the precious mangoes, until her head turned all the way round and she saw who it was. From that day on, Owl was made the official night guard of Tinga Tinga. Meera Syal provides the voice of Owl.

Friday's story shows Why Lizard Always Hides Under Rocks. There was a time when Lizard would scamper around Tinga Tinga pinching other animals' food for himself. Then one day the animals decided to give greedy Lizard a taste of his own medicine. When Lizard realised the error of his ways he ran and hid under a rock too ashamed to show his face in Tinga Tinga. Lizard is voiced by Junior Simpson.

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Bianca is delighted when she receives a letter from her father David, in tonight's episode of EastEnders, but she is forced to conceal her disappointment when telling Whitney that he won't be coming to her wedding.

Stacey and Becca are desperately trying to get jobs. Becca states that it's obvious they should open up a market stall, but Stacey points out that it is not that easy because Mr Lister hates her.

Bianca is played by Patsy Palmer, Whitney by Shona McGarty, Stacey by Lacey Turner and Becca by Simone James.

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Ric tries to make friends with Cunningham to ensure Thandie is let go at the end of her contract, as the medical drama continues. Thandie impresses Cunningham and he backs her application for the registrar position.

To improve her patient skills, Elliot sets Penny the task of breaking bad news to a brain-dead patient's husband. Penny becomes involved in a web of lies and wonders who should give permission to harvest the organs – husband or lover?

Meanwhile, Holly wants to make it up to Faye when she accidentally ruins Archie's pictures, but ends up causing trouble on the ward.

Ric is played by Hugh Quarshie, Cunningham by Roger Barclay, Thandie by Ginny Holder, Elliot by Paul Bradley, Penny by Emma Catherwood, Holly by Charlotte Wakefield and Faye by Patsy Kensit Healy.

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Fifty-year-old cockney wide-boy Billy is a trader and opportunist, traversing the desolate roads of Britain in his well-stocked container lorry, as the series charting the struggle to stay alive of a handful of survivors in a post-virus apocalypse continues. Billy meets the Family on the road and hands over vital supplies. Surprised, but grateful for Billy's generosity, the Family decide to stay overnight in a cottage close by to help Abby recover from her terrifying ordeal at the Lab.

Later, at Samantha's compound, Billy reveals details of the Family's location, before dumping his young, innocent passenger, Kevin, at another mysterious compound. Samantha orders Dexter – her gun-toting henchman – to arrest Tom. She intends to reintroduce the judicial system, putting Tom on trial for the murder he committed previously against one of her people. With Tom captured and under arrest, Abby has no other option but to lead Greg and Anya in pursuit, later taking on the role of counsel for the Defence, while Greg and Anya become members of the jury. Tom's brutal past is finally revealed for all to hear, and the Family are confronted with the reality of the man they have been harbouring. As the trial threatens to fall apart, a string of betrayals and double-crosses ensues...

Billy is played by Roger Lloyd Pack, Abby by Julie Graham, Samantha by Nikki Amuka-Bird, Kevin by Al Weaver, Dexter by Anthony Flanagan, Tom by Max Beesley, Greg by Paterson Joseph and Anya by Zoe Tapper.

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Danielle has selective mutism

Red, Megan and Danielle appear to be three perfectly normal, healthy girls. But there is something puzzling about each of them. They all have selective mutism – a condition which means they can speak but, most of the time, they don't. My Child Won't Speak follows their lives as they attempt to tackle their greatest fear – speaking. The film forms part of Â鶹Éç One's Being Mum season and is the first of two season films commissioned and supported by Headroom – the Â鶹Éç's three-year mental health and well-being campaign.

In Northamptonshire, most people never hear eight-year-old Red talk. Instead, she communicates using a white board, markers and a cloth. Her grandad, John, has never heard her speak a word and it's breaking his heart.

In Dover, 10-year-old Megan goes cheerleading every Thursday, but she never cheers. The only place she talks freely is at home; at school she never utters a word. Her teacher Mr Lockerby fears that she is virtually invisible in class and it's affecting her education.

Danielle from Caerphilly is 15. She has also been trying to beat selective mutism. A year ago she was still answering questions with a white board, but now she can open her mouth and speak. She's not there yet though – a simple trip to the shops can still render her speechless.

To talk freely like other children, the three girls must confront their personal fears and anxieties about using their voices. My Child Won't Speak joins them on their individual journeys as they start to find a way forward.

Â鶹Éç Headroom is a cross-platform campaign from Â鶹Éç Learning to encourage people to look after their mental health and well-being. For further information about selective mutism and support resources, see bbc.co.uk/headroom.

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Professor Iain Stewart sets sail on one of the fastest racing boats ever built to explore the story of man's turbulent relationship with the wind, as How Earth Made Us continues.

Travelling to iconic locations, including the Sahara desert, the coast of West Africa and the South Pacific, Iain discovers how people have exploited the power of the wind for thousands of years. It is a force which, at first sight, appears chaotic, but the patterns that lie within the atmosphere are at the heart of some of the greatest turning points in human history.

Iain visits Chinguetti, a small town surrounded by the encroaching Sahara desert. Five hundred years ago this was a vibrant transport hub, and its success was due to global wind patterns, which created the desert. For thousands of years the Sahara was a formidable barrier to communication, but Chinguetti was an oasis town on one of the few routes through the desert. All that now remains of Chinguetti's glory days are some magnificent libraries that have survived the ravages of time. Ironically, the same global pattern of winds that helped Chinguetti thrive also contributed to its downfall. At the end of the 15th century, when an unknown Portuguese sailor visited the coast of West Africa, he began the discovery of ocean wind circulation – the trade winds and westerlies. These would usher in an era of European colonisation. The sailor's name was Christopher Columbus.

The winds have shaped the surface of the planet and the environments in which we live, opening up opportunities for civilisation around the globe. In China, Iain explores how the rise of early Chinese civilisation was based on riches provided by the wind. However in Australia it was a very different story. Iain climbs to the top of Mount Connor in the middle of this continent and witnesses the stark bareness of this landscape. The wind has stripped the land of fertile soil, limiting the options for the ancient aboriginal population.

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DK appears in the principal's office with a black eye, as the youthful comedy continues. She tries valiantly to discover the cause of it, getting him to recount recent happenings at Wooton College.

In the wake of Jas's recent infidelity, the circle of those who know about it grows steadily wider, and DK's ability to keep it a secret grows steadily worse. Jas finds herself being blackmailed to continue relations with Horace in order to keep her indiscretion under wraps. DK, unable to keep a secret but also unwilling to see his friends break up, works with Chloe to devise a cunning plan.

Olly remains blissfully unaware of the situation and the friends work hard to keep it that way.

DK is played by Joe Tracini, Jas by Hannah Job, Chloe by Anabel Barnston and Ollie by Ceri Phillips.

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Journalist and television presenter Esther Rantzen takes on radio and television broadcaster John Inverdale, as the anarchic comedy game show in which contestants attempt to match their answers to questions texted in by the public, continues its second series.

Mark Watson hosts, Tim Key is in the question-master's chair and Alex Horne provides expert analysis from a booth as the two celebrities battle it out to be crowned the winner. Contestants must match their answer to the one given by the text-answering service.

Each show also features a cunning physical challenge. Tonight, Esther and John compete in a name-dropping competition – literally.

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Emma (Daisy Haggard) attempts to stay slim

The team finds that retaining a client is never easy, as the comedy set in a fictional advertising agency continues.

With Billy experiencing writers' block and Greg unashamedly hitting on the beautiful Tamsin (Shelley Conn), the outcome doesn't look promising. While Keaton stalks the office stealing happiness and placing it in his big bag, Emma feeds off the new drink "diet stuff" in a bid to keep herself slim.

Matters become worse as Keaton decreases Emma's desk size by 30 per cent forcing her to lose 30 per cent of her weight to remain in proportion to her desk. Billy's writer's block is eventually unblocked, Emma embarks on a passionate weight-related rant and Keaton is taught an important lesson.

Billy is played by Iain Lee, Greg by Adam Buxton, Keaton by Simon Farnaby, Emma by Daisy Haggard and Carl by Ben Willbond.

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Mad Men – My Old Kentucky Home Ep 3/13

Wednesday 3 February

10.00-10.45pm Â鶹Éç FOUR (Schedule addition 18 January)

Roger Sterling hosts an expensive party at the country club, as the award-winning US drama set in an advertising agency in the early Sixties continues. While the rest of the staff attend Sterling's party, Peggy, Smitty and Paul work all weekend to come up with new concepts for a rum ad campaign. When the ideas don't flow they find an unorthodox way to gain inspiration with Peggy surprising Smitty and Paul with her adventurous nature.

Meanwhile Gene has moved into the Draper household. Don's daughter Sally takes advantage of her grandfather's Alzheimer's. So when Gene complains that some money is missing, nobody takes him seriously.

Elsewhere Joan and Greg throw a dinner party in order to impress Greg's medical colleagues. Joan feels the strain of trying to be the perfect hostess.

John Slattery plays Roger Sterling, Elisabeth Moss plays Peggy, Patrick Cavanaugh plays Smitty, Michael Gladis plays Paul, Ryan Cutrona plays Gene Hofstadt, Jon Hamm plays Don Draper, Kiernan Shipka plays Sally, Christina Hendricks plays Joan and Sam Page plays Greg.

Mad Men is simulcast on the Â鶹Éç HD channel – the Â鶹Éç's High Definition channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.

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Bianca kicks herself when she realises she's thrown away the cheque David sent her for the wedding – especially as Ricky has put the bins out for collection – in tonight's visit to Albert Square.

Ronnie bumps into Jack and coolly asks him how his date with DCI Marsden was. Jack tries to explain that he was just doing some digging to see what she knows.

Bianca is played by Patsy Palmer, Ricky by Sid Owen, Ronnie by Samantha Womack, Jack by Scott Maslen and DCI Marsden by Sophie Stanton.

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Material Girl Ep 4/6

Thursday 4 February

8.00-9.00pm Â鶹Éç ONE

A week before her debut at Fashion Week, it's back to the drawing board for Ali when key pieces from her collection are stolen, as the romantic comedy set in the world of fashion continues.

As Ali digs deep for inspiration, Marco investigates the theft as it looks like an inside job. If life wasn't hard enough for Ali, enter Jed Nicholls, her ex. After two years in New York, Jed is back and Ali's life is turned upside-down.

Having spent the last few years obsessing about him – the man who broke her heart – and is now finally forced to confront her demons when she bumps into him. Fortunately for Ali, she has her best friend, Alex, to support her.

That is until, on a hunch, Marco visits Davina's studio and spots Ali's stolen designs, placing Alex at the scene of crime. Sparks fly when Ali discovers Alex's game and kicks him out of their flat. Without her best friend there to protect her, Ali ends up making a total fool of herself by losing her cool with Jed at the launch of his new store.

Fed up with being kept in the dark, Chris has reached the end of his tether with Ali and pulls the plug on their relationship. At an all-time low, Ali focuses on her work but it's Mimi who gives Ali inspiration for her new collection for Fashion Week. Realising that she really needs Alex in her life, Ali finally forgives him.

Meanwhile, Marco has spotted an opportunity: with Chris no longer in the picture, could he be about to make a play for Ali's heart? And, as Mimi's affair with her boss takes a dramatic turn, her career as a stylist finally takes off.

Ali is played by Lenora Crichlow, Marco by Michael Landes, Jed Nicholls by John Shepherd, Alex by Nick Blood, Davina by Dervla Kirwan, Chris by OT Fagbenle and Mimi by Ingrid Oliver.

Material Girl is simulcast on the Â鶹Éç HD channel – the Â鶹Éç's high definition channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.

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Silent Witness – Home: Part 1 Ep 9/10

Thursday 4 February

9.00-10.00pm Â鶹Éç ONE

Nikki returns to her childhood home of Cape Town when she is hired as a consultant forensic anthropologist by a private investigations firm, in the first of a new two-part episode of the forensic science drama.

Working alongside the firm's owner, Anton, with whom she has become romantically involved, they search for the remains of five young men who disappeared in the mid-Eighties – the "Kensington Five".

Harry and Leo are due to join Nikki in Cape Town to take part in a forensic pathology international conference. When Harry arrives he is whisked away by Nikki's former mentor, Sarah, and helps investigate the death of a young black woman whose body has been dragged out of Hout Bay.

Leo, meanwhile, has been delayed by an asylum case back in the UK. Upon his arrival he receives a call about the case. The young Zimbabwean girl, Kudzai, who entered the UK illegally, has been deported back to Cape Town. Leo vows to help her and use his medical expertise in order to do so, but before he gets the results she disappears from the local immigration system.

Meanwhile, Nikki and Anton unearth six skeletons at the gravesite – one more than they expected.

Emilia Fox plays Dr Nikki Alexander, Rapulana Seiphemo plays Anton, Tom Ward plays Dr Harry Cunningham, William Gaminara plays Professor Leo Dalton, Amanda Lane plays Professor Sarah Laurence and Shoki Mokgapa plays Kudzai.

The concluding part of this episode of Silent Witness can be seen tomorrow.

Silent Witness is simulcast on the Â鶹Éç HD channel – the Â鶹Éç's High Definition channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.

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Andrew Graham Dixon presents this week's edition of The Culture Show which features an interview with Martin Amis on the release of his eagerly anticipated new novel, The Pregnant Widow.

Set in the summer of 1970, this semi-autobiographical comedy of manners focuses on how a group of young men and women respond to the sexual revolution and the rise of feminism.

The Culture Show also delves into the vaults and boardrooms of the Royal Bank of Scotland in search of the company's elusive art collection of more than 2,200 works accumulated over 250 years of art patronage, commissions and hostile takeovers. Now largely owned by the taxpayer, RBS is under pressure to exhibit more of its collection but is there anything worth seeing?

Making a welcome return to the Southbank in London after sell-out performances and standing ovations in 2008, superstar pianist Daniel Barenboim discusses his passion for Schoenberg with Clemency Burton Hill.

Also, actor Kwame Kwei-Armah goes behind the scenes with legendary theatre director Peter Brook as he rehearses his latest epic production – 11 And 12 – which opens at the Barbican in London on Friday 5 February.

And, in a week which sees the release of many of the biggest books of the year, Jamie Byng, head of independent publishing house Canongate, reveals his hot tips on what to publish and when.

Finally, the programme navigates the stormy waters of digital piracy to explore the potential effect of the Government's attempts to criminalise file-sharing.

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Rab embraces his feminine side as part of his most outrageous social security scam yet, as the Scottish comedy series continues. After 30 years of loyal service, they're cutting his benefits and Rab isn't taking that lying down. It's Nesbitt as he's never been seen him before – high heels and all.

Two benefit fraud investigators are unconvinced and begin a round-the-clock stakeout, forcing Rab to stay in stockings at all times.

It becomes too much for Mary and even Jamesie can't help seeing his best mate in a new light. With his manhood in danger, Mary away and the benefit officers closing in, Rab needs to take drastic action.

Gregor Fisher stars as Rab C Nesbitt, with a guest appearance from John Gordon Sinclair.

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Award-winning radio journalist Gary Bellamy continues his travels through Britain as he searches to find out what makes people tick. This week, immigration is under the spotlight and Bellamy hears views from a whole range of people, from a salt-of-the-Earth fruit stall holder in South London to an argumentative historian with a low threshold for those with a loose grasp on historical dates, and a very illiberal radio DJ from Middle England.

Bellamy's People stars Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Rhys Thomas, Lucy Montgomery, Simon Day, Rosie Cavaliero and Felix Dexter.

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Billie Jackson is seen as a hero in the final visit of the week to Walford and when introduced to Whitney, there is an instant spark between them.

Meanwhile, Peggy finds Danny on the phone to his mum. She is not pleased and lets him know. It's not long before Danny is packing his bags, despite Roxy's protests that she makes the decision about who can stay.

Billie is played by Devon Anderson, Whitney by Shona McGarty, Peggy by Barbara Windsor, Danny by Liam Bergin and Roxy by Rita Simons.

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Silent Witness – Home: Part 2 Ep 10/10

Friday 5 February

9.00-10.00pm Â鶹Éç ONE

Harry and Sarah examine two more girls' bodies in the last of the current series of the forensic science drama. They discover traces of the same drug as previously found in the body at Hout Bay, suggesting that all three deaths are linked.

Nikki manages to confirm that five of the skeletons are indeed the remains of the Kensington Five, but she still cannot identify the sixth. Anton takes her to visit his informant, Captain Brackenhall, who is serving a sentence for his involvement in apartheid era crimes.

Kudzai makes contact with Leo and assures him she is safe, but he is unsettled by the call. When he meets up with Harry, Leo's concerns are confirmed as he realises Kudzai has been sent to the same place to which the three dead girls are linked.

Returning to visit Captain Brackenhall, Nikki learns that Anton's business partner was the man involved with the Kensington Five murders. Nikki is devastated, leaving her to make some tough choices about the future of her love affair.

William Gaminara plays Professor Leo Dalton, Tom Ward plays Dr Harry Cunningham, Emilia Fox plays Dr Nikki Alexander, Rapulana Seiphemo plays Anton, Shoki Mokgapa plays Kudzai, Amanda Lane plays Professor Sara Laurence, Ben Kruger plays DI Pieter, Linda Mphondu plays Charles Matuzas, Owen Sejake plays Adebare and Thembi Mtshali plays Zali.

Silent Witness is simulcast on the Â鶹Éç HD channel – the Â鶹Éç's High Definition channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.

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Dan Snow explores the ups and downs of British Naval history

Dan Snow explores the ups and downs of a climactic century in British Naval history in the final episode of the series, from thriving Victorian Britain to the early 1900s and the brink of defeat.

In 1815, Britain had emerged from war as a superpower. Snow reveals how the Navy were quick to capitalise on the legacy of Nelson's extraordinary triumph at Trafalgar, pushing British interests further than ever before. By 1848, the Pax Britannica – peace enforced by worldwide naval domination – meant that 129 British warships were posted on 55 foreign stations. Controlling the sea was key to Britain's growing wealth and seizing the lion's share of world trade.

Germany would soon emerge as a world force and a new man would be called on to counter this threat. The modernising Jackie Fisher believed in peace through deterrence, which included plans for the largest battleship ever built in British dockyards – the Dreadnought. With access to its extraordinary design plans, Snow explains the flaw in Fisher's thinking – the Dreadnought made every ship in the world obsolete thus wiping out Britain's naval advantage. With other newly industrialised powers racing to build their own fleets of Dreadnoughts, the world became entangled in a dangerous arms race.

When war finally came, the British and German fleets would famously clash off the coast of Jutland. Today, it is considered a strategic victory for Britain but, at the time, it was not the decisive blow the British expected. New weapons below the waves and in the skies above would be key in bringing Germany to her knees. The dominance of the great battleships which had, for so long, been a symbol of national might, was over. Britain emerged victorious but exhausted from the First World War and no longer able to maintain the world's largest fleet.

Concluding his story, Snow explains that though it was the end of centuries of naval supremacy, the Navy's legacy still continues today.

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Composer and conductor Ottorino Respighi is primarily known today for his three Roman Tone Poems: The Fountains Of Rome, The Pines Of Rome and The Feste Romane.

The popular success of these three pieces has tended to obscure both the range and the quality of Respighi's exceptional gifts and this programme – continuing the new season of films by Christopher Nupen – seeks to correct that imbalance. It features sequences shot in Italy which so profoundly influenced Respighi's creative spirit, with a commentary written by Michael and Christopher Nupen accompanied by the composer's music.

The film is also a tribute to Respighi's wife, Elsa Sangiacomo, who, 47 years after Respighi's death, was still a major figure in Italian musical life, devoted to both the man and his music.

It includes performances by Vladimir Ashkenazy, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, The Allegri String Quartet, Raphael Sommer, Zehava Gal and Christina Falk.

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This groundbreaking series on the impact of Latin music on the United States' musical and social landscape continues with the story of how the rhythms of Havana and Puerto Rico were transformed by a brilliant group of players and the Fania Record label to create salsa.

Filmed in Cuba, Puerto Rico and New York City, this programme reveals the untold story of salsa music, which burst upon the New York scene in the late Sixties. Salsa first evolved in the clubs of Havana, Cuba, and soon became the vibrant sound of the New York "barrios", where Puerto Ricans and Cubans settled amid poverty and discrimination. Yet out of adversity came a thrilling and innovative dance music that became the voice and spirit of the Latin people in the Seventies.

From rebellious Latin Boogaloo to the shadowy empire of Fania Records, this story unfolds through the intimate memories of the Fania family – the greatest salsa musicians of their generation and the purveyors of a music that lives on today.

The programme features Latin superstar Ruben Blades, who explains his fascination with rhythm and blues, Doo-Wop and the teenage voice of Frankie Lymon; band leaders Willie Colon and Eddie Palmieri; composer and bandleader Johnny Pacheco who, in 1964, with Jerry Masucci, decided to start Fania Records; and The Fania All-Stars, who were established by Pacheco in 1968 as a showcase for artists on Fania Records.

The Latin Music USA Season continues tonight at 10pm when Â鶹Éç Four broadcasts New York City's hottest young new salsa export, La Excelencia, in concert at The Barbican.

Formed in New York City by founders Julian Silva and Jose Vazquez-Cofresi, La Excelencia was created with the intention of bringing a new outlook to salsa music by being hip and young, writing about social issues, and breaking the mould yet not losing the true roots of salsa.

Borderlands, part three of Latin Music USA, can be seen on Friday 12 February. It traces the waves of immigration between the USA and Mexico and reveals the dynamic role that Mexican-American music has played.

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Jen finds that being funny has both its benefits and pitfalls, as she monkeys around in the latest episode of the CÂ鶹Éç action adventure drama series.

While hunting for the next spirit piece, the warriors head to the monkey kingdom where they are quickly ambushed by the monkey people. Jen and Trix are captured, but Jen discovers that they can save themselves by challenging the current monkey king. By proving that she's funnier than him, Jen wins and becomes their new leader. However, her new-found power goes to her head and when Hwang arrives at the monkey palace with a secret weapon, Jen learns that being in charge is not all fun and games...

Jen is played by Alicia Lai, Trix by Gilles Geary, the monkey king by Siu-Hun Li and Hwang by Tom Wu. Today's episode also features Jessica Henwick as Bo, Karl Rogers as Martin, Lil' Simz as Vicky, Burt Kwouk as Shen and Benedict Wong as Li.

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