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Weekly TV Diary 14- 20 January 2008 (U K Channels) (1 Viewer)

A CHAPLIN

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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Monday 14th[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC1 3.40 – 4.40 pm Sign Zone: Animal Park – Wild on the West Coast – Exploring the wildlife off California's Pacific coast. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 6.30 – 7.00 pm Extreme Dreams with Ben Fogle – Nepal – Ben Fogle takes a team of would be adventurers on a gruelling trek of the Himalayas. There are several applicants who are ready to be tested mentally, physically and emotionally. Amongst them are a taxi driver who wants to get healthy and a nurse looking for a confidence boost. Ben is helped by naturalist Charlotte Uhlenbroek and psychologist Cynthia McVey.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC1 7.30 – 7.57 pm Elephant Diaries 4/5 Johnathan Scott and Michaela Strachan behind the scenes at the Nairobi Elephant Orphanage.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T Channel 4 8.00 – 9.00 pm Time Team – Ainsbrook – Tony Robinson reports on a prickly issue in the world of old artefacts. The battle lines are drawn (then pegged out, excavated and displayed between two camps with different priorities: the archaeologists and the metal detectorists. The former want to preserve ancient relics to be studied; most of the latter do too, although an unscrupulous few would make money by selling their precious finds without declaring them to the experts. The issue comes to the fore at an investigation into a possible Viking boat burial at Ainsbrook in Yorkshire.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Tuesday 15th[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC1 1.40 - 2.40 am Sign Zone: Animal Park – Wild on the West Coast [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 5 12.30 – 1.00 pm RSPCA: Have You got What it Takes? - Following 6 trainee inspectors.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 6.30 – 7.00 pm Extreme Dreams with Ben Fogle – Jungle [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T Channel 5 7.30 – 8.00 pm Extraordinary Animals – 5/7 The Greatest Ape. This edition focuses on Azy, a 30 year old orang-utan with incredible mental abilities. Over a number of years, Azy has displayed his intelligence by recognising symbols and objects; demonstrating self awareness; and showing exceptional memory skills.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 8.00 – 8.30 pm Island Parish New series from the Isles of Scilly 2/8 [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T Channel 5 8.00 – 9.00 pm New Series Nature Shock 2/6 The Revengeful Elephant[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Wednesday 16th[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC1 2.50 – 3.40 am Sign Zone: Animal Park – Wild on the West Coast – Exploring the wildlife off California's Pacific coast. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 10.30 – 11.30 am Around the World in 80 Treasures – Uzbekistan to Syria[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 5 12.30 – 1.00 pm RSPCA: Have You got What it Takes? - Following 6 trainee inspectors.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T Channel 5 1.30 – 3.30 pm Triumph over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 6.30 – 7.00 pm Extreme Dreams with Ben Fogle - Uganda[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 8.00 – 8.30 pm Bill Oddie's Wild Side John Aitchison undertakes Bill's reptile challenge: he has to film all six types of Britain's reptiles in one day. Bill learns more about the Avocet, symbol of the RSPB and conservation success story. Chris helps Bill add another skill to his CV: he is now Bill Oddie, comedian, TV presenter and bird call impersonator.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Thursday 17th[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC1 2.00 – 3.00 am Sign Zone: Animal Park – Wild on the West Coast – Exploring the wildlife off California's Pacific coast. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 Wales 10.30 – 10.50 am Wild About Nature – Iolo Williams traces the amazing journeys that birds and animals take every year. He searches for dolphins off the Pembrokeshire coast and follows the remarkable migration of the swallows from Europe to South Africa.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 5 12.30 – 1.00 pm RSPCA: Have you Got What it Takes? Following 6 trainee inspectors[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 6.30 – 7.00 pm Extreme Dreams with Ben Fogle Libya[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T ITV1 Border & Border Central 7.30 – 8.00 pm The story of the Border Reivers is unique – how a criminal society controlled a twelfth of the landmass of Britain for more than a century. A tale of dash, bravery, cheek and dark deeds, Fiona Armstrong and Alistair Moffat follow the Reivers Trail and discover how their ancestors lived and died..[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T ITV1 Carlton Central 7.30 – 8.00 pm Waterworld – Timothy West and Heledd Fychan meet boaters on the canals, lakes and rivers of the Midlands and Wales. In this episode, the canal boat skipper who attempted the treacherous Meanai Strait off the coast of Wales, and the couple who downsized to a narrowboat from a 54 room castle.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T ITV1 Granada 7.30 – 8.00 pm Lochs and Quays – Matthew Corbett spends his first day on the historic Leeds Liverpool Canal as he continues to explore the waterways across the North of England. Having seen how a Cheshire-based charity is benefitting from a stroll along the Bridgewater Canal, Matthew stops off at two of West Yorkshire's most historic sites, Kirstall Abbey and Saltaire, and even has time to retrace the steps of his famous fish frying uncle.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T ITV1 London 7.30 – 8.00 pm Suggs' Survivors – Madness lead singer Suggs searches out places and people with stories to tell about how we used to live. In today's programme he tells a tale of two palaces – discovering what became of London's legendary Crystal Palace and paying a visit to a historic Edwardian cinema in Harwich.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T ITV1 Meridian 7.30 – 8.00 pm River Walks – Charlie Dimmock walks the waterways of Southern England. In today's show, Charlie walks along part of the River Wey in Surrey. On her way she discovers a horse-drawn narrow boat, helps out with some reed cutting, and finds out about an ancient Guildford almshouse.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]ITV1 Tyne Tees 7.30 – 8.00 pm Grundy's Northern Pride – Fiery dragons and Viking horns keep John Grundy on his toes this week as he travels the North exploring its Anglo-Saxon and Viking heritage. There are ancient Saxon crosses and churches and a Viking hogback and a Thing Moot. It's on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne that John braves lightning storms and encounters his first fiery dragon. All very exciting for a little architectural historian.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T ITV1 Wales 7.30 – 8.00 pm Fishlock's Wild Tracks – The Ceiriog Valley Trevor Fishlock presents the best walks in Wales and looks into the history and legends in the area. Trevor starts his walk at Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, following the course of the River Ceiriog to its confluence with the Dee at Chirk. Along the way, he meets the longest- serving organist in Wales, and visits a monument built to commemorate a man who hadn't died. He also passes a house built by the White Rajahs of Sarawak, and gets a guided tour of Chirk Castle.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T ITV1 West 7.30 – 8.00 pm Marty Jopson's Severn Stories – Crossings – Marty Jopson explores the River Severn, the biggest and most dangerous river in the UK. Marty finds out why bridges have always been vital to the Severn's history. He goes underneath the second Severn Crossing and recreates a pivotal moment in Britain's past – using a bunch of canoes and a load of old rope[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T ITV1 Yorkshire 7.30 – 8.00 pm My Yorkshire – Ian Clayton continues his journey around contemporary Yorkshire. This week he steps into the world of dance in the company of clog maker and morris dancer, Mike Cahill. And Bangladeshi-born Rushia Uzmi teaches us the traditional folk dances of her homeland.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T Channel 5 7.30 – 8.00 pm How Do They Do It? New series examining the feats of science and engineering behind ordinary everyday objects. The team visits a giant salt mine in Canada; gets to grips with a hovercraft and learns about the technology used in trainers.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Friday 18th[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC1 2.55 – 3.55 am Sign Zone: Animal Park – Wild on the West Coast [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 5 12.30 – 1.00 pm RSPCA: Have You got What it Takes? - Following 6 trainee inspectors.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 6.30 – 7.00 pm Extreme Dreams with Ben Fogle [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC1 7.30 – 7.57 pm Elephant Diaries Johnathan Scott and Michaela Strachan behind the scenes at the David Shelrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya .[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 8.00 – 8.50 pm Natural World Earth Pilgrim – A Year on Dartmoor with Satish Kumar, the world-renowned ecologist. Through changing seasons, Satish walks the moor and explores ancient woods and rivers, home to a wealth of wildlife including red deer, emperor moths and starling roosts. His meditations on the natural world are lyrical, uplifting and timely.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 8.50 – 9.00 pm Avocets – Born survivors – Avocets are one of our most strikingly beautiful wading birds. Every spring they delight us with their magical courtship dances. But few know that behind this elegant exterior lies a turbulent history. Repeated on Sunday [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T Channel 5 8.00 – 9.00 pm Megastructures QM2 Superliner – Looking at the colossal RMS Queen Mary 2 (QM2) superliner – the longest, tallest and broadest ship ever built at the time of its completion in 2003. Featuring recollections and insights from naval architect Stephen Payne, oceanographer Simon Boxall and QM2 captain Ronald Warwick.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Saturday 19th[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T Channel 5 5.10 – 5.35 am Wildlife SOS[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 5 5.35 – 6.00 am Wildlife SOS[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 12.00 – 12.05 pm Coast – Lobsters – Miranda Krestovnikoff discovers how lobster stocks are being sustained by the local fishing industry in Padstow, Cornwall.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 12.35 – 1.05 pm Extreme Dreams with Ben Fogle [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC2 8.10 – 9.00 pm Timewatch – The Greatest Knight – Dr Saul David investigates the violent world of the medieval melee tournament. Unlike the better known joust, this was a brutal brawl with sharpened weapons, few rules and one undisputed champion – William Marshal. Saul investigates Marshal's life, discovering his epic rise from a tournament champion to the Regent of England who saved a kingdom on the battlefield. Saul also experiments with Marshal's weapons.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Sunday 20th[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC1 2.05 – 3.35 am Sign Zone: Timewatch – Viking Voyage[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 4 3.00 – 4.00 am Extreme Archaeology – Shetland Fortress – Dr Mark Davies and his team of young archaeologists investigate a mysterious group of stones at Burgi Geos, a promotory in northern Shetland. To discover the truth behind its legendary status as an Iron Age fortress, the team must first negotiate a four hour walk across the most barren wet peat bog in Europe.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 5 5.10 – 5.35 am Wildlife SOS[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T Channel 5 5.35 – 6.00 am Wildlife SOS[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]T BBC1 11.00 – 12.00 pm Countryfile – John Craven visits Britain's oldest working mine in Cheshire, which produces rock salt for road use. While there, he also investigates the caverns deep underground where some of our most sensitive data is stored safe from the elements (and prying eyes). Adam Henson discovers the remarkable way the salt mining industry has reshaped the Cheshire landscape, while Ben Fogle is “Tossing the Sheaf” and “Hurling the Curling Stone” as he competes in the Scottish Alternative Games.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]*T ITV1 Wales 11.25 – 12.00 pm Fishlock's Wild Tracks The Ceiriog Valley[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]*T BBC2 11.30 – 12.30 pm Animal Park[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 5 11.35 – 12.20 pm Big Cat Predators – Lion Wars[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]*ITV1 12.30 – 1.30 pm Amanda Holden: Really Wild at Heart – Amanda Holden takes time out to make this documentary about the rescue of three abused lions – Djunka, Nalla and Shada. The animals have only ever known life behind bars in a squalid trailer as the circus that owned them toured across France. Then the Born Free Foundation launched a mission to rescue them – helped by funds raised by GMTV viewers. This film follows their journey, by land, sea and air to the Shamwari big cat canctuary in South Africa.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]*T Channel 5 4.10 -5.10 pm Super Cats – Capable of taking down antelope, elephants and human beings, these animals are 500 lbs of pure predator. This programme explores the bio- engineering and technique behind these beasts.[/FONT]
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