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Post by loobyloo on Jul 13, 2022 15:56:09 GMT 1
The Real Mo Farah
Category: News/Current Affairs
Wed 13 July
BBC One
(9 - 10pm) Spain 10 - 11pm
Ten years ago, Mo Farah captured the imagination of sports fans across the nation when he won two gold medals at the London 2012 Olympics.
But where did he come from? Here, Mo tells his story, revealing the shocking truth about his childhood, the journey he made from Somaliland
to the UK as a young boy, and the subsequent years that led to his Olympic success
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Post by loobyloo on Nov 1, 2022 17:18:32 GMT 1
Jimmy Akingbola Handle with Care
Category: Education/Science/Factual
ITV
Freeview:3Sky:103Virgin:103BT:3Freesat:103
Tue 1 Nov 2022
9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour) Spain 10:00pm-11:00pm
In this deeply personal film full of revealing encounters and emotional reunions, acclaimed actor and presenter
Jimmy Akingbola reveals the truth about growing up in the care system in England as he reflects on his own experiences
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Post by loobyloo on Nov 7, 2022 19:20:05 GMT 1
Made in the 80s: The Decade That Shaped Our World
Category: Education/Science/Factual
Channel 4
Freeview:104Sky:138Virgin:141BT:104Freesat:126
Mon 7 Nov 2022
10:00pm-11:05pm (1 hour 5 minutes) Spain 11:00pm-12:05am
Britain's influence on technology in the 1980s. In Cambridge, a chance discovery leads to the creation of a chip so powerful it found
its way into billions of mobile phones. A new generation of computer-literate kids built the foundations for an industry now worth billions,
while Tim Berners-Lee staked a claim for the biggest discovery of all
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Post by loobyloo on Nov 10, 2022 15:51:12 GMT 1
The Secret Genius of Modern Life
Category: Education/Science/Factual
Season 1 Episode 1 of 6
BBC Two
Freeview:102Sky:102Virgin:102BT:102Freesat:102
Thu 10 Nov 2022
8:00pm-9:00pm (1 hour) Spain 9:00pm-10:00pm
Bank Card Hannah Fry uncovers secrets behind the technologies of the modern world, beginning with the bank card.
This humble piece of plastic is often taken for granted, but it's the digital key to accessing cash and is packed full of extraordinary
technological innovations - including some with surprising and sinister origins. Hannah is granted access to Visa's European bank card data centre,
discovers why we have Russian spies to thank for contactless payments, and finds out how the CIA and a 1950s housewife helped kick-start the bank card revolution
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Post by loobyloo on Nov 13, 2022 16:34:45 GMT 1
The People's Piazza: A History of Covent Garden
Category: News/Current Affairs
BBC Two
Freeview:102Sky:102Virgin:102BT:102Freesat:102
Sun 13 Nov 2022
9:00pm-10:30pm (1 hour 30 minutes) Spain 10:00pm-11:30pm
David Olusoga explores the 400-year history of the public space in London's West End, which has been a market,
a meeting place and a site of protest, performance and renewal. Telling the story of the piazza from its early years as a playground for the aristocracy,
through decline and dereliction to eventual rebirth, the programme weaves archive material with virtual production techniques to bring to life the history of this renowned civic space
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Post by loobyloo on Nov 14, 2022 13:45:08 GMT 1
Hong Kong's Fight for Freedom
Category: Education/Science/Factual
Season 1 Episode 1 of 2
BBC Two
Freeview:102Sky:102Virgin:102BT:102Freesat:102
Mon 14 Nov 2022
9:30pm-10:30pm (1 hour) Spain 10:30pm-11:30pm
In 2019, the Hong Kong government proposed a law allowing suspects to be extradited to China, a bill sparking a wave of anger across the city
as people feared autonomy from mainland China was under threat. Using groundbreaking artificial intelligence to protect the identities of the
protesters, this two-part documentary tells the story of four young people who joined mass protests across the city and felt increasingly
disillusioned by the government's response. They soon found themselves drawn into a cycle of violence that threatened to tear the city apart
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Post by loobyloo on Nov 15, 2022 16:41:05 GMT 1
The Men Who Sold the World Cup
Category: News/Current Affairs
Season 1 Episode 1
Quest Channel
Freeview:12Sky:831Virgin:169BT:12Freesat:172
Tue 15 Nov 2022
10:00pm-11:00pm (1 hour) Spain 11:00pm-12:00am
The Heist Journalists Heidi Blake and Jonathan Calvert explore alleged corruption
at the heart of FIFA and consider whether it led to the selection of Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup
The Men Who Sold the World Cup
Category: News/Current Affairs
Season 1 Episode 2
Quest Channel
Freeview:12Sky:831Virgin:169BT:12Freesat:172
Tue 15 Nov 2022
11:00pm-12:00am (1 hour) Spain 12:00am-1:00am
The Take Down A tax investigation gives the FBI and IRS a chance to investigate football's world governing body
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Post by loobyloo on Nov 17, 2022 17:07:25 GMT 1
The Secret Genius of Modern Life
Category: Education/Science/Factual
Season 1 Episode 2 of 6
BBC Two
Freeview:102Sky:102Virgin:102BT:102Freesat:102
Thu 17 Nov 2022
8:00pm-9:00pm (1 hour) Spain 9:00pm-10:00pm
Food Delivery App Hannah Fry examines the tech behind food delivery apps like Just Eat, which are now used by 24 million people in the UK.
She meets the R&D team behind food delivery titan Deliveroo, finds out how pensioners ordering Greggs revolutionised food delivery,
and how pizza made many fall in love with the internet in the 1990s
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Post by loobyloo on Nov 24, 2022 16:38:18 GMT 1
The Secret Genius of Modern Life
Category: Education/Science/Factual
Season 1 Episode 3 of 6
BBC Two
Freeview:102Sky:102Virgin:102BT:102Freesat:102
Thu 24 Nov 2022
8:00pm-9:00pm (1 hour) Spain 9:00pm-10:00pm
Virtual Assistant Hannah Fry delves into the inner workings of virtual assistants, like Google Assistant and Siri,
which are now found in almost half of all UK homes. She goes behind the scenes with Alexa's chief scientist,
reveals how secret technology invented to hunt U-boats led to their targeted hearing,
and discovers modern wi-fi's debt to a 1940s Hollywood star
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Post by loobyloo on Dec 1, 2022 17:03:26 GMT 1
The Secret Genius of Modern Life
Category: Education/Science/Factual
Season 1 Episode 4 of 6
BBC Two
Freeview:102Sky:102Virgin:102BT:102Freesat:102
Thu 1 Dec 2022
8:00pm-9:00pm (1 hour) Spain 9:00pm-10:00pm
Electric Car Hannah Fry discovers why innovations in meat-packing almost derailed the electric car revolution. She also reveals how a
breakthrough in camcorder batteries led to Elon Musk's electric empire, and shows how not to drive a multi-million dollar prototype car of the future
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Post by loobyloo on Dec 8, 2022 19:01:43 GMT 1
The Secret Genius of Modern Life
Category: Education/Science/Factual
Season 1 Episode 5 of 6
BBC Two
Freeview:102Sky:102Virgin:102BT:102Freesat:102
Thu 8 Dec 2022
8:00pm-9:00pm (1 hour) Spain 9:00pm-10:00pm
Fitness Tracker With around a third of the population now owning fitness trackers, we've become a nation obsessed with
tracking our every move. Hannah Fry finds out how 1970s car crashes helped us to count our steps, why high-altitude Second World War dog-fights
led to a crucial health monitor, and how fitness trackers are even being used to catch killers
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Post by loobyloo on Dec 15, 2022 20:25:51 GMT 1
The Secret Genius of Modern Life
Category: Education/Science/Factual
Season 1 Episode 6 of 6
BBC Two
Freeview:102Sky:102Virgin:102BT:102Freesat:102
Thu 15 Dec 2022
8:00pm-9:00pm (1 hour) Spain 9:00pm-10:00pm
Trainer Hannah Fry visits eBay's Authentication Centre where they're waging war against fake high value trainers.
She discovers how American breakfast waffles transformed the sports shoe's soles, and how an 18th-century tea set
led to the use of celebrity endorsement
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