Narrow Escapes: Thurs 9 May 2024

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Costco: Is It Really Worth It?
Category: Education/Science/Factual

Channel 5
Freeview:105Sky:805Virgin:105BT:105Freesat:105

Wed 31 May 2023
7:00pm-7:55pm (55 mins) Spain 8:00pm-8:55pm

A look at the workings of the membership-only retailer, examining if its own-brand products are really premium ones in disguise, and putting them to the test.
The programme also explores the history of Costco, looks at the ways it gets its customers to spend, and reveals how the business manages to keep prices so low

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Our Lives
Category: News/Current Affairs

BBC One
Freeview:1Sky:101Virgin:101BT:1Freesat:101

Frid 2 June 2023
7:30pm-8:00pm (30 mins) Spain 8:30pm-9:00pm

Cage fighting pro Stevie 'Braveheart' Ray is just one fight away from becoming Scotland's first world champion. This documentary captures the all-or-nothing
tale of the lead-up to a major prize fight - and the aftermath - as told through the eyes of his wife Natalie, a 30-year-old mother of four. The PFL world championship is
staged in Madison Square Gardens, New York, and the top prize is a million dollars. However, MMA can be dangerous, with fighters having only a pair of 4oz gloves for protection.
Both physical pain and mental health are factors to be considered

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Heatwave: Summer of '76
Category: Education/Science/Factual

Channel 5
Freeview:105Sky:805Virgin:105BT:105Freesat:105

Sat 3 June 2023
5:45pm-7:15pm (1 hour 30 mins) Spain 6:45pm-8:15pm

The story of the 1976 summer drought, when gardens burned, communities depended upon communal standpipes for their water, and Brits were urged to 'bath with a friend'.
For government, industry and the elderly, the drought had deadly ramifications, but for those who were young, the memories remain halcyon and hedonistic

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Ten Pound Poms
Category: General

Season 1 Episode 4 of 6

BBC One
Freeview:1Sky:101Virgin:101BT:1Freesat:101

Sun 4 June 2023
9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour) Spain 10:00pm-11:00pm

Annie invites Terry to Marlene's party in the hope that it will help him to make a fresh start. But seeing a carefree and integrated Annie
only makes Terry feel like more of an outsider and his PTSD spirals. With her parents out all night, Pattie tries to
confront her problems head on and ends up in a dangerous situation

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Ten Pound Poms: The Real Story
Category: News/Current Affairs

BBC Four
Freeview:106Virgin:108BT:106Freesat:108

Mon 12 June 2023
8:00pm-8:50pm (50 mins) Spain 9:00pm-9:50pm

The true story behind the BBC One Sunday night drama. In 1947, the Assisted Passage Scheme began, devised by the Australian government
to bring in white British settlers. For just £10, they could start a new life in a sun-drenched land of opportunity, and over
the next 25 years, more than a million people took up the offer. The scheme's pioneers tell their story

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Ten Pound Poms
Category: General

Season 1 Episode 6 of 6

BBC One
Freeview:1Sky:101Virgin:101BT:1Freesat:101

Sun 18 June 2023
9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour) Spain 10:00pm-11:00pm

Annie is compelled to make a stand for migrants and stages a peaceful protest, but things get quickly out of hand and
Pattie is badly hurt. Kate returns amidst the carnage to find a surprise visitor waiting and Sheila's desperation spirals

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Our Lives
Category: News/Current Affairs

BBC One
Freeview:1Sky:101Virgin:101BT:1Freesat:101

Frid 23 June 2023
7:30pm-8:00pm (30 mins) Spain 8:30pm-9:00pm

Creations of the Swansea Yarnbombers adorn postboxes across the Welsh city. This group of women, united by their passion for woolly creations,
routinely sneak out under cover of darkness. Their work might appear on a park bench or decorate a tree, but this warm-hearted documentary
follows them as they face their biggest challenge - decorating Mumbles pier

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Long Lost Family
Category: Show/Game Show

Season 12 Episode 1 of 7

ITV1
Freeview:3Sky:103Virgin:103BT:3Freesat:103

Mon 3 July 2023
9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour) Spain 10:00pm-11:00pm

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell tell more stories of people desperate to find missing family and answer questions that have haunted entire lives, beginning with two men
searching for the truth about their beginnings. Paul Connolly had a brutal childhood and was put out with the rubbish as a baby in east London and raised in care,
while Shaun Lawrence had a happy adoption with wonderful parents but was always curious about his birth parents

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Brave Britain with Fergal Keane
Category: News/Current Affairs

BBC One
Freeview:1Sky:101Virgin:101BT:1Freesat:101

Tues 11 July 2023
(8:00pm-9:00pm) Spain 9:00pm-10:00pm

Award-winning reporter Fergal Keane goes in search of hope in today's Britain, turning to those in hard-pressed communities and hearing stories of everyday courage.
From Glasgow shipyard workers to Leeds council estate residents to tenant farmers in Cornwall, Fergal shines light on the unheard voices of courage across the country

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World on Fire
Category: War

Season 2 Episode 1 of 6

BBC One
Freeview:1Sky:101Virgin:101BT:1Freesat:101

Sun 16 July 2023
(9:00pm-10:00pm) Spain 10:00pm-11:00pm

Return of the drama following people from all walks of life during the Second World War, this time following events of 1940. As the Manchester Blitz gets underway,
Robina's household has another visitor in the shape of Jan's sister Kasia. However, it soon becomes clear that the psychological scars of her experiences
in Warsaw will not fade easily. Harry prepares to rejoin his unit as the fighting reaches north Africa. Starring Lesley Manville

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World on Fire
Category: War

Season 2 Episode 2 of 6

BBC One
Freeview:1Sky:101Virgin:101BT:1Freesat:101

Sun 23 July 2023
(9:00pm-10:00pm) Spain 10:00pm-11:00pm

Harry is reunited with Stan in the Sahara Desert, but soon finds that the realities of desert combat are very different to what he is used to.
In Paris, Henriette is placed in grave danger when she discovers the Gestapo are hunting for her brother, a situation that could jeopardise the Resistance escape route.
Lois recovers from her injuries, but the psychological trauma could take longer to fade

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World on Fire
Category: War

Season 2 Episode 3 of 6

BBC One
Freeview:1Sky:101Virgin:101BT:1Freesat:101

Sun 30 July 2023
(9:00pm-10:00pm) Spain 10:00pm-11:00pm

The success of the Allied advance in Libya is undone when the Italian forces receive German reinforcements, leaving Stan and Rajib forced to beat a hasty retreat across the desert.
Marga attends a maternity home and finds her commitment to the cause invigorated, despite an encounter with a traumatised fellow patient exposing her to some difficult truths.
David is selected to fly a dangerous mission over France

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World on Fire
Category: War

Season 2 Episode 4 of 6

BBC One
Freeview:1Sky:101Virgin:101BT:1Freesat:101

Sun 6 Aug 2023
(9:00pm-10:00pm) Spain 10:00pm-11:00pm

Kasia takes on her first assignment as an agent - shadowing a Polish woman working in an aircraft factory in Manchester who is suspected of sending information to the Nazis.
Rajib's military values are tested when he learns his men are receiving worse rations than their allies, and he is torn between duty and ideal. Meanwhile, a familiar face comes to David's aid

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World on Fire
Category: War

Season 2 Episode 5 of 6

BBC One
Freeview:1Sky:101Virgin:101BT:1Freesat:101

Sun 13 Aug 2023
(9:00pm-10:00pm) Spain 10:00pm-11:00pm

As the siege drags on in Tobruk, Harry leads a mission to find a source of drinking water. While they are successful in finding a well, tragedy strikes
when they are caught out by a German ambush. In Manchester, Kasia is confronted by further horror of war when she discovers Irena's motives for spying for the Nazis.
In France, romance blossoms between David and Henriette as they hide out in a farm

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World on Fire
Category: War

Season 2 Episode 6 of 6

BBC One
Freeview:1Sky:101Virgin:101BT:1Freesat:101

Sun 20 Aug 2023
(9:00pm-10:00pm) Spain 10:00pm-11:00pm

Harry is shipped back to Manchester due to concerns about his mental health, and is furious at the implication he is doomed to follow in his father's footsteps.
As he returns home, Kasia prepares to leave for Europe on an important mission. Henriette returns home have smuggled David out of France,
and Marga plots to flee for Berlin. Rajib encounters a German patrol and tries to negotiate a ceasefire

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Northern Soul (2014)

BBC Two
Freeview:102Sky:102Virgin:102BT:102Freesat:102

Tues 22 Aug 2023
(11:15pm-12:50am) Spain 12:15am-1:50am

A teenager living in a Northern town in the 1970s finds his horizons expanded when he discovers American soul music. He develops an inseparable friendship
with a fellow devotee and the pair hope to achieve a brighter future beyond their bleak daily life. Drama, starring
Elliot James Langridge, Josh Whitehouse, Steve Coogan and Ricky Tomlinson

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The Lottery Millionaire and the Spirit of Belfast - Our Lives

BBC One

Wed 20 Sept 2023
(11:40pm-12:10am) Spain 12:40am-1:10am

A profile of Peter Lavery, the Belfast bus driver who won £10.2million on the National Lottery in 1996, propelling him from a salaried employee on £200 a week
to one of the Northern Ireland's richest people overnight. His change in circumstances subsequently allowed him to become involved in several new business
enterprises. Here, he looks back on the day that changed his life, as he races to finish the ambitious conversion of the Titanic Pumphouse into a
whiskey distillery, the first such distillery in the city for 90 years

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Planet Earth III

BBC One

Season 3 Episode 1 of 8

Sun 22 Oct 2023
(6:15pm-7:15pm) Spain 7:15pm-8:15pm

David Attenborough showcases wildlife in coastal regions, from Cape fur seals on n South Africa's Robberg Peninsula to hungry lions on Namibia's infamous Skeleton Coast.
Plus, a look at how the Arctic coast is the scene of the biggest seasonal transformation on Earth, as the melting of billions of tonnes of ice brings short-lived opportunities to coastal waters

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Planet Earth III

BBC One

Season 3 Episode 2 of 8

Sun 29 Oct 2023
(6:20pm-7:20pm) Spain 7:20pm-8:30pm

The wildlife inhabiting the world's oceans, from the shallow seas of the tropics, where predators like the lionfish can become the prey to one of the world's oddest hunters, to the greatest depths,
where a massive siphonophore, longer than a blue whale, and a gulper eel with huge jaws are captured on film using specialised vessels designed to withstand the pressure.
The episode also features the mating dances of mobula rays and the symbiotic relationship between Columbus crabs and turtles

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Secret Life of the Forest

Channel 5

Season 2 Episode 7 of 8

Thurs 02 Nov 2023
(7:00pm-7:55pm) Spain 8:00pm-8:55pm

As the series returns, Summer is coming to an end in Dalby and Cropton forests, but after record-breaking temperatures, the leaves already turning orange and the berries ripening,
and August sees a false Autumn taking place. Over at the beaver pond, cameras capture kingfishers hunting for prey, and elsewhere, a dedicated team are on the lookout for the elusive pine marten

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Attenborough's Wonder of Song

BBC Two

Frid 03 Nov 2023
(9:00pm-10:00pm) Spain 10:00pm-11:00pm

David Attenborough examines seven recordings of animals singing, all documented in his lifetime - including one he recorded himself. The songs are from species as varied as lyrebirds,
lemurs and humpback whales, all providing an insight into the way these creatures communicate. The programme also examines new evidence on the purpose of singing, which challenges
the long-held belief that it is a mating ritual - it has been theorised that both male and female songbirds sing as part of a survival strategy

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Planet Earth III

BBC One

Season 3 Episode 3 of 8

Sun 5 Nov 2023
(6:15pm-7:15pm) Spain 7:15pm-8:15pm

Life in some of the many deserts and grasslands around the world, including in the baked Namib desert, where a pair of ostriches raise their family in the searing heat to keep them safe from predators.
One troop of desert baboons are on a continual quest to find water and a young mother who is low in the pecking order must battle for her right to drink. Closer to the equator,
in the grassland paradise of the Cerrado in Brazil, lives the rare, fruit-eating maned wolf, a bizarre creature about whom little is known

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Portillo's Andalucia

Channel 5

Series 1 Episode 1: Granada

Tues 7 Nov 2023
(9:00pm-10:00pm) Spain 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Michael Portillo travels the Spanish region of Andaluci?a meeting local people who share their passions.
In Granada, he meets a food writer and tries his hand at a potter's wheel.

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Secret Life of the Forest

Channel 5

Series 2 Episode 8

Thurs 9 Nov 2023
(7:00pm-8:00pm) Spain 8:00pm - 9:00pm

Autumn in Dalby and Cropton Forests is showtime for fungi. We revisit the beaver family, catch up with apprentice Holly, and meet the dogs competing in special event the Canicross.