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Waterloo Road Ep 11/20

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Bex Fisher's (Tina O'Brien) first day back gets off to a rocky start

The new term kicks off at Waterloo Road with new arrivals for both staff and students, along with the launch of a controversial scheme to separate the boys and girls, as the drama set in a Rochdale comprehensive returns. Meanwhile, Bex Fisher continues to hide the details of her disappearance as she begins her first day back at school.

In response to the boys' poor exam grades, Karen and Chris introduce a new single-sex teaching initiative, much to the disdain of staff and pupils. Especially unimpressed is the formidable new Head of Pastoral Care, Adanna Lawal, who rallies the rest of the staffroom into action against the segregation.

However, the scheme gets off to a bad start as the boys' lessons quickly descend into chaos, a situation that is made even worse by the arrival of disruptive new student Kyle Stack, who wreaks havoc from the moment he steps in the door.

Elsewhere, Bex Fisher's first day back at Waterloo Road gets off to a rocky start when she is beset with anxiety following an unexpected phone call – leading Jess to suspect that her sister is hiding something. Finally arriving at school, Bex becomes embroiled in an allegation of sexual assault involving Kyle, leaving Karen and her staff in a muddled attempt to unravel the truth before Kyle exacts a vicious revenge.

Bex Fisher is played by Tina O'Brien, Karen Fisher by Amanda Burton, Chris Mead by William Ash, Adanna Lawal by Sharlene Whyte, Kyle Stack by George Sampson and Jess Fisher by Linzey Cocker.

Waterloo Road is simulcast in HD on the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One HD channel – available through Freesat channel 108, Freeview channel 50, Sky channel 43 and Virgin Media Channel 108.

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The earthquake that hit Haiti on 12 January 2010 killed thousands, toppled buildings, destroyed the capital and left the government in ruins. Haiti now risks crumbling to nothing; with disease spreading and virtually no business economy, they are in desperate need of a kick start.

From Haiti's Ashes shows Irish billionaire Denis O'Brien trying to pull Haiti back from the brink with help from Leslie Voltaire, a political figure in Haiti, and John McAslan, a Scottish architect. They identified two things the country needed fast: houses for the 750,000 left homeless by the quake, and a beacon rebuilding project that it could reunite around and thus reboot its shattered economy. They hit upon the huge Iron Market that lay at the heart of Port au Prince, the capital city of Haiti, as not only a market, but also a symbol of the city.

The three of them combine forces and plan to launch a gala to reopen the nation's symbolic heart – a ceremony to crown Haiti's Entrepreneur Of The Year. Viewers see the three men's year-long journey as they build the iron market, its official reopening by Bill Clinton, and the first sustainable houses being built, all in hope of bringing Haiti back from disaster.

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A Farmer's Life For Me Ep 1/8

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Jimmy Doherty is searching for a new farmer

Self-taught pig farmer Jimmy Doherty presents a new series in which nine couples compete for the opportunity of a lifetime – to run their own 25-acre farm. From factory workers to city execs, they all share the dream of leaving the rat race and have a passion for the outdoor life. But do they really have what it takes to make it in the farming business?

Each week, along with his team of experts, Jimmy introduces the fledgling farmers to different aspects of the business. Their newly found skills are then put to the test in a series of daunting farming challenges, and Jimmy has to decide which couple must hang up their wellies and leave the competition.

This week the nine couples must choose a plot of land and then decide on how they would use it to make a profit before setting about making their ideas a reality. From ploughing to buying and housing livestock, this tough first challenge soon sorts the wheat from the chaff as the first couple say goodbye to their dreams.

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This film lifts the lid on access to the leading professions and discovers it's harder than at any time since the First World War for people from less privileged backgrounds to get the best jobs.

The professions – from banking and medicine to law, journalism and fashion – are being filled by people from increasingly affluent backgrounds. The growing chasm between the rich and the rest has made it far harder for average families to match the power and influence of well-connected parents who engage in "opportunity hoarding". Meanwhile, the emergence of the "hourglass economy", where the gap inside companies and employment sectors has widened between those at the bottom and those at the top, has removed most of the rungs from the ladder that used to enable people without top degrees to build a career.

Alan Milburn, who compiled a comprehensive social mobility report, Unleashing Aspiration, for the previous government and is now the coalition's social mobility tsar, explains: "We've got to a position now where tomorrow's professional is growing up in a family that is richer on average than seven in 10 families in our country. That means that some middle-class kids as well as working-class kids are being denied opportunities that should be open to them."

David Johnston, who runs schemes to give opportunities to bright students from poor backgrounds, sums up the problem: "It's a phenomenal waste of talent ... there are far too many academically bright, driven students who are going to the wrong universities, making the wrong decisions, and ending up in an institution which is far below their potential, where they shouldn't be. They ought to be involved in helping to run the top institutions in the country."

Presenter Richard Bilton meets young interns struggling to make ends meet on no pay, and talks to the people who are trying to level a rapidly tilting playing field.

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Lunch Monkeys Ep 1/6

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(L-R) Rachel Rae plays Shelley, Abdullah Afzal plays Asif, Jessica Hall plays Tania, Christian Foster plays Kenny and Chris Hannon plays Darrel

³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Three comedy Lunch Monkeys returns for a second series with six new episodes from behind the scenes at personal injury law firm Fox Cranford. Disorder, time-wasting and mayhem rule as the monkeys continue to cause trouble.

Tania is late for work and her stress levels aren't helped when she is confronted by Kenny, who is kissing his conquest from last night. Then a disgruntled Gloria finds the post room in complete chaos. Not a great start to the day for Tania's performance review with boss Mike.

As Tania attempts to get everyone back to work she can't resist grilling Kenny about his "girlfriend", while a cool Kenny concentrates instead on the artwork Mike has asked him to do. Mike later confides to Kenny that he misses a partner in his life now his wife has gone, giving Gloria the green light to flirt outrageously.

Meanwhile, a worried Asif tells anyone that will listen about his aunt's broken glasses. Hounded by his family, who still believe he is a high-flying solicitor who will sue the opticians, Asif's time is running out and they want answers.

Homeless Shelley is flat-hunting, much to the delight of an equally homeless Darrel who jumps at the opportunity to convince her that a flat-share with him is the perfect future.

Following a conversation with Shelley, Tania thinks her chance has slipped away with Kenny so she resorts to a charm offensive, only to be blocked by Kenny. She takes out her frustration on the monkeys just as Gloria arrives to hand out the "confidential" feedback forms for her performance review.

Tania is played by Jessica Hall, Kenny by Christian Foster, Gloria by Sian Reeves, Mike by Nigel Havers, Asif by Abdullah Afzal, Shelley by Rachel Rae and Darrel by Chris Hannon.

Lunch Monkeys is simulcast on the award-winning ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ HD channel – the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s High Definition channel available through Freesat channel 109, Freeview channel 54, Sky channel 169 and Virgin Media channel 187.

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Dan Walker looks ahead to the weekend's FA Cup fourth-round games

Dan Walker and guests look ahead to the weekend's football action, with the attention on the FA Cup.

The FA Cup is now at the fourth-round stage where, last year, League Two side Notts County knocked out Premier League Wigan while Stoke put out 10-time FA Cup winners Arsenal.

In Scotland, it's the semi-finals of the Scottish League Cup with Celtic playing Aberdeen today and Rangers meeting Motherwell tomorrow.

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John Inverdale presents highlights of the women's singles final at the Australian Open.

The first Grand Slam of the year is usually the hardest to predict, and even more so this year in Melbourne, with defending champion Serena Williams absent through injury.

Last year, the American beat Justine Henin in the final, ending the Belgian's hopes of a fairytale start to her comeback from retirement.

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Athletics – UK Indoor Match

Saturday 29 January

2.00-4.30pm ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ ONE

Jonathan Edwards introduces live athletics from Glasgow

Jonathan Edwards introduces live athletics coverage from Glasgow, where teams from the USA, Germany and Sweden and a Commonwealth Select squad will be taking on some of Britain's finest athletes as part of the build-up to the European Indoor Championships in Paris in March.

One of the highlights of the meeting at Kelvin Hall will be the first appearance of the season of world and European heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis, who will be competing in the 60m hurdles and the long jump. In the hurdles, she will once again come up against world indoor champion Lolo Jones, whom she beat at this venue in a British record time 12 months ago.

The men's hurdles should also be a fascinating race, with European and Commonwealth champion Andy Turner challenging American star David Oliver. Others pulling on the GB vest in Glasgow include sprinter Mark Lewis-Francis, whose two medals at the Commonwealth Games suggest he could be nearing his best again.

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The intolerable situation between Kirsty and Warren comes to a shocking head and the team try to come to terms with what has happened to Ruth, as the medical drama continues.

Adam wakes to find an empty flat. Kirsty has left and is back at home with Nita. Having decided to leave violent husband Warren, she covertly digs out Nita's passport. But she is forced to hide it when Warren catches her unawares and makes her promise never to leave again. Forced to act as though everything is normal at work, Kirsty plans her escape. But will she and Nita make it out of Holby without Warren and her colleagues noticing?

New mum Ronnie is carjacked but the thieves don't realise baby Anushka is in the back. Ronnie is taken to the ED and frantically waits for news of her baby. The jackers, Chris and Stan, are at a loss as to how to keep Anushka quiet. But Stan is horrified to learn Chris has given her methadone and races her to the ED where Jordan, Tess and Adam work to save her.

The team are devastated that they failed to notice the extent of Ruth's mental health problems. Jordan gives a pep talk but his hard exterior is not what they want right now. As he concerns himself with righting mistakes Ruth may have made before she left the ED, the staff try to find ways to let her know they are thinking of her.

Lucy Gaskell plays Kirsty, Stephen Lord plays Warren, Holly Earl plays Nita, Michael French plays Jordan, Suzanne Packer plays Tess and Tristan Gemmill plays Adam.

Salima Saxton guest stars as Ronnie, Daniel Jillings as Chris and Luke Tittensor as Stan.

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Dick and Dom serve up some more Funny Business at their comedy club

C³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s dynamic duo Dick and Dom dish up another helping of the cream of the British comedy crop. This week, former EastEnders villain Tracy Ann Oberman drops in to their comedy club as the star guest.

The Rootin' Tootin' Cowboys show off their knowledge of the most unlikely of subject matters – and even more unlikely celebrity friends using some "rootin' tootin' cotton pickin' high falutin' word ranglin' adjective stringin' descriptions". The show visits Baldilocks – a very special hairdressers for men of a certain age who are "follically challenged". And Big Game Hunters follows two moustachioed hunters in deepest Africa whose moustache envy leads them on a very strange hunt.

As well as the action on stage another group of animals get to pitch their animal-friendly products to the furry entrepreneurs in Animal's Den, The Wrestlers limber up for another bout with Dick and Dom and the 40-Year-Old Scout is still desperately trying to secure all his badges so he can leave the scout group.

There is another lesson in the art of slapstick in the History Of Comedy video and, rounding off the show, Abandoman puts his finely honed rapping skills to use in the big finale as he raps lyrical about Tracy Ann.

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Lark Rise To Candleford Ep 4/6

Sunday 30 January

8.00-9.00pm ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ ONE and ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ ONE HD

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Twister (Karl Johnson) feels hard done by

The fair has come to town, and there's much cause for celebration as the series based on the novels by Flora Thompson, and adapted by Bill Gallagher, continues. Alf has been crowned champion in the shin-kicking contest, and Queenie has won a whole pig! Twister can't wait for the delicious meals to come, so when Queenie offers to share the pig with Lark Rise without telling him, and seems to treat the pig better than him, Twister begins to feel very hard done by.

Alf is wallowing in the glow of his victory at the fair. But Minnie is tormented by her suspicion that he cheated, causing the pair to have their first real row. Can they put it behind them, or does this spell the end for their romance?

Over in Candleford, Thomas is furious with himself after failing to defend Margaret when her looks are unwittingly slighted by Ruby and Daniel. He becomes determined to restore her honour, but he finds it harder than he thought to get satisfaction.

Dorcas, meanwhile, invites Gabriel to lodge in the post office. She soon regrets her decision when Gabriel turns out to be a less-than-perfect houseguest, monopolising her home with work on his machine.

When news gets out in Candleford that Queenie's pig is a prized Berkshire, everyone tries to persuade Twister to sell them a cut of the meat. When Queenie discovers that not only has Twister sold the pig out from under her but that he has spent all the money, she banishes him to the pig sty. And when the folks of Candleford come to inspect their investment, she insists that the pig is not for sale. How will they decide who owns the pig? Will Twister win back Queenie's affection? And can the secret gift Gabriel has for Sydney mend his rift with Dorcas?

Julia Sawalha plays Dorcas Lane, Olivia Hallinan plays Laura Timmins, Richard Harrington plays Gabriel Cochrane, Ben Aldridge plays Daniel Parish, John Dalgleish plays Alf Arless, Ruby Bentall plays Minnie, Victoria Hamilton plays Ruby Pratt, Linda Bassett plays Queenie Turrill, Karl Johnson plays Twister Turrill, Mark Heap plays Thomas Brown, Sandy McDade plays Margaret Brown and Edward Darnell-Hayes plays Sydney.

Lark Rise To Candleford is simulcast in HD on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One HD on Freesat channel 108, Freeview channel 50, Sky channel 143 and Virgin Media channel 108.

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Australian Open Tennis

Sunday 30 January

8.15am-12.00noon ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ TWO

Sue Barker presents live coverage of the men's singles final at the Australian Open. The past three years have seen three different winners with Novak Djokovic landing his first Grand Slam title in 2008, Rafael Nadal claiming his first Australian Open trophy in 2009 and Roger Federer earning a record-extending 16th Grand Slam title in Melbourne 12 months ago.

Swiss maestro Federer beat Andy Murray in the 2009 final. The Scot will be hoping to have the chance to go one better this year and end Britain's wait for a male Grand Slam singles champion, which is now stretching to three-quarters of a century. Joining Sue in the studio is former world No. 4 and six-time Grand Slam semi-finalist Tim Henman.

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Sue Barker introduces highlights of ice skating's European Championships from Bern in Switzerland.

Carolina Kostner has been on the podium in each of the past five years and the Italian will be hoping to retain her ladies' title at the Postfinance Arena.

British interest will once again rest chiefly with Sinead and John Kerr in the ice dancing. The Scottish siblings won bronze two years ago in Helsinki but had to settle for fifth in Tallinn last year.

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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 four seasons.

Also in the show, Graham and Ed travel to Munich for Crashed Ice, an event that involves downhill skating on an ice track, with steep turns and high vertical drops. The presenters will not only be covering the action – in typical style Ed and Graham cannot resist having a go at this new winter sport.

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Bruce Parry with Gwich'in hunters Robert Kay and Peter Frost waiting for caribou near Old Crow

Bruce Parry continues his Arctic expedition and travels to Canada. Immersing himself in the communities of this wild world, he experiences, first-hand, how the people of the Arctic live now and how these ancient ways of life may be about to change for ever.

Bruce visits the village of Old Crow, just inside the Arctic Circle, and the Yukon's northernmost community, found at the confluence of the Crow and Porcupine Rivers. Although the village has no road access, Old Crow is located on a natural, ancient highway, and the migratory path of the Porcupine caribou herd.

Each spring, almost 200,000 caribou pass close to the village on their way north to their summer calving grounds. For the Gwich'in people of Old Crow, this caribou migration has been a vital part of their existence for thousands of years, and the community's remoteness means its hunting traditions are still strong.

Bruce joins Gwich'in elder Stephen Frost and his family on their annual spring caribou hunt out in the Yukon wilderness. Bruce is in the thick of the action, helping his adopted family set up their camp, spotting caribou for the hunters and helping the men to butcher the meat. As well as food, the caribou provide the Gwich'in with raw materials to make clothing, shoes, and crafts – nothing is wasted.

Though this is an ancient hunt, the Gwich'in are all too aware of the need for conservation, and they adhere to a strict quota system. When each family has reached its target, they return to the village – and the celebrations begin, with the dancing and festivities going on long into the Arctic night.

But the Gwich'in way of life is under threat – the warming Arctic is affecting the ancient rhythm of the migration and the Gwich'in fear that oil companies will be granted permission to drill in the caribou's calving grounds over the border in Alaska.

Bruce then heads south of the Arctic Circle to the tar sands of Northern Alberta, a site that produces 1.3 million barrels of oil a day, and contains the world's largest oil reserves after Saudi Arabia. He spends time with the native Athabascan people who live around the tar sands site and finds that while the oil industry has brought jobs and wealth to many, it has also changed their traditional way of life for ever.

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George (Russell Tovey), Nina (Sinead Keenan), Mitchell (Aidan Turner) and Annie (Lenora Crichlow) try to help a teenage vampire

Most teenagers are reliant on their parents – for lifts, dinner and money – but teenage vampire Adam is more reliant than most: he needs to drink his parents' blood to survive, in ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Three's hit drama.

With his mother having passed away a few years ago, and his father now seriously ill and frail in hospital, Adam is hungry. In an attempt to avoid a randy teenage vampire hunting for blood on the streets, werewolf couple Nina and George take him in temporarily – hoping that Mitchell might be able to help him.

An immature vampire is the last thing that Mitchell needs. The Old Vampires have tracked him down through a local agent, and have made him an offer that would see him leave his past far behind. With the aftermath of the Box Tunnel 20 continuing to haunt him, it's tempting. But it would mean leaving Annie, and she has other plans for her new-found hero.

Appointing herself as Mitchell's guardian angel after he gallantly rescued her from purgatory, Annie has made it her mission to help him – and a new job is first on the list. Help from a ghost, however, could turn out to be more of a hindrance...

When Adam's father dies, it's the end of his reliable food supply. Determined to help him, George and Nina leave him in the care of vampire couple Richard and Emma, who have devised a way to feed without killing. Their plush country house, however, conceals a lifestyle that is less than savoury.

Adam is played by Craig Roberts, Nina by Sinead Keenan, George by Russell Tovey, Mitchell by Aidan Turner, Annie by Lenora Crichlow, Richard by Mark Lewis Jones and Emma by Melanie Walters.

Being Human is simulcast on the award-winning ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ HD channel – the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s High Definition channel available through Freesat channel 109, Freeview channel 54, Sky channel 169 and Virgin Media channel 187.

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EastEnders

Monday 31 January

8.00-8.30pm ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ ONE and ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ ONE HD

Michael Moon returns to the Square and is horrified to discover his baby has died, in the week's first visit to the London Borough of Walford.

Meanwhile, Glenda is furious when she discovers Shirley and Phil are engaged.

Elsewhere, Max fires Darren when he messes up the relaunch of the car lot, and there's more misery for Darren as he and Jodie break up.

Finally, Janine convinces Whitney not to go to work but to get drunk instead.

Michael Moon is played by Steven John Shepherd, Glenda by Glynis Barber, Shirley by Linda Henry, Phil by Steve McFadden, Max by Jake Wood, Darren by Charlie Hawkins, Jodie by Kylie Babbington, Janine by Charlie Brooks and Whitney by Shona McGarty.

EastEnders is simulcast in HD on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One HD on Freesat channel 108, Freeview channel 50, Sky channel 143 and Virgin Media channel 108.

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Harry (Tom Ward), Nikki (Emilia Fox) and Leo (William Gaminara) investigate a shooting

Chief Inspector Rebecca Woods and a troop of Diplomatic Protection Group officers race to the Dutch embassy to investigate a shooting, in the first part of the final story in this series of the forensic crime drama. Inside they find the Ambassador, Pieter Van Buren, cradling his wounded daughter Klara. The Ambassador insists the DPG team leave, and Woods has no choice but to comply given it is officially Dutch territory.

Harry and Nikki meet Leo at the Lyell centre to celebrate Leo's MBE, but he's more interested in discussing imminent budget cuts which are putting the centre under pressure. Harry is relieved when he and Nikki are called to the embassy as the tense stand-off continues.

When Pieter emerges from the building, carrying Klara, he tells the police his grandson, Jack, is missing. The team enter and find DPG Sergeant Whitehead. He has been shot in the leg and his weapon is missing. There are more dead bodies: Constable Barlow, the ambassador's sister-in-law and a Dutch bodyguard.

Pieter is worried that history seems to be repeating itself – his own son, Jacob, went missing from the family home in 1996 and was never found.

After an encounter with the security services, Detective Superintendent Mansfield is given orders to keep the true identity of the dead bodyguard a secret, and the Dutch appoint their own pathologist, James Sabiston.

As Klara recovers in hospital, her memory starts to return and she suddenly remembers who carried out the shooting.

Chief Inspector Rebecca Woods is played by Kate Ashfield, Pieter Van Buren by Derek de Lint, Klara Van Buren by Marene Vanholk, Dr Harry Cunningham by Tom Ward, Dr Nikki Alexander by Emilia Fox, Professor Leo Dalton by William Gaminara, Sergeant Craig Whitehead by Matthew McNulty and Detective Superintendent Mansfield by Lorcan Cranitch. The Prodigal is written by Michael Crompton.

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Baked dishes dazzling enough for entertaining are on the menu for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Two's new baking heroine Lorraine Pascale as she continues to share her secrets, shortcuts and professional know-how.

Ease and speed is the name of the game as she kicks off with a divine dinner-party dish of whisky and chilli tiger prawns. They are succulently baked in the oven and ready in less than 30 minutes.

Lorraine also shares her top three flavour enhancers – the ingredients that really make her baking special and the ones she would never be without in the kitchen. She also explains what makes up her "baker's dozen" – which is everything she keeps on hand in the kitchen so her urge to bake can always be satisfied.

Moving on to desserts and nipping over the channel to Paris, she explains the Anglo/French dispute over who invented one of the all-time favourite elegant desserts: crème brulee. Back home she gives the classic a real twist, conjuring up mascarpone and ginger crème brulee. "Resistance is futile," she admits.

For nibbles there's Lorraine's big fat salt and pepper bread sticks. "Red wine, dips and breadsticks – the beginnings of a very chilled evening," she says.

Finally, she demonstrates how to prepare a real savoury showstopper of sticky glazed Asian ham. She's baking it to take out for dinner and it goes down well hot or cold.

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Film-maker Marc Isaacs spends three months outside Highbury Magistrates Court in London as he takes an intimate look at the lives and motivations of those passing through the legal system. On the steps outside the court, he speaks to armed robbers, long-term thieves, addicts and anxious relatives all awaiting judgement.

While waiting for their cases to be heard they reveal their lives through tense and personal conversations with the film-maker. Their stories illuminate the cases that magistrates hear daily. An alcoholic tells of his remorse at taking two knives onto the streets to attack a security guard; a father waits anxiously to hear if his son will be released; and an addict banned from seeing his only son hopes for a jail sentence and a chance for rehabilitation.

Marc Isaacs's film delves into the character and circumstances of those brought before the court. The more viewers get to know the people in this film, the harder it becomes to make "easy" judgements about them.

Outside The Court is part of Justice – A Citizen's Guide, a new season of programmes on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Four. Throughout 2011, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Four hosts a wide-ranging debate on the state of justice in Britain and the world today. Highlights from the season include: Justice – A Citizen's Guide To The 21st Century; Scenes From A Teenage Killing; Justice – Fairness And The Big Society; The Story Of Rough Justice; and a range of international films in the Storyville strand, including a documentary marking the 50th anniversary of Amnesty International. The season is produced in partnership with the Open University.

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Rastamouse Ep 1/26

Monday 31 January

Time to be confirmed CBEEBIES

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The crime-fighting, mystery-solving Rastamouse comes to CBeebies

Give it up for Rastamouse as the cool, crime-fighting, mystery-solving mouse arrives on CBeebies. Based on the highly acclaimed books by Genevieve Webster and Michael De Souza, this charming pre-school series follows Rastamouse and his friends, Scratchy and Zoomer – The Easy Crew – in their musical adventures about "makin' a bad ting good".

Reggie Yates, British actor and radio and TV presenter, is the voice behind the skateboarding, guitar-playing mouse. Bad Girls star Sharon Duncan-Brewster provides the voice of Scratchy, William Vanderpuye is Zoomer and Cornell John – who appeared in The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian – is President Wensley Dale.

When things go wrong in Mouseland, President Wensley Dale always calls on The Easy Crew for help. Whether it's unravelling a mystery or capturing a criminal, by working together The Easy Crew always save the day. Through understanding, love and respect Rastamouse guarantees that redemption, not retribution, is the order of the day.

Rastamouse and his funky, lovable friends introduce pre-schoolers and their families across the nation to the magic of their island by encouraging them to join in with the characters as they play music, groove and skate their way through a series of thought-provoking mysteries.

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CBeebies' legend and double Bafta winner Justin Fletcher continues to get the nation's under-sixes laughing their socks off in Gigglebiz in the New Year. A huge hit with pint-sized laugh lovers, Gigglebiz sees the multi-talented Justin at his comic best as he breathes life into a collection of around 20 madcap comedy characters.

In Monday's episode, royal rogue King Flannel gets the better of the butler, glamorous weather girl Gail Force presents another incident-filled report and antiquities expert Ann Teak makes a startling discovery over a cup of tea.

In Tuesday's gigglefest, food expert Dina Lady makes the perfect club sandwich, hapless fisherman Rod enjoys another unproductive day at the riverbank and unlikely health guru Keith Fit reveals the secret of great goalkeeping.

Wednesday's episode sees The Lost Pirate finally get his hands on some treasure and loveable superhero Captain Adorable saves the day once more.

On Thursday, Farmer Dung puts on an impressive display of sheep-rounding, adventurer Rapids Johnson seeks out a rare bear at a funfair and Dina Lady cooks a full English breakfast – with a twist.

And in Friday's final episode of the series, rhythmic toy soldier Major Boogie throws some shapes on the toy shelf, Professor Muddles has a confusing encounter with a familiar scientist and Gail Force practices her cheesy smile while reporting from a local fête.

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EastEnders

Tuesday 1 February

7.30-8.00pm ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ ONE and ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ ONE HD

Michael and Jack reminisce about old times, in the latest visit to Albert Square. Jack brings Michael home and introduces him to Ronnie.

With no job or money, Janine and Whitney head to R&R and have drinks bought for them. Janine then thinks of a way Whitney can make her some money.

Meanwhile, Kat tells Ronnie that Michael was the father of her baby.

Michael is played by Stephen John Shepherd, Jack by Scott Maslen, Ronnie by Samantha Womack, Janine by Charlie Brooks, Whitney by Shona McGarty and Kat by Jessie Wallace.

EastEnders is simulcast in HD on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One HD on Freesat channel 108, Freeview channel 50, Sky channel 143 and Virgin Media channel 108.

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Malick (Jimmy Akingbola) has to face a harsh reality

When Malick is left in charge of the Acute Assessments Unit (AAU), Michael suggests he uses his team, as the medical drama continues. However, Malick wades in and upsets all those around him – particularly Penny, whose diagnosis and advice he continually chooses to ignore. When a patient goes into crisis, Malick is forced to call in Michael to save the day. A bruised Malick has to face a harsh reality: not only has he failed to run things in Michael's absence, but he also should have listened to Penny, who was right all along.

Elliot is thrown when Hanssen expects him to appear before a film crew for an NHS intranet report. This blow to his confidence means he initially struggles on a case which even Connie Beauchamp failed to fully diagnose. Elliot eventually cracks the medical mystery, although his discovery sets him in opposition to Hanssen. He stands his ground in a medical emergency and proves that he is more than capable of holding his own in a crisis situation.

Chrissie is unsettled when Hanssen mentions that she must be missing her dad. Frieda then upsets her by suggesting that she has only managed to keep her job because Mark pulled strings. Her lack of confidence leads her to make a bad call over a patient. Off the back of this she confronts Hanssen, asking him directly about Mark's influence in her avoiding redundancy. She is pleasantly surprised by Hanssen's show of faith in her, when he suggests she apply for promotion.

Malick is played by Jimmy Akingbola, Michael by Hari Dhillon, Penny by Emma Catherwood, Elliot by Paul Bradley, Henrik by Guy Henry, Connie by Amanda Mealing, Chrissie by Tina Hobley and Frieda by Olga Fedori.

Holby City is simulcast in HD on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One HD on Freesat channel 108, Freeview channel 50, Sky channel 143 and Virgin Media channel 108.

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As Sabiston works through the post-mortems, Harry notices evidence of extensive plastic surgery on the corpse of the bodyguard and starts to suspect dirty tricks, as the forensic crime drama concludes. Harry later finds the missing boy, Jack Van Buren, hiding in the basement of the Embassy.

Meanwhile, Nikki is looking at evidence from the 1996 disappearance of Jacob and discovers that a DNA sample from Pieter's dead brother, Diederick, matches the profile for the dead bodyguard. It looks like Diederick's death from some years previously has been faked.

The Van Burens' version of events looks increasingly unlikely and when the body of the family's au pair, Mary Olivant, is found hanged near the Van Buren family home, Leo unearths the remains of a young boy in the ground below – Jacob, the Van Burens' missing son.

Klara eventually admits that she was responsible for the shootings. She explains how she snapped after Mary visited her and told her the truth about Jacob's disappearance – he had walked in on Mary and Pieter together and then ran off. In the chase, Pieter accidentally knocked Jacob over and a blow to the back of his head killed him. Fearing for his brother's political career, Diederick advised Pieter to cover up the death and claim the child had gone missing.

The Prodigal is written by Michael Crompton. Dr Harry Cunningham is played by Tom Ward, Dr Nikki Alexander by Emilia Fox, Pieter Van Buren by Derek de Lint, Professor Leo Dalton by William Gaminara and Klara Van Buren by Marene Vanholk.

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Gary Lineker presents highlights of today's Premier League fixtures, along with a round-up of yesterday's action. Tottenham were bidding for a fourth consecutive win over Blackburn and Newcastle travelled down to London to play Fulham at Craven Cottage. Meanwhile, Stoke were looking for a first top-flight double over Liverpool, having beaten the Reds 2-0 at the Britannia Stadium in November.

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EastEnders

Thursday 3 February

7.30-8.00pm ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ ONE and ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ ONE HD

Kat and Alfie continue to argue, as the drama continues in Walford. When Kat has a heart-to-heart with Michael they end up kissing. But, unbeknown to them, they are not alone…

Elsewhere, Whitney is horrified when she realises what Janine has done.

Weddings are on people's minds as Darren proposes to Jodie, and Shirley invites people to her and Phil's engagement party.

Kat is played by Jessie Wallace, Alfie by Shane Richie, Michael by Stephen John Shepherd, Whitney by Shona McGarty, Janine by Charlie Brooks, Darren by Charlie Hawkins, Jodie by Kylie Babbington, Shirley by Linda Henry and Phil by Steve McFadden.

EastEnders is simulcast in HD on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One HD on Freesat channel 108, Freeview channel 50, Sky channel 143 and Virgin Media channel 108.

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Human Planet – Jungles Ep 4/8

Thursday 3 February

8.00-9.00pm ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ ONE and ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ ONE HD

A Bayaka tribesman collects honey

The jungle is nature at its most vigorous, complex and mysterious. It is bountiful, but also surprisingly hostile – humans have had to develop ingenious ways to survive here, some of which are explored in the latest episode of Human Planet.

In the Brazilian rainforest, Matis hunters use four-metre-long blowpipes to shoot monkeys high in the canopy. They begin their hunt with a ritual which involves dabbing tree frog toxins into open wounds to help them focus their minds and bodies. Along with their blowpipe skills they also attract their prey by mimicking 10 different species of monkey.

The feast is closer to the ground for young Piaroa children in Venezuela, who catch tarantulas and then roast them like marshmallows on an open fire.

In Papua New Guinea, the Geling hunt the beautiful bird of paradise – and then use the feathers to create elaborate costumes for a spectacular ritual.

The Bayaka honey gatherers of Central Africa risk their lives to retrieve a sweet treat for their family. Tete, one of the tribe's most accomplished climbers, defies death as he walks freely along branches more than 40 metres up in the trees. He braves angry swarms of bees to grab the honey out of the hive.

Some of the world's jungles are so vast that even today tribes live there undisturbed by the modern world. Human Planet joins Jose Carlos Meirelles – a campaigner for tribal peoples – as he flies over a remote jungle in Brazil to locate such an uncontacted community. Campaigners believe that the only way to protect these people from illegal logging and mining is to prove that they exist. The Human Planet team capture unique footage of an isolated community.

In the Behind The Lens diary sequence, the team reveal the ingenious camera technology used to film the Korowai tribe as they build a precarious tree house high in the canopy.

Human Planet is simulcast in HD on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One HD on Freesat channel 108, Freeview channel 50, Sky channel 143 and Virgin Media channel 108.

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There are more strange goings-on in Lucy's flat as the comedy written by and starring Lee Mack continues.

An old lady wanders into the flat and joins Lee on the sofa. When it becomes clear that she doesn't know who she is, Lee throws her out – only to discover that she has a rich son who always pays a handsome reward to the person who brings her home.

Lee is played by Lee Mack and Lucy by Sally Bretton.

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Six Nations Rugby Union – Wales v England

Friday 4 February

7.30-10.00pm ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ ONE

John Inverdale presents live coverage of the opening game of the 2011 Six Nations campaign

John Inverdale introduces live coverage from the Millennium Stadium as the 2011 Six Nations gets under way. Both Wales and England will be looking to get the tournament off to a good start, with confidence and momentum always even more important in a World Cup year.

Wales desperately need to rediscover the winning feeling, having not won any of their last seven matches. Martin Johnson's England showed glimpses of class in the autumn internationals, most notably beating old rivals Australia, but they need to reproduce that form more consistently. Johnson was the captain the last time England had a Six Nations win at the home of Welsh rugby back in 2003, although the men in white did win 30-17 at Twickenham 12 months ago.

SB4

A new face immediately starts to make waves at the Dumping Ground this week and Tracy and Sapphire find themselves in a sticky situation, leaving them red-faced, as the drama set in a children's care home continues.

When Elektra arrives at the Dumping Ground, she immediately starts causing trouble by tricking people into taking part in initiations to become members of her gang.

Frank and Liam manage to turn the tables on the new arrival and provide Tracy and Mike with the proof that she was behind a number of thefts. Will Elektra have to leave the Dumping Ground or will Mike give her a second chance?

Meanwhile, Tracy and Sapphire go into town and discover too late that neither of them has any money after they eat at a fast food sausage outlet. When Liam finds out what the owner forces them to do in lieu of payment he concocts a plan that embarrasses the pair even further.

Tracy Beaker is played by Dani Harmer, Sapphire by Saffron Coomber, Elektra by Jessica Revell, Frank by Chris Slater, Liam by Richard Wisker and Mike by Connor Byrne.

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