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Thursday 9th July
Community Channel 5.55pm
Mad for Dance:
Sarah has always loved dancing but last year she suffered an acute manic episode from which she is still recovering but through dance has found a great release from the stresses of life.
BBC3 9.00pm
My Best Friend's Murder:
On January 24th, 15-year-old Stephen Lewis became the first teenager to die from knife crime in 2009. Just weeks earlier, he had agreed to be interviewed about knife culture for a documentary with his friend, Okemena. This film gives an insight into those who live with the reality of knife crime by following Okemena and the friends and relatives of two teenagers killed at the start of the year in the aftermath of their friends' deaths, as they try to make sense of the violence around them.
ITV1 11.35pm
Levity:
Drama. After more than 20 years in prison, Manuel Jordan returns to the town where he accidentally killed a boy during a bungled robbery. Determined to make amends, he befriends the boy's sister - now a single parent - and tries to stop her teenage son heading down the criminal path.
Community Channel 11.55pm
Mad for Dance:
Sarah has always loved dancing but last year she suffered an acute manic episode from which she is still recovering but through dance has found a great release from the stresses of life.
Mad for Dance:
Sarah has always loved dancing but last year she suffered an acute manic episode from which she is still recovering but through dance has found a great release from the stresses of life.
BBC3 9.00pm
My Best Friend's Murder:
On January 24th, 15-year-old Stephen Lewis became the first teenager to die from knife crime in 2009. Just weeks earlier, he had agreed to be interviewed about knife culture for a documentary with his friend, Okemena. This film gives an insight into those who live with the reality of knife crime by following Okemena and the friends and relatives of two teenagers killed at the start of the year in the aftermath of their friends' deaths, as they try to make sense of the violence around them.
ITV1 11.35pm
Levity:
Drama. After more than 20 years in prison, Manuel Jordan returns to the town where he accidentally killed a boy during a bungled robbery. Determined to make amends, he befriends the boy's sister - now a single parent - and tries to stop her teenage son heading down the criminal path.
Community Channel 11.55pm
Mad for Dance:
Sarah has always loved dancing but last year she suffered an acute manic episode from which she is still recovering but through dance has found a great release from the stresses of life.
Friday 10th July
More4 12.55pm
The Kitchen Pharmacy:
The Kitchen Pharmacy demonstrates how to create a natural medicine cabinet and grow the plants and herbs to stock it. Naturopath Annelie Whitfield cooks up natural remedies to ease aches and pains.
Channel4 7.35pm
Wild Things:
In the early 1970s, a group of idealistic young adults converted a regular North London townhouse into a revolutionary commune. They believed that life in a nuclear family was stifling, and chose to raise their children collectively. These children would not belong to anybody; they would be wild and free. As part of this new way of life, the children were not given their father's surname; they were all given a new name: Wild. The idea spread across England through a network of interlinked communes and collectives. This film, directed by Adam Hopkins, tells the story of how the Wild name came about, and goes in search of the grown-up Wild kids. Wild Things is part of Channel 4's acclaimed First Cut series, a strand of 12 half-hour prime-time documentaries, featuring the brightest of new directing talent.
More4 8.30pm
My Father The Mercenary:
Philip Sessarego was a soldier of fortune who had fought in 80s Afghanistan, taken part in a coup in the Maldives and trained the Sri Lankan army. In 1993, he walked out on his family and was, apparently, killed soon after. His daughter, Claire, was just 14 years old at the time. She thought she'd never see him again but, much to the family's astonishment, he appeared on television in 2001, using an assumed name, as an expert pundit on the mujahaddin. Then, in November 2008, a body was found decomposing in a garage in the Belgian city of Antwerp and, using DNA samples taken from Claire, the corpse was confirmed as that of her father. This emotional film, directed by James Ross, follows Claire and her brother Paul, as they travel from their home in Hereford to Belgium to collect their father's remains, and to uncover the extraordinary story of who was and how he died. Originally screened in the First Cut series.
BBC3 10.30pm
Can I Get High Legally?
Documentary in which George Lamb dives into the world of legal party pills and herbal highs, sold openly and lawfully in shops across the UK and on the internet. He sets out to discover why they are legal and whether this means they can also be called safe, meets people who take and sell them and a doctor who says they are potentially more dangerous than class A drugs. He travels to Guernsey, where most of the young people he meets have tried them, and finally decides to try one for himself.
ITV1 1.20am
Grey Owl:
The story of Archie Grey Owl, a trapper in 1930s Canada. Young Iroquois woman Pony turns to Archie for knowledge of her people's traditional way of life. She persuades him to swap trapping and hunting for environmental activism, and to write about life in the wilds, but a lecture tour in England threatens to reveal a secret from his past.
The Kitchen Pharmacy:
The Kitchen Pharmacy demonstrates how to create a natural medicine cabinet and grow the plants and herbs to stock it. Naturopath Annelie Whitfield cooks up natural remedies to ease aches and pains.
Channel4 7.35pm
Wild Things:
In the early 1970s, a group of idealistic young adults converted a regular North London townhouse into a revolutionary commune. They believed that life in a nuclear family was stifling, and chose to raise their children collectively. These children would not belong to anybody; they would be wild and free. As part of this new way of life, the children were not given their father's surname; they were all given a new name: Wild. The idea spread across England through a network of interlinked communes and collectives. This film, directed by Adam Hopkins, tells the story of how the Wild name came about, and goes in search of the grown-up Wild kids. Wild Things is part of Channel 4's acclaimed First Cut series, a strand of 12 half-hour prime-time documentaries, featuring the brightest of new directing talent.
More4 8.30pm
My Father The Mercenary:
Philip Sessarego was a soldier of fortune who had fought in 80s Afghanistan, taken part in a coup in the Maldives and trained the Sri Lankan army. In 1993, he walked out on his family and was, apparently, killed soon after. His daughter, Claire, was just 14 years old at the time. She thought she'd never see him again but, much to the family's astonishment, he appeared on television in 2001, using an assumed name, as an expert pundit on the mujahaddin. Then, in November 2008, a body was found decomposing in a garage in the Belgian city of Antwerp and, using DNA samples taken from Claire, the corpse was confirmed as that of her father. This emotional film, directed by James Ross, follows Claire and her brother Paul, as they travel from their home in Hereford to Belgium to collect their father's remains, and to uncover the extraordinary story of who was and how he died. Originally screened in the First Cut series.
BBC3 10.30pm
Can I Get High Legally?
Documentary in which George Lamb dives into the world of legal party pills and herbal highs, sold openly and lawfully in shops across the UK and on the internet. He sets out to discover why they are legal and whether this means they can also be called safe, meets people who take and sell them and a doctor who says they are potentially more dangerous than class A drugs. He travels to Guernsey, where most of the young people he meets have tried them, and finally decides to try one for himself.
ITV1 1.20am
Grey Owl:
The story of Archie Grey Owl, a trapper in 1930s Canada. Young Iroquois woman Pony turns to Archie for knowledge of her people's traditional way of life. She persuades him to swap trapping and hunting for environmental activism, and to write about life in the wilds, but a lecture tour in England threatens to reveal a secret from his past.
Saturday 11th July
BBC4 12.20am
The Grandparent Diaries:
Documentary series looking at the relationships between grandparents and their grandchildren. Londoner Ian Batten is a fashion designer, father of four and grandfather of seven. Ian takes all seven of his grandchildren, ranging from toddlers to teenagers, for a weekend by the sea for the first time. As a 1960s dad who brought his own children up in the liberal spirit of the time, his approach seems to be a hit with the kids, but do his own children recall their upbringings as similarly idyllic?
The Grandparent Diaries:
Documentary series looking at the relationships between grandparents and their grandchildren. Londoner Ian Batten is a fashion designer, father of four and grandfather of seven. Ian takes all seven of his grandchildren, ranging from toddlers to teenagers, for a weekend by the sea for the first time. As a 1960s dad who brought his own children up in the liberal spirit of the time, his approach seems to be a hit with the kids, but do his own children recall their upbringings as similarly idyllic?
Sunday 12th July
Channel4 7.00pm
Revelations: Commando Chaplains:
Revelations is a strand of eight films which explore the impact religion has on the lives of believers and non-believers in Britain today.The last place you might expect to find a chaplain is on the frontline with the Royal Marines, dodging bullets in Afghanistan. And yet chaplains have served in the British Armed forces since the Middle Ages. Their job is a vital one: administering to the wounded, listening to the fearful, and offering spiritual guidance in the heart of war. As religion is dragged into conflicts, by the rhetoric of jihad and crusade, the military chaplain is increasingly coming under the spotlight. Filmed earlier this year, this programme follows two Royal Marine chaplains, Nigel Beardsley and William Gates, as they travel around 'their parish' in Afghanistan, bringing faith to the frontline.
BBC4 10.00pm
Mark Lawson Talks to Liz Smith:
Mark Lawson talks to the actress Liz Smith about her life and career. She reflects on her lonely childhood and her days as a single mother struggling to make ends meet as well as her determination to become an actress. Smith got her big break at the age of 50, after being discovered by the film director Mike Leigh, but perhaps she's best known as the nations favourite gran - Nana in the iconic series The Royle Family.
BBC1 10.20pm
Mississippi Burning:
Two FBI agents drive south to investigate the murder of three Civil Rights workers in 60s Mississippi. Interviewing local police, they meet a wall of silence until they start to break the rules themselves.
ITV1 12.45am
A Match Made in Heaven:
Series going behind the scenes at three of the most popular religious dating agencies to expose the reality of modern-day dating for Britain's young Muslims, Jews and Christians. Christian convert Tracey meets up with some of her church friends to gossip about her dating exploits. Muslim lawyer Berihan gives her friend the low-down on her internet date. Jewish DJ Dan seeks solace and advice from his friend Tory after being stood up twice.
Film4 1.30am
The Woodsman:
Kevin Bacon is quietly devastating as a freed child molester, desperate to rebuild his life but tormented by his monstrous past. Powerful, award-winning drama.
BBC4 2.00am
Mark Lawson Talks to Liz Smith:
Mark Lawson talks to the actress Liz Smith about her life and career. She reflects on her lonely childhood and her days as a single mother struggling to make ends meet as well as her determination to become an actress. Smith got her big break at the age of 50, after being discovered by the film director Mike Leigh, but perhaps she's best known as the nations favourite gran - Nana in the iconic series The Royle Family.
Revelations: Commando Chaplains:
Revelations is a strand of eight films which explore the impact religion has on the lives of believers and non-believers in Britain today.The last place you might expect to find a chaplain is on the frontline with the Royal Marines, dodging bullets in Afghanistan. And yet chaplains have served in the British Armed forces since the Middle Ages. Their job is a vital one: administering to the wounded, listening to the fearful, and offering spiritual guidance in the heart of war. As religion is dragged into conflicts, by the rhetoric of jihad and crusade, the military chaplain is increasingly coming under the spotlight. Filmed earlier this year, this programme follows two Royal Marine chaplains, Nigel Beardsley and William Gates, as they travel around 'their parish' in Afghanistan, bringing faith to the frontline.
BBC4 10.00pm
Mark Lawson Talks to Liz Smith:
Mark Lawson talks to the actress Liz Smith about her life and career. She reflects on her lonely childhood and her days as a single mother struggling to make ends meet as well as her determination to become an actress. Smith got her big break at the age of 50, after being discovered by the film director Mike Leigh, but perhaps she's best known as the nations favourite gran - Nana in the iconic series The Royle Family.
BBC1 10.20pm
Mississippi Burning:
Two FBI agents drive south to investigate the murder of three Civil Rights workers in 60s Mississippi. Interviewing local police, they meet a wall of silence until they start to break the rules themselves.
ITV1 12.45am
A Match Made in Heaven:
Series going behind the scenes at three of the most popular religious dating agencies to expose the reality of modern-day dating for Britain's young Muslims, Jews and Christians. Christian convert Tracey meets up with some of her church friends to gossip about her dating exploits. Muslim lawyer Berihan gives her friend the low-down on her internet date. Jewish DJ Dan seeks solace and advice from his friend Tory after being stood up twice.
Film4 1.30am
The Woodsman:
Kevin Bacon is quietly devastating as a freed child molester, desperate to rebuild his life but tormented by his monstrous past. Powerful, award-winning drama.
BBC4 2.00am
Mark Lawson Talks to Liz Smith:
Mark Lawson talks to the actress Liz Smith about her life and career. She reflects on her lonely childhood and her days as a single mother struggling to make ends meet as well as her determination to become an actress. Smith got her big break at the age of 50, after being discovered by the film director Mike Leigh, but perhaps she's best known as the nations favourite gran - Nana in the iconic series The Royle Family.
Monday 13th July
Channel4 8.00pm
Dispatches : The Children Britain Betrayed:
A child is killed by their parent or carer every seven days in the UK. Dispatches investigates the failures in Britain's child protection system that are still allowing these horrific murders to take place, ten years after the death of Victoria Climbié; and examines how they can be prevented in the future. Journalist and political commentator Peter Oborne presents the results of a six-month investigation by Dispatches into over 160 child killings since 2004, revealing how the majority of them might have been prevented. The murder of baby Peter last year focussed attention on the failures of social services, but as Dispatches demonstrates, the failures in child protection reach beyond the realms of just social work departments to include police forces, health services and, as one mother claims, even the family court system.
Five 12.20am
America's Toughest Prisons:
Documentary series unlocking the truth about some of America's most notorious prisons. This edition follows the experiences of new guards at the Wyoming State Penitentiary, a maximum-security facility. Many of these 'newbies' struggle to cope in the harsh environment, where they are heavily outnumbered by violent inmates and walk the halls armed only with pepper spray.
Dispatches : The Children Britain Betrayed:
A child is killed by their parent or carer every seven days in the UK. Dispatches investigates the failures in Britain's child protection system that are still allowing these horrific murders to take place, ten years after the death of Victoria Climbié; and examines how they can be prevented in the future. Journalist and political commentator Peter Oborne presents the results of a six-month investigation by Dispatches into over 160 child killings since 2004, revealing how the majority of them might have been prevented. The murder of baby Peter last year focussed attention on the failures of social services, but as Dispatches demonstrates, the failures in child protection reach beyond the realms of just social work departments to include police forces, health services and, as one mother claims, even the family court system.
Five 12.20am
America's Toughest Prisons:
Documentary series unlocking the truth about some of America's most notorious prisons. This edition follows the experiences of new guards at the Wyoming State Penitentiary, a maximum-security facility. Many of these 'newbies' struggle to cope in the harsh environment, where they are heavily outnumbered by violent inmates and walk the halls armed only with pepper spray.
Tuesday 14th July
BBC1 9.00pm
What's Really in Our Food?:
Food is the most important thing we buy, but can we trust what we are eating? Reporters Tom Heap and Simon Boazman set off on a mission to find out, revealing the tricks of food labelling and uncovering the murky world of food fraud.
BBC2 9.00pm
Freefall:
Drama tackling the extraordinary financial crisis we are living through. Helmed by multiple-BAFTA winning director Dominic Savage, the film takes a startling and provocative look at events that caused our lives to spiral out of control.
More4 10.00pm
Taking Liberties:
The True Stories strand continues with this BAFTA-nominated expose of the shocking truth about the erosion of some of our fundamental civil liberties. This polemical and irreverent film takes viewers on a journey through the history of our civil liberties from the Magna Carta - the first major historical legal document which protected individuals against the state - to the present day. The programme examines how our fundamental rights (freedom of speech, privacy, the prohibition from torture and Habeas Corpus - protection against illegal detention - have been systematically undermined in the current climate of fear. From the teenage sisters detained for 36 hours for a peaceful protest to an RAF war veteran arrested under the terrorism act for wearing an anti-Bush T-shirt.
BBC4 11.00pm
Getting On:
Darkly comic series set in an old people's NHS Trust hospital. Ward B4 is a world of slips, trips and hips, where health care is at its least glamorous. Sister Den Flixter, Nurse Kim Wilde and Dr Pippa Moore assemble for ward round. The daily grind of new admissions and discharges has begun, but Hilary Loftus, the new male modern matron, has just started work and an unsavoury stool sample and a dead patient give him cause for concern. Kim finishes a slice of the dead patient's birthday cake.
BBC1 11.25pm
London to Brighton:
Award-winning gritty drama following a prostitute and a young girl as they escape London and head for the south coast by train, with a series of flashbacks explaining the circumstances of their meeting and their need to flee the city.
More4 1.10am
Taking Liberties:
The True Stories strand continues with this BAFTA-nominated expose of the shocking truth about the erosion of some of our fundamental civil liberties. This polemical and irreverent film takes viewers on a journey through the history of our civil liberties from the Magna Carta - the first major historical legal document which protected individuals against the state - to the present day. The programme examines how our fundamental rights (freedom of speech, privacy, the prohibition from torture and Habeas Corpus - protection against illegal detention - have been systematically undermined in the current climate of fear. From the teenage sisters detained for 36 hours for a peaceful protest to an RAF war veteran arrested under the terrorism act for wearing an anti-Bush T-shirt.
What's Really in Our Food?:
Food is the most important thing we buy, but can we trust what we are eating? Reporters Tom Heap and Simon Boazman set off on a mission to find out, revealing the tricks of food labelling and uncovering the murky world of food fraud.
BBC2 9.00pm
Freefall:
Drama tackling the extraordinary financial crisis we are living through. Helmed by multiple-BAFTA winning director Dominic Savage, the film takes a startling and provocative look at events that caused our lives to spiral out of control.
More4 10.00pm
Taking Liberties:
The True Stories strand continues with this BAFTA-nominated expose of the shocking truth about the erosion of some of our fundamental civil liberties. This polemical and irreverent film takes viewers on a journey through the history of our civil liberties from the Magna Carta - the first major historical legal document which protected individuals against the state - to the present day. The programme examines how our fundamental rights (freedom of speech, privacy, the prohibition from torture and Habeas Corpus - protection against illegal detention - have been systematically undermined in the current climate of fear. From the teenage sisters detained for 36 hours for a peaceful protest to an RAF war veteran arrested under the terrorism act for wearing an anti-Bush T-shirt.
BBC4 11.00pm
Getting On:
Darkly comic series set in an old people's NHS Trust hospital. Ward B4 is a world of slips, trips and hips, where health care is at its least glamorous. Sister Den Flixter, Nurse Kim Wilde and Dr Pippa Moore assemble for ward round. The daily grind of new admissions and discharges has begun, but Hilary Loftus, the new male modern matron, has just started work and an unsavoury stool sample and a dead patient give him cause for concern. Kim finishes a slice of the dead patient's birthday cake.
BBC1 11.25pm
London to Brighton:
Award-winning gritty drama following a prostitute and a young girl as they escape London and head for the south coast by train, with a series of flashbacks explaining the circumstances of their meeting and their need to flee the city.
More4 1.10am
Taking Liberties:
The True Stories strand continues with this BAFTA-nominated expose of the shocking truth about the erosion of some of our fundamental civil liberties. This polemical and irreverent film takes viewers on a journey through the history of our civil liberties from the Magna Carta - the first major historical legal document which protected individuals against the state - to the present day. The programme examines how our fundamental rights (freedom of speech, privacy, the prohibition from torture and Habeas Corpus - protection against illegal detention - have been systematically undermined in the current climate of fear. From the teenage sisters detained for 36 hours for a peaceful protest to an RAF war veteran arrested under the terrorism act for wearing an anti-Bush T-shirt.
Wednesday 15th July
More4 12.55pm
The Kitchen Pharmacy:
Naturopath Annelie Whitfield cooks up natural remedies to fight the symptoms of jet-lag.
BBC1 9.00pm
Who Do You Think You Are?
Celebrity genealogy series. Davina McCall makes some intriguing and shocking discoveries as she delves into her family's past. As a child of divorced parents, Davina, who is half-French, was brought up by her paternal grandmother and knows very little about her maternal French heritage. She also wants to find out if there is any truth behind the story that the English side of her family is descended from royal blood. Her journey does take her to Windsor, but not in the way she expected.
BBC4 10.30pm
Getting on:
Darkly comic series set in an NHS Trust hospital geriatric ward. Pippa is preparing her research paper and Den and Kim deal with a male referral, but it is problem patient Ivy who dominates the day. Aggressive and unpleasant, she sets a chain reaction in motion that sees Hilary in tears and Kim in trouble. Elsewhere on the ward, life and death continues as normal, but with the MRSA statistics up it seems another crisis is just around the corner. Meanwhile, Den and Hilary are starting to bond.
BBC4 11.00pm
The Mother:
Drama about a widow who goes to stay with her grown up son and daughter. As she begins to come to terms with the past, she embarks on a startling new relationship with her daughter's boyfriend, which causes havoc in the family.
More4 11.05pm
Dispatches: The Children Britain Betrayed:
A child is killed by their parent or carer every seven days in the UK. Dispatches investigates the failures in Britain's child protection system that are still allowing these horrific murders to take place, ten years after the death of Victoria Climbié; and examines how they can be prevented in the future.
More4 3.10am
Dispatches: The Children Britain Betrayed:
A child is killed by their parent or carer every seven days in the UK. Dispatches investigates the failures in Britain's child protection system that are still allowing these horrific murders to take place, ten years after the death of Victoria Climbié; and examines how they can be prevented in the future.
The Kitchen Pharmacy:
Naturopath Annelie Whitfield cooks up natural remedies to fight the symptoms of jet-lag.
BBC1 9.00pm
Who Do You Think You Are?
Celebrity genealogy series. Davina McCall makes some intriguing and shocking discoveries as she delves into her family's past. As a child of divorced parents, Davina, who is half-French, was brought up by her paternal grandmother and knows very little about her maternal French heritage. She also wants to find out if there is any truth behind the story that the English side of her family is descended from royal blood. Her journey does take her to Windsor, but not in the way she expected.
BBC4 10.30pm
Getting on:
Darkly comic series set in an NHS Trust hospital geriatric ward. Pippa is preparing her research paper and Den and Kim deal with a male referral, but it is problem patient Ivy who dominates the day. Aggressive and unpleasant, she sets a chain reaction in motion that sees Hilary in tears and Kim in trouble. Elsewhere on the ward, life and death continues as normal, but with the MRSA statistics up it seems another crisis is just around the corner. Meanwhile, Den and Hilary are starting to bond.
BBC4 11.00pm
The Mother:
Drama about a widow who goes to stay with her grown up son and daughter. As she begins to come to terms with the past, she embarks on a startling new relationship with her daughter's boyfriend, which causes havoc in the family.
More4 11.05pm
Dispatches: The Children Britain Betrayed:
A child is killed by their parent or carer every seven days in the UK. Dispatches investigates the failures in Britain's child protection system that are still allowing these horrific murders to take place, ten years after the death of Victoria Climbié; and examines how they can be prevented in the future.
More4 3.10am
Dispatches: The Children Britain Betrayed:
A child is killed by their parent or carer every seven days in the UK. Dispatches investigates the failures in Britain's child protection system that are still allowing these horrific murders to take place, ten years after the death of Victoria Climbié; and examines how they can be prevented in the future.
Thursday 16th July
More4 12.55pm
The Kitchen Pharmacy:
Naturopath Annelie Whitfield cooks up natural remedies for a good night's sleep.
Film4 7.00pm
The Family Stone:
Thomas Bezucha's wry, sharp comedy/drama looks at a family in upheaval during the Christmas period. Everett Stone brings his fiancee Meredith Morton to his family home for the festive season. Matriarch Sybil Stone doesn't approve of her and leads the family attack on Meredith but cracks start to appear in the family's own relationship and painful, occasionally amusing truths appear.
BBC3 9.00pm
Pregnancy: My Big Decision:
Documentary about two teenage girls who face the potentially life-changing decision of whether to keep their unborn babies. The girls, 16-year-old Chantelle and 14-year-old Lydia, go on a journey of self discovery with their mums and grans during a five-day road trip across the UK, where they encounter a variety of people and situations designed to get them talking openly and honestly and help inform the teens before they make their Big Decision.
BBC4 9.00pm
The Grandparent Diaries:
Documentary series about grandparents in Britain today. Val and Ron Little have been looking after Molly and Mitch, two of their seven grandchildren, after their mother Tammy was killed by the children's father. Through family archive, actuality, interview and the children's video diary, the film builds up an intimate picture of the family, past and present. It explores how far the love of these two doting (and grieving) grandparents has gone to repair a family coping with a tragic loss.
BBC4 10.00pm
The Waiting Room:
Series which draws out the dreams and preoccupations of different groups of people living in Britain today, by talking to them in the one place where they have a bit of spare time. In a north London day care centre, Jewish ninety-somethings sharpen their tongues, tap their feet to Peter Kay's Amarillo and reflect on the most important things in their lives - love, loss and Kiri Ti Kanawa.
BBC2 11.20pm
The Death of Respect:
John Ware asks what has happened to British values and behaviour over the last 50 years. Britons lead Europe in everything from brand awareness and rates of obesity, to public drunkenness, drug use, sexually transmitted infections and family breakdown. There is also less intervention in acts of public nuisance while mutual mistrust between adults and children is growing. How did Brtiain get to where it is today?
BBC3 11.45pm
Pregnancy: My Big Decision:
Documentary about two teenage girls who face the potentially life-changing decision of whether to keep their unborn babies. The girls, 16-year-old Chantelle and 14-year-old Lydia, go on a journey of self discovery with their mums and grans during a five-day road trip across the UK, where they encounter a variety of people and situations designed to get them talking openly and honestly and help inform the teens before they make their Big Decision.
BBC4 1.05am
The Grandparent Diaries:
Documentary series about grandparents in Britain today. Val and Ron Little have been looking after Molly and Mitch, two of their seven grandchildren, after their mother Tammy was killed by the children's father. Through family archive, actuality, interview and the children's video diary, the film builds up an intimate picture of the family, past and present. It explores how far the love of these two doting (and grieving) grandparents has gone to repair a family coping with a tragic loss.
Film4 1.30am
The Truth About Cats and Dogs:
Janeane Garofalo, in her breakthrough role, stars as Abby Barnes, a radio pet advisor. After helping photographer Brian soothe a nervous dog over the air, he asks her out but she's insecure about her looks and sends her friend Noelle, a stunning but not particularly bright blonde, along instead. Brian falls for her but he and Abby talk on the phone for hours and eventually, the two women are using their different talents for his affection. Once over the somewhat improbable premise, Michael Lehmann's romantic-comedy is charming, with three excellent leads delivering the sharp script with élan.
The Kitchen Pharmacy:
Naturopath Annelie Whitfield cooks up natural remedies for a good night's sleep.
Film4 7.00pm
The Family Stone:
Thomas Bezucha's wry, sharp comedy/drama looks at a family in upheaval during the Christmas period. Everett Stone brings his fiancee Meredith Morton to his family home for the festive season. Matriarch Sybil Stone doesn't approve of her and leads the family attack on Meredith but cracks start to appear in the family's own relationship and painful, occasionally amusing truths appear.
BBC3 9.00pm
Pregnancy: My Big Decision:
Documentary about two teenage girls who face the potentially life-changing decision of whether to keep their unborn babies. The girls, 16-year-old Chantelle and 14-year-old Lydia, go on a journey of self discovery with their mums and grans during a five-day road trip across the UK, where they encounter a variety of people and situations designed to get them talking openly and honestly and help inform the teens before they make their Big Decision.
BBC4 9.00pm
The Grandparent Diaries:
Documentary series about grandparents in Britain today. Val and Ron Little have been looking after Molly and Mitch, two of their seven grandchildren, after their mother Tammy was killed by the children's father. Through family archive, actuality, interview and the children's video diary, the film builds up an intimate picture of the family, past and present. It explores how far the love of these two doting (and grieving) grandparents has gone to repair a family coping with a tragic loss.
BBC4 10.00pm
The Waiting Room:
Series which draws out the dreams and preoccupations of different groups of people living in Britain today, by talking to them in the one place where they have a bit of spare time. In a north London day care centre, Jewish ninety-somethings sharpen their tongues, tap their feet to Peter Kay's Amarillo and reflect on the most important things in their lives - love, loss and Kiri Ti Kanawa.
BBC2 11.20pm
The Death of Respect:
John Ware asks what has happened to British values and behaviour over the last 50 years. Britons lead Europe in everything from brand awareness and rates of obesity, to public drunkenness, drug use, sexually transmitted infections and family breakdown. There is also less intervention in acts of public nuisance while mutual mistrust between adults and children is growing. How did Brtiain get to where it is today?
BBC3 11.45pm
Pregnancy: My Big Decision:
Documentary about two teenage girls who face the potentially life-changing decision of whether to keep their unborn babies. The girls, 16-year-old Chantelle and 14-year-old Lydia, go on a journey of self discovery with their mums and grans during a five-day road trip across the UK, where they encounter a variety of people and situations designed to get them talking openly and honestly and help inform the teens before they make their Big Decision.
BBC4 1.05am
The Grandparent Diaries:
Documentary series about grandparents in Britain today. Val and Ron Little have been looking after Molly and Mitch, two of their seven grandchildren, after their mother Tammy was killed by the children's father. Through family archive, actuality, interview and the children's video diary, the film builds up an intimate picture of the family, past and present. It explores how far the love of these two doting (and grieving) grandparents has gone to repair a family coping with a tragic loss.
Film4 1.30am
The Truth About Cats and Dogs:
Janeane Garofalo, in her breakthrough role, stars as Abby Barnes, a radio pet advisor. After helping photographer Brian soothe a nervous dog over the air, he asks her out but she's insecure about her looks and sends her friend Noelle, a stunning but not particularly bright blonde, along instead. Brian falls for her but he and Abby talk on the phone for hours and eventually, the two women are using their different talents for his affection. Once over the somewhat improbable premise, Michael Lehmann's romantic-comedy is charming, with three excellent leads delivering the sharp script with élan.
Friday 17th July
ITV1 1.40am
Children of Heaven:
Iranian family drama. A young brother and sister from a poor neighbourhood concoct an elaborate scheme to cover up the loss of a pair of shoes. Ali and Zahra are convinced their parents will be furious when they discover that the shoes have been lost, and decide to share shoes until they find the missing pair. But matters become complicated when Ali is entered in a 4k run.
Children of Heaven:
Iranian family drama. A young brother and sister from a poor neighbourhood concoct an elaborate scheme to cover up the loss of a pair of shoes. Ali and Zahra are convinced their parents will be furious when they discover that the shoes have been lost, and decide to share shoes until they find the missing pair. But matters become complicated when Ali is entered in a 4k run.
