ARMCHAIR TRAVEL TV diary July 2013
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July 29-July 31 -----------------------
Sunday, July 29
BBC4 19.00 A Poet's Guide to Britain
Repeat. Sylvia Plath: Wuthering Heights Owen looks at the work of Sylvia Plath, often overshadowed by husband Ted Hughes, her mental health and suicide. He visits the areas in West Yorkshire that influenced Wuthering Heights, a poem describing the Pennine landscape, and her literary journey over the Yorkshire moors
BBC2 N Ireland 21.00 The Mystery of Rome's X Tomb
Over 2,000 skeletons were found in one of Rome's catacombs following a roof collapse in an area marked with an X in the Vatican's underground mapping system. Historian Michael Scott joins experts called in by to identify who the dead were and what killed them.
Channel 4 21.00 The Returned
Last episode in the French supernatural thriller. The living now fear the dead, as a new, more sinister wave of them arrives in town, and it seems that everyone is going to have to choose sides. Victor discovers who killed his brother and subsequently caused his mother's death. Simon breaks free from
jail.
jail.
Fox, 22.00 Dexter
Episode 4 of 12: Scar Tissue Miami based. Dexter goes in search of another serial killer from Dr Vogel's list of rogues. Quinn passes the sergeant exam and Deb is treated for post-traumatic stress disorder. Starring Michael C Hall, Lauren Velez and Jennifer Carpenter
UTV 22.15 Alan Whicker: Journey's End
A tribute to the veteran travel broadcaster, who died earlier this month, looks back on his groundbreaking career, over nearly six decades. Best known for his long-running Whicker's World, he travelled the world talking to some fascinating people. Contributions by those who worked with him and previously unseen interviews with Alan Whicker himself
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Alan Whicker 1925-2013 Photo: BBC
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TG4 23.30 Daithi ar Highway 61
Daithi O Se visits blues country - the Mississippi Delta - and meets the grandson of Robert Johnson. In Clarksdale, Daithi encounters one of the biggest musical legends of all time.
Monday, July 29
BBC2 N Ireland, 21.00 Caligula with Mary Beard
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Friday, August 2
Monday, July 29
BBC2 N Ireland, 21.00 Caligula with Mary Beard
Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus - better known as Caligula - proclaimed himself a living God, made his horse a consul, and indulged in outrageous orgies. Classical scholar Mary Beard attempts to peel away some of the myths in pursuit of the real Caligula
Tuesday, July 30
BBC4 21.00 Churchill's First World War
Winston Churchill's road to redemption after his discredit in the Dardanelles disaster during World War One through intimate letters to his wife Clementine. How he was instrumental in the creation of the tank and his contribution to victory in 1918 as Minister of Munitions, establishing how the future Prime Minister was shaped by the Great War
Wednesday, July 31
BBC One Northern Ireland 21.00 Who Do You Think You Are?
Actor Nigel Havers discovers his ancestors are very different to the upper-class characters. Following his mother's line takes him to rural Cornwall, where he uncovers a story of illegitimacy worthy of a period drama. On his father's side, Nigel finds himself in Colchester for the tale of the Victorian equivalent of an Essex cab driver made good, but with an unhappy ending
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Nigel Havers Photo: BBC/Wall to Wall Media/Ed Miller
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BBC One Northern Ireland 22.35 The Baby Born in a Concentration Camp
The the story of Anka Bergman, who witnessed the horrors of Auschwitz, Poland and lived through six months of forced labour during World War II, while concealing her pregnancy from the Nazis. She tells how she survived starvation and gave birth to daughter Eva. They now live in Cambridge, England.
Friday, August 2
BBC2 N Ireland, 23.05 The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
The carefree life of a successful surgeon in 1960s Prague, then Czechoslovakia, and the complicated love of two women - an artist and a bookish provincial-town woman. Their lives turn to chaos when the country faces invasion by the Soviets. Based on Milan Kundera's novel, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche and Lena Olin
Saturday, August 3
BBC2 N Ireland 21.00 Top of the Lake
Saturday, August 3
BBC2 N Ireland 21.00 Top of the Lake
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| Elizabeth Moss in Top of the Lake Photo: BBC/See Saw Films/Parisa Taghizadeh |
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Sunday, July 21
Sunday, July 21
RTÉ One 18.30 Great Irish Journeys
Michael Collins' Last Day Broadcaster John Creedon retraces the final hours of Michael Collins, of the new Republic's provisional government, following his route reach West Cork on August 22, 1922 - the day of his assassination. John tells how Collins and his companions were lured into an ambush, the short gun battle in which the political leader was fatally shot in the head. Reconstructing the events of that day, John Creedon uses the same armoured car from the convoy, as well as testimonies from historians and a grand-niece of Michael Collins.
SKY Arts 2 19.00 Peter Ackroyd's Venice
Episode 2 of 4, Peter Ackroyd viewss the work of the 18th-century 'vedute' artists, including Guardi and Canaletto, who created the most popular views of Venice
Channel 4 20.00 The Plane That Saved Britain
Former British Royal Marines commando and pilot Arthur Williams and World War 2 aircraft he believes history has forgotten, the De Havilland Mosquito. He believes the wooden Mosquito is the plane that saved Britain. He meets the men who flew it, and travels to Virginia Beach, USA to fly in the world's only remaining flying Mosquito.
Channel 4 21.00 The Returned
The French supernatural thriller continues: Adele The Segurets close ranks around Camille after her attempt to help friends of the family ends in tragedy. Simon investigates his first death, while Pierre assumes a leading position in the small community.
BBC4 21.10 Elizabeth Taylor: England's Other Elizabeth
 Elizabeth Talylor: her lavish costume for Cleopatra. Photo:BBC/Prometheus Entertainment/Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
Profile of the twice Oscar-winner filmed around her visit to London, England in 2000, when she made a Dame by the Queen. The actress recalls her early days as a child star in Lassie Come Home and National Velvet, and discusses working in Hollywood in the 1950s and 60s - including with Richard Burton, whom she married twice. Elizabeth Taylor was born in Hampstead, London, England, her parents were Americans, art dealers from St. Louis, Missouri. Elizabeth lived in London until the age of seven, when the family relocated to Los Angeles
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BBC4 22.05 Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess: Clara Bow
The rise and fall of Clara Bow, one of the biggest names in Hollywood's silent-movie era, compared by one director to that of Marilyn Monroe. The advent of the talkies, caused her career to decline and she retired at the age of 28 amid scandal and ill health.
Monday, July 22
Monday, July 22
TV3 21.00 Ireland's Cocaine Wars: Out of Control
Linda McCabe tells the story of how her son Edward was caught in the crossfire of the Crumlin-Drimnagh drug feud.
BBC2 N Ireland 21.00 Rick Stein's India
Last in the series. Rick visits a five-star hotel in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, employing local housewives for genuine home-cooked dishes and samples chettinad chicken. In Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, he meets India's first MasterChef winner, and Rick marks the end of his culinary journey with a small gathering of friends at his bungalow to reveal the outcome of his search for the perfect curry. Last in the series
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| Rick Stein's Chettinad Crab dish Photo BBC |
Tuesday, July 23
BBC2 Northern Ireland 23.05 Imagine - Woody Allen: A Documentary Part 1
Alan Yentob introduces the first of a two-part documentary of the New York film-maker. Allen talks about his childhood in Brooklyn, his success as a stand-up and early forays into screenwriting and film-making. Contributions from Diane Keaton, Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz, director Martin Scorsese and critic Leonard Maltin. Concludes tomorrow
Wednesday, July 24
Film4 16.30 Roman Holiday (1953)
A princess on a tour of European capitals runs away from her entourage while in Rome. Meets an American newspaper reporter taking advantage in the hope of getting an exclusive, but as he shows her the sights of the city, he falls in love with her. Stars Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Eddie Albert and Harcourt Williams
BBC One Northern Ireland 21.00 Who Do You Think You Are?
New series. Actress Una Stubbs sets out to learn about the grandparents she never met. She uncovers a surprising connection between her paternal grandfather and the confectionery company she modelled for in the 1950s. Another coincidental link: her forebear's chosen home town of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, and the area's founder.
BBC2 Northern Ireland 22.35 Imagine - Woody Allen: A Documentary Part 2
Sunday, July 14
RTÉ One 18.30 Great Irish Journeys
Legendary journeys that have changed the face of Ireland continues as Evelyn O'Rourke retraces Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare's march from West Cork to Leitrim in January 1603. This trek was undertaken by civilians as opposed to an army, men, women and children in O'Sullivan Beare's care endure harsh winter conditions as they fled oppression from English and their own countrymen. Of the estimated 1,000 that set off from West Cork, only 34 arrived at their destination and Evelyn reveals how the tale ends up in the court of Philip III in Spain
Channel 4 21.00 The Returned
RTÉ Two 20.25 Death Camp Treblinka: Survivor Stories
How Samuel Willenberg and Kalman Taigman escaped from the concentration campTreblinka Poland, where more than 800,000 Polish Jews died during the Nazi Holocaust. The two men fled during a revolt in August 1943, before one of them sought vengeance in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising and the other appeared at the trial of Adolf Eichmann for war crimes in 1961.
FOX 21.00 Dexter
The Final Season (8) Episode 2 of 12 Set in and around Miami, Florida, USA. Miami Metro continues its search for the Brain Surgeon. Dr Vogel, played by Charlotte Rampling, enlists Dexter's help to do her bidding based on her experiences with earlier patients. Meanwhile, Debra works a perplexing case and resolves to take matters into her own hands. Drama, directed by and starring Michael C Hall, with Charlotte Rampling and Jennifer CarpenterChannel 4 21.00 The Returned
The French supernatural thriller continues with the residents affected by a power cut. Pierre forms a community around Camille, who is now seen as a kind of prophet and Julie finds refuge at Laure's house with Victor, whose body is undergoing a strange transformation. Meanwhile, Lena grows closer to Serge, but has to escape back to the town.
ITV3 21.00 The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
Based on Henry James' novel, The Portrait of a Lady, American heiress goes on a tour of Europe after the death of her parents, and ends up marrying an enigmatic art collector - unaware he considers her to be nothing more than another piece for his collection. Set in the 1870s Starring Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Richard E Grant and Barbara Hershey.
Discovery 20.00 Platoon: The True Story
Oliver Stone reveals the real-life events that inspired his film and talks about the soldiers who he fought alongside in the Vietnam War, and who he immortalised on the big screen. This documentary examines how much of Platoon was based on Stone's personal recollections of the war. Features contributions from Star Willem Dafoe (Sgt Elias) and Dale Dye, the Vietnam veteran and former Marine who worked as the military adviser on the movie
Monday, July 15
BBC4 21.00 Howzat! Kerry Packer's War
Final part of drama about the life of the Australian media mogul who, denied the TV broadcasting rights by the Australian Cricket Board in 1976, signed up 50 of the world's greatest cricketers and created his own World Series Cricket. Packer revolutionised the way in which cricket was presented on television.
Channel 4 22.00 Run
First of four dramas, set in and around the mean streets of Brixton, South London, England, tells the stories of people facing life-changing decisionswhere even the smallest choices are a luxury. Carol is a tough single mother striving to keep her family together. When her teenage sons commit a random act of violence that ends in a stranger's death, will she protect them or do what's right? Starring Olivia Colman, Neil Maskell, Sarah Hoare and Billy and JJ Pamphilon. Continues tomorrow
Tuesday, July 16
UTV, 21.00 Robson Green: How the North of England Was Built
Robson concludes his exploration of the north of England's rich industrial history, moving to iron, steel and shipbuilding. He again visits the former Swan Hunter shipyard on the Tyne - his first job. Examines the development of working-class communities following the Industrial Revolution and the growth of football and pub culture. A member of his own family took part in the1926 General Striketaking part in derailing of the Flying Scotsman
BBC2 N Ireland 21.00 Top of the Lake
Set around New Zealand's South Island The search for Tui Mitcham escalates and fears for her grow, Robin pursues a suspect to his house but the situation quickly spirals out of control. She later goes to the women's camp at Paradise but ends up being interrogated herself by the enigmatic GJ.
Film 4 22.55 Witness (1985)
A Philadelphia cop, played by Harrison Ford, is assigned to protect an Amish boy who was the only witness to a murder at the city's train station. Discovering the killers are dishonest policemen willing to go to any lengths to cover up their crime, he is forced to go into hiding within Pennsylvania's Amish community, experiencing a clash of cultures and unexpected feelings for the boy's widowed mother. Thriller, directed by Peter Weir, with Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas and Danny Glover
Wednesday, July 17
BBC4 20.00 Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Repeat, Trouble in the Family 1337-1360: Dr Janina Ramirez explores the lengthy conflict between England and France in the 14th and 15th centuries. She begins by examining how Edward III led a crushing English victory at the Battle of Crecy in 1346, focusing on the role played by low-born archers, before moving on to the Black Prince's campaign of terror
New series. Art historian Helen Rosslyn visits some of Britain's impressive country houses to tell how so many great paintings came to Britain, and of the people who brought them there. The first episode: the influence of the 17th-century collectors, including Thomas Howard (the Earl of Arundel) and King Charles I (and his Whitehall Group) and explores his taste for the Baroque, commissioning artists such as Rubens, Van Dyke and Antonio Verrio
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TV3 21.00 Ireland's Worst Holiday Disasters
Repeat, Documentary on events that affected Irish holiday-makers, the ash cloud of 2010, Thailand's 2004 tsunami, the Costa Concordia cruise ship in 2012 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
National Geographic 21.00 Diggers: Treasure Hunters
American Civil War Nectar Sector The metal detector gives blaring signals at a American Civil War campsite in Virginia, USA, raising KG and Ringy's hopes of finding a treasure-filled strong box.
The second part continues at 21.30 and KG and Ringy head to the site of the Hatfield-McCoy feud in West Virginia, USA, where no artefacts have previously been found from the famous family fight
Thursday, July 18
Film 4 22.50 The Firm (1993)
Harvard law graduate Mitch, played by Tom Cruise, is head-hunted to work for a prestigious law firm at 125 Front Street, Downtown, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, despite his wife's warnings that it is too good to be true. After two of his colleagues are murdered, Mitch is approached by the FBI and informed the company is controlled by the Mafia - leaving him in a deadly predicament. Thriller, adapted from the novel by John Grisham, starring Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Holly Hunter
Friday, July 19
BBC2 N Ireland 21.00 Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve
Saturday, July 20Friday, July 19
BBC2 N Ireland 21.00 Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve
Repeat, Madagascar to the Seychelles Simon's journey continues on the coast of Madagascar, where he goes spearfishing with the Vezo people. On Mauritius, he visits slums that show a different side to the tourist paradise, and in the Seychelles, meeting an Englishman on his private island. Simon also joins Dutch Special Forces training to board pirate ships.
BBC2 N Ireland 21.00 Top of the Lake
Set around New Zealand's South Island The search for Tui Mitcham escalates and fears for her grow, Robin pursues a suspect to his house but the situation quickly spirals out of control. She later goes to the women's camp at Paradise but ends up being interrogated herself by the enigmatic GJ.
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Griff Rhys Jones with Joshua Ennin, a 90yr Old Ghanaian Veteran of the Burma Campaign’s Forgotten Army
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Sunday, July 7
RTÉ One 18.30 Great Irish Journeys
Carlyle, Duffy and the Great Famine (1849) New series. Famous Irish journeys and their impact on the island and people. Grainne Seoige follows in the footsteps of Unionist philosopher Thomas Carlyle and his Nationalist politician friend Charles Gavan Duffy, who toured the country together for a month and examines the tragedy of the Great Famine from the perspective of the ruling elite
BBC2 N Ireland, 21.00, Burma, My Father and the Forgotten Army
Carlyle, Duffy and the Great Famine (1849) New series. Famous Irish journeys and their impact on the island and people. Grainne Seoige follows in the footsteps of Unionist philosopher Thomas Carlyle and his Nationalist politician friend Charles Gavan Duffy, who toured the country together for a month and examines the tragedy of the Great Famine from the perspective of the ruling elite
BBC2 N Ireland, 21.00, Burma, My Father and the Forgotten Army
Griff Rhys Jones's father never talked about his time as a medical officer during the Second World War. Griff explores the stories of Africans and Asians who fought with the Allies, travelling first to Ghana and then to the jungles of Burma in the company of 90-year-old veteran Joshua Ennin
FOX 21.00 Dexter
The Final Season (8) Episode 1 of 12 A Beautiful Day New series. Set in and around Miami, Florida, USA. Deb is devastated by her decision to shoot Captain LaGuerta to save Dexter. Her possible confession is not Dexter's only problem - homicide's latest recruit is Evelyn Vogel, a neuropsychiatrist who specialises in profiling serial killers. With a keen interest in the Bay Harbour Butcher, she is poised to spot his dark secret
BBC4 21.00 Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
A profile, from her birth in a shack in the cotton fields of Putnam County, Georgia, USA, to her recognition as a leading writer with her novel The Color Purple - the work that won her the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983, and transformed into a movie that was nominated for 11 Oscars, and went on to become a successful Broadway musical
Monday, July 8
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Discovery, 22.00 Amish Mafia
No Peace for the Wicked The men who protect and maintain peace and order within the Amish community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA - how they deliver justice.
Tuesday, July 9
TV3, 19.30 Lyndey Milan's Taste of Ireland
Food and wine expert Lyndey Milan travels to Co Waterford, and visits a local growers' market, samples food at a village bakery and visits the Waterford Crystal factory, then to Dungarvan where she makes a three-dish dessert with chef Paul Flynn
RTÉ One 20.30 Kitchen Hero: HomeCooked
Donal Skehan visits the Portmagee Set Dancing Festival in Co Kerry, where he prepares jerk chicken with mango salsa flavour bomb salad.
BBC2 N Ireland 20.30 The Cruise: A Life at Sea
Following life aboard the Fred Olsen flagship Balmoral during its 112-day journey around the world, with 1,700 passengers and crew setting off from Southampton in January. A sick passanger is airlifted off the ship in mid-Atlantic. Choir mistress Sue Alderson readys her volunteers for a performance of The Pirates of Penzance at the end of the leg in Acapulco
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| All at sea on board the Fred Olsen flagship Balmoral |
UTV, 21.00 Robson Green: How the North of England Was Built
Northumberland-born Robson presents a two-part documentary about the North of England's contribution to the Industrial Revolution. The first edition tells the story of the coal industry that shaped him and his family He finds how the cotton-mill workers of Lancashire created the profits that helped to develop Manchester and he explores advances in transport: canals and railways linked cities, factories and ports ...and allowed large numbers of working people access to the seaside.
Channel 4, 21.00 The Murder Trial
Documentary showing remotely operated cameras film the retrial of Scottish businessman Nat Fraser, accused of murdering his wife in 1998. Found guilty, Fraser was jailed for at least 25 years, but he started a long appeal process that eventually saw the conviction quashed, and in April 2012, he was sent back to the High Court in Edinburgh, Scotland for a fresh trial. Recorded over six weeks, this programme follows the case.
BBC4 21.00 China in Six Easy Pieces
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Lars Tharp with vase by artist Liu Longuo,
in China in Six Easy Pieces Photo:BBC/Blast Films/Robert Slater
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Ceramics expert Lars Tharp selects six pieces of Chinese porcelain to act as a guide to thousands of years of China's history. He tells how China had its own tastes in such wares while the West was enthralled by blue-and-white patterned artefacts from the East.
Wednesday, July 10
BBC4 19.30 Wainwright Walks
Repeat. High Street Julia Bradbury visits the 2,500ft summit of High Street in the Lake District's fells,(England) used as a path 2,000 years ago by marching Roman legions. Then she comes down to the mysterious valley of Mardale, where the local village was lost when the Haweswater reservoir was made.
BBC4 20.00 Atlantis - The Evidence
Repeat. Investigating evidence that suggests the legend of Atlantis was inspired by a tsunami that hit Crete in 1500 BC. Presented by Bettany Hughes
BBC4 21.00 Rome: A History of the Eternal City
Repeat. The Rebirth of God's City Simon Sebag Montefiore charts Rome's rise from the abandonment and neglect of the 14th century into the seat of the Papacy. His story begins with the debauchery and decadence of the Renaissance, and takes viewers through the Catholic Reformation, the arrival of fascism and the creation of the Vatican State. Last in the series
RTÉ One 23.40 Who Do You Think You Are? USA
Repeat. Rashida Jones American actress and writer Rashida Jones uncovers her maternal family history, tracing a path from New York, Manhattan to Eastern Europe and finds out about her grandmother's missing years
Thursday, July 11
TG4 20.00 Iarnrod Uladh
Repeat. Last in the series. The Ballycastle Railway a first-hand account of the dreadful winter of 1947 when the train got stuck in the snow, with passengers still on board, for three days.
Friday, July 12
Channel 4 23.05 Battle in Seattle (2007)
Fact-based movie following the disorder that erupted in Seattle in 1999 as thousands came to demonstrate outside the World Trade Organisation conference. Protests began peacefully but ultimately descend into a riot. The resulting chaos is depicted from the points of view of demonstrators, police, officials and the city's residents. With Charlize Theron, Woody Harrelson and Ray Liotta
Saturday, July 6
BBC4 20.00 Nelson's Caribbean Hell-Hole:
An Eighteenth Century Navy Graveyard Uncovered
Repeat. The discovery of human bones on a beach in Antigua leads historian Sam Willis to investigate a dark chapters in Britain's imperial past. As a mass grave of British soldiers is excavated he discovers the island's ruins and finds that the sugar islands of the Caribbean were rife with war, tropical diseases and poisoned rum
BBC2 N Ireland 21.00 Top of the Lake
New series. Twelve-year-old Tui Mitcham walks out into a lake on New Zealand's South Island, but is saved. She is found to be pregnant and local police call in child-protection specialist Robin Griffin, a detective based in Australia who is in the area to visit her sick mother. Thriller co-written by Oscar winner Jane Campion, starring Elisabeth Moss, Peter Mullan and Holly Hunter
Discovery, 21.00 Commander in Chief
The Bin Laden Raid The story behind the hunt for Osama bin Laden and the discovery of his hideout in Pakistan in 2011, which left President Barack Obama with a tough decision
Category Documentary
Sunday, June 30
SKY 1, 20.00 Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of James Bond (2012)
SKY 1, 20.00 Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of James Bond (2012)
Documentary of the making the James Bond films, with contributions from cast and crew members of the 26 movies made over the past 50 years, Daniel Craig, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan, producers Harry Saltzman, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson.
Channel 4, 20.00 The Secret of Lincoln Jail: A Time Team Special
As part of a £19million refurbishment of Lincoln Castle, a preparatory archaeological dig is revealing new secrets about the horrors of its early jails. With help from Phil Harding and Alex Langlands, newly knighted Tony Robinson traces the story of punishment over the course of a millennium and discovers that, behind the castle's walls, the Victorians launched an experiment in prison justice that pushed human beings to their limits
BBC4 21.00 Rich Hall's You Can Go to Hell, I'm Going to Texas
Rick takes a trip to Texas to find what it's like to be an inhabitant of 'The Lone Star State'.- the landscape, the oil industry, the Alamo, the people, the truth behind the myths. He examines the Texan psyche through its sport, movies, industries and lifestyle.
Monday, July 1
BBC4 20.00 London on Film: The Suburbs
Archive film of the London suburbs.
BBC4 21.00 The Man Who Discovered Egypt
Repeat. Chris Naunton of the Egypt Exploration Society, profiles Victorian adventurer Flinders Petrie. How Petrie changed the world's understanding of ancient Egyptian civilisation while conducting a survey of the pyramids, making historical discoveries. He discusses Petrie's methods of investigation.
BBC2 N Ireland 21.00 Rick Stein's India
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| Rick Stein: his Aloo Mattar dish. Rick Stein Photo: BBC/Denham |
The chef visits Madurai in Tamil Nadu, where he learns of temple cooking and samples the southern Indian dish sambar. He then travels across the Western Ghats to the state of Kerala
BBC4 22.00 Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer
Repeat. The discovery of a skeleton that archaeologists believe to be the sister of Cleopatra VII leads Neil Oliver to examine the reign of the hard-hearted queen. The journey takes him from Egypt to Turkey, unraveling the story behind her lust for power and the possible cause of her sister's death
BBC4 23.00 Rome: A History of the Eternal City
Repeat. Simon Sebag Montefiore reveals the role of religion in creating and maintaining the power Rome. In this first episode: how every event in ancient Rome revolved around worship and that nothing took place without calling on the Pantheon, the temple to their gods. Also he charts the part played by sacredness and sacrifice.
Tuesday, July 2
BBC4 21.00 The Fairytale Castles of King Ludwig II with Dan Cruickshank
Exploring the aesthetic styles associated with Ludwig II of Bavaria, the legendary king who was, we're told, handsome and loved by his people. Cruickshank investigates the mock-medievalism of Neuschwanstein Castle and the design of Herrenshiemsee, to assess how they tell us more more about the mysterious ruler
Wednesday, July 3
BBC3 21.00 Shot for Going to School
The story of Malala Yousafzai the 15-year-old girl targeted by the Taliban. After campaigning for girls in Pakistan to receive an education, she was the subject of an assassination attempt in 2012. Nel Hedayat travels to Pakistan to discover what has happened since Malala was injured and finds just how widespread is the violence directed toward schoolgirls.
Thursday, July 4
BBC2 N Ireland 21.00 Who Were the Greeks?
Part two of two. Michael Scott examines the influence of ancient Greece on the world, on democracy, art, architecture, philosophy, science, sport and theatre.
Friday, July 5
UTV, 21.00 Britain's Secret Homes
Last in the series. Actor David Jason, comedian and impressionist Ronni Ancona, actor Mark Williams and TV presenter Mary-Ann Ochota explore the 10 most remarkable properties in Great Britain - a Lincoln restaurant with a tragic, murderous past and, in Shropshire, a house that helped save the monarchy. Presented by Michael Buerk and Bettany Hughes.
BBC2 N Ireland 21.00 Wild Shepherdess with Kate Humble
Last in the series. Kate in the Outback working at a large sheep station in Australia, where 25,000 sheep are raised on a million acres.
Saturday, July 6
BBC4 21.00 Wallander: The Fifth Woman 3
Episode 3 of 4 A four-part Swedish adaptation a Henning Mankell thriller. Starring Rolf Lassgard
BBC4 21.55 Wallander: The Fifth Woman 4
Episode 4 of 4 Starring Rolf Lassgard
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