BBC Two England TV Guide
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Schools - Curious Cat: Steel, Electricity, SewageThree short films designed to help children studying Key Stage 1 Material Science learn about the manufacture of steel and biscuit tins, as well as the treatment of sewage
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Homes Under the HammerEPISODE: 29
Developers Lucy Alexander and Martin Roberts visit a Wiltshire bungalow, a ground-floor flat in Balham, south-west London, and a three-bedroom end-of-terrace property in Yorkshire. They then follow the sales and talk to the buyers about their plans for the buildings, returning to review their progress after three months
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- 2:05am
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Robbed, Raided, ReunitedSeason 2 Episode 12: EPISODE: 12
Gethin Jones follows the story of a family whose members discovered burglars had been in their house while they slept. Plus, the charity left devastated after being targeted by thieves, and the police investigation to track down a wanted robber
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- 2:35am
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Cowboy TrapCowboy Trap
Clive Holland tries to fix the bad jobs that builders have left behind in homes around the country, offering practical tips to viewers
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- 3:20am
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Chefs: Put Your Menu Where Your Mouth IsSeason 1 Episode 14: Brighton Food & Drink Festival
Paul Rankin and Lesley Waters compete at the Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival - the largest of its kind in the south of England. The duo will be calling on their culinary know-how and previous street-food experience to feed hundreds of hungry festival-goers and make the biggest profit
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- 4:05am
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Great Continental Railway JourneysSeason 1 Episode 4: Switzerland
Following in the footsteps of early 20th-century travellers, Michael Portillo uses his 1913 copy of Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide to explore Switzerland, which was a favourite with Edwardian tourists. He begins in Basle, travels east to visit the industrial regions of Zurich and learns about the engineering feats needed to thread the rail network through the Alps. He takes in the striking beauty of Lake Lucerne, before ending with an ascent by train to Europe's highest station at Jungfraujoch
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- 5:05am
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Country Show Cook OffSeason 1 Episode 9: EPISODE: 9
Jun Tanaka and Galton Blackiston head to the fishing village of Clovelly in Devon, and pay a visit to the nearby Blackberry Farm to meet Lizzi Kirby and her prize-winning cattle. The chefs then set up their kitchen to prepare a seafood picnic for Clovelly's Lobster and Crab Feast, where they have to impress four local food judges
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HARDtalk
Newsmakers, personalities from sports and entertainment.
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- 6:00am
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The Daily PoliticsGeneric Thursday
Parliamentary proceedings interspersed with discussions, interviews and filmed reports from around the country. Presented by Andrew Neil and Jenny Scott
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- 8:00am
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Tennis from Eastbourne2013 AEGON International: Quarter-Finals
The AEGON International. John Inverdale presents coverage from the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne, featuring the women's quarter-final matches. All four of the contests at this stage last year were settled in straight sets, with eventual winner Tamira Paszek prevailing 6-0, 6-4 over Tsvetana Pironkova, while the most anticipated clash of the round saw Marion Bartoli defeat fellow seed Lucie Safarova 6-4, 6-2
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- 12:15pm
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- 1:00pm
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EggheadsSeason 14 Episode 41: EPISODE: 41
Quiz hosted by Dermot Murnaghan, in which the winners of famous game shows work as a team to tackle a new set of challengers hoping to win a cash prize
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- 1:30pm
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Father BrownSeason 1 Episode 9: The Mayor and the Magician
The mayor is electrocuted while speaking at the Kembleford village fete, and Father Brown suspects he was the victim of a deliberate act. Meanwhile, Mrs McCarthy's past comes back to haunt her. Mystery, starring Mark Williams and Sorcha Cusack
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Antiques Road TripSeason 2 Episode 19: EPISODE: 19
James Braxton explores Victorian science and Thomas Plant indulges his passion for steam railways when the duo visit Whitby and Pickering in North Yorkshire in search of antiques to take to auction in Baildon, West Yorkshire
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Airport LiveSeason 1 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4
In the final programme going behind the scenes at Heathrow, Dan Snow finds out if he has what it takes to be an air-traffic controller and Anita Rani discovers how planes might offer a quieter future. Dallas Campbell, whose father used to fly 747s, is in a flight simulator to see if he can land an A380 passenger jet
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- 4:00pm
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Flights and Fights: Inside the Low Cost Airlines
Documentary examining the emergence of budget airlines to see how they revolutionised the industry and made huge profits. The film follows Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary on a trip to Poland, accompanies an easyJet flight to Moscow and tags along with a group of lads heading for Riga, Latvia, to enjoy a stag party. It also looks at what the future holds for them, with easyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou trying to halt the company's expansion, while O'Leary has just placed a huge order for new planes. Sandi Toksvig narrates
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Mock the WeekSeason 12 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2
Host Dara O Briain and regulars Chris Addison, Hugh Dennis and Andy Parsons are joined by Gary Delaney, Miles Jupp and Nathan Caton on the topical comedy quiz, with the panellists giving their take on the week's major news stories
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HorizonHorizon - Fracking: The New Energy Rush
Geologist Iain Stewart investigates a new and controversial method of extracting natural gas from deep underground that involves hydraulic fracturing - or fracking, as it has become known. He travels to America to find out what the process is and what can be learned from the US experience, meeting people who have become rich from it, as well as those worried about the risks to their communities
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- 7:20pm
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PanoramaElderly Care: Condition Critical? - Panorama
An investigation into mortality rates in care and nursing homes for the elderly, following concerns that neglect in some establishments is leading to early death. Reporter Alison Holt follows two women and a whistleblower fighting for a raising of standards and hears from a leading doctor and statistician - responsible for uncovering death rates at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Hospital Trust - who claims the service provision in this sector is decades behind in using mortality rates to pick up poor care
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The Genius of InventionSeason 1 Episode 2: The Genius of Inventions: Speed
With the ease of air, rail and road travel in the modern age, the ability to move quickly and safely across the globe is often taken for granted. Michael Mosley, Mark Miodownik and Cassie Newland are at Rolls-Royce's site in Derby to tell the stories of the British inventors who revolutionised powered transport - focusing on the steam locomotive and internal combustion and jet engines
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- 11:30pm
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Schools - The Science of Space Dive
Shorts films created for Key Stage three and four pupils about 43-year-old Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner's parachute jump in October 2012, when he became the first person to freefall through the sound barrier after leaping from a record-breaking height of 24 miles. The film follows Felix as he trains under the supervision of 82-year-old Joe Kittinger, the man who set the altitude record when he fell 19 miles to Earth in 1960, and shows how the mission came close to being aborted in the final stages of the ascent