91Èȱ¬ Two Autumn 2007
Programmes T-W
Top Gear
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Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are
back behind the wheel of Britain's most talked-about
motoring show, which returns for a new run this
autumn.
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Last year's most watched series ever was proof, if
proof were needed, that you don't have to be a
petrolhead to love Top Gear – you just need to love
sheer, bloody-minded entertainment laced with the
acerbic wit and schoolboy banter of three grown
men who really should know better.
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Fans can look forward to regular treats such as Star
In A Reasonably Priced Car, the enigma that is The Stig
and, of course, the unexpected...
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Tribal Wives
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Six British women are given the opportunity
to travel to some of the most remote parts
of the world and experience life as
"tribal wives".
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The series sees the women give up their everyday lives to
spend a month living with some of the world's most remote
tribes – in Tanzania, Namibia, Ecuador, Panama, Indonesia and
Ethiopia – and acting as a "second wife" by shadowing a
tribesman's real wife in her daily duties.
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Viewers gain an insight into how tribal women really live
in a way that has never been explored before. They can
follow the progress of the tribal wife to see if she is
accepted by the community and is able to rise to the
challenges thrown at her by her new life – or whether
she simply misses her Western lifestyle too much to
truly benefit from the experience.
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Tribe
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Bruce Parry returns for his most exciting and exotic
series of adventures yet as he joins six remote tribes
from across the world, sharing their everyday lives,
learning their philosophies and joining in their rituals.
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From the freedom of travelling 400km with the Nenets in Russia to the intimacy
of sharing an island just 2 km square with the Anutans in paradisiacal
Polynesia, Bruce undergoes a series of physical trials and spiritual tests which
leave a lasting legacy in his heart.
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He is used to immersing himself in all parts of tribal life, from hunting wild pigs
to undergoing unpleasant cleansing rituals. But how will he cope with making
10,000 yak butter candles to atone for his sins in what a Bhutan Buddhist
astrologer insists is his "emotional disaster" of a life? Reincarnation as a
monkey may be the best it gets.
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JW
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The Tudors
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This lavish and seductive historical drama
takes a fresh look at the early life of Henry
VIII, played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Mission
Impossible 3), in a performance that
completely dispels the image of the old,
overweight and infirm ruler.
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The Tudors focuses on Henry's rampant life during his late
twenties and early thirties while he was still married to his
first queen, Catherine of Aragon, but pursuing Anne
Boleyn as well as every other pretty face that caught his
wandering eye.
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Written by Michael Hirst (Elizabeth), The Tudors was
shot on location in Ireland with a stellar cast that
includes Jeremy Northam (Gosford Park) as Sir Thomas
More; Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) as Cardinal Wolsey;
Gabrielle Anwar (Scent Of A Woman) as Princess
Margaret; Henry Czerny (The Pink Panther) as
Norfolk; Peter O’Toole’s daughter, Kate O'Toole, as
Lady Salisbury; Maria Doyle Kennedy (Sorted) as
Catherine of Aragon; and Natalie Dormer
(Casanova) as Anne Boleyn.
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The Tudors successfully premièred on US
network Showtime in early April, where it
delivered the network's best series debut in
three years.
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GJ
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The Windscale Inferno
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For three days in October 1957, Britain faced a nuclear nightmare. On the edge of the Lake District, a small team of men courageously fought a catastrophic fire in Britain's first atomic
weapons factory at Windscale.
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This documentary, using previously classified material, sees key witnesses re-telling the extraordinary
events of Britain's worst nuclear disaster.
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The Windscale Inferno tells the story of the heroism of the men who battled the fire, yet feel they were betrayed by the government they had worked so hard to serve.
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The programme goes to the heart of Britain's post-war history, the obsession with secrecy and fears of the intensifying Cold War, and it highlights Britain's dependence on that "special relationship" with the
United States.
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Using dramatic reconstruction, high-level CGI and first-hand testimony from witnesses, The Windscale Inferno reveals the full drama of Britain's worst nuclear disaster.
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