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Byline: Jade Wright

AS ANYONE who has witnessed my epic collection of holiday photos on Facebook will tell you, the most important gadget for any summer trip is a decent digital camera.

The Gadget Show Summer Special (five, 8pm) sees Jason Bradbury Jason Bradbury is a British television personality who currently presents The Gadget Show on five.

Jason began his professional career as a stand-up comic as one half of a double act with David Walliams of Little Britain fame.
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 head off to Jersey to find one. The duo explore the island and capture the best snaps, using all the features the cameras have to offer.

They also try out cool caravans, and make waves in a breathtaking race on two super-fast jetskis.

Plus, Suzi Perry jets to the South of France South of France south n the South of France → le Sud de la France, le Midi  to test the top five travel speakers, and Jon Bentley flies to Tunisia to check out digital translators.

In the second episode of Who's Watching You? (BBC BBC
 in full British Broadcasting Corp.

Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927.
2, 9pm), Richard Bilton delves deep with the conspiracy theorists and reveals a world where former soldiers watch suspected workplace thieves and corporate spooks trawl trawl - To sift through large volumes of data (e.g. Usenet postings, FTP archives, or the Jargon File) looking for something of interest.  company rubbish for lucrative secrets, while suppliers enjoy the booming trade in tracking devices, secret cameras and hidden microphones. Big Brother is indeed watching you.

The presenter insists there's an upside to all this jiggery-pokery, but he's also keen to stress the darker side of the industry..

There's the story of an employee who was continually monitored at work, and as a result ended up wrongly accused of shirking his responsibilities.

We all want to feel safe in an increasingly technological world, but are we really prepared to pay the price of Big Brother peering at our every move? If you have even the most fleeting interest in history or archaeology, The Secrets of Stonehenge: A Time Team Special (Channel 4, 9pm) will have you salivating.

Why? Because it's a feature-length chance to get up close and personal with one of the world's most enigmatic and iconic ancient monuments - Stonehenge.

To some, it's just a collection of rather large and old stones, but to millions, including presenter Tony Robinson, it rocks - it's a mystery just begging to be solved.

For the past six years, archaeologists have been exploring the entire landscape in which the stone circle sits, and over the course of the excavation, which was documented by Time Team cameras, a few surprises emerged.

But will the epic investigation actually answer some of the archaeological world's burning questions about this wonderful place?

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Publication:Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Date:Jun 1, 2009
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