FACTUAL 7 TO WATCH.THE ART ON YOUR WALL WITH SUE PERKINS Susan Elizabeth Perkins (born September 22, 1969 in East Dulwich, London), more commonly known as Sue Perkins, is an English radio and television presenter, actress, and writer. , 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, Monday, 9pm: Comedian Sue recreates (sort of) that classic cheeky tennis player pose as she charts the changes in British taste in art. She looks at the history of postwar prints as she aims to discover what the average person displays above their mantelpiece. LIFE, BBC1, Monday 9pm: Insects outnumber us by 200 million to one, so it's only right that David Attenborough should take a look at the fascinating world of bugs. As always, there are amazing stories and stunning footage. Watch in wonder as the Darwin beetle in Chile fights off other males up a 25ft-high tree and a damselfly damselfly: see dragonfly. damselfly Any of numerous predaceous insects of the suborder Zygoptera (order Odonata) having eyes that project to each side. tries to mate and lay her eggs in just one day. AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, BBC1, Tuesday, 9pm: It's the final leg of the journey, as former EastEnder Shane Richie and current cast member Josie Lawrence take over the Children In Need carpet bag from Myleene Klass and John Barrowman. They must travel from Memphis to North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. to catch a ship across the Atlantic, but they're delayed by Hurricane Bill - will they make it back in time? MAKE ME AN MP, BBC1, Wednesday, 10.45pm: This film follows former baggage handler John Smeaton, who shot to fame in 2007 when he helped thwart a terrorist attack at Glasgow airport, as he stands for the Glasgow North East by-election. ANDREW MARR'S THE MAKING OF MODERN BRITAIN, BBC2, Wednesday, 9pm: Andrew takes us into the 1920s in this episode, touching on the General Strike of 1926, Lloyd George's cash for honours Cash for Honours (also Cash for Peerages, Loans for Honours or Loans for Peerages ) is the name given by some in the media to a political scandal in the United Kingdom in 2006 and 2007 concerning the connection between political donations and the award of life scandal, the nightclubs of the Roaring Twenties, and the establishment of the BBC. WONDERLAND, BBC2, Thursday, 9.50pm: The title of this week's film in a fascinating documentary series is Can We Get Married? Emma Bishop and Ben Marshall have been together for six years and want to tie the knot, but it's not as straightforward as it might be because they both have Down's Syndrome. They try to work out if marriage would bring them closer together or be a stress they can do without. CONFESSIONS OF A TRAFFIC WARDEN, Channel 4, Thursday, 9pm: One of the most hated professions around - probably worse than estate agents - is that of the traffic warden. Who'd want a job where you are regularly sworn at, called 'the scum of the earth' and even assaulted? Durga Pokhrey does. This educated man has come to London from Nepal to be a traffic warden and gets a real shock at how rude the British public can be. |
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