Tonight's TV : TV Tips.Stargate Atlantis (five, 8pmPHILOSOPHERS and adventurers have dreamed of locating the mythical world of Atlantis for centuries, but in this sci-fi spin-off series, the city holds far more terrors than w e could ever imagine. For those not in the know, a team of scientists have travelled through the Stargate and found themselves in Atlantis. Unfortunately, their chances of returning t o Earth are scuppered when they discover the region has limited power supplies, leaving the intrepid boffins facing the horror of never being able to return home Coast (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 GRAB your wellies and don your sou'wester for the latest instalment of the series exploring Britain's coastline. The team of experts travel to the south coast of Wales, which has the world's second highest tidal range. Geographer Nick Crane explains how this creates the Severn Bore, a surge of water, makes a wave which can sometimes reach as high as six feet, while anthropologist Alice Roberts meets the Red Lady of Paviland The Red Lady of Paviland is a fairly complete Upper Paleolithic-era human male skeleton dyed in red ochre discovered in 1823 by Rev. William Buckland in one of the Paviland limestone caves of the Gower Peninsula in south Wales. , who - at more than 26,000 years old - is believed to be Britain's oldest human skeleton The human skeleton consists of both fused and individual bones supported and supplemented by ligaments, tendons, muscles and cartilage. Fused bones include those of the pelvis and the cranium. Osteocytes are present in the bone matrix. 24 (BBC1, 11.20pm SETTLE back on the sofa for not one, not two, but three exciting episodes of the acclaimed real-time drama shown back-to-back. The series has rejuvenated actor Kiefer Sutherland's career and he relishes his role as CTU CTU Colorado Technical University CTU Czech Technical University in Prague CTU Counter Terrorist Unit CTU Clinical Trials Unit CTU Catholic Theological Union CTU Chicago Teachers Union CTU Computer Training Unit CTU Control Unit agent Jack Bauer - and the world can't get enough of his dangerous misadventures. Things are now really hotting up for all involved. Thankfully, Teri and Kim finally make it to the safe house where Nina begins the difficult process of learning more about the kidnappers |
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