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Billie Jackson is seen as a hero in the final visit of the week to Walford and when introduced to Whitney, there is an instant spark between them.

Meanwhile, Peggy finds Danny on the phone to his mum. She is not pleased and lets him know. It's not long before Danny is packing his bags, despite Roxy's protests that she makes the decision about who can stay.

Billie is played by Devon Anderson, Whitney by Shona McGarty, Peggy by Barbara Windsor, Danny by Liam Bergin and Roxy by Rita Simons.

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Silent Witness – Home: Part 2 Ep 10/10

Friday 5 February

9.00-10.00pm ´óÏó´«Ã½ ONE

Harry and Sarah examine two more girls' bodies in the last of the current series of the forensic science drama. They discover traces of the same drug as previously found in the body at Hout Bay, suggesting that all three deaths are linked.

Nikki manages to confirm that five of the skeletons are indeed the remains of the Kensington Five, but she still cannot identify the sixth. Anton takes her to visit his informant, Captain Brackenhall, who is serving a sentence for his involvement in apartheid era crimes.

Kudzai makes contact with Leo and assures him she is safe, but he is unsettled by the call. When he meets up with Harry, Leo's concerns are confirmed as he realises Kudzai has been sent to the same place to which the three dead girls are linked.

Returning to visit Captain Brackenhall, Nikki learns that Anton's business partner was the man involved with the Kensington Five murders. Nikki is devastated, leaving her to make some tough choices about the future of her love affair.

William Gaminara plays Professor Leo Dalton, Tom Ward plays Dr Harry Cunningham, Emilia Fox plays Dr Nikki Alexander, Rapulana Seiphemo plays Anton, Shoki Mokgapa plays Kudzai, Amanda Lane plays Professor Sara Laurence, Ben Kruger plays DI Pieter, Linda Mphondu plays Charles Matuzas, Owen Sejake plays Adebare and Thembi Mtshali plays Zali.

Silent Witness is simulcast on the ´óÏó´«Ã½ HD channel – the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s High Definition channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.

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Dan Snow explores the ups and downs of British Naval history

Dan Snow explores the ups and downs of a climactic century in British Naval history in the final episode of the series, from thriving Victorian Britain to the early 1900s and the brink of defeat.

In 1815, Britain had emerged from war as a superpower. Snow reveals how the Navy were quick to capitalise on the legacy of Nelson's extraordinary triumph at Trafalgar, pushing British interests further than ever before. By 1848, the Pax Britannica – peace enforced by worldwide naval domination – meant that 129 British warships were posted on 55 foreign stations. Controlling the sea was key to Britain's growing wealth and seizing the lion's share of world trade.

Germany would soon emerge as a world force and a new man would be called on to counter this threat. The modernising Jackie Fisher believed in peace through deterrence, which included plans for the largest battleship ever built in British dockyards – the Dreadnought. With access to its extraordinary design plans, Snow explains the flaw in Fisher's thinking – the Dreadnought made every ship in the world obsolete thus wiping out Britain's naval advantage. With other newly industrialised powers racing to build their own fleets of Dreadnoughts, the world became entangled in a dangerous arms race.

When war finally came, the British and German fleets would famously clash off the coast of Jutland. Today, it is considered a strategic victory for Britain but, at the time, it was not the decisive blow the British expected. New weapons below the waves and in the skies above would be key in bringing Germany to her knees. The dominance of the great battleships which had, for so long, been a symbol of national might, was over. Britain emerged victorious but exhausted from the First World War and no longer able to maintain the world's largest fleet.

Concluding his story, Snow explains that though it was the end of centuries of naval supremacy, the Navy's legacy still continues today.

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Composer and conductor Ottorino Respighi is primarily known today for his three Roman Tone Poems: The Fountains Of Rome, The Pines Of Rome and The Feste Romane.

The popular success of these three pieces has tended to obscure both the range and the quality of Respighi's exceptional gifts and this programme – continuing the new season of films by Christopher Nupen – seeks to correct that imbalance. It features sequences shot in Italy which so profoundly influenced Respighi's creative spirit, with a commentary written by Michael and Christopher Nupen accompanied by the composer's music.

The film is also a tribute to Respighi's wife, Elsa Sangiacomo, who, 47 years after Respighi's death, was still a major figure in Italian musical life, devoted to both the man and his music.

It includes performances by Vladimir Ashkenazy, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, The Allegri String Quartet, Raphael Sommer, Zehava Gal and Christina Falk.

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This groundbreaking series on the impact of Latin music on the United States' musical and social landscape continues with the story of how the rhythms of Havana and Puerto Rico were transformed by a brilliant group of players and the Fania Record label to create salsa.

Filmed in Cuba, Puerto Rico and New York City, this programme reveals the untold story of salsa music, which burst upon the New York scene in the late Sixties. Salsa first evolved in the clubs of Havana, Cuba, and soon became the vibrant sound of the New York "barrios", where Puerto Ricans and Cubans settled amid poverty and discrimination. Yet out of adversity came a thrilling and innovative dance music that became the voice and spirit of the Latin people in the Seventies.

From rebellious Latin Boogaloo to the shadowy empire of Fania Records, this story unfolds through the intimate memories of the Fania family – the greatest salsa musicians of their generation and the purveyors of a music that lives on today.

The programme features Latin superstar Ruben Blades, who explains his fascination with rhythm and blues, Doo-Wop and the teenage voice of Frankie Lymon; band leaders Willie Colon and Eddie Palmieri; composer and bandleader Johnny Pacheco who, in 1964, with Jerry Masucci, decided to start Fania Records; and The Fania All-Stars, who were established by Pacheco in 1968 as a showcase for artists on Fania Records.

The Latin Music USA Season continues tonight at 10pm when ´óÏó´«Ã½ Four broadcasts New York City's hottest young new salsa export, La Excelencia, in concert at The Barbican.

Formed in New York City by founders Julian Silva and Jose Vazquez-Cofresi, La Excelencia was created with the intention of bringing a new outlook to salsa music by being hip and young, writing about social issues, and breaking the mould yet not losing the true roots of salsa.

Borderlands, part three of Latin Music USA, can be seen on Friday 12 February. It traces the waves of immigration between the USA and Mexico and reveals the dynamic role that Mexican-American music has played.

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Jen finds that being funny has both its benefits and pitfalls, as she monkeys around in the latest episode of the C´óÏó´«Ã½ action adventure drama series.

While hunting for the next spirit piece, the warriors head to the monkey kingdom where they are quickly ambushed by the monkey people. Jen and Trix are captured, but Jen discovers that they can save themselves by challenging the current monkey king. By proving that she's funnier than him, Jen wins and becomes their new leader. However, her new-found power goes to her head and when Hwang arrives at the monkey palace with a secret weapon, Jen learns that being in charge is not all fun and games...

Jen is played by Alicia Lai, Trix by Gilles Geary, the monkey king by Siu-Hun Li and Hwang by Tom Wu. Today's episode also features Jessica Henwick as Bo, Karl Rogers as Martin, Lil' Simz as Vicky, Burt Kwouk as Shen and Benedict Wong as Li.

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