Wednesday 24 Sep 2014
Bianca is delighted when she receives a letter from her father David, in tonight's episode of EastEnders, but she is forced to conceal her disappointment when telling Whitney that he won't be coming to her wedding.
Stacey and Becca are desperately trying to get jobs. Becca states that it's obvious they should open up a market stall, but Stacey points out that it is not that easy because Mr Lister hates her.
Bianca is played by Patsy Palmer, Whitney by Shona McGarty, Stacey by Lacey Turner and Becca by Simone James.
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Ric tries to make friends with Cunningham to ensure Thandie is let go at the end of her contract, as the medical drama continues. Thandie impresses Cunningham and he backs her application for the registrar position.
To improve her patient skills, Elliot sets Penny the task of breaking bad news to a brain-dead patient's husband. Penny becomes involved in a web of lies and wonders who should give permission to harvest the organs – husband or lover?
Meanwhile, Holly wants to make it up to Faye when she accidentally ruins Archie's pictures, but ends up causing trouble on the ward.
Ric is played by Hugh Quarshie, Cunningham by Roger Barclay, Thandie by Ginny Holder, Elliot by Paul Bradley, Penny by Emma Catherwood, Holly by Charlotte Wakefield and Faye by Patsy Kensit Healy.
JM3
Fifty-year-old cockney wide-boy Billy is a trader and opportunist, traversing the desolate roads of Britain in his well-stocked container lorry, as the series charting the struggle to stay alive of a handful of survivors in a post-virus apocalypse continues. Billy meets the Family on the road and hands over vital supplies. Surprised, but grateful for Billy's generosity, the Family decide to stay overnight in a cottage close by to help Abby recover from her terrifying ordeal at the Lab.
Later, at Samantha's compound, Billy reveals details of the Family's location, before dumping his young, innocent passenger, Kevin, at another mysterious compound. Samantha orders Dexter – her gun-toting henchman – to arrest Tom. She intends to reintroduce the judicial system, putting Tom on trial for the murder he committed previously against one of her people. With Tom captured and under arrest, Abby has no other option but to lead Greg and Anya in pursuit, later taking on the role of counsel for the Defence, while Greg and Anya become members of the jury. Tom's brutal past is finally revealed for all to hear, and the Family are confronted with the reality of the man they have been harbouring. As the trial threatens to fall apart, a string of betrayals and double-crosses ensues...
Billy is played by Roger Lloyd Pack, Abby by Julie Graham, Samantha by Nikki Amuka-Bird, Kevin by Al Weaver, Dexter by Anthony Flanagan, Tom by Max Beesley, Greg by Paterson Joseph and Anya by Zoe Tapper.
Red, Megan and Danielle appear to be three perfectly normal, healthy girls. But there is something puzzling about each of them. They all have selective mutism – a condition which means they can speak but, most of the time, they don't. My Child Won't Speak follows their lives as they attempt to tackle their greatest fear – speaking. The film forms part of ´óÏó´«Ã½ One's Being Mum season and is the first of two season films commissioned and supported by Headroom – the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s three-year mental health and well-being campaign.
In Northamptonshire, most people never hear eight-year-old Red talk. Instead, she communicates using a white board, markers and a cloth. Her grandad, John, has never heard her speak a word and it's breaking his heart.
In Dover, 10-year-old Megan goes cheerleading every Thursday, but she never cheers. The only place she talks freely is at home; at school she never utters a word. Her teacher Mr Lockerby fears that she is virtually invisible in class and it's affecting her education.
Danielle from Caerphilly is 15. She has also been trying to beat selective mutism. A year ago she was still answering questions with a white board, but now she can open her mouth and speak. She's not there yet though – a simple trip to the shops can still render her speechless.
To talk freely like other children, the three girls must confront their personal fears and anxieties about using their voices. My Child Won't Speak joins them on their individual journeys as they start to find a way forward.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Headroom is a cross-platform campaign from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Learning to encourage people to look after their mental health and well-being. For further information about selective mutism and support resources, see bbc.co.uk/headroom.
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Professor Iain Stewart sets sail on one of the fastest racing boats ever built to explore the story of man's turbulent relationship with the wind, as How Earth Made Us continues.
Travelling to iconic locations, including the Sahara desert, the coast of West Africa and the South Pacific, Iain discovers how people have exploited the power of the wind for thousands of years. It is a force which, at first sight, appears chaotic, but the patterns that lie within the atmosphere are at the heart of some of the greatest turning points in human history.
Iain visits Chinguetti, a small town surrounded by the encroaching Sahara desert. Five hundred years ago this was a vibrant transport hub, and its success was due to global wind patterns, which created the desert. For thousands of years the Sahara was a formidable barrier to communication, but Chinguetti was an oasis town on one of the few routes through the desert. All that now remains of Chinguetti's glory days are some magnificent libraries that have survived the ravages of time. Ironically, the same global pattern of winds that helped Chinguetti thrive also contributed to its downfall. At the end of the 15th century, when an unknown Portuguese sailor visited the coast of West Africa, he began the discovery of ocean wind circulation – the trade winds and westerlies. These would usher in an era of European colonisation. The sailor's name was Christopher Columbus.
The winds have shaped the surface of the planet and the environments in which we live, opening up opportunities for civilisation around the globe. In China, Iain explores how the rise of early Chinese civilisation was based on riches provided by the wind. However in Australia it was a very different story. Iain climbs to the top of Mount Connor in the middle of this continent and witnesses the stark bareness of this landscape. The wind has stripped the land of fertile soil, limiting the options for the ancient aboriginal population.
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DK appears in the principal's office with a black eye, as the youthful comedy continues. She tries valiantly to discover the cause of it, getting him to recount recent happenings at Wooton College.
In the wake of Jas's recent infidelity, the circle of those who know about it grows steadily wider, and DK's ability to keep it a secret grows steadily worse. Jas finds herself being blackmailed to continue relations with Horace in order to keep her indiscretion under wraps. DK, unable to keep a secret but also unwilling to see his friends break up, works with Chloe to devise a cunning plan.
Olly remains blissfully unaware of the situation and the friends work hard to keep it that way.
DK is played by Joe Tracini, Jas by Hannah Job, Chloe by Anabel Barnston and Ollie by Ceri Phillips.
SM4
Journalist and television presenter Esther Rantzen takes on radio and television broadcaster John Inverdale, as the anarchic comedy game show in which contestants attempt to match their answers to questions texted in by the public, continues its second series.
Mark Watson hosts, Tim Key is in the question-master's chair and Alex Horne provides expert analysis from a booth as the two celebrities battle it out to be crowned the winner. Contestants must match their answer to the one given by the text-answering service.
Each show also features a cunning physical challenge. Tonight, Esther and John compete in a name-dropping competition – literally.
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