Saturday 13th July 2013
| Heritage: The Battle for Britain's Past (3/3) |
The final episode follows the changing fortunes of a heritage movement floored by the after effects of World War II and looks at how people like Sir John Betjeman and Dan Cruickshank gave families access to heritage and architecture on television from the comfort of their living rooms. It looks at the preservation of sometimes ugly, certainly unpleasant parts of our built past such as workhouses and underground mineshafts, and contemplates what the future may hold for heritage in Britain - a nation faced with economic uncertainty, depleting resources and increasing challenges of sustainability.
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Sunday 14th July 2013
| The Talent Show Story (4/5) |
Victoria Wood narrates a documentary series looking back at the history of talent shows on British TV. This episode focuses on the role child stars have played in talent show history, including the tragic story of Opportunity Knocks winner Lena Zavaroni. There is also a look at how Britain's Got Talent has brought younger performers, such as Connie Talbot, back to our screens. Plus there is a look back at 1980s talent shows, including Joe Pasquale's appearance on New Faces in 1987.
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Monday 15th July 2013
| Undercover Boss (3/6) |
Company director Ray Pope steps out from his office and onto the shopfloor of car giant Hyundai, and is shocked by some of the things he sees.
| Howzat! Kerry Packer's War (2/2) |
Two-part fact-based drama centred around Australian media mogul Kerry Packer, who fought a cricket war by signing up 50 of the world's greatest players to form a breakaway tournament.
Players and administrators nervously await their future as the battle for the World Series Cricket tournament reaches the High Court in London.
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Tuesday 16th July 2013
| Robson Green: How the North Was Built (2/2) |
The second of two programmes in which Robson Green journeys across the north of England and into its past, to a time when what happened in the north shaped both Britain and the world. Robson focuses on the industries of iron, steel and shipbuilding, and visits Sheffield - where iron and steel manufacture dominated the city - and the famous Swan Hunter shipyard on Tyneside. He also finds out how football became the sport of the north and of how pubs were at the centre of these new working class communities. Finally he discovers how in the face of the sweeping changes unleashed by the industrial revolution, northern workers came together through the struggle to improve their lives and that of their families. Robson retraces the part that a member of his own family played in a dramatic moment in the general strike of 1926 - the derailing of the the Flying Scotsman.
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Thursday 18th July 2013
Plan Bee: Tonight
ITV, 7.30pm - 8.00pm
Fiona Foster investigates why the number of bees has declined by by over half in the last 30 years, and what is being done to tackle this crisis. Bees contribute around £500 million to the economy but not just by producing honey. We rely on bees to pollinate the majority of all our food crops and there is general agreement that something urgently needs to be done. But why is the UK's Government not backing a European pesticide ban?
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