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There's Merrett in Saving Money

AS the winner of two Michelin stars, chef Paul Merrett knows a thing or two about food. As the author of a book on living off your allotment, he also knows a bit about saving money. Put the two together, and you get Economy Gastronomy, a new series which begins on BBC2 on Wednesday.

Jack's Out On His Owen

FAMILY disputes, lonely hearts and murder may not sound like a recipe for success, but Owen McDonnell is hoping it's the start of things to come. Having never acted on the small screen before, the 32-yearold has just been chosen for the lead role in ITV's new police drama Single Handed and the newcomer couldn't be happier.

Cherie Gets to the Point On Knife Crime

IN an eye-opening new documentary from the Dispatches team, high- profile QC Cherie Blair looks into the alarming issue of increasing numbers of young people carrying weapons on Britain's streets. Following the ex-PM's wife's involvement in the Street Weapons Commission (which Channel 4 set up to act on the findings of earlier series The Truth About Street Weapons, and which gathered evidence for a Home Affairs select committee report on policing in the 21st century) recommendations for a ser...

Culture Show Makes Its Mark

IT'S not easy to make a TV programme discussing the finer points of film, music, art, architecture, ballet and... zzzzzzzzz. But it's not like that. It's not dull. And therein lies The Culture Show's biggest selling point.

Paterson's Pandemic ; Drama Recalling 1918 Spanish Flu Outbreak 'Purely Coincidental'

FLU and pandemic are words that have become worryingly familiar over the past few months, as the dreaded swine flu has struck down thousands in Britain. But it's not the first time the country has been in the grip of a lethal fever. More than 90 years ago, the Spanish flu took hold, but back then it didn't generate the same kind of panic we're seeing spread by the media today.

Pundit to Presenter - Elin's in Her Element

SOPRANO Elin Manahan Thomas will see the National Eisteddfod from a different perspective next week. The Gorseinion-born singer joins Rhun ap Iorwerth on the evening highlights programmes for S4C broadcasts from the Meirion and District National Eisteddfod. It will be Elin's first experience of presenting from the National Eisteddfod and the first time that Elin and Rhun have worked together.

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BBC Proms 2009 (BBC2, 7.30pm) If you are a fan of film musicals tonights concert is not to be missed. To commemorate 75 years since the Hollywood film studio MGM started producing movies, the John Wilson orchestra and singers including Sir Thomas Allen and Curtis Stigers (who partnered Penny Smith on Just the Two of Us) will be performing classic ditties from films such as Meet Me In St Louis and Singin' in the Rain. If you fancy getting in the mood early TCM are showing Anchors Aweigh, starr...

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Top Gear (BBC2, 8pm) This is the final of the series and as you would expect it revs up for what looks like a strong finish. The guest is US chat show host and car-lover Jay Leno, who should be hilarious on the sofa and very quick when he gets his chance to whizz around the track in a reasonable priced car. As usual there's a huge challenge for the boys to get their teeth into, tonight they have to create an ad for Volkswagon; then present it to gurus at an advertising agency. The results sho...

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Michaela's Animal Road Trip (Five, 6pm) In this new show, which is aired daily over four weeks, Michaela Strachan visits zoos, safari parks and rescue centres around the country. From naughty lemurs to injured hedgehogs she'll be reporting on all the ups and downs of working with animals. Throughout this week, Michaela will be with nurses at Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital in Buckinghamshire and with the brave zookeepers at Colchester Zoo, who are working with the extremely rare amur leopard. ...

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