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  • UK TV Programme Highlights For Monday, 19 May

Pick of the day programme highlights for Monday May 19th covering news, films, comedies, sci-fi, sport and all other programme categories picked daily by the DigiGuide staff

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Today's Pick Of The Day

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DOCUMENTARY: Can Fergie help the Sargesons to lose weight?

Preview DVDs have been a little thin on the ground for this one, so it's unclear exactly how this much-hyped two-parter will pan out. What we do know is that, unlikely as it sounds, a divorced royal - Sarah, Duchess of York (pictured, right) - fetches up on a Hull council estate and attempts to feed a family of six on £80 for the week. At the same time Fergie, a woman who has had weight issues herself, tries to persuade the family - the Sargesons - to adopt a healthier lifestyle... (Click to continue reading)

The Duchess in Hull showing on ITV1 at 9:00pm


Drama

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Picture: BBC

Unearthing a Balkan atrocity

Be prepared for a bleak, downbeat and terribly sad two-part close to what has been a strong series of the detective series starring Trevor Eve as DS Boyd. A road accident provides a DNA link to a chilling murder committed in Srebrenica during the Balkan War. (Click to continue reading)

Waking the Dead showing on BBC 1 at 9:00pm

Documentary

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Tension on board

Documentary series filmed onboard the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious during a four-month deployment. The programme follows the professional lives of the crew as well as the personal stories of the young men and women who are thousands of miles from home. (Click to continue reading)

Warship showing on five at 9:00pm

Film

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Bourne again

Spy-thriller sequel, based on the Robert Ludlum books. Jason Bourne is once again forced to take up his former life as a trained assassin when a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents goes wrong. (Click to continue reading)

The Bourne Supremacy showing on ITV2 at 10:00pm

Documentary

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Bin there, done that...

Final part of the series in which comedian Dom Joly and his team of "complainers" set about tackling the myriad irritations of modern life. (Click to continue reading)

Dom Joly's Complainers showing on five at 10:00pm

Documentary

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The man who helps people to die

Six years ago the award-winning journalist Jon Ronson began filming what has turned into a most extraordinary and chilling documentary. The Reverend George Exoo is a seemingly jolly, but not very successful Unitarian minister from Beckley, West Virginia who has drifted into helping non-terminally ill people commit suicide. (Click to continue reading)

Reverend Death showing on Channel 4 at 10:00pm

Documentary

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The last days of David Koresh

David Koresh was one of the most notorious religious leaders in the United States. In April 1993, Koresh and 83 of his followers were trapped inside a compound in Texas for more than 50 days, unwilling to surrender to police. This documentary traces Koresh's final days (Click to continue reading)

Final 24 showing on FX at 10:00pm

And don't forget some more for Monday...