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  • UK TV Programme Highlights For Wednesday, 21 May

Pick of the day programme highlights for Wednesday May 21st 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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SPORT: Manchester United v Chelsea

There's been terrific hysteria in the build-up to this match, as Manchester United and Chelsea battle it out at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow to decide the UEFA Champions League final. Moscow Meltdown, Wonder Wednesday, the Game of Games... call it what you will, it could be a corker... (Click to continue reading)

UEFA Champions League Final showing on ITV1 at 7:00pm


Documentary

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The TV generation

Childhood has changed, and probably not for the better. That's the conclusion Professor Robert Winton reaches in the final part of his look at a bunch of British children, born around the millennium. Here cameras follow the kids for 48 hours and discover that they rarely play outside. Instead they're ferried around by their parents or watch TV. (Click to continue reading)

A Child of Our Time showing on BBC 1 at 8:00pm

Documentary

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Josef Fritzl - the story so far

In recent weeks the story of Elisabeth Fritzl, who was locked in a cellar and repeatedly raped by her father over 24 years, has stunned the world. This documentary examines the story so far and asks how Josef Fritzl managed to keep his horrific crimes hidden for so long. (Click to continue reading)

The Secrets of The Austrian Cellar showing on Channel 4 at 9:00pm

Reality Show

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They'll be tears...

The remaining seven candidates' advertising and branding skills are tested when the teams are instructed to design and market their own brands of tissues. (Click to continue reading)

The Apprentice showing on BBC 1 at 9:00pm

Drama

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Wind of change

The critics have been most impressed with this dramatic episode, in which a tornado hits Wisteria Lane, forcing residents to take cover in basements, cellars and safe rooms. (Click to continue reading)

Desperate Housewives showing on Channel 4 at 10:00pm

Drama

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For whom the Belle tolls

Re-run of the drama series starring Billie Piper. Shown last year on ITV2, it's based on the real-life diaries of an upmarket escort. Belle is an intelligent, witty girl who enjoys her secret job as a high-class prostitute. But for how long can she keep her double life a secret? (Click to continue reading)

Secret Diary of a Call Girl showing on ITV1 at 10:40pm

Film

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Be very afraid....

Martin Scorsese's impressive remake of the 1962 thriller stars Robert De Niro as cigar-smoking, tattooed, bible-bashing, psychopath rapist Max Cady, out of prison after 14 years, and intent on revenge... (Click to continue reading)

Cape Fear showing on ITV4 at 11:00pm

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