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DOCUMENTARY: How Elite became a gaming classic
Peter Snow looks at the untold stories of British scientific innovations. In the final episode of the series, Snow traces the development of Britain's £1.4 billion computer-game industry, which owes its success to the pioneering work of Cambridge undergrads David Braben and Ian Bell. Against all odds, their computer game Elite became a hit in the mid-1980s... (Click to continue reading)
Brits Who Made The Modern World showing on five at 7:30pm
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Lost lives
Each year in Britain around 2,500 people are buried alone. No one claims them, and no one attends their funerals. Lucy Cohen's bittersweet debut film pieces together two peoples' lives, and asks how - in crowded, hectic, connected, modern Britain - it is possible for anyone to simply slip through the cracks and disappear? (Click to continue reading)
Watch Me Disappear showing on Channel 4 at 7:35pm
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Calling their bluff
Comedy panel show, hosted by Angus Deayton with team captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack, in which teammates must discern truth from fiction. Guest panellists are Tara Palmer-Tompkinson, Vic Reeves, Shane Richie and Rhys Thomas. (Click to continue reading)
Would I Lie to You? showing on BBC 1 at 9:00pm
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Faithing facts
The lavish historical drama - which takes a fresh look at the life of Henry VIII - continues. In the fourth episode of the second series, questions of faith dominate the court. As the infant Princess Elizabeth is baptised, the Act of Succession is unveiled. Meanwhile Anne's postnatal moods force Henry to look elsewhere for pleasures of the flesh... (Click to continue reading)
The Tudors showing on BBC 2 at 9:00pm
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Sex, obsession and stalking... all in one movie
Excellent tense thriller about a California radio jazz DJ (Clint Eastwood) who becomes the object of a listener's desire that escalates into a fanatical obsession after a one-night stand. (Click to continue reading)
Play Misty For Me showing on Sky Movies Modern Greats at 10:25pm
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It's a Shambles
The best of the opening night at Reading 2008. This evening's coverage features Babyshambles and Glasvegas. As well as the best sets, there will be interviews with the artists, acoustic performances, plus field reports from Rufus Hound in Reading and Colin Murray at Leeds 2008. (Click to continue reading)
Reading and Leeds Festivals showing on BBC 3 at 10:30pm
Language Timothy!
The series - charting the history of the best of British comedy - continues. Tonight it focuses on Sorry!, the sitcom starring Ronnie Corbett as a middle-aged librarian who still lived at home with his domineering mother. (Click to continue reading)
Comedy Connections showing on BBC 1 at 10:35pm
