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  • UK TV Programme Highlights For Sunday, 24 August

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Today's Pick Of The Day

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DOCUMENTARY: Canine conundrum

Start of a new two-part documentary series in which actor Martin Clunes explores the canine world. He begins his quest by looking at his own three dogs. Can these seemingly almost human companions sometimes also reveal glimpses of something much wilder, much more ancient? Where do they come from?.. (Click to continue reading)

Martin Clunes: A Man and His Dogs showing on ITV1 at 9:00pm


Motoring

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After Hungary, is Heikki hungry for more?

Live coverage of the 12th race of the Formula One season from Valencia, Spain. Heikki Kovalainen will be looking to build on his maiden win in Hungary, while Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa will all be aiming to reach the top step of the podium once more. (Click to continue reading)

F1: Grand Prix showing on ITV1 at 12 noon

Film

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Making dreams come true

Steven Spielberg's sci-fi fantasy drama is a futuristic version of Pinocchio. David (Haley Joel Osment) is a robotic child who longs to become a real boy so he can win back the love of his adoptive mother who abandoned him. He journeys through a violent, dystopian world in a quest for the Blue Fairy who has the power to make his dream come true. (Click to continue reading)

Artificial Intelligence: AI showing on BBC 2 at 7:45pm

Nature

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Picture: BBC/Jo Ruxton

Once more into the deep...

Kate Humble and Mike deGruy continue their acclaimed underwater wildlife series, joining a team of natural history film-makers and deep-water marine biologists as they explore the waters off Micronesia. (Click to continue reading)

Pacific Abyss showing on BBC 1 at 8:00pm

Documentary

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Picture: BBC

Exploring the country's hidden riches

Andrew Marr microlights and paraglides through the skies, getting a buzzard's eye view of the nation's untamed and untameable landscape, in the final instalment of the series. (Click to continue reading)

Britain From Above showing on BBC 1 at 9:00pm

Drama

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Picture: Kudos

Why were the informants murdered?

The drama series, set in 2013 and tracing the future of Spooks, continues. When two MI5 informants in Witness Protection are brutally murdered, it's down to Charlie and Field Office 19 to find out why. Most importantly, Charlie and the team need to find out how the perpetrator was able to trace his victims' new identities. (Click to continue reading)

Spooks - Code 9 showing on BBC 3 at 9:00pm

Drama

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The heat is on

The second season of the "killer drama" continues. Tonight, in an episode with a shock ending, there's a fire at Lila's place. Dexter finds her becoming more attached to him than he is comfortable with... (Click to continue reading)

Dexter showing on FX at 10:00pm

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