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DRAMA: Digging for clues
With phrases such as "Remove your string buttocks from my dig!", "Hacked to death! Bloody gorgeous!" and "Hold the front page! I've got the carbon dating on the bone collagen", it's hard to take this new archaeological drama series seriously. The programme-makers may have thought they were creating something akin to The Da Vinci Code crossed with CSI, but frankly it's more Time Team meets a tenth-rate Taggart, with shades of Primeval thrown in for good measure. .. (Click to continue reading)
Bonekickers showing on BBC 1 at 9:00pm
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When in Rome...
Start of the second series of Roman Mysteries, a high-quality drama series, aimed at children. The series follows the adventures of four friends - Flavia, Nubia, Jonathan and Lupus - who live in Rome in 79AD. In the opener, a ship arrives, carrying some gladiators, and the children discover a mystery that endangers the Emperor's brother, (Click to continue reading)
Roman Mysteries showing on BBC 1 at 4:35pm
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From plain Jane to Cinderella
Tonight the programme is turning back time for a real-life Cinderella from Surrey. Jane Sandiford has two very glamorous older sisters, who easily look 10 years her junior. She calls herself "plain Jane", which says it all: limp, boring bobbed hair with a model-like figure. What can the team do? (Click to continue reading)
10 Years Younger showing on Channel 4 at 8:00pm
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Analysing Britain's road accidents
Tonight in the last of the series, the programme investigates head-on collisions. A head-on collision between a Ford Ka and a campervan causes a fatality and serious injuries. Was there a mechanical fault with the car or was it the driver? And how did a taxi end up on its roof in a petrol station? (Click to continue reading)
Crash Scene Investigators showing on ITV1 at 8:00pm
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Swanning about
Architect and historian Francesco da Mosto embarks on a journey to cross the Mediterranean sea, retracing the trade routes of his ancestors in a sailing clipper from the 19th century. But before he leaves his home in Venice there is research to do for the voyage and skills to acquire - not least gaining the respect of the crew of the Black Swan. (Click to continue reading)
Francesco's Mediterranean Voyage showing on BBC 2 at 8:30pm
World domination
Keanu Reeves plays Neo, a computer hacker who discovers that the world around him is a computer simulation called the Matrix. He learns this from Morpheus, who also tells him that the Matrix uses humans as fuel for it's quest of total world domination. (Click to continue reading)
The Matrix showing on Sky1 at 9:00pm
Minnelli's tour-de-force
Vibrant, Oscar-winning musical drama, starring Liza Minnelli. Set in the 1930s, a dancer in Berlin's KitKat Club romances a naive Englishman and a rich playboy. (Click to continue reading)
Cabaret showing on BBC 1 at 11:35pm
