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Gavin & Stacey (S1)
Tuesdays at 20:30 CETGavin (a good-hearted lad from Essex) and Stacey (a sweet lass from Barry in Wales) have spoken many times over the phone, but have never actually met in real life... until now.
The couple first meets when Stacey and her chain-smoking best friend, Nessa, meet Gavin and his best friend, Smithy, for a night out in London. The flame of romance ignites immediately, and even Smithy and Nessa hit it off in a fashion.
But is Gavin and Stacey’s long-distance love affair destined to survive, or will the interference of the couple’s loveable families and friends be their downfall?
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Elbow with the BBC Concert Orchestra
Saturday 26 May at 21:00 CETFormed in Manchester in 1990, it wasn’t until 2008 that Elbow gained the commercial success they deserved with the release of their fourth album, The Seldom Seen Kid, which reached number five in the UK album chart and scooped a prestigious Mercury Music Prize.
In this truly unique concert recorded exclusively for the BBC, the band perform a reworked version of the entire album with the BBC Concert Orchestra and with a choir at the world-famous Abbey Road Studios.
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Fawlty Towers (S1)
Wednesdays at 20:30 CETIn the first series of this classic sitcom, Basil is delighted when the ‘distinguished’ Lord Melbury checks into his hotel, but pays for his snobbery when Melbury asks him to cash a cheque.
Sybil picks a professional firm to make structural alterations to the hotel – only Basil prefers O'Reilly, the cowboy outfit who can do it on the cheap.
And Basil’s dreams of running a high-class establishment are dashed when the hotel hosts gourmet night and all hell breaks loose.
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Apes in Danger
Fridays at 18:10 CETA definitive look at the global crises facing the world’s last great apes and the efforts being made to safeguard their future in the wild.
Each episode focuses on a different species of great ape – chimps, orangutans and gorillas – and examines what humankind is doing to save our closest relatives.
With the threats to these great apes being largely man-made, this hard-hitting series champions the work of the conservationists who often put themselves in danger to help save these remarkable animals from extinction.
