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Schedule Monday 8th May 2006

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Life In London

Life In London

Episode 2 - The Fancy

Our heroes Tom and Jerry visit a cockfight, try to buy a horse, meet a sporting legend and lay a wager on which is better, London or the West Country. Meanwhile, garrulous narrator Pierce Egan takes literary critic William Hazlitt to his first boxing match.

BBC Two 9pm
30 min
Dead Ringers. Copyright: BBC

Dead Ringers

Series 6, Episode 1

In this episode, impressionists Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Phil Cornwell, Mark Perry and Kevin Connelly present us with sketches spoofing the The Da Vinci Code, Dr Gillian McKeith and Rolf Harris.

BBC Two 9:30pm
30 min
Feel The Force. Image shows from L to R: Sally Frank (Rosie Cavaliero), Sally Bobbins (Michelle Gomez), Sergeant Beesley (Leigh Zimmerman). Copyright: Catherine Bailey Productions Limited

Feel The Force

Episode 1 - Murder

Frank and Bobbins stumble upon a murder case. Bobbins is determined to prove herself to Beesley and get rid of Frank as her partner.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 10:35pm
40 min
Comedy Connections. Copyright: BBC

Comedy Connections

Series 4, Episode 8 - Ever Decreasing Circles

When creating the character of bumbling do-gooder Martin Bryce, they only had one actor in mind - Richard Briers - because they felt he was the only person who could bring some kind of charm to this appalling character.

Interviewees include Briers and other stars Peter Egan, Penelope Wilton and Stanley Lebor.

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