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Television

TV schedule Wednesday 8th July 2009

CBeebies logo. Credit: BBC 9am
10 min
Timmy Time. Copyright: Aardman Animations

Timmy Time

Series 1, Episode 23 - Timmy The Builder

When the class builds dens, Otus offers to help Timmy with his, but Timmy is too proud to accept.

ITV3 logo. Credit: ITV 6:50pm (repeat)
On The Buses. Jack Harper (Bob Grant). Copyright: London Weekend Television

On The Buses

Series 4, Episode 6 - The 'L' Bus

Stan and Jack are placed in charge of the L., or 'learner' bus. At home, following a bit of fixing by Stan, Arthur and Olive's bed collapses.

ITV3 logo. Credit: ITV 7:25pm (repeat)
Carry On Laughing. Copyright: Associated Television

Carry On Laughing

A series of half-hour stories, mostly historical romps, presented by the Carry On team. Starring Sid James, Barbara Windsor, Joan Sims and other regulars from the films.

Film4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 9pm (repeat)
Keeping Mum. Image shows from L to R: Lance (Patrick Swayze), Gloria Goodfellow (Kristin Scott Thomas), Reverend Walter Goodfellow (Rowan Atkinson), Grace Hawkins (Maggie Smith). Copyright: Keeping Mum Productions

Keeping Mum

Black comedy starring Rowan Atkinson & Maggie Smith. A family's sweet new housekeeper solves their problems... but she's a serial killer.

BBC Two 9pm
60 min
Taking The Flak. Image shows from L to R: Rory Wallace (Damian O'Hare), Jane Thomason (Doon Mackichan), David Bradburn (Martin Jarvis), Joyful Sifuri (Kobna Holdbrook-Smith), Margaret Hollis (Joanna Brookes), Harry Chambers (Bruce Mackinnon), Grace Matiko (Lydiah Gitachu). Copyright: BBC

Taking The Flak

Episode 1 - Bigfooting

A small African war suddenly becomes the centre of global attention when a team of BBC journalists arrives in Karibu, ready to cover the conflict. Local 'stringer' Harry is hanging on to the bottom of the journalist ladder and thinks the story will be his big break. But he finds himself 'bigfooted' when BBC News heavyweights, including senior foreign correspondent David Bradburn, flanked by his production team, and Margaret Hollis from the World Service, arrive in town.

ITV2 logo. Credit: ITV 9pm (repeat)
Love Actually. Image shows from L to R: David, The Prime Minister (Hugh Grant), Natalie (Martine McCutcheon). Copyright: Working Title Films

Love Actually

Romantic comedy by Richard Curtis, charting a multitude of relationships across a Christmas period.

E4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 9pm (repeat)
Mean Machine

Mean Machine

Vinnie Jones plays a footballer banged up for throwing a crucial game. Inside, the football-loving warden gets him to coach a team of prisoners.

BBC Four 10pm
30 min
Getting On. Image shows from L to R: Sister Den Flixter (Joanna Scanlan), Doctor Pippa Moore (Vicki Pepperdine), Nurse Kim Wilde (Jo Brand). Copyright: Vera Productions

Getting On

Series 1, Episode 1

A new male matron has just started work, and an unsavoury sample and a deceased patient are causing problems. Kim, who has just returned to nursing, looks to Den for help. However, Den has problems of her own.

E4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 11pm (repeat)
You Have Been Watching. Charlie Brooker. Copyright: Zeppotron

You Have Been Watching

Series 1, Episode 1

Charlie Brooker asks Richard Herring, Rufus Hound and Jamelia to look at The One Show and oddball American 'documentary' show Deadliest Warrior which, in all seriousness, tries to use scientific methods to answer questions like: who would win in a fight between the IRA and Al Qaeda.

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