Britain from Above - BBC1, Sunday 9pm
As much as I hate being forced to take a break from my favourite TV genre’s, namely sci-fi and trashy dramas, it does leave me free time to view excellent programmes such as Britain from Above.
This also has the added bonus of leaving me smugly feeling that I have [...]

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Dispatches: The Truth About Food Prices
Jay Rayner presented this excellent programme which even had some practical ideas about reducing the grocery shopping expenditure. People in the UK spend about 10 to 15% of their income on the food bill, and this figure is steadily climbing up.
The main culprit is the usual suspect of rising oil [...]

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New TV Show from Channel 4 - Year Dot
Think back to that first defining year in your life when you started to make the important decisions that helped shape who you are today.
Was it the year you decided to leave home? Start a new job? Have a child? Go to college? Whatever it [...]

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Edwyn Collins: Home Again, BBC2 11.20pm (first shown on 22nd February on BBC4)
This wonderful documentary followed the road to recovery of Edwyn Collins, the successful pop artist and former Orange Juice lead singer / guitarist after a death defying illness.
In 2005 Edwyn Collins miraculously survived a brain haemorrhage and MRSA following two strokes in quick [...]

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Identity Fraud: Outnumbered, BBC1, Thursday 9pm
I always view this type of program with slight cynicism as I feel the producers nearly always go for the sensationalist angle rather than actually providing insightful aid in helping us deal with whatever it is they are scaremongering.
However I decided to watch because both of  the adults in my [...]

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