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Thursday 26 June

A woman disappears after a shooting at an office complex. The Team discover however that her disappearance may well be linked to her need to keep a deep, dark secret hidden from view. On delving deeper, the investigation leads to a messy custody battle involving accusations of molestation.

Thursday 26 June

In this four-part series Tony Robinson goes on a fascinating and sometimes bizarre journey to discover the origins of our laws and what we do to people when they break them. In this first programme, Tony looks at the first millennium AD and the waves of foreign invaders that left their mark on the way we organise ourselves and sort out disputes.

Wednesday 25 June

Brand New: Chuck and Kelly are getting on each other’s nerves like never before. But when Chuck runs into Kelly, and daughter Gracie, having dinner at a restaurant, things take a turn for the unexpected.

Tuesday 24 June

The True Stories strand, which showcases the best of international feature length documentaries, continues with Marilyn Agrelo’s hilarious and touching film, from 2005, which follows the progress of several 11-year-old pupils from the New York City state school system, as they enter the rarefied world of ballroom dancing.

Monday 23 June

Even in the midst of the credit crunch, there are still some people who are buying, and who better to offer sound advice than Kirstie and Phil? This week the duo are searching for two couples in north west London.

Sunday 22 June

Film-maker Jane Preston’s Cutting Edge film documents a year in the life of Ian Hamilton – Captain of the Parachute Regiment and one of the most highly decorated officers in the British Army – as he became the first officer and the first paratrooper in the history of the Armed Forces to undergo a sex-change operation.

Saturday 21 June

More4′s week-long season of films celebrating the work of award-winning writer and director Peter Kosminsky, concludes tonight with a rare chance to see Warriors. Starring Damian Lewis, Matthew Macfadyen and Ioan Gruffud, Warriors traces the lives of young soldiers on a peacekeeping mission in Bosnia.

Wednesday 25 June

Tony Snowdon and Princess Margaret were the most iconic couple of the 1960s. Sadly, it was a story that came to a crashing end; a disastrous divorce followed with a tabloid frenzy, dragging the royal family through mud and undermining its authority with the public. The Snowdons’ was the first royal divorce for over 400 years. At the time Princess Margaret was blamed. This documentary reveals a very different story: Tony’s character and behaviour destroyed the marriage.

Tuesday 24 June

Gordon takes his son Jack fishing in the Scottish Highlands and then gets the rest of the family to help turn an old Robin Reliant into a salmon smoker in his back garden; Janet Street-Porter decides whether or not to make her veal calves free range; Gordon teaches a female fire-fighter how to make a deliciously healthy beefburger with potato wedges and a beetroot relish; and Meatloaf takes on Gordon with his tuna bake. Plus Angela Griffin and her family help Gordon cook stir-fried duck in lettuce cups, saffron bream and peppers and summer berry mille-feuilles.

Monday 23 June

Concluding the Victorian Passions season, Upstairs Downstairs Love reveals the remarkable real-life story of a gentleman and his servant lover whose relationship transgressed the strict moral codes of 19th-century Britain. Based on the extensive diaries and photographs kept by Arthur Munby and his maid, Hannah Cullwick, this dramatised documentary provides a rare glimpse of forbidden desires played out in secret, and looks at the powerful sexual taboos exerted by the English class system.