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Saturday, August 22 on M4

Economist Conor Woodman was a high-flying City market analyst. Then, one day he decided he would much rather trade physical items than simply handle commodities via a computer screen. Conor duly left his job, sold his flat and set off to travel across 16 countries on four continents to buy and sell all kinds of products, with the aim of doubling his money. Here's an opportunity to catch all four episodes of the series that followed his bold adventure.

Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd August at 8.15am

The popular preschool animation continues. The show aims to stimulate children’s imaginations by encouraging them to use everyday materials to create their own characters and fantasy worlds. Each story centres on the easy-going Bottle Top Bill and his friendly horse Corky (voiced by Miranda Richardson), who embark on numerous adventures full of fun, danger and mischief.

In Saturday’s episode, ‘Ship Mates’, a storm causes all kinds of trouble at the seaside. Not only does it make a mess of the beach, it also sends Captain Hornswoggle’s ship onto some rocks and disorientates a whale! With the help of a parrot, Bill and Corky set out to rescue the stranded seaman and the marooned marine mammal.

This October, Sky1 and Sky1 HD are set to launch the new addition to the popular Stargate brand, SGU: STARGATE UNIVERSE. Executive produced and written by the franchise’s founders Brad Wright and Robert Cooper, the series will take on a dynamic new direction, promising be edgier in tone and appealing to longtime Stargate fans and first-time viewers alike.

Robert Cooper commented: “We looked really hard at what we loved about Stargate and what we thought the fans really loved. SGU is darker and grittier, but at its core, it really is still Stargate. It’s contemporary; it’s the people from here and now in these fantastic situations. It’s not all going to be depressing and dark!”

Friday 21st August 10.00pm

Continuing this week is the sixth season of the ‘Law & Order’ spin-off following New York’s Major Case Squad. This week, a rapper is gunned down in the street and witnesses to the crime start to go missing. Logan and Wheeler must overcome a conspiracy of silence in the community and tangle with an unreliable undercover agent in a bid to find the killer.

Pressure is on the Major Case Squad this week when a rapper named Fulla T is shot dead in the street. Fulla T was backing a public campaign to encourage people to testify in criminal cases – and may have been killed for his efforts. “He was advocating snitching?” enquires a surprised Logan. The chief of detectives is less than pleased when the mayor orders that Major Case handle the investigation. “Be prepared to hit a wall of silence,” Ross tells his detectives.

Friday 21st August 3.10pm

Drama about an elderly woman who discovers a magical ring. When she wakes up to find she that she is 35 years younger, she decides to pose as her estranged daughter’s nanny in an attempt to patch up their relationship.

Director
Mike Robe
Starring
Joanna Kerns, Della Reese, Harley Jane Kozak

Friday, August 21 on M4

An affectionate and frank insight into the life of troubled genius Spike Milligan, arguably the most influential British comic of the last 50 years, revealing the close relationship between his illness and genius, and how the symptoms of bipolar disorder could be both a marvel and a millstone.

Friday, August 21 on 4

Filmmaker Molly Clarke follows an extraordinary British bullfighter as he comes out of retirement to restart his career. Frank "El Ingl?s" Evans is Britain's only professional matador. In 2005, he retired from the sport under doctors' orders to undergo knee replacement surgery and later a quadruple heart bypass. But last year, Frank announced that he was making a comeback to the bull ring at the tender age of 65. Bus Pass Bullfighter follows Frank's progress over three months as he prepares to re-enter the dangerous and controversial world of professional bullfighting.

Friday, August 21 on F4

The FrightFest season continues. Five teenagers (Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, Joey Kern, Cerina Vincent and James DeBello) head off for a little post-exam R&R at a cabin in the woods. Their peace (and various attempted seductions) are interrupted by a hermit (Arie Verveen) who staggers out of the forest covered in sores. He's obviously sick but the scared teens violently turn him away. Dying, he falls into a stream that provides their drinking water. As they fall prey to the virus, a grisly fight for survival begins...

Friday, August 21 on E4

Brand New Series: Veronica helps Abel who was originally convicted of Lilly Kane's murder and is now trying to find his missing daughter. Meanwhile, creator of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series Joss Whedon treads the boards as Douglas.

Friday, August 21 on E4

Brand New Series: Ephram gets upset as the anniversary of his mother's death approaches and he is forced to confront a repressed memory of his father cheating on his mother. But will the memory cause a rift?

Friday, August 21 on E4

Brand New Series: Big Mother Davina McCall is joined by celebrity guests and a lively, opinionated audience to give the latest evictee a grilling, Big Mouth -style. They debate and dissect the week's action from the Big Brother house, where anything could happen. The show features comedy stunts and some of the hottest urban music acts live in the studio each week. Exec Prod: Iain Coyle; Series Prod: Rebecca Bayatti; Prod Co: Brighter Pictures (an Endemol company)

Marcus is no mummy's boy...

Lisa does a pretty decent Marcus impression

How horrible was Marcus about his mother in last night’s highlights show?? He called her a “miserable old mingebag” and a “lazy ba*tard”! If I was her, I suspect I’d blast his head off when he gets out.

I’d love to know what’s going on there… Marcus doesn’t talk about his family much does he, but I got the impression he was orphaned or something? And I wonder why his mother didn’t do his message from home? Oooooooo, the intrigue.

On the eve of Afghanistan’s presidential election, Sky News spoke to a number of commentators and Presidential candidates about the election campaign and the wider issues of security and the future of Afghanistan.

During the hour long show, Jeremy Thompson spoke to guests including:

- Presidential Candidates Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Dr. Ramazan Bashardost

On the day the Afghan people go to the polls, Sky News has spoken to General Petraeus, Commander of US forces in the Middle East. Highlights of the interview are below and footage can be seen on Sky News and skynews.com

General Petraeus on the purpose of the war: “Well this war is all about ensuring that Afghanistan does not once again become a sanctuary for Al-Qaeda and trans-national extremists as it was under the Taleban in the past who carry out attacks, 9/11, and London and other locations in the United Kingdom and other Western European countries and the rest of the world. That is a hugely important interest, those organisations, those extremist elements do not want us to enjoy the freedoms that we’ve fought for centuries and it is again very important that they not have safe havens in which they can train and plan such attacks around the world.“

In the year that Scotland marks a decade of devolution, BBC Four brings viewers a special Scottish season.

This Is Scotland will celebrate and examine aspects of Scottish culture, art, film-making, heritage, landscape and psyche.

A Portrait Of Scotland, with Peter Capaldi, encounters the artists and paintings that have reflected the changing face of Scotland since the Reformation, while Rory Bremner And The Fighting Scots reviews the history of Scots in the British Army.