Sunday 28 June
Channel 4 - Revelations: How To Find God - new 8-part series - "A brand new strand of eight films explores the impact religion has on the lives of believers and non-believers in Britain today..." "[In Episode 1] Author and filmmaker Jon Ronson asks, how do agnostics come to Christianity? Increasingly, it's through Alpha, a course devised many years ago in a well-heeled church in London's Knightsbridge, but which now operates in tens of thousands of churches of all denominations, in universities, prisons and military bases across the world.
Over 11 million people worldwide have now attended an Alpha course. But what happens on it? And do agnostics really become Christians in such a short space of time?
Afforded complete access to one Alpha course, at St Aldate's Church in Oxford, Jon documents the whole process over its eight weeks. "
Monday 29 June
Channel 4- Inside Nature's Giants - "Mark Evans presents a science series uncovering the anatomical secrets of some of the animal kingdom's most extraordinary species. Evolutionary biologist Professor Richard Dawkins traces the animals' places on the tree of life. Evolution has given elephants vast intestines as well as huge teeth and jaw muscles. The trunk is a wonder of evolution, capable of everything from picking up berries to ripping a tree from the ground."
ITV1 - Real Crime: Sally Ann Bowman - "Sally Anne Bowman was a beautiful teenage model with the world at her feet. She was brutally stabbed to death and raped just yards from her front door in a quiet suburban street. Her murder sent out shock waves across the UK but even with the huge amount of media coverage police still struggled to catch her killer. The early evidence pointed to one suspect – but he was the wrong man. Police had the DNA left by the doorstep killer, but without his name, could they catch him before he struck again? In this programme the police leading the investigation reveal the problems they faced. They tell how a chance incident led to the killer’s capture following months of frustration and Real Crime features actual CCTV footage of the killer’s arrest. Sally Anne’s parents speak openly about their shock and pain as well as paying tribute to their daughter. Plus, a former flatmate of the killer provides a fascinating account of how he experienced, first hand, his violent nature."
Tuesday 30 July
BBC2 - The Conspiracy Files - "Nearly four years after the 7/7 bombing, England's worst terrorist atrocity, The Conspiracy Files investigates the conspiracy theories flourishing on the internet.
There have been three official reports into the bombings on 7th July 2005, which claimed the lives of 56 people and injured 784 others.
The programme sees how conspiracy theories suggest four British Muslims were framed by the government, play on the fears of the Muslim community and spread a highly divisive and damaging message.
The Conspiracy Files: 7/7 examines the evidence in an attempt to separate fact from fiction.
Yesterday - Tales from the Green Valley - "For a year five experts ditched theory for practice, running a Welsh farm using 17th Century methods. What lessons for modern living did they learn?
The BBC series Tales from the Green Valley follows historians and archaeologists as they recreate farm life from the age of the Stuarts. They wear the clothes, eat the food and use the tools, skills and technology of the 1620s.
It was a time when daily life was a hard grind, intimately connected with the physical environment where routines were dictated by the weather and the seasons. A far cry from today's experience of the countryside, which for many involves a bracing walk ahead of a pub lunch.
While few would choose to live a 17th Century lifestyle, the participants found they picked up some valuable tips for modern life."
Wednesday 1 July
Five - The Da Vinci Shroud - Revealed - "Historical documentary series. For centuries, the Turin shroud was believed to be the cloth that was placed on the body of Christ, until carbon-dating exposed it as a medieval fake in 1988. However, scientists continue to explore how the image of a man was scorched onto the fabric. Some researchers believe that master artist Leonardo Da Vinci created the image using remarkable photographic techniques."
BBC4 - Summits - Munich 1938 - "David Reynolds, Professor of International History at Cambridge University, uncovers the fascinating behind-the-scenes story of three ground-breaking summit meetings that have shaped the modern world. Here, he examines Neville Chamberlain's hubristic misreading of Hitler at Munich in 1938. Chamberlain has gone down in history as a naive old buffer with his policy of 'appeasement', but Reynolds retraces the testy battle of wills in which it was the dictator who lost his nerve at the last moment."
Thursday 2 July
Channel 4 - Dispatches: Terror in Mumbai - "Dispatches presents a 360 degree view of last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai with exclusive new footage, evidence and interviews. Produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Dan Reed, Terror in Mumbai tells the story of what happened when 10 gunmen held one of the world's busiest cities hostage; killing and wounding hundreds of people while holding India's crack security forces at bay.
Featuring footage of the attacks and interviews with senior police officers and hostages, including the testimony from Kasab - the sole surviving gunman, Dispatches reveals what happened, hour by hour, from the perspective of the security forces, the terrorists, their masterminds and the victims."
Five - Megastructures - Vegas Demolition - "Gripping documentary series that explores huge engineering projects from all over the world. This instalment sees a family of demolition experts attempt to bring down an old casino hotel in the centre of Las Vegas."
BBC4 - Hidden Histories - 3/5 - "A series looking at the work of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales celebrating its centenary year. Huw Edwards and the history detectives find out why a Welsh master carpenter carved his tools into the wood of a Tudor house and why the Romans built a theatre for their troops in the Welsh hills. They also discover an outstanding example of Welsh chapel architecture."
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