~ UK TV LISTINGS ~

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Postcards - Bangladesh: Clean Water

Educational programme for seven- to eleven-year-olds, providing an introduction to life in Bangladesh. Presenter Eils Hewitt looks at the provision of clean water through tube wells and hygiene in urban Dhaka.

Time: 11:50 to 12:00 (10 minutes long).
When: Thursday 21st June on BBC 2







Shadow Warriors

When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1981, American CIA operatives entered the country covertly to train rebels in the fight against Communism.

Time: 15:00 to 16:00 (1 hour long).
When: Thursday 21st June on History Channel






Keith Allen Will Burn in Hell

Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas is the home of America's most fanatical Christian fundamentalists. With their "God Hates Fags" and "God Hates America" placards, they cheerfully picket the funerals of US soldiers killed in Iraq, and delight in causing outrage amongst liberals and patriots alike.

Time: 22:30 to 23:35 (1 hour and 5 minutes long).
When: Thursday 21st June on Channel 4







Titans of Aid (Part 2 of 2)

Second of two programmes looking at the field operations of the largest NGO in the world, based in Bangladesh, with 100,000 people on its payroll. Is this the answer to fighting global poverty or an extraordinary example of a charity running out of control?

Time: 11:00 to 11:30 (30 minutes long).
When: Friday 22nd June on BBC Radio Four







Breaking Ranks

Follow four US soldiers, their families and lawyers as they defy their 'duty' to a war they view as unjust and claim sanctuary in Canada. Will they escape going to Iraq or end up in prison?

Time: 11:00 to 12:00 (1 hour long).
When: Friday 22nd June on History Channel







Airport: Haj

Heathrow airport is overwhelmed in this episode of the documentary series as hundreds of pilgrims heading for Mecca nearly bring the place to a standstill.

Time: 20:30 to 21:00 (30 minutes long).
When: Friday 22nd June on UKTV People







Hammam Memories

Christians, Muslims and Jews from the Greek island of Rhodes recall their times at the hammam, or Turkish bath, a place where differences were forgotten and all were equal under Ottoman rule.

Time: 02:00 to 02:25 (25 minutes long).
When: Saturday 23rd June on Community Channel







The 1967 War

In the Six Day War in June 1967, Israel smashed the armed forces of Egypt, Jordan and Syria, deepening the Arab Israeli conflict. Forty years later its legacy still dominates the Middle East, as Jeremy Bowen reports.

Time: 21:30 to 22:00 (30 minutes long).
When: Saturday 23rd June on BBC News 24

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Secrets of the CIA

They promoted the Khmer Rouge, helped bring the Taliban to power and armed Osama Bin Laden. Danny Wallace presents moments from history the CIA would rather forget.

Time: 01:45 to 03:30 (1 hour and 45 minutes long).
When: Sunday 24th June on Sky One







Faith or Duty

Abuhena Saifulislam is a Muslim chaplain in the US Navy. How can he reconcile his faith with his duty to troops hated by Islam?

Time: 16:30 to 17:00 (30 minutes long).
When: Sunday 24th June on BBC World Service Radio







Jewish Caterers

Celebrity chef and society caterer Rachel Green sets out to meet the people and cook the dishes that have arrived in the region from all four corners of the world. Today, she helps a mother-and-son business turn around their catering venture aimed at Orthodox Jews in West Yorkshire. Along the way, she learns all she'll ever need to know about the culture and the laws of kosher food.

Time: 18:00 to 18:30 (30 minutes long).
When: Sunday 24th June on ITV1 Yorkshire







Xinjiang Province

Irish writer/global traveller Manchán Magan explores the modern face of China, the oldest surviving culture in the world. Today Manchán heads north-west to Xinjiang Province, 3000 miles from Beijing. China desperately needs to control this harsh region and is shipping millions of people out there to colonise the under populated Gobi Desert. But Xinjiang is as distinct from modern China as one could get. Closer to Afghanistan than Shanghai, the people are mostly Muslim Kazaks and Uighers. It is both one of the hottest, and coldest regions on the planet, and Manchán concludes that if China ever did break up, Xinjiang would be the first province to pack its bags!

Time: 13:00 to 13:30 (30 minutes long).
When: Monday 25th June on Travel Channel







A Fork in Asia: Lebanon

Pria Viswalingam gives us a unique perspective on the variety of lifestyles to be found across the Asian continent. The Lebanon has been and continues to be an afflicted country in a volatile region. But what does Pria find in this war-torn part of the world? Genuinely warm people with wit and humour distilled from 5000 years of history; a polyglot heritage of people living in the fault line between Christianity and Islam; and a diverse landscape with green valleys, cliff-top villages and snow-capped mountains. This is a refreshing view of an ancient land long associated with destruction - and yes, technically it's in Asia!

Time: 14:30 to 15:00 (30 minutes long).
When: Monday 25th June on Travel Channel







Is it Cos I is Black?

In an expose of politically-correct Britain, presenter of Asian descent, Adil Ray, travels the country to see how much he can blag using his minority status simply because people are too PC to question his mischievous antics. Alongside him is non able-bodied actor David Proud and a white male control sample, comedian Karl Lucas. The three are set the same challenges to out PC attitudes in supermarkets, taxi ranks, restaurants, local councils, the workplace

Time: 21:00 to 22:00 (60 minutes long).
When: Monday 25th June on BBC 3







Honour Killings

Angus Stickler investigates honour-based violence in the UK, which frequently involves crimes against women in Muslim communities. There have been at least a dozen so-called honour killings during the last year, but it is claimed that official figures conceal a much more widespread problem.

Time: 20:00 to 20:40 (40 minutes long).
When: Tuesday 26th June on BBC Radio Four








Burj Al Arab Hotel, UAE

The world's only seven-star hotel has set new standards of luxury, individual service, comfort and attention to detail, as Angus Fontaine discovers.

Time: 19:00 to 19:30 (30 minutes long).
When: Wednesday 27th June on Discovery Travel and Living

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Reaching Out to the Grass Roots

Looks at two very different approaches to improving the lives of poor people - one through education in Bangladesh, the other through 'community-driven development' in Indonesia.

Time: 20:00 to 20:30 (30 minutes long).
When: Wednesday 27th June on Community Channel





Black Peoples of the Americas

Investigating why and how people from Africa came to live in the Americas, the effects of slavery, after emancipation and civil rights in the US.

Time: 02:00 to 04:00 (2 hours long).
When: Thursday 28th June on BBC 2





London Calling: Inside the BBC World Service

Documentary series which goes behind the scenes at that most venerable of institutions, the BBC World Service. Neil Cameron spent 18 months filming journalists and managers at Bush House in London and in bureaux, studios and frontline reporting locations around the world. This edition follows three characters - veteran Russian presenter Seva Novgorodtsev fights to stay on air, BBC Afghan Service editor, Zahir Tanin, returns to Kabul and Iranian-born Behrouz Afagh heads to the Foreign Office.

Time: 21:00 to 22:00 (1 hour long).
When: Thursday 28th June on BBC 4





Heart and Soul

A look at Sikh Jewish and Muslim communities through stories of people who share the same name but lead very different lives.

Time: 10:30 to 11:00 (30 minutes long).
When: Saturday 30th June on BBC World Service Radio





Secrets of the CIA

They promoted the Khmer Rouge, helped bring the Taliban to power and armed Osama Bin Laden. Danny Wallace presents moments from history the CIA would rather forget.

Time: 21:00 to 23:00 (2 hours long).
When: Saturday 30th June on Sky Two





Baghdad: Guns For Hire

For the security contractors replacing soldiers, Iraq is a goldmine. But in an insurgent's gunsights, professionals and private contractors look the same: every mission could be the last.

Time: 23:00 to 00:00 (1 hour long).
When: Saturday 30th June on National Geographic





Afghanistan: War Without End

Veteran broadcaster Sandy Gall recounts the history of Afghanistan from the time of Alexander the Great to the Taliban. A long and turbulent journey of invasion and resistance.

Time: 20:00 to 21:00 (1 hour long).
When: Sunday 1st July on History Channel





Neamh ar Thalamh

Presenter Christy Kenneally explores the art and architecture of Islam.

Time: 20:30 to 21:00 (30 minutes long).
When: Sunday 1st July on TG4





Ayatollah Khomeini

What will recently declassified archives reveal about the Iranian Shiite religious leader who became one of the 20th century's most ruthless leaders?

Time: 15:00 to 16:00 (1 hour long).
When: Monday 2nd July on History Channel

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No Smoking Please: The Shisha Café

Hassan left Saddam Hussein's Iraq to seek a new life in London. He worked hard all his life in London to afford his own business: his shisha café, a replica of the cafés he knew back in Iraq. But the blanket smoking ban is also banning shisha, and with it Hassan's café and hard-won second home is now under threat of closure.

Time: 19:55 to 20:00 (5 minutes long).
When: Tuesday 10th July on Channel 4





The Iraq Commission (Part 6 of 9)

Highlights from day six of the hearings of The Iraq Commission, the independent cross-party group tasked with producing recommendations on the future of Britain's role in Iraq. Each day the commission hears evidence from key witnesses, drawing on a wide range of expertise and experience, including people with an in-depth understanding of the political, military, diplomatic and humanitarian issues at stake.

Time: 00:10 to 02:10 (2 hours long).
When: Wednesday 11th July on Channel 4





God of War, God of Peace: The Middle East

John McCarthy reports from troublespots where religion is at the heart of the conflict and is seen, rightly or wrongly, as crucial to the search for peace.

Time: 11:00 to 11:30 (30 minutes long).
When: Wednesday 11th July on BBC Radio Four





No Smoking Please: The Shisha Boys

Danyal and his friends meet up every day at the biggest shisha café on Edgware Road. They enjoy the free atmosphere of the cafés where everything can be debated and discussed. The café looks likely to fall victim to the smoking ban, and the friends reflect on what they and London will lose: a place where young British Muslims and people of all cultures and creeds could mix freely, and break down stereotypes.

Time: 19:55 to 20:00 (5 minutes long).
When: Wednesday 11th July on Channel 4





Night Waves

As this summer marks the 60th anniversary of the partition of India and Pakistan, Rana Mitter and guests discuss the continuing cultural significance of 1948 to the subcontinent, asking how much of the tumultuous events of that year are remembered as myth, and how much as reality?

Time: 21:45 to 22:30 (45 minutes long).
When: Wednesday 11th July on BBC Radio Three





The Iraq Commission (Day 7 of 9)

Highlights from day seven of the hearings of The Iraq Commission, the independent cross-party group tasked with producing recommendations on the future of Britain's role in Iraq. Each day the commission hears evidence from key witnesses, drawing on a wide range of expertise and experience, including people with an in-depth understanding of the political, military, diplomatic and humanitarian issues at stake.

Time: 00:10 to 02:10 (2 hours long).
When: Thursday 12th July on Channel 4





Crossing Continents: Turkey

In Turkey's conservative heartland, influential Islamic businessmen - the Imams of Industry - have turned their once-backward region into an economic powerhouse. They're key backers of the ruling religious-based AK party that's been a driving force behind 's efforts to join the EU - but many fear they are also trying to re-Islamise the country by stealth. With the AK poised to win another election, Tim Whewell travels to Kayseri to discover who's behind the party, and where it's leading.

Time: 11:00 to 11:30 (30 minutes long).
When: Thursday 12th July on BBC Radio Four





Slavery and the Making of America: Liberty in The Air

This programme spans from the 1740s-1830s, and looks at the rise of slavery in the colonies and the inspiration slaves found in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution.

Time: 22:00 to 23:00 (1 hour long).
When: Thursday 12th July on Teachers TV

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The Iraq Commission (Part 8 of 9)

Highlights from day eight of the hearings of The Iraq Commission, the independent cross-party group tasked with producing recommendations on the future of Britain's role in Iraq. Each day the commission hears evidence from key witnesses, drawing on a wide range of expertise and experience, including people with an in-depth understanding of the political, military, diplomatic and humanitarian issues at stake.

Time: 00:10 to 02:15 (2 hours and 5 minutes long).
When: Friday 13th July on Channel 4





The Making of The Jameel Gallery

Behind the scenes of the V&A's dazzling new gallery, created for their collection of Islamic art from the Middle East, as staff prepare for the grand opening by the Prince of Wales.

Time: 12:10 to 13:00 (50 minutes long).
When: Friday 13th July on Sky Arts





Declassified: The Taliban

Afghanistan was a pawn in a deadly game between the US and Russia. This is the story of how the pieces turned on the players and New York felt the force of jihad.

Time: 15:00 to 16:00 (1 hour long).
When: Friday 13th July on History Channel





Alastair Campbell Diaries: Into the Firing Line

Documentary about the political life of Alastair Campbell, once the closest ally of Tony Blair. Archive footage of the most pivotal events from the last ten years and readings from his memoirs provide an insight into British politics from the press secretary once labelled 'the second most powerful man in the country.' This episode begins with the events of September 11th 2001 and ends with Campbell leaving Downing Street. In between are events such as the war with Iraq, the death of Dr David Kelly, the extraordinary row with the BBC, and the Hutton enquiry.

Time: 19:00 to 20:00 (1 hour long).
When: Friday 13th July on BBC 2






Nurses On The Frontline (Part 2 of 2)

In the last of a two part series, Nurses On The Frontline follows nurses giving battlefield treatment to civilians caught up in a 60 year old conflict in the mountains of Eastern Burma.

Time: 20:30 to 21:00 (30 minutes long).
When: Friday 13th July on BBC World





The Indictment of Anthony Charles Lynton Blair for the crime of aggression against Iraq - A Hearing

In early 2007, two leading barristers tested the evidence as to whether there would be sufficient grounds to indict the British Prime Minister for the crime of aggression against Iraq. They examined a number of distinguished witnesses, including Members of Parliament, diplomats, United Nations officials, Intelligence experts and journalists. Their revealing testimony was re-told by actors in The Tricycle Theatre's critically acclaimed tribunal play Called to Account - The Indictment of Anthony Charles Lynton Blair for the crime of aggression against Iraq - A Hearing. To mark the resignation of Tony Blair, the original cast return in this specially adapted version for BBC Radio 4.

Time: 14:30 to 16:00 (1 hour and 30 minutes long).
When: Saturday 14th July on BBC Radio Four

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The Iraq Commission (Part 9 of 9)

Iraq is one of the greatest challenges facing Britain and the new Prime Minister. With British troops stationed there, our leaders, from all political parties, need a strategy for the future. In response, The Foreign Policy Centre, in conjunction with Channel 4, set up the Iraq Commission to gather evidence from a wide range of expert witnesses and produce a blueprint for Britain's future role in Iraq.

Time: 19:30 to 21:00 (1 hour and 30 minutes long).
When: Saturday 14th July on Channel 4





A New Middle East?

This World Debate, chaired by Nik Gowing, imagines what a future Middle East might look like, in a time of peace. What are the challenges and possibilities for the region in building a prosperous, stable, and transparent civil society?

Time: 18:10 to 19:00 (50 minutes long).
When: Sunday 15th July on BBC World





Blair - The Inside Story: The New Leader

In a major three-part series award-winning documentary maker Michael Cockerell tells the inside story of Tony Blair's controversial ten years at the top featuring fresh filming and candid interviews. Part one covers the years up to 9/11.

Time: 20:10 to 21:00 (50 minutes long).
When: Sunday 15th July on BBC World





The Trisha Goddard Show: Take Off Your Hijab... Your Man Isn't Coming Back!

Daytime discussion show. Bridget was a fun-loving party girl until a tragic event last year threw her whole life into turmoil. She says she has converted to Islam to be closer to her lover who was stabbed to death. Her friend Alison says that since that tragic day, Bridget has given up on life and is in danger of losing her family and friends.

Time: 10:30 to 11:30 (1 hour long).
When: Tuesday 17th July on five





Turkish Journey

Ahead of the July 22nd parliamentary elections, BBC's Ben Hammersley travels across Turkey examining tensions between Ataturk's secular legacy and Islam.

Time: 20:30 to 21:00 (30 minutes long).
When: Wednesday 18th July on BBC World





Talking to Terrorists

Alastair Crooke reflects on his unique experience of conducting negotiations with terrorist organisations.

Time: 20:45 to 21:00 (15 minutes long).
When: Wednesday 18th July on BBC Radio Four





Every Good Marriage Begins With Tears

Director Simon Chambers follows the lives of young Bengali sisters - and close personal friends of his - as they travel from London to Bangladesh to undertake the arranged marriages that have long been planned for them. Although apparently reluctant to submit to the agreed arrangements, the sisters nonetheless seem unable or unwilling to ultimately escape their traditional destiny.

Time: 22:30 to 23:30 (1 hour long).
When: Wednesday 18th July on BBC 4





Arab Women at the Top: Morocco

Documentary which profiles four extraordinary women in executive positions in Morocco, presently one of the most tolerant and liberal countries in the Arab world.

Time: 00:20 to 01:20 (1 hour long).
When: Thursday 19th July on RTÉ 1





Slavery and the Making of America: Seeds of Destruction

Seeds of Destruction looks at slavery in the first half of the 19th century through the civil war, exemplifying the unimaginable conditions slaves endured.

Time: 22:00 to 23:00 (1 hour long).
When: Thursday 19th July on Teachers TV





Slavery and the Making of America: The Challenge of Freedom

The Challenge of Freedom spotlights the role of African Americans in the Civil War, and what emancipation really meant for them.

Time: 23:00 to 00:00 (1 hour long).
When: Thursday 19th July on Teachers TV





Occupation

President Bush and his supporters have consistently compared what the US-led coalition is doing in Iraq with the American occupation of Japan after the Second World War. A pro-western parliamentary democracy was created by military occupation then, the argument goes, so it can be again. But most expert historians disagree, dismissing the analogy as both false and dangerous. Mark Whitaker looks at the debate, and also explores what international law allows occupiers to do - and what it rules out.

Time: 11:00 to 11:30 (30 minutes long).
When: Friday 20th July on BBC Radio Four





Rageh Inside Iran

Documentary presented by Rageh Omaar which reveals the lives, hopes and fears of the young generation of Tehran, the most intriguing, talked about but least understood city in the world today. Omaar and director Paul Sapin spent a year arranging the permissions and contacts for the film, who include a renowned female photojournalist, a woman who is the CEO of an international transport company, the editor of a youth magazine, the staff at a drug rehab centre and a pop star.

Time: 21:00 to 22:30 (1 hour and 30 minutes long).
When: Friday 20th July on BBC 4