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| Fri 22nd Aug 2008 |
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| 00:00 | Deadly, Silent Cargo | A documentary looking at how nuclear waste transport in the UK is so common that it has its own train timetable.
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| 00:20 | Takin' Over The Asylum | Ex residents return to the asylum which used to be their home. |
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| 00:30 | Spring Into Action | The film follows four first time BTCV volunteers who are new to conservation and keen to develop skills that will help them do their bit to save the planet. |
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| 00:50 | Lifeline | Lifeline focuses on one charity's appeal, presented by a celebrity presenter - normally someone who has a specific interest in that charity. Lifeline also features up-to-date news bulletins. |
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| 01:00 | Spice of Life | The dreams and ambitions of two gypsies, one in India and one in Sweden, revealing the variety of social issues they confront. |
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| 01:30 | Learning for Life | A-CET is a small, independent charity helping young Africans to achieve their potential through educational support. Learning for Life shows how a few dedicated individuals can change the world |
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| 01:45 | Dance For Life | Dance training has allowed one man to work his way out of poverty, in turn he is helping others do the same. |
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| 02:00 | Charge | Showcase your short films, documentaries, music videos, photography and more. Take Charge and make a difference to the world around you. For more information go to: www.chargetv.co.uk |
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| 02:55 | 3 Minutes To Save The World | A light look at climate change, and our responsibility as energy consumers. Focusing on some of the UK's main contributors to greenhouse gas emissions |
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| 03:00 | Spirit of Adventure | 30 Off Road vehicle technicians are sent to Tanzania to take part in "Challenge Africa". Many of them had not been out of the UK before, and this was to be a life changing experience for them all. |
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| 03:30 | Facing Forward | A documentary following the work of Rwandan Youth Information Community Organisation (rYico), which helps to rebuild, support and change the lives of the vulnerable young people in Rwanda. |
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| 04:00 | Trailblazers | Interviews with people who have overcome huge odds to achieve extraordinary things. A celebration of people performing at the highest level in their chosen field. |
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| 04:15 | One Way Ticket | Teenage refugees compare their experience of arriving in the UK today with survivors of the "Kindertransport" that brought Jewish children from Germany in 1939 |
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| 04:35 | Lai See | One man's shallow, self-centred existence is turned on its head when he receives Lai See - traditional Chinese gift envelopes - containing proverbs encouraging him to help others. |
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| 04:45 | Nursing Generation | A generation of Caribbean women came to the UK in the 1950s and 1960s to work as nurses. We ask a few of them about their life here. |
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| 05:00 | Cash That Cares | A compilation of short films showing the variety of ways social enterprise can be used to help others around you. And still make a profit. |
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| 05:20 | Costa del Marshes | Climate change needn't be scary; it's easy to do your bit. Bob, an ambitious and comical Marshes farmer, plans to profit from climate change by turning his farm into a seaside resort. |
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| 05:30 | Dreams of Home | Homelessness can affect anyone. In this documentary homeless people tell us how they met this harrowing fate and the heads of Shelter, Crisis and Homeless Link discuss possible solutions. |
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| F | 06:00 | Sent 2 Coventry | Sent 2 Coventry is a showcase of work from the Coventry and Warwickshire region. It combines poignant films, project news and something to raise a smile. |
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| F | 06:30 | Community Action | A picture of how ordinary people in a typical London borough are organising and empowering themselves in order to improve their lives and environment. |
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| F | 06:55 | Rhondda Lives | An engaging mix of archive 20th century film of the Rhondda Valley from as early as 1926 and the stories, memories and reminiscenses of people who live there. |
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| F | 07:00 | One Life | Documentary about Sudanese supermodel Alek Wek as she returns to the war-torn country she had to escape from as a child to visit her father's grave. |
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| F | 07:45 | Senegal: Recipe For Disaster | Casualty's Kwame Kwei-Armah visits Senegal to investigate how international trade is harming local rice farmers. |
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| F | 08:00 | Saving a Stranger | There is a desperate shortage of bone marrow donors and in particular donors from black and ethnic minority groups. We follow stories that illustrate the need to raise awareness of the problem. |
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