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Highlights in August include programmes about adventure, exploration and the big outdoors.
First up on 1st Aug is live coverage of the sunrise ceremony marking Scouting's centenary.
We follow celebrities who do charity work often in inaccessible places in Celebs Do Charity week. We mark 60 years of Indian independence with a new series, Spice of Life, and a family's return called Way Back Home.
Our Sports weekend sees the premiere of Your Game, the climax to the UK's biggest national street football competition run by the BBC and the Football Foundation.
And a major highlight of the month is the premiere of Tommy's Story in which we hear the true story of Tommy Jessop, a budding actor with Down's Syndrome, who has landed his first big TV role in BBC One's Holby City.
 Tommy Jessop
This month's Take Action Sunday is on 5th August. In July we looked at health, in August it's volunteering - with No Limits, Virgin Volunteers and Green Heroes.
30 July - 5 August
World Scout Jamboree - Sunrise Ceremony - live tx Wed 1st Aug @ 7.45 am
Live coverage from Brownsea Island to mark 100 years of Scouting to the day. more...
Jump Westminster - tx Sun 2nd August @ 7.30pm
Parkour is fast becoming the sport du jour of the fit and fearless! This film looks at how its development and how it encourages young people to be physically active in their community.
 Scouts celebrating
A series of films on volunteering - the hard work and the rewards.
Films include: No Limits inspiring stories from young volunteers around the country, Virgin Volunteers about volunteering for the first time, and Green Heroes, which looks at specific volunteer work on the environment.
6 - 12 August - Celebs Do Charity week
Bolivia For Sale - tx Mon 6 Aug @ 8.30pm
Actor, Damian Lewis travels to Bolivia to investigate the effects of privatisation on the country and how it's leading to rises in unemployment and increased poverty. more...
 Robert Redford
Robert Redford visits social entrepreneurs in Asia and South America who are improving the lives of those around them.
46664 The Concert - tx Wed 8 Aug @ 7pm
Another chance to see Annie Lennox and Queen and the 2005 concert which features international stars rocking in support of HIV AIDS. Presented by Will Smith more...
Forests on the Frontline - tx Thur 9 Aug @ 8pm
An investigation by actor, Kris Marshall, into the destruction of the Bolivia's Amazon rainforest and the impact on indigenous communities. more...
Fields of Gold - tx Fri 10 Aug @ 7.30pm
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall uses his culinary knowledge to find out whether fair trade in bananas is fair enough for Caribbean farmers. more...
13 - 19 August - India week
Spice of Life: Age No Bar - tx Mon 13 Aug @ 12.30pm
The first programme in this new series looks at the lives of the elderly in India - different characters with one thing in common - the desire not to look back.
Return Journey: Amitee's Story - tx Mon 13 Aug @ 8.30pm
Amitee Parashar worries about travelling to India from Britain to work for grassroots organisations and how she'll copy as an international volunteer.
Spice of Life: Connecting Lines - tx Wed 15 Aug @ 12.30pm
This documentary looks at education and the differences between Indian student Leena Manimekalai and German student Michaela Kloiber and the issues they face as they look to the future.
Way Back Home - Ep 1 tx - Wed 15 Aug @ 11pm / Ep 2 - tx Thurs 16 Aug @ 11 pm
After fifty years away, a family who were made refugees during the events of India's independence make an emotional return to their homeland - now Bangladesh, on a mission to find a lost relative. A powerful two-part film.
The New Heroes: the Power of Knowledge - tx Sat 18 Aug @ 9pm
A train journey changes an Indian schoolteacher's life, when she brings school classes to station platforms to help India's street children get an education. more...
20 - 26 August - Sports
Your Game - tx Fri 24 Aug @ 9pm
A partnership between the BBC and the Football Foundation, Your Game has become the UK's biggest national street football tournament for 16 - 25 year olds. This programme follows the fortunes of this year's competition from qualifying to the final.
Sports Unsung Heroes '07 - tx Sat 25 Aug @ 12 noon.
A look at the lives and commitment of the unsung heroes of sport in the UK, who dedicate their time to developing sport in the community and building the stars of the future. more...
27 Aug - 2 Sept
Tommy's Story - tx Tues 21 Aug @ 9 pm
This film shows how Tommy Jessop is achieving his aim of becoming an actor. The 22 year-old who has Down's Syndrome has landed his first big TV role in Holby City. We go behind the scenes and find out what it takes.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 28 July 2007 )
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