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  • UK TV Programme Highlights For Sunday, 12 July 2009

Today's Pick Of The Day

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Michael Jackson's Last Days: What Really Happened

As soon as the news of Michael Jackson's death was released the rumour mill went into overdrive. Within hours there were as many theories about the circumstances surrounding his death as there were about his extraordinary and bizarre life. In this documentary Jacques Perreti investigates the story behind the countdown to the death of a superstar - from the announcement of his spectacular comeback concerts to his death, just months later, in LA... (Click to continue reading)

Michael Jackson's Last Days: What Really Happened showing on Channel 4 at 9pm


Documentary

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Revelations

Revelations is a strand of eight films which explore the impact religion has on the lives of believers and non-believers in Britain today. The last place you might expect to find a chaplain is on the frontline with the Royal Marines, dodging bullets in Afghanistan. (Click to continue reading)

Revelations showing on Channel 4 at 7pm

Travel

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The Secret Caribbean with Trevor McDonald

On the last leg of Trevor McDonald's Caribbean tour, he witnesses first hand how the forces of nature can make some of the island's most glamorous locations practically uninhabitable. (Click to continue reading)

The Secret Caribbean with Trevor McDonald showing on ITV1 at 8pm

Documentary

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Liz Smith's Summer Cruise

Actress and comedian Liz Smith, known to millions as Nana in The Royle Family and Leticia in The Vicar of Dibley, does the one thing she has never managed to achieve in her life - go on a proper holiday. (Click to continue reading)

Liz Smith's Summer Cruise showing on BBC 4 at 9pm

Drama

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House

A crazed gunman demands medical attention by taking House, Thirteen and a few patients hostage. Can the morose medic make a diagnosis before it's too late? (Click to continue reading)

House showing on Sky1 at 9pm

Documentary

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Picture: Alexis Girardet

On Thin Ice

While TV presenter and adventurer Ben Fogle undergoes an intensive course of treatment for a lethal tropical illness, Olympic gold medallist James Cracknell and new third team mate Doctor Ed Coats keep training for the race to the South Pole. (Click to continue reading)

On Thin Ice showing on BBC 2 at 9:05pm

Film

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Confetti

Mock documentary comedy, starring Martin Freeman, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Meredith MacNeill, Robert Webb and Olivia Colman. Three couples reach the final of a competition hosted by Confetti magazine, vying for the title of Most Original Wedding. Will the tennis wedding, the musical marriage or the naked nuptials be the winner? (Click to continue reading)

Confetti showing on BBC 2 at 10:05pm

And don't forget some more for Sunday...