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  • UK TV Programme Highlights For Tuesday, 29 July

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Today's Pick Of The Day

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Picture: BBC/Mammoth Screen / Monastic Productions

DRAMA: More than just an ancient brick

Tonight the Bonekickers team, led by Julie Graham (pictured, centre) as Professor Gillian Magwilde, are on the trail of a sacred tablet that could affect the destiny of the Middle East.

The trail begins with the looting of Babylonian relics from the Iraq war. Opportunistic war-zone journalist Jimmy Paul attempts to flog a Babylonian necklace and sacred tablet to dodgy antiquities dealer Max Garris, while Kahmil Hammadi, an Iraqi archaeologist and Professor Magwilde's ex-lover, arrives in Bath with a cultural delegation. .. (Click to continue reading)

Bonekickers showing on BBC 1 at 9:00pm


Film

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Nerds into battle

Jared Hess's 2004 high-school comedy stars Jon Heder as the eponymous Napoleon Dynamite, who is on the lowest rung of the nerd ladder - even his best friend Pedro Sanchez beats him to a date for the high-school dance. But when Pedro asks Napoleon to be his campaign manager for the school election, how can he refuse? (Click to continue reading)

Napoleon Dynamite showing on Film4 at 9:00pm

Cookery

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Gordon's final fling

The series comes to a climax as chef Gordon Ramsay travels to Iceland and the Sierra Nevada in Spain, and makes an emotional return to his Scottish old football club. And the winning brigade from the series return to cook three luxurious dishes that everyone can cook at home, including lobster and caviar with new potatoes and a truffle mayonnaise. (Click to continue reading)

The F Word showing on Channel 4 at 9:00pm

Reality Show

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Picture: BBC/Love Productions

Who will win through?

A group of disabled girls, desperate to be models, battle it out to win the prize of a fashion shoot in top style magazine Marie Claire. It's the final week and only Sophie, Kelly and Jessica are left. Only two will survive a surprise elimination to face the deciding and most daunting photo shoot of the competition - posing nude. (Click to continue reading)

Britain's Missing Top Model showing on BBC 3 at 9:00pm

Drama

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Making matrimonial magic

The spin-off drama series from Grey's Anatomy continues. The show follows Dr Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) as she takes up private practice in Los Angeles. Tonight Addison turns to Pete for help in treating a newly-wed couple who are unable to consummate their marriage. (Click to continue reading)

Private Practice showing on LIVING at 10:00pm

Documentary

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Picture: BBC

Bringing home the medals?

The series - looking at what it takes to succeed in the world of elite sport - continues. With the Olympics looming and athletes fighting for inclusion, the selection process brings conflict, drama and sacrifices from both the players and coaches. Tonight's programme focuses on the GB table-tennis squad and the
the GB wheelchair rugby squad. (Click to continue reading)

Olympic Dreams showing on BBC 1 at 10:35pm

Film

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A seminal masterpiece

One of cinema's seminal films and so revered that it has been lovingly parodied, Ingmar Bergman's masterpiece passes the test of time. A knight and his squire, returning home from the Crusades through a plague-ridden land, meet Death who engages the knight in a chess game as the pair debate the mysteries of life, faith and death itself. (Click to continue reading)

The Seventh Seal showing on Film4 at 10:45pm

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