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What's It About? Based on Miranda Hart's own semi-autobiographical writings, this comedy started life as a TV pilot before becoming the critically acclaimed, Sony Award-nominated radio series Miranda Hart's Joke Shop, broadcast on BBC Radio 2.

Now it's heading to the small screen, and looks set to enjoy similar success in its new home.

Miranda is desperate to fit in, but her public school background makes her a bit of a misfit down the pub and she's never quite fitted in with Sloane Ranger childhood rival Tilly (Sally Phillips) or the rest of 'the girls' (not least because she's a foot taller than them all).

Due to years of agoraphobic tendencies she can't quite grasp how to behave socially and constantly fails to avoid embarrassing situations, especially around men.

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When long-term crush Gary Preston returns from his travels, Miranda bumps into him and, anxious not to make one of her usual conversational cock-ups, talks all about her Olympic gymnastic achievements and her two children, Orlando and Bloom. Surely everyone ends up lying to impress when they're nervous, don't they?

Miranda Says: "Comedy is such an important part of my life, if I hadn't had people like French and Saunders, Morecambe and Wise and Joyce Grenfell to watch, my life would have been a much duller place and so to be a part of this wonderful industry is a real blessing - I can't believe my luck."

Think Britain during the First World War and you should have an image of a straight-backed, buttoned-up officer with a Terry Thomas moustache and a side-parting in your mind's eye. What may not come immediately to mind is the image of the thousands of Jamaicans, Canadians, Indians and Irish men that were called into duty to serve the old Empire.

Journalist and broadcaster Ian Hislop presents this special edition of Not Forgotten which turns back the clocks to reveal the poignant tale of how some 2.5 million soldiers from Asia and Africa, not to mention thousands more from various other Commonwealth states, were shipped thousands of miles across the world to serve queen and country.

Hislop visits the descendants of soldiers from diverse parts of the Empire to uncover why they felt the need to fight for a country they had never visited and how their role came to shape emerging national identities.

It may not boast any shots of David Attenborough whispering in the undergrowth and rolling back the years to get up close and personal with a silverback gorilla, but this nature documentary is every bit as good as any of the documentaries on his awesome CV.

And tonight, his hushed tones narrate an investigation into a subject close to his heart, as he profiles the world of birds.

From the equator to the Poles, birds use ingenious ways to overcome the challenges of life. Everything revolves around their unique attribute - feathers.

Few go to greater extremes than the male marvellous spatuletail hummingbird, whose tail feathers are so long that they can barely take off. But still they perform extraordinary aerial displays.

Red-billed tropicbirds depend on speed and manoeuvrability to escape from piratical frigate birds, while red knots use endurance to migrate 10,000 miles every spring from their wintering grounds in Argentina to nesting sites in Canada.

Grounded for extended periods during nesting season, birds face the toughest time of their lives.

In Digging Up The Dead, Michael Portillo looks beyond the familiar vision of picture-postcard Spain to show a nation in trauma.

He reveals that for the first time since the end of its bloody civil war 70 years ago and the subsequent years of General Franco's brutal dictatorship, Spain is officially examining its past and exhuming bodies from mass graves in every region of the country.

Some of the resting places, which are often just minutes from beaches, bars and cultural attractions, contain the remains of as many as 4,000 bodies and most have lain untouched until now.

Michael, the son of a Spanish exile who fought against fascism, investigates the psychological impact that digging up the past is having on a country that has tried so hard to forget the horror of its civil war.

He returns to his father's home town of Madrigal, which he visited as a child. He also visits Granada and Malaga, both scenes of terrible carnage and bloodshed during the war years, and talks to people about their deep desire to be reunited with their loved ones and give them a dignified burial at last.

While it's always fascinating to watch the British version of Hell's Kitchen and place bets on how long it will take for Marco Pierre White to crack and do something unspeakable with a meat cleaver, the American version has even more punch.

That may be due to the fact that Gordon Ramsay is involved, and while Marco is busy dispensing mystical wisdom and demonstrating the world's craziest eyes, Gordon is swearing at Americans and telling them they're rubbish.

Now isn't that something worth watching?

After a long hard battle, we've reached the end of the road, and only the contestants who have managed to stand the heat remain in the kitchen.

In the final episode of the cookery contest, the two finalists have a few problems to fix in the kitchen, as Gordon Ramsay examines the designs for their restaurants and also offers suggestions for their menus.

The contestants then take on their last evening service before the winner is announced.

No matter how many times Liam Gallagher and Pete Doherty get arrested for punching photographers and causing mayhem, they'll still just be amateurs in the hell-raising stakes compared to Johnny Cash.

As anybody who saw the magnificent biopic Walk the Line will testify, the Man in Black lived so close to the edge it would give most people vertigo.

But the darker side of his nature was indulged due to the fact that he was a true musical genius.

He left the world with a body of work that is virtually unsurpassed in terms of raw emotion, while classics like Ring of Fire are among the ultimate singalong classics.

Novices eager to see what the fuss is about should tune in to see him at his best in a truly iconic performance.

This documentary showcases his 1969 concert performed at one of America's most notorious prisons, which cemented his 'Man in Black' image.

Featuring interviews with former inmates and guards.