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Patrick goes off the rails but is pulled back by Lucas, in the latest visit to the London Borough of Walford, but Roxy and Ronnie finally let Glenda in.

Meanwhile, Tamwar makes small steps towards accepting his brother's new life.

Patrick is played by Rudolph Walker, Lucas by Don Gilet, Roxy by Rita Simons, Ronnie by Samantha Womack, Glenda by Glynis Barber and Tamwar by Himesh Patel.

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Jimmy Doherty and friend

Jimmy Doherty concludes his investigation into the hidden lives of the farmyard animals which are so often taken for granted with a species very close to his heart – the pig. What he's about to discover will make everyone look at pigs in a very different way.

Jimmy visits a pig farm on Dartmoor that rears 300 rare-breed pigs called Saddlebacks. With the help of the farmers, Jimmy sets up a series of experiments to examine the intelligence and behaviour of the pig.

It is said that pigs will eat anything. In fact, they are very discerning. A pig's snout is 2,000 times more sensitive than the human nose. Jimmy tests this by hiding a variety of different foods under the ground to see which one the pigs will go for.

He also sees how effective truffle oil is as an aphrodisiac for pigs, devises a maze to find out how good a pig is at foraging and gets elocution tips from an expert in pig grunts.

Jimmy knows that pigs are intelligent and that they learn fast, but how do they compare to humans? Babies learn to recognise themselves in the mirror at about 18 months. So, armed with just a mirror and a bucket of food, Jimmy puts the pigs to the ultimate test.

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BBC PROMS 2010
Prom 8

Thursday 22 July

7.30-10.00pm BBC FOUR and BBC HD

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Alexander Toradze is the soloist for Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 1

Live from London's Royal Albert Hall, Suzy Klein introduces two immensely powerful pieces written during the Second World War, which frame this concert given by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Principal Conductor Thierry Fischer.

Shostakovich was in Leningrad when Russia entered the war against Germany. It was there, between July and October, that he witnessed, first hand, the Nazi's siege of the city, while he worked on his Seventh Symphony.

As the Nazis invaded, Britten received an anonymous invitation from the Japanese government to write a work commemorating the founding of the Mikado dynasty 2,600 years earlier. He completed his Sinfonia da Requiem the following year, but the Japanese government rejected it as inappropriate for their celebrations and too Christian in its nature. The work reflects the composer's feelings about the inhumanity of war and, basing it on the liturgy of the mass of the dead, he dedicated it to the memory of his parents.

Also in tonight's concert is Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 1, with soloist Alexander Toradze. The concerto exploits the percussive potential of the piano, and, in turn, expresses his take on clean neo-classical lines, contrasted with tumbling leaps and richer, more romantic textures, indebted to Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky.

This Prom is also broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and will be repeated on Radio 3 on Monday 26 July at 2pm.

This BBC Prom is simulcast on the BBC HD channel – the BBC's High Definition channel, available through Freesat 108, Freeview 50, Sky 143 and Virgin 108.

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