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South Riding Ep 3/3

Sunday 6 March

9.00-10.00pm BBC ONE and BBC ONE HD

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Carne (David Morrissey) avoids Sarah

After a highly charged encounter in a Manchester hotel, Sarah and Carne return to the South Riding more at odds with each other than ever, as Andrew Davies's adaptation of Winifred Holtby's rich and panoramic portrait of a Yorkshire community in the Thirties concludes. Sarah, humiliated that Carne is avoiding her, distracts herself with work, her priority being to find a way to get Lydia Holly back to school and away from a future of domestic drudgery looking after her father and younger siblings.

Meanwhile, Councillor Huggins, desperate to claw back the money lost to Reg and Bessie's little scam, cashes in his life insurance to buy up some wasteland for himself. When Carne discovers that his fellow councillors have been pushing up land values to profit from the housing scheme he accuses Councillor Snaith of corruption. It's an unwise move without proof and Snaith sues Carne for slander.

A £10,000 lawsuit is the straw that breaks Carne's back; bankruptcy is inevitable. He makes his way to the school to tell Sarah – his pretext is that he must step down as a school governor, but perhaps his real motive for going to her is more personal.

As 1934 gives way to '35, Winifred Holtby's messy, compassionate and humane story comes to a head. Her questions resonate as much in 2011 as they did when she first framed them, asking how we should educate our children and look after our sick and insane, and how we can raise our poor out of poverty. Haltingly, imperfectly, the people of the South Riding search for answers, while Sarah seeks the answer to the most universal question of all: What am I here for?

Sarah Burton is played by Anna Maxwell Martin, Robert Carne by David Morrissey, Lydia Holly by Charlie May-Clark, Mr Holly by Shaun Dooley, Councillor Huggins by John Henshaw, Reg Aythorne by John Paul Hurley, Bessie Warbuckle by Janine Mellor and Councillor Snaith by Peter Firth.

South Riding is simulcast in HD on BBC One HD on Freesat channel 108, Freeview channel 50, Sky channel 143 and Virgin Media channel 108.

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Outcasts Ep 7/8

Sunday 6 March

10.25-11.25pm BBC ONE and BBC ONE HD

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Tate (Liam Cunningham) needs to find a way to communicate with the host force

Tate is now convinced that there is a superior host force on Carpathia and Stella is determined to work out a way to communicate with it, in the penultimate episode of the blockbuster sci-fi series.

Cass finds a note threatening to expose his true identity. Confused and desperate, he flees PAS and his burgeoning flirtation with Fleur and heads for the bar. Drunk, he picks up a woman and takes her home. The next morning he finds her going through his things, opening the box that holds his witness protection documents. Assuming that it was her who sent the note, he tries to detain her – but she takes his gun and runs.

Cass sheepishly comes back into PAS having stood up Fleur and lost his gun. Reports come in of a missing woman, Carla Shapiro. James Shapiro, Carla's husband, comes to PAS with a photo of his wife and a story of her affair with another man. When James shows Cass and Fleur the picture of his wife, Cass is horrified to see that this is the woman he slept with last night. Shaken, he doesn't tell Stella or Fleur of his connection with her.

Fleur is told of a sighting of Carla that morning, coming out of a house on the other side of town. Fleur is shocked to find that the house is Cass's, and that Carla's blood is on his floor. Cass is arrested and when Fleur goes through his possessions, she finds the witness protection letter confirming Cass lives under a false identity. Fleur confronts Cass, who is unable to speak, shaken and ashamed.

Tate realises that the only person who can help him communicate with the host force is Rudi – but when he begs for help, Rudi dismisses him, saying that it is only humans who are at risk.

Meanwhile, Stella, with the help of Tipper, manages to record what might be the language of the host force.

Richard Tate is played by Liam Cunningham, Stella Isen by Hermione Norris, Cass Cromwell by Daniel May, Fleur Morgan by Amy Manson, Carla Shapiro by Claire Keelan, James Shapiro by Adrian Bower and Rudi by Langley Kirkwood.

Outcasts is simulcast in HD on BBC One HD on Freesat channel 108, Freeview channel 50, Sky channel 143 and Virgin Media channel 108.

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The Sky At Night celebrates its 700th episode with a very special programme. At his home in Selsey, Sir Patrick Moore is joined by special guests including: Professor Brian Cox; impressionist and amateur astronomer Jon Culshaw; and Lord Martin Rees, the Astronomer Royal. Their task is to answer some of the many questions which The Sky At Night's audience have submitted over the past six months.

The Sky At Night was first broadcast on 24 April 1957 and has been on the air ever since, with Sir Patrick Moore as its presenter. It has an unbeaten record as the world's longest-running series. Over the years, viewers have often written to Patrick with questions about astronomy. On a couple of occasions Patrick has apologised for not being able to write back to everyone, but now the viewers get to put Patrick and his team on the spot.

More than one thousand questions have been submitted by viewers online under the categories listed: Observing, The Solar System, Space Missions, Manned Space Flight, Cosmology, The Bizarre, The Unexplained and The Sky At Night Programme. The questions range from asking about life elsewhere to when man will reach Mars and what it's like to be in space. The most popular section has been Cosmology, with questions that are certain to tantalise the experts, such as: "If space is expanding, what is it expanding into?" and "Why is the expansion of the Universe getting faster?"

Patrick also has a close encounter with his younger self from 1982 when The Sky At Night celebrated its 25th anniversary, and the year when he found a piece of the Barwell meteorite in an Oxfordshire field.

This programme can be seen again on BBC Four at 7.30pm on Tuesday 8 March.

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Athletics – European Indoor Championships

Sunday 6 March

1.30-5.00pm BBC TWO

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Jonathan Edwards introduces the action from the European Athletics Indoor Championships.

Highlights on day three include the men's and women's 60m finals. Two years ago, Great Britain's Dwayne Chambers cruised to victory in the men's sprint ahead of Italian duo Fabio Cerutti and Emanuele Di Gregorio. French hopes are pinned on rising star Christophe Lemaitre, who will be determined to steal Chambers's crown.

There is also coverage of the women's pole vault final, which is likely to feature Russian superstar Yelena Isinbayeva; plus the men's and women's 800m.

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Colin Murray presents highlights of the day's two Premier League matches, including Liverpool's clash with Manchester United.

Kenny Dalglish's side will be desperate to derail the Red Devils' title challenge at Anfield. The visitors are hoping to claim their 19th league championship this season, a landmark which would see them overtake Liverpool as the most successful top-flight side ever. Dalglish's second spell in the Anfield hotseat began with an FA Cup defeat at Old Trafford in January. But performances since then, including a memorable win at Chelsea, suggest that Liverpool are moving in the right direction under "King Kenny".

The day's other game sees Tottenham face relegation-threatened Wolves. But while Mick McCarthy's men find themselves at the wrong end of the table, they can give anyone a game on their own patch. Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea have all lost at Molineux this term, so Spurs will need to be at their best.

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Being Human – Though The Heavens Fall Ep 7/8

Sunday 6 March

9.00-10.00pm BBC THREE and BBC HD

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Mitchell (Aidan Turner) is on edge as a full moon approaches

Nancy's investigation into the Box Tunnel massacre continues, and she is convinced that Mitchell is responsible – she just needs to find some proof. Annie too is determined that the killer must be caught, and offers her help every step of the way, unaware of the implications it might have.

McNair and Tom turn up on the doorstep of Honolulu Heights needing help, and decide to stay a few days until an injured McNair is better.

With four werewolves now under his roof and a full moon imminent, Mitchell is feeling edgy. He's terrified his end is nigh, and will go to any lengths to extract Herrick's secret from him.

Nancy is played by Erin Richards, Mitchell by Aidan Turner, Annie by Lenora Crichlow, McNair by Robson Green, Tom by Michael Socha and Herrick by Jason Watkins.

Being Human is simulcast on the award-winning BBC HD channel – the BBC's High Definition channel available through Freesat channel 109, Freeview channel 54, Sky channel 169 and Virgin Media channel 187.

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