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EastEnders

Thursday 10 March

7.30-8.00pm BBC ONE and BBC ONE HD

• www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders

Shirley accidentally humiliates Julie in the Vic, as the drama continues in Walford.

Meanwhile, Max embarrasses Abi on her date with Jay. Elsewhere, Kat and Alfie throw Shenice a birthday party.

Shirley is played by Linda Henry, Julie by Cathy Murphy, Max by Jake Wood, Abi by Lorna Fitzgerald, Jay by Jamie Borthwick, Kat by Jessie Wallace, Alfie by Shane Richie and Shenice by Lily Harvey.

EastEnders 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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In this ground-breaking two-part documentary for Comic Relief, Lenny Henry, Samantha Womack, Reggie Yates and Angela Rippon experience unimaginable poverty by spending a week living it for real. All four agree to swap their lives of privilege and luxury for life in Kibera, reportedly Africa's largest slum. In this second programme, they move in with four families to experience day-to-day life in Kibera.

Lenny has been on countless trips to Africa for Comic Relief and witnessed poverty first-hand. But nothing could have prepared him, or the other celebrities, for the heartbreaking reality of actually living in, and surviving in, the slums. Lenny says: "Living in Kibera was unlike anything I've ever seen or experienced before. It was without a doubt the hardest thing I've ever had to do and has completely changed my life. It was an incredible journey, and I'll never forget it."

This episode sees Lenny staying with 16-year-old Bernard and his four siblings. Theirs is a child-headed household that faces a daily struggle with poverty, where providing just one meal a day means back-breaking work for Bernard. Lenny finds the experience totally overwhelming, and when he discovers just how close the children are living to a latrine overflowing with raw sewage, he takes matters into his own hands.

Samantha spends the second half of her trip with Helen, who is forced to live away from her children in an effort to support them through work in the sex trade. She has not seen them for two years. Sam experiences a typical night out with Helen in the red light district and takes the six-hour round trip to visit Helen's children with her.

Reggie is placed with cousins Francis and Paul, who are desperate to build a successful life outside of Kibera. Reggie tries his best to give Paul a shot at breaking into the music industry by arranging a meeting with a local DJ.

Finally, Angela gets to grips with the harsh realities of HIV as she moves in with single mum and hair salon owner Caren. The two women join forces in marketing Caren's business to the local community. Angela discovers just how resourceful Caren has to be to support her six children, two of whom also live with HIV.

The famous volunteers are pushed to their limit in an attempt to understand what living in real poverty means across the globe. All four must come to terms with the physical and emotional difficulties their hosts have to live with, forcing them to question their own lives and priorities.

This second episode is an emotional and revealing journey. The two-part documentary forms part of this year's Red Nose Day programming.

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Ivan Day and Rosemary Shrager prepare the dish of the day

What do you do when a future Queen decides to drop in to stay? Tim Wonnacott and Rosemary Shrager continue their revisiting of the stately homes Queen Victoria visited throughout her lifetime, focusing on the hive of activity that would have engulfed the household – both upstairs and down – as the preparations for her visit drew near. Today, it's Holkham Hall on the north Norfolk coast.

Princess Victoria visited Holkham Hall in September 1835 with her mother, the Duchess of Kent, for a two-day visit. She was 16 years old at the time, and on the eight-hour journey there from London her carriage utilised four sets of horses – and, when they arrived at nearby King's Lynn, a group of very enthusiastic agricultural labourers detached the horses and pulled the Princess' carriage through the town themselves, as an expression of their dedication and loyalty.

From Victoria's diary entries, Tim recounts how the Royal party arrived late at around 8pm to a lavish welcome committee headed by the owner of the house and estate, Thomas William Coke. Victoria also highlights the astonishing age gap between her 81-year-old host and his second wife, Lady Anne – some 49 years younger than her husband.

Downstairs, with food historian Ivan Day, Rosemary prepares the dish of the day: foie gras in aspic jelly. She also learns the scandalous story of Jane Salmon, the children's household nurse – who secretly married and became pregnant by the head gardener, and went into premature labour because of the excitement surrounding the Princess' visit.

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With only four couples left, the pressure is on as the dream of running their very own small holding is within grasp for the flegdling farmers.

The remaining couples are set the challenge of learning how to milk sheep and goats before turning their milk into dairy products to sell at a local charity event. But Jimmy Doherty has a big surprise in store when he reveals that they will have to work in teams for the first time.

The pressure soon shows when some couples find it difficult to collaborate. Arguments over different approaches soon escalate, placing one team's future in jeopardy.

Jimmy looks carefully at everyone's performance and motives before deciding which couple should leave the competition.

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Lunch Monkeys Ep 6/6

Thursday 10 March

10.30-11.00pm BBC THREE and BBC HD

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Mike (Nigel Havers) throws a party to mark 30 years of Fox Cranford

Fox Cranford is 30 years old and Mike throws a party to mark the occasion, but business is slow so celebrations are somewhat muted, as the comedy set in a personal injury law firm concludes. Charlie reveals to Shelley that the firm is going under and convinces her that Mike is suicidal – his wife has left him, business is bad and he's lost all his money. A worried Shelley shares this news with the monkeys and they decide to throw Mike a "proper party" to cheer him up.

Meanwhile, Imogen Fox, the daughter of Mike's silent partner, arrives at the firm unannounced. Things get off to a bad start when she is greeted by a gossiping receptionist, and her poor first impression is confirmed when she observes the monkeys doing very little. She's not happy with the way the business is being run and is going to make some changes...

Crossed wires lead Kenny to think that Tania is pregnant and he sets about trying to do the right thing, while Asif is in the firing line as the lie to his family about being a top lawyer is in danger of being uncovered.

Mike is played by Nigel Havers, Charlie by Steve John Shepherd, Shelley by Rachel Rae, Imogen Fox by Eleanor Matsuura, Kenny by Christian Foster, Tania by Jessica Hall and Asif by Abdullah Afzal.

Lunch Monkeys 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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Carmina Burana is one of the most popular pieces of music ever written, but what is the true story of how this extraordinary work came about? O, Fortuna! continues the retrospective season of films by award-winning film-maker Tony Palmer and looks at the twisted and agonised life of the work's creator, German composer Carl Orff (1895-1982).

Though a resident of Munich during the Second World War, it was clear that Orff had never been an active member of the Nazi Party, nor implicated in any of the regime's horrific crimes. But he was arrested after the war and, although cleared by a de-nazification tribunal, the suspicion remained that he had been manoeuvring himself to become Reichsminister for Music after the "final victory".

Palmer's film uncovers the tragedy that befell Orff and the nightmare he endured by way of expiation. Drawing extensively on Orff's personal reminiscences and correspondence, plus exclusive interviews with three of his surviving wives and his only daughter, this critically acclaimed work tells a tale of almost unbelievable sadness ... except that it is true.

The season continues tomorrow with The Kindness Of Strangers, a film exploring the career of composer and pianist André Previn.

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