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Michael Aspel is joined by actor Larry Lamb as he continues to look back at 100 years of change in Britain, from 1911-2011. Larry recalls his upbringing in North London in the Fifties and Sixties.

The post-war years saw a boom in transportation, with the opening of Motorway 1 – or the M1 – in 1959, connecting Watford to Rugby. AA patrolman Stan Hallard shares his memories of the new vast expanse of open road, which stretched across the country.

Phil Tufnell's 1911 workplace challenge continues and today he turns back the clock and tries his hand at domestic service. How will Phil do when he has to be butler of the house?

The past 100 years has seen great cultural changes in Britain and, today, Bernard Westcar recalls his vivid memories of arriving in Tilbury Docks in 1948 on the Empire Windrush. He also remembers the integration he and many other immigrants from the West Indies faced through the Fifties and Sixties, as they became a part of British society.

Today's visit to the Tarrant family recalls them enjoying the post-war boom of the Fifties and the advent of the Swinging Sixties, and how some of the family took the dog for a walk at just the wrong minute – and missed England's winning goal in the 1966 World Cup final!

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32 Brinkburn Street Ep 3/5

Wednesday 30 March

2.15-3.00pm BBC ONE and BBC ONE HD (Schedule addition 16 March)

• www.bbc.co.uk/drama

In 1931, Elizabeth takes Violet to deal with her unplanned pregnancy, as BBC One Daytime's groundbreaking drama continues. Gracie finds them in the nick of time and is furious with her mum. Gracie and Violet have a heart to heart and Gracie promises her daughter she's got a plan to help her, even though she hasn't.

Billy keeps his stranglehold on Walter, with another job lined up as a lookout. A nervous Walter agrees, but bottles it at the last minute, angering Billy even more. Walter's woes don't end there, though, as an unsupervised Nora follows a cat to a graveyard, with near-fatal consequences. She's rescued by Sid, but he gets no praise from Walter, who threatens to murder him if he doesn't keep his nose out of his business. Gracie, meanwhile, blames Walter for Nora's accident and screams that she wishes she'd never married him. Sid tells Gracie that he's falling in love with her.

In 2011 it's Frank's birthday. Ellie's single-minded focus on wanting her own baby is still making things tense with Nick, who has also just discovered that Poppy is taking the contraceptive pill. He looks for a release from the stress with his AA sponsor, Lynne, but oversteps the mark. While Nick is out with Lynne, Ellie girds herself to ask her dad for money for IVF.

Elsewhere, there are more surprises for David as he pays an ailing Frank a house call and finds Joy working there. She starts to smell a rat, as David's behaviour towards her is decidedly cool.

In 1931, Elizabeth is played by Maggie Steed, Violet by Amy Tickle, Gracie by Rebecca Callard, Billy Lamb by Tim Dantay, Walter by Jack Deam and Sid by Ciaran McMenamin. In 2011, Frank is played by David Ross, Ellie by Eva Pope, Nick by Joe Dixon, Poppy by Tisha Merry, Lynne by Lisa Millett, David by Steve Jackson and Joy by Wumni Mosaku.

32 Brinkburn Street 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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Waterloo Road Ep 19/20

Wednesday 30 March

8.00-9.00pm BBC ONE and BBC ONE HD

• www.bbc.co.uk/waterlooroad

The secrecy surrounding Cesca's relationship with Jonah is finally lifted when she hands in her resignation to Karen, as the drama set in a Rochdale comprehensive continues. Elsewhere, Adanna unveils her latest plan to unite the sexes; Denzil conducts a life-threatening stunt; and creative differences threaten Ruby and Grantly's writing partnership.

In a bid to finally go public with her relationship with Jonah, Cesca hands her notice in to a shocked Karen and Chris with a fabricated story about her father being sick. However, when a series of events arouses Chris's suspicions, he follows the pair and finally uncovers the truth, sending shockwaves through Waterloo Road and bringing the wrath of both Karen and Marcus.

Elsewhere, Adanna stages a pantomime in an effort to unite the sexes – a plan that sees Sam in a leading role and reveals Kyle's hidden talents. Meanwhile, Denzil continues to engage in dangerous stunts and runs the risk of seriously hurting himself – until Tom arrives on the scene and learns the truth behind Denzil's behaviour.

And tempers flare when Ruby discovers that Grantly has completely rewritten her story and changed the title. The bickering escalates until a solution to their creative differences arrives in the form of Tom, who agrees to read both versions and judge the best one.

Cesca is played by Karen David, Jonah by Lucien Laviscount, Karen by Amanda Burton, Adanna by Sharlene Whyte, Denzil by Reece Douglas, Ruby by Elizabeth Berrington, Grantly by Philip Martin Brown, Chris by William Ash, Marcus by Wil Johnson, Sam by Holly Kenny, Kyle by George Sampson and Tom by Jason Done.

Waterloo Road 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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MasterChef Ep 9/15

Wednesday 30 March

9.00-10.00pm BBC ONE and BBC ONE HD

• www.bbc.co.uk/food

The pressure is mounting as the remaining six amateur chefs enter the seventh week of the cooking competition of their lives.

In tonight's show, judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace take the contestants to the most iconic university in the world at Oxford. In their first foray into fine dining in large numbers, the contestants must prepare a delectable three-course meal at formal hall for 150 students and 15 senior fellows of New College, Oxford.

The contestants work in pairs under the college's head chef with each team delivering one course. With so many intricate elements to their dishes, service for 165 people is an awesome challenge for the amateurs. Timing is critical as they must allow more than an hour to plate their dishes. The six face a logistical nightmare involving the careful stacking of all the cold elements, then taking them in the lift from the college kitchen up to the serving kitchen adjacent to the formal dining room. The pressure is definitely on, as they cannot afford to turn the tide of history and become the first to be late serving in 700 years.

Then, the contestants return to the MasterChef HQ for one more fine dining challenge: a two-course invention test in 90 minutes. Creating and making a main and dessert from a selection of high-end ingredients is not an easy task for the amateurs, especially when they discover who today's guest judge is: two Michelin-starred chef Michel Roux Jr. With hearts pounding the contestants must endure their most feared and respected critic's view of their dishes, before the judges decide their fate.

Only the finest, most skilful cooks will stay in the competition and have a chance to win the title of MasterChef 2011.

MasterChef 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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