Programme Information

SCHOOL SEASON
Gareth Malone's Extraordinary School For Boys

Thursday 9 September on BBC TWO

Gareth Malone takes on one of his biggest challenges to date when he turns educator for a term on a mission to re-engage the boys who aren't fulfilling their potential at school and who, like many across Britain, lag behind their female peers

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SCHOOL SEASON
The Big School Lottery

Tuesday 7 September on BBC TWO

A series of three revelatory programmes examining the often-fraught process of selecting a child's secondary school begins a major season of programmes on the subject of education (the season also showcases two BBC Films beginning on Sunday with Alan Bennett's The History Boys, starring Dominic Cooper, James Corden and Richard Griffiths)

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Him And Her

Monday 6 September on BBC THREE

Russell Tovey and Sarah Solemani star as Steve and Becky in Stefan Golaszewski's new comedy series revealing what really goes on behind the bedroom doors of today's 20-somethings

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Rigoletto In Mantua

Saturday 4 September on BBC TWO

Plácido Domingo takes on the baritone role of the hunchback court jester, Rigoletto, in Verdi's tragic masterpiece, in BBC Two's ground-breaking live film

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BBC PROMS 2010
Prom 66

Saturday 4 Saturday on BBC TWO

Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic, playing music from the heart of the Austro-German repertoire around the turn of the 20th century (BBC Four goes back in time on Thursday to recreate the Last Night Of The Proms from 1910, and on Friday, Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists in Prom 75 Monteverdi's Vespers)

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MotoGP – Misano/Burghley Horse Trials/Sailing – Laser World Championship

Sunday 5 September on BBC ONE and BBC TWO

There's a bumper weekend of sporting action on BBC One and BBC Two with MotoGP, horse trials from Burghley and Sailing on Sunday

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The Case For God?

Monday 6 September on BBC ONE

The Chief Rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks, interviews four distinguished and engaging atheists in a programme to mark Rosh Hashanah

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Spending Review – The Debates

Thursday 9 September on BBC ONE (English regions only)

Twelve major regional television debates take part across England, with audiences made up of politicians, public sector workers, business leaders and members of the public, as part of the pan-BBC the Spending Review – Making It Clear season

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