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The 11 regional Inside Out programmes come together for a special episode asking if people are getting value for money from Britain's universities in light of the increase in tuition fees.

This includes a consumers' guide to university tuition fees, explaining how the loan system works and how to beat the fees, presented by financial guru Alvin Hall with savings expert Martin Lewis.

The programmes also report on a specially commissioned survey of 16- to 18-year-old A-Level students to find out how the fees increase has influenced decisions on whether to go to university. The programmes also feature:

• BBC North East and Cumbria – Chris Connel finds out why students in one Northumberland town are turning their backs on university.
• BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire – self-made Yorkshire millionaire Terry George, who left school at 16 without any qualifications, looks at alternatives to higher education.
• BBC North West asks what the best way is to help young people into work; whether university courses are a waste of money, raising false expectations; and if it is better to do an apprenticeship instead.
• BBC East reveals how more than half of recent graduates in the region are struggling to find a job.
• BBC East Midlands looks at alternatives to university and what the region's employers think of degrees.
• BBC West Midlands – music industry mogul Pete Waterman believes students – including his own daughter – are wasting their time and money. He meets with a professor at Staffordshire University to exchange views.
• BBC South looks at how A-Level students are deciding which universities are the best value.
• BBC South East – former NUS President Aaron Porter asks the region's Vice Chancellors whether people are losing sight of what universities are for and whether students are getting value for money.
• BBC West explores whether it is still worth going to university despite the fees.
• BBC South West finds out the best courses in the region for employment prospects and future earnings.

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EastEnders

Monday 24 October

8.00-8.30pm BBC ONE and BBC ONE HD

• www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders

Syed continues to see Yasmin behind Christian's back but Ben spots them together, in the week's first visit to Albert Square. Will he tell Christian?

Elsewhere, Lauren and Tyler are mortified after last night's events and try their best to keep it a secret from Whitney.

Meanwhile, Lola sees an opportunity at The Salon to make some money, but Roxy soon catches on to her plan and is not happy...

Syed is played by Marc Elliot, Christian by John Partridge, Ben by Josh Pascoe, Lauren by Jacqueline Jossa, Tyler by Tony Discipline, Whitney by Shona McGarty, Lola by Danielle Harold and Roxy by Rita Simons.

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Studio pottery has become a great British triumph in the story of modern art, but it took an industrial revolution and two world wars to really start breaking the boundaries between art and craft.

The final episode from the series explores the story of pottery from the mass-produced ceramics of the Industrial Revolution through to the imaginative and provocative ceramics of today. From the Arts and Crafts movement, spearheaded by William Morris, to the rebirth of handmade pots by Bernard Leach, to the sculptural ceramics of Hans Coper and the site-sensitive work of Edmund de Waal, handmade pottery has accelerated rapidly over the past 100 years, planting itself firmly at the heart of the British art world.

Drawing on the expertise and comments of contributors including Grayson Perry and Edmund de Waal and reviving archive interviews with studio potters Bernard Leach and Lucie Rie, this programme uncovers a whole host of revolutionary artist potters.

Ceramics – A Fragile History is part of an ambitious year-long BBC Four partnership with the Victoria and Albert Museum, Handmade In Britain; the most wide-ranging and ambitious exploration of decorative arts ever on British television.

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There are more mysteries to be solved this week as Rastamouse returns in further new episodes.

In Monday's episode, there's tension onstage at rehearsals for the orphans' musical as Missy D and Scratchy both strive to be the best performer. When costumes start to go missing, Rastamouse is called in to find the culprit.

On Tuesday, a mystery pizza orderer is trying to sabotage Zoomer's training for the big skate race. However, a familiar tune helps Rastamouse initiate a first-class plan to get Zoomer across the finish line in first place.

There's a slam dunkin' basketball contest on Wednesday and Rastamouse must follow a hunch to help Scratchy win a boom basketball for the likkle orphans.

On Thursday, things are breaking down all over Mouseland and Fats is struggling to cope with all the requests for help. The Easy Crew must track down Fats to make sure he's OK.

And on Friday, it's time for the Great Big Sponsored Skate. Despite everything going wrong, the Easy Crew still manage to raise a few Gs for Da Orphanage.

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There are more experiments this week as Nina and her team of Neurons investigate our bodies with the help of children from around the country.

On Monday, Nina investigates why we have skin. Experimenters Ciaran, Harry and Jordan join Nina in her lab to discover that our skin is waterproof and learn how it can keep us warm when we are cold and cool us down when we are hot.

On Tuesday, Hannah and Megan visit the lab to help Nina conduct a wobbly experiment to see how we stay balanced.

Wednesday's episode is all about memory, with Lewis, Mason and Sam helping Nina to study how our brains are able to remember so many things.

Broken bones are the subject of investigation on Thursday as experimenters Cei and Jack look at how broken bones heal and have fun in the lab sticking some pretend bones back together.

And finally, on Friday, Emilija, Mya and Toni help Nina to discover how our fingertips feel things.

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