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SPORT PGA CHAMPIONSHIP OFFICIAL FILM 2007 The 88th PGA Championship features the strongest, most competitive field in golf, representing more than 15 countries. Over the past nine decades, the PGA Championship has developed into one of the premier sporting events in the world. In 2007, Tiger Woods clinched a 13th major title with a hard-fought [...]
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PGA CHAMPIONSHIP OFFICIAL FILM 2007
The 88th PGA Championship features the strongest, most competitive field in golf, representing more than 15 countries. Over the past nine decades, the PGA Championship has developed into one of the premier
sporting events in the world. In 2007, Tiger Woods clinched a 13th major title with a hard-fought victory at a steamy Southern Hills in Oklahoma. The world number one held off a spirited challenge from Ernie Els and Woody
Austin to inch to within five of Jack Nicklaus’ major record of 18.
MANCHESTER UNITED PREMIER CUP
Manchester United, the biggest football club in the world, is coordinating this elite youth tournament that identifies the best of the next generation. The highlight will feature in-depth interviews with first-team players including
Wayne Rooney, Christiano Ronaldo and Rio Ferdinand about the magic of playing at the ‘Theatre of Dreams’, then action from the worldwide qualifiers including highlights from Mexico, Germany, China and Holland, plus all
the action from the World Finals at Old Trafford.
KIDS
FAIRLY ODD PARENTS
Binky is ill so Jorgen tells him a magical story about Timmy Cosmo and Wanda. Then, poor Mr Crocker has fallen into a well and Timmy’s class has been assigned a really nice substitute teacher, but he wants her to be permanent.
CAMP LAZLO
Lazlo learns that Lumpus is depressed because Jane Doe rejected him and he decides to organise a dance. Then, Scoutmaster Lumpus decides to have a test to see who is a genius. When he learns that Clam is one, he gets upset
and says that he is going to leave Camp Kidney.
THE BATMAN
The caped crusader faces his next challenge. Inspired by the Batman/Batgirl partnership, the Joker decides to recruit his own sidekick to gain a powerful partner in crime.
MY GYM PARTNER’S A MONKEY
Adam goes up against Bull Sharkowski to become President of the student body. Then, Principal Pixiefrog forces everyone to move into a portable classroom, where Jake breaks a lever and it rolls away. Can Jake and Adam stop the classroom and get it back to its original place?
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS
SpongeBob and Patrick decide to become rich entrepreneurs by selling chocolate bars door to door. Then, after being treated too much like a child by everyone, Barnacle Boy quits being a superhero and decides to be a supervillain.
FAMILY
DOCTOR WHO
Martha is on her last trip on the Tardis when her mother rings to say that her sister Tish is on the News with an elderly man, Professor Richard Lazarus, who is announcing that he is about to “change what it means to be
human”. Dr Lazarus is a 76-year-old scientist and has developed a device that de-ages his entire body. Trouble arrives in the form of Lady Thaw, a villainous aristocrat who is attempting to sabotage the Professor’s
scheme. But it soon becomes clear that there’s more to the kindly Dr Lazarus than meets the eye and, unknown to the Doctor, the wheels of a trap have been set in motion.
THE SIMPSONS
Inspired by the 2002 Spider-Man movie and other superheroes, Simple Simpson sees Homer disguise himself as a masked superhero, ‘The Pie Man’, and confront evil-doers. Mr Burns unmasks Homer and
threatens to reveal his identity unless he becomes his personal hit-man and agrees to throw a pie in the face of the Dalai Lama.
PRIMEVAL
From the creators of Walking with Dinosaurs comes this thrilling fantasy adventure, featuring computer-animated creations. Eight years after his wife Helen mysteriously vanished, evolutionary scientist Professor
Nick Cutter and his team are investigating sightings of an unknown animal in a forest, where they meet Claudia Brown, an official from the Ministry of Science and Technology who is on the same mission.
ALTERNATIVE COMEDY
ROB BRYDON’S ANNUALLY RETENTIVE*
The news that Annually Retentive is to be shot in high definition causes Rob to become concerned about his hair loss. He visits Harley Street to discuss a possible transplant and brushes up on the pros and cons of a wig.
GAVIN AND STACEY*
Gavin is an ordinary boy from England, Stacey is an ordinary girl from Wales. They speak every day but they’ve never met… until now. When they finally meet, we see that there’s no such thing as ‘ordinary’ after all.
LEAD BALLOON*
Rick (Jack Dee) hosts an awards ceremony, where he manages to get into a fight with a drunken sales manager. Back at home, Mel points out that Rick has mistakenly pledged a vast amount of money for a forthcoming sponsored event. He desperately tries various drastic ways of getting out of it.
PEEP SHOW*
Mark and Sophie’s big day arrives. The groom makes his way to the church with best man Jeremy and a very hungover Super Hans. On the way Mark has a few unsettling pre-wedding nerves and proposes to a woman in a coffee shop before running into the street and trying to get run over.
*Advisory: This channel features strong language throughout and scenes that might offend some viewers. It is not suitable for children or younger viewers.
NEW COMEDY
30 ROCK*
Emmy award-winner Tina Fey stars as writer Liz Lemon in an irreverent, wildly funny workplace comedy set behind the scenes of a live TV variety show. It features Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy, the brash network executive who turns Liz’s show (and life) upside down with his meddling ways.
RUDDY HELL, IT’S HARRY AND PAUL!
Kings of sketch comedy Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse are back with a new show and a whole new cast of characters. A brilliant return to form in this special bmi edition.
EXTRAS*
Andy (Ricky Gervais) has incurred the wrath of the British Press and needs an experienced PR guru to help him with some damage control – and fast. He wonders if he’s in the wrong career as nothing ever seems to go
right for him. Meanwhile, Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is trying out his terrible chat-up lines on the set of his new film,.
THE OFFICE – AN AMERICAN WORKPLACE*
This is the American version of the smash UK hit, and was created with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. The razor sharp, Emmywinning workplace comedy will surprise you – it’s one of television’s most consistently hilarious and intelligently written comedies.
*Advisory: Programme contains strong language and content that may be unsuitable for children.
CLASSIC COMEDY
ONE FOOT IN THE ALGARVE
Victor, Margaret and Mrs Warboys embark upon a hellish holiday in Portugal. After collecting their hire car (with free hair conditioner), a slow drive, a quick stop for Victor to almost sell Mrs Warboys into prostitution, and a brush with the police, they finally arrive at their not-so-luxury villa.
FRIENDS
Joey and Rachel try to make the transition from friends to lovers. Normally confident, Joey becomes uncharacteristically clumsy and Rachel feels uneasy as well. Meanwhile, Monica and Phoebe’s annoying friend Amanda (Jennifer Coolidge, Best in Show) visits, causing a rift between the women. And Ross
goes to a spray-on tanning salon but fails to follow the simple directions properly.
DOCUMENTARY
BODYBUILDING PENSIONERS
Journey inside the world of bulging muscles and rock-hard bodies to meet the pensioners who are refusing to let it all hang out. While most old age pensioners struggle to keep going, this programme follows those who
are strutting their stuff, flexing their pecs and curling their biceps to outshine the competition in some of the most fiercely contended bodybuilding championships.
THE HAIRY BIKERS RIDE AGAIN
The Hairy Bikers roar back into action with a madcap tour of South India. They start in Chennai – formerly known as Madras – and are immediately immersed in the chaos of the city. They have to negotiate the busy
streets, which takes some doing as they are full of bullock carts, and then survive the intense heat. They then escape to the fragrant hill station of Kumuli, India’s spice central, before heading off through the jungle to the
Maharajah’s lake palace, where they cook up a storm, and meet some elephants.
WILD CARIBBEAN
The Caribbean is the embodiment of paradise: crystal blue waters, magical coral reefs and lush tropical forests. Yet behind its beauty lie many dark and mysterious secrets. A turbulent history is manifest in volcanic
eruptions both destructive and creative, huge tidal waves that can flatten whole islands
and threatening hurricanes that sweep across the area leaving chaos in their wake. This
programme shows both the magic and the drama of the Caribbean.
WORLD
VICTORIA’S EMPIRE
Britain’s favourite comedienne Victoria Wood travels through the old British Empire in search of the legacy of Queen Victoria’s reach. Her first stop is New Zealand, the home of the Maori warrior. She continues on to Port Arthur, Tasmania, where British boys as young as nine were incarcerated and then it’s on to Alice Springs, in the barren
heart of Australia. The final destination is Victoria Falls, Zambia, the most picturesque and majestic place to be named after the extraordinary monarch, with a trip down the Zambezi river and a look at the world’s most famous waterfall.
LOUIS THEROUX: GAMBLING IN LAS VEGAS
With a long-held love for the Sin City, the BAFTA award-winning filmmaker heads to Las Vegas to meet the people prepared to bet their bottom dollar, from the casino moguls to the slot slaves. Based in the Hilton,
once the biggest hotel in the world, and one of the venues where Elvis used to play, Louis immerses himself in the other-worldly glamour of a major Vegas resort. Needless to say, nothing is quite what it seems.
ENTERTAINMENT
LIFE ON MARS – THE FINALE*
Since DCI Sam Tyler awoke, dazed from a car accident, things have felt a little off kilter by about 33 years. No rational explanation is forthcoming. He’s either dreaming, in a coma or he’s lost his marbles. A passionate,
meticulous, modern policeman, Sam still conflicts with his chain-smoking, bigoted, and dangerously dodgy colleagues at every turn. Ultimately, Sam has to find his way back home – but where and when?
DERREN BROWN – TRICK OR TREAT**
Derren Brown is at his most devilish, having persuaded an ordinary member of the public to sign a Faustian pact with him and participate in a macabre game of trick or treat. Derren also becomes a living waxwork
in Madame Tussauds and visits a nightclub, where he uses his mind-bending powers to make a woman go temporarily colour-blind.
HUSTLE
This witty and intense show follows a team of fashionable con artists pulling off elaborate cons. The hustlers are off to sunny Los Angeles for their first con without old leader Mickey. New boss Danny is out to prove himself and talks the others into a scam, which might just prove to be way over their heads. Can they really get away with selling the iconic ‘Hollywood’ sign?
*Advisory: Programme contains some strong language and violent scenes, unsuitable for children.
** Advisory: Contains scenes that may offend some viewers.
