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TV Listings for Channel 4, 24 May 2012
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00:05 |
4thought.tv (T) |
Hip-hop artist Emmanuel Jal reflects on his experiences as a child soldier in the Sudan and explains why he believes it is a person's upbringing that determines if they become evil. |
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00:10 |
Random Acts (R) (T) |
Animation, by John Sparrow. Things seem to come to life when a library closes at the end of the day. |
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00:15 |
Paralympic World Cup Highlights |
Rick Edwards and Daraine Mulvihill present highlights of day two from Manchester, featuring action from the wheelchair basketball, seven-a-side football and boccia events. With commentary by Ronald McIntosh and Tony Jones. |
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01:15 |
Extreme A&E (R) (T) |
Dr Kevin Fong heads to London, where he examines the workings of King's College Hospital A&E unit. The presenter witnesses how the emergency teams help the victims of gunshot wounds, children with suspected spinal injuries, and people injured in a road traffic accident. |
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02:10 |
Unreported World (R) (T) |
As Ukraine prepares for its role as joint host of the forthcoming European Football Championship, Marcel Theroux and Suemay Oram report on the problem of homelessness among teenagers of the former republic of the Soviet Union. They reveal domestic troubles and years of economic hardship have pushed these youths to the margins of society, leaving them to endure harrowing lives as members of a subterranean culture who increasingly turn to substance abuse and solicitation. |
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02:35 |
Beating the Recession - Cash vs Cards: Channel 4 Dispatches (R) (T) |
Finance expert Harry Wallop investigates the benefits of using cash as opposed to credit cards, revealing how people are withdrawing more from ATMs than at any time in the last five years. He also explores the theory that a move toward a cashless society is more about the profits of banks than the convenience of financially stretched consumers. |
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03:05 |
Hidden Talent (R) (T) |
Track cyclist Cassie Gledhill is identified as having an extraordinary ability for multitasking by psychologists Jo Iddon and David Strayer. Her skills are put to the test when she works a Friday night shift as an ambulance crew dispatcher in Birmingham after only three days training. Elsewhere, neuropsychologist Ashok Jansari picks out three members of the public as being potentially gifted at remembering the faces of people they have met only once, then tests their abilities at London's Liverpool Street train station. Presented by Richard Bacon. |
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04:00 |
Deal or No Deal (R) (T) |
Noel Edmonds hosts the game show in which contestants try to guess the values of mystery boxes containing as much as £250,000. |
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04:55 |
Glamour Puds (R) (T) |
Eric Lanlard examines the legacy of Marie-Antoine Careme, the world's first celebrity chef. He visits Michel Roux Jr at his restaurant Le Gavroche to discuss Careme's experience of cooking for Napoleon and his influence on patisserie, before re-creating five dishes including chocolate fondant and frozen meringue. |
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05:25 |
Countdown (R) (T) |
Nick Hewer and Rachel Riley present the words-and-numbers game, with soprano Lesley Garrett in Dictionary Corner. |
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(R) = Repeat |
(T) = Teletext subtitles available |
