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THE HUMAN SPIRIT
WORLD'S STRONGEST GIRL (WITH CHINESE SUBTITLES)
9PM - 10PM (4 AUG)
14 year old Varya Akulova is from the Ukraine and has been described as the strongest girl in the world.
Trained by her parents Yuri and Larisa, who come from a circus background, Varya is now being hailed as an Olympic hopeful.
This programme will meet Varya in her home town, where she undergoes a tough regime in order to keep her title as the world’s strongest girl. We follow Varya on her journey as she sets out to prove her physical abilities. She will take part in a nationwide tournament and undergo scientific tests in order to try and explain her inhuman strength. Now her parents are training her eight month old sister, could she be the world’s strongest baby?
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THE HUMAN SPIRIT
WHICH SEX AM I? (WITH CHINESE SUBTITLES)
9PM - 10PM (11 AUG)
8 year old Angel Gomez wants more than anything to be a normal little boy, but he was born with a rare condition which left his parents and doctors confused about his gender. Angel’s parents dressed him as a girl, but at the age of 4 a medical test revealed that Angel has the Y chromosome - making him male. Angel is one of a number of children born with malformations in the mountains of Ecuador. No one knows what is to blame – possible explanations include chemicals used in crops pesticide or hereditary genetics. Whatever the rationalisation, there is little medical treatment or hope for these children. A team of doctors from an American charity is now trying to help the family by providing local surgery and treatment. However, Angel’s condition is so rare he will need to travel to the USA for an operation and cannot hope to be cured by staying in Ecuador. Can the charity find someone willing to carry out the surgery and give Angel the chance to grow up as a normal boy?
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THE HUMAN SPIRIT
THE FASTEST MAN ON NO LEGS (WITH CHINESE SUBTITLES)
9PM - 10PM (18 AUG)
Born without bones in his lower legs, Oscar Pistorius was 11 months old when his parents made the decision to have his legs amputated. They could not have dreamt that he would later be sprinting into the record books. At the age of 17 Oscar won the sprint gold medal at the 2004 Paralympics in Athens.
Since then Oscar has not only challenged preconceptions of his disability, he has also challenged the Olympic governing body itself. Because Oscar is so fast, he is campaigning to compete against able-bodied athletes in the next Olympics. Oscar is to be tested to see if his prosthetic limbs give him an unfair advantage. If the decision falls in his favour Oscar may change the face of sport as we know it.
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THE HUMAN SPIRIT
DISAPPEARED
9PM - 10PM (25 AUG)
Disappeared is a gripping one-hour crime drama that tells the true stories of two children, Jody Plauche and Jennifer Martilez, who went missing over 20 years ago. One was found. The other still remains missing. This film investigates what happened to the victims - and their families - and the dedicated detectives who worked the cases, and in some cases, still are. As families share their stories, we hunt for clues and memories that not only honor innocence lost - but remind viewers what their children need to learn to keep predators at bay.
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PERFORMANCES @ 10
THE CLASSICAL BRIT AWARDS 2008
10PM - 11PM (4 AUG)
The Classical BRIT Awards, established in 2000 by the producers of The BRIT Awards, brings together a broad array of talent from the classical and contemporary world of music for an unforgettable evening of celebration. The world's biggest selling classical star, Andrea Bocelli, and one of Britain's greatest ambassadors of classical music, Sarah Brightman, perform at the event held at London's Royal Albert Hall on 8th May 2008. The event is hosted by the multi-talented Myleene Klass and features the most formidable line-up yet, with the most captivating world-exclusive performances and winners of the seven sought-after awards.
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PERFORMANCES @ 10
LIVE FROM ABBEY ROAD SR 2
10PM - 11PM (BEGINS 11 AUG)
Live from Abbey Road is set to redefine and revolutionise music television to become the world’s premier music show.
The most renowned recording studio in the world invites you through its famous doors to meet a host of A-list music-makers at work and play in their favourite musical dwelling.
Each week one iconic band, one A-list singer/songwriter and one contemporary leading act showcase their talent in this inspiring and creative environment. They each perform three songs ranging from classic tracks, innovative covers, exclusive collaborations, new releases and forthcoming material.
Each recording is interspersed with artist chat and exclusive Abbey Road archive footage, giving viewers a rare insight into what has made this ordinary piece of 19th century architecture in North London the favoured workplace to the likes of The Beatles, Radiohead and Coldplay.
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PERFORMANCES @ 11
ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 70TH ANNIVERSARY
11PM - 12AM
PART 1 : 04 AUG
PART 2 : 11 AUG
The 70th Anniversary of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra encompasses a celebration far beyond the usual scope of music performance. On the occasion of this Gala Concert EuroArts Music is very proud to present the brilliant work of many of the musicians most responsible for, and most appreciative of, the orchestra’s rich history. Under the baton of one of the most celebrated Maestros of our time, Zubin Mehta, this live recording from the Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv is the perfect opportunity to hear some of the greatest classical pieces performed by the incomparable Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
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PERFORMANCES @ 11
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
11PM - 12AM (18 AUG)
Little Red Riding Hood begins, like all fairy tales, with: "Once upon a time..." For children of all ages the composer Georges Aperghis imagined a tale in music and movement: he chose the very first version written by Charles Perrault almost 300 years ago. Here, there is no hunter to free Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother from the wolf's belly, but a moral for each to savour according to their age and experience. Then, Georges Aperghis wrote pages and pages of music for two pianists and a violinist, two clarinetists and a saxophonist, who also plays the tuba and tap dances. Then he shut them up inside a big black box with his pages of music and for a very long time they played every possible game imaginable, engaging in mysterious rituals and odd movements, uttering strange incantations and scaring each other. This novel stage production of the well-known fairytale is specially filmed for television.
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