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You can’t really miss the word naked can you? It’s one of those words that jump out and grab your eyeballs. NAKED. NAKED. NAKED. When I first heard about this in 2009 I laughed inside my head and I just had to go see it. Me and a friend organised a day out visiting...
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  Monday Panorama - Homs: Journey Into Hell BBC 1 - 20:30 to 21:00 BBC reporter Paul Wood, who has only just come out of Syria, charts the rise and brutal suppression of the uprising in the Syrian city of Homs. During the past four months, he and cameraman Fred Scott have been smuggled in and...
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  Monday The Tube BBC 2 - 21:00 to 22:00 Going behind the scenes of the world’s oldest, largest and busiest underground train network as it undergoes the biggest overhaul in its history. A Tube driver’s worst fear is somebody falling or jumping in front of their train. Follow what happens when this fear becomes...
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  Monday Empire BBC 1 | 21:00 to 22:00 A Taste for Power. Series 1, episode 1. Jeremy Paxman traces the story of the greatest empire the world has ever known: the British Empire. In the first programme, he asks how such a small country got such a big head, and how a tiny island...
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  Monday Panorama BBC 1 / 20:30 to 21:00 Britain’s Hidden Alcoholics. Alastair Campbell meets some of the increasing number of Britain’s middle-class professionals for whom one glass of wine after work is never enough, and asks if we all need to reassess our relationship with drink. Alastair, Tony Blair’s former closest advisor, knows from...
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  How do you find a partner when you’re not even allowed to date or even socialise with the opposite sex? This was one of the many dilemmas faced by some of the singletons on the Muslim episode of Strictly Soulmates on BBC3. You can still catch all 3 episodes which have aired so far...
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A brief summary of the whole affair for people who don’t know what’s been going on (girls), or people who just don’t care (the elderly)… 27 September 2011 - City boss Roberto Mancini says he wants Tevez “out of the club” after the striker allegedly refuses to play against Bayern Munich. Rumours were he missed...
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  If I weren’t so busy (lazy) I would have started this a few weeks ago and some of you, including myself, wouldn’t have missed out on the start of the popular Strictly Soulmates. A reality documentary where Asians of various faiths are followed on their quest for love. You can still catch the...
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Welcome to Coconut Lounge. The best blog entries from around the web from South Asian /Desi authors. The subjects can be anything, from current affairs, science, politics,music, film, fashion, cooking, a video, creative images, or your own experiences as you truddle along in life. I encourage readers to comment on entries as well as using the...
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