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Jimmy's Food Factory – What's In My Sandwich? Ep 2/6

Wednesday 28 October

7.30-8.00pm BBC ONE

Jimmy Doherty attempts to unravel the scientific secrets behind homemade sandwiches

Jimmy Doherty's mission to unravel the scientific secrets behind mass food production continues with an investigation into the contents of homemade sandwiches.

Why does supermarket bread stay soft longer than home-baked bread? Jimmy attempts to recreate some "supermarket bread", building his own factory mixer from a metal dustbin. He also wonders what it is about processed cheese slices that people love so much – after all, they're only 60 per cent cheese. Could it simply be that they're sliced-bread shaped? Back in the barn, Jimmy sets up his own processed-cheese production line to find out what the other ingredients are.

Bugs and caterpillars are rarely found in ready-bagged supermarket salad leaves so Jimmy investigates how one Wiltshire producer checks that 1.5 million bags a week are bug-free.

He is also keen to discover how supermarket suppliers grow tomatoes out of season and wonders whether they are doing anything to the fruit to be concerned about. He visits a tomato farm in Hertfordshire, where he discovers that it's not greenhouses alone that help their tomatoes grow.

Jimmy’s Food Factory is simulcast on the BBC HD channel – the BBC's High Definition channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.

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Waterloo Road

Wednesday 28 October

8.00-9.00pm BBC ONE (Schedule addition 14 October)

A new term brings new challenges for Rachel (Eva Pope), Max (Tom Chambers), Kim (Angela Griffin) and Christopher (William Ash)

Waterloo Road returns to BBC One with some new faces and a new regime, headed by Strictly Come Dancing and Holby City star Tom Chambers.

It's all change at the school as it has merged with local private school John Fosters, which was forced to close when wealthy parents could no longer afford the fees. As a result, around 100 new pupils are enrolled at Waterloo Road and neither the "posh" John Fosters pupils nor the "scuzzy" Waterloo Road kids are happy about it.

The playground divisions are echoed in the staffroom as many of the old John Fosters team have been ushered in to ensure the smooth transition, much to the annoyance of the existing staff. Among them are Christopher Mead, an ex-city-boy-turned-science teacher and now the deputy head; Ruby Fry, the food technology teacher who is every bit as snobby as her pupils; and a new head of languages, Jo Lipsett, whose enthusiasm and competence spells trouble for the hapless Steph. The biggest rivalry, however, seems to be between Rachel Mason and executive head Max Tyler, played by Tom Chambers.

A fight between Michaela White and new girl Lindsay James disrupts lessons as the series begins. The tensions soon engulf the whole school, with both sets of pupils waging war in the playground. Rachel manages to calm the situation but she has some devastating news for Lindsay and her little sister, Em. Their father is dead and their mother, Marion, has confessed to his murder. Max then drops his own bombshell: after today's events there is no way he is leaving Rachel in charge and he informs her that he intends to be permanently based at the school.

Let battle commence!

Tom Chambers plays Max Tyler, Eva Pope plays Rachel Mason, Will Ash plays Christopher Mead, Elizabeth Berrington plays Ruby Fry, Denise Welch plays Steph Haydock, Sarah Jane Potts plays Jo Lipsett, Zarrah Abrahams plays Michaela White, Jenna Louise Coleman plays Lindsay James and Louise Delamere plays Marion.

Waterloo Road is simulcast on the BBC HD channel – the BBC's High Definition channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.

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Andrew Marr's Making Of Modern Britain Ep 1/6

Wednesday 28 October

9.00-10.00pm BBC TWO (Schedule addition 14 October)

Andrew Marr's Making Of Modern Britain is an epic account of the events that shaped Britain, from the death of Queen Victoria to the end of the Second World War. The series uses archive and stills, dynamic sequences of Marr's journey across Britain, pithy anecdote and analysis to tell a powerful national saga.

Marr takes viewers from the imperial power of the late-Victorian age to the dawning of modern democracy; from Charlie Chaplin to Gracie Fields; and from the trenches and sea battles of the First World War to Britain's triumphant victory over fascism in 1945. The series complements Marr's Bafta-winning History Of Modern Britain, and his powerful storytelling helps us make sense of ourselves in the context of our early 20th-century history.

In the first episode in the epic six-part series, Marr re-visits Britain at the dawn of the 20th century. He finds the country mourning the death of Queen Victoria; fighting an intractable guerrilla war against the Boers in South Africa; enjoying the bawdy pleasures of music hall; and worrying about the physical and moral strength of the working class.

There are stories of political intrigue between David Lloyd George and his arch enemy Joseph Chamberlain; the beginning of the struggle for women's suffrage; and an account of the day Mr Rolls met Mr Royce and kicked off a revolution in motoring. With astonishing archive and vivid anecdotes, Marr gets to the heart of post-Victorian Britain. He brings to life Britain's struggle to maintain its imperial power in the world in the years before the First World War.

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Mr Hammond (Mark Lambert) suspends Roy from school

The cartoon capers involving Roy, an animated boy living in the real world, draw to a close this week with Ballyfermot School preparing for a visit from the school inspector.

Headmaster Mr Hammond is determined to make a good impression, but he is worried that Roy might disgrace the school with his animated antics. He decides it will be best to suspend Roy until the visit has taken place. Roy reluctantly stays away from school on the day of the inspection but manages to land himself in deep trouble with a gang of graffiti artists. The police arrive and the evidence is stacked against Roy. How will he explain his way out of this one?

Roy is voiced by Scott Graham and Mr Hammond by Mark Lambert.

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