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Mona Lisa (Suranne Jones) comes to life as The Sarah Jane Adventures continue

Strange forces bring the Mona Lisa to life, as the adventure series starring Elisabeth Sladen continues.

Clyde's proudest day turns into a nightmare when he discovers that fine art can be dangerous and, when a school trip descends into disaster, the gang find themselves trapped without Sarah Jane's help, as the awesome abomination stirs.

Sarah Jane Smith is played by Elisabeth Sladen, Mona Lisa by Suranne Jones and Clyde by Daniel Anthony. This episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures also stars Tommy Knight as Luke Smith, Anjili Mohindra as Rani Chandra, Alexander Armstrong as Mr Smith, John Leeson as the voice of K9, Ace Bhatti as Haresh Chandra, Jeff Rawle as Mr Harding, Liza Sadovy as Miss Trupp, Lizo Mzimba as Lizo and Paul Kasey as The Highwayman.

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Owen spots a troubled Denise while walking through the Square, in tonight's visit to Walford. She notices him and turns away, twiddling her engagement ring. Patrick informs her Lucas is eager to discuss wedding plans but a frustrated Denise walks off.

Meanwhile, in the café, Lucy puts her sleuthing skills to good use, trying to establish who attacked her. She still thinks it's Syed, but Jay says she has no proof.

Owen is played by Lee Ross, Denise by Diane Parish, Patrick by Rudolph Walker, Lucas by Don Gilet, Syed by Marc Elliott and Jay by Jamie Borthwick.

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Presented by Lawrence Pollard, a packed Culture Show comes from Nottingham and includes items on art, architecture, poetry, crime fiction, films and the media.

When it opens on 14 November, the Nottingham Contemporary will be one of the biggest art centres in the UK. Tom Dyckhoff explores the new building, designed by award-winning architects Caruso St John, and tells the story of how, since Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim opened in New York 50 years ago, art galleries have become icons in their own right.

The programme reviews the gallery’s opening exhibition – 60 works by David Hockney from 1960-1968 (his early years in London and Los Angeles). It’s the first time these works - finishing with the iconic Californian painting A Bigger Splash – have been brought together since the Whitechapel retrospective of 1970.

Marking the 80th anniversary of Faber & Faber, the programme follows a group of young Faber poets performing in places associated with great poets. The tour takes in Philip Larkin’s Hull and Heptonstall in West Yorkshire, where Sylvia Plath is buried.

In a rare TV interview, crime-fiction writer James Ellroy talks to Miranda Sawyer about his fascination with crime and with Fifties Los Angeles – a world where celebrity, crime and politics converge. He also talks about paintings of Ed Ruscha which capture the menace and promise of LA, currently the subject of a major show at the Hayward Gallery in London.

Harold Evans, one of the legendary figures in British newspapers, talks to Matthew d'Ancona about his time in Fleet Street and his hopes and fears for the future of the press in Britain.

Lawrence Pollard meets Nottingham-based film director Shane Meadows and rapper Scor-zay-zee, who features in Meadow's latest film, Le Donk & Scor-zay-Zee. The trio discuss the film and the music scene in the Midlands and talk about Meadows' 'five day features' project.

Writer Alain de Botton has turned his latest book about Heathrow's Terminal 5 – A Week At The Airport – into a short film for the Culture Show. It is a funny, touching portrait of this vast state of the art aviation hub.

Finally, as the world prepares for the make-or-break Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen in December, Mark Kermode, Simon Mayo and an audience of film fans discuss movies in which the world is in dire peril, including Deep Impact, The Day The Earth Stood Still and When The Wind Blows.

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David Moore and Sarah Willingham watch closely as the couples prepare for their opening night

Six couples have earned the keys to Raymond Blanc's six Bristol restaurants. Now they must prove they deserve to keep them. They need to show their restaurant concepts work on opening night in a city packed with competition and potential customers.

The restaurants are randomly selected so the locations are a surprise. The couples have to quickly get to know their locations, from upmarket Clifton to downtown Stokes Croft and the industrial quayside. Not all their concepts match their restaurants but, with time short, the couples have to make the best of it or think on their feet in order to make their mark.

Before the opening they must decide the name of their restaurant, plan their menus and attract customers. To help pull people in, Raymond sets them a challenge – to take to the streets of Bristol with samples that define their concepts in a single tasty bite. With Raymond's fellow investors, Sarah Willingham and David Moore, watching the couples' every move, it becomes clear that some are on the wrong track.

Opening night arrives and it's time for the chefs to show that they can run a busy commercial kitchen and their partners can run a smooth service that will win customer loyalty.

As well as pleasing their customers, the couples also receive surprise visits by Raymond, Sarah and David. What they see helps them determine which couples stay and whose restaurant will close.

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Defying Gravity – Rubicon Ep 5/13

Thursday 12 November

9.00-9.45pm BBC TWO

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Donner (Ron Livingston) has a disturbing hallucination

The Antares crosses a critical boundary – the proverbial Rubicon – as the space drama continues. Going back to Earth is no longer an option and it is a humbling moment for the crew of the spaceship, as each of them deals with a personal point of no return.

Ted decides to create a time capsule to commemorate the significant event, and each crew member struggles to find a personal item to donate. Donner has another disturbing hallucination relating to the doomed Mars mission while Nadia tries to rekindle their sexual relationship.

Struck by the enormity of the distance between herself and her husband, Rollie, back on Earth, Jen turns to her former lover, Ted, for comfort. Ironically, both Eve and Rollie bond over their frustration at being separated from their respective spouses. In a flashback to their astronaut training days, Zoe wrestles with the dilemma of her pregnancy, finally making an irrevocable decision; Eve makes a shocking discovery; and Nadia seduces Donner for the first time...

Ted is played by Malik Yoba, Donner by Ron Livingston, Rollie by Ty Olsson, Jen by Christina Cox, Eve by Karen LeBlanc, Zoe by Laura Harris and Nadia by Florentine Lahme.

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Seven puppies are born to a first-time mother called Uggs in a cramped front room in East London, as the observational documentary series continues.

These aren't just cute and cuddly puppies – they are Staffordshire bull terrier crosses, the dogs the tabloids sometimes call "devil dogs". They are both one of the most sought-after breeds in the country and, perversely, the most frequently abandoned. One in three of Battersea Dogs Home's total intake is a Staffie cross.

This film follows the fate of Uggs's puppies as her owner tries to find new homes for them, at £300 a pup. It isn't long before boon turns to burden, however, as Uggs's owner realises the puppies are costing her more in food and care than she can ever make from the sales.

Introducing Uggs's owner and the new Staffie pup owners, this poignant film uncovers the pathos in the lives of the people behind newspaper headlines of hoodies, knife crime and dangerous dogs. Father-of-two Jamie explains how he feels about his puppy: "Some dogs I treat better than some humans. That's why I like a dog, 'cos it's like for life, you know? You can trust a dog, whereas some people you can't trust."

What the film finds is a marginalised section of society with a disturbing suspicion of other humans – and a strange love of the Staffordshire bull terrier.

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Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch presents A History Of Christianity

A History Of Christianity investigates Catholicism – The Unpredictable Rise Of Rome, in the second part of the series.

Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch travels to Rome to understand how a persecuted sect on the fringes of Roman society became the official religion of the Empire.

The programme chronicles the influence of Constantine and the Roman aristocracy in establishing Christianity as a religion of power and wealth, and visits St Peter's Basilica to investigate why St Paul, a key Christian missionary to Rome, was not given equal reverence.

Professor MacCulloch examines the influence of Saint Augustine, the father of Western theology, showing why his idea of original sin shaped Western Christianity's view of sex.

Far from Rome, the programme visits Kent to explore England's important contribution to the spread of Catholicism and traces the origins of confession back to monks on Ireland's remote Kerry Coast.

In Germany, Professor MacCulloch looks at the influence of Charlemagne in re-establishing Western Christianity as an imperial power, and at how Pope Gregory VII used Purgatory and the Inquisition to re-invent Catholicism.

The Crusades mark a brutal chapter in the story, yet Professor MacCulloch reveals the little-known, but hugely positive, legacy they left on contemporary society. Finally, the programme learns how a gamble from the Church, the acceptance of maverick holy men like St Francis, shaped some of the most familiar traditions of modern Christianity.

A History Of Christianity is a co-production with The Open University. Further information on the OU can be found at open2.net.

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