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Cheryl Baker, Chris Bavin, Axel Blake and Sophie Willan their general knowledge skills in a variety of trivia-based games across the week

City-dwelling families, couples and individuals set out to find their ideal rural retreats with the help of a property expert

Roo Irvine and Mark Hill continue their hunt for hidden gems around the north west where Mark shares some of his shopping secrets and the pair get excited over glassware

Monty Don celebrates the changing seasons and the beauty of the gardening year in all its glory, and Nick Bailey explores a garden that looks beautifully wild

The latest national and international stories as they break

The latest stories from Westminster and beyond

Rick Edwards hosts the quiz in which contestants compete for the chance to win £10,000, with a single 'impossible' answer knocking them out for the day

Eight players do battle in the knockout quiz. Only one will be left standing at the end, hoping to reach the Golden Run and double their money. Hosted by Alex Scott

Jake Humphrey hosts the general knowledge quiz in which contestants demonstrate their bluffing skills and powers of persuasion

Journalist and broadcaster Adrian Chiles meets three well-known faces to find out how their festive memories reflect their lives. The first episode features Oti Mabuse

Part two of two. Gordon Buchanan returns to the Canadian Arctic in autumn and follows the wolves as they hunt lemmings, musk oxen and hares, and encounter a rival pack

Paul Martin and the team are at Highcliffe Castle in Dorset where Christina Trevanion and Philip Serrell select items including a 1960s coat by Biba and a Mouseman cheeseboard

Cheryl Baker, Chris Bavin, Axel Blake and Sophie Willan test their general knowledge skills in the penultimate round of challenges ahead of Friday's final

Janette Manrara is on hand with more backstage gossip, and designer Vicky Gill examines what the couples are wearing at the weekend

Music veterans Francis Rossi and Linda Nolan join experts Philip Serrell and Natasha Raskin Sharp on an antiques pleasure cruise around Surrey and Sussex

An F35 jet loses power at a critical moment and the pilot has to eject, and HMS Queen Elizabeth launches a search and rescue mission to locate the airman

Part one of two. The inside story of Howard Marks, Britain's most notorious drug smuggler, told by his inner circle and the law enforcers who caught him

Julia finds herself heavily involved in a school fundraiser in order to impress a former colleague and new mum crush. Comedy, starring Anna Maxwell Martin

The day's important national and international news stories with Faisal Islam

The latest forecast

The story of Britain's post-war atomic weapons programme, and its devastating legacy for the thousands of service personnel who took part

This programme explores the mystery of the beluga whale that was found swimming in a critically important part of the Arctic, wearing a harness fitted with a camera

Sara Cox is joined by Neneh Cherry, Tom Allen, Olly Smith and Sophie Raworth, who share their favourite books and review There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

Preview of upcoming programmes from BBC Two