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WHAT’S ON TV?

Voice 1: We start off our evening’s viewing with another episode of Home Swap at five o’clock. This week a married couple in London swap houses with a couple from Manchester. How will each couple get on? At six we have On the Hour, the latest with your international and local news followed by Celebrity Chef at six thirty. Half an hour of sports news on Match Now followed at seven and then another visit to Big Brother, TV’s most popular reality show, at seven thirty. Will the Big Brother housemates still be arguing as they were last night? Thursday’s Weakest Link is at eight o’clock and tonight’s movie is the American thriller 'Unfaithful'. That starts at a quarter to nine.

Voice 2: We’ve got some exciting television lined up for you tonight, Friday the twenty-sixth of June. It all kicks off at five with the Eggheads, the popular team quiz. At six there’s the National and International news, followed an hour later by a sixty minute Top of the Pops headlined by singer Kelly Clarkson performing her latest hit live. At eight we have A Question of Sport and at eight-thirty another episode of the American comedy Will and Grace. This week’s episode of the hospital drama Casualty is at nine and then at ten we’ve the latest visit to Australia to see what’s going on with the inhabitants of Ramsay Street in Neighbours.

Voice 1: Saturday evening kicks off with the first episode of series three of the American hit Ugly Betty. What has Betty Suarez been up to since we last met her? We’ve got a half hour of A Place in the Sun we're off to Spain this week at six and then at six thirty it’s a movie for the kids, Happy Feet. Dancing penguins, anyone? At eight, it’s the comedy hit Little Britain followed at 8.30 by Britain’s Got Talent. Who will get your vote tonight? An hour later we have Quizword and where contestants answer language based questions for tonight’s prize of six thousand pounds. To finish off our evening’s viewing we take a laugh with Malcolm in the Middle at ten.

Voice 2: Your Sunday night viewing starts with an hour long concert from New York with the British band McFly. You won’t want to miss that. Then at six it’s The One Show, half an hour of interviews and current stories in the news. At six thirty we join Pete Merton in India. This week Pete visits the lakes and mountains in the north of the country. At seven It’s French Table with more recipes for you to try at home. This week the presenters look at how to make the classic delicious French apple tart and there’s also an introduction to French cheese. We have an hour-long episode of Law and Order at eight followed by the Home Show. This week the team shows you how to choose the right booking for your sitting room. Sunday’s movie, Mystery Woman, starts at 9.30. This is an exciting who dunnit set in Shanghai in the nineteen thirties.

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