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Saudi Stories: The Constitutional Three (Part 2 of 5)
Five-part series investigating the closed society of Saudi Arabia. Bill Law hears from the wife of a man jailed for challenging the ruling House of Saud and those fighting to free him and his two colleagues.

Time: 09:30 to 09:45 (15 minutes long).
When: Tuesday 28th June on BBC Radio Four

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Nice Work
Philippa Lamb looks at Scotland's shrinking workforce. Suffering from acute brain drain, the country is trying to attract immigrants to bolster the dwindling bank of skilled workers.

Time: 16:00 to 16:30 (30 minutes long).
When: Tuesday 28th June on BBC Radio Four

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Hostage: A Panorama Special
Special report on the 273 people from 37 countries who have been taken hostage in Iraq in a new kind of dirty warfare which exploits television and the internet. Featruring interviews with the hostages who came home; the Italian who witnessed her rescuer die in her arms; the American who escaped; the French journalists who faced death and survived; and the families who lived through the crisis only to see their loved ones murdered.

Time: 21:00 to 22:00 (1 hour long).
When: Wednesday 29th June on BBC 1

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Away From Home
Ali Yassine follows the trials and tribulations of a Welsh football season through the eyes of the Swansea World Stars, a team of asylum seekers and refugees.

Time: 21:00 to 21:30 (30 minutes long).
When: Thursday 30th June on BBC 2W (Digital)

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Fahrenheit
Michael Moore's double Cannes-winning documentary is a scathing indictment of Bush and his administration, from his controversial election in 2000 through the attack on the World Trade Center to the invasion of Iraq. Along the way, Moore shows how Bush had already been warned of Bin Laden's attacks in August 2001, how Saudi Arabia has invested $360bn in the American economy - seven per cent of total investment - and how he is dangerously close to those who stand to profit from the war in Iraq. He also addresses the human implications, as bereaved mother Lila Lispcomb travels from Flint, Michigan to confront the White House, and shows the true feelings of troops in Iraq. Although it is occasionally sprawling, Moore successfully convinces that the Bush administration is headed by an incompetent leader with a questionable taste in friends.

Time: 22:00 to 00:10 (2 hours and 10 minutes long).
When: Friday 1st July on FilmFour

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Ghost Warriors
Channel 4's critically acclaimed foreign affairs series continues in its ninth run. In the fourth programme of the new series, reporter Sandra Jordan travels to Thailand to investigate the mysterious campaign of violence in the rural areas of the south of the country where no one seems to know for sure who is fighting whom. Southern Thailand is mainly Muslim and many of the locals, who feel they are treated as second class citizens, would prefer to secede and become part of Malaysia instead of Buddhist Thailand. Is the escalating violence the work of Islamic separatists like the Thai government claims? Sandra Jordan finds many on the ground who beg to differ. She meets local people whose family have been shot by the government forces, while on the other side of the conflict she visits local schools where teachers and pupils have to be protected by soldiers.

Time: 18:00 to 18:30 (30 minutes long).
When: Saturday 2nd July on Channel 4

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Beyond Belief
Another chance to hear the Sony Award winning programme in which Ernie Rea discusses the role of Women in Islam with three Muslim Women - Khola Hasan, Sarah Joseph and Irshad Manji.

Time: 13:30 to 14:00 (30 minutes long).
When: Sunday 3rd July on BBC Radio Four

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Islamic Monuments of The World (Part 13 of 13)
Minar Poles in New Delhi; Demak Mosque in Java, the "purest" Indonesian mosque; and Valde Mossa, an island of Arab culture 20km from Palma, Mallorca.

Time: 19:00 to 19:30 (30 minutes long).
When: Sunday 3rd July on Artsworld

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Islam: The Messenger
Ben Kingsley narrates an engrossing history of Islam. Inspired by the words of Mohammed, the Muslim faith has played a part in years of conflict in the Middle East.

Time: 18:00 to 19:00 (1 hour long).
When: Monday 4th July on History Channel

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Slaughterhouse: The Task of Blood
Documentary about a small, family-run abattoir in Oldham, showing in graphic detail the process of meat production. Animals arrive healthy and whole and are then killed, skinned, eviscerated, butchered and stored in fridges before being transported to retail outlets. The film is also about the men with the sharp knives, the killers and cutters - white, working class men and the immigrants, both Jewish and Muslim, with whom they work.

Time: 21:30 to 22:30 (1 hour long).
When: Monday 4th July on BBC 2

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Saudi Stories: The Candidates (Part 3 of 5)
Five-part series investigating the closed society of Saudi Arabia. Bill Law talks to two people who put themselves up for election in Saudi Arabia earlier this year. One is a businessman who was virtually guaranteed victory as soon as he entered the race, while the other is a woman who was told she couldn't run.

Time: 09:30 to 09:45 (15 minutes long).
When: Tuesday 5th July on BBC Radio Four

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Islam: The Awakening
Narrator Ben Kingsley describes the series of devastating invasions and crusades that took a terrible toll on the development of the great Islamic civilisation.

Time: 18:00 to 19:00 (1 hour long).
When: Tuesday 5th July on History Channel

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From Mass to Mosque
Inma Gil Rosendo reports from the United states on the growing number of Hispanic people who are converting from Catholicism to Islam. Inma finds out why they are choosing to convert and the impact it is having on friends and family.

Time: 20:45 to 21:00 (15 minutes long).
When: Wednesday 6th July on BBC World Service Radio

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Islam: The Ottomans
The Muslim Ottoman empire became a military powerhouse, threatening the power centres of Europe before falling victim to enemies from within. Ben Kingsley narrates.

Time: 11:00 to 12:00 (1 hour long).
When: Thursday 7th July on History Channel

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The Umayyad Emirate
As first Emir and greatest ruler of Muslim Spain, the Caliph fought bloody battles to defend his frontiers against the encroaching Christian north.

Time: 18:00 to 19:00 (1 hour long).
When: Thursday 7th July on History Channel